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have served in Africa, and chosen for their courage, daring, 
activity, and powers of endurance. Most of them have been 
gamins de Paris, and the metal still rings as tme ns it did 
in Juue, '48, when the gamins of the Garde Mobile saved 
the capital. 
The Steam frioate Sane, at the distance of nbout two 
leagues from Cape Chersonese, was assailed, Nov. 14, by a 
gale of wind such (says an officer on board) as I have never 
experienced since I passed Cape Horn. You will bo enabled 
to form an idea of the rolling of our ship when I inform you 
that one of our 80-pounders at the forecastle, although 
strongly lashed to the deck, broke from its fastenings, and 
was pitched overboard as if it was a broomstick. We had 
serious apprehensions for the howitzer of 120 and the gun of 
GO, but fortunately they held fast. I bring you good news 
from the great siege. The courage of the troops and of the 
fleet has increased with their difficulties. 
The Russian Major who, at the battle of Iukerman, told 
his men to grant no quarter, and who was afterwards made 
prisoner and recognised by an English officer, is stated by 
the Impartial of Smyrna to be named Alexandre Angudlo- 
poulo, of Greek origin, but born in Finland. 
The Russians advanced up to the breastwork and muzzles 
of our guns ; those that I saw (says a correspondent) were 
almost blown to pieces. Their artillery practice was excel- 
lent. As soon as the battle was ended I went over the field. 
On our ridge, where were our batteries, the ground was covered 
with dead, principally Russians, their bodies fearfully shat- 
tered. They fought desperately, and at one time were 
nearly outflanking us and carrying the ridge. One Russian, 
or rather his remains, lay on the parapet of the breastwork ; 
bad it not been for his clothes, he would have dropped to 
pieces. He had literally been blown from the muzzle of a 
gun while in the act of climbing over the breastwork. 
At the Batti.e of Inkerman the Duke of Cambridge 
was quite surrounded once, and had it not been for Dr. 
Wilson (who was in the 7th Hussars) drawing his sword 
and cheering some men on, he must have been taken or 
killed. Every one had, says Capt. Kingscoto of the Guards, 
wonderful escapes. A shell pitched on the flap of my saddle 
behind my leg and sword, which it bent, fell on the ground, 
where I saw it fizzing, but before I could kick my horse out 
of the way it burst, without touching either me or my horse. 
Why the homes ribs were not broken, I cannot conceive. 
I rode Fusilier again until two o'clock, when my other came 
up, Fusilier being done up aud lame. He is all right now. 
Lord Raglan rode Shadrac the whole time. A splendid 
picture of the Virgin, most elaborately decorated with gold 
and silver, which was carried as a standard to keep up the 
enthusiasm, fell into our hands ; it was captured by a ser- 
geant of the Guards. Most of the Russians wore medals of 
various sorts as usual — indeed, each army has a regular 
store of them for distribution. Some are very handsomely 
gotten up in well-chased silver, with the face and hands 
of the saint they represent well painted in oil colours. 
The body of Capt. Swaby, 41st Regiment, was brought 
into the camp three hours after the engagement of the 5th 
of November, pierced with nine wounds, the mortal one 
being that of a musket-shot through the abdomen. The 
men of his company who last saw him called to him, saying 
that they were surrounded, aud begged him to retire, when 
he answered, “ No, I will not, I’ll fight to the last." He 
was seen to discharge his revolver several times, and to use 
his sword. His captain, who was wounded, had also 
called upon him to do so, but Captain Meredith says he is 
not sure he was heard. All his men speak of him with the 
deepest regret, and of his behaviour being most gallant and 
brave. Five of our officers were killed that day, including 
the colonel, and six were wounded. The body of Swaby 
was interred the next morning, the whole regiment attending, 
and the chaplain of the division read the burial service. 
Among the Russians killed at the battle of Iukerman we 
observe the name of Major-General Ochterlony, who, we 
believe, was a Scotchman rad a native of Forfarshire. 
