The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-06 00:00:00

:VFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM FIELD-
MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN.

RAGLAN,

Enclosure I.

Royal Albert, off Sebastopol, May 10.
My Lord,--I have the honour to enclose for your Excel-
lency's infozmation copy of a letter from Commander
Priest of tha Himalaya, calling my attention to the praise-
worthy exe.rtiol is of Captain Gell, of the Honourable East
India Company's service, and as her Majesty's Consul at
Alexandria, and Colonel Pole, of the 12th Lancers, both
bear testimony to this officer's valuable services, I shall
feel greP.tly obliged if your Excellency will have the good-
ness to bring his conduct under favourable consideration
in the proper quarter.

I have, &0.,
(Signed) E. LYONS,
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
His Excelleacy Field-Marshal Lord
Raglan, 0.C.8., &0., &c.

Enclosure 2.
Her Majesty's Steam vessel Himalaya,
Karatch, May 7, 1855.
Sir,—l trust that you will not think me presuming if I
endeavour to plaice before you some of the merits of Cap-
tain Gell, Honourable East India Company, the Deputy
Assistant Quartermaster-General, conducting the transit
of the 10th and 12th Regiments of Cavalry through Egypt,
and superintending their embarkation.

Colonels Pole :and Parlby are more capable than I can
be of bearing testimony to his services, but I beg to add
my witness to the zeal, great energy, and consummate tact,
by which ho obtained a maximum of work from a people
notoriously inert, and thus made my portion of the em-
barkation very simple : that no casualty of any kind has
occurred in getting them from the shore into pontoons and
alongside the several ships more than 1,000 horses, is at-
tribatable to his foresight and prudence. I respectfully
submit that it may prove advantageous to his service if
his exertions be brought to the notice of Lord Raglan.
I have, &c.,
BEN. P. PRIEST,
Commander.
Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Lyons, Bart., G.C.8.,
Commander-in-Chief.

(Signed)

Before Sebastopol, May 22, 1855.
My Lord,—l have the honour to lay before your Lord-
ship the copy of a letter, which I received a short time
ago from the Hon. Algernon Egerton and Mr. Thomas
Tower, who succeeded Mr. Jervoise Smith and Mr. Glyn
in the duty of distributing all that was sent out by the
Crimean Fund for the use of the British Army.
I cannot speak too highly of the exertions of all these
gentlemen. Their courtesy, their kindness of heart, and
their unceasing desire to gratify the wishes of all, are
above all I can say in their favour; and they carry with
them the grateful acknowledgments of every officer and
man, who are equally anxious with myself to bear the
amplest testimoiy to the manner in which they have ful-
filled their oneroas task, despite of fatigue, weather, and
every possible inconvenience..

I have, &c.,

RAGLAN,

The Lord Panmure, &c., &c.

Enclosure.

Kadikoi, May 8, 18"i5.
Crimean Army Fund Agency.
My Lord,—We have the ho lour to report to your lord-
ship the operations of the " Crimean Army Fund," of
which we are honorary representatives in the Crimea,
have now closed.

In announcing this officially to your lordship we beg to
express the hope that our endeavours to carry out the
thoughtful and generous intentions of that association to-
wards our noble and gallant countrymen in the Crimea
have in some slight degree promoted the public service,
and have not interfered in any respect prejudicially to the
organisation of an army which we so love and admire.
We cannot conclude our mission without thanking your
lordship, the Quartermaster-General, and the authorities,
for the kind countenance and support which we have re-
ceived from the very commencement to the termination of
our difficult bu., most grateful task.

Your lordship will allow us to speak most highly of the
Quartermasters of regiments with whom we have been
thrown in such frequent contact. —We have, Sze.
(Signed) ALGERNON EGERTON.
THOMAS TOWER.
To Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, G.C.8.,
Commanding-in-Chief.

(Prom last Night's Gazette.)
WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY 5.
Lors. Panmure has this day received two despatches and
their et 'closures, of which the following are copies, ad-
dressed to his lordship by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan,
G.C.B.

Before Sebastopol, May 22.
My Lord,—Adverting to my despatch No. 251, of the
14th April, I tit() myself the honour to lay before your
Lordship the o, opy of a letter which I have received from
Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, with its enclosures from
Commander PI dest, of the Himalaya, hearing testimony to
the exertions a nd valuable services of Captain Gell, of the
East India Cc ,mpany's Service, Acting Quartermaster-
General in corto lucting the 10th Hussars and 12th Lancers
through Egypt, and in superintending the embarkation of
those regimen is at Alexandria.
I have, &a.,
The Lord P anmure, &c.