HASZA_RD’S GAZETTE. JUNE 27.

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A letter from L'0riente states that the second fioating battery, Foudroyante, was to be launched in a few days. The tloating batter Lave will soon be read to put to sea ; she is 5 yards in length and 1 in breadth; er arma- ment consists of 16 50-pounders worked by «(its gunners; she will be manned by a crew of 200 men, and carr besides 200 marines; her screw pro ller is o 220 horse-power. The weight of ese floating batteries, when armed, will be about 1,400 tons; their iron sheeting alone weighs nearly 400 tons.

A FRENCH OFFICER’! 0PINI$ OI‘ THE BRITISH ARMY.

A French ofiicer of high rank, who has seen a cat deal of service, has, in a letter to an English oflicer, given his opinion as to the state of the British army before Sebastopol. After raising our engineers and artillery in the i best possible terms, the writer proceeds- “ on may think me, erha , too severe in the opinion I give of the nglis cavalry, but were you out here you would yourself be still more severe. The cavalry of an army of field service should be the eyes and ears of the force. In the English army that arm is neither the one nor the other, and this with perhaps the very best material in the world to form an excellent cavalry. he superior ofiicers (lea ojiciers ru- perieurs) of the English drsgoons know nothing whatever of their duty, beyond how to turn a regiment out of the stables and the barrack ard in good order. But I must do them the Justice to say, that the general oficers com- manding their divisions and armies (Ieur cc 3 d'armees really don't know how to use e cavalry put under their command. After the battle 0 Alma, an efiective cavalry would never have lost sight of the enemy, and every move- ment of the latter would have n communi- cated forthwith to Lord Ra lan. But it was not so. An hour before the rst shot was fired at Inkermann the English general was perfectly i orsnt of a sin le Russian being near him. npoint of fact, t e Russian army at Inker- mann fell upon the English force just as much as if the latter had no outposts, no guards, and no cavalry. Even at Alma, the English caval- ry might very well have followed the Russians, cut them up to a considerable extent, or, at an rate, have revented their retiring as they di . But what id the English cavalry efieet on that occasion? Nothing whatever. he Russians went awn in as good order as if they were re- turnin roni a re ; the only molestation they sufihred was from the guns of the English artillery. The cavalry of Lord Raglan's army did not annoy them in the least. This, com- bined with their uselessness at Inkermann, caused the English cavalry to be much laughed at (d’etre bien meprise) by the infantry of that army. Their leader's name was made the sub- ‘wt of a pun.” (The writer here alludes. I imagine, to Lord Lucan being called Lord “ Lookon" after Alina and Inkermann.) ‘- This leads me to the desperate folly of the charge at Balaklava. Much as been said of that charge, but in our army there is but one opinion as to the extreme bravery of those who obeyed the order and rode to certain death, and of the utter madness and culpable throwinglaway of life on the part of those who gave t e order. The order was caused by a sort of desperation on the part of the cavalry leaders, who prefer- red death to being sneered at by their comrades in the infantry.”

“ And now I come to the consideration of the English infantry. Of this arm of their service I I will say that for the battle-field, in hand-tu-: hand encounters, they are certainly the bravest

surprise of the enemy, they are by

ood soldiers—-very far from it. The English] infantry, as at present constituted, should be kept for fighting, and for tliatalone. The work of guarding them in the trenches should be per- formed by other troops. This defect is not the ,-

fault of the ofiicers, who seem to urge as much ~ A103‘ I9 “*9 fir“ °*Pl°lt in ‘h° "°5°nt V“.

as po'ssible upon the men how necessary it is to keep a good and vigilant watch ataltimes ;, but with the soldiers themselves there is a want of thought, an utter recklessness us to consequences, provided the present hour can be enjoyed, whic is to us renehmen most marvellous. But this is a fault throughout the English army. From r glen down to the private sentinel, no one seems for a moment to ive a thought as to what the morrow may rin forth; and precedent appears to them suficient excuse for any amount of blunders. Then, again, the infantry of the English army are dressed and accoutred in a manner the mostabsurd. The still wear the stifi' leather stock which we ischarged long ago. The white leather belts, which in our arm gave way to black belts five years since, still_ find favour in their eyes. In place of a _single waist-belt, with movcable pouch upon it,_ the English foot soldier still has his chest confined by the abominable belt across it, which must in a at measure confine his lungs. Although very hue and very muscular men, they are not trained in any we to walk, run‘, lance. 01' make the best use of their limbs, as is the ease

