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The Fairy, Royal yacht, Captain tie Hon. Joseph
Denman, will embark the Queen and Ccurt at 2 o'clock
this afternoon from Osborne, and convoy them to Gos-
port en route to London. On Tuesday she conveyed
Prince Albert, Captain Denman, and )tber officers, to
Sconce Point, when the Prince inspected the new Vic-
toria Fort at that spot. The new yacht Victoria and
Albert is so far completed in ber mac'rinery that it is
anticipated she will be ready for a preliminary trial in a
fortnight. The Imperieuee, 51, Captain Watson, C. 8.,
was docked yesterday at Portsmouth to' repair the da-
mages sustained in her collision with the Tartar. Every
-xertion will be used to refit her, and get her back to
the Baltic. Captain Yelverton, of the Arrogant,
16, is senior officer of the flying squadron, during
ner absence. The new great three-decker, Marl-
i)nrough, 131, building at Portsmouth, is in course of
preparation for launching. Her external fittings ne-
cessary for that event are almost finished. The cradle
for her launch is in a forward state, and the neigh-
bourhood of the entrance from the building slip to the
harbour is being strengthened by wooden piles. The
Royal Sovereign, 120, ordered to be built as a sailing
ship in an adjoining shed to the Marlborough, is to be
forthwith adapted to the screw. Shipwrights have
commenced removing the stern framework of the hull,
which.will be altered to suit her new character imme-
,liatery 'after the launch of the Marlborough. The Shan-
non, new 60-gun frigate, is also in progress at Ports-
mouth Dockyard, but more bands will speedily be put
upon her to expedite her for launching, The Sampson,
6, paddle steam-frigate, has new boilers ready for ber,
and is in course of refit in No. 3 dock, but not so expe-
ditiously as if wanted for immediate service. The Britan-
nia, 120, fitting as a hospital ship for military invalids at
Portsmouth, is rapidly approaching completion, and when
ready will be moored in a healthy and convenient part
of the harbour. It is supposed she will be speedily
commissioned by a commander of the Royal Navy and
an efficient medical staff, with chaplain, &c. The new
inlet dock, at the north-east corner of the steam sin
in Portsmouth Dockyard wal. tinder onnfradM-beni:
plete i by this day, but although some few days' delay
must of necessity take place, it will be ready for open-
ing by the end of next month, when the Queen's new
steam yacht Victoria and Albert will be taken into it,
The entrance to this and the opposite dock have beenextended 9 feet 4 inches, and they will be much im-
proved by that additional capacity. The military in-
valids landed by the last four ships arrived at Ports-
mouth were visited yesterday in the General Hospital
at Portsea by Major-General Sir Frederick Smith,
K.H., Commanding Royal Enginneers in the south-west
district, &c., and, like their earlier arrived comrades,
received supplies of extra comforts and good reading,
from Lady Smith. Other presents of a similar charac-
ter were forwarded to her ladyship and Sir Frederick
for distribution from the daugliters of Viscount Has,
dinge.

The hospital ship Caledonia was taken into the basin
dock at Devonport on Tuesday to,have her copper exa-
mined and repaired. Forty shipwrights and 40 joiners
on the establishment are to work.on her extra from 6 to
8 o'clock p.m. to expedite her fitting.
The steam-ship Conqueror, in the floating basin at
Keyham, commenced taking her boilers on board on
Tuesday.
The following brigs, prizes to the Archer and Basilisk,
arrived at Sheerness on Tuesday night or early yesterday
morning ; they were taken while attempting to break
the blockade enforced in the Baltic :—The brig Meck-
lenburg, in charge of jr../ G. G. Wallace, mate of the
Archer, as prizema.ste( the Mecklenburg has a full and
complete cargo of hemp sad linseed. The Paul Fre-
derick. in charge of Mr. F. Semple, mate of the Basilisk,
as prizemaster ; the Paul Frederick is laden with a full
cargo of hemp aud rye. One of the seamen of the
Basilisk who came Lathe in the Paul Frederick was
sent off to Melville Hospital yesterday with a bad case
of fever.

