68 on Bakery Hill. THE HOUSEHOLD NARRATIVE. The position being thus taken up, Mr. Johnson asked what he was to do, if, in the collecting of the licenses and the apprehension of the unlicensed, violence were used? The answer from the officer in command of the police was-" If a man raises his hand to strike or throw a stone, shoot him on the spot." These were the orders given to the police. The armed force, so far as the not too intelligible accounts that have come to hand enable us to understand the affair, seem to have retired to "the camp," which they barricaded with sand-bags, and trusses of hay; while the rebels took post at Bakery Hill, and there, with much shouting and firing, formed line, and gave their names as members of the "Reform League." Some went through the manual exercise under the orders of an old soldier. The result of the day's rebellion was seven prisoners in the hands of the government party, and several wounded on both sides. Sir Charles Hotham quickly assembled a considerable force of soldiers, sailors, and police, numbering perhaps 1000 men, with four guns, and despatched them at once to Ballarat. At four o'clock on Sunday morning the NARRATIVE OF FOREIGN EVENTS. THE most important article of intelligence from the Crimea relates to an attack by the Russians on the town of Eupatoria, and their defeat by the Turkish troops under Omer Pacha. The details of this event are contained in the following series of despatches, from Lord Raglan to the Duke of Newcastle, dated February 20: "Your grace will have learnt, by my telegraphic despatch of the 18th instant, that the enemy had, on the previous morning, at daylight, attacked Eupatoria with a large force and a powerful body of artillery, and had been repulsed, after an engagement which terminated with their retirement at 10 a.m. "I have now the honour to lay before your grace copies of two letters which I have received from Colonel Simmons, who is attached to the head-quarters of Omer Pacha, containing the details of the action; and whilst your grace will rejoice to see that the Turkish troops which have been landed at Eupatoria have availed themselves of the earliest opportunity to show that the character they acquired on the Danube was well merited and remained unimpaired, you will join in the regret which I feel that they have suffered so considerable a loss, and that among the killed is numbered the general of division, Selim Pacha (an Egyptian), and among the wounded a general of brigade, also an Egyptian. "This loss, however, and particularly that sustained by "I have great satisfaction in drawing your grace's RAGLAN." Letters from Colonel Simpson, referred to in the above despatch: - Eupatoria, Feb. 17, 1855, 1 p.m. "This movement on the part of the enemy caused Omer "The enemy's artillery opened their fire about twelve hundred yards from the place, covered by skirmishers, 66 "I am not able as yet to ascertain the number of men As many as sixty of the enemy's guns must have been engaged, but I should think there were not less than 40,000 of all arms, with a very powerful artillery. firing at one time, amongst them some 32-pounders. Prisoners report that they were accompanied by 100 guns. As yet all the particulars I have been able positively to ascertain is, that Liprandi's division, the 12th, was present. "At present I understand that they are in position about five miles north from this, their left leaning on the Sasik Putrid Lake. "It is with much pleasure I have to inform your lordship that the portion of her Majesty's fleet under the assistance. The Valorous threw some well-directed shells, Hon. Captain Hastings have rendered most efficient and completely covered our left, whilst the Viper, gunboat, which was at first stationed on the left with the Valorous, by Captain Hastings' directions moved and "I cannot at present give your lordship any details of took up a flanking position on the right near the mills. the killed and wounded on the side of the Turks. regret to say, however, that Selim Pacha, commanding "One battery of Turkish artillery was completely disabled, every gun having been struck, and a great numthe Egyptian Brigade here, is amongst the former. ber (nearly one-third) of the horses killed. I I am desirous your lordship should receive a report of the action, with as little delay as possible, by the Queen ther details, which shall be sent by a future occasion.of the South, so I must beg your lordship to excuse furI am, &c., JOHN SIMMONS, Captain Royal Engineers, Brevet Major. "Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, G.C.B., &c. "P.S. A prisoner informs us that a prince commanded, but he could not remember his name. "I am happy to say there are no casualties among the Two French sous-officers "JOHN S." are among the killed, and two privates wounded. (Signed) English or French officers. "Eupatoria, Feb 18, 1855, 6 p.m. "My