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LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1855.

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

WAR DEPARTMENT, JULY 5.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointment of the following officers, of her Majesty's
Land and Naval Forces, to be ordinary members of the
Military Divisions of the first, second, and third classes of
the Most Honourable Order of the Bath respectively.

TO BE KNIGHTS GRAND CROSS.
Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown, K.C.B.
Vice-Admiral James Whitley Deans Dundas, C.B.
Lieutenant-General hit Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, K.G.
Lieutenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans, K.C.B.
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard England, K.C.B.
Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B.
Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart, G.C.B.

TO BE KNIGHTS COMMANDERS.
Lientenant;General The Earl of Lucan.
Lieutenant-General Henry J. W. Bentinck.
Lieutenant-General John Lysaght Pennefather, C.B.
Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, C.B.
Rear-Admiral James Hanway Plumridge.
Major-General The Earl of Cardigan.
Major-General Wm. John Codrington.
Major-General Richard Airey.
Major-General The Honourable James Yorke Scarlett.
Major-General Harry David Jones, Royal Engineers.
Major-General Arthur Wellesley Torrens.
Major-General George Buller, C.B.
Major-General William Eyre, C.B.
Major-General Richard J. MierEs, Royal Artillery.
Rear-Admiral the Honourable Montagu Stopford.
Rear-Admiral Henry Dude Chads, C.B.
Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour.
Rear-Admiral Henry Byam Martin, C.B.
Captain Stephen Lushington, R.N.
TO BE COMPANIONS.
. Major-General William Cator, Royal Artillery.
Captain Frederic Thomas Michell, R.N.]
Captain Thomas Wren Carter, R.N.
Captain Henry Francis Greville, R.N.
Captain Lord George Paulet. R.N.
Captain Lord Edward Russell, R.N.
Captain William Ramsay, R.N.
Captain the Honourable Frederick Thomas Pelham,
R.N.
Captain Sidney Colpoys Decree; R.N.
Captain Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds, R.N.
Captain Charles Eden. R.N.
Captain George St. Vincent King, R.N.
Captain Hastings Reginald Yelverton, R.N.
Captain William Hutch,on Hall, R.N.
Captain the Honourable Swynfen Thomas Carnegie,
R.N.
Captain Frederick Warden, R.N.
Captain Claude Henry Mason Buckle, R.N.
Captain Bartholomew James Sulivan, R.N.
Captain Sir George Nathaniel Broke, Bart., R.N.
Captain George Giffard, R.N.
Captain the Honourable James Robert Dummond, R.N.
Captain William John Cavendish Clifford, R.N.
Captain James Crawford Caffin, R.N.
Captain William Loring, R.N.
Captain John Moore, R.N.
Captain James Johnstone McCleverty, R.N.
Captain William Peel, R.N.
Captain Richard Strode Hewlett, R.N.
Captain Astley Cooper Key, R.N.
Captain Thomas Saumarez Brock, R.N.
Captain William Moorsom, R.N.
Colonel the Honourable George Frederick Upton, Cold.
stream Guards.
Captain William Robert Mends, R.N.
Captain William King Hall, R.N.
Captain Arthur Parry Eardley Wilmot, R.N.
Colonel Lord William Paulet, Unattached.
Colonel Duncan Alexander Cameron, 42d Regiment.
Colonel George Bell, Ist Foot.
Colonel Jenry C. Cobbe, 4th Foot.
Colonel Edward Walter Forestier Walker; Scots Fusilier
Guards.
Colonel the Hon. Augustus Almeric Spencer.
Colonel Frederick Horn, 20th Regiment.
Colonel William Sullivan, Unattached.
Colonel Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cuninghame, half-
pay: 51st Regiment.
Colonel Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget, 4th
Light Dragoon Guards.
Colonel Charles Ash Windham, Unattached.
Colonel Fortescue Graham, Royal Marines.
Colonel Frederick George Showell, Bth Hussars.
Colonel Arthur Johnstone Lawrence, Rifle Brigade.
Colonel Horatio Shirley, 88th Regiment. •
Captain Wm. Houston Stewart, R.N.
Captain the Hon. Arthur Auckland Cochrane, R.N.
Captain Wm. Farquharson Burnett, R.N.
Captain Leopold George Heath, R.N.
Captain Henry Downing Rogers, R.N.
Captain Henry Shank Hillyar, R.N.
Captain Lord John Hay. R.N.
Colonel Edward Cooper Hodge, 4th Dragoon Guards