A court-martial as ',7tbled yesterday at 9 a.m., on
board the Waterloo nip at Sheerness, to try Lieut.
John Packwood, le, on board her Majesty's steam-
frigate Retribution, on a charge - "as officer of the
watch, of absenting him Self from the deck and going be-
low to his cabin, where he was found to be asleep." The
following officers composed the Court :—Rear-Admiral
of the Blue4and second in command at the buoy of the
Nore, Robert Lambert Baynes, C. 8., Svc., President ;
Commodore Wyvill, Superintendent of Chatham-yard ;
Captain-Superintendent of Sheerness-yaed, John Jervis
Tucker ; Capt. George H. Seymour, in command of the
Pembroke, 60 guns ; Capt. Goorti, IL G. Wellesley, in
commas el of the Cornwallis, 60 guns; Capt. Erasmus
Ommanney, in command og.Alifjilawke, 60 guns ; Capt.
James C. Coffin, in conlma!aM the Hastings, 60 guns ;
Capt. Francis Scott, in cor,ipind of the Russell, 60 guns ;
Capt. Hugh Dunlop, in command of the Tartar, 20 guns;
Capt. Lord Frederick Kerr, in command of the Water-
loo ; and Capt. the Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane, in com-
mand of the Horatio, 24 guns. Lieut. Dyer, of the
Retribution, was -called by Cspt. Thomas:Fisher-(t6e
after
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by the prosecutor. Corporal Samuel Seymour, Royal
Marines, proved the prisoner was not en deck when he
went to report his having gone his rounds every hour
during the prisoner's watch. Also, John White, who
was sentry at the steerage-door, in charge of the gun-
room door, proved that he saw the prisoner go into his
cabin about a quarter of an hour after he commenced his
duty as officer of the watch, and also that when he called
the prisoner, by order of the prosecutor, the former was
lying fast asleep on the top of his bed with his clothes
on, and that he had to shake him by the arm to awaken
him.

In his defence the prisoner pleaded his services and
" former prosecutions in the service ; also produc-
ing large number of service certificates, from his first
entry into the service. The decision of the Ceurt was
to the following effect :—That the charge was fully
preyed, and that the Court, after maturely weighing and
considering the premises, sentenced the prisoner to be
dismissed from her Majesty's service, and that he was
dismissed accordingly.
Colonel Hart, of the depot battalion of Templemore,
attended last week at Maryborough, for the purpose of
receiving volunteers for the line from the Queen's County
Rifles. He obtained upwards of 80 volunteers with the
greatest readiness, and might have had many more were
he authorised to receive theca.

Lieut.-Colonel Harrison, for some time in command
of the Royal Artillery in the Kilkenny military district,
left on Friday for Woolwich, preparatory to proceeding
to the Crimea.

Detachments from the undernamed corps, from Chat-
ham, embarked on Wednesday morning from the Cus-
tom-house-quay, Gravesend, on board the ship Emma
Eugenia, for conveyance to the following stations,
viz. :-1 sergeant and 50 men, witt 1 woman and 4
children of the 26th Foot, for Berrntda, to join their
service companies ; and 81 men of the 76th Regiment,
with 4 officers, for Halifax. The names of the officers
are Major Henry Brewster, Lieutenant J. H. Tripp, and
Ensign L. E. O'Connor, 76th ; and Lieutenant W. M.
Mill, 26th Regiment. Colonel Henry Jervis, comman-
dant of the provisional battalion, and Staff-Captain
Henry Jackson, from Chatham, were present and super-
intended the embarkation of the troops, and inspected
the ship's accommodation for them, also the berths for
the officers.

Captain W. C. Master, with Ensign E. F. Haig, and
93 men of the sth Regiment of Foot, together with Cap-
tain F. R. Grantham and Ensign W. J. Saul, 45th Foot,
with 52 men, embarked at Gravesend on board the ship
Mount Stewart Elphinstone ; the sth proceed to the
Mauritius, and the 45th to the Cape of Good Hope. The
ship sailed on Tuesday evening.
At the garrison parade yesterday tbedetachment of the
94th Foot, consisting of two companies, quartered
in the Tower, was ordered to be held in readiness to
proceed to Portsmouth to-morrow morning to join the
bead-quarters, which by that time will have arrived from
Windsor; the corps, which is upwards of 1,200 strong,
is principally made up of mere youths. The 94th has
been very successful in obtaining recruits, as it will em-
bark 1,100 strong, besides leaving a depot in England.
The destination of the regiment is understood to be
Gibraltar, where it will relieve the 13th Light Infantry,
which will proceed to the Crimea.
Within the last few days upwards of 4,000 stand of
Minie and ordinary rifles, with bayonets, and sword-
bayonets complete, 509 stand of cavalry carbines, and
800 stand of Victoria carbines (the last-named weapon
being for the use of the small-arm men of the Royal
Artillery, the Land Transport and the Royal Ambulance
Corps), and a large quantity of saddlery and cavalry
and infantry accoutrements and equipments have been
shipped.

OFFICIAL DESPATCH PROM FIELD-
MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN.

( From a supplement to Tuesday'a gazette.)
WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY 30.
Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch
and their enclosures, of which the following are copies,
addressed to his lordship by Field-Marshal the Lord
Raglan, G.C.B.

Before Sebastopol, May 19, 1855.
My Lord,—l do myself the honour to enclose the list
of casualties that occurred between the 14th and 17th
instant.
For the last two days there has been hardly any firing
-on either side ; large convoys have come into Sebastopol
from the northern side, but there has been no move-
ment •f importance.
The heat has been very oppressive since Wednesday.
I deeply regret to have to report that I have just
received a letter from General Osten Sacken, in answer
to an inquiry I addressed to him on the subject, in.
forming me that Captain Arnold, of the 4th Regiment
of Foot, who was wounded and taken prisoner on the
night of the sth, died that same night.
I have, &c ,
RAGLAN.
The Lord Panmure, &c., &c.

