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NEWS BY THE ENGLISH HAIL.

From the European Times, April 14.

Respecting the Vienna Conference, all is uncertainty. A metro litan_ contemporary, which, notwithstanding its fashionable tenden- cies and its Conservative politics, is supposed to speak through the inspiration of the riuie Ministcr—for when he was at_the head of the Foreign-ollice, he bestowed an_ important foreign appointment on the then editor.—decl_ares_, in its impression of Thursday, that there is still a chance of eace resulting from the Conference, although the chance is a weak one. This rin- thority, which is evidently well-informed on the subject, declares that, during the forthcoming visit of the French Emperor_ and Empress, the news of peace or the necessity of on European war of cat vigour and uncertain duration will be received at the English Court, and the

points in the article which military critics might successfullypull to ieces. nianders are criticised not in an ungenerous, but certainly not in ii complimentary strain, for mistakes are confessed by the olliciiil organ, which throws an air of ingenuousness over the whole production.

namely,that the skill of the Russian engineers

has proved more than a inalch for their rivals, the allies; and a branch of science, in which the

llucnce ofthe late Emperor Nicliolus on his time and people was strikingly demonstrated in the

especially military engineering, always found,

The acts of the com-

\Vhat we have often shown is here apparent,-

Western Powers were supposed to be pre-eminent has been still better studied by the foe. The in-

fact, that scientific skill of all kinds. and more

during; his reign, encouragement and it home in ltussia,—anrl against the talent th-.is exported from Western Europe we have now to contend.

is missing. The French lost 300 in killed, woun- ded pntl missing. The French set ﬁre to S6l)lISl(l- pol in two quarters. on the 23d, with rockets. lletvveen_ II and 12 o'clock at night, columns ol Russian tnfanir_v came suddenly upon lhe men in our advanced trenches, and rushed in upon them on the right with the bayonet. When they were first discerned, they were close at hand, and on being challenged, they replied with the universal shibholeth “ Bone Franciz.” in another moment they were bayorieting our inert, who had barely tirrie to snatch their arms and defend thernselves. The attack seems to have been general along the line. At half-past 8 o'clock the French batteries began to shell the town, while their rockets were poured every ﬁve minutes in streams into the place. A! l0 O'clock. our sentiies in advance of Chap- ni:in’s attack gave notice that the Russians were assembled in front of the works. The 20th, 2lsi, anil the 57th Regiments were in the trenches on

extreme limit which the journal in question How this article in the otlicial organ will plcasci the left attack, and they were, to a certain extent

has for the receipt of this intelligence is the| Swthlustant, but it may possibl arrive on the | l7thor 18th. ’l.‘he ninth Con urencc met on

our versatile neighbours we have not very ample i means of knowing, for the French press exists; only in name, aiiil the English correspondents in '

prepared for the assault ofthe enemy. About the same time, the French on the right of our right attack, which is separated frorri the left attack by

n a. and we are told that it was 3 Paris cannot alford to be too coniriiuriicative on 1, a deep ravine, were assailed. As our allies were I” 0 yr 1

short and unsatisfactory.

the sitting is no proof that the result was uii- ‘ the more spnguine ar|id_lerrat(ic portinp of tbl;e“ troupsrlll a portion ofthe trenclic satisfactor for we are told in the saino breath Fri.-ncli_peop o cannot at to raw on avoiiia a, patio the ighi Division, to ih that the ﬁiiyiil instructions of Prince Gortsclinkoffi comparisons lietweeii the military genius of the the left attack, the Russians, sdvancin

The shortness of[ points whicli may displezisn the Government; bull hardly pressed, orders \i'ere given to advance the

3, consisting of a eir support. On ' g with ini-

had not reached Vienna from St. Petcrsburg, l hero or‘ the first empire and tlIu_sa UPON \_‘l|_'"" 3 petunsiiy through a weak part of the defence, which would account for an early breaking up i has devolved the task of conducting the existing ~ turned the third parallel, and took it in reverse.

