The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-07 00:00:00

barrack, and received for their support—the English 20
copecks (about Bd.) a day, and the Turks half that sum.
In the case of our own officers the allowance was 7;.-i copecks
daily. On this sum all were able to live comfortably, every
article of food being cheap—bread lcl. per lb., meat the
same, and'other items of dietary in a similar low propor-
tion. Many of the men, indeed, assure me that 10 copecks
a day geneially sufficed to feed them, and that the remain
der enabled them to indulge in a fair allowance of agree-
able extras-besides. In addition, however, to this ample
provision of the Government, the liberality of private in-
dividuals procured them many supplementary comforts,
and and more than one Voronetz " Miss Nightingale" minis-
tered, with all woman's assiduity and discriminating ten.
derness, to those of them who in any way needed more
than common care. At Rezan, a town about 200 miles
enorth of Voronetz, where some of them had previously
Leen located, several resident English ladies had been
especially liberal and attentive in this respect, supply-
ing them with very many additional comforts in the
way of underclothing, tea, and other adoucissernents of a
winter's captivity in Russia, beyond what the Govern-
ment allowance would have permitted. About a month,
however, before their departure from Veronetz for Odessa
a party of about 50 English deserters arrived at the former
town, and at once commenced a course of annoyance to
their countrymen, which led to the withdrawal from the
latter of the liberty they had previously enjoyed of free
movement about the town and neighbourhood. These de-
iserters were, of course, universally " cut" by the prisoners
—nor did they receive any of the kindnesses so liberally
bestowed upon the latter by the townspeople ; and to re-
Bent this the scoundrels availed themselves of every oppor-
tunity to abuse and otherwise annoy the captives. There
was, however, amongst them one remarkable exception,
whose case excited the merited pity of the prisoners, and
which deserves mention in print. The poor fellow had
been a colo"ur-sergeant in the 70th Regiment, and had been
led to commit the rash act of desertion by having lost the
regiment's money during a fit of drunkenness at Balaklava,
whither he had been sent by his colonel to receive it from
the commi sariat. Dreading the consequences of his mis-
conduct, and fearing that he would ba charged with hav-
ing stolen the lost cash, and punished accordingly, the poor
man deserted under cover of the darkness to Sebastopol,
-whence, after a short stay, he was sent on into the interior.
His wife and children are in London, and the unfortanato
fellow waspining away in broken-heartedness for the rash
act which he had committed, separating him for ever from
them as it did, and consigning him to deeply-felt disgrace
and wretchedness. In pity for the unhappy man's contri-
tion and misery, the prisoners invited him to share in their
games and other amusements ; hut no effort could induce
him to mix with any of them, or abate his self-approaches.
Shortly before the prisoners left Vcrouetz, the Russian
authorities offered to the whole of the deserters liberty to
return, if they choose, but all--with one exception, who
declared he would rather go and be shot by his country-
men than remain as he was—dechned availing them-
selves of the permission. The poor sergeant was strongly
urged by the prisoners to accompany them, encou-
raging him to hope that his case would be mercifully con-
sidered; but the wretched man's sense of the deep dis-
grace ho had brought upon himself would not lot him
yield to their urgent advice.
On the arrival of the whole party in Odessa, they were
lodged in barracks in the rear of the town, and treated
with kindness and liberality similar to what had already
been shown to them in the interior. Amongst the lady
philanthropists who here again came to add to their com-
forts was a resident Irish lady, who was unceasing in her
attentions, and from her own private roseurces and those
of charitable friends supplied them with many a creature
comfort. She was not, however, permitted to converse
with any of them iri English, and as Russian was beyond
their linguistic abiliti.s, she was therefore compelled to
give expression to her kindly sympathies in acts alone. In.
the name of every prisoner amongst them I say, " All
honour to her Irish heart !" and I only regret that the
men's ignorance of their benefactrees's name puts it out of
my power to make it known over the length and breadth
of Britain. I have only to add that new military great
coats, similar to those worn in the Russian army, were
served out at Odessa to all the men ; and other assistance
having been given to the non-commissioned and petty
officers to.replace their worn-out uniforms, the whole came
on board the Colombo in a state of physical and sartorial
" condition" that was in every way creditable to their