Enclosure 1.

RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 14ru
TO THE 17Trc MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE._

Ist Battalion, Ist Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file,
killed ; 2 rank and file, wounded.
2d Battalion, Ist Regiment of Foot-2 rank and file,
wounded.
3d Foot 1 rank and file, killed.
4th Foot-2 rank and file, woindod.
7th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
14th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
17th Foot— 1 rank and file, killed.
18th Foot-1 serjeant, 2 rank and file, wounded.
34th Foot-1 rank and file, killed.
38th Foot-1 rank and file, killed; 1 rank and file
wounded.
ffil —l. rank and Ale, killed.
—3 rank and file, wounded. -
55th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
68th Foot-2 rank and file, wounded.
89th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
Ist Battalion, Rifle Brigade-1 rank and file, killed ; 1
rank and file, wounded.
2d Battalion, Rifle Brigade-1 rank and file, wounded.
Royal Sappers and Miners-2 rank and Sle, wounded. •
Total-7 rank and file, killed; 1 serjeant, 22 rank and
file, wounded.
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

Enclosure 2.
NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED, FROM
THE 11TH TO THE 17TH MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.
KILLED.
MAY L 5.
3d Regiment of Foot.
Private Charles M`Carthy. t. ,;
38th Regiment of Foot. -
Private John Murdoch.
MAY 16.
17th Regiment of Foot.
Private Michael Flaherty. t'' I
46th Regiment of. Foot. •
' Private Sampson Small.
lit Battalion Rifle Brigade.
Private Thomas Fall.
MAY 17.
Ist Battalion Ist Regiment of Foot.
Corporal Daniel Sullivan.
34th Regiment of Foot.
Private Simon Buckey.
• J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

Enclosure 3.
NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM
THE 14TH TO 17pn MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.

WOUNDED.
MAY 11.
18th Regiment of Foot.
Private James Malmey,
Private Patrick M'Guire,
48th Regiment of Foot.
Private Wm. Wells, slightly.
55th Regiment of Foot.
Private Matthew Edge, dangerously.
89th Regiment of Foot.
Private James Quin, dangerously.
MAY 15.
Ist Battalion, Ist Regiment of Foot.
Private J. M`Gowan, slightly.
2d Battalion, Ist Regiment of Foot.
Private John Smith, slightly.
Private John Young, slightly.
7th Regiment of Foot.
Private John Eales, severely.
14th Regiment of Foot.
Private Michael Flanagan, slightly.
38th Regiment of Foot.
Private John M'Cosker, slightly.
68th Regiment of Foot.
Private Wm. Watkin son, dangerously; since dead.
let Battalion Rifle Brigade.
Private James Lord, several,.
Royal Sappers and Miners.
Private E. Hodgkinson, severely.
Private R. Willis, slightly.
MAY 16.
let Battalion, Ist Regiment of Foot.
Private William Berry, severely.
4th Regiment of Foot.
Private Andrew M`Pherson, slightly.
Private James Laverly, dangerously.
48th Regiment of Foot.
Private Nathaniel Haggis, slightly.
Private James Mullin, severely.
68th Regiment of Foot.
Private Thomas Duff, dangerously; since dead.
2d Battalion RiSe Brigade. -
Private Job Lacey, slightly.
MAY 17.
18th Regiment of Foot.
Serjeant Nicholas Hunter, slightly.
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

Enclosnre 4.

RETURNOF CASUALTIES IN FIE ROYAL NAVAL
BRIGADE BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, ON THE 17TH
MAY, 1855.

WOUNDED.

George Gamble, A. 13., Leander, dangeromily.
Philip Henry Hammond, ord., Queen, severely.
Total-2 wounded.

(Signed) STEPHEN LUSHINGTON,
Captain Commanding Naval Brigade.
The Military Secretary to H. E. Lord Raglan,
Commander-in-Chief.

SIZE AND OBJECTS OF THE LEVIATHAN

STEAM-SHIP.

