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      Have bcwi-able , positively to-ascestaitf is , that lipxamli ' a diviafcn ( tf » e » 13 tb ) waa , fwese » t . " Inh * see « id deR »» t «* , taC *^» y ia * er , CoUmelSimibobs -says that the . losses of the Allies ' -were as fellow : ' "Turks—97-tfakd ; 377 wounded . French—* 4 killed ; 9 -wwusied . Total combatants—101 killed ; 286 ¦ wounded . Tartartpopulatioii—13-kiBed ; ll > w < HMded . Horses of-the Turioah Army—79 killed ; 18 wounded . "

      JB&PATORIA . Of the Russian force and plan of-attack Omar Pacha says : — " As far as one could guess , and according to- the in-, formation furnished by . prisoners , the enemy mustered 36 battalions of infantry , 6 regiments of cavalry , 400 Cossacks , 80 pieces of artillery in , position , and some troops of horse artillery , -which were in reserve . " The enemy continued his fire , without ceasingr-from the position held by-his artillery , supported by a powerful fire of skirmishers , and then his infiantry , ; carrying , planks and ladders , three times tried to storm the works . Each time it was -repulsed , and obliged to retire under oar-fire , but it was enabled to'effect this retrograde movement under coveivof its artillery , and of heavy masses 6 f caviaflty . * , ' Oar cavalry , 'which at the present 'moment' onry musters about 20 O or 300 horses , and which charged the Russian infantry at the commencement of its-retreat , did not dare -to pursue it in the- face of soeh heavy

      masses . "This superiority in artillery and cavalry prevented otur disturbing the Eussians on theirretreat . Afterfour hours and < a half * -fighting , they commenced -retiring in three different directions , towards the bridge of take Sasik , towards Top Mamai , and towards the Perekop road . " Duritigthe engagement , the Turks were aided by . the French detachment , and by the English ships in the-bay . ^ OmarPaeha makes honourable mention of these , and also of the energetic conductof the French steamer "Veloce . The Russian loss , it is thought , must have amounted to 453 . The wounded were carried away , and only seven prisoners were taken . Omar Pacha states the Turkish loss in killed at only 87 . _ The Times -eorrespencteftt at 'Eupatoria says the action lastedabout three hours , and adds the following * iaterestmg |> OTtieuiar 8 r— - _ - _ •* ¦ ' Among 'the Russian dead on the field were found- the bodies of a woman , of the Greek Bishop of 'Eupatqriay and of the commander of the Greco-Slave Legion , which was" formed by" the * Russians last year out of the Greeks settled iri'MoIdo-Wallachia , and out of the Bulgarians who followed the Russians after their retreat from Sfliatria . . Another woman was likewise killed , but carried off . " According to ~ the latest information , we have to do with Oaten' Sacfcen ' s corps , under the immediate com- ' mand 6 f Liprandi . -Prince Menschikoff himself was j ^ i ^ jB ntJ ^ C ^ the ^ batilejj ^ nd , according to-an on dit , in . the very carriage . which w-as fire dru ^ on ^ T > y ~ th ^ 7 TurK 8 " "from ~ one of their batteries , and narrowly escaped being' hit . Menschikoff is said to have returned . " PROFITS Uf THE CRIMEA . A Maltese t « riUny who fop BOtnomonths ^ ald ^ dt ^ ies and : mended them , ' has shut -up 'his -shop io the Highnitreet , Balaklava , > and gone back to- V-aletta . Those who < oughtr to 'know -say that h& netted' vo&Ol . Ainabaoa , ^» Jew , who * as a civil < servsnt got wages to " the-Wmouot i « f 1507 . <* . year , < complained of : tifp stinginess of his master * and * struck -for higher , wages . Sent iaway , . he opened a shop in November lost . 'He , ttoo , ! has retired from business ' with something' like 3000 / . or -4000 / . . 'A - ¦ French -sailor , who had < at' © ee time been a baker , established : about ) three ' months . 'ago ' the first b * kery in Balakiava . He gotpossession of two-ovens m one'faome ; he hired ganga of-French soldiers toi . bake . for him , and to tefce theinttums day imidnight . In . ^ London his loaves -would tell' for : ad . or 3 d . In Baloklafra . they gold , and readily , « s fast * s th © y > were » h « t out , for 2 m . Now , reckon tbe floor ( from Varna to Con-8 tantin 4 ple )>*» h * gh . as you will , and pat aivery ) high figure ocl therpraceof labour , still a loaf - ^ tak-hAi London- baker caa with profit sell for 3 d . cantwtico « Othe Balaklava ' baker more than ; Is . "So ^ tfcereta . ls ^ proflt oa « aeh < J « af , fimdlIam . eTediMy iafenmft tbattttxrre 10 OO loa *« frweBet ** fced in-twenty-4 © or hoar * . i 3 The week , in cAntp-haa 8 eVen « working 4 ay « , ^ an < i thepxoflts ; of a . i * e * k .- « moi » o 4 rto- 70 O 0 < # hillinga ; those « £ » . month . to . O 0 y © CK >» biIli « ga , var 1500 / . The bMk « r < ha * driven , this trade atxMt 1 b 9 * e-w * mth»—pMfaa , < 4 dW > L-- * r * £ kaify iV * w » GotvwpomdtoU . ' "xmerjoxm tbok-tjik ¦• beach sva . The- % ortdon'Gazette of Friday , March 2 nd ,. publhkheo a despatch from Rear . Admisal Sir Edmund Iwns ^ fram -whifch'it appears that , . from . the 1 st of VtSmucry' taBt , ' "'the mouth of the river Dniester , 'the FOTtaM ^ "A kermann / . Ovfdiopol , Odessa , all the . povts sttwttiBS t « tween Ochzakov JPoint and Kiirbourn Potntj-tnWtWhig' thetports of NicoJuiew and Khorson , tbe-rlnM ^ ongMna ' Dnieper ; also thc ( ports . between

