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HASZARD’S _LGAZETTE. JANUARY 31.

BLLACLAVA RAILROAD.

The last division of Navvies bound for work in the Crimea—lelt for the scene oi‘ °P°"“'°°'- The vessels conveying them, ‘"33 '5' ‘"0050! to construct the ' ay from Bslaklavl‘ to the trenches before So- tl’“‘”')“.’.Pi‘:~°:°":¢| Ofrsqyen steam-ships and 0|! .9 t e r ate tonne e

°f 5“)! "'9'-Ind Hdgsge .:ower. matergal eonsists_ st‘ 1800 tons of rails and f'“l°l“fl I 0000 sleepers, 600 loads of tim- ber. an pbout M00 tons of other material “nd "“°h_“‘°")'. consisting of fixed engines, '3'"-“°'s P'l° °|l8|l_IOI. truck waggons, bar- l'°‘V3. bl"0ll|. cain-falls, wire-rope, icks, l““"- “Pllillli cribs, and a variety 0 other Elan‘ ""1 t°°l'i besides sawing-machines, !I?;8°'- °Ir,ro-glory’ and smiths’ tools &i:. ll mllerlpl is distributed over the diffe- rent vessels in such a manner that should any one ordtwo vessels beloet or disabled, it will ’"’_‘°'' “"80? the eflieiency of the whole. The ships convey, in Pu-fie. “'50 or 3). 500 wprkmen; each party under the charge of 3 °"°?‘“' "id umtent; as well as a surgeon "3 °“°“,"°"¢l. and a clerk to attend to the l"'°“"* "'8 ‘Rd 0_t§'s of the stores. The al- °w|"”f"° °f'P'0V|llonl will be on a liberal “iii 0: bblll of the spine description as usu- gl y supplied to ships’ crews. Each man '1 wrpliod with clothing suitable for the V°Yl8e and for the service he will have '°_ P°"f°|'fn on his arrival, as followe:—-I P“"“°*! biz. 1 ainted suit, 3 coloured cot- l‘l"_' 'h"“§. 1 annel shirt (red), I flannel 5 "" (Wl“l°). 1 flannel belt, 1 pair moleskin "‘0“90I‘9. 1 molcskin vest lined with serge, l fear-nought slop, l linsey drawers, 1 blue ¢1‘0Vfl. I blu_e worsted cravat, 1 pair of l°E8"'83. 1 pair of boots, 1 strep and buckle, 1 b°d “ml P'"°"i I pair of mitts, l portable stove for every ten men, I rug and blanket, l_pair of blankets, l woollen coat, 1 pair °i ‘"_‘°"l"‘00fboote, I pair fisherman’s boots, 1 Pl“? grey stockings, and 2 pounds of to- bacco for resent use. By the above 1'9‘. it will observed, that each man is P"°V|d0d with a painted waterproof bag, °“Pa!3l° Obctintaining his kit, and also three dtiys provisions; no boxes or lumber of any kind being allowed. The fisherman’s boots, reaching to the knee. are for their use on b°'}|'di 3' W9“ Is_in wet weather in the Crimea. But, besides, there is a pair of strongly nailed boots, commonly called navvies boots, to be served out to each man on_arrival in the country. One hundred pairs of long boots, reaching to the hip, are also provided for the use of parties requir- ng to work in the water. Besides ten huts, each capable of housing 40 men, I00 rail- way sheets or covers generally used to _ gone are sent, with it lar e quantity of boards and scantlings, with t e

and not easily inflammable which can in a few hours be erected and as easily removed. The sheetswill also afford temporary cover- ing to provisions or fuel likely to be injured or destroyed by water. Coal, coke, and firewood are also furnished in large quan- tities. To each party of ten a cooking 3l°V°i 053 V9!‘ portable but eflicient cha- racter, is provided, which will boil, bake, and fry in the open air. The stall‘ consists of one chief engineer and three assistants, one accountant and clerk, one etoi-ckeeper and 'clerk,besides foreman and time-keepers. Whilst eycgthing is provided to render their work «:3 cient, the sanitary condition of the men has not been forgotten, the medi- cal staff consist of a su eon, four assistant surgeons, and four nurses, selected from the first hospitals in London. An ample stock of medical stores and comforts is provided, and a lar e number of Dean and Adam's revolvers ave also been provided in case any of the workmen should need them. Two railway missionaries will likewise ac- company the men, a a selection of books is provided for their use. On arrivin at Balaklava, one of the sailing ships wil be appropriated as a store and hospital ship, the rest of the squadron will be employed as circumstances may render expedient.