When we remind our readers that the Royal Albert
line-of-battle ship, of 120 guns, is something under 4,000
tons, and about 229 feet in length ; and that the Simla
and Himalaya, at present the largest steamers afloat, are
only 320 feet in length, or thereabouts, they may form
some idea of the proportions of the Eastern Steam Na-
vigation Company's ship, when they are told that it will
be 680 feet in length and 25,000 tons burden ; in other
words, of more than six times the capacity of our largest
man-of-war, and above the length of the largest steam-
ship afloat. Our readers will have frequently heard dis-
cussions as to the relative merits of paddles and screws.
In the Leviathan the screw will be combined with the
paddle, worked by engines, nominally of 2,600-horse
power, but in reality capable of being worked np to 10,000-
horse power. To guard against accidents at sea to ma-
chinery, and to prevent any detention from such a cause,
the paddle wheels will not only be perfectly distinct from
each other in their working, but each will be set in
motion by several sets of machinery of superabundant
power, so that at all times derangements or cleaning of
one or two cylinders or boilers will not interfere with
the progress of the ship. Steam will be the sole pro-
pelling power, no canvas being contemplated in this ves-
sel. In fixing the great size of the Leviathan, its pro-
jector believes that he bas obtained the elements of a
speed hitherto unknown in ocean-going steamers. It is
confidently predicted that by the great length of the Le-
viathan she will be enabled to pass through the water at
an average speed in all weathers of fifteen knots an hour,
with a smaller power in proportion to tonnage than ordi-
nary vessels now require to make ten knots. The con-
tract speed of most ocean mail-carrying steamers is eight
knots. We believe that the Eastern Steam Navigation
Company intend making their first voyage to Australia.
The actual distance from Milford Haven, the company's.
starting-point, to Port Philip, is less than 12,000 miles,
if no ports be touched at. A speed of 15 knots or miles
an hour averaged from land to land would take the Le-
viathan to the golden colony in about 32 days. This
can only be accomplished, even at that high speed, by
avoiding all stoppages for coals, which, besides de-
taining a ship many days in the different ports,
carries her a great distance out of the direct steaming
course. Here we find another novelty brought to bear
by Mr. Brunel. A ship of this huge capacity can
carry 12,000 tons of coals— quite sufficient, it is stated,
for her consumption on the outward and homeward
voyages. Space will still be left for 5,000 tons of cargo, the
massive machinery, and 4,000 passengers, with their
luggage and all necessary stores for use. Such is the
Leviathan.. She is to be launched, unlike any other
ship, broadside on to the water, by means of hydraulic
power, and early in next spring is expected to make a
trial trip to the United States and back in less than a
fortnight. In contemplating this Brobdignag vessel,
our small acquaintance with things nautical dwarfs down
to Lilliputian insignificance. Before reaching the Isle
of Dogs we imagined that we possessed some acquaint-
ance with ship-building and marine engineering. One
of the leviathan cylinders was sufficient to extinguish
our pretensions. With a Brunel for designer, with
Stephenson for approver, a Scott Russell for builder,
with Professor Airey in charge of the compasss, and Sir
W. S. Harris looking after the lightning conduetors,th,-
Leviathan may well be expected to turn out the floating
marvel of the age. Fancy the astonishment of the South
Sea islanders when they behold her rushing past their
coral homes.

NEW CHURCH IN LAMBETH.—Yesterday morning the
interesting ceremony of laying the foundation of St.
Andrew's District Church, Lambeth, was performed by
Admiral Lord Radstock.

FPRICE SD.

THE SIEGE OF SEBASTuPOL.

(PROM THE CORRESPONDENT OP THE TIMES.)
CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, May IS.
It is currently reported to-day that an extensive
change in the disposition of our troops will be made very
shortly, and that a strong expeditionary corps darmie
will be despatched against the enemy on the north side
of the Tchernaya. The report is, that the Light Divi-
sion, under Sir. George Brown, and the regiments under
Sir Colin Campbell, will take the field in conjunction with
a French and Sardinian corps, that the Fourth Division,
under Sir John Campbell, will be moved down to defend
Balaklava and the works outside it, aided by the few.
Turks who remain and Valois' Brigade, and that a
French corps will march up and occupy the camp of the
Fourth Division before Sebastopol. The French are
landing large masses of men at Kamiesch every day ;
the greater part by far of the Sardinian troops have
already reached the Crimea, and although our force
has been diminished by the withdrawal of the Turks
to Eupatoria, there is no doubt expressed by those
competent to judge of such operations that we have
an army sufficiently strong to maintain our lines
before the town, and at the same time to meet 'any
force the Russians can bring against them in the
field, if properly handled, and led with the requisite
boldness and prudence. I mention these rumours as they
circulate, and do not wish any one to attach the least
value to the stonier invented or distorted by men pining
for active enterprise, and tired of the monotony of! the
trenches. ' Even should these rumours spring.from some
authentic source, we all know that the best matured-
plans may be rudely disconcerted by the progress of
events before the moment of developing them has ar-
rived ; and, were it possible to obtain perfectly trust-
worthy details of the views of our generals, it would be
in the highest degree injudicious to make them public
till they had been carried into effect, because any delay
occurring in their execution might put the enemy; on
their guard, and enable them to make efficient prepara-
tions for resistance by the time our projects were ripe
'.fur a,cco mplish in ant_
The weather has Men so hot or the Witt Wl:44ft tint-
fears may be reasonably enterrained of the results of
lengthened marches or extreme exertion in the sun 4 in.
.the trenches .the temperature,is stifling, and the stars-
phere unwholsorae. Sq far as lam aware, the men iftill
I
wear the same coats and trnusen, which they had in he
winter.; nor has-there been, to the best of my belief, ny
issue of summer clothing.. The possession of the Tc et--
naya will soon become of consequence to us, were it o ly
for the want of water. lam credibly informed that he
limn Which fell within the last, week is of, most anus al
occurrence at this time. of yea?, and that such a sup 1r
of water is an exceptional, circumstance which makes he
heart,of all the Southern Crimea glad in time of peabe,
and 'fills the 'farmers with jqful gratitude to Heaven.
Ilencefcirth, till the month of July, we can expect io
rain: There will pot be a drop of water from the sk •
' fill our-wells and vi'atercoursei or months to come,
the fears I. expressed several veeeks ago With respect
. a scarcity pore terrible in its-effects to ina4ti and be
than famine itself are, becoming' more and more real.
able as - the fierce hot sun •day -by day bakei
steppes and ravines of 'the Illeteau on , which .we • •
encamped;
,The consumption. of water by, an
.ar
of 180,090 men; • andbyten*s of thousands of camp
.Ipwers,:by myriads of, cattle, and by beasts-of buid:
may be readily .conceived to be very great, and
increase as -the heat 'dories; just in proportion as
means ef. meeting:it 'are diminished by-the-same cau
Colonel Harding has made a very creditable reservoir
'the enti-atice' to Balaklava, and there have beedisola,
instances Hers and. thE;re of sidailar foresight; but to
best of my knpvqledge -nothing, has been done to prowl
water for "'the army "—that, -thirsty ,monster w
200,900-or 250,090 'mouths and Stomachs, who will sot
lie sweltering and gasping beee'ath a broiling sun, wol
Out by exertion, ands maddened by want of this vil
necassary.- Captain 'Owen, Royal Engineers, had be,
engaged in the interval of I:n4:labour in the trenches
examming the country in search of water by order,
Lord Raglao, but since' that 'scientific and meretorio
officer was. so severely.wouilded there has not been at
engineer, so far as I know,, systematically engaged
the search. The efforts' pc. bore Artesian wells haven