captors.
At Kinbourn, nothing has occurred during my absence
with Admiral Stewart is the bay. The Union Jack and
Tricolor continue to float together on the ramparts of the
captured fort, which is hell and sentinelled exclusively by
our allies. Since the despatch of my letter on the 19th I
have collected a batch of Gallic anecdotes connected with
the taking of the place which are both amusing and in-
structive, but I have not now time to put them into
readable .shape before the departure 'of the mail. I
may add, however, that the French troops are to occupy
the place during the winter, our quota of the garrison
being limited to a small party of sappers under an engineer
officer. The French are already busy in repairing the in-
juries done to the ramparts by the bombardment, and in
a few days will have made it much stronger than before
its fall.

RANK AND NAMES OF THE ENGLISH
PRISONERS OF WAR
EXCHANGED AT ODESSA ON THE 21ST OF OCTOBER,

Lieut. James, Royal Engineers ; Mr. Ochevaine (mate),
Royal Navy; Sergeant-Major Francis O'Neill, 44th Regi-
ment ; Privates Joseph Chapman and Dennis Driscoll, 4th
Dragoon Guards ; Trumpet Major Hugh Crawford, Cor-
poral Joseph Armstrong, Privates Jas. Bagshaw, Jas.
Bolton, ttobt. Farquharson, Chas. Fredericks, Thos. King,
Thos. Lucas, Mich. O'Brien, and Samuel Parkes, 4th
Light Dragoons ; John Bevan, Wm. Bird, Patrick Horan,
and Richd. Palfryman, Bth Hussars ; John Dryden,
Natkn Henry, Henry Parker, and Wm. Pilkington, 11th
Hussars; Troop Sergeant-Majors John Linkon and Geo.
Smith, Sergeant H. Alderson, Privates Geo. Cooper, Ed-
ward Hanlan, Amos Harris, John M`Cann, and Charles
Warren, 13th Light Dragoons ; Jas. M'Allister, Thomas
Marshall, and Jas. Wightman, 17th Lancers; Alex. Wil-
ley, Royal artillery; Edward Whitfield, Grenadier Guards;
Jas. Kirby, Coldstream Gnarls; Corporal Thos. Edwards,
Privates Robt. Hogue, Thos. Belson, Terrence Lynch,
Atkinson Nettleton, and Jas. Walsh, 7th Foot; Patrick
Murray, 20th Foot ; Sergeant G. Newman, Corporal W.
Hill, Privates Richd. Clarke, Geo. Cumbers, Jno. Crook,
Jno. Gettings, Wm. Lancaster, Edward Mandeville, W.
Macdonald, Jas. Wilkinson, Charles Williams, and
John Birch, 231 Fcot ; Sergeant Thomas Shaw, 30th
Foot; Privates W. Paradise, and Sam. Smith, 331 Foot ;
John M'Carthy and Michael Phillips, 41st Foot; Alexander
M`Kenzie, 42d Foot; John Maypole, 46th Foot ; Dennis
M'Donald and George Smith, 47th Foot ; Sergeant John
S'irrno, 49th Foot.; Corportl John Courtney, Privates
John Call Than, Thomas Corcoran, Elward Haitigan, Jas.
Howetb, and Patrick Thorno=ou, 50,1 Foot ; Martin G?.l-
- Michael Mahoney, ThC)s. Osborne, Jeremiah Reddy,
and Wrn. Sullivan, 55th Font ; Sergeant Jas. Connolly
and Private Hugh King, 57th Foot ; Sergeant Wm. Cooper,
P, ivates Win. Adams, Jas. Bywatert_John Clarke, John
.L aur,,uson, St-Then Playas, and Jas. .11-anaoh,lsBtlFcol-;
Christopher Border and Jas. Maguire, nth*Font • PatriCk
Delaney, John Drury, George Littlefield Tho; Packer
and Thos. Ponton, 97th Foot ; Thos. O'Brien, BSli Foot •
Colour Sergeant George Noseley, Rifle Brigade • B t
s-
wit in of U.M.S. gun-boat Wrangler; Sailors John Cam
Zell and John Thireon, Royal Navy ; Boatswain. JohnSailorsFrederick Appleton, \Vm Barrett, Wm.
Beth, Auguntus Dellart, Henry fore, Wei, Finch, Jame,
Flowers, Arthur Franks, Joseph Harris, 'rhos. riandeock.
.1.
John Houselopp, John Sinnifer, John 11‘Canqua, John
Jas. Page, George Phillips, John Richardson, Chas.
Rivers, JOSepg Sharper, Daniel Sheehan, Henry Shippy,
John Stephens, Thos. Sugden, Jas. Wey' Edward Wel:s,
Chas. Watkins, Augustus Sellma, A. Cooper, yer,„
Manuel, John Seciema,
S ifferinzia, J. Pamietta, and
Manuel Pclegrina, Transport Service.

