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eTne Canine—In the middle of the week the public were put in pos- session of an abundance of materials descriptive of the terrible encounter of the 8th September,—compact despatches from Marshal P6lissier and General Niel, and long letters from the newspaper correspondents. In order to place before our readers at once a succinct but lucid panorama of the whole field of operations, we Commence our selections and abridg- ments with the entire despatch of General Niel to the French Minister of War.

General Niers _Despatch. "Sebastopol, Sept. 11.

"Monsieur le Marechal—The assault was made on the fortifications of Se- bastopol on the 8th, and placed us in possession of the Malakoff, the occupa- tion of which renders the defence of the faubourg almost impossible, and al- lows us to cut off the communications of the town with the North of the har- bour. The enemy have shown that they knew that conquest to be decisive. After having made several attacks on us, with a courage which we are bound to pay homage to, finding that these last efforts rem, toed without result, they commenced, in the course of the evening, to evacuate the town. During the night they set fire to it, and employed gunpowder to destroy the works of defence and the great establishments which Russia has been se many years accumulating in this fortress. They sank all their ships of the line, frigates, and other sailing-vessels, and only preserved their steamers; finally, they carried off the bridge of boats by which they communicated with the North- ern side; thus abandoning to us the town, the faubourg, and all that lies on the Southern side of the harbour. " The defence was energetic : on several points our attacks were repulsed ; but the principal, that which insured to us eventual success, never remained a moment doubtful. The first division of the first corps, at present com- manded by General de M`Mahon, carried Malakoff at the very first rush, and maintained themselves there, comprehending clearly that it held in its pos- session the keys of the place.

"I now proceed to give you an account of the arrangements which had been adopted to diminish as much as possible the numerous difficulties which this terrible assault presented ; made, as it was, not on a place regularly in- vested, and with a limited garrison, but on a vast fortress, defended by an army probably as numerous as that which attacked it. "Near the fortifications of the town, our trenches had arrived within forty metres of the Central Bastion (No. 5 of the Russians), and within thirty of the Flagstaff Bastion (No. 4.) "Near the faubourg of Karabelnaia, the English, arrested by the diffi- culties of the ground, and by the fire of the enemy's artillery, could not ap- proach closer than within two hundred metres of the Great Redan (No. 3), on which their approaches were directed. "In front of Malakoff, we had arrived within twenty-five metres of the fortification which surrounds the town, and our approaches had placed us at about the same distance from the small Redan of Careening Bay (No. 2). That great result was due incontestably to the superiority ,which our artillery had assumed over that of the enemy. .

"The Generals-in-chief of the Allied Armies had decided on the following arrangements. The general attack on the place was fixed on for the 8th of September, at noon. On the 5th, early in the morning, the artillery of the attacks on the town, and that of the English attacks, which had hitherto been sparing of their fire, were to resume it with the greatest activity. Never was such a cannonade heard ; for we had in battery, along the two attacks, upwards of SOO pieces of cannon, the English 200 more, find the Russians more than we.

"The enemy's fire damaged our trenches, but did us but little harm. Ours, notwithstanding the great extent of the place, converged on it, and must have caused great loss to the Russian army. During the few days im- mediately preceding the assault, the workmen of the infantry were prin- cipally employed in enlarging the several places d'armes most in advance, in widening the passages, and in transporting to the required spots the means of crossing the ditches.

"Tho great object of all our efforts was to obtain possession of the work constructed behind the Malakoff Tower. This work (the Konailoff Redoubt of the Russians), which is an immense redoubt, a sort of citadel in earth, occupies a height which commands the whole interior of the Karabelnaia faubourg. It takes in the flank of the Roden, attacked by the English, and is only 1200 metres from the Southern port, on which the Russians had con- structed a bridge of boats, become their only communication between the faubourg and the town. The fort of Malakoff is 350 metres in length and 150 metres in width ; its parapets are eighteen feet above the ground, and in front of them is a ditch which, at the point of our attacks, is six metres deep and seven wide. The first was armed with sixty-two pieces of cannon .of various calibre. In the front part, surrounded by the parapet, is the Ma- lakoff Tower ; of which the Russians only kept the ground-floor, which is loopholed. In the interior of the works the Russians have raised a multi- tude of traverses, beneath which are excellent blinds, where the garrison found shelter and bed-places arranged in two tiers on each aide. A Russian engineer officer who has been made prisoner, estimates at 2500 men the gar- rison of the fort of Malakoff; of which I have thought it my duty to give you a description, in order that you may judge of the difficulties which our soldiers have had to surmount.

"The front of the Malakoff, which is 1000 yards in length, terminates on our left by the Malakoff Fort, and on our right by the Redan of the Careen- ing Port. This latter work, which at the commencement of the siege was only a simple redan, has been by degrees transformed into a strongly-armed redoubt. The outer fronts of the two redoubts of Malakoff and the Careening Port were united by a curtain armed with sixteen guns and in the rear of that enclosure, the Russians had raised a second, which was united to the two redoubts. This second enclosure, already partly armed, had not any ditch which could present any serious obstacle. As to the ditch of the first curtain and of the redan of the Careening Port, the rocky nature of the ground had prevented the Russians from digging it everywhere of an equal depth, and on several points it could be crossed without any serious difficulty. In order to cross those ditches, which were very deep, we had invented a kind of bridge, which could be thrown across in less than a minute by an ingenious manceuvre, in which our men had been exercised ; and these bndges were very useful to us.

"The French artillery had acquired such a decided superiority over that of the Russians, that it had silenced almost all the fire that bore directly on our attacks, and their embrasures were so damaged that our columns had no longer any fear of being assailed by grape on leaving their trenches. The parapets had also been knocked down and a part of the materials of which they had been formed had fallen into the ditches ; in short, the fort of Ma- lakoff had received such a number of shells from our batteries and from those of the English, that the guns which were not directly seen also had their embrasures filled up, and the earthworks had entirely lost their original form. In the rear, however, of the first line of defences, the Russians had placed several guns, and the columns of attack on Malakoff were exposed to the fire of numerous batteries which the enemy had constructed on the North side of the roadstead, and the shot from which, although fired from a very long range, were able to inflict injury,.

"You are aware, Monsieur le Marechal, that from the moment of my ar- rival before Sebastopol, I did not hesitate to declare that the true point of attack was the tower or the mamelon of Malakoff; and that this opiniffn having been adopted by General Canrobert, the right attacks were under- taken and executed by the second corps. On the side of the town, he con- tented himself with executing towards the left the approaches executed by the first corps. Taking things at the point at which they were at the time the assault was decided on, there was no doubt but that the possession of the Malakoff fort would lead to a decisive result ; and, on the other hand, it was to be presumed that if the attack on that point failed, the success obtained elsewhere would be without any material consequences. A place, however, of such an extent could not be attacked at only one point ; it was necessary to cause a division of the enemy's forces, and also to inspire them with un- easiness as to the security of the bridge by which they would have to make their retreat.

"It was in order to satisfy these different considerations, and to secure success at the same time that the blood of our soldiers should be spared as much as possible in the terrible struggle which was being prepared, that the General-in-chief decided on first making the assault in the front of Mala- koff; and that if that attack, which was made under his eyes, should suc- ceed, the English, at his signal, should attack the Redan, and the first corps the town, in order to prevent the enemy from concentrating all their efforts against the troops which should have taken possession of the fort of Mala- koff. The front of Malakoff was to be attacked by three columns,—that of the left, commanded by General W3fahon, marching directly on the fort by the front opposite to us, was to take possession of it and hold it at any coat; that of the right, under General Duke, was to march on the redan of the Careening Port, to occupy it, and to detach a brigade on its left, in order to turn the second encloeure; and that of the centre, under General La Motte- rouge, leaving the sixth parallel, having more ground to go over, was to carry the curtain, afterwards advance on the second enclosure, and send one of its brigades to the assistance of the first column, if it should not have yet obtained possession of the Malakoff fort.

4'The importance of these positions was such that no doubt was felt but that the enemy would in the event of their being taken make every effort to recover them, and in consequence the troops of the Imperial Guard were given as a reserve to the second corps. Chef de Battaillon Ragon, of the En- gineers, having under his orders several brigades of Sappers, marching with the first column, was to throw the bridges over the ditches, seek for the mines, and everywhere open a passage to the columns, and as soon as they should be masters of the fort open large passages in the rear for the arrival of other troops and artillery. Chef de Bataillon Remus, of the Engineers, at- tached to the right column, and Captain Schonnagel, attached to that of the centre, having also brigades of Sappers under their orders, had to fulfil simi- lar missions. All these arrangements for the service of the Engineers had been made by General Frossard, who commands the Engineers of the second corps. In the attack on the town, in order to avoid the obstacles accumu- lated by the enemy at the salient of the Flagstaff Battery, it had been de- cided that the principal assault should be made on the Central Bastion be- tween its salient and the lunette on the left ; that the column of assault, as soon as it had established itself in the Central Bastion, should detach a part of its force towards the gorge of the Flagstaff Bastion, the right front of which would be then assailed by a Sardinian brigade, which had come to take_part in the operations of the first corps. General Dales:Ise, commanding the Engineers of the first corps, had made arrangements for the attacks on the town, similar to those which I have just indicated for the attacks on the faubourg of the Karabelnaia.

"At eight o'clock on the morning of the 8th, two mines, each containing 100 kilogrammes of powder, were sprung near the Central Bastion. The explosion took place in the middle of the bastion, and appeared to cause con- siderable disorder. At the same hour we fired, in advance of our approaches on the Malakoff fort, three chambers, charged together with 1500 kilo- grammes of powder, in order to break the lower galleries of the Russian miners, and to tranquillize our soldiers who were massed in the trenches, under which, according to the accounts of deserters, all the ground was mined.