Colonel Frederick Rodolph Blake, 33d Regt.
Colonel Wm. 0 Grady Hely, 47th Regt.
Captain Thomas Abel Bremage Spratt, R.N.
Captain Augustus Frederick Kynaston, R.N.
Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon, Grenadier Guirds
Captain Richard Ashmore Powell, 8.N.1
Captain John Borlase, R.N.
Colonel Sir Thomas St. Vincent Hope Cochrane Trou-
bridge, Bart.' 7th Regt.
Colonel Thos. Montagu Steele, Coldstream Guards.
Colonel John Jackson Lowth, 38th Regt.
Colonel Noel Thomas Lake, Royal Artillery.
Colonel Henry Darby Griffith, 2d Dragoons
Colonel James Webber Smith, Unattached
Colonel the Hon. Percy E. Herbert, Unattached
• Colonel Collingwood Dickson, Royal Artillery
Colonel Wm. Sherbrook Ramsay Norcott, Rifle Brigade
Colonel Richard Tylden, Royal Engineers
Colonel John Wm. Gordon, Royal Engineers
Colonel Thomas Hurdle, Royal Marines
Lieut.-Col. Thomas Unett, 19th Regiment
Lieut.-Col. Richard Wilbraham, Unattached
Lieut.-Col. Frank Adams, 28th Regiment
Lieut.-Col. John Yorke, Ist Dragoons
Lieut.-Col. John Edward Dupuis, Royal Artillery.
Lieut.-Col. Alfred H. "Hereford, Rifle Brigade.
Lieut.-Col. William Bernard Ainslie, 93d Regiment.
Lieut.-Col. Henry Smyth, 68th Regiment.
Lieut.-Col. Richard Waddy, 50th Regiment.
Lieut.-Col. Poulett George Henry Somerset, Coldstream
Guards.
Lieut.-Col. Robert Sanders, 19th Regiment.
Lieut.-Col. Henry Dalrymple White, 6th Dragoon Gds.
Liout.-Col. John Douglas, 79th Regiment
Lieut.-Col. Edmund Richard Jeffreys, late of 88th Regi-
ment
Lieut.-Col. Anthony C. Sterling, Unattached
Lieut.-Col. John Douglas, 11th Hussars
Lieut.-Col. David Wood, Royal Artillery
Lieut.-Col. James William Fitzmayer, Royal Artillery
Lieut.-Col. Gloucester Gambier, Royal Artillery
Lieut.-Col. James Talbot Airey, Coldstream Guards
Lieut.-Col. Francis William Henry Lord Burghersh,
Coldstream Guards
Lieut.-Col. David Lyaons, 23d Regiment
Lieut.-Col. James Thomas Mauleverer, 40th Regiment
Lieut.-Col. the Honourable, Robert Alexander George
Dalzell, 63d Regiment
Lieut.-Col. James Eman, 41st Regiment
Lieut.-Col. Thomas Westroff M‘Mahon, sth Dragoon
Guards
Lieut.-Col. Robert J. Straton, 77th Regiment
Lient.-Col. the Hon. James Macdonald, Unattached.
Liout.-Col. George Dixon, 77th Regiment.
Lieut.-Col. Richard T. Farren, 47th Regiment
Lieut.-Col. Henry William Bunbuiy, 23d Regiment
Lieutenant-Colonel George V. Mundy, 33d Regiment.
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. W. L. Pakenham, Unat-
tached.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hume, 95th Regiment.
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Francis Colborne, 15th
Regiment.
Lieutenant-Colonel James Brodie Patullo, 30th Regi-
ment.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Thornton Grant, 49th Regi-
ment.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Stewart Wood, 1311 Regrment.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Miller Adye, Royal Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick E. Chapman, Royal En-
gineers.
Lieut.-Col. David William Paynter, Royal Artillery
Major George Robert Barker, Royal Artille
Major Edwin Wodehouso, Royal Artillery
Major George Ashley Mande, Royal Artillery
Major Charles Lawrence D'Aguillar, Royal Artillery
Major John Alfred Street, 57th Regiment
Major John James Brandling, Royal Artillery
Major John Turner, Royal Artillery
Major Charles Henry Morris, Royal Artillery
Major Soame Gambier Jenyns, 13th Dragoons
Major Win. Morris, 17th Lancers
Major John Williamson Lovell, Royal Engineers
Major Adolphus W. D. Burton, sth Dragoon Guards
Major Dixon Edward Hoste, Royal Artillery.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to make and order a
Special Statute of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath,
for nominating Colonel Sir Charles John. James Hamilton,
Bart., Into of the Scots Fusilier Guards, a Companion of
the said Order, and to assign to him place among the Com-
panions of the said Order, after Colonel Edward Walter
Forestier Walker, and before the Hon. Augustus Alraeric
Spencer.
List of Officers of the Army and Navy who would have
been recommended for the honours of the First, Second,
and Third Classes of the Order of the Bath, had they
survived :

