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      tfPonies rtoder- « Dtftt « mliJana « ts » o 4 aeheslligh . * Etttrance , U 158 .: i 5 ? . * d « ed- ' Distanee , E * Slf-a «* 3 e . 7 . An © fen oMide ^ Rsce . ^ Enteanee , ; 6 s . ; M ^* 0 s . added , © lstemce , Ejialf a sfcile . « . JA Pony ' Ra < 3 e , to be ' rfdden by sailors r < , f tte NavaP ^ rigade . Entrance's . « d . ; 11 padded . vDistance , half-a ^ aile . ' * " 9 . AHurdle' ! Race ; for aH-IIorses . tfEntrantse , ' ** . ; , S £ 'riaded . Distance , -th *« e-fourtlur of a u » Ue , rever-a daoh , ifcrtri « le , and wall . '( Signed )^ Major o Hamilton , iOiA . QlM .-General , Clerk of the Course . ' - ; Mem . — In case of necessity , the Stewards-have the power oof-postponing ' th&day fortheT-aces . —Camp , Fourth Diviissrion , Marbh' 15 tb , * 1855 . "

      AN BNGJCJSH SURGEON SHOT BT'ACCIDENT . A melancholy accident occurred on the night of ' March 17 . Mr . Edward Leblanc , surgeon of the 9 th Regiment , was coming home after dark , and got outside ; French lines on our right and ' rear . He was challenged by a sentry , and either did not hear or understand what the man said . The Frenchman challenged . again , and , receiving no satisfactory reply , shot the unfortunate officer dead on the spot . -Mr . Leblanc was much esteemed by his brother officers and by the men of his regiment , and his loss is severely felt . —Times Corre-. spondent . A second despatch from Lord Raglanj- ^ lated'March ' 20 , intimates' that the Commander-in > -Chief'has received a letter from General Ganrobert oil the subject , - ^ and that 7 an inquiry , ; to be conducted by French and ^ - English officers , has- been set on foot .

      • THE RUSSIAN SORTIE ON THE NIGHT OF THE 22 ND . Between elevenaikL twelve o ' clock ^ col umns-of Russian ^ infantry eame suddenly-upon the men in our advanced trenches , and rushed in upon them on the right" * vrfth tthe bayonet ere ^ we w « re quite-prepared-to-aeoeive them . -When they ^ were first . disceriMd they were close at hand , and , on being challenged , -they replied with the--universal shibboleth , " Bono Franciz . " In another moment they were bayoneting our men , who had barely time to snatch their arms and defend themselves . ^ Taken < at - a great . disadvantage , and pressed by superioD numbers , our men ; jnet the ^ assault with undaunted courage , and di ? ove 'the Russians out at the point of the bayonet-after a smart -fire . — The Russians , pursued by our shot , retired under

      cover of their batteries . The attack , seems to have been general along the line . At half-past eight o'dook the French , batteries began to shell the town , while their rockets were poured every five minutes in streams into the place . -At ten o ' clock , our sentries in "advance of Chapman ' s attack gave notice that the Russians ¦ W ere assembling in force in- front of the works . The 20 th , 21 st , and 57 th Regiments were in the trenches on the left attack , -and they were , -to a'certain ¦ extent , prepared for the assault of the enemy . About the same time , the French on the right of our right attack , which is separated from the left attack by a deep ravine , were assailad by masses of the enemy . As our allies were hardly pressed , orders

      were given to advance the troops in -a portion of the trenches , consisting of--a part of the Light Division , to their support . On the left attack ' the Russians , advancing with impetuosity through a weak part of the defence , turned thethird parallel ,. and _ tookit . in . reyerse . They killed and wounded some of our meii , and had advanced to the second parallel , when our covering party and the men in the trenches of the batteries came down upon them arid drove them over the works after a sharp conflict . On the right , the attack was more serious arid sudden . Our men had been ordered out to the support of the French from" one part of their lines , and while they were away , the Russians came up to the flank of the works , and took them in reverse , so that they