been successful, and I have been informed by Mr..Uptc
that he penetrated several hundred feet through the soli
rock beneith the soil of his farm, and failed to find ar
trace of water. There has been somb weak, bald chE
about " the fleet supplying title • array with Water.
The bulk of our army is 10 or 1.2 miles. from tl
anchorage of the fleet, and -.water is one of the mol

difficult7arAcles. t 9 carry known .to us.
_Where; a e
our tacks,
.our water-bags, our transport to supply s
from Kamiesch 'I Above all, where is our' trs.uSpor 'I '
Difficulties have already &lista- respecting the ca,rriade
of rum from Balaklava to the front, because it is in pun-
cheons, and (not in smaller' vessel's. ' And, then, suit-
pose some accident ocCurs to the fleet or to the clistio•
ling.apparatus ! . I the fleet to remain here to manh-
.

facture water for the army ? Are we, in mAer.trnth,
to be left to take our chance of dying of thirst in sum-
mer, just as we were drowned by wet in winter ? Even
supposing we bad possession of the Tchernaya, it would
be tar to carry the water up steep hills 200 or 300 feet
' above its bed to the plateau at the east of which it
flows, and the source would remain in possession of the
enemy. This is a vital question, if the army is to re-
main here.

There have been daily visits and interviews between
the allied Generals, principally at Lord Raglan's quar-
ters ; and since the departure of Omer Pasha on Tuesday,
not a day has passed that the Field-Marshal, Gen. Can-
robert, and Gen. La Mannora have not been in conver-

cation. Sir George Brown has also been a frequent vi-
sitor at head-quarters of late, and has almost become