A Private in the 93rd Highlanders, writing to his 
father in Caithness, informs him that the .sheet of paper 
forming his letter had cost him five shillings. 
We regret to state that Cornet the Hon. Grey Neville, 
5th Dragoon Guards, youngest son of Lord Braybrooke, died 
at Scutari, on the lltii ult., of wounds received at the battle 
of Balaklava. Captain the Hon. Henry Aldwortli Neville, 
Grenadier Guards, third son of Lord Braybrooke, was killed 
in action at the battle of Inkerman on the 5th ult. 
The following is a List of the Officers who were 
on board the Prince, screw steamer, which foundered on the 
14tli ult. : — Captain John Goodall, Chief Officer J. Richard- 
son, Second Officer William Whiteway, Third Officer Francis 
Wilkinson, Fourth Officer W. P. Stewart, Fifth Officer G. J. 
Inglis, Sixth Officer F. Aiuslie, Surgeon J. M. Salter, M.D., 
First Engineer William Anderson, Purser F. J. Maughan, 
Principal Storekeeper F. J. Dickinson. 
Lieut. Ellison of the 47th says — 11 I made use of Dean 
and Adams three times. I was nbout to fire another lime, 
when the Russian threw down his musket, and I took him 
prisoner. We asked some of the prisoners how it was they 
murdered our -vounded ; they replied, it was by order of 
their General. I saw one ruffian at some distance kill a 
wounded man ; I fired ray rifle at him, and knocked him 
over.” 
Mr. Romaink, Deputy Judge Advocate General, came 
down to Balaklava, on Nov. 6th, by order to collect evidence 
against the Russian major accused of killing and inciting his 
ru'-n to kill our wounded officers and soldiers, but he found, 
unfortunately, that the witnesses had gone to Scutari. This 
will only defer the investigation a few days. 
Colonel Carpenter (41st Regt.) was shot in the thigh, 
and when down a Russian shot him in the back, clubbed his 
musket, and struck him on the mouth. These Russians are 
more barbarous than the Burmese, and it is but little quarter 
our men will give them the next time they meet, for they 
all vow a deadly vengeance, and it is not to be wondered at. 
The colonel died in fifteen hours. 
It would appear strange, says a surgeon who was on duty 
at Inkerman, to be told that extensive surgical operations, 
after most serious wounds received in battle, afforded miti- 
gation from pain, but so it is ; for how tranquil are those 
who at the moment have lost their limbs under the surgeon’s 
knife, in comparison to what they were when lying unas- 
sisted aud uncared for in their wounded condition ! Very 
many of the poor fellows manifested the greatest gratitude 
for the services I rendered them, seizing my hands and cover- 
ing them with kisses, and, by their upward looks, imploring 
the blessing of Heaven on their benefactor. 
The 46th Regiment have landed and marched out to camp. 
They looked very smart and clean, officers and men, and 
their bright facings and the brilliant unstained red of their 
coats offered a strong contrast to the dirty, ragged, and 
bedabbled dresses of the men in Balaklava, who have been 
so long campaigning. They marched off in good spirits to 
the camp, with their baud playing. 
The “ Times” Correspondent cuts a queer figure in the 
Crimea. The chances of war have deprived him of nearly 
all his garments, and, when last seen, be was walking about 
in a Rifleman's jacket, much too small for his portly person, 
and his nether garments bad been converted into breeches 
by constant scrambling among rocks and briars. However, 
Im health was excellent, bis spirits as inexhaustible, and his 
pen as fluent and eloquent as ever. Esto perpetua / 
Captain Peel, of H.M.S. Diamond, left his “ blue 
jackets” at the battle of Iukerman on the 6th, and went right 
in among the thickest of the fight, where he joined the red- 
coats, and slashed away with his regulation sword, wherever 
the milit was fiercest. 
Throughout the Battle of Inkerman a Russian battery 
kept moving about iu the direction of Lord Raglan and his 
staff, but fortunately without effect. 
