The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-18 00:00:00

COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.

In the commissariat department the committee found
that the board was called on to furnish supplies, for the
duties of which neither the officers or men had
any experience. The Land Transport service
was also very defective, and was ,from the first
found very defective, and no adequate measures
were taken for its improvement, and the army when
before Sebastopol bad to depend on its own exer-
tions for supplies, which was the cause of much suffering.
The report next adverted to the condition of the Bala-
klava-road, and after reciting some of the details of the
evidence adduced, observed that so far as the infor-
mation of the committee Went, the state of the road was
owing to a want of foresight and discretion ;
since, if application had been made in proper time
t) the home Goieroment, a sufficient number of men
might have been sent out to put the road in
an efficient state. The same with the land tran•
sport, _ the inefficiency of which was not complained
of by the Duke of Newcastle until too late to remedy it.
These deficiencies might, however, have been counter-
balanced had depots been erected at convenient spots.
In allusion to the commissariat supplies, the report
noticed the supply of green coffee to the troops who
had no appliances for its preparation, and added that
the explanation made t 3 the committee on this point was
by no means satisfactory.
(LEFT SITTING.)

OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM FIELD-
MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN.

( From a Supplement to Friday's Gazette.)
WAR-DEPARTAIENT, JUNE 18.
Lord Panmure has this day received three despatches
and their enclosures, of which the following are copies,
addressed to his lordship by .Wield-Harshal the Lord
Raglan, G.C.B.

Before Sebastopol, June 5, 1855.
My Lord—l am deeply concerned to have to inform
your Lordship that Rear-Admiral Boxer died on board
the Jason last night, outside the harbour of Balaklava,
after a very short illness.

'He was removed to that ship in the hope that the pure
sea air might prove beneficial to him ; but this expecta-
tion wa: not fulfilled. His malady made rapid progres,,,
and early in the afternoon of yesterday it was intimated
to me that his life was despaired of.
His nephew died of• choleralast week, and the melan-
choly event so deeply affected him that his health at once
gave way, and be sunk under the same disease.
It is well known that this ofßcer devoted his
whole life to the public service. Since he under-
took the appointment of Admiral Superintendent
of the harbour of Balaklava he has applied him-
self incessantly to the discharge of his arduous
duties, exposing himself in all .weathers ; and he has
rendered a 'most essential service to the army by
proving the lauding-places and establishing wharves on
the west side of the port, whereby the disembarkation of
stores and troops has been greatly accelerated, and
communications with the shore have been rendered
much easier.—l have, &c., RAGLAN.
The Lord Panmure, &c. &c. &c.

Before Sebastopol, June 5, 1855.
My Lord,—l have great satisfaction in informing your
lordship that I received intelligence the night before
last of the evacuation of Soujak Kale by the Russia.As
on the 28th ultimo.

It appears that previously to their retirement from
the place, the troops destroyed the principal buildings
and the armament, which consisted of about sixty heavy
guns and six mortars, and it is concluded that they have
joined the garrison of Anapa, from whence many of the
inhabitants have removed.

Sir Edmund Lyons has been so good as to send
me the detached report of the naval operations in
the Sea of Azoff, which will reach England either
before or at the same time as this despatch. ',''hey
reflect the highest credit on Captain Lyons of the
Miranda, ' and the officers and men servicg under his
orders, and are remarkable for the intelligence, gallantry,
and judgment with which they have been conducted ;
and it is a matter of much gratulation, which will ba
peculiarly felt by her Majesty, that whilst great injury
has been inflicted on the enemy in the loss of resources
of every description, the most brilliant and unwonted
success has been achieved in an incredibly short time
With only one casualty, and that not of a serious nature.
These gallant exploits of the navy have spread joy in•
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