Lord,—I have the honour to inform your lordship that nothing of importance has taken place here since the enemy retired yesterday. "Owing to the deficiency of cavalry with the army of his Highness Omer Pacha we are not able to obtain exact information as to the position of the enemy, who have entirely disappeared, so far as we can see, with the exception of the usual cavalry advanced posts. Convoys of waggons, however, have been seen from the fleet, moving along the north shore of the Sasik Putrid Lake from the eastward. I am inclined, however, to believe that they are bringing forage and provisions for the cavalry which surrounds us. "In the meantime, however, his highness is taking every precaution, by adding to the defences of the place, to provide against any further attempts of the enemy. Fortunately the two transports (sailing) containing artillery and materials for sonstructing works have arrived, and in the course of the night we shall have twelve or fourteen more guns in position than yesterday. The parapets also have been raised, so that we may hope that our loss will not be so heavy on a future occasion. "The total loss yesterday amounted to as follows, of all ranks:-Turks: 97 killed; 277 wounded. French: 4 killed; 9 wounded. Total combatants: 101 killed; 286 wounded. Tartar population: 13 killed; 11 wounded. Horses of the Turkish army: 79 killed; 18 wounded. "Amongst the killed of the Turks, were 1 general of division (Selim Pacha, Egyptian), 1 colonel, and 5 subaltern officers; and amongst the wounded, 1 general of brigade (Egyptian), 4 superior and 5 subaltern officers. Amongst the French wounded was an officer of the Henri IV., who was serving ashore in a land battery. "A greater portion of the horses of one battery were killed, and 19 men of the same battery, the whole of the guns being disabled. "I have not been able to obtain further positive details of the enemy's force.-I am, &c., (Signed) "JOHN SIMMONS. "Captain Royal Engineers, Brevet-Major. "Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B." Despatch from Lord Raglan to the Earl of Panmure, dated Feb. 24; "My Lord,-I do myself the honour, with reference to my despatch of the 20th instant, to transmit to your lordship the translation of a letter I have had from Omer Pacha in which his highness has been so good as to give me a detailed account of the Russian attack upon Eupatoria on the morning of the 17th inst., and of the brilliant manner in which he repulsed the enemy and forced them to retire from before the place. eral commanding the Egyptian troops. We had, more over, 87 killed and 277 wounded; 79 horses killed and 18 wounded. Amongst the killed there are seven officers, and 10 are wounded, amongst them Suleiman Pacha. Thirteen inhabitants of the town have been killed, and 11 wounded. The French had four killed and eight wounded; Lieutenant Las Cases among the latter." A striking account of this battle is given by the correspondent of the Daily News, who was an eyewitness. He thus describes the final assault by the Russians and its result: "A few minutes previously the Furious had sent a rocket party ashore, who landed on the extreme right of the town, and coming round amongst the windmills, opened their fire on the Russians just as the head of the column issued from the burying-ground and appeared on the glacis, and at the same moment the musketry commenced from the entrenchment. The column pushed on to a distance of not more than twenty yards from the ditch, but there gave way and fell into disorder. Selim Pacha now made a sortie with a brigade of Egyptians, and charged them with the bayonet; but in the act of leading his men on, received a musket-ball through the body, and fell dead. Ismail Bey was also wounded on the same occasion. The Russians now fell into disorder, gave way, and retired, leaving the graveyard strewed with their dead. The artillery limbered up, and went off, firing occasional shots till it passed the brow of the hill. The cavalry preceded it at a canter, but when on the other side the whole retreated in the most beautiful order, to a distance of about two miles, where they bivouacked on the plain. Immediately after the cessation of the firing, I walked down to the outwork, and at every yard along the inside of the inner entrenchment found traces of the conflict, in the shape of battered houses, dead horses, and here and there wounded or dead men. The scene in the interior of the outwork was terrific. Men lay on every side gashed and torn by those frightful wounds which round-shot invariably inflict. gory trunk, looking as if the head had been wrenched from the shoulders by the hand of a giant; there an artilleryman, lying across a splinter of his own guncarriage-the splintered bones of his thighs protruding from the flesh; another cut in two as if by a knife, and his body doubled up like a strip of brown paper. The artillery