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      An Ertraordinarg Gazette was published last evening . It contains several despatches from Lord Raglan , the last being dated November 3 rd , with lists of casualties among officers from the 27 th October to the 2 nd ^ November , and with lists of the killed and wounded among privates and non-commissioned officers from October 22 nd to November 1 st . The details of the battle on the Sth cannot be expected for some days . Lord . Raglan's despatch , dated the 3 rd N " ovenit » er , is the first authentic account of the position prior to the battle of the 5 th , and after the affairs of the 25 th—26 th . Before Sebastopol , November 3 , 1854 .

      My Lord Duke , —Since I wrote to your Grace , on the 28 th ultimo , the enemy have considerably increased their force in the Yalley of the Tchemaya , botb in artillery , cavalry , and infantry , and have extended to their left , not only occupying the village of Camara , tmt tlie heights beyond it , and pushing forward pickets and even guns towards our extreme right ; andtliese yesterday fired a few shots , apparently to try the range , ¦ which fell somewhat short .

      These movements have induced me to place as strong a force as I can dispose of on the precipitous ridge in that direction , in order to prevent any attempt to get round to Balaklava by the sea ; and the "whole line is strengthened by a breastwork , which has been thrown up by the Higliland Brigade , the Royal Marines and the Turkish troops , thus circumscribing that part of the position ; whilst immediately in front of the gorge leading into the town a strong i-edoubt is' in . course of being completed , which is to be garrisoned by the 93 d Regiment , and armed with several guns ; and on high ground behind , and to the left , is a battery manned by seamen , which terminates the position to be defended by the troops under the command of Major-General Sir Colin Campbell .

      lurther to the left , and in a more elevated position is the brigade of the 1 st French division , commanded by-General Vinois , ready to move to the assistance of any of the British force that may be assailed , and maintaining the connexion between the troops in the valley and those on the ridge on winch the main armies are posted . The harbour of Balaklava is under the charge of Captain Dacres , of the Sanspareil , and Rcar-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons is in the roadstead , outside , and is in daily communication with me . Thus every possible step has been taken to secure this important point , but I will not conceal from your Grace , that I should be more satisfied if I could have occupied the position in considerably greater strength .

      With reference to the operations of the combined armies , engaged in the attack on Sebastopol , I have the honour to . state , that there is no material diminution in tho enemy ' s fire , and yesterday morning , two hours before daylight , the cannonade from all parts of the south front was heavy in the extreme , both on tho French and IJritish lines , and it occasioned , 1 deeply regret to say , sonw ! Iohh , but less than might have boon expected under the circumstances .

      lu tho meanwhile the l reneh , who have before them the town and real body of tho plncv , havo taken advantage of the more favourable ground , and aro carrying on approaches systematically on tho most salient nnd commanding part of the enemy ' s * lines ; and they have constructed and opened batterion , the precision of the tire from ¦ which luiu most materially damaged the ltuasian ¦ workrt , although as yet they have not suuueodod in silencing their giuiH ,

      The woalhcr iri Mill flue , but it . hu . s become ox-tremulv cold , nnd there was a Mjvore frost , lust uiyht . lE . lriuix . His Grace the Duko of Newcastle , &c , &c ., &c ,

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      lh « ( UoIhi nay a : —Wo regret to way that " niUjlligenco hurt boon received at , tint War Department of tho deaths , in thu ac . tlou of tins b \\\ of November , of tho following dlnt . ii » gumlunlolHu ( . 'r . s : — Lioul .-dUineriu liir ( ii > o , ( Iiithcurt , K . C . U ., ni ' igiulior- ( iunci'ul ( St « 'ang \ vuyn , inul Urlguiliei' - ( icncrul ( aoldlit . Tlui nml intelligence reached hirt ( Jrucu thi' Duku of Newcastle Uy telegraph in cypher yonlerday , hut whj ) withheld from the public until to-dny in onlcir to « fl «> rd hi , s fiiwo Hio iN'roHjiuiy limo fur cuininiinientlinf tho piilnfiil intulligonco lo tho > vUU >\ vn ami rulativort of the deceased .

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      Th-ere is nothing so revolutionary , "because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the -world . is by the very law of its creation in eternal nrosress . —Dn . Arnold

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      WHERE IS THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ? Parliament stands prorogued to the middle of next month ( the 20 th . December ) . This is not a very usual proceeding 1 : and it m-eans that Parliament will then—or soon after the 25 th— - meet " for the despatch of business" —if the country chooses . The moderate demand for a November session—a demand , altogether confined to the newspapers- —sng-gested , no doubt ,

      trie cautious adjournment for a month , lest , in tlie meanwhile , the cry should he taken up by some accredited party leader ; and , it may be inferred , the Government will be entirely g uided , on the point , by the wishes of the House of Commons itself . Silence , when the House is concerned , is assent : why should it be collected among Christmas inconveniences merely to declare that it has perfect confidence in tlie Government ?