FOR THE FIRST CLASS.
Lieutenant-General Sir George Cathcart, K.C.B.
FOR THE SECOND CLASS.
Rear• Admiral Lowry Corry.
Rear-Admiral Edward Boxer, C.B.
Major-General Esteonrt.
Major• General Sir John Campbell, Bart.
Brigadier-General Tylden, Royal Engineers.
Brigadier-Generol Adams, 49th Foot.
Brigadier-General Goldie, 57th Foot.
Brigadier-General Strangways, Commanding Royal
Artillery.

FOR TIIR THIRD CLASS.
Captain Peter Christie, R.N.
Captain Edmund Moubray Lyons, R.N.
Colonel Yea, 7th Foot.
Colonel Egerton. 77th Foot.
Captain llydo Parker, R.N.
Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander, Royal Engineers.
Lieutenant-Colonel Carpenter, 41st Foot.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ainslie, 21st Foot.
Lieutenant-Colonel Chester, 23d Foot.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hoey, 30th Foot.
Lieutenant-Colonel Shadfortb, 57th Foot.
Lieutenant-Colonel Champion, 05th Foot.
Lieutenant-Colonel Shearman, 62d Foot.
Brevet-Major C. C. Young, Royal Artillery.
Brevet-Major S. P. Townsend, Royal Artillery.
Brevet-Major W. Swinton, Royal Artillery.

And her Majesty has further been graciously pleased to
give orders for the appointment of the following officers, of
her Majesty's Land and Naval Forces, to be Ordinary
Members of the Military Divisions of the first, second, and
third classes of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
respectively.

TO 1311 KNIGHTS GRAND CROSS.
Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart. K.C.B
Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon, K,b,B,
General Sir Jamoa X00491/2 li•Cißi

General Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, K.C.B.
TO BE KNIGHTS COMMANDERS.
Admiral Frederick William Lord Aylmer, C.B.
General Edward Nicolls, Royal Marines.
Lieutenant-General James Fergusson, C.B. •
Lieutenant-General Thomas William Brotherton, C.B.
Vice-Admiral Henry Hope, C.B.
Vice-Admiral John'llenry Coode C.B.
Rear-Admiral Maurice Frederick Fitztardinge Ber-
keley, C.B.
Rear-Admiral Fairfax Moresby, C.B.
TO RE A COMPANION.
William Rae, Esq., M.D., Inspector of Hospitals .and
Fleets.
POSTAGE DUTIES ON PACKETS TO AND FROM
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
By a Treasury warrant, dated the 7th of July inst., it
12 ordered that all packets consisting•of looks, publica-
tions, and works of literature or art, printed votes and
proceedings of the Imperial Parliament, or aoy of the Co,
lonial Legislature, may be transmitted by the post between
any part of the United Kingdom and any part of the
colony of Western Australia, at the uniform single rate
of postage of 6d. ; and that on every such picket exceed-
iug half-a-pound in weight there shall be charged such
progressive and additional' rates as are directed to be
charged under the provisions of the warrant dated the
223 day of February, 1855, and liable to the exceptions
set forth in the said last-mentioned warrant. The postage
duty ordered in the warrant dated the 7th of July inst. is
to come into operation on the Ist of September next on
packets posted in the United Kingdom, and en the Ist of
November next on packets posted in Western Australia.
MARLBOROUGH-HOUSE, JuL-I 9.
The Lords of tE-ti-COmmittee-of Privy Council for Trade
and Foreign Plantations have nominated the Right Hon;
Henry Labouchere; M.P., to be a Juror for Sculpture, and
Joseph Locke, Esq., M.P., to be a Juror for Civil Engi-
neering, at the Paris Universal Exhibition.
WAR OFFICE, JULY 10.
12th Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon George Allan
Hutton, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Small, promoted in the Cape Mounted Rifle!s. •
• Cape Mounted Riflemen—Assistant-Surgeon John Small,
from•the 12th Foot, to bo Surgeon, vice James Clephane
Mint°, who retires 'utioa half-pay.
UNATTACHED.—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
the Honourable J. P. Maxwell, 50th Foot, to have his Bre-
vet converted into Substantive Rank, in conformity with
the Royal. Warrant, dated 6th October, 1854.
BREVET.—The undermentioned officers, 'having been
selected for service with the Turkish Contingent, to have
local rank while so employed :—To have the local rank of
Colonel—Lieut.-Colonel James John Graham, unattached,
Military Secretary to the Lieut.-General Vivian ; Lieut.-
Colonel Forbes, late 4th Regiment Madras Cavalry. To
have the local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel—Major E. R.
Wetherell, Scots Fusilier Guards, appointed Deputy-
Quartermaster-General to the Turkish Contingent. To
have the local rank of Major—Captain Crease, Royal En-
gineers. To have the local rank of Captain—Captain
Methuen Edmund Stedman, late Captain 10th Light
Dragoons. To have the local rank of Veterinary-Surgeon
—Thomas Walton Mayer, Gent.
The undermentioned officers, having been selected for
service with'the Irregular Cavalry, under Major-General
Beatson, to have local rank while so employed :—To have
the local rank of Majors—Captain Alexander Theophilus
Blakeley ; Captain G. Coldough, Royal Artillery. To have
the local rank of Captain—Lieutenant George Carleton,
Madras Artillery. To have the local rank of Staff-Surgeon,
of the First Class—Doctor Alderson, .Sirgeon, Second
Class, vice Doctor Gilborne.
MumottANnum.—For Colonel John Sv,bzberger and
Lieut.-Colonel Charles Edward Funck to have the tempo-
rary rank of Lieut.-Colonel in the British Army ; and
Captain John .Baumgartner temporary rank of Major,
while serving in the British Foreign Legion.—Read Colonel
John Sulzberger and Lieut.-Colonel Charles Edward Funck
to have the temporary rank of Lieut.-Colonel in the British
Army ; and Captain John Baumgartner temporary rank
of Major, while serving in the British Swiss Legion.
ADMIRALTY, JULY 9.
The following promotions, dated the 3d instant, have
this day taken place, consequent on the death, on the 2d
instant, of Admiral of the Red Sir Charles Ekins, G.C.B.
Admiral of the White Sir Francis William Austen,
K.C.8.,.t0 be Admiral of the Red.
Admiral of the Blue Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.8., to be
Admiral of the White.
Vice-Admiral John Surman Carden, on the Reserved
Half-pay List, to be Admiral on the Reserved Half-pay
. List.

Vice-Admiral of the Red John Sykes to be Admiral of
the Blue.
Vice-Admiral of the White the Right Honourable Gran-
ville George, Lord Radstock, C. 8.. to be Vice-Admiral of
the Red.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue the Honourable Sir Fleetwood
Broughton Reynolds Pellew, C. 8., K.C.H., to be Vice-
Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral the Honourable Alexander Jones,' on the
Reserved Half-pay List, to be Vico-Admiral on the Re-
served Half-pay List.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Peter John Douglas to be
Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White Edward Collier, C. 8., to be
Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Henry Dundas to be Rear-
Admiral of the White.
Captain Henry Gossett,
Captain John Furneaux,
Captain Jodrell Leigh, 4-
Captain Joseph O'Brien'
to be Rear-Admirals on the Reserved Half-pay List.
Captain Henry Smith, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the
Blue.
The following Captains, on the Retired List, have also
been promoted to be Retired Rear. Admirals on the terms
proposed in the London Gazette of the Ist September,
1816, without increase of pay :
Captain Robert White Parsons.
Captain Abraham Crawford.
Captain Russell Henry Manners.
Captain James Thorne.
ADMIRALTY, JULY 9.
The following promotions, dated the 4th inst., have this
day taken place consequent on the death, on the 3d inst.,
of Admiral of the, Red the Marquis of Thomond :
Admiral of the White Sir John Acworth Ommanney,
to be Admiral of the Red.
Admiral of the Blue the Hon. George Elliot, C. 8., to be
Admiral of the White.
Vice-Admirals John Impey, Henry Mandela Omman-
ney, and Archibald Duff, on the Reserved Half-pay List,
to be Admirals on the Reserved Half-pay List.
Vice-Admiral of the Red Thomas Brown to be Admiral
of the Blue.
Vice-Admiral of the White the Right Honourable
George Earl Cadogan, C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the
Red.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Charles Napier,
to be Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Barrington Reynolds, C. 8., to
be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8,, to
be Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue the Hon. Montagu Stopford
to be Rear-Admiral of the White.
Captain Stephen Lushington to be Rear-Admiral of the
Blue.