horses and their drivers were stationed amongst the windmills which stand in thick clusters between the outwork and the fortifications of the interior, and as the whole of this space was swept for nearly two hours by the fire of the battery which was last brought up, the havoc was dreadful. Nearly eighty artillery horses were killed on a small patch of ground, some by the shot, others by the splinters of wood and stone, which flew in showers from the mills at every discharge, and the soil was strewn with their blood and entrails. Here a "Your lordship will observe, with the greatest satis-I saw all the horses of one gun knocked together into faction, that the conduct of the Turkish troops was remarkable for its gallantry and determination: and that the arrangements of the generalissimo were such as might be expected from an officer of his high distinction and established reputation. "I understand from Colonel Simmons that the result of this successful action has had an excellent moral effect upon the Turkish army, which has since been busily occupied in improving the defences and increasing the armament of the works. "The English men-of-war, Curacoa, Furious, Valorous, and Viper, the French steamer Véloce, and the Turkish steamer Schehfaer, greatly contributed to the success of the day by the energy of their co-operation, and the power of their fire; and Omer Pacha has expressed his sense of their valuable assistance, as well as that of a detachment of the French army, which your lordship will regret to see sustained some loss in killed and wounded, and among the latter is a naval officer. I have, &c., RAGLAN." The letter from Omer Pacha contains a repetition of the particulars given above. In regard to the loss sustained by his troops, Omer Pacha says: "Our losses are not very numerous, but they are to be deplored. We regret the death of Selim Pacha, Lieutenant-Gen one indiscriminate mass, as if some mighty force had squeezed them up like so much butter. None of all these things, however, attracted much attention from the defenders of the position. All were talking loudly, some few laughing; artillerymen, taking the harness off the dead horses, and making repairs on the damaged guns; some throwing up fresh clay where the works had suffered; others carrying off the wounded in blankets, many of the latter groaning loudly; others reverently covering the faces of the dead with the skirts of their coats, and all this amidst a hum and buzz of voices which rose as merrily and cheerfully upon the morning air, towards the sunny sky, as if it were the close of a fete, and no grim evidences of a bloody struggle lay on every yard of the soil. Omer Pacha rode round soon after, with a large staff and most of the European officers who were in the place, and in his train I went down to the graveyard. The firing had certainly not ceased twenty minutes, and yet at least 2000 Tartars had rushed out of the town, and stripped and plundered the dead Russians. When Omer Pacha reached the spot he drove them all away, but not before every one of the bodies was stark naked. The greater number seemed very young men, some mere boys; all wore an expression of perfect repose; no trace of distortion was visible either in the features or the limbs; 70 THE HOUSEHOLD NARRATIVE. they lay like men who were weary and slept. Many In the night between the 23rd and 24th of February, : "The troops of the garrison having lodged themselves on the point of the spur of the ridge from Inkermann over the Careening 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 two o'clock this morning, by 1500 men, under the immediate command of General Monet, and the direction of General Mayran,-with, however, I regret to say, some loss, the consequence of the heavy fire that was brought to bear upon them from the enemy's batteries and the shipping, whilst they were engaged in demolishing the works. When this object was accomplished, they withdrew to the trenches, as had been their intention. The gallant General Monet is, I am much concerned to have to add, among the wounded." These advanced works, however, were afterwards abandoned by the French and re-occupied by the Russians. The latest official intelligence from the army is contained in a despatch from Lord Raglan, dated the 10th instant in which he says; "I am happy to be able to inform you that the weather is exceedingly fine; and that I entertain great hopes, derived from the reports of the principal medical officer, that the sick will materially benefit by the improvement in the temperature. "Our advanced batteries are making considerable progress. 