The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-21 00:00:00

Gr, JULY 21, 1855.

the movements, or conktant ingresS and egress,
which characterise the 'fgriinary encampments of
troops. There can be bht one other explanation
of their remarkably desectod appearance ; if they
are not occupied by sick!and wounded, they are in
a great measure empty, 'and have been left stand-
ing for some purpose of lieception.
There has been a cessation of the arrival of the
immense convoys which Osed to he Seen of carts
conveying sacks apparently of grain. The two
hugo pyramidal heaps 4ich. were collected below
the Star Fort have disapkared. •
The increase in the siyp of the graveyard, just
in rear of the 12-gun battery, on the rerge of the
opposite cliff, is becoming very remarable. This
cemetery is placed at 'no
,grpat distance from
several of the large encampments-Of square tents,
which have been supposed to be ambulance
establishments. The part recently formed is
readily discerned and distinguished _ from the
older part of the cemeteT . The former is com-
posed of immense moun •of•dark-colpoured earth,
at the eastern of which can always ibe seen the
opening -of a large pit: The latter is made
up of sipgle graves, eac4 , Waring a ;small cross
of black or white wood. i,.• The large mounds are
without crosses. At one pqrt of the receintly-formed
cemetery is an enclosed g ' ve of some pretension.
Through the palings whit and it on each side
can be seen two white 'eats, probably stone
tablets, one at each end, .end of different sizes.
The recent part of the cemtleery'fiow occupies nearly
half the extent of the older portion. Every morn-
ing a fatigue party,of soldiers arrives ati this grave-
field, thomen pile their arnast take off their coats,
and set to work in forming one large pit or excava-
tion. The same party appears to remain all day.
Burials are frequent, and occur at all hours. The
new part is extending up a gentle incline, and
stretching in an easterly direction. At the western
end a road passes, so that the cemetery could not
be prolonged in that direction without interfering
with it.
A severe casualty occurred this evening among
some men belonging to the 2d battalion of the
Rifle Brigade. It was caused by the discharge of
I a single gun from the enemy, and perhaps this in-
stance affords an example of the greatest number
of injuries inflicted by such means during the siege.
A body of men of this regiment were returning
from the Quarry, and had arrived at part of a trench
which for a short distance is exposed to an enfilad-
ing fire. The Russians must have observed them
and fired. Some of the men said that only around
shot was discharged ; others that both a round shot
and shell were discharged at the same moment.
The missile, whatever its nature, took fatal effect,
for no less than 16 men were killed and wounded.
Two were killed on the spot, and three subse-
quently died from the effects of their 'wounds.
Some of the injuries were comparatively trifling.
The Russians also fired at a party of men belonging
to one of the Highland regiments, who imprudently
showed themselves on the open ground above the
21-run battery, as they _ were returning from the
trenches. Their object was merely to effect a short
saving in distance,_by returning to camp in a more
direct line than that of the covered way, but this
proceeding is highly reprehensible. It not only.ex-
poses the men themselves to needless risk, but
also serves to point out to the enemy the time at
which they had been relieved. The Russians fired
two or three shots against the party, all of which
ricochetted, after striking the ground, but no
casualty occurred.
Lieut. E. Remonard James, of the Royal En-
gineers, wai last night engaged with a working
party in part of the quarries. The position was very
exposed. The men were busy at their work, and
Lieutenant James, leaving them, went forward to-
wards the Russian works to reconnoitre. He did
not return, but the men, being intent on their
occupation, did not for a considerable time notice
his absence. When at last it was observed, and
the officer could not be found, it was surmised that
he might perhaps have retured to camp on some
account, and the Sappers came back without him.
No tidings have been heard all day, and there is
little doubt that lie was quietly taken prisoner by
some advanced Russian picker. A further search
is to be made to-bight, in case he has been unable,
to return in consequence of being wounded.
During last night there was rain' of very great
violence, and there were ocdeional showers this
morning, but the weather cieared towards the
afternoon, and the night is nor fine and dry.
JULY 4.—The enemy threw-a great quantity of
grape and shells in the supposed direction of our
working parties last night. An active fire was
kept up from the batteries, chiefly of shell, agains
the Rodan and Malakhoff works.