Eiviuonisismr or use Esriiu-. MILITIA. —It is intended to call out the whole of the Militia regiments of the United Kingdom, including the Irish as well as Scotc Militia.-—-Already sixty-four English and Welsh regiments are embodied, and sixteen more are ordered out, making eighty out of the hundred of England and Wales. The remaining twenty will make the last batch. The number of men authorised by Parliament for this part of the local force is 80,000, whilst the number for Scotland is 10,000, and for Ireland 30,000.—lf out of these, 80,000 can be got together, it will be an outside number. Some l5,000 of the better prepared Militia regiments will gar- rison the Mediterranean colonies, re uiring afourth more to remain at home or the purposes of depots and keeping up the force ahroa . Thus, 20,000 are provided for. The remaining 60,000 will be required for home duty, in conjunction with the depots of the re ular army, and for volunteering into the ine. It is expected, that suflicient

barracks will soon be ready for the whole number; sooner, in feet, then the men can be rocured. In the military colonies of Ms ta, Gibraltar, and Corfu, the Militia re imen_te will do the arrieon duty. At

alta, in addition, it_is intended to have a reserve force of regulars in training, and reedy for immediate _embarkation to any point where their services may be required in the field. We understand that already a most lively competition is displayed by the Militia regiments longest enrolled, for the first turn of garrison service in the Mediterranean.

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fortified places, and of addiu to the most im pottant of them an entrenche ucconimodatinga division of infantry. in fuel; it is stated that this system of entrenched camps is to carried out on it large fll 9_-D_d I0 extend from (Ii-onshdt to inost'of the milimry positions in Poland. This among other nuitterl. is the cause of the visit maderlafv (roster Dehgm, the governor of the town a_ eltldel of Cronshidt to Field-Marshal Pockiewitoch ll Warsaw, in order to confer th him on 8 grand plan of defence for the w ole length of the Vistula, and thence to Nev_a, in case ofun invasion during the ensuing calnpatglh

ATTACK ON THE FRENCH BATFERVI3.

The Courier dc Illarssillcs, ofthe 28th ultimo, publishes the following letter from the seat of war:

Barons SIBASTOPOL, Dec. l2.—I have very little to communicate to you, and were it _not for two soi-ties made b the Russians against the French batteries, t e monotony of our life would not have been interru ted. On Sunday, the 10th, about half- at ei ht o’clock, p. m.. the night being ver rk an stormy, the wind blowinga re uler urricane, a lug“: o theenemysiil iedout ofsebaetopol by a hat ry of the gardens, opposite the most advanced works of the French. Favoured by the obscuri- ty, thc Russians had approached within forty yards of the French batteries when the alarm was given, but before our troops could be ready. the enemy rushed forward, and some of them had even succeded in scaling the parapets of the batteries. The surprise, however, was onlymomentary. h ussiansw openctra into the works were all killed, and t a French to the number of 700 or 800, charged the re- maindcr with the bayonet. The Russians, thrown into the greatest confusion,fled towards their lines, leaving several hundred killed, wounded, and prisoners in the hands of the French, who ursued them to the very walls of the place. All the forts opened fire to protect the retreat, but, owing to the darkness and the nature of the ground, the French suffered no material loss. At one o'clock, a. m., strong detachments of the Russian infantr effected a second sortie. with a view to islodge the French from the sitions they had taken. On their approach, t e latter retired in silence and dispersed among the neighbouring ruins. The

Russians continue to advance, but meetin none of our soldiers they thought they had returned to their camp, when a ofa sudden

