The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-01 00:00:00

LOSSES OF THE RUSSIAN ARMIES.

A letter from Warsaw, dated the 23d January,
in the Cologne Gazette, says :
" The official rt turns of the losses of the Russian ac-
tive army in the year 1351 are considerable enough to
make Russian s'atesrnen think seriously upon them.
Under the denomination ' Active army' come only the
corps of the infantry of the line of the great army of
operations under Field-Marshal Paskiuwitch, therefore
not the separate divisions in Finland, Siberia, the Cau-
casus, the Inner Wache (Wnutrennaja Strasch), nor the
troops in garrison, the Guard., the Gronadier Corps, the
cavalry reserve, and the Dragoons, nor the military in-.
stitutions and the army of Cossacks, or the frontier line
of the so-called cordon-system.
"The total number of losses ie given at 111,132 men ;
of these (up to the last report of December 17, old style,
before the departure of Prince Paskiewitch from Warsaw
for St. Petersburg), 29,204 were pat down as killed,
55,304 wounded; 6,460 deserters, imprisoned, or miss-
ing ; 16,156 dead from various diseases, The number
of sick in the field ambulances actually exceeds two-
thirds of the above figure. The immense levies are thus
sufficiently explained ; the decree for the readmittance
of the retired soldiers who had served their time was
scarcely suffieient to fill up in part the cadres of the re-
serve and depots. We stated above that in this return
of losses those of the separate corps in the Caucasus
were not included ; it, howe►er, comprises the losses
sustained by Luders' division, which was landed on the
east coast of Asia Minor. The losses of the irregular
troops and Cossack armies are not included, as such re-
turns are sent always by the military authorities to the
Grand Hetman of all the Cossacks, the Grand Duke
Heir-apparent Cesarewitch. The garrison of Bomarsund,
and the losses sustained by the crews of the fleet, are not
comprised in the above return."

INCREASE OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY IN THE CRIMEA.
—lt is intended to increase the strength of the Royal
Artillery at the seat of war by six field batteries, four
batteries of the Horse Artillery, and a detachment of the
Rocket Brigade, au extra siege train of guns of very.
large calibre. Lancasters and mortars are also to be
despatched, and, in order to make all the drilled men
available as gunners, several of whom are at present
acting as drivers of ammunition waggons, tumbrils, and
guns, it is in contemplation to reorganise the corps of
Royal Artillery drivers, the sole duty of whom . will be
to drive and attend to the horses ; the lab-officers of that
corps will, as formerly, be selected from the non-com-
missioned officers of the Royal Horse and Foot Artillery,
and will be entitled to the premium of 1501. each, as in
cavalry regiments, on receiving their commissions.
CITY OF LONDON LYING-IN HosierraL.—Yesterday the
usual half-yearly meeting of the governors of this insti
tution (founded a century ago for the benefit of the wives
of soldiers, sailors, and mechanics) was held at the hos-
pital, City-road ; Sir J. Tyler in the chair. The annual
return of patients showed that during the past year, 458
poor women were attended in the hopital, being an in-
crease of 112 over the previous year, The committee
had been obliged to borrow 1001. of the bankers, in
order to defray the current expenses, but 791. having
been received from a legacy, bequeathed by the late Mrs.
Laugher, the loan had been repaid. Up to the present
period 41,615 patients had been relieved ; and, in order
to alleviate special cases of distress, a Samaritan Fund
Lad been attached to the hospital, but so limited were
the resources of the institution, that the committee were
only able to distribute 5/, a year ; and they therefore -
earnestlij appealed for feather' support. The receilits
had amounted to 2,005/. 12e., and the expenditure to
1,8991. 34. 7d., leaving at the banker's a balance of
106 e, Se, Dd.