The heightening of the parapets in front of the
Malakhoff is progressing fast. The French covered
approach, which is being advanced in the direction
of the Ai ala.khoff, also seems to have made a good
start last night.

Nothing was discovered respecting Lieut. James,
R.E., and little, if any, doubt exists respecting his
being in the hands of the Russians.
A very sharp fire wag maintained towards sunset
from the batteries on both sides. The enemy does
not exhibit any want of ammunition. The French
works on the east of Careening Bay have been ex-
posed to a frequent fire during the whole day from
the guns on the north side, and from the Russian
batteries on the west side of the port.
Major-General Codrington, who has been absent
on account of ill-health has sufficiently recovered
to return to camp, and resume the duties of the
command of the Light Division.
The day has been fine and dry.
JULY s.—The uaual firing against the working
parties, and shelling on both sides, occurred during
the night. _ _

Th(3—fire has been chiefly directed against the
works of our allies in progress on the east side of
Careening Bay. The 12-gun battery on the north
side has kept up a persevering fire in this direc-
tion. Fort Constantine has also fired frequently
from some mortars placed on the roof. The charge
given must be very heavy, as the shells have to pass
across, the mouth of the harbour, and over the
Alexander Fort and other works, to reach the
French approaches against which the missiles are
directed.

The transport of gabions, the arrival and depar-
ture of working parties, near the outworks of the
Star Fort, the frequent burials, and other move-
ments on the north side, continue as previously
noticed. A body of troops was observed to march
from the entrenched camp on the heights north of
Inkerman this morning ; they moved in an easterly
direction. No change in position is said to have
occurred among the Sardinian troops of Tchorgoun,
or in the force occupying Baidar.
The day has been fine and clear. The tempera-
ture has again become very high, but has been
moderated by a cool breeze from the north-west.
JULY 6.—A sharp musketry fire occurred on the
left about half-past 11 o'clock last night, but was
of brief duration.

Captain Alexander Gordon, of the Royal Artil-
lery, was killed yesterday evening in an advanced
battery of the right attack. He came out from
England in charge of troop-horses, and, after his
arrival in the Crimea, asked permission to remain
for a short time to do duty in the batteries. His
request was acceded to ; but his services being re-
quired at Woolwich, he was about to return in a
few days. When his death occurred, he was just
leaving the works. The enemy had been annoying
one of our working parties, and a message was sent
to Captain Gordon, to request him to open some
.guns upon the Russians, for the purpose of direct-
ng their fire towards his own battery. This' was
successfully accomplished. Suddenly Capt. Gordon
observed a large shell coming towards the spot
men to shelter
where he and some of his men were, and he had
themselves.barely
hihimself
steol f
warn
appearsthe
to
have felt a
momentary hesitation as to the side of the traverse
on which the missile was falling, and thus lost the
standingopportunity otfh obtaining bsthining
a shell struckp rottehe
ctiosnide of the head,
protection. While he was
and he was killed instantaneously. The shell
lodged near him and burst. No one else was in-
jured ; the men had thrown themselves on the
ground, and were safely undercover of the tra-
verse, immediately after receiving warning of their
danger. Captain Gordon was a valuable officer,
and had acted as adjutant at Woolwich.

The heat has been very intense, and the atmos-
phere close, all day. Heavy masses of dark clouds
have been hovering over the mountains, and the
roll of thunder has been heard occasionally. One
or two slight showers of rain have fallen in camp.
JULY 7.—The fire from the batteries was parti-
cularly active during the early part of last night.
As usual, it consisted chiefly of mortar-practice,
excepting in front, where the working parties
were employed, and against whom grape, as well
as shell, is constantly used.

