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      Jthey-st <« iried £ hft * ed <* ttbt 4 . aachlteld one * ialf of it * gM&st fearful odds , * rtu » the-Rus » ians * tfceeeded < itt outflsnkin <* the column ; the Marines were separated from the Z < TuavWand : tfriveh back in all' directions , and the latter were completely ^ surrounded bytheenemy . = ¦ A second - time they succeeded ; by sheer handr-to ^ hianfl ; figh ; ting r in completing the capture of' the redotlbt ? but no sooner j < ba 9 the 'fcusfcian lhfantry ftfien ^ bafct ? than the batteries ' and sbips -operied " a terrific' fire-supott' the work ,- 'and '• tendered it'cOmpletely ^ untehable . "

      A PICTURE OF BAtAKtAVA . Gan anything ^ be more auggestiveof eounty > inagis-? traey--and " ,- poor . laws , and order < afnd -. peace , ' ¦ ¦ * ban letonebreaking ? Here it goes * on daily , v and patties hot , Ted-coated ! soldiery are to be seen contentedly hammering away at the limestone rock , satisfied with a few ; pence ^ extra pay . -The 1 policeman- walksabroad sdn the streets r of Balakl&va . Golonel Harding , the < new commandant , Iras - exhibited great ability in the improvement of the town , and he-has means at >; his ^ disposal -which his predecessors could-not obtain . -I / ord-Itaglani is out about th& camps everyday , , and Generals Estcourt and Airey areequally active . -A little naval arsenal has grown up at the north side of

      the harbour , with shears , landing-wharf , and"store-• Jitfuses . ' In a -fortnight more if-is hoped' the -first engine will be at work , and it is lying- all-ready , with i thte . tender and : all the ^ appnrafcns for pulling * up- the ctrucks ^ eside it * at its ^ aHotted'atation . The hatrfoour , J « rowded as it * is , iiasiiassumed a certainfiappearasfice lof order .: TheicbllectioDs bf rotten-clothes and rags , " * h © rgaWHents >» of £ the- poor" Turks , -have-been-burnt Cesspools- - have « been cleared out , !* and- the- English . Herculestfias ab 4 ast ? begun to « tirup the heels of the scxen of ' - Augaeus . The whole of-tiieTurks-are re-• • anoved- 'tp the ' hili-side , ' where they ; have encamped . jiEach day there - is : a ; diciinutton in the average oamooiuVof sickness , and a-still-greater-decrease in

      -the > rates of wrortaltty . A gooJ saiiitaryrioffieer / with an effective staff ; might do much to- avert ? the sick-¦ nes * fwhich anay be expected among the-myriads of soldiers when the'heats of spring begin . . ' JThe-threr-¦ mometer Jia » "Jon ' ' an average been- at 45 * deg .- during ithe . dayj-ibrtheilast three days ^ To-day it was ; at 52 ideg . iFresft ^ piPOvisions are becoming ; . abundant / ahd ^ Bupfrlies ' « f Tegetabtes ^ are td be had for the sick and . 'scurvyvBtricken . The siege wonks are in a state of . completiorij ^ and' are admirably made . Those on '¦ which ouirtfroops are'now engaged cproceTed uninterruptedly . - A'lgWBfat : ijuaritity : of 'mules- and -ponies ,

      ivwithwstaffVof'dtiTetfs from aU ; . parts > of > the world , . iiavebeenooHeclied together , "andlighten the toils 1 of . the 5 tr * op 8 ^ nd > of < the'ComnQ ! is 8 aTiat ^ Department . The * puWic «« lnd ! privftte' stores : of warm : clothing-sexceed ith » demand fop it . The mo * tality among the horses ihaa ceased ; arid / 'though the oxen and sheep-sent over to : the camps < -would not find much- favour 1 in Sniith-> fleld , ^ ey are 1 very 'grateful to those who have had ' to'feed so Jong' on salt gunk alone . The sick' are nearly all 1 hutted ^ and even some of the ; men in those -campswhichi are- nearest trt Balaklava have been pro' ^ rided'fwith ' simWar ' comforts- and- accommodation . — - : Times' Correspondent . \ DESIGNS OF TOE RUSSIANS . General OstenSacken reports to the Emp&ror that on the night of the 10 th the Russians throw up another new redoubt about 300 yards in front . of th p KornUoff bastion . "With the redbubts on the right side of Careening Bay and above the Bay of Slj . George , vthis . makes the third aggressive work of thp kind constructed by tho enemy before h ' ebastopol within seventeen days . Oa the 4 th instant the Russians made a sortie , and attacked the French on two flanks , but ' were repulsed with loss . The sortie was repeated on . tho following morning , with the same result . " . ' T , he Russians are particularly encrgetiu on the points opposite the right attack . They appear to have received reinforcements . —Daily News .