ADMIRALTY, JULY 5.
Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant John
Cairncross to be First Lieutenant, vice Richards, de-
ceased.
Royal South
GSlOloucNSelstGer ghNELDi
BY
Infantry YTIiE QUEENRegiment of.
Militia—George Cubitt, Esq., to be Paymaster.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
Royal Aberdeenshire Regiment of Militia--Major Henry
Knight Erskine to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lord Sal-
toun resigned ; Captain John Paton to be Major, vice
Erskine ; Lieut. John Turner to be Captain ; Ensign Wm.
Marshall Priest to be Lieutenant • James Charles Hender-
son, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; George Robertson, Gent.,
to be Ensign. ,
King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—En-
sign John Malcolm Sewell to be Lieutenant, Tice Wells,
who retires.
Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia Ensign Francis
Frederic Richard Mansell Morgan to be Lieutenant, `ice
Naborne Gilpin Smith, appointed Paymaster.

BANKRWPTS.
Emilio Pistrucci, general commission agent, Pimlico, to
surrender, July 23, at half-past cloven, and August 20, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official acsig-
nee, Altlermanbury ; Hatton, Essex-street, Strand.
John Taylor, chemist, Rochdale-road, Manchester, July
25, and August 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Wise,
Manchester.
Thomas Wade, stone merchant, Newlay, Leeds, July
30, at twelve, and Aug. 20, at eleven, at tho Leeds District
Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Blackburn, Leeds;
Preston, Leeds.
James Henry Langdon, merchant and shipowner, Exeter,
July 19 and Aug. 16, at eleven, at the Exeter District
Court. Hirtzel, • official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon,
Exeter.
David Mackechnie, chemist and druggist, West Hartle.
pool, Durham, July 20, and Aug. 17, at half-past twelve,
at the Newcale-npon-Tyne District Court. Baker offi-
cial assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Hartley, Soutlllup-
, Partick, near
ton-street, Bloomsbury ; Brignal, Durham.
and Macindoe's
Aaron Marks and Naham Salamon, merchants, Sheffield,
inmeßrrcohwannt
July 21 and Aug. 25, at ten, at the Leeds District Court.
Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Fretson, Sheffield.
Glasgow,Norm July
SCOTCH SEQIJESTRATIONs.
Morrison,l2, at
Rooms, St. Vincent-street, Glasgow.
James Tarbat, tailor, Duadee, July 19, at two, within
the Royal Hotel, Dundee.
Thomas C. M'lndoe and Co., commission agents, Glas-
gow, July 20, at one, within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow.
Messrs. Neill, Heerup, and Co., merchants, Leith, July
one, provision
19, at two, within the New Ship Hotel, Leith.
John Christie, clothier and hatter, known as Christie
and Company, Glasgow, July 23, at twelve, within the
Waverley Hotel, George-square, Glasgow.
Robert Hodge, coppersmith and brassfounder, Edin-
burgh, July 20, at two, within Stevenson's Sale Rooms,
St. Andrew's-square, Edinburgh.

PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about a:, par (according to the last tariff), which, at the
English Mint price of 31.175• 100. per ounce for stand-
ard gold, gives an exchange of 25'17 ; and, the exchange
at Paris on London at short being 25.05, it follows that
gold is about o'4B per cent. dearer in Paris than in Lon-
don. By advices from Vamburg the price of gold is
426 i per mark, which, at the English Mint price of
3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 13'5.1 ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on
London at shoit being 13'51, it follows that gold is o'o6
per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The
course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 1101 per cent. ; and, the par of ex-
change between England and America being 109 23-40
nominally 0'67
per cent. in favour of England ;
per cent., it follows that the exchangeand afitser
making
allow-
ance for charges Of transport and difference of interest,
the present rate leaves a small profit on the importation
•
of Gold from tho United stAteo.

THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.

CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, JUNE 20.
The sad history of the 19th, which I was obliged
to interrupt on the departure of the mail, is soon
finished. The bodies of many a brave officer whom
I knew in old times—old times of the war, for men's
lives are short here, and the events of a life aro
compressed into a few hours—were borne past us in
silence, and now and then, wonderful to relate,
men with severe wounds were found still living and
able to give expression to their sufferings by moans
and sighs of pain. Tho spirit of some of these
noble fellows triumphed over all their bodily
agonies. " General exclaimed a sergeant of the
18th Royal Irish to Brigadier Eyre as he came near
the place in the Cemetery where the poor fellow
lay with both his legs broken by a round shot,
" thank God, we did our work any way. Had
another pair of legs, the country and you would be
welcome to them !" Many men in hospital, after
losing leg or arm, said they " would not have cared
if they had only beaten the Russians." The tortures
endured by the wounded were very great ; they
lay in holes made by shells, and were frequently
fired at by the Russian riflemen when they rolled
about in their misery. Some of our men, however,
report that the enemytreated them kindly, and even
brought them water out of the embrasures. They
pulled all the bodies of our officers which lay within
reach up to the abattis, and took off their epaulettes,
when they had any, and their boots, but did not strip
them. It was observed that the ditch of the abattis
was in excellent order—that the chevaux-de-frise
had been repaired, and were very strong, and that
every effort had been used up to the moment before
we assaulted to render it, as it was, a formidable
obitacle to our advance. It is said that the bottom
of the ditch was filled with bayonets, fixed firmly in
the earth ; and there is a report that the Russians
were employed during the night of the 17th in re-
pairing the abattis itself where it was injured by
our cannon. I have already tried to describe the
nature of the ground in the front of the abattis.
It was in itself a considerable impediment to regu-
larity of formation. A line of sentries was formed
by the Russians as our burying parties came out,
and they advanced so far in front of the abattiS
that General Airey was obliged to remonstrate
with an aide-de-camp of General Osten-Sacken,
who ordered them to retire nearer to the abattis.
It was observed that these men were remarkably
fine, tall, muscular, and soldierlike fellows, and
one could not but contrast ahem with some of
the poor weakly-looking boys who were acting
as privates in our regiments, or with the small
undergrown men of the French line. They were
unusually well dressed, in clean now uniforms,
and were no doubt picked out to impose upon us.
Many of them wore medals, and seemed veteran
soldiers. Their officers had also turned out with
unusual care, and were white kid gloves, patent
leather boots, and white linen. The mass of the
Russians were gathered on the towering parapets of
the Redan and Malakhoff, and wore not permitted
to come to our front. Their working parties brought
out all our dead, and laid them in front of their
line of sentries, whence our people carried theni
away. The precautions which had been taken to
prevent officers and men getting through the lines
sufficed to keep any great crowd away, but the offi-
cers on duty and the lucky men, and some ama-
teurs,who managed to not through the lines, formed
groups in front of the Redan, and entered into con-
versation with a few of the Russian officers. There
was, however, more reserve and gravity in the in-
terview than has been the case on former occasions
of the kind. One stout elderly Russian of rank
asked one of our officers "How aro you off for food?"
" Oh! we get everything we want; our fleet secures
that." " Yes," remarked the Russian, with a know-
ing wink, "but there's one thing you're not so
well off for, and your fleet can't supply you, and
that's sleep." " We're at least as well off for that
as you are," was the rejoinder. Another officer, in
the course of conversation, asked if we really
thought, after our experience of the defence they
could make, that we could take Sebastopol. "We
must; France and England are determined to take
it." " Ab, well," said the other, " Russia is deter-
mined France aud England shall not have it, and
we'll see who has the strongest will, and can lose
most men." In the midst of these brief interviews,
beginning and ending with bows and salutes, and
inaugurated by the concession of favours relating
to cigars and lights, the soldiers bore dead bodies
by, consigning the privates to the burial-grounds
near the trenches, and carrying off the wounded
and the bodies of the officers to the camp. Poor
