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

THE MILITIA REGIMENT&

It is intended to call out the whole of the Militia re-
aiments of the United Kingdom, including the entire
Irish as well as Scotch Militias. Already 64 English
and Welsh regiments are embodied, and 16 gore are
ordered out, making 80 out of the 100 of England and
Wales. The remaining 20 will make the last batch.
The number of men authorised by Parliament for thin
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, 80,000 can be got together, it will be an outside
number. Some 15,000 of the better prepared Mi-
litia regiments will garrison the Mediterranean colo-
nies, requiring a fourth more to remain at home for the
purpose of depots and keeping up the fore. abroad. Thus
21,000 are provided for. The remaining 60,000 will be
required for home duty, in conjunction with the depot.
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, in fact, than the wan oan
be procured. In the military colonies of Malta, Gibrab
tar, and Corfu, the Militia regiments will do the gird-
son duty. At Malta, in addition, it is intended to have
a reserve force of regulars in training, and ready for ins•
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 INKERMAX.

(From tlte Illustrated London Naos.)

Sebastopol lay shrouded
In the thick Norember gloom,
And through the midnight 'Reno'
The guns had ceased to boom.
The sentinel outworn
In watching for the morn,
From Balaklaya's heights,
Beheld the Russian lights,
In the cloie-beleaguered fortress far adown ;
And heard a sound of bells
Wafted upwards through tie dells,
And a roar of mingling yoices and of anthems from the town.

They prayed the God of Justice
To aid them 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 line,
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
drawls
Stealthily and darkly,
Amid the rain and sleet,- -
No trumpet-call resounding,
Ner drums' tempestuous beat ;
But shadow-like, and slow,

Came the legion; of the foe,
Moving dimly up the steep,
Where the British Camp, asleep,
Lay unconscious of the danger lurking near ;
And the soldier, breathing hard,
On the cold and sodden sward,
Dreamed of victory and glory, or of home and England dear.

Hark ! Heard ye not a rumbling
On the misty morning air—
Like the rush •f rising tempests
When they shake the forest bare ?
The outposts on the hill
Hear it close, and closer still.
'Tis the tramp of iron heels,
'Tie the crash of cannon wheels.
And " To arms !" " to arms !" " to arms !" is the cry.
"'Tis the Russians on our flank !
Up, and arm melt British rank !
And meet them, ,gallant Guardsmen, to conquer or to die."

Men rose the loud alumni
With a hurricane of sound,
And from short uneasy slumber
Sprang each hero from the ground ;
Sprang each horseman to his steed,
Ready saddled for his need ;
Sprang each soldier to his place,
With a Ftern, determined lace ;
While the rousing drum and bugle echoed far,
And the crack of rifles rung,
And the cannon found a tongue,
And down upon then► bursting came the avalanche of war.

VI.
h e heart Death
that day
Through the cold and foggy darkness
Sped the rocket's fiery breath,
And the light of rapid volleys,
Butlneacha
English of Living
Throbbed impetuous for the fray,
And our hosts undaunted stood
Beating back the raging flood—
That came pouring from the valley, like a sea,
Casting havoc on the shore,
With a dull and sullen roar,—
Tho thundercloud above it and the lightning flashisg free.
On darkness grow the daylight,
'Mid the loud incessant peal ;
On the daylight followed noontide,
And they struggled steel to steel !
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 yo held and raised them all in your dauntless hearts
and hands !

VIII.
For a moment, and the one only,
Seemed the Russians to prevail :
0 brave 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 aro 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 sterm of battle,
With a new and wild uproar !
Beam out, thou flag of England,
With thy sister tricolor !
For, fighting side by aide,
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 done;
And their star of glory burns
And the tide of battle turns,
And the beaten Russians fly, and the victory is won.

Thus fourteen thousand freemen,
Invincible in right,
Defeated seventy thousand,
In fierce unequal fight !
Thus Thermopy,ho of old
And its ►non of Titan mould
Were surpassed, at duty's call,
By the Briton and the Gaul ;
(➢lay the splendour of their friendship never wane!)
By the men who fighting fell
With Cathcart and Lourtnel,
Or lived with placid Raglan, avengers of the slain.
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Anti as long as France and England
Shall give birth to manlike men,
Their deeds shall be remembered
Should the battle burst again ;
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,—
Let us tell with generous pride
How our heroes fought and died, "
And saved a threatened world oa the heights of Inkerman
CIARLZEI MACKAY.

INCREASE OF THE MINES.—The gold mines continue
to extend ; at present there are fourteen, seven of which
have been discovered this year, and at Ballarat a nu get
has just been found weighing 98 lbs., valued at shout
6,0001. ; the lucky diggers a few days since fined an-
other of 12,0001. worth of small nuggets, but only a4ter
having sunk a shaft of 133 feet deep. The discovery of
new gold fields is hailed as a piece of good fortune for
the colony. Of these, two have again been discovered,
the Sandy Creek and the Snowy Creek diggings,, not Ur
from the ovens, and tends to strengthen the argument
of many, which has been reiterated on various public
occasions, that there is sufficient gold for another two
hundred years.— A ust ralian and New Zealand Gazette.
IRON HOUSES FOR TUN CRIMEA.--We understand that
also
our late enterprising fellow-citizen, Mr. Samuel Hem-
ming, has received orders from the Government at his
establishment at Bow, where be has removed from Clift-
house, for the immediate construction of stabling for
2, to be delivered within three
weeks.fo
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