      ¦ ¦ AMaBOBD t > Br < EAT OT TWBfTUHKS' AT'RUPXTOMA . 1 A telegraphic sutntniiry of General OstertSackdn ' s report ' of the'Stlr tnstntat , current atthe beginning' of last week * , stated that two squadrons of Russian Lancers'and 400 ' 0 os 8 acksi had , completely defeated eight , squadrons of Turks- neur Eupatoriu . We-have received from ; St . Petersburg the text of-tlio general ' s report , in which it is simply said that the outlying pickets of eight , squadrons had been thus defeated , having , ventured-too far into tlio plain . The general declare * that the now rockets , mentioned in Admiral Brunt's r eport . as . having sot Sebnstppol on fire , had scarcely done any * harm , and that tho general situation of affhius do-the Crimea hud not changod .- * -Daily JSkws ,

      OPERATIONS AT JCKUTCIT . i- 'A dftpatch has been received from Sir Edmund I < ydns , stating that Captain Gilford , of tlie Leopard , commander of tlio blockading squadron ofF Kertch , liudy . inconjunction with tho French steamer Fulton , Captain Erobris , " captured and destroyed ten 50 cwt . 6-inch guns , and burnt seven large boats , two ranges o ^ bttrrafak buildings , also a quantity of- military Mttretrond pTovfatonvnoiu * ttvoBdghaz ' of thb Kdubftn Sake ^ tfW ^ Knd'of February . "

      NocasUalttcfilrap-. P 4 sned t «« the AHiesjbufcCaptainGifl&rd . tlifeks « f ; the loss-of . the eaemy-must -have-J ) een r « oaside » able . " The Gossacks . brought-some-field 4 > at * eries . ' 0 iv to * he iills where-they had . beenfdrivenr and opened aheavy -fire- ; tout the answeringfirefrom the-ahips . ultimately caused theni to retire behind the hills . ' l-HE WAK - IN ^ THfe CATJCASbs . Recent- aceotrats from the . Caucasus'and Georgia show that the Russians are preparing to commence the ^ campaign . General Muriavieff , = the -new commandeirof the Traascaucasian' army ^ has just completed a tour of- iospectionrin vhich he has visited His lansof attack and

      allthe stations of-troops . ; p the number of troops to * e > placed at his disposal were fixedymnder tlie sanction of the Emperor ISicholas ^ before-rlie lefc < St . Petersburg . Important reinforcements had reached the-general sinceihis arrival in Georgia ; the .-e were two * complete- divisions-of infantry ^ numbering nominally 14 , 000 men eaeh ^ and accompanied by their artillery andfour ^ egimentsof light cavalry . General Bariatinski-has undertaken to « tiie Emperor to- hold SchamyLand his forees in Check . The Invalide Russe reports the first collision which'has taken ? place thisyearbetween -the Russians and / Sacks . in Asia . — Daily News . from

      . ^ Dh& ^ flEkiryaccording tartheRussian soucce which the pa rticulars are derived , consisted of an . attack . upottianveTvtreiached camp , defended by S 000 . men . Thei tTurksi if- i * said ? were driven . from the -camp ^ which ' was'destEoyed . . "THE" 1 JAtTIC AND'GUtF OF FTNXA ~ ND . ¦ ' A ' letter frDm : i"Riga ' the ' 11 th ; states that the greatest' activity ' -prevails' -there , a- great miTn-bcr of men being employed in raising new fortifications both on the land and-sea sides , as it is feared , fro in 'that place being the key of the-provinces of Cburiand ¦ a nd Bivonia ; it may-be the first point of'attack by the SUied fleets in their next Ealtic campaign . ' The tentrenclied'canip which'existed last year is to be enlarged ; to" eniEtblej'in case of need , two divisions of troops td be established there . Several vessels and