The ambulance corps have arrived at Balaklava from 
Varna ; two waggons are attached to each division, and they 
are most useful iu bringing the wounded from the trenches, 
and removing the sick and wounded for embarkation or to 
the hospital. The medical officers are fond of using chloro- 
form, and find it beneficial, notwithstanding all that has 
been said to the contrary. A canteen has been set up, but 
the articles are very dear ; potatoes 3d. per lb., aud caudles 
3s. 6d., and other things iu proportion. Tobacco is now got 
plentifully, a great boon to the men, and for which they 
would make any sacrifice. Grog is also freely distributed, 
and the men are comparatively content, but like to grumble, 
after the manner of the English, as they don't like lying be- 
hind the trenches, being pelted at and doing nothing. 
Sir George John Young, Bart., brother to Sir William 
Norris Young, Bart., of the 23rd Fusiliers, died on the 22nd 
ult. of cholera before Sebastopol. The title is now assumed 
by the surviving brother, Lawrance. 
The landlady of a respectable public-house iu St. 
Matthew’s, Ipswich, has just bestowed upon her infant 
the sonorous and spirit-stirring name of " Alma Sebasto- 
pol.” 
Does not the publication of Sir J. Thackwell's circular 
suggest the propriety of our Government forbidding the ex- 
portation of horses at the present crisis except to accredited 
French agents ? Every one knows what an immense number 
of our best horses are annually bought by the Austrians and 
Prussians. 
The Admiral (Sir E. Lyons), on his little grey pony, is 
to be seeu hovering about our lines indefatigably. The wife 
of one of the light cavalry officers — I think the 11th Hussars 
— rides every day near the entrenchments. 
All the prisoners were sent in from head-quarters to 
the main guard at Balaklava, except two, who are employed 
with the Quarter-Master General’s Staff to point out the 
sites of the magazines and public buildings which should be 
destroyed. Our prisoners contradict each other on many 
points, but all agree as to the damage done to the town and 
as to the multitudes of killed. On dit, that the Russian 
Governor sent in yesterday to Lord Raglan to ask for a day’s 
truce to bury the dead on both sides. The same authority 
has it that Lord Raglan replied. “ He bad no dead to bury. 
The Russians in revenge for this are leaving their dead 
where they fall outside the lines, aud also bring them out 
from the town and place them in the valley frequented by 
our pickets and skirmishers, who are much annoyed by the 
stench. This is a new engine of warfare. 
Called at half-past four this morning (Oct. 28), I 
was electrified with the announcement that Balaklava 
was attacked by the enemy in different places. However, 
this has since turned out to have been a mistake. The 
alarm was caused by a number of Russian horses, all greys, 
that had broken loose and traversed our encampments. In 
the dark it could not be discovered what state they were in 
— viz., riderless — so they were fired at. Some were brought 
down, others seized. The French caught twenty-four, and 
sagaciously, in my opinion, are about to convert all into 
rotis and stews those that fell under their fire — regular 
game. As always, they have got the best of this little in- 
cident. 
A letter received from a French officer engaged before 
Sebastopol contains a curious passage, in which he describes 
the arrival of a format as a deserter in one of the batteries, 
with pieces of his chains hanging about him. According to 
the man's account, he was taken out of prison for the sake 
of being employed at the guns, and he assured the writer of 
the letter in question that the town was literally a heap of 
ruins, for that there was not a whole house standing. 