"At noon precisely, our soldiers rushed forward on the Malakoff from our advanced places d'armes. They crossed the ditches with surprising agility ; and, climbing on the parapets, attacked the enemy to the cry of • Vive l'Em- pereur!' At the fort of Malakoff, the slopes on the inside being very high, the first who arrived stopped for a moment in order to form' and then mounted on the parapet and leaped into the work. The contest which had commenced by musket-shots was continued with the bayonet, with the butt- ends, and stones : the Russian artillerymen made use of their rammers as weapons; but they were everywhere killed, taken prisoners, or driven off,

i and n a quarter of an hour the French flag was floating on the conquered redoubt.

"The Redan of the Careening Port had also been carried after a very severe struggle, and the centre column had arrived as far as the second enclosure. We had everywhere taken possession of the works attacked. The General- in-chief then made the signal agreed upon for the attack of the Great Redan, and in a short time after for that on the town. The English had twb hun- dred yards of ground to cross under a' very heavy fire of grape, and this space was soon covered with the slain. These losses, however, did not arrest the march of the column of attack ; which reached the work, descended into the ditch, which was about five yards deep, and, notwithstanding all the efforts of the Russians, scaled and carried the salient of the Redan. After a first struggle, however, which cost the Russians very dear, the English soldiers were exposed to a very heavy fire, and after supporting for nearly two hours a most unequal combat, they were compelled to evacuate the Roden. The attack on the Central Bastion was attended with a similar result. Our sol- diers of the first corps surmounted every obstacle, and bravely attacked the enemy, on whom they inflicted severe losses; but soon after, being com- pletely exposed to a fire coming from several directions at the same time, they renounced an attack in which the General-in-chief had ordered them not to persist. "At the front of Malakoff the Russians made great efforts to reconquer the works which had been taken from them. Returning on the Redan with numerous columns, supported by field-artillery, they succeeded in retaking it, and in forcing us to abandon the second line of fortifications; but the first columns of attack, supported by the Imperial Guard, remained im- moveable behind the exterior slope of the first line. " Several attacks were also attempted against the Malakoff. The dead bodies of the enemy became heaped up in front of the gorge, but the first division remained perfectly firm ; and at the close of the day we were mas- ters of this citadel, without which the Russians could not any longer con- tinue their defence for more than a few days, and even then only by sacri- ficing a part of the army, who, after the rupture of the great bridge of boats, would have remained without any communication with the Northern side. In consequence, they determined on a grand step. They had everything prepared to destroy the place with their own hands, in case they should be forced to abandon it. During the night of the 8th loud explosions announced that this immense struggle had arrived at its termination—the enemy were abandoning Sebastopol, but they had resolved to leave only a heap of ruins. "Oar losses are great ; but the army, of which the Emperor may well be proud, has deserved well of the country. The long and arduous labours of the siege never exhausted its patience. Whenever they engaged hand-to- hand with the enemy, our soldiers displayed the greatest bravery, and the mama of the 8th of September is a feat of arms of which France has reason lobe proud. "In this last trial, ale corps of Engineers suffered further losses, but not so numerous as might have been expected. Captain Schonnagel, an excel- dent officer, has been killed ; Chef de Bataillon Fournier, Captain Ansous, aide-de-camp of General Dalesme, Captain Laruelle, and Lieutenants Joyeux and Pradelle, have been wounded. Among the non-commissioned officers and soldiers there have been 24 killed and 122 wounded. "The Chefs de Battaillon Renoux and Ragon, who gave an example of great bravery, were bravely seconded by the officers and Sappers placed under their orders. In this last assault, as well as during the whole of the siege, every one nobly did his duty. I cannot here quote the names of all those who have deserved to be mentioned to you, and for whom I shall have to solicit rewards ; that will be the subject of a special report, which I sal about to commence. "Thus has ended this memorable siege, in which the means of defence and those of attack assumed colossal proportions. The Russians had more than 800 guns mounted, and a garrison the force and composition of which they could vary at pleasure. After the immense quantity of projectiles they expended upon us, it is surprising to see that they were still abundantly provisioned, and I have reason to believe that they have left more than 1500 guns in the place. "The besieging army had about 700 guns in battery during the various attacks, and upwards of 1,600,000 shots were fired. Our approaches, which were in many cases cut through the rock by means of gunpowder, had an extent of upwards of 80 kilometres (fifty English mike). We employed 80,000 gabions, 60,000 faseines, and nearly a million of sand-hags. "Never bad the corps of Engineers such arduous and numerous duties to perform, and in noirevious siege did it experience such great losses: 31 officers have been killed, 33 wounded. Among the killed are General Bizet, whose name cannot be passed over in silence on the day of triumph ; the worthy Lieutenant-Colonel Guerin, six chefs de battaillon, twenty captains, and three lieutenants. This severe trial never shook the constancy of our officers, and the troops of the corps followed their noble example. 3. wo com- panies of Sappers have their fourth Captain now, the three former having been killed while leading them on; and yet their ardour never flagged. In sapping and mining, the non-commissioned officers and soldiers never flinched, .41 d in actions of vigour they displayed the greatest intrepidity. "in concluding this report, Monsieur le Marechal, I must state that the greatest harmony has never ceased to exist between the Artillery and the Engineers. Whenever one of these two branches of service could aid the other, it gladly did so; and this unity of plan and action has enabled us to conquer many difficulties.

"The best understanding has always subsisted between General Sir Harry Jones, the commandant of the Engineers of the British Army, and me. Our object was the same, and we have never differed in opinion as to the means to be employed to attain it. I had already an opportunity, at the siege of Bomarsund, of appreciating the frankness and noble spirit of that general officer. It has been very gratifying to me to have met him again at the siege of Sebastopol.

"Accept, Monsieur le Marechal, the homage of my respectful devotedness, " NIEL, Commandant of the Engineers of the Army of the East.'

A 'ew extracts from the full despatch of General Pelissier will supply some important particulars omitted in General Niel's resume.

"It had been rranged that the fleets of Admirals Lyons and Bruat should cease and bring their broadsides to bear at the entrance of the Sebastopol roadstead, so as to effect a powerful diversion. But it blew a heavy gale from the North-east, which, while it annoyed us very much on land, ren- dered the sea exceedingly rough, and prevented the ships from leaving their moorings. The English and French bomb-ketches were nevertheless able to act, and they fired most successfully into the roadstead, the town, and the various maritime forts. As at all times, the sailors who had landed and the ship-gunners were the worthy rivals of the land artillery, and distinguished themselves by the vigour and precision of their fire." Again : that part of the French attack which was directed against the Little Redan failed.

"By means of the batteries from the maison en croix, of the guns of his steamers, of field-guns brought to favourable points, and of the batteries on the North side of the roadstead, the enemy deluged us with grape, and with projectiles of every kind, and committed great ravages in our ranks. The powder-magazine of the Russian Postern Battery had just exploded, thereby increasing our loss, and causing the eagle of the 91st to disappear for a mo- • ment. A great many superior officers and others were either wounded or killed. The Generals De Saint Pot and De Manatee died gloriously ; and Generals Mellinet, De Pontaves, and Bourbaki, had been wounded at the head of their troops. Three times the divisions of Dube and De la Motte- - rouge seized the Redan and the curtain, and three times they were obliged to fall back before a terrible fire of artillery and the dense masses arrayed in front of them. Nevertheless, the two field-batteries of reserve from the Lancaster battery descended at a trot, crossed the treliches, and boldly sta- tioned themselves within half-range. They succeeded in driving away the enemy's columns arid the steamers. A part of these two divisions, supported in this heroic struggle by the troops of the Guard, who on this day covered themselves with glory, made good their footing in the entire left of the cur- - tam, from which the enemy could not drive them." The Russians constantly renewed their efforts to recover the Malakoff. And just as General Bosquet fell wounded, and a magazine exploded near the Malakoff itself, they "made a last and desperate attempt. Formed in deep column, they thrice assailed the breast of the work, and thrice they were compelled to retire with enormous loss before the solidity of our troops." . Marshal Pelissier describes the assault on the Central Bastion-

" In the mean time, on the left, at the appointed signal, the columns of Levaillant's division, commanded by Generals Couston and Trochu, dashed headlong against the left flank of the Central Bastion and the left lunette. In spite of a shower of balls and projectiles, and after a very sharp contest, the spirit and vigour of these brave troops triumphed at first over the ene- my's resistance; and, notwithstanding the accumulated difficulties in their front, they forced their way into the two works. But the enemy, having fallen back on his successive traverses, kept his ground everywhere. A mur- derous fire of musketry was opened from every ridge. Guns unmasked for the first time and field-pieces brought up to several points, vomited grape and decimated our men. Generals Couston and Trochu, who had just been . wounded, were obliged to give up their command. Generals Rivet and Bre- ton were killed ; several mine-chambers, fired by the enemy, produced a moment of hesitation. At length an attack in their turn by numerous Bus- man columns compelled our troops to abandon the works they had carried, and to retire into our advanced places d'armes. Our batteries on this part of the attacks, skilfully conducted by General Lebceuf, aided so devotedly and intelligently, as on all occasions, by Rear-Admiral Rigault de Genouilly, changed the direction of their fire while increasing its intensity, and com- pelled the enemy to take shelter behind his parapets. General De Sallee, causing D'Autemarre's division to advance, was preparing during this time a second and formidable attack; but as we had secured the possession of the Malakoff, I sent word to him not to let it advance."

Respecting the Sardinians he certifies--

• "The Sardinian Brigade of General Cialdini, which General Della Mar- more had kindly placed at my disposal to reinforce the first corps, stood the terrible cross-fire in our trenches with the aplomb of veteran troops. The Piedmontese were eager to cross bayonets with the enemy, but, as the attack on the Flagstaff Bastion did not take place, it was not possible to satisfy the ardour of these brave troops."