himself again ; and General Pennefather has also paid
his respects to the Commander-in-Chief. The Third
Division, under Sir Richard England, now consists of
a great number of regiments, and when they are
strengthened it is probable some change will be made
in the distribution. The Sardinians are encamped on
the slopes of the pleasant hills all round Karanyi.
Many of them have only the tente d'abri of the French,
a little larger, perhaps, and not quite so light. The
tents of the Sardinian Lancers are upheld by their lances,
which are stuck into the earth one at each end of the
tent; and their encampment, with its waving pennons,
has a very pretty effect. The English are nearly all
cleared out of Karanyi village, but our Commissariat
divides the labour of feeding the inhabitants with the
Intendance of the French, and takes it in turn about
every half-month. The Sardinian horses are rather
leggy, but they are in excellent condition. They are
certainly not such formidable neighbours as the
horses of the 10th Hussars, which have most erratic
habits, break their picket-ropes, tear off through
the camps at night, and are small terrors to the
quiet sleepers in the vicinity, whose tents are rudely
agitated in the darkness by these playful steeds. It
was only yesterday that an officer of artillery and an
officer of the Bth Hussars, in company with myself, were
riding peaceably along through one of the vales near
Karauyi, when suddenly we heard cries of "Look out !
look out !" and lo ! there came a furious steed, his mane
and tail erect, down upon us. He had stepped forth
out of a pulk of Hussar horses which were feeding on
the meadow grass to offer us be ttle, and rushed at full
gallop towards our ponies. "Out swords !" was the
word, as the interesting quadruped ran round us, now
menacing us with his heels, now with his teeth, but he
was repelled by two bright swords and one strong whip,
and at last, to our great relief, he caught a glimpse of
Colonel Mayo, who was cantering by in utter ignorance
of his danger, till he was warned by the shouts of the
soldiers. The Colonel defended himself and horse with
great resolution and courage, and drasiring his sword,
gave point or cut right and left, as the exigencies
of the case required, till the men came up and
beat off the interesting creature. These are agree-
able episodes, but it is rather too exciting this hot
weather to have auperadded to the chances of war
and disease the contingency of being demolished by the
teeth or heels of an insane Arab. The officers of the
10th Hussars are considerably disgusted by a report,
which is only too true, that the regiment is to be re-
duced from the Indian to the Crimean service establish-
ment, the effect of which will be most injurious to the
supplementary officers in retarding their promotion.
The junior officers in excess of the Crimean service
standard will be put on half-pay, or be borne on the re-
gimental books as supernumeraries for service, and they
will only get full employment as vacancies occur from
time to time. The same regulation will apply, it is said,
to the 12th Lancer., and thus two lieutenaat-colonels,
two majors, eight or ten captains, and a number of
subalterns will not only be deprived of the fair chances
of regimental promotion, but will very probably inter-
fere with the promotion of officers in the other cavalry
regiments ! I shall ascertain if this report be true, and
acquaint you with the particulars. At present it seems,
if not explained away, rather an eccentric proceeding, to
reduce the efficiency of our two most servicable regi-
ments at the very moment when we stand most in need
of cavalry.

Balaklava presents an aspect of extraordinaryactivity,
and the amount of stores of all kinds put on shore is be-
yond conception. When an army has to be fed from
beyond seas, one sees what an all-consuming creature it
is, and sonic notion can be formed of its powers of de-
struction in passing through a cultivated country. Piles
of shot, cannon, shell, and cases of shrapnel, canister,
&c., mounds of charcoal bags and wood, and heaps of
puncheons full of edibles rise up un every side along the
water's edge. The harbour is, however, now scarcely
recognisable, so great is the order prevailing among the
shipping, as compated with past times, and so vast the
improvetnents in the wharfs and quays along its shores.
John Bull is sowing his money broadcast all over the
Chersonese. There cannot be a better instance of the
profuseness of our expenditure than that which is fu
eished by the sailing men-of-war maintained in commis-
sionr-
for the sake of the sailors of the Naval Brigade
be-
longing co them. These ships cost the country thou- I
my en-ef-war. It
sands of pounds, and are coinparativel
the Naval
tnena•onf-war who is on
m y self into
withstanding their excellent qualities as useless, not-
has been calculated that every seam
Brigade belonging to the sailing
diem ; but that is
shore here
ort of
arithmetical costs the country
ingenuity2sl.
the results of
as attracted
the accuracy of which I do not
which I cannot take upon
by any means corrobo-
to investigate, and
' rate. Still the bubject h ' so much attention