The two Grand Dukes, sons of the Emperor Nicholas, 
whose arrival at Sebastopol is mentioned in General Can- 
i-obert’s report of the battle of the 5th ult., hold high rank 
in the Russian army. The Grand Duke Nicholas, third son 
of tbfc Emperor, is 23 years of age ; lie is Inspector-General 
of the Engineering department, Aide-de-camp of the Em- 
peror, titular Colonel of a regiment of Dragoons, of a regi- 
ment of Grenadiers, and *>f the Regiment of Cuirassiers of 
Astrakan. He is, besides, proprietor of the 2d Regiment of 
Austrian Hussars, and Chief of the 5th Regiment of Prussian 
Cuirassiers. The Grand Duke Michael, fourth son of the 
Czar, is 22 years of age ; he has the title of Quarter-master- 
General of the Artillery, is Commander of the 2d Brigade of 
Artillery of the Imperial Guard, Aide-de-Camp of the Em- 
peror, Colonel of a regiment of Lancers, of a regiment of 
Dragoons, and of a regiment of Horse Chasseurs. He is, 
moreover, proprietor of the 26th Regiment of Austrian In- 
fantry, and Chief of the 4th Regiment of Prussian Hussars. 
As it was very desirable to destroy the ships anchored 
in the harbour below us, and to fire the dockyard buildings, 
our rockets were brought into play ; and, though rather 
erratic iu their flight, they did some mischief, though not so 
much as was expected. Wherever they fell the people could 
be seen flying up the streets when the smoke cleared. At 
3 p.m. the town was on fire, but after the smoke had ex- 
cited our hopes for some time, it thinned away and went out 
altogether. 
A Pole and some Russians deserted. They tell us that 
the enemy have lost 3,000 killed and wounded, that the 
town is in a frightful state — the shops closed, the merchants 
fled, the goods placed underneath iu the cellars, and that the 
" pointed” balls and shells (Lancasters) do frightful mischief. 
There are no longer volunteers to work the guns, as there 
were at first. The men have now to be forced to the bat- 
teries. Many poor women and children have lost their lives 
in this terrible cannonade. It seems incredible that the 
Russian authorities should have let them stay in the town 
when they could have easily sent them across by the bridge 
of boats to the north side. Provisions still continue plenty, 
and water is abundant in the town. 
Some smart affairs of skirmishers aud sharp shooter 
took place in front. Our riflemen aunoy the Russian 
gunners greatly, and prevent the tirailleurs from showing 
near our batteries. On one occasion the Russian riflemen 
and our own men came close upon each other in a quarnr 
before the town. Our men bad exhausted all their ammu- 
nition ; but as soon as they saw the Russians they aeized 
the blocks which were lying about, aud opened a vigorous 
volley on the enemy. The latter either bad empty pouches 
or were so much surprised that they forgot to load, for thev 
resorted to the same missiles. A short fight ensued, which 
ended in our favour, aud the Russians retreated, pelted 
vigorously as long as the meu could pursue them. 
On the night of Oct. the 20th the Russians attempted a 
coup dc main. About a hundred of them, all volunteers 
arrived by the embrasures iu the French batteries. The 
lieutenant of artillery ou duty, M. Clarin, cried out, Q u i 
vivc? aud received the answer, Nous sommes Anglais; nc 
tires pas. The next moment the Russians dashed forward 
The lieutenant, however, at once gave the order to his men 
to fall on the assailants, aud a bond to hand contest ensued 
The Russians at last fled, leaving seven meu dead, and four 
taken prisoners, and amongst them an officer speaking French 
perfectly well, aud who died the day after of six bayonet 
stabs which be received. The other three prisoners have 
stated that our mortars, in particular, do the fortifications 
of the town much damage. 
I WAS AT AN auction of the effects of the late Col 
Beckwick, of the R.B., who died of cholera about a month 
ago. Some of the things went at wonderful prices. A 
box of wax-matches, such as you can get for Is. at home 
went for 13s., and another for 15s. They are very useful 
out here, aud impossible to be got. The Golden Fleece was 
sent off to Constantinople or Varna for French troops and 
all our traps are in that ship, so we are done for the present 
I bought a blanket at the sale, and am now very comfort- 
able at night. 