It is remarked that the French carried the Malakoff by surprise, caught the Russian garrison at rest, and drove them out in no time. They swept up like a swarm of bees, says one writer, and went through the embra- sures in the twinkling of an eye.

" They crossed the twenty-five metres of ground which separated them

from the eneniy at a few bounds; they drifted as lightly and quickly as au- tumn leaves before the wind, battalion after battalion, into the embrasures, and in a minute or two after the head of their column issued from the ditch the tricolor was floating over the Korniloff Bastion. The musketry was Very feeble at first ; indeed, the French took the Russians quite by surprise, and very few of the latter were in the Malakoff."

The chief encounter in which our own troops were engaged was the assault on the Great Redan: its nature, and the causes of the failure, have awakened a deep sympathy everywhere. The account of this opera- tion is mainly gathered from the letters of the correspondents of the Times

and Daily News. The following letter, furnished for the Times apparently by a military man, gives a complete and intelligible view of the action. " The Second Brigade, Light Division, stormed at noon of the 8th. The 97th and 90th, 300 of each, commanded—the former by Major Welsford, whose head was blown off as he was mounting an embrasure—(the gun was fired by a Russian officer, who immediately gave himself up as a prisoner to a sergeant of the 97th who entered the moment after, throwing down his sword, and saying I am a prisoner of war ') ; the latter by Captain Grove, the senior officer of the regiment, present with the service companies. The salient was carried at once, and the men entered the stronghold ; which is a work traced on a most obtuse angle, requiring a large mass of main to assault it, not only at the salient, but at the same moment on both flanks, so as to turn them, and to enable the salient storming party to advance down the interior space of the works at once, taking the defenders in front and flank, and indeed in rear, at the same moment. In consequence of attacking the salient only, no front could be formed, on account of the small interior space at that point ; the men were forced to advance by driblets, and at the same moment fired on from traverses on either flank where they could not see their assailants,—an evil at once obviated had the attack on the flanks and salient been simultaneous. The handful of men a ho assaulted and took the salient most gallantly held it against far superior numbers for a considerable time, until their ammunition being nearly expended and receiving no flank support, which could alone assist them to any purpose, and being rushed on from these flanks by a vastly superior force, they retreated to the extreme side of the parapet, where they remained, and, being reinforced by sonic fresh men, kept up a heavy and continuous fire on the Russians in the interior of the work. They held their ground on this fast-sinking parapet of loose earth, stones, and broken guldens, under a most galling fire from both flanks and in front, and con- tinuous showers of vertical grape, from inside the work, for an hour and a half at least ; when a sudden rush, made by the enemy, who had crept up the faces by the traverses, obliged the troops to retire ; and step by step, pelting each other with huge stones, they retired, slipping and tumbling into the ditch, where many poor fellows were buried alive, from the scarps giving way. Then came the fearful run for life or death, with men rolling over like rabbits, then tumbling into the English trench, where the men lay four deep on each other. The men once in manned the parapet, and kept up a heavy and continuous fire on the enemy on the parapets of the Itedan. The rest you know. The Rifles, as usual, 'behaved nobly, and where they had tried to creep up the ditch to pick off the Russians on the flanks they lay four and five deep, all together. Colonel Lysons, of the 23d, as usual, was all energy, and, though severely wounded through the thigh and unable to stand, remained on the ground cheering en the men and giving directions to the last. Colonel Handeock, of the 97th, a-as shot through the head on the crest of the Redan, and died soon after arriving in camp. Captain Pres- ton, and Lieutenants Swift and Wilmer, of the 90th, were all killed inside ; where their bodies were found the next morning. Captain Vaughan, of the 90th, whose conduct Was beyond praise, was shot in both legs severely, and taken prisoner when we left the place, it being impossible to get him over the ditch. He was found in a Russian hospital today, and brought to camp. Colonel Windham was most energetic in striving to keep down the fire of the flanks after the first retrogression, and stood where the fire was hottest, trying to force a few men to make au attack on them ; but so dense was the fire that the men were mowed down as fast as a handful could be got to- gether. He was backwards and forwards, cheerime„ directing, &e. ; but a formed body of men alone could be of service, and that could not be got." Other troops besides those mentioned in this letter formed part of the storming colu.mn. The arrangements, according to a correspondent of the Illustrated London News, were as follows- " The storming was intrusted to the Second and Light Divisions, portions of which were to form immediate supports, whilst the rear was to be kept by the Fourth Division, the Guards and Highlanders, and the Third Division. Sir William Codrington had the general command of the storming, and was supported by General Markham. There was no visible movement on the part of the Russians, and the Northern camps, as well as the bridge, were unusually quiet. They seemed passively to wait for the cessation of our fire, answering, but at intervals only, from their guns and either unable or un- willing to reply. At half-past nine all the regiments of the Second and Light Divisions, as well as the Generals and Staff, had made their way into the trenches; General Codrington taking up his position in the fifth parallel, whilst General Markham had his in a pit called. Egerton's Pit, in the third parallel. The stormers consisted of portions of the 30th, 41st, 55th, and 62d, from the Second Division ; of the 90th, 97th, 23d, and 88th, from the Light Division. The ladder parties were told off from the 3d Buffs and 97th Regi- giment. The supports of these regiments, as well as other regiments of the same division, were in reserve in the fourth and third parallels ready for action."

The men had to move over nearly 200 yards of ground before they could reach the ditch of the Redan, they had then to cross it, scale the opposite face, and enter the work over the salient angle. But the guns on the flanks swept the line of advance, and when the signal was given and the columns rushed on, only four commanders of parties—Windham, Fyers, Lewes, and Maude—lived to cross the interval. " In a few seconds, Brigadier Shirley was temporarily blinded by the dust and by earth knocked into his eyes by a shot. Ho was obliged to retire ; and his place was taken by Lieutenant-Colonel Bunbury, of the 23d Regi- ment, who was next in rank to Colonel linett, already struck down and car- ried to the rear. Brigadier Van Straubenzee received a contusion on the face, and was also forced to leave the field. Colonel Hendee& fell mortally wounded in the head by a bullet, and never spoke again. Captain Ham- mond fell dead. Lieutenant Douglas M'Gregor, a brave and promising officer, also felL Major Welsford was killed on the spat. Captain Grove was severely wounded. In broken order, the men climbed the parapet and jumped into the

work ; and the Russian garrison, small at first, ran back, and, taking shel- ter behind the distant traverses and the breastwork at the base, began to fire on our men. Unfortunately, the latter imitated their example in-

stead of rushing on. But it is said, in explanation, supported by the au- thority of General Niel, that the breastwork was armed with field-pieces

served with grape. Certainly it was amply manned by three ranks of Russians ; the front rank presenting their bayonets to the British, the two rear ranks firing over them. In this predicament men and officers rapidly fell. Those officers who survived vainly endeavoured in the con- fined space to form their men. The Russians were soon augmented by reserves from the barracks in the rear, and part of the garrison of the Malakoff; and, as above described, drove our men from the work.

The following are some of the statements advanced in the newspapers with the view of throwing light on the causes of our defeat.

- - - - "Our own assault had begun. But it must first be mentioned, that instead of having before them a work whose embrasures had been bunged-up and its guns silenced, like the Malakoff, our men had to rush upon a line of battery nearly every piece in which was ready to receive them with

grape and canister. The French, too started from a line of trench only

some forty yards from the point to be too, whilst our own troops were

compelled to cross an open space of full six times the extent, and that too un- der a direct and thinking fire from nearly a score of guns. It is needless to dilate upon the comparative difficulties of the two attacks ; but, whilst awarding to the French a full meed of praise for their brilliant gallantry on the occasion, I cannot be betrayed by any mawkish generosity into a con- cealment of the infinitely greater dangers involved in that portion of the day's achievements which fell to the lot of the British. On the day follow- ing the assault, I crossed over the space between our fifth parallel and the Bedell, and was then able in some degree to realize the difficulty of making

a run over such a distance and such ground under the desolating fire of some twenty 68-pounders loaded with grape and canister. Let all this be borne in mind before any of your readers jump to the false conclusion that the French displayed a greater heroism than ourselves ; for raw and inexperienced

as were many of our troops engaged, with some few exceptions they fought as became the conquerors of the Alma and Inkerman Instead of pouring in supports to the aid of those in possession of the re- doubt, General Codrington—I believe I am only justly attributing the blame to him—for some mysterious strategic reasons known only to himself, kept back the troops who crowded the trenches in the rear till the enemy had time to bring up his overpowering reserves and clear the Roden of our men. The latter bravely, but vainly, attempted to make a stand, anxiously ex- pecting every minute the arrival of supports; but no supports came, and they were swept back into the open to retreat under fresh storms of grape,— for, by another marvellous piece of neglect, no attempt it spiking the guns of the place had been made by those who had gained a footing inside. Orders

for the withheld supports were then given ; but, in harmony with the blun- der which had gone before, the intelligent aides-de-camp who carried the commands, being about as ignorant of the topography of the trenches as of the interior of Sebastopol, stumbled on the wrong regiments, and ordered up

the first brigade cd the Light Division, which had been told off as the proper reserve. Evident, however, as was the blunder, the gallant 'Fighting Seventh,' led on by Major Turner, and the 23d, under Colonel Lysons, ad- vanced to the renewed attack. The other regiments, who should have pre- ceded, followed in a state of beautiful pell-mell ; and, under a fire of grape and canister before which the bravest columns of the Old Guard would have staggered, our young levies—for such were three-fourths of the troops en- gaged—were led on to regain the ground which had been lost through mis- management before. It was not in human nature to make headway under such an iron storm : the men turned, and fled back under cover of the para- pet, leaving very many of their own number, and more in proportion of their officers, dead or dying on this field of death."

