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tions of the land forces, is highly appreciated by her
Majesty ; and I am further commanded to express the
gratification with which her Majesty has received the
intelligence communicated by you of the able and gallant
assistance afforded by the sailors from the fleet, under
the command of Captain Lushington and Captain _Peel, in
the land batteries.

"Her Majesty deeply sympathises with thoso who,
during the progress of the operations which form the
subject of your present despatches, have been wounded
in the service of their country, and has received with sin-
cere sorrow your report of the loss of those of her gallant
soldiers and sailors who have been killed. It is impos-
sible that operations of such great magnitude and diffi-
culty, more especially when the vast resources of the
enemy, and his powerful means of resistance, are taken
into consideration, should be unattended by loss ; and
her Majesty cannot but rejoice that, under the continued
exposure to the incessant fire of an enemy vastly superior
in number s, to which her forces, both naval and military,
have been subjected, that loss, during the period included
in the returns of casualties enclosed in your despatches,
is not so great as might have been anticipated.—l have
the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's most obedient
humble servant, "NEWCASTLE.
" Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.8., &c., &e."

The foregoing despatch, although dated later than the
Duke of Newcastle's despatch which we published on
Christmas-day, relates, as will have been observed, to
operations in the Crimea anterior to those there grace-
fully commended.

The following have also been published in Genera:
Orders :

Extract from a letter of the Duke cf Newcastle to Lord
Raglan, dated November 21, 1834.
" I take the present opportunity to assure your lordship
of the satisfaction with which I have received the testi-
mony borne by Major-General Sir Colin Campbell in his
report enclosed in your despatch of the 23th of October,
to the assistance rendered by the Royal Marine Ai tillery
and Royal Marines, in opposing the advance of the
enemy's cavalry in the action before Balaklava of the
25th of that month."

" War Department, Nov. 23, 1854.
"My Lord,—l have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your lordship's despatch, No. 94, of the 31st
of October, which reached me on the 17th inst.

" I have lost no time in submitting to the Queen the
names of those officers whom Lieutenant-General the
Earl of Lucan considers as entitled to be specially men-
tioned for their service in the action of the 25th of Octo-
ber in front of Balaklava, and whom your lordship
commends to my notice ; and I have received her Ma-
jesty's commands to desire that your lordship will con-
vey to each of the officers in question the high approba-
tion with which her Majesty has viewed their valour
and excellent conduct in that action.--I have the ho-
nour to be, my lord, your lordship's most obedient and
humble servant,

" NEWCASTLE.
"Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.8., &c."

THE ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL.
GENERAL ORDERS.

13y the following general order it was announced that
fuel and lights were to be issued to the army in the
East :
" General Order.
" Head-Quarters, before Sebastopol, Dec. 4, 1854.
" No. 2.—The Commissary-General will issue at the
stores at Balaklava certain quantities of patent fuel and
charcoal, as also lights, for the use of the troops."
When, however, the fuel was sent for, none was
issued, because the scale at which it was to be issued
had not been determined upon. After the lapse of nearly
a fortnight this weighty matter has been considered, and
the following is to be the proportion in which it is au-
thorised to be distributed :
" General Order.

" Head Quarters, before Sebastopol, Dec. 16, 1845.
"No. I—At the recommendation of a board of officers
assembled to consider the subject, the commander of
the forces directs that fuel shall be issued to the troops
in the Crimea on the following scale :
RATION ?BB DIEM.—FUEL.
General officers
Colonel on the Staff 2B Staff Surgeon, Second
Adjutant General and Class 8
Quarter Master Goner. 40 Staff Assistant Surgeon 8
Deputy Adjt. General Purveyor to the. Hospi-
and Deputy Quarter tale
Master General
Dep. Ass. Adjt. Gen. and Dispenser of Medicines 6
Deputy Ass. Quarter Commis. Storekeepers,
Mas. General
Military Secretary l6 Issuers, Artificers,
Aide-de-Camp ....... 8 Printers, and Messen-
Brigade Major
Chaplain to the Forces... 16 Commis. Muleteers and
Deputy Judge Advocate 16 Labourers
Provost Marshal 8 Servants not Soldiers ... 1
Commissary General 4O,
Deputy Commissary Ge-
neral l6
Assist. Commissary Ge-
neral lO
Deputy Ass. Commissary
General
Inspector General of Hos-
pitals
Deputy Inspector Gener l6

CAVALRY, ROYAL ARTIL•
LERY, AND INFANTRY.

Field Officers
All other ranks
Staff Sergeant
N. C. Officers, rank and
file 1

DEATHS AT SCUTARI.