of the meeting of the diplomatists. If we might hazard it conjecture, we should sn_v_tl_iat i all parties were

news from Sebastopol and that t o Russian

As regards the world at large. the iiriiclel 29 of Louis

war. in the Monilcur will be to the advaiita

It cannot,

They killed and wounded some of our men, and had advanced to the second parallel, when otir

awaiting the arrival of decisive , Napoleon, for it exhibits him and his Gin-ernrncnl ‘ covering party and the men in the trenches ofthe

batteries came down upon them and drove them

Court had instructed its representatives nt_ at least, fail to increase his popularity in this ‘ over the works after a sharp conflict. The 20th

Vienna to pursue it foreshadowed policy con-E tingent upon the character cfthat news. There ! was evidently time enough, in the interval of

= in a pleasing and satisfactory light. C0llllll' . We are wear of narrating the events before

Scbastopol,ttn the public must participate in

Regiment lost ‘.1 men killed, 6 wounded badly. and l

3 missing. The 57th lost 3 killed, 5 wounded and 18 missing. The 21st lost 3killed, 5 wounded,

the adyournnient of the Conference before lilaster, [ our feelings. This di55“ﬁ3r“°ﬁ°" i” °"°".YWhere and I missing. These are the returns so far as

and its meeting on Monday last, to put Prince -‘ Gortschakof in the fullest possession of the views of his Governmcnt—if indeed, he hiid riot I known them previou_sly- Tl1°}11°" 8""-"f.Y"‘8| assurance in the article to which we have re-l ferrsd is the explicit statement as to the_ good i understanding which continues to prevail be- tween Austria and the Western Powers res- pecting which serious doubts have been express- ed in several well-informed quarters. It is added that, if peace be not restored by the Con- ference which is now sitting in the Austrian capital, the Emperor Francis Joseph will irn- mediatcly declare war against Russia, and will ush the war with it vigour the most likely to obtain, with the least sacriﬁce of tiuie. the tilti- mate object of the allies. On the other.hn.nd the game authority assures us,_that the King of Prussia‘has written _an imploring letter to the Czar, telling him. if peace be frustrated by unnecessar obstacles, German will take part with tho estorn Powers, and t as complete the isolation of Prussia. If these are veritable statements, they an or well for the future; but certainly, Russia s on _no sy ptouis of actin ~ in them, if we may Judge y the exterito E): rations for carrying on. the war. or $9 Kcth-coming campaign in the Baltic, she is

‘min lﬁarrnlslil. and.prP:.vf:icned; isyddaoent mung 1 .000 troops in the Baltic viuoss, and is divigi:§ ll." l'\."'“i"'°.'.-"°'l_§¢‘ -b°“'°°" oponggdt, A abcrg, and Revel‘. Be at least lie most recent letters from - rations were doubtlusarnnged in at to thpupresent date, w_itb a view ” ‘the in desperate «distance in

1 event 0 0 war o°iI.¢i'|'*I|8- A "'1 mr,~:g pi-dole has in the ’ "rscstit ,aa a r- u"mw‘dm"n8 ‘hood 6i’ nydf the llrdup Go-

thas tsnicnt as nscsssarll attract- “ °¢um.’;-gb ' " is a'rt.ice is an

snow; but lost

c th

, lc attention. ghbouk exposition of the operations of the ‘Wutorn Povrcrs—-a military critique, in fact on the event which have arisen out of the war, done in a very enlightened spirit, with an evi- dent view toan inlitcnce on public opinion both at horns and abroad. The head of the French nation svldoatly dcenrod some formal explanation necessary, to satisfy his own sub-

set the t slticn and the tiii.-'o"p?o.s a 0ft e_:lli armies in the an the subyoet is entered upon by the

muur in a" tcno,tr!iich must satisfy all reason. 43,1. umgmions, although there are weak