      allied fleets of France and England . . ports of Eupatoria , Strelzka , Kamiesch , Kazatch , and Balaklava were , and are , and will remain , open and free from all blockade until further notice ; and it is l hereby further notified , that all measures authorised by the law of nations , and the . respective treaties between her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and his "Imperial Majesty the iEmperor of the French , and the dififerent neutral Powers , will be adopted and executed with respect : to all vessels which may attempt toviolate the said i blockade . "

      That the lEUnboum Point -and vOa - pe -llaiilBafa , imaudiag -the ipottsrfn . the- € hilf ofcPeraJ » p *< tkei > ort - « f > Seba » topol , tae port » eomprised between Cape-AiaJratUbe Stfafit of Kextseb , Inducing tboae of Waite , iAlou » lita , So « - : dak , JEaOfc , i or . Tbeodosia ; . the ptfrt ! of Eertsch , ^ fae ^ Straifrof-Eeitsefaj . ' the entrance toi « nd '« 11 tkd : ports iin tbe : 8 e » of Axoff , inchaaing especially the ports of { Berdi « n » k , T » g « nrog , and- ATafedt ; : the- river Don , : a » d also the . ports of Anapa and "Sondjak , vcrei ^ strictly blockaded by a competent force of the

      ENCOUNTER OP THE FBENCH WITH THE KUSSIANS . Xordliaglan , in bis despateh to Xord Panmore , dated . Feb ^ 24 r gives "the following details of van encounter of theFreneh ^ with &e Russians : — " The troops of the ( Russian ) garrison having lodged themselves on the point of the spur of the ridge from Inkerman over * the Gareening Bay , at . about 300 yards from the new * French parallel , on the extreme right , General Canrobert determined to dislodge them ; and this was gallantly effected at " 2 o ' eloek this raoraing ^ by l « 00 men , under the immediate command of General Monet , and ^ the 'direction of General Mayran , with however , I Tegret to-say , some loss , ^ the conseqnence of the heavy fite-which > was brought to'bear -upon them from the enemy ' s batteries and ifee sMpping , whilst- ' they were engaged in demolishing' the w ^ rks . -When this object was accomplished , fchey : withdrew to' ttie trenches , as 5 had beeir their irtteBtion . The gallant General Monet is , I am'mirth- concerned to add , among tAie wounded : " *