      had to fight their way back to get to their position . Uhe gallant old 7 th Fusiliers had to run the gauntlet of a large body of the enemy whom thoy drove baek it laj ' ourchette . One brave young fellow , Captain Cavendish Browne , of the 7 th , was killed . The 34 th Regiment had an enormous force to contend against ; and , as their brave Colonel lvclly was leading them on , lio was shot down ,, and carried oil ' 1 by the enemy . His dead body was found outside the trenches this morning . ' In the midst of the fight , Major Gordon of the Royal Engineers displayed that cool cou"rago and presence of miitd which never forsake him . v With a tittle switch in his hand , ho encouraged the men to defend the trenches , and , standing on the top of the parapet , all unarmed as ho was , ho hurled down atones

      on the Russians . lie was struck by a ball which passed through the lower ; part of his arm , and at tho sumo time received a bullet through tho shoulder . Wo arc all rejoiced that ho is not dangerously wounded , and that the army will not long be deprived of his Horvicea . After an hour ' s fight tho cnoiny wcro driven back ; but we have to deplore the loss of tho following officers , killed , wounded , or missing : —Colonel Kolly , 34 th llogimont , killed ; Lieutenant Jordun , i ) 7 th Regiment ., killed ; Captain Cavendish . Urownc , 7 th , killed ; . Lloutonuul "Vicara , 97 th Regiment , -wounded ; Captain Montague , Royal Enginoorn , missing ; ami Major ( Jordun , Royul Engineers , wounded . About 100 of our men wcro put 'Jiora do combat , or carried into Sobus , topol . —Turns C ' orrctpbndent . ' GENBUAI . FACTS . The'Russians have opened' lire from tho Mamolon against ? the Eronch approaches towards tho pits . It la thought the Russinn works cast of tho Mamclon

      will * soon "be tinned ; in which ^ ase their fire' will erifilnde a ? $ dr * ibiH > f tmr 1 Knes / iw «! i ! l 6 the ? the ' Ma'melon will be enabled' to direct its * fire r on the'flank of'our right'attack . " Shot arid > fehell n « re being perpetually thrown by the -Allies fnto" 6 he ' works ; ' arid the deserters -aflBrmthatthe !' Htt # 8 ia nslose a -hundred ' men a day ; btitf '¦ tfoey .-hblct theirposition riotwithfctapding ; S } r J John- BuPgoyne haS'lejFt the camp on his- way to England / Lord Raglan , Sn- an order of the 'day , has paid ; a high tribute to the general ' s abilities , and th e eminence of his -services .

      " On his'return to' England ( $ ays the Times Correspondent ) the Inspector-G eneral of Jbrtiflcations ' w 21 have an opportunity of vindicating' -himstelf 7 from the charges which have been made- 'by' insinuation' againfet his professional character . ' The most serious accusation 'which has-made been-against bim , ' that he permitted the enemy to throw up' the tremendo * us "works i'which have now so long defied our science and our '¦ ar tillery , without an effort to prevent'them ; and that he underrated their strength , and held out strong hopes that , * after a couple of days' cannonade and bombardment , the place * nfust-falL It was generally stated-and believed'that 'Sir John said We should be in 13 ebastopol in foity-eight hours after our batteries operied- 'fire . "

      There is a rumour that the Russians want generals . A Polish deserter says" that they liave been ordered not to open'fire from theic- guns , although they do not want ammunition ; that there is plenty of provisions ; but that the garrison are in great fear , and are terribly overworked . Two Greek or'Albanian chiefs , who' appear to have headed the attack on -thfr 22 nd , are among the killed .

      COMBATANTS IN A . ND AFTE-R A BATTLE . So Ben wants to know more of the way we actually fight . I suppose , he has half a wish to experience it , if not too dangerous . Well , this for him . Our first experience of the enemy was anything but pleasant , being round shot and shell , which quickly took the life of -many a brave fellow , and consequently heated the blood of the living , ' who , after asking permission , flung away their great coats , and rushed on to the fight . Now , Ben , came the work . When the hill up which we ascended was surmounted , a long line of skirmishers ( Russians ) were seen . One volley and cheer , and then the bayonet , which , for Ben ' s information , the Russian seldom waits- for ; if he does , our firelock is brought to