Lord Dunkeli.in, Captain Coldstream Guards, and eldest 
son of the Marquis of Clanricarde, was taken prisoner. He 
was out with a working party of his regiment, which had 
got a little out of their way, when a number of men were 
observed through the dawning light in the ravine in front 
of them. "There are the Russians,” exclaimed one of the 
men. “Nonsense, they're our fellows," said his lordship 
aud off he went towards them, asking in a high tone as he 
got near, “Who is in command of this party?" His men 
saw him no more. As they were unarmed, they retreated 
rapidly ; but there is no fear of his lordship's safety, for the 
Russians fired no shot, and merely closed round aud seized 
liim ere he could get away. He has since been liberated by 
the Czar, in exchange. 
HOME NEWS. 
THE COURT. 
On Monday, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the 
Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, accompanied by Prince 
Ernest of Leiningen, went to Loudon by a special train of 
the Great Western Railway, and visited the exhibition of 
prize cattle aud implements of the Smithfield Club, at the 
Bazaar, in King-street, Portman-square. The royal party 
returned to Windsor in the evening. 
The Castle has had its usual share of illustrious visitors 
during the week, among whom have been her Royal High- 
ness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Prince 
Ernest of Leiningen, the Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount and 
Viscountess Hardinge, Baroness de Speth, Lord George 
Paget, Lady Raglan, and the Hon. Miss Somerset. 
The Earl Somers aud Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. N. 
Hood have succeeded the Earl of Listowel and Lieutenant- 
Sir Frederick Stovin as Lord and Groom in Waiting. 
FASHIONABLE WORLD. 
We are gratified to learn, upon inquiry that the Duke of 
Somerset is progressing favourably. 
The Duke of Beaufort has taken for a term of years the 
mansion in Grosvenor-square, late in the occupation of his 
Excellency the French Ambassador. 
The Duke of Portland.— H is Grace is still at Harconrt 
House, improving in health, but has not been at Welbeck 
since the late Duke's death, as was reported. 
The Marquis of Clanricarde comes to town this week, from 
Ireland. The family have not arrived in Carlton House- 
terrace, as erronously stated. 
The Earl of Rosse has returned to the Castle, Parsonstown, 
from London. 
Viscount Clifden has subscribed XT 00 towards the county 
of Kilkenny Patriotic Fund. 
Lord John Russell arrived at his residence, iu Cheaham- 
place, on Wednesday from Pembroke Lodge, Richmond- 
park. 
Lord Lyndhurst has quite recovered from his recent 
indisposition. The noble and learned lord is at Turville- 
park, surrounded by his family. 
The Lady Heron Maxwell gnve birth to a daughter, on 
Monday last, at Springkell. 
The Rev. Mr. Rice has arrived at the Clarendon, from the 
rectory, Wye, Kent. 
Mrs. Gubbins and Miss Gubbins have left Edwards’s 
Private Hotel, in George-street, Hanover-square, for Clifton. 
Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Lawrence Parsons and Mr. Parsons 
are on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Rosse, nt the 
Castle, Parsonstown. 
Sir W. Hartopp has arrived at the Clarendon, from Four 
Oaks Hall, Warwickshire. 
We are happy to find that Sir John Bluuden, of Kilkenny, 
has nearly recovered from the effects of his recent severe 
accident. 
The Hon. John Colo and suite have arrived at the Gresham 
Hotel. 
NAVAL. 
THE ATTACK ONPETROPAULSKI. 
Return Of Officers, Seamen, and Marines killed, wounded, and 
missing on board her Majesty's ships engaged in the opera- 
tions against the batteries and town of Petropaulski, Sept . 
4, 1854. 
Pique. — A. Bland, lieut., contusion ; G. Robinson, mate, 
slightly ; L. Chichester, mid., slightly ; G. M'Callum, lieut., 
R.M., slightly ; W. H. Clements, lieut., R.M., severely. Sea- 
men, killed or missing, 8 ; dangerously, 5 ; severely, 5 ; 
slightly, 4. Marines, killed or missing, 4 ; dangerously, 2 ; 
severely, 5 ; slightly, 1. Total, killed or missing, 12 I 
dangerously, 7 ; severely, 11 ; slightly, 9 — 39. 
President. — C. A. Parker, capt., R.M., killed or missing ; 