The Times correspondent makes this remark on some of the young men who came up wounded from the trenches-

" It struck me that such men as these, however brave, were scarcely a fit match for the well-drilled soldiers of Russia ; and yet we were trusting the honour, reputation, and glory of Great Britain, to undisciplined lads from the plough or the lanes of our towns and villages. As one example of the sort of recruits we have received here recently, I may mention that there was a considerable number of men in draughts which came out last week to regiments in the Fourth Division who bad only been enlisted a few days, and who had never fired a rifle in their lives !"

But the Daily News correspondent, who imputes blame to General Codrington, also supplies a fact of interest gleaned from a visit to the Roden- " The first fact which struck an observer was, that nearly all who lay there were old soldiers, men who had borne the heat and burden of the day

—hardly a beardless face was to be seen ; the second, the calmness which appeared on almost every countenance, even where the death-wounds had been the most severe."

A glance at the exterior and interior of the Redan will enable us to judge of the difficulties encountered by our men.

Instead of ten yards of open space, as in the case of the Malakoff, "the nearest point from our most advanced parallel to the ditch of the Redan measured 220, and this, also, everywhere exposed to the fire of twelve or fourteen 68-pounders. I have several times crossed this fatal spot since the capture of the place, and each time with increased wonder how a single man of our whole stormers could have escaped the tornado of grape and canister which such an armament could and did send forth. Scarcely a foot of sur- face is there which a gun did not sweep ; and when I add that the enemy had time to fire three rounds from every piece, from the first issue of our men from the shelter of our own parapet till their arrival at the broad ditch where so many have since found a grave, I am disposed to think that most of your readers will share in my surprise What first struck one in passing up the cut made by our sappers through the broad parapet, was the unusual solidity and strength of this last—averaging thirty or thirty-five feet along its entire front. On such a solid mass of gabions, fasciae; sand-bags, and earth, I need hardly say that artillery of even the heaviest calibre could have no sensible effect : sixty-eight or ninety-eight pound shot might enter, but they could not penetrate. Compared with this massive structure of mud and wickerwork, the thickest of our own or the French works is as paper to a deal board. Then within—besides the great superiority of their mantlets—strong ropen curtains hung across the embrasures to shelter the gunners from the besiegers' riflemen. You admire the cover provided for their artillerymen when not actually working the guns, in little retreats proof against any but the very heaviest splinters of shell. But these, again, are nothing when compared with the shot and shell proof chambers for the shelter of larger bodies of troops, which abound throughout the work. Even more interesting than all these, however, were the inner abutting defences of the redoubt, of which we had previously heard and imagined so much. From the irregular order in which these occur, it is difficult to describe them in any way that will convey an accurate idea of their exact appearance and relation to the main work ; but they may be generally mentioned as inde- pendent supports, similarly armed and of nearly equal strength in construc- tion to the front line of the redoubt, which stands to them in the relation of a screen. Their guns, too, so thoroughly command the whole interior of the Redan, that any assailing force which might have succeeded in forcing the outer battery would have been exposed to an inner fire as galling as and more concentrated than the first. The whole structure and arrangement of these inner defences, indeed, are such as to justify the belief that had the redoubt been strenuously defended, no body of attacking troops that could have been brought against it would have had a chance of success." Preparations had been made for a renewed attack on the Redan next morning. The Russians had maintained a dropping fire of guns and musketry all the evening, but towards midnight it died away. Some of our men crept up to the Redan and found it empty. Boon after twelve o'clock, flames burst forth, followed by tremendous explosions ; and by five o'clock the Quarantine Fort, the Central Bastion, the Flagstafe the left of the Redan, the Garden Batteries, had been blown up. At half-past five, one of the great forts was shattered to atoms ; while an eruption of live shells filled the air with bright fires, and stones and masses of timber. All this time the Russians were steadily retreating over the bridge, and at eight o'clock the bridge itself was removed in pieces to the North side. Undeterred by the flames and the mines, some of the French straggled into the place; and before the last of the Russians had departed, Zouaves and Linemen and sailors were returning with plunder for sale. Our men grumbled much that they were not permitted to do the like. The conflagration continued until Monday, and was only extinguished on that night by a fearful storm—" a water-spout"—that burst over the town and camp to an accompaniment of thunder and lightning. The ships remaining in the harbour were destroyed on Tuesday, but not until some heavy shots from batteries improvised by the British had found them out and hulled them several times. Fresh batteries were in pre- paration when the enemy set them on fire and scuttled them. As early as Sunday the newspaper correspondents entered some parts of the place, but could not penetrate far. On Tuesday they were riding over the battle-torn ground of the Karabelnaia.

Viewing the Assault.—" A stranger would have been astonished at the aspect of the British Generals as they viewed the assault The Commander- in-chief, General Simpson, Eat in the trench, with his nose and eyes just

facing the cold and dust, and his cloak drawn up over his head to protect him against both. General Tones wore a red nightcap, and reclined on his

litter ; and Sir Richard Airey, the Quartermaster-General, had a white pocket-handkerchief tied over lie cap and ears, which detracted somewhat from a martial and belligerent aspect. The Duke of Newcastle was stationed at Cathcart's Hill in the early part of the day, and afterwards moved off' to the right to the Picket-house look-out over the NVoronzoff road. All the amateurs and travelling gentlemen, who rather abound here just now, were in a state of great excitement, and dotted the plain in eccentric attire, which recalled one's old memories of Cowes, and yachting and sea-bathing—were engaged in a series of subtile manceuvres to turn the flank of unwary sen- tries, and to get to the front ; and their success was most creditable to their enterprise and ingenuity."—Times Correspondent. Storming of the Malakof —" This first step taken, our soldiers found them- selves confronting traverses of earth tolerably high, running into one an- other, where the men could only advance by a step at a time in following a winding course under the enemy's fire. This way appeared to our soldiers too long and dangerous. With that marvellous instinct that distinguishes them, they soon found another way, which the Russians had not thought of. Instead of attacking these intricate defences, they turned them by running alont the embrasures bounding like roebucks from one battlement to the other, at the risk of falling down a frightful precipice. In this way, to the great amazement of the Russians, they reached the centre of the position,

and fell on them with fixed bayonets No sooner had they been driven out of the redoubt through the gorge that leads to huge barracks ad- jacent to the Malakoff, and long supposed by us to be a fort, than they strengthened their numbers, brought up their reserves, and rushed back to the ramparts with a fury quite unusual on their part. Our soldiers drove them out headlong a second time. The Russians were not beaten yet ; they made another desperate attempt ; their prodigious efforts were foiled by the cool intrepidity of our soldiers. Never, say the actors in this terrible drama where the fate of Sebastopol was being wound up—never did the Russians display more gallantry, dash, and boldness. On this occasion they did not retreat till they were crushed, leaving behind them a hill of dead and

wounded in the gorge of the redoubt . It was three o'clock, and Gene- ral bi'Mabon sent to General Pelissier, who was at the Green liamelon, 500 metres distant from the Malakoff, behind a parapet of earth-sacks, a letter thus worded : 'lam in the Malakoff, and sure of maintaining myself in it.'" —Correspondent of La Presse.

French Attack on the Little Redan.—"The first body of stormers, almost annihilated by. the musketry of the Russians, covered the parapets of the works with their bodies, when fresh supplies came up and struggled to gain the summit of the scarp; but at every fresh attempt they fell back discom- fited into the ditch, covering the ground with dead and dying. The Rus- sians not only had the advantage of position, but they had been materially assisted in this portion of the attack by the steamers, which fired broadsides upon the Malakoff and the counterscarps of the Little Redan. The Vladimir —always so ably handled that, when anything daring was done by the Rus- sian; the French said,'(Test du Vladimir '—steamed rapidly up under the very mouths of the French batteries on Mount Sapoune, delivered her broad- side, and then majestically steaming round delivered a second, without eliciting in the confusion any reply from the French. These broadsides committed dreadful havoc, and threw the ranks of the assaulting columns into inextricable confusion. Notwithstanding every adverse circumstance, however, the French maintained their ground at the foot of the scarp and in the ditch of the Little Redan and Black batteries, firing resolutely at every Russian who showed himself over the parapet ; whilst the Russians on their part were equally quick in returning shot for shot when a Frenchman raised his person more than usual. This part of the fight partook at last of a cer- tain Indian character ; the struggle from cover to cover resembling those of which we have all read in the glowing pages of Cooper."—Illuatrated Lon- don Nape Correspondent.

A Taunt and its Answer.—"A curious incident occurred at the attack on the Central Bastion. When the French came back, the General who tried to turn them back seized one of the soldiers and exclaimed, 'Vow n'etes done pas Francais?' The soldier, touched to the quick by this reproach, exclaiming, Comment ! je ne suis pas Francais ?' rushed back alone, scaled the parapet, and, while brandishing his musket aloft, continued crying out, Comment ! je ne suis pas Francais ? ' until he was shot down."—Letter from the Camp.

Tossing for the Lead.—" Brigadier Shirley was on board ship, but as soon as he heard of the assault he resolved to join his brigade, and he accordingly came up to camp that very morning. Colonel Unett, of the Inth Regiment, was the senior officer in Brigadier Shirle.y'a absence, and.on him would have devolved the duty of leading the storming column of the Light Division, had the latter not returned. Colonel Unett, ignorant of the Brigadier'a in- tention to leave shipboard, had to decide with Colonel Windham who should take precedence in the attack. They tossed, and Colonel Unett won. He had it in his power to say whether he would go firat or follow Colonel Wind- ham. Hu looked at the shilling, turned it over, and said, My choice is made; I'll be the first man into the Redan.' But Fate willed it otherwise, and he was struck down badly wounded before he reached the abattis, al- though he was not leading the column."—Titnee Correspondent.