      that position ready for use ^ called the " charge , " and , first parrying , ' if reqtrired , our enemy ' s thrust , is driven to the socket through any part of the body we can reachf the upper part the better . Does not that seem dreadful to you at home ? and no doubt so it is , and cursed be he 'that causes it . But in battle our feelings are different . The passion - to kill and destroy is raised within us . The 'demon of war is Within you , and the work of death is but as sport ; for fear goes from you , and but one idea "fixes itself in your brain , and that is , there are enemies in front , and your mission is to ' destroy ; and how the British " missionaries" ( no sneer intended ) did their ' work at Inkerman , tell me not I boast if I confide it to history to tell . On returning to camp , you first asked yourself , "Am I safe ? " and then you wondered how you escaped . ... You , next . lopk . round your : _ tent , and as was the case in mine , saw three poor fellows with

      bandages on- 'different parts of their persons , with merely , " I see , Jack , you are winged , " " Tom , the Russ has spoiled your countenance to-day , " and " How did it happen I" and no more is thought of the mattec Another glance round shows that our number is deficient of two , A little inquiry determines their fate . One was ripped open by a shell , and the other wa 3 stretched at full length ; and with the exclamation , " Poor fellows ! they were good soldiers , " the matter is dropped . Everyone sets to work to boil a cup of coffee , drinks , rolls his blanket round his head , and sleeps without dreaming that but il mile or so from him lie ten thousand beings that he has-assisted in destroying . Such is all a soldier thinks of a bloody fight . In quiet hours after , they sit and talk of the event ; but not as if it were the extraordinary thing that is ushered throughout tho world . — -Letter of a Private in ilte Muddersfleld Examiner .

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      WAR . MISCELLANEA . 'Tub Ckuei / tv ov the Russian Soi- » ikrs . —The English Government having complained , through tho Danish MiniHter at St . Petersburg , of tho brutalities committed by Russian aoldiors on tho disabled English on tho Held of battlo , ^ Count Nessolrodc hus addressed tm exculpatory despatch to tho representative of DenniATk , tho chief object of which is to show that tho alleged inhumanities wove begun by tho Knglifsh , and that , being thus provoked , tho Russians may have retaliated . Prince McnschikoH ' , it is added , has been requiMtud to utiu his utmost ciluita to roiulur- the war mom civilised ; and a hopo is ox-pressed that Lord' Raglan will do tho name . Tun Hospitals at Baiaklava , —Tho present hospital stnto of Itulaklavu is not unpromising . At the beginning of tho past weolc , thoro wcro 277 patient * in tho gonornl hospital , 02 wcro admitted during tho week ; 18 died , chiefly from ' foyer ; 5 ) 3 wcro discharged , part going up to tho oojivaloflcc . nt hospital and part on board ship . Tho number of convalescents now" on tho hill

      -above is 169 , of whom about 17-are inValid&a * witiffe !* er " My ¦ obituary , I ^ regtet to -say , mtist oofttitfn "ttertttal names ; the death of Dr . ' Fred'erifek'Smffth , * 6 P Br /( Pifae , -abd of Surgeon Renwick , of' the 14 « h fte ^ hn * ht / * t 4 ve not yet been noticed . In the clerical staff thefe-are ^ klso ' two more death vacancies . "Mr : Shehanf one 6 f the *" three Catholic priests leftin the Crimea , died early in-thePwtfek , r ar id'Xflay be said to have , sae ^ fi ced -Ms " ' life to ^ too- € X * btiag » a sense of duty :-hehad-acturiHy departed . otflettve , -and in-a very critical' state -of 'health , but-returned ^^ d' denly -by ^ a generous impulse to supply part bf * ar growing 1 J # ant . 3 Mr . P-Poctor , - 'ttiough " -at- the date of "ray' 4 ast ¦ le » tfer '; fi « m "" Scutati he was still on board-the ' twenspftrfc ¦ ship which conveyed him hence ,- died at "Scutari shortly afterwards . Six clergymen—three ' Froteet « nts , "and -three GathbMes—^ hfcve now perished in this-service . — i Times Baloklova Correspondent .