      — - ^ THE WKATBtEB '" INT THE CRIMEA . The latest jujeouats' say that there has been some return of tfee -severe" weather , ^ and that the Tartars hint that there will ¦ even yet 'be more frost and SHOFW . 1 ME AHMV-OF AN ATOM A . - A ; tetter' from Erzeroatn , published in the 'Presse , complains of the miserable state of the-aTmy of Awatolia , wMch , lwiCfor the exertions of GolwielWiHiaiMS , an Engiish ' officer , wo * ld have ^ been ' utterly desperate . Some of the : regiments have Teceiv ^ d- no pay for more than two , years ; awd this -not -for iackof money , bat , as the writer affirms , from the-proper fands ^ having been intercepted by avarieioas pachas . These gentlemen liave , of course , strongly opposed themselves to the colonel ; but he hasTeceiTed the app «» ntnient of a general of brigade in the English army , and that of a general of division intheTurkiiBh service . To him has been conflicted the difficult task of reorglmsiDg ^ the ^ Otts&fnan ^ airnyj-atidhenBrill'probably obtain the eoannwrid . Baron fBehwarfczenberg , a -G « rnfto , f-haa lieen appointed inspector of i the ? ovairy ; the : « oionel of lartillery is Galandrelli , * n Italiaa , who * distidgRnshed ^ himself by hisidefence of Rome ; -and-other ipests tare occupied by otlter fcpej ^ nexrs . tThe ad vanced , posts of : the Anatolnun ftrnjy are beyond'Kars , in . the direction , of Q-uosuri .

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      WAJR-MISCELLANEA . " The -Times . Berlin correspondent , > nwstiqg -on / Mar * h ^ 6 , « aya . —" The deceased Emper&r -Nicholas ' had > dbready' recalled Prince Meoacfaikaff . from . the Crimea , aiid . . given . the ciiief eoawmand tlrere to Prince CtoPtsakakoff * , and ithe « ecoo 4 to General OitemrSatken . " Other i accounts say that Q * tenaaokenwasito have the chief command . 'We Mao . find in the > Tim * s iBerUn . correspondence of M « reh 6 , tbe ifollowJBg deaftatch of . Prince Menschikoff : — " On the nightbetween the 21 a ^ and-42 nd 1

      of . February weerected * redoubt on the- left' fianic of the fortifications ofriSetaastopel . < Thia was * km& 9 & promptly and tutexpeetedly that -we received no auHOy-ance from ; the enemy < ( the Allies ) . On' the night between tbe : 24 th and - ' 25 th the . enemy ( the ' Allktt >« ttoeked tiieredottbturtth co « tSMfea * bfetfoTC « e . j Tworr « glm «« it » repulfefd them . Tb ^ eneuoy vh > et «© 0 naen . Tlie > nainiug operations of the Allies / have been sttvpended . Up-toithe 26 di of-February "nothingv newhad occurred mt Eupatoria . " £ fejKMBSs ilN thh iFbbnoh AaoiTr . —Tho Jtawtncoouats ^ received -at - Mauaeillea £ rom Iiaxniesch at * te tU * tco « srideral > le flickaess rMUl prewwls « moag the French 'arBoy befctie £ ebastopel . il * am > a'latter yes terday from the captain ; of a 'large tteaner 'to' hia owners , in which he states that 10 , 000 . sick had been conveyed from the . French camp to Constantinople durin g , tho month of January last , and tliat lte fears the number will b& equally great for tho month of February . The writer ia an excellent authority , as liia steamer has been freighted by tho French Govornraent , < And emplpyed during ioiuo ntonUis in then

      &mreytai * e © fi * roo # s-aaderterefc- ^ Z w « es Marseilles Gorrespmklent . . Letters from Eupatoria , received at Constant ! nople on thel 8 Uiiult ., state that © mar Pasha was then at . the ihead ^> f 42 ^ 000 excel lent tro ops . "The , Fike TBaioAPB s-ok the Crimea . —TJie Edina ( sfc 8- > chartered by GovernmeHt , is loading iu the-river , off 'HoTsieyaown , for the Crimea . She will take- dot the * ody of ftremen selected from theJLondonifire ^ bxigade ¦ force , < aud engines , for the protection of' the hospitals af Seutari . Tae Raising of the-Biockabe of the = Dancbe is considered certain .