It is said that the result of two years' working of
omnibuses between the Euston station and the City, as
also to and from the west-end, does not yield au ave-
rage of four persons per trip, and that the duty, being
20 per cent, of the receipts, is, therefore, a great hard-
ship,

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST ,NIGHT.

CROWN.OFFICE, JULY is.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE: IN TUE PRESENT PARLIA-
MENT.
County of Norfolk--Eastern Division—Henry Josias
Stracey, of Rackheath, in the county of Norfolk, Esq., in
the room of Edmond Wodehouee, Esq., who has aecepted
the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds.
WAR-CreFICR, JULY 20.
Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Serjeant-Major John
Bradbury to be Quartermaster, vice Smith, appointed
Paymaster.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Brevet-Major George
Robert Barker to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Crofton,
seconded on appointment to the Turkish Contingent ;
Second Captain Thomas Walter Milward to be Captain,
vice Barker ; Lieutenant Murray Fraser Ferrers, from half-
pay, to be Second Captain, vice Milward ; Lieutenant
Robert Boyle to be Second Captain, vice Ferrers, placed
on half-pay ; Brevet-Major Peter I'ickmore Faddy to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Dacres, removed as a General
Officer ; Brevet-Major Henry Lowther Chermaide to be
Captain, vice Faddy; Lieutenant Lambert Henry Denue
to be Second Captain, vice Chermside ; Lieutenant. Gl3o.
Malcolm Pasley to be Second Captain, vice Savage, de-
ceased.
To be Veterinary Surgeons—Edwin Harrison, Gent.;
James Cleavland, Gent. ;Davld Hinge Gent., vice Spar-
row, whose promotion has been cancelled. •
Corps of Royal
,Engineers—Lieutenant Edward Nicholas
Heygate to be Second I' taro, vice Dawson, killed before
Sebastopol; Colonel : rd Matson.to be Deputy-Adju-
tant-General; Second 'Lain Fitzroy Molyneux, Henry
Somerset to be Captain, vice Jesse, killed before &baste.
pol ; Lieutenant George Hamilton Gordon, to be Second
Captain, vice Somerset.
Grenadier Guards—Captain Thomas Harvey Bramston,
from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant and Captain, by
purchase, vice Hatton, promoted ; - Captain Richard L.
Otway Pearson, from the 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant and
Captain by purchase, vice Sir James Fergusson, Bart.,.
who retires; John Julius Johnstone, Gent., to be Ensign
and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hamilton, promoted.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Henry George Thomson, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase.
2d Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Henry John
Evans, Gent., vice Hobson, promoted ; Alexander Henry
Haldane, Gent., vice John, promoted.
3d Foot—The name of the Ensign appointed on the 12th
May, 1855, is Francis Nathaniel Astley.
4th Foot—Ensign C. T. Wilson to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Robinson, who retires; William Romilly,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilson, promoted ;
Rolad Davies, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase.
7th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Cornelius
George O'Brien, Gent., vice McAdam, promoted ; Henry
Edmund William Rumbold, Gent., vice Elwes, pro-
moted.
Bth Foot—Captain William Inge, from half-pay -Unat-
tached, to be Captain (repaying the difference), vice Brevet-
Major Speedy, who exchanges; Lieutenant S. C. Craster to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Inge, who retires ; Ensign
F. B. McCrea to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stewards,
who retires ' • Lieutenant George Fuller Walker to be Ad-
jutant, vice Cobbe, who resigns the Adjutantcy only.
9th Foot—William James Massy, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Marshall, appointed to the 68th
Foot.
10th Foot—Ensign St. A. B. St. John to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase', vice Ensor, deceased ; Carteret
Andrew Armstrong, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice St. John, promoted.
13th Foot—Ensign Aubrey Howgell, from the Louth
Rifle Regiment of Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase.
17th Foot—Robert Win. Torre, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Parker, promoted,
18th Foot—Ensign Arthur Kay, from the Armagh Mi-
litia, to be Ensign, without purchase.
21st Foot—Francis William Hamilton, Gent., to be En-
sign. without purchase.
23d Foot—Ensign A. L. Tobin to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Mostyn, promoted ; Ensign. William Ro-
milly, from the 4th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Beck, pro-
moted; Wriottesley Augustus Fitzß.oy, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase.
28th Foot—Lieutenant S. Ramadge to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Brevet-Major Wakefield, who retires
upon full pay; Ensign H. Thackwray to, be Lieutenant,
without purchase; vic.eltainadge. To be Ensigns, without
purchase—Alexander Hupifrey, Gent., vice Thackwray,
promoted; Thomas Horuiblow, Gent., vice Emerson, pro-
moted.
31st Foot—Lieutenant Charles Anderson, from the 96th
Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Spence, pro-
moted ; Lieutenant C. K. Pearson to be Adjutant, vice
Attroe, promoted. To be Ensigns, without purchase—
William Hill James, Gent. ; Denison Montagu M. Inge,
Gent.
33d Foot—William Coxon, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase. The commission of Brevet-Major Donovan, as
Major in the Army, to bear date July 17, in lieu of the
16th inst., as previously stated.
34th Foot— Eusigu Julius D. Laurie to be Lieutenant,
without purchase ; Ensign George Malcolm, from the 97th
Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase ; Ensign Jae. Win.
Leech, from the Queen's Own Royal Regiment Dublin
City Militia, to bo Ensign, without purchase; Bertio Shiff-
ner, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Watson,
Trap:toted ; Francis Wood,•Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Harris, promoted ; Robert Paterson Fox,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Lampen, pro-
moted,
37th Foot—Surgeon James Wm. Fleming to be Sur-
geon, vice Cameron, promoted on the Staff.
38th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Arthur
Coleman Hallowes, Gent., vice Belfield, promoted ; Win
Henry Russell Slcey, Gent., vice Wilkie, promoted; Win
Duff Pereira, Gent.