the French opened upon them a ‘deadly fuell- lade. The enemy, so cruelly sur rised, was compelled to retreat, and rc-entcre the city in the greatest disorder. it was a. real sauce qui peat. All the batteries of the lace then began to fire, and the shots so close y followed each other, that the whole sky was illuminated and the ground trembled under our feet. This frightful uproar gave me an idea of hell. In all these attacks the French, had not more than 40 men placed hors dc combat. At two o'clock all was again tranquil. The Russian loss must have been 300 men. Our troops have mounted the artillery they lately received in their third rallcl, and they are ready to open fire with 00 guns, amcu which are several mortars of the heaviest cali o. The French will,however, wait, until the English be reparedto operate. The French had taken eir precautions be- fore the bad weather set in, b constructing a good military road between K erson and their camp, so that the were able to t up in the time their amuriition snd,provis one of every The English. unfortunately, were less provident; but their allies came to their assist- ance, and worked do. and night to construct a fine stone road from laclava to their camp. They, moreover, lent their horses and mules for the conveyance of their ertille It has been admitted by all the English 0 cars that. while their horses resent a wretched a pear- ance, those of the ob are in a fhr ettcr condition than the day they landed in the Cri- ea. Our A lies cannot understand how our men and horses enjoy such good health.‘ Before the end of the week, the English will have pla- eighty uns in position. The have resol- ved to esta lish ii. second para! el. The two tteries constructed at Inkermsn are admira- bly situated, and two redonbts will soon erected on the bill which commands them. Those batteries are to be armed with four 18- inch mortars and twelve 32 pounders. This position is to be defended b the French and the two redonbts b the Eng lab. The redonbts are to mount four inch mortars, ten 32 und- ers, and other guns of long range. Al this artillery will he so disposed, as to fire upon all the points of the city, particularly upon the rt. e reckon on these new works to dee- tro and burn the Russian fleet. The due weather has fortunately returned, the wind has ceased, an mperaturc is mi e French lent their ambulance wagons to the Eu lish for the conveyance to Balaclava of the sick. who are to b; embarked for Soutarl. The English frequently visit the of Kherson, which, as you know, is the French port. The are surprised at the order we have established there. The French navy has constructed several landin -places, one for the cavalry, another for the in entry, and a third for ammunition and provisions. At hlselave, the service is not so well or nised. General Canrobert and the other chielh inspect the troops eve day ; they visit the hospitals, regardless of t e weather, their presence animatee the soldiers and con- soles t e sick. Dec. l3.—'I'he enem made another sortie last night a inst the ob lines. At nine o'clock, 54000 Russians sallied out again from the Garden Battery, but finding the French pro to receive them, they made a move- ment as if the intended to attack in flank one of the Englis batteries. The English being also on their guard, the assailants met with a warm reception, and were obll great disorder. I think they will now leave us uiet for souie time, for they have been un- fortunate in all their night] ex itions. divie' n of General Liprandi has not alto ther aban oned the neighbourhood of Bale lave. Part of it is encempcd about a league from its former position , 25,000 men quartered a little to the south, and a division of between 15,000 and 18,000 men has strongly entrenched itself near Inkerman. It is generell believed, that the Russians intended to attac our advanced bat- teries in that direction. The s d’¢r-mac c that General has lately received reinforcements, and be has now upwards of 40,000 men. The 31th English Regiment coining from Corfu has arrived, an 4 French have landed at Klierson. The moment all our reinforcements have arrived we shall, in all probability, march

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—Letters from St. Peterebargetate,ths.t several councils have lately taken place there under the presidency of the Minister at War with the attendance of e naval and m ts clears commanding in the Gulf of Finlen and its shores. These councils recognised the necessity of strengthening and augmenting the various

Lllll Gus.-The Artillery have taken ad- vantage of the line weather to bring up two- iiich mortars, en the French have «I - god ii live cannon; they began to reps r ‘our patfoi-ms yesterday in the batteries, lwli'e looks as if they intended to hve

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I 3 - Our last g was disabled days ago in a curious manner. It was a ship gun, and the sailors had loaded. and were standing by ready to fire, when a shell from one of the Russian guns, entered The concussion sent our gun off and at the same time the enemy's shell burst inside the gun, tearing two or three feet of the lip to pieces. Isuw the" gun yesterday in the trenches, all jagged and splintered. Not one of the eight sailors was touched.

STATE OF AF!-‘AIRS IN RUSSIA.

A letter from St. Petereburg of ihe lamb, in its Coastilutiousel, says,-—“ The heslili of the Em- ress is very bad. llcr eons, Nicholas and iclieel, lieve. on her pressing solicitations, been recalled from the Crimea by a special order from the Emperor. Thev went direct to Gatschins, where the Court is residing, and are only to leave in a few days. The side-de-camp of the Grand Duke Miclieel, who was wounded at lnkermsnn,

f has received leave of absence for eight months to

recover his health. He protected the Prince against the eneiny’s balls, and was at last serioiialy wounded. During the last few days the Emperor hes nol come to St. Peiersburg. Christmas will not be very gay this year. The furious enemies of the West make declainalions in the Russian journals against the purchase of French and English articles for presents. The prices of these articles have risen incredibly high. 'I'o make up the deficit resulting from the Treasury by the diminution of the duties on foreign imports, the Minister of Finance, M. de

rock, has had recourse to various expedients. The price of salt, for example, has been cori- sidershly increased in a great part of the empire. and a recent ukase provides for the augmentation of the revenue from the mono oly of tobacco. The Minister of the ln_lerior, ouiit Panin, on his part. animated with the same financial zsiil, excites by different measures, and especially by the direct action of Government functionaries an the clergy, the peirioiic enlliusieeiii of the people, so as to cause them to make voluntary donations. Thus, for example, when, in a province. is con- tisctor for the sale of liquors, which is a Govern- ment monopoly, does not make a voluntary sacrifice of some hundred quarts of spirits of wine for the troops on the march. it is certain, that the contract wil not be prolonged. The fanaticism of the people is excited by iffeient means: but it great many people are now already learning to make sdietinclion between the interests of the country and those of Czsrisin. it is only when the Government fears to cause misery and famine that it lessens somewhat ilie rigour of its fiscal measures. Thus, in Finlsiid, it lies not dared yet to prohibit the exportation of hemp, flex, pitch, and timber, as it has prohihiied ilie export of the raw material of the smith of Russia. [he Government appears decided to defend Sehestopol with all its disposable forces. The Ministers Neseelrode, Dolgorouki, and Panic have a great deal to do. The former has had to abandon his favourite pleasure of playing at wliist and ombio; Dolgoroulii is required to resent every day an ' Panic to resent e nevi- register of voluntary donations. nfoitunetely, most of these sugmentations only figure on p.p.l._n