      We do not suppose that it can be siny doubt of tho voice of the House of Commons which induces the Government to continue and conduct tlie -war on its own responsibility . The Coalition Government excludes only one party — Lord Derby ' s agricultural party : and , for the moment , that party is too placid to admit of the manoeuvres of its leaders . Ve see in the speech , this week , of Mr . Miles , that , iu the great thoughts inspired by the war , faction is dead : and by this time , also , Mr . Disraeli must have ascertained that even

      the Hebraistic-Protestant cry has but slight chcinco of an echo from a squirearchy intent upon 80 s . a quarter . Tho Ministry can liave no reason to believe that they would not l ) e perfectly safe with the present Parliament , nnd it is not likely that as they now want men and money , they would bo disposed to reject any iiroffiar from Parliament itself to increase

      their moral power by u unanimous vote If , then , there is no session until next year—until tho tiino when now groat diplomatic and military measures havo boon decided on , if not executed , let tho responsibility attach to those members of the Legislature who uvc as quiet us tho members of the Corps Lv . c / islttti / ' o ( Franco— and comparison omi no further to .

      worthy of this confidence of the nation and the Legislature ? The blundering , up to this moment , has beea conspicuous , and awful in its consequences . We decline to coincide in the compliments paid to the Ministers by the plushed journals , because the Government happened to think of reinforcements before an astute press had urged reinforcements . For why are reinforcements being sent ? Because the army sent to the Crimea has beea found

      insufficient—because the army sent to take Sebastopol has been found too small to take so strong a place . Certainly General Lord Raglan was the chief blunderer in the calculation , and we count him among the Cabinet . Granted that nearly the whole country has been mistaken in this estimate of Russian capacity in the Crimea : it was the business of the Government to get at the facts , and to prepare for the facts . They were not without warning from the few who escaped the popular delusions , and who were not misled by leading journals . For our own part , when we heard that St . Arnaud and Lord Raglan were going to the Crimea with their

      little army , we took for granted that the Governments were calculating on a general flight of the Russians . The Government entered on a great war with a small spirit , and have done everything in a small way . They did not believe in the war until it had begun ; and as they delayed the declaration , so they have delayed everything else to the last moment . History might call this war , so far as England has been concerned , the war by degrees . Let us recall the facts : the array suggests the tone of the men in whom we are still trusting . Dull conception and fidgetty disbelief—these bave been the characteristics of

      Ministers in carrying on the Government , as respects Russia . When , on quiet Lord Aberdeen ' s easy accession , the Emperor Nicholas franldy conveyed to the English Ambassador at St . Petersburg his views on Turkey , Lord John Russell , then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , treated that remarkable revelation as a mere conversation , entered into for an evening ' s amusement , and having * written a despatch or two—of course not without some sort of consultation

      with his Queen and his colleagues—he considered that the matter was at an end , and that the Czar would drop a design on Constantinople just as readily as an episodical Lord John Russell drops a Reform Bill . When Prince Menschikoff appeared at Constantinople in a state avid pomp not usual in an ordinary embassy , and made demands on the Sultan which he knew beforehand that the Sultan

      would not be allowed to comply with , our Government treated the matter as an ordinary difficulty of diplomacy , and assumed , and assured Europe , that thcro was nothing serious . When , to enforce these demands , a Russian army crossed the Pruth , our Government still saw in the event a mere passing occupationrefused to advise tlie Sultan that there was a castts belli , and offered mediation between tho two sovereigns . When the Gzav accepted the mediation , via Austria , our Government believed him in earnest , notwithstanding that , at tho vevy moment , bo was

      exhausting all the resources of his dominions in raising vast armies . Alltbi . s time our ( loot , under strict orders , was playing at demonstrations—sunning in tho sew of Marmora while tho Russian forces at Hebnstopol woro preparing for tho foil swoop on ttiuopo : —also , all this tiino , Turlunh incuts were boiiift- withhold from raising th « l «> m » whi < -li , rnisod a year ugo , would Ikivo onnblud tho Sultan to act for himself . At lust , the ; grand insolence and rniifviiifu-ont oonmtfo of the Czar had ( gelled tlio ' menii minds opposed to hint into the conviction that ho wad not to bo protocollod by

      But has tho Government deserved this trust ? To put the question more- politely — Ou' > ht not tho Government to rondesr itsi'If

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      SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 18 , 1854 .

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      TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION TO '" Eljn Seauec " For a Half-Year £ Q is 0 To be remitted in advance . gap" Money Orders should bo drawn -upon , the Strand Branch Office , and be made payable to Mr . Alfred E ( tALIoway . at No . 7 . " Wellington Street . Strand .

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      TO CORRESPONDENTS . It is impossible to acknowledge tho mass of letters wo receive . Their insertion is often delated , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the coamunica tion . No notice can be taken of anonymous communications . Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of liis good faith . Communications should always be legiMy written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them . We cannot undertake to re turn rejected communications . All letters for the Editor should be addressed to " . Wellington-street , Strand , London .

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      November 18 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 1091

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 18, 1854, page 1091, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2065/page/11/