The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-19 00:00:00

oNnoN. WED:,EsDAY EVENING, DEcEMBEtt 19, 185 53

lithllßAY.—Sliippers per CAIRNGORM will
please take no ice that all Goods mu.t be alongside and
cleared b Friday, the 21st inst., as the Ship will positively clear at
the Cu,toin-house on Saturday, the 22d.

The under,igned wil. n..t b responsible for the shipment of .toods
not alongside, &C., accordingly.
J MINIS, T110111';ON, & CO.,
6, Billiter-square.

DESPATCH FROM GENERAL SIR W.
CODRINGTON.

(From the Gazette of last Evening.)
WAR DEPARTMENT, DEc. 18.

Lord Panmure has this day received a Despatch and
its Enclosures, of which the following are copies, ad-
dressed to his Lordship by Ortneral Sir William Cod-
rington, K.C.B.

Sebastopol, Dec. 4, 1855.
My Lord,—The enemy continue to fire occasionally,
and sometimes heavily, tin pans of the teem. They must
have expended a considerable quantity of valuable ammu-
nition without causing us any loss or inconvenience.
The enclosed easnaltyßeturn is the first of the sort I
have bad occasion to report to your Lordship.
It seem unimportant to refer to the state of roads
and weather
here, but their condition affects the essen-
tial communications and well-being of the army. The
winter broke noon us suddenly 021 the 26th and 27th
with snow, and has varied with gales and rain ; and a
very deep state of the ground has damaged all commu-
nications.

Constant presence of labourers and constant attention
are requisite, and are being given to the road, which,
from a peculiarity of soil and condition, was worked into
holes, but which is and will continue to be of the greatest
service to the army and its supplies.
I have, &c.,

W. J. CODItINGTON,
General Commanding.
P.S.—I beg leave also to forward the weekly report
of Dr. Hall, the principal Medical Officer, by which your
lordship will perceive that tie general state of health of
the army continues favourable.

W. •T. CODRTNGTON,
General Commanding.

The Lord Panmure, &c.
Enclosure 1.
NUMERICAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES ON THE
lsr DECEMBER, 1835.
7th Foot-1 officer wounded, by bursting of a shell in
Sebastopol.
W. L. PAKENHATAf, Adjutant-General.

CUITRT OF A LDERMEN.

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Yesterday a court was hel d. Mr. Lawrence (son of
the late Alderman Lawrence) who was elected alderman
for Bread-street Ward, on Satt irday, the Bth instant, al).
Mr. Lawrence to•the
a
peared at the bar for the purp, .se of being sworn into his
new office. He was accompam ed by Mr. G. W. Sherriff,
Mr. Millard, several common councilmen, and a large
number of highly respectable rtntlemen connected with
the ward.
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who bad been elected to the a !'lice of alderman in the
place of his father. The merits o f the late alderman bad
been fully considered by the el( ctors of the ward, and
be (Mr. Sherriff) felt quite EatiSfil 'd that the son, from
his well known habits business and his assiduous at-
tention t) the interests of the Citl , would not only make
an efficient magistrate, but ;7C old also be a credit to
those who had elected him to re present them in the I
Court of Aldermen. He bad bee a born and bred in the
:ward, and had been curneetei 1 in business with his
father, with whom he had l'erlide d all his life. He had
been well known to most of Ole lectors of the ward for
a great many years, and from the particular interest be
hail continually evinced in Ca 4 various matters con-
ceded with the corporation, he (1 Ir. Sherriff) was con-
fident that the newly-eleefed Ale rrn.sn would prove
hirrvelf a most useful and dB ciezt „member of that
court. (Hear, hear.)
Alderman Lawrence, after hart.w.,,, bad tho necessary
oaths administered to him, and reacived tilt' congratula-
tions of the members of the court pr:vient, took his teat.
The court then adjourned.