66 Every effort is directed to the maintenance of the The Moniteur of the 27th, contains the following tele- Private accounts describe the improved health and The Emperor Nicholas of Russia died on the 2nd of "he calmly took the sacrament, took leave of the was On the day of the Emperor's death, his successor issued the following manifesto: 66 By the grace of God, we, Alexander II., Emperor "We make known to all our faithful subjectsand Autocrat of all the Russias, King of Poland, &c. &c. "In His impenetrable ways, it has pleased God to Following a brief but serious illness, which at its close strike us all with a blow as terrible as it was unexpected. loved father, the Emperor Nicholas Pavlovitch, has was developed with an unheard-of rapidity, our muchdeparted life this day, the 18th February. No language faithful subjects. Submitting with resignation to the can express our grief, which is the grief also of our Even as the impenetrable views of Divine Providence, we seek consolation but in Him, and wait from Him alone the necessary aid to enable us to sustain the burden which it has pleased Him to impose upon us. much-loved father whom we mourn consecrated all his the cares called for by the wellbeing of his subjects, we, efforts, every moment of his life, to the labours and to in ascending our hereditary throne of the empire of at this hour so painful, but also so grave and so solemn, Russia, of the kingdom of Poland, and of the grand duchy of Finland, which are inseparable, take, sacred pledge, never to have any other end but the face of the invisible God always surrounding us, the prosperity of our country. May Providence, who has called us to this high mission, so aid us that, guided and protected by Him, we may be able to strengthen Russia in the highest degree of power and glory; that by us may be accomplished the views and the desires of our illustrious predecessors, Peter, Catherine, Alexander the much-loved, and our august father of imperishable memory. the "By their well-proved zeal, by their prayers ardently united with ours before the altars of the Most High, 觀 our dear subjects will come to our aid. We invite them to do so; commanding them to take at the same time the oath of fidelity both to us and to our heir, his Imperial Highness the Cesarevitch Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovitch. "Given at St. Petersburg, the 18th day of the month of February [2d March] of the year of grace 1855, and the first year of our reign. ALEXANDER." The young Emperor received the Diplomatic Body on the 7th and delivered to them an address containing some remarkable expressions. "I am persuaded, gentlemen, that all your courts feel sincere sorrow at the misfortune which has befallen us; I have already received proofs of it from all sides: they have greatly moved me, and I stated yesterday to the Ministers of Prussia and Austria how much I appreciated them. I solemnly declare here before you, gentlemen, that I remain faithful to all the sentiments of my father, and that I will persevere in the line of political principles which served as a rule to my uncle the Emperor Alexander, and to my father. These principles are those of the Holy Alliance. But, if that alliance no longer exists it is certainly not the fault of my father. His intentions were always upright and loyal; and if recently they were misunderstood by some persons, I do not doubt that God and history will do him justice. I am ready to contribute to a good understanding, on the conditions which he accepted. Like him, I desire peace, and wish to see the evils of war terminated: but if the conferences which are about to open at Vienna do not lead to a result honourable for us, then, gentlemen, at the head of my faithful Russia, I will combat, with the whole nation, and I will perish sooner than yield. As to my personal sentiments for your Sovereign [here the Emperor addressed Baron de Werther, Minister of Prussia] they have not varied: I have never doubted the fraternal affection and friendship which his Majesty the King always had for my father, and I told you yesterday how grateful I am to him for it. I am deeply sensible of the kind words which the Emperor has caused to be transmitted to me on this occasion. [This was addressed to Count Esterhazy, Minister of Austria.] His Majesty cannot doubt the sincere affection which my father entertained for him at an epoch which he himself has recalled by the order of the day addressed to his army. Be kind enough, gentlemen, to communicate my words to your respective courts." Count Nesselrode has issued, under date March 10, a circular to the ministers of Russia at foreign courts, to inform them of the intentions of the Emperor. Count Nesselrode states that the Emperor, "in a childlike spirit of piety, accepts as his heritage two obligations equally sacred;" to use all his might for the defence of Russia, and to devote himself to the completion of that work of peace the bases of which were sanctioned by the Emperor Nicholas. In order that the intentions of his father may be fulfilled, the Emperor Alexander has renewed the instructions of the Russian plenipotentiary at Vienna. Those