Since my last letter the burials have been--on
the 25th, 33 ; on the 26th, 27 ; on the 27th, 43,-
making a total of 103 in three days. The following
is the official return of names, ships bringing down
sick, ac., from the 25th to the 27th December :-
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN.
Private William Stagg, 7th Regt. diarrhcea, Dec. 23.
Private William Lindfield, Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade,
diarrhcea, Dec. 24.
Private Gilbert Johnson, Royal Artillery, dysentery,
Dec. 24.
Private Arthur Page, Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade, dysen-
tery, Dec. 24.
Private James Sims, 38th Regt., dysentery, Dec. 24.
Private John Reilly, 23d Regt. dysentery, Dec. 24.
Corporal Henry Williams, 7th Regt. diarrhma, Dec. 24.
Private Thomas Lawrence, 68th Regt., febris, Dec. 24.
Private Neal McGary, Royal Artillery, dysentery,
Dec. 24.
Corporal John Clark, Royal Artillery, dysentery,
Dec. 24.
Private Thomas Keelchen, 63d Regt., Dec. 25.
Private William Tatton, 28th Regt., scorbuta, Dec. 25.
Private Geo. Baker, Coldstream Gds., diarrhcea, Dec. 25.
Private Lewis Dudley, 42d Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. 24.
Private Patrick Healy, 20th Rcgt., diarrhcea, Dec. 24.
Private Henry Chamberlain, Gr. Gds., diarrbcea, Dec. 24.
Private William Andrews, Gr. Gds., diarrhoea, Dec. 24.
Private William Callertt, 23d Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. 24.
Private Thos. Bowe, 11th Hussars, morbis cord, Dec. 25.
Private Joseph Breedon, Royal Artillery, chronic diar-
rhoea, Dec. 26.
Private Thomas Boyde, 63d Regt., dysentery, Dec. 25.
Private George Robinson, let Royal Dragoons, dysen-
tery, Dec. 26.
ivate Thomas Reilly, 7th Foot, dysentery, Dec. 26.
Sergeant-Major Thos. Smith, Royal Artillery, dysentery,
Dec. 26.
Private James Pepper, Grenadier Guards, diarrhoea,
Dec. 26.
Private William Davison, Coldstream Guards, Dec. 26.
Private Patrick Daley, 88th Regt., dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private Henry Barrett, Coldstream Guards, febris
typhus, Dec. 26.
Private William Walters, 7th Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. 26.
Private Henry Pollard, 95th Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. 26.
Private James Cameron, let Regt., dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private J. Kollasher, 49th Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. 26.
Private James Brown, 49th Regt., dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private H. Marshall, Royal Artillery, dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private Stephen Shelton, 68th Regt., diarrhoea Dec. 26.
Private James Leary, lot Royals, diarrhoea, Dec. 26.
Private J. Baily, Royal Artillery, dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private Jas. Gordon, Royal Artillery, dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private William Gibbs, Coldstream Guards, diarrhoea,
Dec. 26. tl
Private John Smith, 47th Regt., Dec. 16.
Private Geo. Lawrence, 33d Regt., dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private Bern. 0' Leary, 63d Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. 26.
Private Mich. Sullivan, 41st Regt., dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private Mich. O'Leary, 21st Regt., dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private Francis Salter, 62d Regt., dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private Michael Healy, 63d Regt., dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private Ben. Midgley, 33d Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. 26.
Private William Vaughan, 38th Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. 26.
Private William Wear, Royal Artillery, febris, Dec. 26.
Private Enoch Dawson, Royal Artillery, contusion,
Dec. 26.

Private David Smith, Ist Royals, diarrhoea, Dec. 27.
Private James Mitchell, Scots _Fusilier Guards, diarrhoea,
Dec. 27.
Corporal John Sewell, Bth Hussars, ♦ulnus, Dec. 26.
Private Owen McLaughlin,2Bth Reg t.,dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private Robert Williams, Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade,
fracture, Dec. 26.
Private William Freeman, 7th Regt., dysentery, Dec. 27.
Private George Kettle, Royal Artillery, diarrhoea,
Dec. 27.
Private John Killing, 77th Regt., wounds, Dac. 27.
Private Henry Cooper, Coldstream Guards, scorlyatus,
Dec. 27.
Private Samuel French, Coldstream Guards, diarrhoea,
Dec. 27.

Private George Perry, Grenadier Guards, diarrhoea,
Dec. 27.
Corporal Patrick Riordan, 47th Regt., dysentery,
Dec. 26.