on the increase. 'l‘ho accounts which come to hand from the Crimea are so tantalizing and so illusory, that all speculation is useless. We learn that the troops are in excellent health, that the weather is extremely ﬁne, ‘that the railway from Balnklava to the camp is on the point ofcoiu letion, and that something decisive may be short y expected, the old story; but res- pecting this " soniethin " which is to happen we are left in the dar . The tolcgrapliic ad- vices arc to the 5th, and, ifwc are to Judge by the opinions which prevail at home, the siege is more likely to be raised, than to be perse- vered with-n lamentable commentary on the smile ic skill of the commanders. 10,000 I-lgyptntn troops had been sent to Eupatoria, and Omar Pacha, we learn, occupies two villages about half-n.-league from that place. A truce of three hours had been given to er- mit the belli erents to bur their dead, w on it was found t at the Frenc and the Russians had suffered severely in the night attack. The Russians are now declared, to have had at least 2000 men put Iiors dc combat by that aﬂray. Lord Raglan's despatches, which were so big - ly praised at the opening of the autumn cam- paign, have new sunk to the merest common- place, and had it not been for the am le com- munications of the s ial correspo outs of the daily press, an from the interesting sketches in the private letters, our information from the seat of war would have been too scan- ty to vrarrantcritioisni. If the daysof eat statesmen are d, as some assure us, son of great soldiers have evident? passed aw

also. The Russians den , that rince Menuhi-

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mar cause of th s was-—ths Emperor Nicbolhs: and is tool, this one at Prince Mcnoclilkol, is cviden:-lly bondiri - tomb.

Indeed, the Tar cro- dited, he has alresd reached it. But the war

’ p r iks the instruments which provoked it. lirtho course of another week, we may be enabled to guage its probable duration.

THE BA'l'TLE BEFORE SEBASTOPOL

The arrival of the Sirnois from Constantinople at Marseilles conﬁrms the statement that a skir- mish cr engagement of more than ordinary impor- tance had been fought under the walls of Sebas- topol on the night of the of arc . . English lost Colonel Kelly, of the 36th; Ca taro

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Brown, nfthe 7th; and Captain Vienna the

97th. Two other oﬂcers were wounded, and one is distinguishable on the slope.

they can be ascertained, but it is probable that some ofthe missing man will turn up, as these regiments have not yet come out of the trenches. On the, right, the attack was more serious and sudden.‘ Our man had been ordered out to the suppoﬁ of the French from one art of their lines, and while they were away, the ussians came up to the ﬂank ofthe works, and took them in reverse so that they had to ﬁght their way back to get to their position. The gallant old 7th Fusileers had to run the gauntlet ofa large bodv of the enemy, whom they drove back i) lafourclrctlc. One brave young fellow, Mr. Cavendish Browne, of the 7th was killed. Two or three musket balls passed through his body. The 24th Regiment had an enormous force to contend against, and as their brave Col. Kelly was leading them in, he was shot down, and carried off by the enemy. His dead body was found outsidethe trenches. The 77th behaved most gallantly, and the 97th proved themselves worthy oftheir position in the glorious old Light Division. In the midst of the ﬁght, Major Gordon of the Royal Engineers displayed that cool courage and resence of mind which never forsskes hiin. \ itli it little switch in his hand, he encouraged the men to defend the tren- ches, and, standing upon the to of the parapet, all unarmed as he was, he liurle down stones on the Russians. He was struck by a ball which

used through the lower part of his arm, and, hem the same or from a different musket, at the same time, he received a bullet through the shoul- der. We are all rejoiced, tllll M ll 00! din!"- ously wounded and that the army will nctlong be deprived of his services. After an hour's ﬁght the enemy were driven back, but we have to de- plore the loss of the following oﬂicers, killed, wounded, or missing :—Colciicl Kelly, 34th Regi- nmit killed; Lieutenant Jordan, 97th Regiment, kill ; Capt. Cavendish Browne. 7_Ih Reirimeiit. killed ; Lieutenant Vicars, 97th R_c§ImInl.."9IIn-

ed ; Cops. Montague, ﬁn sl Engineers, missing; ud Mgjo; Gordon, Rays Engineers. wounded. Two Greek or Albanian chiefs, in full costume. who seem to have led on the Russians, were scion the killed. The town was set_ on fire In two aces towards the west; a part of it—st least one firge house-—vvsa burning till .twelve_o clock the next day. Lord Ra lsn visited Sir John Campbell, and aftcrwar s went through the trenches. he bodies of twelve men and of one nllicer remain in the trenches of our left attack. The bill sides below the Round Tower and the Matnslou are covered with their dead. tmnirlod with the bodies ofilie French. A «wave iitllcrr close up to the

abaiiis of the Round Tower, where the gallant sulilit.-r tell, as he led on his men in pursuit of the Russians.