I - • • -

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that the Brigade will be dis Solved, or that only one bat-
talion at least will be retained on shore, the men be-
longing to the sailing vessels being all sent back to
them. The skill and ability of the seamen in hat.dling
the heavy guns cannet be over-rated, and theirservice.,
during thiajast attack especially. Here of the most valu-
able and arduous character.. The list cf killed and
wounded of the Brigade, in working only some 35 or 36
guns, speaks for itself, and show, the hardilioOd and
davotion of our tars, and the eagerness with which the
enemy sought to search them out by their fire. It is to
be hoped that the Admiralty will not adopt the painful
and tedious proCess of "taking their claims into con-
sideration," but that they will at once re-echo the voice
of the country, and set the example to other departments
of conferring quick rewards for services rendered.
The events of this war; or rather the scenery of the
camp and of the country round about us, will be amply
illustrated by riumer-us artists,
.and the da_fuerreotype
has been used by skilful hands to perpetuate the incidents
of camp existence and the groupings and still life of the
tents. One gentleman who came out here with a great
reputation, and who brought out a letter from Prince
Albert to facilitate his arrangements, fixed his tent at.
head-quarters; but he received very little encourage-
ment there, and, as he could notget even the temporary
attendance of a servant, he soon moved to other quar-
ters, and has been making the rounds of the camp. Ile
has produced some excellent landscapes, and has even
succeeded in "fixing" the vff- et of the smoke of the guns
but his portraits are not so successful. There are artists
for the pictorial journals out here, and amateur
sketcher?, so that London will soon be made familiar
with the external aspect of "the Camp before Sebes-
topol," But"there are little erenentents every day and
every hour occurring here and there which never can
be depicted. Ono of the commonest and most exciting,
while it lasts, is the pursuit of a centipede. A small
party- are sitting in a but enjoying a frugal and cheerful
meal. Suddenly there is an outcry ; a man starts up with
a face of horror, and with -outstretched finger points to
a dark insect,
all legs and-nippers, about six inches long,
which is moving rapidly with a tortuous motion along
adroit,
eh(
The
e b 1
tedwve eosrt ysstrocnzkees
carvingleaps
wherewith up
ns :Fos
the wall. At the *shout of "Bv Jove, there is a Centi-
tiocnr:ta,ch‘b‘lNetVhfhoaertkresa,,rttwthieniraeonreld"
venomous enemy, and in a moment the centipede,
menaced on all sides, glides rapidly into some chink,
where he is pursued by fire and match, or is cut into
numberless pieces, and ground up beneath vindictive
boot heels. That his bites are -extremely painful and
venomous, if not dangeroua, no one who has seen ,"their
effect can dispute. The, part bitten inflames greatly, and
the patient becomes feverie% and excited, but the degree
of venom varies very much, and, it is said, according to
the size and colour of the insect. The brutes affect one's
boots exceedingly, and.attack an intruding foot with all
-the-ttnintunif pia :TheyalsWilipt-dente.,
frotifthe edilitigrand teettsicres on the countenance
of a sleeper, and afnbi'f!g• 'stealthily up the thin
iron legs ok bedetead4 into the blankets. The
army is now well supplied. gen,erally with food,
but the Turkish bread is very bad. Last week
.5,0(3411►, of it were condemned in sine-division alone, and
yesterday a hoard of officers of this Fourth-Division con-
demned 4,00011,. of it as unfit,, for use. When con-
demned it is buried in. large 'holes,; and the smell from
them is by no means agreeable. Colonel TuDoch has
abandoned all attempts to bake bread here for the troops,
and has handed the ovens,, &c., over to 41r. Filder.
The men, strange
_to say, prefer the "salt'meat tp the

tt
WEDNESDAY.
This morning some of.the Sardinian .cavalry_ were dis-
embarked at Balaklava, and proceeded to their camping
ground,rier the French camp of the left. They Con-
sisted of Lancers; and were well Mounted; handsomely
equipped? set.vicea,bh-lookinz men, with a martial air
and bearing: As they -passed by our ,cavalry Camp at
Kadikoi they cheered lustily, one;two, three, !and con-
tinued to do sOailtit"a;vals, till they had wound up the
road out'of.sightt The FrenCh vrt the hills above them
'turned out, and -re-echoed -their- cheere., The Field-
Marshal went over to visit General De la Marthora
to-day. _ _ •. • •

THURSDAY.
Sines the bom.bardinentlia's ceata there 'is; FinOeTed,
• vtty little'to'record. Lord ,Rag,len 'took-General De la
Marmots into the trencheslo-day, and proceeded to the
advanced parallel, explaining the nature of the position.
On their return the enemy caught sight of them,
and sent some unpleasant tokens of their recognition in
the shapel of heavy shot arid shell,:which excited the at-
tention of every one around Lord Raglan, but did not
at all disturb the equanimity or draw the notice of the
'Fiel&Afaiidial. The Russians persi4ed.in firing random
shots here,
.th.ere, and everywhere, and pecasionally Mr.
Whistling William drops in an- unexpected, place, and
does more damage than wet bargain fen— The work
DE arming, our advauced butteries.. continua ;to be dxe-
euted !'Vittt alacrity and stieCesga, and it .is said that we
are about to' taice.the glitveyard; a very ugly ipc4 near
the Ovens, which, the, .14saians have fo).• souse tiieetoc-
copied and covered by their fire. We are now moving
A our heavy mbitnis-r-43 inches and id filches—lnto
the; advaheesi Dttrso4l9, A. shell froth thiseuthiny fell; by
chance yesterday on the platform which had ;just been
laid for one of iliefie large mortars, aria" utterly Ae-
stroYed ib. s . .) .

There was scarcely a shot, 6red,l4-4ay pu gither skde.
'The Russians are Worlung vigorouSly at the north
side. They are erecting an' eartliwork`ovei the' Tclier-
nays, opposite the (eastern angle of the plateau, under
the very eyes of the French hatteiy:

• • FRIDLT.
Heat very great. The Light Divisio.n, Wight
marching order, were reviewed by Sir George Brown
to-dny. Lord Raglan and Genera/ "De fa Marmora
visited the right attack, and went along the trenches to
the advanced parallel. There was a general inspection
of all the cavalry to-day by Colonel Parlby, Brigadier--
General commanding cavalry.

SATURDAY.
The heat continues excessive. At the present moment
(11 o'clock a.m.) the thermometer is 95 deg. The
Second Division are under arms, undergoing a general
inspection and mild field-day by General Pennefather
and staff, but the men are in light marching order.
Two deserters came from Sebastopol and were sent
up to head-quarters this morning. They are said to
have reported that the Russian army is very strong, but
that the heat has rendered the town intolerable, and
that sickness prevails to an alarming extent.
There is no apparent preparation fa. a move. The
cavalry turned out lg squadrons (1,000 strong) on parade
yesterday.