Colonel Windham in the .Redan.—" All the Brigadiers, save Colonel Wind- ham, were wounded or rendered unfit for the guidance of the attack. That gallant officer did all that man could do to form his men for the attack, and to lead them against the enemy. Proceeding from traverse to traverse, he coaxed the men to come out, and succeeded several times in forming a few of them, but they melted away as fast as he laid hold of them, and either fell in their little ranks or retired to cover to keep up their fusil- lade. This was all going on at the proper left face of the Redan, while nearly the same scene was being repeated at the salient. Every moment our men were diminishing in numbers, while the Russians came tip in swarms from the town, and rushed down from the Malakoff, which had now been occupied by the French." Colonel Windham sent three officers in succession for supports, but they never reached the trenches. "Finding that he could not collect any men on the left face, Co-

lonel Windhain passed through one of the cuts of the inner pa- rapet and walked over to the right face, at a distance of thirty yards from the Russian breast-work ; to which he moved in a pa- rallel line, exposed to a close fire, but, wonderful to say, without being touched. When he got behind the inner parapet at the right face, he found the same state of things as that which existed at the left. . . . . The Co- lonel got some riflemen and a few men of the 88th together ; but no sooner had be brought them out than they were killed, wounded, or dispersed by a concentrated fire The narrow neck of the salient was too close to allow of any kind of formation, and the snore the men crowded into it the more they got out of order, and the more they suffered from the enemy's

fire. This miserable work lasted for an hour. The Russians were now in dense masses behind the breastwork, and Colonel Windham walked back again across the open space to the left to make one more attempt to retrieve the day. He passed through the enemy's cross-fire in safety, and got within the inner parapet on the left, where the men were becoming thinner and thinner. A Russian officer now stepped over the breastwork, and tore down a gabion with his own hands ; it was to make room for a field-piece. Colonel Windham exclaimed to several soldiers who were firing over the parapet, Well, as you are so fond of firing, why don't you shoot that Russian ?' They fired a volley, and missed him ; and soon afterwards the field-piece be- gan to play on the head of the salient with grape. Colonel Windham saw there was no time to be lost. He had sent three officers for reinforcements, and above all for men in formation, and he now resolved to go to General Codrington himself. Seeing Captain Crealock, of the 90th, near him busy in encouraging his men, and exerting himself with great courage and energy to get them into order, he said—' I must go to the General for supports. Now, mind, let it be known, in case I am killed, why I went away.' He crossed the parapet and ditch, and succeeded in gaining the fifth parallel through a storm of grape and rifle-bullets in safety. Sir William Crington asked him if he thought he really could do anything with such supports as he could afford, and said he might take the Royals, who were then in the parallel,

Let the officers come out in front—let us advance in order, and if the men keep their formation the Redan is ours,' was the Colonel's reply. But he spoke too late, for at that very moment our men were seen leaping down into the ditch, or running down the parapet of the salient, and through the em- brasures out of the work into the ditch, while the Russians followed them with the bayonet and with heavy musketry, and even threw stones and grape-shot at them as they lay in the ditch."—Idem.)

Pikers of the Nineteenth—" Captain Bright, who was doing the duty of Paymaster, in the absence of Captain Glendining from illness, and who might have remained in camp if he had chosen, went at the head of his company into action, was in the thick of it, but came out unhurt. Captain Chippen- dall stood for a long time, amidst a shower of musket-balls and grape, on the first parapet of the Redan, waving his forage-cap on the top of his sword to encourage the men to come on. Nothing could exceed his gallantry. It is a miracle that he escaped. At last he was pushed from the parapet into the ditch, and fell among the heaps of dead and dying Lieutenant Moles- worth, though a youngster—quite a lad, just joined—had the coolness to light a cigar while up at the Redan, in the midst of the fire. A shell burst over his head ; one fragment knocked the cigar out of his mouth, another struck him on the back of the head and sent him senseless into the ditch. It was not for many hours after he was carried up to camp that he recovered from the first effects of the blow from the piece of shell : it must have glanced oft; for the wound it made was 'very slight One of the last remaining on the parapet of the Baden Was a gallant young boy, Lieutenant Massy, who had only lately joined the regiment. Just at the last the poor youth received a ball which broke his thigh-bone, and he fell down towards the ditch. In the hurry be was not noticed by the men who were retiring, and he was left among the heaps of dead unable to move till an early hour the next morning. Some men of the 93d Highlanders then noticed him, and he was carried up to camp, where he had been given up for killed. He did not fall to the bottom of the ditch, and some Russians coming out took away his sword and haversack, but did not maltreat him."—Letter of an Officer.

Interior of the ilialakof.—" From the level of the ground inside to the top of the parapet cannot be less than eighteen feet. There are eight rows of gabions piled one above the other, and as each row recedes towards the top it leaves in the ledge below an excellent banquette for the defenders. The traverses are so high and deep that it is impossible almost to get a view of the whole of the Malakoff from any one spot ; and there is a high mound of earth in the middle of the work, either intended as a kind of shell proof, or the remains of the old White Tower. In the parapet of the work may be observed several entrances—very narrow outside, but descending and enlarging downwards, and opening into rooms some four or five feet high and eight or ten square. These are only lighted from the outside by day, and must have been pitch dark at night, unless the men were allowed lan- terns. Here the garrison retired when exposed to a heavy bombardment. There are several of these places, and they might set defiance to the heaviest Mortars in the world. Over the roof is a layer of ships' masts, cut in junks and deposited carefully ; then there is over them a solid layer of earth, and above that a layer of gabions, and above that a pile of earth again. In one of these dungeons, which is excavated in the solid rock, and was probably underneath the old White Tower, the officer commanding seems to have lived. It must have been a dreary residence. The floor and the entrance was littered a foot deep with reports, returns, and perhaps despatches assur- ing the Czar that the place had sustained no damage. The garrison were in these narrow chambers enjoying their siesta, which they invariably take at twelve o'clock, when the French burst in on them like a torrent, and as it were drowned them in their holes. The Malakoff is a closed work ; it is only open at the repr to the town, and the French having once got in threw open a passage to their own rear, and closed up the front and the lateral communications with the curtains leading to the Great Redan and to the Little Redan Inside, the ground is marked by pools of blood, and the smell is already noisome ; swarm of flies settle on dead and dying; broken muskets, torn clothes, caps, shakos, swords, bayonets, bags of bread, canteens and havresacks, are lying in indescribable wreck all over the place, mingled with heaps of shot, of grape, bits of shell, cartridges, case and canister, loose Powder, official papers, and 000king-tins."—Tinies Correspondent.. .

Behind the _Malakoff asset Redan.—" The next object was a suburb of ruined houses, filled with dead bodies lying in holes and corners. Artillery- horses, with their entrails torn out, ley on the open space behind the Mala- koff. Every house, the church, and most of the public buildings, were torn and riddled with shot. A steamer was burning in the dockyard. All the houses behind the Redan were in ruins. There was a clock-turret, with a shot right through the clock ; a pagoda in ruins; another clock-tower with -all the clock destroyed save the dial, with the words 'Barwise, London,' thereon ; cook-houses, where human blood was running among the utensils; in one place a shell had lodged in the boiler and blown it and its contents,

and probably its attendants, to pieces The bomb-proofs within the Redan were the same as in the .Malakoff, and in one of them a music-book was found, with a woman's name in it ; and a canary bird and vase of flowers were outside the entrance."—Idem.

A Sapper at the Bedan.—" Twenty sappers were chosen. There was a etornung-party of the line carrying ladders, and one sapper to every ten lad- ders. Well we ran up as soon as we saw ttio French had got the Malakoff, got up to the ditch, lowered our ladders, tossed them over on the parapet, and then the line climbed up and commenced as thick as they could stand, and the Sappers commenced levelling in the ditch and building a parapet to taks off some of their fire on us in the ditch. Well, we remained there about an hour and a half; and the Russians killed so many of our men that our re- inforcements would not make up our losses. So at last they had to give the word 'Retire.' I will tell you the reason we had such a hard job—you see, all the Russians the French drove out of the Malakoff ran into the Re- dan, so that we had double to fight the French had, and not so many men to do it with, because our reinforcements either got killed or wounded 'before they could reach us, and there was such a number of Russians in the Redan that we wanted more than we had in the trenches at the time to drive them out. There was a great number of our men went in, but, of course, got either killed or wounded or taken prisoners."—Letter from lance-Corporal Baker.

The Hospital.—" The building used as a hospital is one of the noble piles inside the dockyard wall, and is situate in the centre of the row at right angles to the line of the Roden. The whole row was peculiarly exposed to the action of shot and shell bounding over the Redan, and to the missiles directed at the Barrack Battery ; and it bears in sides, roofs, windows, and doom, frequent and destructive proofs of the severity of the cannonade. In a long low room, supported by square pillars, arched at the top, and dimly lighted through shattered and unglazed window-frames, lay the wounded Russians, who had been abandoned to our mercies by their General. The wounded did I say ? No, but the dead, the rotten and festering corpses of the soldiers, who were left to die in their extreme agony, untended, uncared for, packed as close as they could be stowed, some on the floor, others on wretched trestles and bedsteads, or pallets of straw, sopped and saturated with blood, which oozed and trickled through upon the floor, mingled with the droppings of corruption. Many might have been eared by ordinary care. Many lay, yet alive, with maggots crawling about in their wounds. Many nearly mad by the scene around them, or seeking escape from it in their ex- tremest agony, had rolled away under the beds, and glared out on the heart- stricken spectators, oh I with such looks. Many with legs and arms broken and twisted, the jagged splinters sticking through the raw flesh, implored aid, water, food, or pity, or deprived of speech by the approach of death, or by dreadful injuries on the head or trunk, pointed to the lethal spot. Many seemed bent alone on making their peace with Heaven. The attitudes of sorne were so hideously fantastic as to appal and root one to the ground by a sort of dreadful fascination. The bodies of numbers of men were swollen and bloated to an incredible degree, and the features distended to a gigantic size, with eyes protruding from the sockets, and the blackened tongue lolling out of the mouth, compressed tightly by the teeth which had set upon it in the death rattle, made one shudder and reel round. In the midst of one of these chambers of horrors (for there were many of them) were found some dead and some living English soldiers ; and among them poor Captain Vaughan of the 90th, who has since succumbed to his wounds."—Tinies Correspondent.