H 44th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Lieute-
nant Thomas Gash, from the Cork City Militia Artillery,
vice Raymond, promoted ; Lieutenant Henry Leake, from
the 2d Warwick Militia ; Ensign Joshua Paul Barker,
from the Armagh Militia, vice Pigott, promoted.
48th Foot—Captain Francis Augustus Gould, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Captain, without purchase.
50th Foot—Ensign C. F. Young to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase; Serjeant Huntley Gordon, from the Scots
Fusilier Guards, to be Ensign, ,without purchase, and Ad-
jutant, vice Thompson, who resigns the Adjutanlcy only ;
Henry A. Meyer, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchass, vice
Hudson, promoted.
52d Foot—Lieutenant the Honourable D. J. Monson to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Du Tre Stronge, who re-
tires.
55th Foot—Lieutenant E. F. Twysden to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Marsh, who retires.
56th Foot—Eusigu G. S. Gubbins, from the 37th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, without purchase.
57th Foot—Captain R. A. Logan to be Major, without
purchase, vice Street, promoted. To be Captains, with-
out, purchase—Captain John Alex. Mackey, from half-pay
of the 59th Foot, vice Frederick Gordon Stewart, who ex-
changes ; Lieutenant C. Venables, vice Logan ; Lieutenant
J H. Buller, vice Norman, deceased. To be Lieutenants,
without purchase—Ensign and Adjutant G. R. Waugh,
vice Venables; Ensign B. C. Bayntun, vice Buller. To
be Ensigns, without purchase —Henry Francis Emly,
Gent., vice Bayntun, promoted ; Walter Do Warrenne
Waller, Gent., vice Chanter, promoted.
59th Foot —Henry Edward Harrow, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Moore, appointed to the 88th
Foot.

