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London, England, 1855-06-06 00:00:00

OFFICIAL DESPATCHES• FROM FIELD
MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN.

I have, & e.,

RAGLAN.

The Lord Panmure, &c. &c.

Enclosure I.

I have, Ste.,
(Signed) E. LYONS,
Rear-Admiral and Com gander-in-Chief.
His Exec)lleacv Field-Marshal Lord
Raglan, G.C.8., &c., &c.

Enclosure 2.

Her
.Majesty's Steam- vessel Himalaya,
Karatch, May. 7, 1855.
Sir,—l tru't that you will not think me presuming if I
endeavour to place before you some of the merits of Cap-
tain Gall, Honourable East India Com pany, the Deputy
Assistant Quartermaster• General, cond acting the transit
of the 10th and 12th Regiments of Cavalry through Egypt,
and superintending their embarkation.

Colonels Pole and Parlby are more c apable than I can
be bf bearing testimony to his services, I)nt I beg to aid
my witness to the zeal, great energy, and consummate tact,
by which he obtained a maximum of w& rk from a people
notoriously inert, and thus made my p ortion of the em-
barkation very simple : that no casualty of any kind has
9ccurreil in getting them from the shore iinto pontoons and
alongside the several ships more than I,'ooo horses, is at-
tributable to his foresight and prudent t. I respectfully
srbmit that it may prove advantageous to his service if
his exertions ba brought to the notice of Lord Raglan.
I have, &e.,

(Signed)

BEN. P. PRIEST,
Commander.
Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Lyons, Bart., G. C. 8.,
Commander-in-Chief.

Before Sebastopol, May 22, 1855.
My Lord,—l have the honour to lay b afore your Lord-
ship the copy of a letter, which I receiv ed 'a short time
ago from the Hon. Algernon Egerton and Mr. Thomas
Tower, who succeeded Mr. Jervoise Smith and Mr. Glyn
in the duty of distributing all that was .3ent out by the
Crimean Fond for the use of the British Army.
I cannot speak too highly of the exertions of all these
gentlemen. Their courtesy, their kindnE as of heart, and
their unceasing desire to gratify the NV ishes of all, are
above all I can say in their favour; and they carry with
them tho grateful acknowledgments of e very officer and
man, who are equally anxious with my: self to bear the
amplest testimo iy to the manner in whicl i they have ful-
filled their onerous task, despite of fatigue, weather, and
every possible inconvenience.
I have, &c.,

RAGLAN,

The Lord Panmure, &0., tte.

Enclosure.
Kadikoi, r 8, 1811,5.
Crimean Army 3Fn.nd Agency.
My Lord,—We have the ho-lour to repo rt, to your lord-
ship the operations of the " Crimean Ainny Fund," of
which we are honorary representatives i a the Crimea,
have now closed.

In announcing this officially to your lore /ship we beg to
express the hope that our endeavours to carry out the
thoughtful and generous intentions of that, association to-
wards our noble and gallant countrymen in the Crimea
have in some slight degree promoted the public service,
and have not interfered in any respect prejudicially to the
orm'anistition of an army which we so love a ud admire.
We cannot conclude our mission without; thanking your
lordship, the Quartermaster-General, and i the authorities,
for the kind countenance and support whi ch we have re-
ceived from the very commencement to the termination of
our difficult but most grateful task.

Your lordßhip will slow ns to speak most highly of the
Quartermasters of regiments with whom we have been
thrown in such frequent contact. We hay e, &c.
(Signed) ALGERNON EGERTON.
THOMAS TO WEB.
To Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, G.C.8.,

Commanding-in-Chief.

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT,

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Ju:m 1.

This day had audience of her Majesty ;
His Excellency the Cuunt do Persigny,, Ambassador
from the Emperor of tho French, to deliver his creclon.
tials ;

To-which he was introduced by the Earl of Clarendon,
K.G., her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreigu Affairs,
and conducted by Major-General the Honourable Sir
Edward Cast, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Cere-
monies.
. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL., JUNE 2.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Counpil for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign 1 LiTairs, a copy
of a Despatch from her Majesty's Cousul-Geueral at Lima,
enclosing copies of a Decree issued by the Provisional Go-
vernment of Peru, abolishing the tax of four teals, and of
one real, called " Mining Tax," on the exportation of
every mark of bar silver.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JUNE 4.

_
The Right Honourable the Lords' of the Commiaee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations 'nave received,
through the Secretary of State fo 'Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a Despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General in Chili,
transmitting a copy of the new Chilian law now in force
reducing the duty on the importation of all silk manufac-
tures and raw silk for home consumption to fifteen per
cent. ad valorem.

(From last Night's Gazette.)
WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY 5.
Lord Panmure has this day receive& two despatches am
their enclosures, of which the followrino•p are copies, ad
dressed to his lordship by Field-Marshalthe Lord Raglan,
G.C.B.

Before Sebastopol, May 22.
My Lord,—Adverting to my despai?.:h No. 251, of the
14th April, Ido myself the honour :to lay before your
Lordship the copy of a letter which T. have received from
Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, with its enclosuresfroin
Commander Priest, of the Himalaya, bearing testimony to
the exertions and valuable services of Captain Gell, of the
East India Company's Service, Aeing Quartermaster-
General in conducting the 10th Huss: ►ra and 12th Lancers
through Egypt, and in superintending the embarkation of
those regiments at Alexandria. _

Royal Albeit, off Se Ix tstopol, May 10.
My Lord,—l have the honour to enclose for your Excel-
lency's information copy of a letter from Commander
Priest of the Himalaya, calling my attention to the praise-
worthy exertions of Captain Gell, of the Honourable East
India Company's service, and as her Wajesty's Consul at
Alexandria, and Colonel Pole, of the :12th Lancers, both
bear testimony to this officer's valaa ble services, I shall
feel greatly obliged if your Excellency will have the good-
ness to bring his conduct under favourable consideration
in the proper quarter.