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of Arc success. Intelligence was received yesterday by the Admiraity, dated the 31st of May, from Kertch, that the squadron in the Sea of Azofi' had appeared before Genitchi, landed a body of seamen and marines, which drove back the Russian forces, and destroyed all the and vessels laden with corn and supplies for the Russian army. Lord Raglan's despstch of the 2d of June relates to the same achievement, and states that 90 vessels were found on this important point, laden with sup lies for the army, all which were sunk or prevent their escape. Another des tch, which, as we are informed, reached the in the course of yesterday afternoon, states that no less than u'.s millions of rations of corn and flour, destined for the Russiifh army at Sehastopol and troyed in the Sea of Azofi, as well as 240 trad- ing vessels. Barely four days had ela sed since the squadron forced the Straits of kale and entered a tion. Berdiansk, ra seious of their peril the Russians found their‘ storeships and magazines in the hands of the enemy, or only to be rescued from capture by instantaneous destruction The enthusiastic satisfaction which the nation will feel on this occasion is heightened by the remarkable fact that our success has not cost the single life, one man onl having been wounded at Genitchi, though, in all probability, this bloodless victory has intiicted a much severer blew upon the enem than the hard-fought and dearly-won fields o the Alina and of Inker- mann. Russia is prodigal of men, and she has more than once threatened and attempted to overwhelm the gallant bands which have in- vailed her territory of her armed serfs. of wealth,and of the means of trans crt is a greater calamity to the Czar than the efeat of an army; for, indeed, of what use ' and what resistance can it ofi'er, if it be de- prived at the very outset of this campaign of the means of subsistence? has this peculiar character, that five large armies are at this time arrayed within the narrow limits of that natural produce of the country ll insu cient to support any one of them. In ordinary years the Crimea does not produce corn enou the nourishment of its own scanty population, and last . . . average; t is your the cultivation of the soil ‘M R'"'""‘ h°°'d'q“°'"°" '“ ti” Cmne“ by h armies must all be fed by provisions brou ht from other countries; that is an 0 which we are new prepared, an ‘ Russians have hitherto been carrying on by the" S we have not yet invested Seboistplpol inht e n in the world; butfor vuardin theinselves,l "°I‘°""°“°° °f Fb“ term» We 5 N1 8001! |I_Ve ii real prospect of the reduction of Sebasto ol. ghether on picket or in the trenches, from tlie:R“'°'Wd “*9 CHIN“: “Ids WM“ “*9 '“PPh“ Kfltch W9-I I339“ 0'1 359 Q“°°n’l bl1'tl‘I3Y no mean, I are cut oil, the _ may be in that country the less able will he be to record from hearsay to maintain it there.

in our infantry. They are merel taught to

precision. and handle their arms together and as ordered.

hold themselves erect, march wit

Individual intelligence or personal pe i their

rofession is never thou ht of. To

lIUWIlgl!lIl', the brackish waters sullen basin, which

visited it, com

sum up, t e men are as line, or r than any infantry in the world, but th is the worst it is possible to conceive.

finnr dus stem heir own ofiicers, or at any rate such amon t them as are lovers of their profession, see t e 1"-iii

mi steamers p oughed their wa . lcrdlsnsk was visited. at a hsn 100

"\E\OIfl

I‘-An, and had mentioned seine da

of this, and lament greatly the defects of their . But what can thl? do tobring about a better state of thin .7 oth are so wedded to all that is old-fashioned as to

ing. The seniors

ook upon every change as a sort of military

revolution.”

TH] OPERATIONS IN THE SEA OF AZOFF

The operations of the allied fieets in the Sea continue with unabated energy and

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upon the first arrival of this news,'that would be one of the first cause it commands the strait between the main- land and the tongue of Arabat, and als communication between the Putrid Sea and the Sea of Azolf. It is therefore a point of the greatest consequence for transport both by land and water, and we are not surprised to find that the Russians had accumulated there very lar quantities of stores for the arm .