60th Foot—Janies Keiro Watson, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Hogg, who resigns.
66th Foot—Ensign John Baring Short to bo Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice Charles Augustus Shortt, whose
promotion by purchase on the Bth June, 1855, has been
cancelled. The name of the Ensign appointed on the 14th
May, 1855, is Edmund W. Fetherston, and not Fether-
stone, as previously stated.
67th Foot—To be Ensign, without purchase—Loftus
Reade, Gent., vice Luard, appointed to the 9th Foot.
68th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Cope Hardy, from the
Armagh Militia.

75th Foot—Ensign W. C. Justice to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Mason, promoted by purchase to an Unat-
tached Company.
77th Foot—Charles Christopher Willoughby, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Butts, promoted.
79th Foot—Ensign E. Ganine to be Lieutenant, without
purchase.
82d Foot—Lieutenant A. E. Warren to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Boxer, who retires ; Ensign H. D. Marsh
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Warren.
83d Foot--Ensign Julian Wakefield to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Alcock, who retires.
84th Foot—Lieutenant T. Horan to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Madigan, deceased.
89th Foot—Robert G. Newbigging, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Drage, promoted.
91st Foot•—Herbert Plunkett Burke, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Macpherson, promoted.
93d Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—George
Forbes Robinson, Gent., vice E. S. Wood, promoted;
James Carnegy Savage, Gent., vice Losack, promoted.
94th Foot—Captain James Mason, from half-pay, Un-
attached, to be Captain, vice Maclean, who exchanges.
96th Foot—Ensign J. R. Day to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Anderson, promoted in the 31st Foot.
97th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Wheatley Barbor, from
the Renfrew Militia to be Ensign, without purchase.
Rifle Brigade To be Ensigns, without purchase—
Frederick Ames, Gent., Edward Palmer, Gent.
Cape Mounted Rifles—William Nicolson, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Martin, promoted in the
48th Foot.

Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—To be Ensigns, with-
out purchase.—William Pitt Butts, Gent., vice Douglas,
promoted in the 411 Foot; Philip Charles Coffin Savage,
Gent., vice Tayler, promoted in the 9th Foot.
British Foreign Legion—First Jager Corps.—Major
Augustus Schroer, of the Ist Light Infantry Battalion, to
be Major-Commandant, with temporary rank, vice Eick-
stadt, whose appointment has not taken place.
2d Light Infantry Battalion—To be Majors, with tem-
porary rank—James Bathurst, Esq., formerly of the Cold-
stream Guards ; Frederic C. C. Von Wencke, Esq.
Depot at Shorncliffe—Lieutenant Charles Mills, 98th
Foot, to be Depot Adjutant.
Depot at Heligoland—Ernst Hoffman to be Depot Adju-
tant, with the rank of Captain ; John Addison to be Staff-
Quartermaster, vice Miles, resigned.
BRITISH SWISS LEGION.--ISt Light Infantry Regiment
—James Wray, of the Victoria Rifles, to be Paymaster.
UNATTACHED.—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Hon. James
Lyon Browne, of the 21st Foot, to have his Brevet con-
verted into substantive rank, under the Royal Warrant.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
Senior Surgeon James Edmund Williams, from the Ord-
nance Medical Department, to be Deputy-Inspector-General
of Hospitals.
To be Staff-Surgeons of the First Class—Surgeon John
Chas. Cameron' M.D., from the 37th Foot ; Senior Surgeon
Stewart Chisholm, from half-pay of the Ordnance Medical
Department ; Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class William
Sall, M.D.
To be Staff-Surgeons of the Second Class—Assistant-
Surgeon Henry Day Fowler, from the Bth Foot, viva Stu,
promoted; Assist.-Surgeon Philip Splane Warren!, 3".*
from the Ordnance Medical Department; Assist:• surgeon
Daniel John Doherty, from the 72d Foot; Assist.-Surgeon
William Perry, from the Ordnance Medical Department;
Staff Assist.-Surgeon Wm. Thomas Black; Staff Assist.-
Surgeon John Rambaut ; Assist.-Surgeon Thomas Rhys,
from the Ordnance Medical Department.
The appointment of Frederick Harrington Bjetti MiDet