The following memorandum has been issued by Cap-
tain Heath, for the prevention of stewards and others
charging exorbitant prices for articles braught up from
Constantinople. This will do good, I have no doubt,
for at present we are dreadfully imposed on :
H..S. Titon, Balaava, ay .
"I am informed" that mu scandal haskl beenM causelod by
the stewards and others in some of her Majesty's hired
transports selling private articles at exorbitant prices.
" I comdder that it is greatly to the benefit of the army,
and of all persons employed in this expedition, that ships
running backwards and forwards should,
when there is
room, be allowed to bring private stores on private specu-
lation. The quantity brought, however, should be so
limited in amount that the public service may not be im-
peded, and the prices shoald be so reasonable as to forbid
the imputation to which I have refered.
" To attain the first of these objects a regulation has, I
believe, already been made at Constantinople,.that no pH-
vete stores for sale are to be shipped from that port wi-4.• out permission from the Tf ansportsoffice ; and I have't r
ther to direct that, on arrival at 13alaklava, whether from
Constantinople or any other port, a list of private stores
for sale is to be brought to me.
`l.'o attain the second object—viz., that the articles so
brought should be sold ,A reasonable prices—l have to
direct that the masters of transports will notify to the
stewards and others who may be in the habit of trading
on board their res:ieetivk- ships, that they are not allowed
oncslhi iotrrgeeant
Ira%
et hoafn
sohni
pe-neliegnhtthfoirn addeda
di ti oat:
otcok,the
suicihri prices
s
hams, ale, &c., and one-fifth for live ,trek.
" Thus, ale costing 12s. per dozen in store at Constanti-
nople may be sold here for 13s. 6d.

A turkey costing ss. at port of shipment may be sold
here for 6s.
" I beg the stewards may be informed that, if it should
become known to me that these proportions have been ex-
ceeded, all trading in that ship will be stopped.
" I rely on the assistance of masters of transports in
carrying out these regulations. Their object is not only
the good of the expedition, but to rescue our service from
imputations which, although in some cases well founded,
have in others been most unjust.
" L. G. HEATH,
" Captain and Principal Agent of Transports.
" To the Masters of all hired Transports.'?

THE FORTIFICATIONS OF EAMIESIL

(Front the Moniteur.)

The last despatcashpoeplsieiflrr_oamneet,he Crimea announce that
the fortifications intended to protect Katniesh advance
rapidly towards completion. This curiioditlpeBaorftoilcluolwarinitayn:
of a fortified place, created in the immediate vicinity of
a besieged town, and during the siege itself, is not with-
out precedent, and one of the most remarkable is with-
out doubt the construction of Santa Fii by Ferdinand
and Isabella, while they were besieging Grenada in 1491.
.3", ,
~crhchnoer
Bdmiingogi
Moors
rtnsod , Mils (it dti
flattered
dr Sy atori 1
IfteasmpFsaedi l
Spainwas we
e tbohfiurniettme
the
I:tedo
approach p
soon
de-
soldiers
of
winter would compel the Christians to raise the siege,
andwineaat had
h e r
0, p
td
oyeoas 1 8
shtor toytehde thisfmroe ams
hope.utr
the
e inclemency whichierdtjlii:.,e,ayononisa,ttwrbi
constructed
with stonesvaansdt
mud, and coveredcom.tnituliletti:pde:rn
ccamp
assumed
übmaerrdacikles
The
short time this
of a town surrounded by
ptitude with which this
sl
tanc proved to the people of
d itei
te s
constructionan ramparts,
was
and its extent and impor-
odf,ntl:
IsCa:teilioafntsi:e".:
only burprise those :enient
'till::
ii
te, siul i
u,
(G) Grenada the perseverance
that -uccess. rkiturn to the fortifications of
f their construction will
who may have forgotten that pru-
Lures', elements of success in war, and
'file
accompany the valour which actieveosf
Ka'fii'-'BIE was longile spiru%rd-tycidofdfOrn,tiraYnidngatthe
the. coym-
mi cement of the present year the Emperor called the
?ttentien of the General-in-Ciiief to this important ab-
ject ; the severity of the weather, however, and the more
Pl.' ssing exi_fencies of the singe operations did not allow
I the works being commenced as soon as was wished.
Thanks to the arrival of the numerous reinforcements
lately received by the allied army; it is now carried on,
miesh is at the present time a French port, 'the impor-
tance great activity, and will be soon completed. lia.
tance of which will increase with the extension given to
stthael‘a:anounc
the operations in the Crimea. It was, therefore, mea-
-1 tial that we should secure the possession of it by defers-
' I sivo works, which henceforth leave the 43'4 no pont',
I bility of disputiug it with us,