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

THE MILL rIA REGIMENTS.

It is intended to call out the whole of the Militia re-
giments of the United Kingdom, including the entire
Irish as well as Scotch Militias. Already 64 English
and I\r el,lt regiments; are embodied, and 16 more are
ordered out, making SO out of the 100 of England and
Wales. The remaining 20 will make the last batch.
The number of men authorised by Parliament for this
part of the local force is 80,000, while the number for
Scotland is 10,000, and for Ireland 30,000. If, out of
these, SO,OOO can be got together, it will be an outside
number. Some 15,000 of the better prepared Mi-
litia regiments will garrison tke Aff)diterrasean col*.
lies, requiring a fourth more to remain at hone for the
purpose of depots and keeping up tke force abroad. Thus
20,000 are provided for. The remaining 60,000 will be
required for home duty, in conjunction With the depots
of the regular army, and for volunteering into the line.
It is expected that sufficient barracks will soon be ready.
for the whole number ; sooner, is fact, than the man ca
be procured. In the military colonies of Malta, Gibral•
tar, and Corfu, the Militia regiments will do the garri•
son duty. At Malta, in addition, it is intended to have
a reserve force of regulars in training, and ready for in*
mediate embarkation to any point where their services
may be required in the field. We understand that al•
ready a most lively competition is displayed by the
Militia regiments longest enrolled for the first tura of
garrison service in the pleasant places of the Mediter.
rannean.

THE BATTLE OF INKE.RMAN.

(From the illustrated Loudon Netts.)

Sebastopol lay shrouded
In the thick November gloom,
And through the midnight silence
The guns had ceased to boom.
The sentinel outworn
In watching for the morn,
From Balakiava's heights,
Beheld the Russian lights,
In the close-beleaguered fortress far adown ;
And heard a sound of bells
"Wafted upwards through the dells,
And a roar of mingling voices and of anthems from thetowni

They prayed the God of Justice
To aid thew in the wrong,
They consecrated Murder
With jubilee and song.
To the slain, the joys of Heaven,—
To the living, sin forgiven,—
Were the promises divine
That were passed along the lino,
As they gathered in their myriads ere the dawn ;
While their priests in full accord,
Chanted glory to the Lord,
And blessed the Russian banner and the sword for batttle
drawn. I

Stealthily and darkly,
Amid the rain and sleet,- -
No trumpet-call resounding,
Nor drums' tempestuous beat ;
But shadow-like, and slow,
Came the legions of the foe,
Moving dimly ip the steep,
Where the British Camp, asleep,
Lay unconscious of the danger lurking near
And the soldier, breathing bard,
On the cold and sodden sward,
Dreamed of victory and glory, or of home and England dear.

Hark ! Heard ye mot a rumbling
On the misty morning air—
Like the rush of rising tempests
When they shako the forest bare ?
The outposts on the hill
Hear it close, and closer still.
'Tis the tramp of iron heels,
'Tis the crash of cannon wheels.
And " To arms !" " to arms !" " to arms !" is the cry.
"'Tis the Russians on our flank !
Up, and arm each British rank !
And meet them, gallant Guardsmen, to conquer or to die."

Ten rose the loud alarum
With a hurricane of sound,
And from short unensy slumber
Sprang each hero from the ground ;
Sprang each horseman to his steed,
Ready saddled for his need ;
Sprang each soldier to his pla?e,
With a stein, determined taco ;
While the rousing drum and bugle echoed far,
And the crack of rifles rung,
And the cannon found a tougue,
And down upon them bursting came the avalanche of war.

VI.
Through the cold and foggy darknere
Sped the rocket's fiery breath,
And the light of rapid volleys,
In a haze of Living Death ;
But each English heart that any
Throbbed impetuous for the fray,
And our hosts undaunted stood
Beating back the raging flood—
That came pouring from the ♦alley, like a sea,
Casting havoc on the shore,
'With a dull and sullen roar,—
The thunder-cloud abovo it and the lightning flash* fres.
VII.
On darkness grew the daylight,
'Mid the loud incessant peal ;
On the daylight followed noontide,—
And they struggled steel to ts,eol !
O ye gallant souls and true!
O ye great immortal few !
On your banner, bright unfurled,
Shone the freedom of the world.
In your keeping lay the safety of the lands—
Lay the splendour of our name—
Lay our glory and our fame;
And ye held and raised them all in your dauntless hearts
and hands!

VIII.
For a moment, and the ene only,
Seemed tho Russians to prevail :
0 bravo eight thousand heroes !
Ye shall conquer ! They shall fail !
They can face you—if they must—
But they fly your bayonet thrust.
And hark ! the ringing cheer

That proclaims the French are near,
And is heard above the raging battle din !
Giving courage to the brave—
Striking terror to the slave,—
A signal and an omen of the victory to win !

Break forth, thou storm of battle,
With a new and wild uproar !
Beam out, thou flag of England,
With thy sister tricolor !
For, fighting side by side,
One in spirit, heart allied—
In the cause of truth combined,
For the freedom of mankind—
France and England show the world what may be dose;
And their star of glory burns
And the tido of battle turns,
And the beaten Russians fly, and the victory is won.

Thus fourteen thousand freemen,
Invincible in right,
Defeated seventy thousand,
Ia fierce unequal fight !
Thus Thermepylm of old
And its men of Titan mould
Were surpassed, at duty's call,
By the Briton and the Gaul ;
(May the splendour of their friendship never wane!)
By the men who fighting fell
With Cathcart and Lourmel,
Or lived with placid Raglan, avengers of the slain.

And as long as France aad England
Shall givo birth to manlike men,
Their deeds shall be remembered
Should the battle burst agaia ;
And to action as sublime
Shall inspire each future time.
And when War's alarms shall cease,
And the nations live in peace,
Safe from Tyranny, its murder, and its ban,—
Lot us tell with generous pride
How our heroes fought and died,
And saved a threatened world on the heights of Inkerman
CIARLES MACKAY.

INCREASE OF THE MINES.—The gold mines continue
to extend ; at present there are fourteen, sevenona oifywablitcehr
have been discovered this year, and at Ballarat nugget
has just been fund weighing 98 lbs., valued at about
6,0001.; the lucky diggers a few days since found an.
other of 12,000/. worth of small nuggets, but
having sunk a shaft of 133 fief, deep. The discovery of
new gold fields is hailed as a piece of good fortune for
b and tbeeenti irteoiw;eyraCtreedeko
trdiggings,ious not far
tends to strengthen the argument
of many,
the colony. Of these, two have again teen discovered,
ftriliemiS'l
thend
i,ecsei
ai
as
occasions, that there is sufficient gold for another two
hundred years. ----f ttstmlictit and Nov Zealand Gazette.
IRON lfousEs ion TIIE CRIMEA.--We understand that
our Into enterprising fellow-citizen, Mr. Samuel Hem-
ming. has received orders front the Government at his
establishment at 13o‘v, where he has removed from Clift-
house, for the immediate construction of stabling for
2,000 horses for the Crimea, to be delivered within three
weeks. He is also supplying the officers with very com-
fortable quarters. Having so often witnessed the excel-
lent mariner in which his portable iron houses, kc.,
were constructed at Bristol, we have no oloubt that the
stabling, Lc., will be highly serviceable to our troopers
in the Crigaea,—.Brioto/ hicrcury.