intentions are thus defined"To restore to Russia and Europe the blessings of peace. To confirm the freedom of worship and the welfare of the Christian peoples of the East, without distinction of rite. To place the immunities of the Principalities under a collective guarantee. To secure the free navigation of the Danube in favour of the trade of all nations. To put an end to the rivalries of the Great Powers respecting the East, in such a manner as to preclude the return of new complications. Finally, to come to an understanding with the Great Powers respecting the revision of the treaties by which they have recognised the principle of closing the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus, and in this way to arrive at an honourable settlement." The conferences at Vienna have been proceeding aetively. The Russian Minister, had agreed to the first two of the points proposed by the Allies as the basis of a negotiation for peace. But the most important point, the adoption of measures to put an end to Russian preponderance in the Black Sea, had not been entered upon. of " NARRATIVE OF LITERATURE AND ART. HARDLY a single book of mark has appeared Wraxall. Doctor Davy has put together, under the during the past month. The leading publications have title of The Angler and his Friend, a series of piscatory been romances. From Mr. Kingsley we have an colloquies and excursions. The Rev. R. C. Singleton Elizabethan fiction called Westward Ho; from Miss has begun a translation into English rhythm of the Jewsbury, Constance Herbert; from a third novelist, Works of Virgil. An American writer has published Thorney Hall; from a fourth, The Wife's Trials; from here, a book upon southern life and peculiarities, Sam Slick, Nature and Human Nature; and the author called Our World, or the Democrat's Rule. On the other Mary Barton" has published North and South. hand, Mr. Thomas Ryle, in a volume of indignant The war supplies some few volumes as usual. Mr. criticism questions altogether the value of the demoBurckhardt Barker gives us an Historical Account of crat's rule, that is, of American Liberty and Governthe Crimea; Mr. George Fowler a History of the War; ment. Mr. Samuel Bailey writes a first series of a lady who has long resided in the Crimea, and whom Letters on the Philosophy of the Human Mind. Dr. this war expelled, has briefly but intelligently described Forbes Royle discusses, in a clear practical way, the its Towns and Inhabitants; a fourth book on the same Fibrous Plants of India. Mr. Wathen describes the subject, translated from the journal of a Prussian Pro-Golden Colony, giving that name to Victoria in 1854. fessor and botanist, is called The Crimea and Odessa; The Rev. J. Taylor publishes an elaborate volume on and two sketches by Captain Biddulph have appeared, the True Doctrine of the Holy Eucharist. Mr. with letterpress explanations, illustrating the Assault of Montagu Lyon Phillips discusses Worlds Beyond Sevastopol. Some serials, too, are of course continued. the Earth. Mr. W. A. Newman writes a Life of Mr. Bell adds the third volume of Chaucer to his Anno- John Montagu, intended to illustrate his judicial tated Edition of the English Poets; the twelfth volume career, and some recent public affairs, at the Cape of Mr. Hughes's edition and continuation of Hume and of Good Hope. Mr. Oxenford translates Hellas, a Smollett is published; Mr. Bohn adds a volume of Addi- volume of criticism on the Greeks, from the German of son, a volume of Professor Smyth's Lectures on Modern Friedrich Jacobs. Sir George Grey describes the History, the Exemplary Novels of Cervantes, and a ancient traditional history of the New Zealand race in a volume of Philip de Comines, to his various Libraries; volume on Polynesian Mythology. From Mrs. West we Mr. Bentley adds to his series the completion of Mr. receive a volume of Frescoes and Sketches from Memory. Jesse's England Under the Stuarts; and Sir W. Hamilton Miss Goldsmid translates from the German of Philippissues the sixth volume of his edition of Dugald Stuart's sohn, the Development of the Religious Idea in Judaism, Works. But never was the list so scanty of miscellaneous Christianity, and Mohamedanism. Mr. Mayor illus books of interest. Mr. Wrightson publishes a History trates Cambridge in the Seventeenth Century, by of Modern Italy. Mr. Stirling reproduces from his reproducing, with enthusiastic notes, contemporary lives larger work on the Spanish painters his account, with of Nicholas Ferrar by his brother John and by Doctor several additions, of Velasquez and his Works. A boy's Jebb. And finally (for thus early this month's list book of adventures, from the German of Garstaecker, comes to its close), we receive from Mr. Buckingham the Frank Wildman, has been translated by Mr. Lascelles first and second volumes of his Autobiography. 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