Vol. IV. — No. 92.] 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 
THE FIELD OF WAR. 
THE BLACK SEA. 
THE LANDING IN THE CRIMEA. 
[important government despatches.] 
“ Sunday Nioht, Sept. 24 ; eleven p.m.— “ The Duke of 
Newcastle presents his compliments to the editor, and having 
received late this evening intelligence which he thinks 
inay relieve the anxiety of the many families who are look- 
ing for accounts from the East for the safe landing of those 
who are dear to them, begs to place at his disposal the fol- 
lowing extracts from the dospatch of Lord Raglan :— 
ilie allied armies arrived at the place of disembarkation 
Dear the Old Fort, in latitude 45, at break of day on the 
14th, and before night succeeded in landing nearly all their 
infantry and part of their artillery. On the 1 5th, the swell on 
the shore considerably impeded operations, but some pro- 
gress was made, and the exertions of the fleet, under the 
immediate command of Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons, excited 
the admiration of the army, and were in fact above all praise. 
The surf continued on the 16th (the day on which the 
despatch was written), but, nevertheless, the disembarkation 
of the horses and baggage was proceeding with the utmost 
rapidity. Old Fort is about thirty miles north of Sebasto- 
pol, and nearly twenty south of Eupatoria.' " 
Vienna, Sept. 24th. — Omar Pasha received at Bucharest 
on the 22nd the following despatch, dated from Old Fort, 
the 17th, and signed by Marshal St. Arnaud and Lord Raglan : 
— “ Highness, we have safely landed to the northward of 
Sebastopol ; the enemy offered no resistance to our taking 
possession of these positions. This circumstance has pro- 
duced the deepest impression on the Tartar population, who 
do not conceal their good feelings towards us. The materiel 
and the artillery have been landed. We march on Sebas- 
topol with the fullest confidence in the success of our grand 
enterprise.” 
Serpent Island, off the Danube.—” Spies arrived here, 
state that the whole of the Crimea, with the exception of 
the environs of Sebastopol, is destitute of troops. Prince 
Menschikoff is said to have concentrated most of his forces 
lound that formidable fortress. It is consequently under 
its walls the first battle will be fought, and it will be a bloody 
one if we have to cope with an adversary worthy of us. We 
cannot undertake anything serious before the 20th or 22nd 
I reason on the hypothesis that the Russians will allow us 
to disembark quietly, and install ourselves in their country, 
which, I repeat, is considered extremely probable from the 
reports of the spies.” 
LETTER FROM THE FLEET. 
_ 1Ier Majesty's Ship , off Eupatoria, Sept. 13. 
l 1 t? V? rote t0 y° u fron * Constantinople, on Thursday 
last, l had just been warned to be ready to go on board the 
Danube, a little flat-bottomed river steamer, which had been 
brought into the service, and was being sent up to the fleet 
to assist m landing troops. We had but just time to buy 
some wine, porter, tongues, portable soup, and such-like 
luxuries, but after all this hurry we did not start till next 
morning at seven o'clock, and then broke down within an hour ' 
We had therefore to wait for repairs at Therapia, and only 1 
got finally to sea in the afternoon. The weather was charm- 
mg and the run up the Black Sea very fine. We had a 
good dinner, and an equally good supper, but soon after- 
wards the wind rose, and in our wretched little eggshell of a 
boat we had a precious tossing all Saturday and Sunday. ; 
On the latter day we fell in with the French fleet, sailing in 
company with the Turks. The two combined made nearly 
lorty sail, and you may imagine how splendid they looked 1 
at sunset in such a sea. The next morning (Monday) 
we reached the English fleet. Nothing can be more full of 
merest. All yesterday and to-day the three fleets have 
been collected, and there are not less in all than 700 ships, 
many of them of the largest class and of the greatest power, 
in teeling, the change from Constantinople is os great as is 
the scene. The whole fleet, officers, men, and boys, are 
eager for action, and in the highest spirits. Every manoeuvre 
that is performed — weighing anchor, making sail. &c. — is 
done with a degree of enthusiasm quite indescribable, and I 
beheve the ship would be deserted if all who wished were 
allowed to volunteer on shore. As it is, our part is to be 
rather a show one. We are to protect the landing, which 
will begin at noon to-day, and only send a few boats to the 
great flotilla by which it is to be accomplished. In the 
meantime the weather is perfect, a smooth sea, light favour- 
able winds, and cold healthy temperature. It is most 
vexatious that an hour of such weather should be lost. 