Forman's body was one of the first found ; it was
far in advance of where be came out of the trench
with his company of the Rifle Brigade, and it was
terribly torn with shot. It was generally observed
by some of the surgeons, however, that the wounds
were cleaner than they have been in previous engage-
ments. This is somewhat remarkable,forthe Russians
fired all kinds of missiles—bags of nails and frag-
ments of bullets, shells, and balls, as well as grape
and canister. They were seen as we advanced
"shovelling" the shot into the muzzles of the guns.
No one can deny many of their officvs the praise of
extreme bravery and devotion. In the midst of
our fire they got up on the top and on the outside
of the parapets and directed the fire of their men
upon us. Several of them were knocked over by
round shot, shell, and rifle balls, while exposing
themselves in this manner, but it scarcely speaks
well for their soldiers that they felt it necessary to
set them such examples. Colonel Dickson suc-
ceeded in obtaining Lord Raglan's permission to
open on the Russians from the 21-gun battery, and
swept them away in numbers as they crowded out
to fire on our broken columns and on our wounded
men and fugitives.
Tho armistice lasted for upwards of two hours,
and when it was over we retired from the spot so
moistened with our blood. All the advantage we
gained by the assault was the capture of the Ceme-
tery, and even that we had nearly abandoned,
owing to the timidity of one of our generals. As
you have already learnt, the men in the Cemetery
and houses suffered severely during the 18th from
the enemy's fire, and the soldiers in the latter were
not able to withdraw till nightfall. It was left to
one of the Generals of Division to say what should
be done with the Cemetery, and lie gave orders to
abandon it. On the following morning an officer
of Engineers, Lieutenant Donnelly, heard to his
extreme surprise that the position for which we had
paid so dearly was not in our possession. He ap-
preciated its value—he saw that the Russians had
not yet advanced to re-occupy it. With the
utmost zeal and energy he set to work among the
officers in the trenches, and begged and borrowed
some 30 men, with whom he crept down into the
Cemetery, just before the flag of truce was hoisted.
As soon as the armistice began the Russians flocked
down to the Cemetery, which they supposed to be
undefended, but to their great surprise they found
our 30 men posted there as sentries, who warned
them back, and in the evening the party was
strengthened,and we are now constructing most valu-
able works and batteries there, in spite of a heavy
fire, which occasions us considerable loss. Such is
the story that is going the round of the camp. Lord
Raglan is said to have found fault with General
Eyre for losing so many men,but thelatter observed,
that he had done what he was ordered, and that
ho had taken the Cemetery." There can be no
doubt but that our troops could have got into the
town in the rear of the Redan from the houses
on the 18th, had they been strong enough
to advance from the Cemetery. Whether they
could have maintained themselves there under the
fire of forts, ships, and batteries is another question.
It is now shrewdly suspected that inside the Re-
dan, behind those outward and visible walls of
earth, there is another very strong work—a kind of
star fort of earth with sunken batteries—and it is
certain that inside the Malakhoff works there are
several lines of battery which have never been un-
masked. The enemy have probably constructed
large funnel-shaped pits behind these works, into
which shells roll and burst, as such a " dodge" was
found in the Mamelon. Inside the latter work
were splendid bombproofs for the men to retire into
when our fire became hot. They were large pits
with 10 feet of earth, and beams of wood across
them, and were capable of holding a strong body of
men. In one some new sacks marked with the
broad arrow and B. 0. were found, in which were
packets of cartridges ready for use. Where did
these sacks come from ? It is almost as strange as
the English bread found at Tchorgoun. There is
talk of a spy being taken, or rather discovered,
in a sub-interpreter to the Commissariat, who con-
fesses he has been in communication with the Rus-
sians, and revealed our attack to them. He wil'
be shot if this be true.

SATURDAY, JUNE 23,

There is no symptom of any activity on ourpart
or on that of the enemy. They can, however, work
without our seeing them. At 8 o'clock this even-
ing a thunderstorm, advancing from the moun-
tain ranges over Balaklava and Mackenzie's-farm,
burst on the valley of the Tchernaya and on the
southern portion of the camp. I never beheld
such incessant lightning. For two hours the aky
was a blaze of are. The rain fell like a great wall
of waiter behind uo, Not A drop descended orer