      " enormous blocks of stone will be sunk at the mouth of the ' Gulf . -so that ships of war , however light their draught of- water , " wilt ' find it very diflScult and dangerous to '' eflS ; et'the passage of thei Baimeiiurndej , in ¦ order to ^ arrive oppositeth&'town ; - 'which isr at the ^ Ottbm of asmall bay , and where batteries hare been -established in - a semicircle' ta command every point in front . The same letter announces the arrival'on the ' coasts of . the Gulf of Finland' of four regiments of B ^ kirsi-intended -princrpaHy toact ^ asvidettesin ¦ timb of -war . A' body of from ' 8000 to lO . Ooa light -caValty is tjxpected . The bTganisation of the ^ army ofthe'Baltic /' untierthe command ' of General de Siewers , advances rapidly . A part of this body , which was at- first fixed at 100 , 000 merijbut which ¦ will " now be carried up to 140 , 000 meni has already arrived at their ' place of destination . —Dailj / Nieu-s .

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      TTAR MISCELLANEA . - TiiE-RussiAN , Ei . oxiLL . v . of row boats . at RigaJs . be . completed by the enrolment of volunteers . General Do Berg has returned from Hclsingfors from his journey of 'inspection in ' the north of Finland . He has caused new batteries to be Constructed on different parts of the coast , and has strcii&thericd those ahready existing . Tho 'battalions of Finland recently formed will shortly be completely equipped .

      The Russian Navy-. —Accounts from'Stockholm state that a naval conscription has been ordered for the whole of the Aland Islands . Ever since these islands were ceded by' Sweden to Russia , the inhabitants have been exempted from personal servitude , which , at their request , was converted- into nn annual money payment . This hitherto unprecedented measure may therefore be considered another practical proof of-the scarcity of men in tho ' Russian army and navy . —Daily Navs Corresrtondent .

      Ouu Army ijttiie' Crimea . —The Morning Post of ¦ Monday vouches for the authenticity of the following figures representing the effective English force in tho Crimea on the 7 th , 28 rd , and 27 th of February : — " On the flratof thesodays the effective-strength at his lordship ' s disposal was 25 , 608 men , exclusive of tho Ambulance or Mounted Staff Corps ; on tho second day tho number was , witli tho same exception , 26 , 193 men ; and on tho third , the' 27 th of February , the very latest period to Which returns have been received , tho available force , not including tho'Royal Marines , tho Ambulance Corps , tho Moxtnted Staff Corps ,-or tho Turks , "amounted to 27 , 007 men . " The number of sick attho last date was 17 , 623 .

      - "TuiSUalaklava Railway . —Lord Rnglan , in"his despatch dated March Ord , says : — " Tho railway continues ' to progress satisfactorily , and wo already iruike considerable use of it'in tho conveyance of stores , hutting material * , &c , as far as Kadikoi ; and tlio electric telegraph is completed between' that village and my head-quartors . " T » m At » VAK 0 EW oit'Ft . Yma Squatrkon " , which sailed for'tho Baltic ' oii'Toflsday , consistod of the following Blilps : —Impcriouso / 'Euryalus , Arroigant , Tartar , Esk , Atchor , and Cottfltct . To onclv ' of tho screw

      lino-ofbattle- ships ,. a * steam ., , gunboat is . attaak ^ d , . and . toin Daaoaing-them ^ nVe additional unarmea .. have embarked-in . each of tliese-sjiips . ; TuE ^' Hospajas . —f > TJie * . accommodationf m . itido pitalsferprogrfissing-. more or less . rapidly . % At . the rack Hospital at > . Scutari a partf of- thet stables has rendered availahlo ,, and some clearance . lias been , ef in the double- khvs * of the ^ lower / -corrid <» r » here than anywhere else tlie miserable particulars of su £ have 'beenexposed / to a painful publicity ; nor < can doubted but that-the .- apathy of prostration and its lessness have been . largely exaggerated by , lying ^ , do , mere ciphers in- a long series of- contiguous dis and-death . In . the group , of buildings . near Kadi-t

      which may be' termed in general the Palace Hos the detached structures are nearlyi all . fitted up so render ; them capable of receiving ; hr all 600 or patients . A tire has taken place ^ in .-thef quartf Kixlulee , occupied by Miss Stanley and her ladies , was not subdued until it had destroyed their kitchc the sick . A new kitchen for the extra diets is in grcss ; but even yesterday I saw a portion of the li food being cooked upon a brazier in the open air b of the nurses , and the conflagration threw a great tional burden upon Miss Stanley , who was occ great part of last week in performing culinary o tions -with her own hands . She is in every way u handed , having still two of her ladies down with i