Tux Yoime Biurisn 0rricsss.—Previous to the war, luxury and indulgence appeared to have reached is int the most extravagant. Young men and elderly men seemed to vie with one another in providing means of inordinate self-qatification. The club-houses of the ine- trc is became joint-stock palaces of refine an elaborate luxuriousnese. If, on the Derby day, or 0ak’s day of 1853, one had walked into St. Jamee’s street about 11 o’olock in the morn- ing, there were to be seen the young men of fashion with their admirably appointed car- ris s, preparing for the sports of the day, an most of them with blue veils tied round their hats, in used as guards for their complexion, when encountering the sun and dust of the road. If one walked on to the Army and Navy Clubhouses in Pall-Mall, the most preposterously luxurious of all the laces in that neighbourhood, there were other similar groups.——Among all these young men, thou ll in t e dress of civilians, were officers of the regiments which have on i-forming such aetonishin feats of valor! T ese young men, who thong t it necessary to guard their faces from the sun of a British summer day, are the same who have lain in their tents u n the heights above Sebasto l, scarcely a altered from the cold damps o a November night, and have started with alacrity at the first sound of the morninfito lead their men into the most terrible con ‘on that ever soldiers were engaged in, and to face death in every terrible aspect that death can assums.—London paper.

Miivisraaisi. Caisis—Thrcalcned Resig-

riati'on.—ln well informed circles the impres- sion is general, that a ministerial crisis is at hand, if it has not actually arrived. Lord John Russell, it appears, and a party who act with him in the Cabinet, are determined not to incur the responsibility of acting further with the men to whom the manage- ment of the War Department has been con- fided. The vague rumour of Cabinet dis- sension has at length assumed a definite shape. The Lord President of the Council has demanded, it is said, the removal of the Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Sydney Her- bert from the posts for which they have proved themselves so miserably disqualified, and the dismissal of those poor incapebles involves the retirement of the remainder of the “ gang," including, of course, the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord John Russell can neither have forgotten nor forgiven the slight to himself and the great party he rep- resents, of placing every ollice connected with the War Department in the hands of the Peelite clique, while Whigs have been carefully excluded. The few men of ability and experience in the Cabinet have been compelled to look on, while their incompe- tent colleagues were blundering along their ruinous course; and they had the satisfac- tion ofreflecting, that although they were powerless to control the mischief daily ac- cumulating throu h the ignorance and pre- sumption of the ar Office, they were held accountable for it by the country at large. It is not so rising, therefore, that Lord John Russell’ should have resolved no longer to peril the remnant of the expedi- tion in the Crimes, and his own reputation as a statesman, by an association with the most incompetent and rveree Ministry who ever scrambled to o co.

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The advantages which the people of the United States expected to have dcrivedfrom the war in the East liavo not been I'6t|l|7\°di on the contrary, it has seriously affected,

stiigimtion and bankruptcy among them. When the contest first commenced belwesn Russian despotism on the one hand, llld justice and moral advancement. as exhibited” by the Western Powers, on the other. 0"” Republican friends vainly llld.ll.lg€d the hope that they would be in the position of the ill! while the two sturdier animals were con- tending for the prize; they imagined that pirutical vessels bearing the Russian flag would swarm the sees, that British coin- mercc would be sadly molested, and that they would have the carrying trade almost exclusively in their own hands. But these anticipations have not been reulized,_ the vigilance and activity of the allied cruisers having effectiially prevented any depreda- tioiis upon their commerce. once _we find, that the American papers are altering their tone, and that the most rabid among them are earnestly wishing for the return of peace. This, however, cannot be ex- pected, until Russia has been completely humbled :—the Crimea will be wrested from her grasp, and the fortifications of Sebasto- ol, it is said, will l)O~~,l‘lIZe(l to the ground, leaving nothing but the site of the city.

Mr. Evans, an American, writes from St. Petersburg to the New Bedford Mercury, under date Nov. l, as followe:—

Iani confident that we shall have by the lst of April next, or a general pean war. If peace is not concluded by spring, the campaign will be continued by the allies on a gigantic scale, and we may expect to see the French and English armies in St. Petersburgh and Moscow. The Russians will show a good front, but they cannot stand before all Europe, or even the French and English alone, if they should put their whole force against Russia.