Plunderinq.—" On gaining the elope, on and beyond which the main body of the town is situated, French, nothing but French, were to be met with, the majority of them drunk, and all laden with every conceivable kind of plunder. Chairs, tables, looking-glasses, church-ornaments, poultry, kegs of brandy, mattresses, bed-clothes, cooking-utensils—every domestic moveable, in fact, that ever figured in a catalogue at the City auction-mart, was being carried or dragged along by our light-fingered allies; whilst only at long intervals was an Englishman to be seen with a single article, and in three instances I found Frenchmen disputing their right even to these Although ruin had swept like a storm over the quarter behind the Malakoff, the consummating touch of French fingers had been wanting to perfect the desolation—and it had not been withheld ; benches, doors, windows, and every internal article of furniture worth carriage to their camp, had been borne away, and what would not have repaid this trouble was all smashed to pieces. Little enclosures of flowers and ornamental trees fronted many of the houses ; but even these had not escaped the gratuitoue wrecking which had been everywhere perpetrated : up-torn rose-bushes, roots of dead tulips, camellias, daisies, and the like, met the eye and foot at every point along the street on which this little floral nook had abutted ; as if sheer love of ruin had been as strong an impelling motive with the destroyers as their unsparing itch for plunder itself."—.Daily News Correspondent.

Fraternizatien.—"There was assuredly no jealousy on one side or the other. It so happened that as the remnants of the French regiments en- gaged on the left against the Malakoff and Little Redan marched to their tents this morning, our Second Division was drawn up on the parade-ground in front of their camp, and the French had to pass their lines. The instant the leading regiment of Zouaves came up to the spot where our first regi- ment was placed, the men with one spontaneous burst rent the air with an English cheer. The French officers drew their swords ; their men dressed up and marched past as if at a review ; while regiment after regiment of the Second Division caught up the cry; and at last our men presented arms to their brave comrades of France, and the officers on both sides saluted with their swords ; and this continued till the last man had marched by."—Times Correspondent.

Numerical Return of Casualties on the 8th September.

Staff-6 officers wounded. Royal Aqillery— 5 rank and file killed; 3 officers, 3 sergeants, 29 rank and file, wounded. Field Train Department-1 officer killed.

Royal Engineers and Royal Sappers and Miners-3 rank and file killed ; 2 officers, 1

sergeant, 6 rank and file, wounded. 2d Battalion 1st Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file killed; 4 officers, 1 sergeant, 21 rank and file, wounded. 3d Foot-5 sergeants, 26 rank and file, killed ; 6 officers, 7 sergeants, 2 drummers, 89 rank and tile, wounded. 7th Foot-2 officers, 1 serg,cant. 2 drummers, 10 rank and tile, killed; 5 officers, 11 sergeants, 60 rank and file, wounded; 2 sergeants, 7 rank and file, mis- sing. 17th Foot-1 rank and file killed ; 2 officers, is rank and file, wounded. 19th Foot-1 officer, 3 sergeants, 25 rank and file, killed; 9 officers, 9 sergeants, 189 rank and file, wounded; 3 rank and file missing. 20th Foot-1 officer, 6 rank and file, wounded. 21st Foot-1 rank and file killed; 1 sergeant. 6 rank and file, wounded. 23d Foot-2 officers, 4 sergeants, 43 rank and file, killed ; 12 officers, 10 sergeants, 3 drummers, 119 rank and file, ,sounded ; 25 rank and file missing. 30th Foot-8 officers, 1 sergeant, 1 drummer, 35 rank and file, killed; 8 officers, 6 ser- geants, 1 drummer, 105 rank and file, wonuded. 33d toot-1 officer, 1 sergeant, 9 rank and file, killed ; 6 officers. 5 sergeants, 39 rank and file, wounded. 34th Foot- 2 sergeants, 1 rank and file, killed ; 2 officers, 6 sergeants, 1 drummer, 46 rank and file, wounded . • 6 rank and file missing. 41st Foot-3 officers, 4 sergeants, 30 rank and file killed; 5 officers, 14 sergeants, 1 drummer, 111 rank and file, wounded ; 16 rank and file missing. 424 Foot-1 rank and file killed ; 1 sergeant, 1 drummer, 17 rank and file, wounded. 46th Foot-1 rank and file wounded. 44th Foot-3 rank and file killed ; 1 officer, 26 rank and file, wounded. 48th Foot —5 rank and file wounded. 49th Foot-1 officer, 2 rank and file, killed ; 2 officers,. 2 sergeants, 24 rank and file, wounded. 55th Foot—I. officer, 26 rank and file, lulled; b officers, 11 sergeants, 106 rank and file, wounded ; 3 rank and file missing. 37th . oot-1 rank and file killed ; 1 sergeant. 3 rank and file, wounded. 624 Foot —2 officers, Ser- geants 1 drummer, 17 rank and file, killed ; 4 officers, 4 sergeants, 71 rank and file, wounded ; 1 officer, 1 sergeant. 9 rank and file, missing. .0.34 F. not-1 rank and file killed ; 1 officer, 1 sergeant, 4 rank and file, wounded. 68th 1. oot-1 rank and file

wounded. 72d Foot-1 rank and file killed ; 1 0 Seer, 1 sergeant, 18 rank and Me. wounded. 77th Foot-1 officer. 3 sergeants, 10 rank and file, killed ; 4 officers, 6 sergeants, 42 rank and Me, wounded ; I sergeant, 6 rank and file, missing. 79th Foot-2 rank and file killed ; 2 sergeants, 9 rank and file, wounded. 88th Foot-1 officer, 2 sergeants, 11 rank and file, killed ; 8 officers, 7 sergeants, 1 drummer, 105 rank and tile, wounded ; 20 rank and file missing. 90th Foot-4 officers, 1 sergeant, 3 rank and file, killed ; 11 officers, 13 sergeants, 119 rank and file, wounded ; 4 ser- geants, 33 rank and file, missing. 93d Foot-2 rank and file killed ; 7 rank and file wounded. U5th Foot- 2 officers, 1 sergeant, 2 rank and file, wounded. 97th Foot- 4 officers, 2 sergeants, 2 drunnners, 16 rank and file, killed ; 7 officers, 14 sergeants, 326 rank and file, wounded ; 4 sergeants, 3.5 rank and Me, missing. 1st Battalion Bille Brigade-3 rank and file killed ; 6 rank and file wounded. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade -2 officers, 4 sergeants, 22 rank and file, killed ; 8 officers, 7 sergeants, 2 drummers, 122 rank and file, wounded. 1otal-29 officers, 36 sergeants, 6 drum- mers. 314 rank and file, killed ; 124 officers, 142 sergeants, 12 drummers, 1608 rank and file, wounded ; 1 officer, 12 sergeants, 163 rank and Me, missing. Grand total- Killed, 385 ; wounded, 1886 ; missmg, 176 = 2447.

Oficers Idled, Wounded, and Missing on the 8t1i September.

"Med.-Field Train Department, Royal Artillery-Deputy-Assistant-Commissary 'W. Hayter. 7th Foot-Lieutenant L. L. G. Wright. Lieutenant 0. Colt. 19th Foot-Lieutenant P. Godfrey. 23d Foot-Lieutenant R. II. Somerville. Lieutenant and Adjutant D. Dyneley. 30th Foot-Lieutenant-Colonel J. B. Patullo. Captain J. C. N. Stevenson. Ensign It. G. Deane. 33d Foot-Lieutenant H. D. Donovan. 41et Foot-Lieutenant-Colonel J. Eman, C.B. Captain E. Every. Captain J. A. Lockhart. 49th Foot-Captain (I. Rochfort. 55th Foot-Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Cuddy. 621.1 Foot-Captain L. A. Cox. Lieutenant L. Blakiston. 78th Foot-Captain W. Parker. 88th Foot-Captain H. W. Grogan. 90th Foot-Cap- tain H. Preston. Captain 11. M. Vaughan. Lieutenant A. D. Swift. Lieutenant H. F. Wilmer. 97th Foot-Lieutenant-Colonel lion. 11. It. Hancock. Major A. F. Velsford. Captain J. Hutton. Lieutenant and Adjutant A. D. APGregor. 2d Battalion Rifle Biigade-Captain M. M. Hammond. Lieutenant II. S. Ryder.

