The Press.
London, England, 1854-12-09 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

I don't know. At this time poor Captain Parker was shot,
and a French officer. Lieutenants M'Callum and Clements
were each wounded badly in the head. A steamer seeing
the state of affairs came up to cover our reti eat. We were
perfectly paralysed and took to the boats. Some few who
were left on the beach were open to a deadly fire from the
enemy, which came from all directions. A more disastrous
or ill-managed affair never took place. Out of three hun.
dred and fifty landed about one hundred and seven were
killed or wounded ; and the only effect produced must
have been that of giving the enemy the most thorough
contempt of the powers of the foe they have to deal with.

THE BALTIC FLEET.
The Majestic, 80, screw, Captain Hope, C. 8., and
Cressy, 80, screw, Captain Warren, left Kiel on Mon-
day, for England. The Baltic fleet is gradually
dwindling to a squadron. On the departure of the
above ships the only vessels remaining at Kiel were
the Duke of Wellington, 131, screw; Royal George,
120, screw ; Nile, 90, screw ; Hogue, 60, screw ;
Blenheim, 60, screw. With these were five steam-
frigates.
The Herald states, we have reason to believe that the
Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic Fleet, Vice-Admiral Sir
Charles Napier, K.C.8., solicited, and by telegraph orders
has obtained permission, to leave the Baltic fleet at Kiel,
and return direct to England. Rear-Admiral Chads,
is ordered to hoist his flag on board the Pike of Welling-
ton, at Kiel, as commander-in-chief. The fleet is under
orders to return to England.

REINFORCEMENTS AND SUPPLIES.
The 18th Royal Irish Regiment embarked at
Portsmouth yesterday (Friday) in the Magdalena,
and will depart this morning for the Crimea. The
regiment is above 900 strong.
The Charity, iron screw chartered steamer, re-
ceived on board at Portsmouth, on Tuesday, detach-
ments of the 41st, 38th, 44th, 49th, 88th, and rifle
brigades, in all about 000 officers and men.
A telegraphic message was received at Devonport
on Tuesday ordering the draft of the 34th Regiment,
under orders for the Crimea, to hold themselves in
readiness for embarkation at a moment's notice. It
is expected they will proceed to their destination in
the St. Jean d'Acre.
A letter from Marseilles of the 2nd inst. says :
Three thousand eight hundred infantry, of various regi-
ments, have left for the Crimea, in the steame-s Thames,
Ripon, Can dia, and Emeu. Horses for the artillery and
cavalry are embarked daily, for the most part in sailing
transports. The Alps is 'here waiting to take out troops,
and the Indiana is at Toulon for the same purpose.
The Moniteur de la Flotte gives the following list
of vessels of different sizes, as being now on the
stocks in different French ports
Bretagne, steam line-of-battle ship, first rate ; Algesiras,
Arcole. Imperial, Intrepiie, Redoubtable, Ville de Bor-
deaux; Ville de Lyon, and Vile de Nantes, ditto, third
rates ; Souveraine (first rate), Alexandre, Tilsitt, Breslaw,
Castiglione, Massena, Fontenoy, and Eylau, ( second rates),
fitting with screws. Imperatrice, Eugenie, Ardente,
Audacieuse, Foudre, Impetueuse, and Sonveraine, first-
rate steam-frigates ; D'Assas and Volta, first-class steam-
corvettes ; Devastation, Tounante, Lave, Foudroyante, and
Congreve, floating batteries; Fleche, Alarme, Fuse,
Mitraille, Etincelle, Eclair, Grenade, Flamme, Dragonne,
Fulmivante, Aigrette, Avalanche, Tourmente, Tempete,
Redoute, Poudre, Arquebuse, Salve, and Lance, steam
gun-boats; Aigle, Rodeur, Croiseur, Podor, Dialmaih,
Guetteur, Pecheur, Ebrie, Grand Bassam, Basilic, Akba,
and Guee-ii-Dar, steam advice-boats ; Fouruaise, Torche,
Trombe, Tocsin, and Bombe, bomb-vessels; Gironde,
l)ordonge, Loire, Durance, Nievre, Meuse, Marne, Saone,
Rhin, here, Meurthe, Rhone, and Yonne, steam corvette
transports.
The first shipment of the wooden barracks for the
British troops in the Crimea was completed at Ports-
mouth on Monday. Although the materials are
chiefly wooden planks, they yet take up a great deal
of space on board ship.
The officers of the Ordnance at the Tower have
been actively engaged during the week in forwarding
bale goods, consisting of blankets, fur cloaks, caps,
and gloves, waterproof capes, cowhide boots, suits of
inner flannel clothing, waterproof leggings, 40,000 of
each description, to Portsmouth and Woolwich, for
shipment to the Crimea. There were also forwarded
10,000 suits of the above-mentioned articles for the
use of officers.
Minis rifles to the number of from 1,100 to 1,200
are now being sent into the Ordnance stores weekly.
The Commissioners for the Victualling and Trans.
port Service have issued contracts for the supply of
500,01X)lbs. of preserved boiled beef for the use of
the forces in the Crimea; also for the conveyance of
2,400 tons of provisions from Deptford, and 1,100
from Gosport to Malta. Contracts are also issued
for the supply of 22,300 pairs of boots—one half to
be delivered within six weeks.
A general summary of the provisions making for
the comfort of the men, and the prosecution of the
war in the East, is given in yesterday's Morning

Post:—
All the appliances of peaceful life are to be furnished to
the troops as far as they are applicable, and measures un-
heard of in military annals are to be employed to facilitate
all the arrangements of the camp. A thousand huts are
on their way to supplant the tents now in use, and in a day
or two a thousand more will follow; and so on till all the
men are lodged, weather-proof and water-tight. Then, in