The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-23 00:00:00

RUSSIAN LOSS IN THE CRIMEA.

According to accounts from Odessa, stated to be de-
rived from official sources and documents, •the total
number of men put hoes de combat, from the 28th of
September (exclusive consequently of the defeat of the
Alma) to the 27th of December, does not exceed 2G,763,
including prisoners taken, and deaths from disease or
other sass not resulting from wounds. The following
are the details :
Killed, or died of wounds 7,301
Wounded 13,821
Prisoners
Died of disease, accident, &c.

Total..

~ _26,763

Now, supposing this detail to be correct—which
many reasons conduce t) believe is not the case—two
bn t lfy
items more are to be added, which will considerably
CaTcluilattilolns tots', and
inan;irevilo.inugs numbers ounreajoeurrntable.
First comes the lost at the Alma, which in Prince
Menschikofl's report was given at 1,762 killed, and
2,720 wounded and contused ;or a total of 4,482. But
not a doubt exists that this return, which also omitted
prisoners taken, was far beneath the true loss, and
that upwards of 6,000 men were absent from roll-
call on the day following the defeat. Secondly, it
is evident that the above details relate to the losses
of the troops, and do not include those of the navy
and marines, which tile Russian Naval Magazine gives
at 3,863, up to the 29th of Nev. But as the sailors
and marines have been mainly exposed to fire in the
fortress batteries, and have taken a prominent and
honourable share in sorties since the last-mentioned
date, it may be fairly affirmed that their loss, including
deaths by disease, down to the 27th of December, has
fallen little short of 4,500 men. The detail, then,iwould
stand thus :

Losses at the Alma, of all kinds 6,000
Ditto, from Sept. 23 to Dec. 27 26,763
Ditto of navy, from Oct. 17 to Dec. 27 4,500

37,263
Tho strongest possible grounds exist meantime for
calculating the total losses, under the divers heads given
in the first detail, of more than 40,000 men, of whom at
least three-fourths--that is, 30,000 men—have not re-
joined, or cannot rejoin. Indeed, if we look at the official
paper returns of the strength of battalions when marching
from Bessarabia, or even when preparing for action in the
Crimea, and compare them with the number declared to
have been brought into action when defeat has ensued,
it is incontestable that there exists a difference is minim
of from 30 to 40 per cent. Thus the battalions of the
6th corps (16th and 17th divisions), and others at the
Alma, 1,000 strong on paper, were officially declared
not to have exceeded 700 ; and the battalions of the
4th and 6th corps, likewise 1,000 on paper, not to have
mustered more than 600 when going into action at In.
kerman. We therefore repeat that if the Russians them-
selves admit their losses in men put horsdecombat by sword
and sickness to amount to 85,103, it may safely be affirmed
that our calculation of 40,000 is rather under than above
the lowest amount. Taking, however, the Russian
returns as a basis for calculation, and dividing the
amount by the number of days (from the 24th of Sep•
tember to the 27th of December inclusive), the result
will give a diurnal loss of 369. In a former calculation
we gave the daily wear and tear at 400 since the opening
of the campaign and siege. Russian statements them-
selves go to prove the approximate correctness of our
calculations. It may be added that the Russians admit
a loss of 580 officers, including 140 naval.

GENERAL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. —The seventh
annual meeting of this Association took place last even-
ing at the Loudon Tavern, to receive the report of the
committee, to elect officers for the ensuing year, and on
general business. This society has been established for
the purpose of affording timely relief to persons in dis-
tress (without regard to distinction of religious creed) in
order to encourage them to have recourse to their own
exertions, as means of escaping the miseries of abject
indigence, and of restoring themselves to a respectable
social position.
THE LATE GENERAL SIR ANDREW F. BARNARD,
G.C.B. and G.C.H.—Yesterday was appointed for the
funeral of the Lieut.-Governor of Chelsea Hospital. The
funeral took place shortly after 10 o'clock, Gen. Vis-
count Hardinge, the Commander-in-Chief, and the other
mourners and friends of the deceased, assembling at the
college about that hour. The whole of the pensioners
formed a line from the Lieut.-Governor's residence to the
Chapel,through which the funeral procession moved. The
body of the deceased general was preceded by the custo-
mary attendants and followed by the chief mourners,—
Brigadier-General Crauford, Mr. Stewart Bruce, Mr.
Cockerel], and Sir Hervey Bruce. Nest followed
General Viscount Hardinge, Lieutenant-General Bro•
1 therton, Lieutenant-General Lord SaudYs, Major-
General Yorke, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Smith,
Colonel Hamilton, the Hon. George O'Callagan, and Mr.
Lyon. The other mourners in the procession were 16
gal-
lantp enshonours o f
deceased,rrs of the
and
sharedßifles whoth
the
addanfoughtclangers
anduo dheornth e
many a sanguinary conflict.
THE LATE LORD FREDERIC,C FITZCLARENCE.—South-
ampton, Monday.—The remains of the late Governor of
Bombay, which arrived at this port this day by the Pen-
oa
y bmariY
p 's steam-ship Indus, were
y Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence,
thee Earlild
the Hon. Mr. Boyle, and a deputa-
tionrinscue ovafer andeosapfteteOl Falkland,
fidreoonmetkai C
uPcior tsin outh, consisting of Dr. Ralph
and Messrs. Emmanuel, Hollingsworth, and Simpson.
The body of the gallant general on its landing was re-
moved to a warehouse in the docks, where it awaits its
transmission to Etal-house, the late lord's seat in North.
umberland, preparatory to interment in the family vault
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