Wounded.-Staff-Brigadier-General C. Warren, C.B., 55th Regiment, command- ing lot brigade 2d Division, slightly. Brigadier-General C. Van Straubenzee, 5th Reginient, commanding lit brigade Light Division, slightly. Brigadier-General H. Shirley, C. B., 88th Regiment, commanding 2d brigade Light Division, slightly. Colonel lion. P. Herbert, C.B., the Unattached Assistant-Quartermaster-General, 2d Division. Lieutenant R. Swire, 17th Regiment, A.D.C. to Colonel Windham, C.B., dangerously. Lieutenant G. A. Morgan, 55th Itegiment, A.D.C. to Brigadier- General Warren, C.B., severely. Royal Artillery-Captain A. C. L. Fitzroy, since dead. Lieutenant It. H. Champion, severely. Lieutenant C. J. Tyler, slightly. Royal Engineers-Captain C. H. Sedley. severely. Lieutenant H. C. Elphinstone, severely: 3d Battalion 1st Foot-Captain W. .1. Gillum, dangerously. Lieutenant

R. L. Williams, severely. Lieutenant Hon. 'I'. 0. W. Plunkett, slightly. Lieu- tenant R. B. Caton, severely. 3d Foot-Major F. F. Maude, dangerously. Captain C. Hood, slightly. Captain P. J. Dunbar, slightly. Lieutenant T. A. Cox, slightly. Ensign H. Peachey, dangerously. Ensign A. B. Letts, severely. 7th Fout-Brevet- Lieutenant-Colouel J. It. lles lend, severely. Brevet-Major W. W. Turner, slightly. Captain 11. P. !Ebben, severely. Captain J. F. Hickie, severely. Lieutenant H. M. Jones, dangerously. 17th Foot- Lieutenant W. 1). Thompson, dangerously. Lieutenant W. H. Parker, slightly. 19th Foot-Lieutenant-Colonel '1'. Unett, very severely, since dead. Brevet-Major It. Warden, slightly. Captain E. Chippindall, slightly. Lieutenant A. Goren, dangerously. Lieutenant W. 0. D. Massy, dan- gerously. Lieutenant R. Moleaworth, severely. Lieutenant E. \V. R. Bayley, slightly. Ensign It. C. Martin, severely. W. W. Young, severely. 20th Foot -Brevet-Major S. R. Chapman, Assistant-Engineer, dangerously. 23d Foot -Colonel D. Lysons, C.B., severely. Captain F. F. Vane, severely. Captain V. H. Poole, dangerously. Lieutenant L. E. Millet, severely. Lieutenant L. O'Connor, dangerously. Lieutenant .1. Williamson, severely. Lieutenant F. H. II. Dare, ses erely. Lieutenant J. D. Vie Tupper, severely. Lieutenant C. H. Beck, dangerously. Lieutenant E. S. Holden, dangerously. Lieutenant S. G. Prevost, slightly. Lieutenant H. D. Radcliffe, slightly. 30111 Foot-Lieutenant-Colonel J. T. Mauleverer, C.B., slightly. Brevet-Major A. Campbell, slightly. Captain G. F. C. Pocock, severely. Lieutenant A. J. Austin, slightly. Lieutenant C. J. Moor- earn, slightly. Lieutenant IL B. Fend, severely. Lieutenant W. Kerr, danger- ously. Lieutenant G. H. Sanders, severely. 33d Foot-L'eutenant-Colonel T. B. Gough, dangerously. Captain 11. D. Ellis, slightly. Lieutenant J. Trent, severely. Lieutenant C. W. Willis, slightly. Ensign and Adjutant G. Toseland, slightly. 34th Foot -Lieutenaut J. D. Laurie, severely. Lieutenant N. A. Harris, severely. 41st Foot-Major It. Pratt, slightly. Captain II. Rowlands, slightly. Lieutenant F. Kingscute, severely. Lieutenant R. E. Maude, slightly. Lieutenant amid Adjutant J. A. Hamilton, slightly. 47th Foot-Brevet-Major W. F. G. Rooks, severely. 49th Foot- Itrevet-Major J. H. King, severely. Ensign C. Michell, dangerously. 55th Foot-Major A. C. Cure, severely. Captain R. Hume, severely. Captain.). R. Flume, severely. Captain \V. H. Richards, slightly. Lieutenant W. B. Johnson, severely. 62d Foot-Lieutenant-Colonel L. B. Ts ler, severely. Captain E. H. Hun- ter, slightly. Lieutenant W. Dring, slightly. Lieutenant W. B. Davenport, se- verely. 63.1 Foot-Lieutenant-Colonel P. Lindesay, severely. 72d Foot-Quarter- master J. SPDonald, severely. 7701 Foot- Captain W. J. Butts, severely. Lieu- tenant W. A. Waters, severe contusion. Lieutenant W. G. Legeett, slightly. C. B. Knowles, severe contusion. 88th Foot-Lieutenant-Colonel' G. V. Maxwell, C.B., severely. Captain B. B. Mauleverer, severely. Captain G. R. Beresford, severely. Lieutenant W. Lambert, severely. Lieutenant E. Hopton, severely. Lieutenant L. C. Scott, severely. Lieutenant G. S. Watson, severely. Ensign G. -Walker, severely. 90th Foot-Captain R. Grove, slisehtly. Captain W. B. Tinting, severely. Captain J. H. Wade, severely. Captain J. Perrin, slightly. Lieutenant J. C. Rattray, severely. Lieutenant Sir C. Pigott, Bart., severely. Lieutenant P. S. Descent, severely. Lieutenant H. H. Goodricke, severely. Lieutenant II. J. Baydock, slightly. Lieutenant W. J. Bons, slightly. Lieutenant N. Grahame, slightly. 91.th Foot-Captain.). N. Sargent, slightly. Lieutenant.C. F. Parkinson, slightly. 07th Foot-Captain It. F. W. Sibthorp, severely. Captain C. H. Lumley, dangerously. Captain H. 0. Woods, slightly. Lieutenant It. C. Goodenough, ee. verely. Lieutenant C. H. Browne. slightly. Lieutenant M. G. B. Fitzserald, slightly. Ensign J. E. D. Hill, slightly. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade- Major C. Woodford, slightly. Captain Hon. B. It. Pellew, slightly. Lieutenant H. Eyre, slightly. Lieutenant F. Riley, slightly. Lieutenant IV. Eccles, slightly. Lieu- tenant.). C. Moore, slightly. Lieutenant R. Borough, slightly. Lieutenant F. C. Playne, slightly. Missing.- Old Foot-Lieutenant H. A. Palmer.

The loss of the French on the 8th is now officially reported as-5 ge- nerals killed, 4 wounded, 6 contused 24 superior officers killed, 20 wounded, 6 missing ; 116 subaltern ofers killed, 224 wounded, 8 mis- sing; 1489 sous-officiers and soldiers killed, 4259 wounded, 1400 missing; total French loss, 7551.

The loss of the Naval Brigade on the 7th and 8th was 3 men killed, 22 men wounded.

The number of casualties in the trenches on the 7th was 1 officer, 11 men, killed ; 44 men wounded. The officer was Captain Buckley of the Guards.

TURKEY.—The Ottoman telegraph, as already stated, is at present complete as far as Schumla, where it joins that of the Crimea and of Europe. By a curious coincidence, the first despatch which it transmitted to Constantinople was that which announced the taking of Sebastopol ; and the first which it transmitted from Constantinople was one in which the Turkish Ministry directed its representatives at the Courts of Paris and London to present to the Emperor and to the Queen the congratula- tions of the Sultan on that glorious victory. It has therefore begun to *work under happy auspices. According to a letter from Schumla, dated the 11th, the former garrison of that place has gone to Varna, and there are only young troops left behind. "It is said," continues the letter, "that a new campaign on the Danube is not unlikely, and, in consequence, our fortresses are about to be strengthened. Five French officers and two Prussian engineers are directing the works, under the orders of the French Colonel Vencole. This last-named officer left this place yesterday for Sophia, an important town in a military point of view, and which is to be strongly fortified." Russm—The Emperor, Empress, and Imperial Family, arrived at Moscow on the 13th September. "In spite of the most unfavourable weather," says a letter from Moscow, "a large crowd had assembled, and greeted his Majesty with the loudest acclamations, a thousand times repeated. Although it was nearly midnight before the Emperor came in, the bells of all the churches were rung, and the city was illuminated. The Emperor and the Imperial party took up their residence in the Kremlin. At one o'clock today, the Emperor and Empress made their solemn appearance in the vestibule of the ancient palace, and after saluting the people, who greeted them with enthusiastic acclama- tions, proceeded to visit in succession the different sacred edifices comprised in the Kremlin. An estrade, a few feet high, decorated with purple, led to the various churches, and the Imperial cortege passed along it. During this visit the huge bell of the cathedral and all the bells of the churches were rung."

FRANCE.—The Moniteur of Sunday contained an article on the fall of Sebastopol under the united and equal efforts of England and France. Some passages of the paper have attracted great attention.

"The capture of Sebastopol has caused the greatest joy in England as well as in France. In fact, it was just that, after having shared the dangers and the sacrifices of this war, the two people should take an equal share in the glory of the triumph. Since the commencement of the struggle France and England, united by an intimate community of views and efforts,' have shown a sort of emulation in providing each according to its resources the means of assuring success. If France was able to send out more soldiers, England provided a greater number of ships, and, nevertheless, sent successively to the Crimea 80,000 troops, collected' from all points of her immense empire "Our own maritime resources would scarcely have sufficed for the trans- port of our troops and of the enormous quantity of materiel which such a war at a distance of 860 leagues from the country demanded. The English Admiralty placed fifty vessels of the Royal and commercial navy at the dis- posal of France, which conveyed to the Crimea nearly 40,000 of our troops, with 2000 horses, and 7000 tons of materiel. Every one knows, moreover, that if Bomarsund fell under the blows of our soldiers, it was chiefly the English navy that took them there "At the Tchernaya our allies hastened up to our support, as we hastened up to support them at Balaklava. In the last and victorious efforts against Sebastopol, English and French equally fulfilled their heroic task. Of se- veral different points of attack one only was conquered at first ; but the triumph is not the less due to all the corps of the Allied Army, which, mu- tually supporting each other and sharing the resistance of the enemy, finally compelled him to abandon the walls of that town which even his despair could no longer defend. Thus the Commander-in-chief of the French army was only just when he attributed to the English army a large share of glory in the success of that great day's work.