      The Navto-ation or the DA istrBE . < - * -A tele'grftphic despatch had been received -by the 'Austrian Government , to the effect , that the Russian authorities have ©^ t yet permitted the Austrian vessels - laden with corn ¦ to 'descend the Danube'from -Galatz to the Black-Sea , although they promised that no difficulties should be thrown ' -irf ^ their- 'way . Rbbsian Movbments in the N < 6 WTH . —G « pman ¦ pap « 5 rs state that the approaches to the various towns and fortifications are 4 > elng rendered impassable , even-fbr the ^ smallest craft , by-the-sinking of vessels and large blocks of . atone . New ba « te * ies aTe being erected , ' and-fortified ^ campsfoirmed , neaT ^ Riga ; and the Baltic ^ army is to ' ibe brffnghfcup to 140 > 000 "^ men . XiKT 9 PfiR-iERO i M Mk « s Nr 6 H WNOA 5 tE .- ^ This lady ,-in 1

      • writing to ' -a gentleman in ! theneighbourhood of Bedford , in * acknowledgment < *> f the grft ' 6 f 1000 prayer ' books , recently transmitted- ^ "Scutari , says r— " We have less * fever ,- « nd the ideaths have' fallen to twenty ; noAv that ' the . "windows ' -can 'be opened we trust the fever Tviir abate —indeed the convalescents have become numerous . The loss by / frosted feet has been severe ; but with this exception there are scarcely any wounded in hospital . We have thirteen nurses and sisters ill ; but thank God none have died , though some will' be incapacitated from further duty . It ib calculated that one in five of the men read , and a great many books are now circulated- among them , as well religious as entertaining . The "Sanitary Commission has arrived , from which we expect great benefit to the future health of these hospitals . "

      ¦ The-Barrack Hospital at-Scutari . —Mr . Sidney Godolphin Osborne writes to the Times , reiterating his statements before the SebastopoL Committee with respect to the" absence of operating tables , and the ricketiness of those--few which were afterwards-supplied . _ He _ says that on one ocosion he got an orderly to sit on a table while an operation was- being performed , in order to Btoadyit ! Dr . ' Menzies threw doubt on Mr . Osborne ' s -assertions ; - 'but the latter gentleman stands confidently to them , and refers to Dr . Pyemont'Smith , of Leeds , as being able to corroborate his statements . Dr . Smith ' s brother has also Written to the' Times , saying : — "'My brother is now on his-way home , and ¦ will , I hope , arrive ¦ in time to give evidence before the Committee , when I

      am sure he will not only bo able to confirm ' S . G . O ., but also to contradict , on important points , the something more than * non mi ricordo' of Dr . Andrew Smith , Dr . Menzies 7 &c . In OctoUcr last my brother" offerei Dr . Andrew Smith to proceed ( gratuitously as far as the Government wore concerned ) direct to Scutari , with two or three medical assistants , a number of nurses , and a chaplain . This offer Dr . Andrew Smith declined , stating that there was no want there , and that the published accounts of the state of things at Scutari were untrue . Notwithstanding this refusal , my brother went to see and judge for himself , and tho accounts he has sent home quito agree with all you have published . Ho

      worked as a volunteer' surgeon in tho honpitul for four months , having at one time ubove two hundred patients under his care ; and yet Dr . Andrew Smith , who knew of tho offer to serve , and ought to have known of tho service actually rendered , gave evidence that ho had never received any offers of gratuitous medical service . " A further correspondent of tho Times likewise confirms , from his own observation , tho statements Of Mr . Osborne . J ^ EPAitTUKK of Guards to the Skat of War . —400 of tho Grenadier Guard . s , «(>() of tho CoMatrenms , and 300 of the Scots Fusiliers , have been inspected by Prince Albert , previous to their departure for tho Crimea .

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      THE SAILING CO- THE BALTIC FLEET . Tub Baltic Fleet was to lmvo sailed on Tuesday , but was proven tod by , adverse weather . It loft Portsmouth , however , on Wednesday . As early an nix o ' clock in the morning ( says tho Times ) tho Port Admiral , Sir Thomas Cochrano , and tho Board of Admiralty , wont to Spithcad in the Vivid bU'juu yacht , mid gavo tho last orders to tho llect ; after Which tho Vivid enrriod them to Sconoo Point ; to inspect tho now works of dofonco at that purl of tho Noodles Channel . A doiwo log shut out the fleet entirely from tho Hhoro , and it wns not until noon that even tho spectrcliko hulls Ixicaino vislblo to the anxious eyes gusdng . floawurdrf . It appeared uncertain in tho oarly part of tho d » y whether tho fleet would move ; but at nine a . m . tho flagship , -tlm Duke of Wellington , signalled to the Geyser and Driver to got up Htoum and propuro to weigh ;

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 7, 1855, page 315, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2085/page/3/