      one of her " nuns" invalided , and her nurses distr by these claims from their ordinary duties . Her effi yesterday was but three ladies besides herself , Protestant nurses , and nine Sisters , And with this available she was expecting the arrival ere long of 400 sick from Balaklava . — Times Scutari Correspoi The Suxjcex Russian Ships in the Hakuoi : Sebastopol . —Lord Raglan , in his despatch of Febi 27 th , says : — "It appears that on Saturday night enemy sank three or four more ships of war in the bour , as far within the booms as the first sunken were outside of them ; and , ' according to the uios curate examination yesterday , there are now four bai or impediments to the entrance of the harbourtwo of sunken-ships and -two booms . " In a latei spatchj dated March : 3 rd ,-his lordship-writes : — " more- 'ships ari ^ said to-have been ssmk since I wro

      the 27 th . " - But he . « ddsthat he is not .-certain of Lefcterstfrom the fleet ^ ofFSebastopol , Jdated the 2 Ctl 27 th ult ., testify to th » iacts as-far ^ is the ; first Ai concerned . One - of- these -letters says : —" During night of the 25 th [ query ^' the 24 th ? 3 the Russians three . more of- ^ heir - 'ilineBof-bBttle- ships And a ft inside-tlie boom at the moutb . ' 6 f > theliarborur of S topol ,- and , by ^ wi » at av © ^ lanf'aee ' . tlwoiigb . glasses , appear to-be ; making 1 ^ ith >« them an other'Jbarrier . i the -. harbour , and * -as it appears as ! yet ¦ only •¦ hall across , I suppose , when ready , they will sink some to complete it , which will leave buttwo or three of boasted Black Sea fleet . We are erecting new bati which would have commanded their .-ships ;¦ so , s than see them ' destroyed by us , they are sinking tin the most advantageous position . That is the only elusion wo can come to . "

      The _ Heai . th of the Ciomeax Ajsjiy . — Raglan has recontljf transmitted " 'Lord' Pauiiniro port from Dr . Hall , Inspector-General of Hospital * , rpspect to the health of the troops . From this it aj ) j that , at the date of tho report ( March 2 nd ) , tho s ; uii condition of the army-had experienced a falling off : tlio week of warm spring weather . Some of the ] ments , however , were in a tolerable state of health ; great good is anticipated from the erection of the 1 Dr . Hall thus summarises the chief rosults and e . xjic tions : — " Bowel complaints continue to be the iuo » t

      vulent class of diseases ; but I think , they are no serious as they were a short time ago , nor is scurv manifest as it was since the issue of lime juice daily portion of the men ' s rations . If the issue of frc < h i could bo insured , together with vegetables and juice , I am quite satisfied , now that the men are wai clad , and will soon bo better' sheltered , a innnifV . st provemdnt would take place"irt their health . And i < military operations carrying on would -only admi sonic longer exemption from duty , a still greater provemont would bo observed . " numbers of

      A Russian- Medal . —On the bodies of Russian sMdiers who recently fell before Eupntoria found tho silver medal of tho decoration of St . OC On one . side is engraven tlio Russian ongle with hetad . s , holding in its tnlons the terrestrial globe and sceptre of tho sovereign ; over tho eagle is the impi ; crown uf IJussin , surmounted by the illuniinnted d < and round theso figures is tho following motto in Rnsslnn lnngunfte— " Fall on your knees , idolaters , « od is with uh . " On tho other side of tho medal is following motto , also in Russian— " For tho sulnnw of Ifungnry and Transylvania , ' - Xvhkh sufficiently i catea its origin .

      _ , , Coi . onici . Mavnk , of tho Bengal nrniy , who was pointed to a . cavnlry command in th ' A Turkish conting declines to accept if , owing , it is said , to nnother cnvi offlcolrfrom' tho Queen ' s' st'rvico ( Colonel Hhirley ) i > , placed over him , undor -whom' Colorior 'Mayno does think ho can be reasonably ciillcd upon to serve , officer in question not having been actually oiW'tf " •¦ MovroiKsmrw tiik' lrussuCNH . —A' Knssiun o «

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 24, 1855, page 270, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2083/page/6/