"As regards the pecuniary sacrifices which our Allies have imposed upon themselves, they are equal to ours, if they do not exceed them. Without speaking of the Turkish loan of 100,000,000 francs, guaranteed, it is true, by France as well as by England, but contracted for entirely by our neigh- bours, nor of the fifty millions advanced by them to the Piedmontese Go- vernment to enable it to give us the BO ;useful assistance of her brave sol- diers, England has spent in this war nearly 400,000,000 francs last year, and has provided so that she can spend this year more than a milliard, if ne- cessary." Baron Prokesch-Osten has been sent to Paris from Vienna, on what mission is not exactly known. He had audience on Sunday. A private letter from Vienna mentions that the departure of M. de Prokesch-Osten for Paris has very much alarmed the Russian party, because he is looked upon as a Bonapartist. "It was he who brought up the Duke de Reichstadt, of whom he was the favourite preceptor ; and he is, moreover, known to be hostile to Russia since the famous letter which he addressed from Athens in 1848, being at the time Minister of Austria there, to the unfortunate Count Latour, and which letter, intercepted by the populace, was published in all the journals at the period. It was said at Vienna that M. de Prokesch has been expressly sent to Paris to sound the Emperor as to his intentions relative to peace. M. Prokesch, in writing to a friend, said that he thought before he saw the Emperor he was about to present himself to a man grave, serious, reserved, and cunning ; but that, to his great asto- nishment, he found him gentle, very attractive in manner, and, above all, modest and unassuming : he says that the Emperor charmed him by his manners, and surprised him by the extent and solidity of his infor- mation."

The deputation sent by the Society of Arts to the Paris Exposition, headed by Lord Ebrington' were introduced to the Emperor, at the Tuileries, on Sunday last, by Lord Cowley. They presented an address, glorifying the Exposition as a proof of the marked and rapid progress which has taken place in arts and manufactures since the English Exposition; exulting in the Anglo-French alliance, and characterizing the Emperor "as the faith- ful and unswerving upholder of that alliance and the conservator of civi- lization." The deputation were very graciously received.

GERKANY.—The most remarkable event which is recorded in the Ger- man intelligence is the celebration of the taking of Sebastopol at Hesse Hombourg, yesterday week, by a party of English gentlemen. Sir Alex- ander Malet, British Minister to the German Diet, presided ; and Cap- tain de Voccance, a French officer, filled the vice-chair. The speeches of Sir Alexander Millet give some importance to the meeting. Sir Alexan- der made some really curious statements and allusions. In proposing the health of Queen Victoria, he congratulated "the country on the preju- dices which had been overcome, pitiful prejudices, suggested by interest- ed individuals to prevent a visit to the metropolis of France." He spoke of the Emperor of the French, in proposing his health, as "the most emi- nent and most remarkable man of the age" ; and added, that "he had found England arming herself against him, and with a rare sagacity had diverted those preparations against Russia, the national enemy." Sar- dinia and her constant King, the Allied Generals and Admirals, were not forgotten ; and afterwards, in responding to "the health of the chair- man," he made some still snore marked statements. We quote from an account of the dinner in the Morning Post. "Sir Alexander Millet regretted not having been called upon to speak In German ; but the absence of any native of the country exempted him from that necessity. Accredited to the central organ of Germany,. as be had the honour of being, he was pained to say that the pulse beating in that heart of the land gave but feeble throbs at the extremities. The policy of Prussia had altogether disappointed the reasonable expectations of Englishmen; whose sympathies and relations had entitled them to expect a contrary re- suit. (Sensation.) To the abstinence of that state from an active participa- tion in the policy of the Western Powers towards Russia he attributed not

only the present state of hostilities, but the commencement of the war. (Loud and significant applause.)

"Mr. Harris wished to observe, that the feeling attributed to Prussia was only to be found in a certain quarter ; that from observation, and from in- formation derived from a source of unquestionable authority, he could say that the major part of the nobility, the army, the heir-apparent of the throne of Prussia, and his amiable spouse, entertained the strongest sym- pathy with England. (Loud applause.) "Sir Alexander Malet wished it to be understood that his observations only applied to the King and Government of Prussia. The majority, to whose opinions allusion had been made, had, unfortunately, no means of making their opinions heard ; their press was shackled, and their Chambers were restrained from discussing questions of foreign policy. He must again repeat, that had Prussia declared herself, Austria must have acted with de- cision, and Russia could not have resisted an European coalition. The King and Government of Prussia were responsible for the manifold suffering en- tailed by a state of war. (Loud and continued applause.)"

SWEDEN.—In celebration of the fall of Sebastopol, all the students of the University of Upsala assembled about aix o'clock in the evening of the day on which the news arrived, on the great square of that city, with flags and banners, and accompanied by masses of the people, proceeded in solemn procession, singing at the same time patriotic songs, to the mo- nument of Gustavus the Great in the Wood of Odin. On their arrival at the obelisk, the patriotic song composed by Bottiger on the occasion of the great festival in honour of Gustavus Adolphus, celebrated here in the year 1832, was sung in chorus with uncovered heads ; after which, the Curator of the University mounted the pedestal of the monument, and made a speech expressing the sympathy, the joy, and the hopes for the future entertained by the students.

"Animated by the most sincere and lively conviction, that those high- minded heroes who are magnanimously fighting the battle of justice, free- dom, and civilization, against the power of despotism, slavery, and igno- rance, are engaged in mortal combat for the peace and happiness of the whole human race, the students of the University of Upsala voluntarily con- gratulate them on their victory, and express their sincere gratitude, fervent iespect, and disinterested homage to them for their meritorious services in the cause of the happiness of mankind. From the deepest recesses of our hearts we wish them an uninterrupted continuaffce of viotorious successes; which must sooner or later infallibly lead to the destruction of despotism, the humbling of arrogance, and the consolidation of justice and good govern- ment in every country on this globe."

This address, which WU listened to with the most decorous silence, was scarcely finished when the most deafening shouts broke out from the assembled multitude. After nine additional lusty cheers were given for the Allies, and as many groans for Russia, Runeberg's beautiful Finnish po- pular song, "Our land, our land, our fatherland," was sung in chorus by the inspirited populace ; and the singing of the Swedish National Hymn concluded the imposing ceremony.

aux.—The question of an Italian nationality, to be worked out by Piedmontese agency, still occupies attention. In the Piedmontese papers we find a second letter by Signor Manin, addressed to Signor Valerie a Deputy. This letter encloses a copy of the writer's previous letter to the Paris papers, and amplifies it. The Republican party, so much ca- lumniated, he says, makes a new act of abnegation and sacrifice to the

national cause. That party says to the house of Savoy—Remember Italy, and we are with you. They say to the Constitutionalists—Take thought for making Italy, and not for aggrandizing Piedmont. Be Italians, not burghers, and we are with you ; if not, not I, a Re- publican, raise the standard of union."

INDIA AND Cinne.—The summary of the intelligence from India and 'China on its way hither overland reached town yesterday by telegraph. The latest dates are Hongkong 10th, and Bombay 29th August. "The Santal rebellion continues, but the rebels are beginning to give way. Fifty thousand rebels are assembled in the hill districts. The bill for granting a charter to the Oriental Gas Company has passed its second reading. Lord Elphinstone has returned to Bombay. Lord Dalhousie remains at the Neilgherries. "Money is very scarce. The Bengal Bank has raised its rate to 12 per cent. The New Five per Cents are at 1, discount ; the Four per Cent Loan is at 13 discount. The pirates in China hold under control a coast line of 2000 miles in the tea districts of Heenan and Copeck. The rebels are in great strength, and the trade of Canton is very restricted."

CANADA.—Recent news from Quebec, remarking the prevailing and prosperous tranquillity of the colony, points out that the great subject of public discussion and agitation was the abolition of the union of Upper and Lower Canada, of which project Mr. Lyon Mackenzie is the author and champion. He had projected a journey through the provinces for the purpose of lecturing the whole colony on his scheme. The chief matters of real interest to the public, however, were the opening of new routes of water-communication with the United States ; and project after project was issuing from the fertile brains of the speculative—the newest scheme contemplated being a canal between Lake Ottawa and Lake Huron.

UNITED STATES.—The Canada arrived at Liverpool on Sunday, with advices from New York to the 13th September. The Greytown bombardment is again made the subject of newspaper comment, in consequence of the following letter from the principal ma- nager of the Nicaragua Transit Company, written before Commodore Hollins went out, but now first brought to light by Colonel Kinney. " Office of the New York and California Steamship Line vie Nicaragua, No. 5 Bowling Green, New York, June 16, 1854. "Dear Sir—Captain Hollins leaves here next Monday. You will see from his instructions that much discretion is given to you, and it is to be hoped that it will not be so exercised as to show any mercy to the town or people. "If the scoundrels are soundly punished, we can take possession and build it up as a business place, put in our officers, transfer the jurisdiction— and you know the rest.

"It is of the last importance that the people of the town should be taught to fear us. Punishment will teach them ; after which you must agree with them as to the organization of a new government and the officers of it. Everything now depends on you and Hollins. This latter is all right. He fully understands the outrage, and will not hesitate in enforcing reparation.

4 I hope to hear from you that ell is right. "Yours, 8re. I. L. Wurrz. "I. W. Fabens, Esq."

In answer to demands, the Secretary of State replies that "claims for losses at Greytown cannot be paid or settled without the sanction of Con- gress."