he Strait _of Genitchi, across whic there is a _ferry, is said to be not more than 60 fathoms wide; but it is dce , and it serves to carry off the waters of the utrid Sea into the Sea of Azofi'. Of the Putrid Sea itself, or Sirwash (as t is properly called , scarcel anything is nown, and it is who ly unmar ed by sound-

uuyvii

estroyed to

oreign-ofice

in the Crimea, have been des-

eni-

n this astonishing opera- rabat, and Ganitchi fell in id succession, and before theywcre con-

uadron a

b the multitudinous hosts The loss of stores, of fpod, _is pa army,

War in the Crimea peninsula,'althou h_the

gh. for

ear the harvest was below the

as been neglected. The result is that the

ration or which the

en. of Azoifon a gi . ntic scale. But, althou h

eater the force of the enemy

Another circumstance which causes us the most sincere satisfaction is. that the ra idity with which this squadron has swept the a of which the navy have been enable to perform on their own element. England has not under- valued the admiral devotion, perseverance, find courage shown by her seamen in this campaign, under many strange and unusual circumstances —tlieir attention to the wounded, their _gullant behaviour at the siege, their firm attitude at Eupatoria, and the boldness with which they have navigated the I-luxiiie throughout the winter. But they have had to do with an enemy who sunk his ships and who continues

to ii ht behind walls, and no real opportunity for an achieve- ment wortli of its power. The occupation of thg Ruumn supplies are brought from Ta zofi' is an unparalleled display of grog; a high road runs from Arabat to Sim. osseiaed by Such 5 pheropolund Bakshiserai. In a few days we Under the or ers of Sir Edmund Lyons and Admiral Bruat, who were the chief

rojcctors of the expedition, they entered the gtraits of Yenikale and landed an army in it

had een iifibrded to the fleet the Sea of

the means of destruction adron.

position which paralysed the forces of the

enem . The vessels of small draught then in- stanty proceeded to enter the Sea of Azofi, into which no foreign vessel of war, and pro- bably no trading vessel sbove the sire of a corn . brig. hid P°|I9l|'|l0d-ll I60 Nflmblins 6 lllll-_ 24th) and reduced the forts blowing up five

ngs in any charts that we possess. Itappeais, nw-We’, to present considerable analogy to the agunes which encircle Venice, and, though it may be inaccessible to steamers of war, we do not despair of ships’ boats performing a service in these waters which might be of the most essential importance to the campaign. The Russians have within the last ten years, as be- fore stated. constructed a road on piles across the Sirwash, at one of its narrowest points, which connects the Crimea with the mainland by a wooden bridge about 200 fathoms in length. This military road, lying between the Isthmus of Perekop and the tongue of Arabat, is more practicable for an army than either of these two natural communications, and no- thin would be more fatal to the Russians than the estruction of the wooden brid which completes this line of communication. The distance from Genitchi to the bridge cannot be more than 20 or 25 miles; we are, of course, ignorant of the depth of water there may be in t e lagunes, but if it be sufiioient to fioat the ships’ ts, and we hold the entrance to this inland water, there is no reason why the des- truction of this road should not be attempted. In any case, however, the success we have already obtained augurs most favourably for the next 0 rations of the combined forces. After some heesitatioii and some further experi- enee, means have been found to turn against the enemy the resources of the peculiar country in which we are carrying on war, and to apply with irresistible superiority the maritime stren th of the allies. Our squadron in the o Azofi' is performing the work of another army, and of an arm which has not only out-

In 24 hours seen to leave and fall back into . stance of more the southern road. Meantim _ miles from the Straits. and on the lan allowing day Arabat was shelled. We had they bivouaeked for the ni ht. s ago, moved on towards Kertch. _ enitchi the points to atmck, be- the

_ of whiclfare magazines. The guiiboats silenced the Pavlov- .lost in the surrounding marshes. Across this skaya battery,destroyed seine Russian gunhoats,

_ the ancients called a marsh. and took several small hr‘ apd which the most recent travellers who have Kertch and Yeniksle, said re to a reservoir of pea soup, strong,

. The garrisons of y some to be 10,000 by others to amount only to 5,000 were the interior by _ e, the tree

ded without opposition at Ainbalski, where They then urin this time nhoats were actively engaged ting up manskoi Gulf, and in reducing the orts on the sand-bank. the inhabitants fied,

o the and many of the houses were burning on Thurs-

day. By 3 o’clock on Friday Kertch and Yeni- ka e were in the hands of the allies with all the guns in the batteries and stores. The flotilla at once entered the Sea of Azofi', which it will enetrate up to within 20 miles of Taganrog. he _enemy had entirely disapeared by Friday evenin .

Near y 3,000 men have set out from Varna to form thenucleus of the Turkish Contin nt. Ofi- cers have been a pointed to five batta ions, and in a short time t e drill will commence either at Kilo, on the Black Sea, or on the heights which overlook the Sultan’s Valley in the neighbourhood of the Bosphorus. Many of the ofiicers are making considerable pro as in Turkish; it is said that voluntary examinations are to take place periodically, in which the com titors will be encouraged by the prospect of a vancement in the force. In six or ei ht months it is hoped that the ofiioers will be in- dependent of interpreters.