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . tATEST FOREIGN KEWS . We leam from St . Petersburg that the decomposition of the body of the late Czar is so rapid as to render impossible any public lying in state . "Various rumours are m circulation-as to the causes of his death . A deputation of Praasian military men will be present at the funeral obsequies at St . Petersburg . Vienna , Thursday , March 8 . " ^ sterday-afternoon the ii rst preliminary conferences 4 ook place . Prince Gortschakoff was not present . The'Porte has received M . 'Barozzi , the envoy of the King . of -Greece . It is probable that a Turkish ambassador -will be accredited to the Greek Government . ¦

      Tlie Kardish' marttrrection is atmost suppressed . The Pacha , governor of the province , has restored to their families seventeen Circassian children who had fallen into slavery . - ? The intelligence from Athens is to the 2 nd of March . The English troops in Greece were preparing to proceed to Malta "to complete the forces destined for the Crimea . The editor of "the . journal JSppermtee - has been , arrested by order of the G reek Governsaenfc , for basing 'jrablislied an insulting article coneenirng the AHiddPotrers . According to accounts from Asia , ' the Kurds , increased by the junction of several thousand Bashibazouks , had pillaged and set fire to the town oi Monch . The courier of the French' Consul at Erzeroum is said to have been massacred .

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      The Times Paris correspondents ^ saysthat' the French Emperor ' s intended jotrrHeyto the Crimea is objected to by : Austria ¦ out of a fear that , showld any catastrophe happen'to his Majesty , the position of Austria Trould be extremely critical . In that case , ' either the ' Tteptib-Ko * n" party , -or i Henri V ., > r » ald ceane krto power ; and-ft is- feared :-tlxat » tho-latter T ? vflld : fowa n ^ nllliancejwith Rneaia'MtheT' tb * n -with 'Aaetvia , 'and ¦ that' the former weald be-likery £ to > revolutionise the Austrian states . It is believed ! that-remonstrances of tbis ^ TBatare'hffve been addressed to the French Government , but with no effect . Letters from the Crimea , it is said , Btate that the > army ardently longs for the / presence ofthoJEmperor . It is thought he will not'start till the . end of the present month , if , indeed , the death of tho Czar should not altogether change his intention .

      Speaking of the Boulogne cowetence between the French Emperor , and Lord Ckurendon , the . JDaify JYenrs Paris correspondent saj's—* ' Tho room-at . Boulog > e < m .-whithi-the conference vraa held was not , it appears , protected by those close shutting , double doors which gmad the secrets of tit © Council Chamber in the- Tuileriea . lA . ipart of the disouseion yraa so lanknated uas to excite , and'partly to . gratify tho cariosity of , persona in the « nte-room . No eiitiro sentences were indeed-heard , but aoane stray words , prontxidacedin a tone of considerable excitement , reached ears fcr vhichthoywere not in tended , and co » vcycd the impression that ¦ herd Clarendon was . remonstuating nnsoccesfeftilly i ^ aiaiBtitihe Emperor's proposed 1 voyage to tbe Crimea . "

      -from Spain we hear that the Cortes have voted , by a-nntfority -of 200 <* gani 6 t 52 , the basis of the new constitution . XhQiJEtpana says that the Carlists havo resolved to afcandon their projected insurrection , in consequence of tho opposition of the French authorities ; and it adds that tho French ambassador had informed the Minister of Foraign Affairs that thoeo authorities had received orders to remove from the . . frontier any suspicious personsv-who may be indicated to them by' tlio Spanish ( ievorunaent . General Real , whose . arroat has been / anaoanced , h «» boon sot at liberty . Ho protects that , therowaa not tho Slightest reasonable pretext for . taking . liiin into custody . Tho Greek anabatwador , M . SkuQt » , kas lately hud several interviews with Count Buol r in conjacm « 4 iou < w ith tho Turkish envoy , Arif Effondi , > wUoh - nioetin « ii ar « said to- have-removed , in a great •• tasature , ¦ the- exiviintf difllciJtio * Latwocn Greece . and the < Por 4 o .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 10, 1855, page 222, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2081/page/6/