This ship has been decimated with cholera. They lost 
140 men in less than a week, and had at one time 600, out 
of 950, ill. There were actually not enough left to work 
the ship. The most affecting instances are told of the devo- 
tion of the men to their comrades, and of their own heroism. 
I Not a single officer died, and the crew is now recruited by 
l that of the Tiger, and a batch of new arrivals from Englaud. 
; H e have been now for two days off the shore of the Crimea. 
It is here low ; a good deal like the Isle of Thanet— all corn 
land and with very few houses. Inland it rises into consi- 
derable hills. I hope to know more about it before the week 
<? ^ roo P 3 are now quite healthy, and so is the 
fleet. The voyage has restored both, and the sharp, bracing 
air, which makes me long for all the warm clothes I left in 
England, has brought round the convalescent wonderfully. 
, give an idea of the feeling on board, I will mention two 
instances. When they were heaving up the anchor this 
morning the men cried out, ‘‘We'll drop it in Sebastopol.” 
Last night a very small mid., about twelve, asked me if we 
should not land at daybreak? I asked why? "Because 
that's in my watch, and I shall go.”— P.S. Eupatoria has just 
been occupied without opposition. 
(By Submarine and European Telegraph.) 
Vienna, Friday.— According to advices from Constanti- 
u° o A° U 13th, Eupatoria was occupied without opposition 
by 2,000 Lurks, and one English and one French regiment, i 
Uu the 14th, the main army landed half way between Sebas- ! 
topol and Eupatoria without meeting with any opposition. 
The Russians, 25,000 strong, were entrenched on the Katscha, 
, and the allied anny was to march to attack them on the 17th.' 
A battle was expected to take place on the 18th. 
Paris, Friday evening.— A telegraphic despatch from 
Marseilles announces that the steamer Ajaccio, which armed 
at Constantinople from the Crimea on the 19th, left the 
I allied forces in the act of marching against the Russian*, j 
| I he force of the enemy before Sebastopol did not amount to 
“L 0 ™ tban 25,000 men, but they expected a reinforcement of 
la, 000 more. A battle was expected on the 20th before the 
Russian reinforcements came up. The weather was ma'mi- 
ficent. 
Constantinople, Sept. 20. — The despatch-boat, the Ajaccio, 
which left the Crimea yesterday, reports that the army was 
to march on that day against a Russian force of 25 000 men 
to anticipate the arrival of 15,000 more, who were expected! 
Ihc inhabitants, who knew nothing of the war, had not re- 
moved their crops from the fields. They voluntarily brought 
provisions to the army, and were to be furnished with arms, 
in order to act as auxiliaries. During the disembarkation, a 
very serviceable and skilful diversion was made against 
Ivatcha by eight steamers. At Eupatoria, 400 Russians sur- 
rendered at the first summons. 
OUR FRENCH ALLIES. 
English Channel. — The Walmer Castle, transport, put 
in at St. Helen’s roads on Sunday afternoon, with 410 privates 
and ten officers (French troops) from the Baltic, weather- 
bound ; all well on board. 
The last accounts from Cherbourg announce that a ship 
of the line and a frigate arrived in that port on the 23rd, 
“ 1U “ 
The English Government having given the name of France 
to one of the ships of war lately launched, in honour of the 
existing alliance, the Minister of Marino has ordered that 
the word “ Grande". should bo added to the name “Bretagne." 
given to a ship now building at Brest, which will be the 
largest and finest in the French navy. The Grande Bre- 
tagne is to be furnished with engines of 1,200 horse-power, 
which are being manufactured at the imperial foundry of 
Indret, and are to be ready in December next. 
m 10 ®^ eani frigate Sand and the aviso Brasier have returned 
to Toulon from their experimental trip. The Sand had on 
board a gun of a very powerful calibro, of which the Minister 
of Marino ordered a trial to be made. It succeeded perfectly. 
1 he length of rango of the new gun is oxtraordinaiy, and 
the Scntmclle dc Toulon regrets its not having been tried 
sooner, as every ship of the squadron now before Sebastopol 
might have been provided with this engine of destruction. 