THE PORTLAND MAINE LIQUOR BIOT.

With respect to the circumstances which led to, and the transactions attendant on the seiz- ure of liquors imported by the Ma or of Port- land, so far from bringin discr it upon the authorities of that City an confusion upon the cause of Temperance and the aine Law, it is calculated to show up their op nents in their true colours. Most disgrace ul indeed has been the conduct of all who either incited to, or took part in the riot or were at the pains to circulate the reports which were first printed by our contemporaries. We quote from the St. John Telegraph.

Although that part of the story which re- rescnted the Mayor of Portland as purchasing iquora on his own behalf in violation of the

law, was too absurd to be believed, we mi ht have felt some uneasiness with respect to is dealing with the rioters, had we not known something of the man, and entertained the best e inion of his ‘ad et and discretion; and a though pleaserf to ad that the stories which obtained a ready credence here, were essential- untrue, we cannot say, that we are in the least surprised to find that ‘they have been1nis-

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nked the Russians, ut cut of their principal base oil‘ operations, for, as we have more than once observed to the opponents of the Crimean expedition, there is no other spot in Europe .which present such stratagctical advantages to the operations of a maritime Power su porting an arm of invasion with a power ul fieet. .We await with the dee est interest the arrival of the dospatches whic will give us the details ,of these fortunate and glorious exploits, and in lthe meantime we shall learn by telegraph the

effect produced both at St Fctersburg and at

[reverses for which our antagonists appear to have been altogether unprepared.—Ti'mes, une 4.

Coivsnivrixoru. May 28.—The Banshee has just arrived, bringing news which has gladdened _the heart of every Englishman. There is now

g without firing a gun. Why should I endeavour

events of which you will

have long and graphic descriptions? One or b

, two facts that have come to my knowledge may :be related. The whole of the correspondence between the Governors of Kertch and the mili-4 tary authorities, together with the archieves of ‘ the place for many years, were found fioatin in the harbour by a midshipman of the Roya Albert, and are safe in the possession of the English. From these it appears that the want of provisions was much felt in the Crimea, bread having risen to double its former price. Alettcr was found from the Russian com- mander-in-chief, ordering the immediate pre-

statements from the beginning to the end of the chapter. It was ssi , that Neal Dow had bought liquors on speculation and in order to make money out 0 their sale to the City agency ; that such sale was in contravention of the Act: that he had resisted the seizures of the liquors unlawfully im rted by him and had without cause and il egally ordered the Military to fire upon the people ; that an inno- cent man had been shot, and so forth, and lastly that the public of Portland had con- demned Mr. Dow s proceedings and had called upon him to resign. Now what are the facts! And first with respect to the purchase of the liquors. It appears from the testimony given on the trial 0 the Mayor, that he was one of a Committee appointed by the City Government to procure the liquors for the agency, that they were imported by the Committee under the authority of the Council, stored in a public building, and were marked ‘ Portland Agency, Portland, Maine,’ that a thick-lieaded Alderman

, who appears to have been absent when the re-

solution was passed, hearing some out-of-doors reports with respect to the purchase of liquors Mr. Dow “on his own hook,” and fired with zeal for the public welfare and a virtuous indi nation against the man who had conde- scen ed to do such things, posts oil‘ to the Council meetin and interro tes him on a matter with which, but for his inattention to his duties he would have been familiar, in such a way as to excite the pleasantry of the Mayor and the other members of the Board. 'ot having brains enough to perceive to what might have been a parent to a child of ten, or else being viciously bent on mischief, he leaves the Council, and on his way home informs ii erson not over friendly to the Maine

puration of a hospital for 16,000 sick and wounded, a proof that the Russians expect not only an unhealthy season but a bloody cam- paign. Arabat will no doubt be at once taken and occu ied. This is the point to which all EP“'

shall have details of this conquest. not less glorious because it was bloodless and easily won. For the present itis onl ' possibletogive a bare outrine, wliichl sen , for fear your correspondent's letter may have been delayed.

On the 23rd a mixed force. consisting of 10,000 ‘

French, 5,000 Turks, and 3,500 English, left Kamieseh and Balaclava. The ex dition entered the Straits of Kertch on Thurs ay (the