Zllorc lrcroic rmidurt of our solddirrs—-recapture of the Jlfortar Battery from the Russians.

Ciiiiip before Sebastopol, March 26.

The ullirir of Thursday night and Friday imorning last was not so serious for us as was at lirst imagined. Our loss, in instead of bein nearly 100 killed, wounded, and missing, di not amount to much more than half that num- ber. Whcn the Mortiir ttery was carried bv an enormous force of enemy, they held it for ll)0|lt 15 minutes, and were dislodged by is hnndfiil of men, who displayel the utmost giilliiritry and darin . Our men do not relish night fighting. 'l.‘hcy would sooner meet 10,000 Russians by day tliiiri 2,000 in the dark, but the circuinstanccs attending this act evince the greatest coolness and braver on the part of the men and ollieers engaged in it. At the tirue the 'll0:l\'_V fire between the French and Russians iwns going on, it portion of the 00th Regiment were employed on fatigue-duty on the right of the new advanced works on our right attack. They were in the not of returning to their posts in the Gordon Battery, just at the moriient the heavy ﬁring on the right had ceased, when it sent- ; tercd irregular fusihidc commenced in the dark . on the left of their position close to the Mortar ‘B‘illl(:l‘y. Captain Vnugliton, who commanded gthc part i of the 90th, ordered his men to ad- {vnncc rt ong the covered way to the works. l'l‘hcy moved up in double time, and found the Russians in complete possession of the Mortar Battery. The 90th Regiment at once opened as lieiivy ii tire of musketry as they possibly could . upon the enemy, who returned it, but the cool- ness and steadiness of our men, were giving us the advantage, when an alarm was given that our men were ﬁring on the French; but the mistake was speedily discovered by the enemy’s ﬁre being poure in with more deadly cﬂect, and the small party of the 90th were thrown into great confusion. Captain Vnughton, at this moment shouted, “ Men of the 90th follow me!" and Sergeant Henry Clarke, Sergeant Brittle, a sergeant of the 7th Fus'

ileers, about 14 men of the 90th, and ii few of the 7th dashed out of the confused ranks. and rushed right into the Mortar-Battery. In a few moments those brave fellows drove the enemy beyond the first traverse, and at the narrow way leadin into the second traverse the made a stand an opened it heavy ﬂanking re on the parapet. over which the Russians were making deter- mined efforts to come u on them. The narrow pass wns meantime dc ended by the sergeants and it few men, deliverin fire as fast as they could load right into the ussians, who gradu- ally be n to give wa . With a loud “ hurrah” the gal out little ban sprang with the ba oust upon the enemy, who at once precipitate y re- tired over the parapet, followed by our riﬂe balls, which were poured in upon them inces- santly till every round in the men's pouches was expended. In order to keepepp the ﬁre, the men groped about among the Russians and exhausted all the cartri ges they could ﬁnd in the enemy's pouches. At the ﬁrst cba at the Mortar Battery the Russian leader, who wore an Albanian costume and whose gallantry was most conspicuous, fbli dead. As’ an act of justice, the names of the oﬂccrs and_ nierrcf the arty of the 90th Regiment, whose conduct was istinguishsd in this aﬁir. should be recorded. They are-—Clarkc, Brittle. and Essex (scr- geants , Carruthcrs, sovsrsly wounded (corpo- ral), arc, Walsh, Nicholson (wounded), and Nash. Captain Vaughton rccei a severe contusion in the affair. The cour dis lsycd by Captain Cavendish Browne, 0 the th,irs another part of the worksvvas most conspicious. He was severely wounded at the commence- ment of the attack, but he refused to go to the rear, thou h nearly fainting from loss of blood. He led on is men, encouru ing them by voic. and esture, to the front. hen is body was foun , it lay far in advance of our line, with three balls in the chest. It is not known, how many Albanian chiefs there were with the Run. sians, but certainly the two who were killed led them on with intrepidity and ferocious

courage. Uiie of them, who struggled into the