Sandwich Islands. — Our anxiety as to the movements of 
tho English and French squadron, of which we had not 
heard any authentic and precise accounts ainco the commence- 
ment of tho war, was relieved by the intelligence from the 
band wich Islands on the 12th iust. The following account 
of the arrival nt Honolulu of the combined squadron is con- 
densed from one of tlio local papers. Oil the 17tli of July 
Bix vessels under sail, besides a war steamer, were all seen 
bearing down for the anchorage, and a splendid sight it was. 
1 he British and French flags wero commingled in the fleet 
in beautiful accord, and all the vessels looked neat and trim 
and prepared for service as well as display. 
♦icl f°’, C !°. l ' k ,t hcy D U?,*?. - Qt anchor in “Hue oir tho harbour, and 
t , "' tho H . nti ; s , h President, lla^hlp, tho Amphitrito 
andsteainer v irnif°. the French frigate Forte, the Eurtdice, PArtemis.-, 
I a, ' d br “* Ohligndo, three LngUsh and four French— tho English earning 
j v ,£!h?’ a ' ld th S 1:W - Thi * li,lc squadron is from Callao, rm 
NuKatma, one of the Marquesas Islands, and was but fourteen days in 
making the passage from the latter port. They are, of course, losing 
| tor tru. Russians, but the Russians are somewhere else iust now and 
j they must be hunted up, if possible, when wnrm work will, of course 
take place. At last accounts the people of Vancouver's Island were under 
much nnxiety, daily expecting a visit from tho Russian vessels, against 
i which they hail no means of defence. 
| The following is the list of the English ships and chief officers com- 
posing the squadron 
j ., Fr j? a, ° ‘'rcsGcnt. CO. lings I, ip of Rear-Admiral David Price ; Edward 
Howard Hug-Lieutenant; Richard Iturridge Captain : Matthew 
( onolly Commander; II. A. Hollingsworth, W. (J. II, Morgan .1 II 
Marryat. and (h-orgo Palmer, Lieutenants ; V. (J. Roberts, Master 
frigate Amphitrito, 2;!, Captain Charles Frederick. ; W. L. Stainforlh. 
Douglas Walker, and h. 11 . H Franklin, Lieutenants ; W. II Crane. 
NliLstcr; T J. Jones, second Master; Richard K. Wilson, First Lieut. 
Oi Marine*. 
Steamer Virago, 0,300 horse-power, Commander Edward Marshall • W 
“'"1 Lewis J. Moore, lieutenants; <i. H. Insklp. master ' 
«n r r.'!' * Ir n £ f the , F f onch *}!•• and ■ :-Frigato La Forte. 
60, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Fevricr de* Pointc* ; Capitaine de 
fregate, lie Mimac; Lover, J .Lieutenant do Vaisseau, second; Bouillon, 
Rainer, .1,, and . Thomas, L., Lieutenants do Valsseau ; Gnuvain P 
Coetnempren do Kersamt, and Laplunehe, Knsoigns de Vaisseau. 
Frigate L Kurydice, 33, Capitaine do Vnsseaux, Lngrandicre ; Musail- 
long, Capitaine de i regale, second; Feissoles, Laoombc. Lefehvrc 
Lapasse, and Houraaser, Lieutenants de Vaisseau ; Jlequel dcs Touches’ 
utid Ustrenson, Enscigns do Vaisseau ; Offlder, Dmiois, 
Corvotte L’Artemeise.Sp. Capitaine do Frugate, I/Kvequo ; Touon and 
^.Lieutenants de Vaisseau; Hardi, Jiequo, and Amot, Enseigns dr 
1 f' 0ldi tf ado > 16, Coptaino de Fregate. Roussoau de Rosenovot ; 
»\ ancichout, Jourucl, Dinel, and Jicquel des Etouches, Enseigns de 
Vaisseau. 
The officers of the combined squadron seem to have had 
a pleasant time of it during their stay. Their official pro- 
ceedings, the arrival of her Majesty’s frigate Pique to join 
the squadron from England, and its departure, you will find 
given in the Polynesian, published at Honolulu. 
SAILING OF TROOPS. 
The screw-steamer Genova arrived at Gibraltar on the 6th 
inst., from Liverpool ; the steamer Peuinsula, from London, 
arrived same duy ; the steamer Taurus, and the Danube, 
from Liverpool, arrived on the 9th, tho former bound to 
Constantinople, and the latter to Corfu and Trieste. The 
Taurus had on board Lieutenant-Colonel tho Hon. James 
SOUDJAK BAY CIRCASSIA. 
