The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-10 00:00:00

STATE OF AFFAIRS AT BALAKLAVA.

Private letters from the Crimea continue to speak
cheerfully of the prOgress making there, both with the
railway, the fortifications, and the improvements at Bala-
klava. The railway is progressing most satisfactorily,
and will soon be available for all the purposes of the
siege. The 10-ton crane has been taken up to head-
quarters, where its great power will render it very use-
ful in facilitating the unloading of the heavy materials
required to carry on the operations of the siege. Fore-
sight and energy characterise, in an admirable degree,
all to whom the carrying out of the well-matured plans
of the expedition has been intrusted. The men continue
to enjoy excellent health, work with steady and hearty
good-will, and, with very few exceptions, give no cause
for complaint as to their behaviour. The Earl of Dur-
ham, one of the vessels which took out the navvies, was
to leave for England on the 24th, and the Tonning, on
the same day, for Coastantineple ; the Candidate had
discharged her cargo, and the Wildfire was in the har-
bour, waiting to be unloaded. Rough weather bad pre-
vented the divers from doing anything further with the
wreck of the unfortunate Prince, but calm and sunshine
have succeeded, and the operations will now be resumed.
The weather is now delightful, and crocuses, hyacinths,
and a variety of other bulbous•rooted flowers of the
brightest colours spring up profusely among the tents,
while the notes of the lark and the finch families resound
from every bush and shrub. This agreeable change
has produced a corresponding one in the troops, and if
an opinion may be formed from the cheerfulness
and animation that pervade every countenance, it
would seem that the calamities of the past are forgotten,
and that all are looking forward to the future with
a determination to prosecute the siege with redoubled
vigour. The clean, orderly, and comfortable appearance
of 'the troops affords a striking contrast to the state of
things which existed 2 months ago. The bastions and
parapets are swept clean, the footpaths round the lines
have been pared, in anticipation of more wet weather,
and the works around Balaklava present an aspect that
would do credit to an old fortified town. Whether Sebas-
topol falls sooner or later, it is gratifying to know that
all is safe at Balaklava, the lines of the a lies presenting
too formidable an appearance for the enemy to make an
attack with the smallest chance of success. Under the
management of Colonel Harding, the town improves
rapidly ; wharves are in course of construction, the har-
bour is comparatively clear of shipping, and the scaven-
gers are in full occupation, both ashore and afloat. Should
Balaklava be visited by pestilence, as some have pre-
dicted, it will not be through any neglect of the sanitary
precautions within reach. So great, however, is the
change that has taken place, that the prospect of such a
visitation grows daily more remote. Routine has given
place to common sense, and in almost every department
one now sees a systematic application of all kinds. of
appliances to the furtherance of the great object in
view.

AN INTELLIGENT JURY.—In an action, Kingsmill v.
Millard, tried at Taunton on Monday, to recover pos-
session of some land, Mr. Justice Crowder in directing
the jury that the plaintiff's case had been clearly proved
by the defendant's evidence, as well as by the plaintiff's,
happened to denominate Mr. Serjeant Kinglake, one of
the plaintiffs counsel, as his " Brother Kinglake." The
jury, which was not one of the brightest, had, however,
predetermined to have their own way, and to give a
verdict against the learne I serjeant, against the evidence,
and against the summing-up of the judge, and as a reason
for doing so, while considering their verdict, one of them
was heard to address another juryman thus :—"Diclne't
thee hear that 'ere judge call that ere' counsel (meaning
the learned serjeant) brother ? Dos't thee think it is
likely he was going to say anything against his own
brother ?" and with this conclusion, and an air of ob-
vious defiance, they returned a verdict contrary to his
lordship's directions.—Brister, Mirror.
1 A PERFUMED DANDY, Sitting on the piazza of the
Cataract-house, at Ni.egara Falls, was a younoe foppish-
looking gentleman, his garments very highly scented
with a mingled eadour of Cologne and musk. A solemn-
faced, oddloo'iting man, after passing the dandy several
times, with a look of aversion which drew general notice,
ca:s
suddenly stopped, and in a confidential tone, said,
"lSottlarl
leyr,cnil
.......kn,o,w what'll take that scent out of your
"What do you mean, sir ?" said the
exquisite, fired with indignation, starting from his chair.
" Oh, get mad, now ; swear, pitch round, fight, just be-
cause a man wants to do you a kindness !" coolly re-
plied the stranger. "But Ido know what'll take oat
that smell—phew ! you just bury your clothes—bury
'em a day or two. Uncle Josh got foul of a spunk and
he—" At this moment there went up from the crowd a
simultaneous roar of merriment ; and the dandy very
sensibly "cleared the coop" and
vanished upstairs.
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THE RISKS OF JOURNALISM.—During the past six
years the proprietors of this newspaper have invested no
less a sum than 4,4001. net cash in its establishment ;
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improving it. Darin,
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carrying it on Prtil 4,0001.) having been expended in
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return, even in the eape.
vested. It is now simply paying its way, and no more.
—Shields Gazette.
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MONUMENT TO THE LATE JOSEPH HUME.— The ma-
gistrates of Montrose have convenedpublic
a the inhabitants, to be held at the Guildhall, on
Thursday the 12th April, to consider the stepS
to be
adopted with a view to the erection of a suitable monu-
ment to the memory of their distinguished to we stran.—
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