SIR-WILLIAM CODRINGTON VERSUS SIR
COLIN CAMPBELL.

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The following letter has b een .
- Sir—Efavlrig been for addressed Teeny
to tcie ed tor
of the Morning Ilerald : , .
years a constant reader of the No; lung
Herald, and ob-
served how justly it always censures the a
ine)mpe.tent persons to important posts, Illointment of
would
choice,
beg to
ff o r through your columns a few words on the
said to have been made of a new commander for ousr.
army in the East. The person chosen having passed
more than 30 years of his military life without any ser-
vice beyond mounting guard at St. James's Palace, aria
attending an occasional review in Hyde park, went
out to Turkey about a year since. Having had the
interest. of the late Lord Raglan he was appointed to the
command of a brigade, subsequently to that of a divi-
sion; and now be is said to have been chosen to corn-
mel(' the entire army, after just one year's forein ser-
vice. This /omelet, i, S:r William Codrington. g
wa The penrson rlected his acquired experience in active
warfare i almost every part of the globe, from the time
that he gained his company by leading a forlorn hope
till he comma nded a division in our last great battles in
Indio. He went with our army, and has never left it
he enjoys good health, hag
ine)) its arrival in Turkey ;
o sound constitution, is waive, poFoe?sing great Erinnees
proverbially cairn and collected in
(:1 cbara,Aer, and is
the tnidst of the greatest danger. This parson is Sir
e
hCampbell.The brilliant deed
Colin
,s of Sir Cohn and
his-llioblauders in the Crimea must be fresh in the tri--
ivory of most people.
lAt the Alma, when he made thatc
beautiful, advance on the enemy's position, which elicited
the admiration of the army ; at Balaklava, when he ra-
pulsed the Russian caairy
with his line of infantry ;
the perilous march whichY 'he made up to the enemy's
Pillion during a terrific snow
storm, for which he re.
celved the special commendation of her Majesty ;—these
alone would be sufficient proofs of talent and determined
resolution. They could be vastly multiplied by his deeds
in other lands.
Considering that Sir Colin Campbell is a
much senior
officer in the array to Sir William Codrington, and that
m
ilufmg
a long and distinguished service he has always
et with the approbation of his Sovereign, it appears
ai;nost, incredible that he should be passed over by a
jenier °racer ),f only one year's military experience, and
that acquired when cooped up before Sebastopol, where
the various duties and al/Oil in the Movements of an a-713V in the fold could not have been learnt. but without
aviiioh koowle,ige in its* chief the hencur and safety of
an army roe-t ever be in the greatest peril.
ass
s,
_.
~, . —I. lava the Lemur Wow, Sir,-
ir,or most ohelient servant,
AN OLD SOLDIER.

Nov. 6,