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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY
.EVENING, MARCH 9, 1855,

obvious that if they were not able to praise Sir Charles
Napier very highly it was not because they were not
disposed to do full justice to him. At the dinner at the
Mansion-house, Sir C. Napier stated that he had been sent
to the Baltic without pilots and without proper charts.
Now, there were nearly a hundred persons in the fleet who
had been more or less pilots, and in the flag -ship there
were no less than seven pilots. (Hear.) As to the charts,
they were so accurate that the gallant admiral had himself
in his despatches borne testimony to their accuracy. They
were the best charts which the Government could procure,
and were, in feet, the best charts in existence. (Hear.)
So far as he knew, Sir Charles Napier had but one enemy is
the world, and that enemy was himself—(hear, hear)—and
he had done so much to destroy his reputation, that the
reputation of no other man could have survived it. (Hear.)
Mr. MURROUGH said whenlit was stated that Sir C.
Napier had in his fleet a large number of pilots and a
sufficient supply of charts, it ought, in justice to the gal-
lant admiral, to have been added, that the pilots were so
utterly unacquainted with the navigation they had to
superintend that they were dismissed, and that the charts
provided by the Government were so faulty that a great
part of them were sent home, and those which were used
by the officers were obtained by themselves and purchased
at their own expense. The country had come to the con-
clusion that it was a matter of convenience to the Govern-
ment to remove Admiral Dundas from one position and
put him in another, and the only way to do that was to
get rid of Sir Charles Napier. (This observation was re-
ceived with loud laughter, called forth by the honourable
member having fallen into the error of supposing that the
Admiral Dundas who had been appointed to the command
of the Baltic fleet is the officer who recently returned from
the Black Sea. Mr. Murrough was not at first aware of
the cause of the laughter; but, when it was explained to
him, he consoled himself with the remark, " At least, it is
one of the family.") He thought that the least the house
could do was to rant the papers which had been asked
"or.

Mr. BENTINCK would not, in the absence of the papers I
necessary to the formation of a correct conclusion, express
any opinion upon the particular question before the house.
He was, however, glad that this discussion had taken place,
as it would call attention to the practice of placing civilians
at the head of our great military and naval departments.
(Hear, hear.) Was it possible to conceive anything more
disadvantageous to the country, to the good conduct of the
service, or to the high reputation of the right hon. baronet
(Sir James Graham) himself, than he, sitting over the fire
in Whitehall, should be called upon to give an opinion as
to the manner in which naval operations were to be con-
ducted in the Baltic ? (Hear.) He trusted that the re-
sult of this discussion would be to lay the axe to the root
of what he believed to be a most prejudicial system.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL :said the case, as pre-
sented to the house, seemed to him to lie in a very narrow
compass. The hon. and learned member for Wallingford
(Mr. Malins) grounded it upon the fact that Sir Charles
Napier had been dismissed and censured, and said it was
due, as a matter of justice to the character of that dis-
tinguished officer, that the correspondence which had
taken place since a cent ain period should be brought before
the house. The foundation of the case was Sir C. Napier's
having been dismissed or censured, or both. Now, as he
(the Attorney-General) understood the facts—and not
having seen the statement of the gallant admiral ho had
had no means of becoming acquainted with them except
from this dissuasion—Sir C. Napier, upon his return to
this country, instead of being continued in his command,
received from the Admiralty an order to haul down his
flag. That was called a dismissal ; and further it was
said that the letter implied a censure upon the gallant
officer. In the first place, he apprehended that this was
no dismissal of Sir Charles Napier —(hear)—that his com-
mand had terminated in the ordinary course of things.
The fleet which he had commanded had been called home
and dispersed. It had ceased to be a fleet, and with the
termination of its existence as a fleet terminated also,
in the natural course of things, and according to the
universal practice of the Admiralty, the command of the
officer who had been at its head. He received a letter,
which it might be was rather curt than courteous, but
which it appeared to him (the Attorney-General) was in
the usual form in which the Admiralty called upon an
officer to haul down his flag. It was clear, therefore, that
the facts did not constitute a dismissal, and that the letter

did not amount to a censure. But suppose the gallant
admiral had been dismissed, was the executive Government
of this country, acting on behalf of the Crown, to be told
that if it ceased to have full confidence in the capacity of
an officer it was not justified in recalling him? (Hear,
hoar.) What could be more difficult or more delicate than
to determine whether an officer was entitled to the full
confidence of the authority wlaich employed him? Surely
it was within the province and within the duty of the
Board of Admiralty, at any time if it thought proper, to
recall an officer; and though the recall might imply a cer-
tain amount of distrust, it might not imply a want of con-
fidence, it did not necessarily involve a censure. He ap-
prehended that an officer who was recalled was not war-
ranted in demanding an inquiry or a court-martial. The
re.3all amounted to nothing more than an expression that
the Government had no confidence, not in his courage,
that might be undoubted—not in his qualities -as a sea-
man thos3 might be unquestioned—but in his discretion,
in his energy, or in some one or other of those qualities
which went to constitute a great commander, and in which
a man might bo to a certain extent deficient, and yet
might be a most distinguished and meritorious officer.
Hera it did not amount to that. The gallant officer was
not recalled; his command terminated with his fleet
and it must be in the sole province of the executive to
say whether or not a command should be continued to
an officer. (Hear, hear.) As for censure, the letter
contains none, and the hon. and learned gentleman who
made this motion had himself read a letter in which the

Admiralty expressed their satisfaction with Sir C. Napier.
Of what, then, did he complain? Why, that he was not
again sent to the Baltic. (Hear.) It was said that the
p.peros now asked for involved nothing the publication of
which would be detrimental to the public service. He (the
Attorney-Gencral) was infoinila that this was a complete
mistake. Sir Charles Napier, thinking that his merits had
not been sufficiently recognised, entered into a discussion
of the subject, and a correspondence ensued, in which he
was told that the question whether or not the attack upon
Sweaborg ought to have been made was fully gone into ;
and the house was told, both by the late and by the present
First Lord of the Admiralty, that this correspondence went
into details the publication of which would be most pre-
judicial to the public service. (Hear, hear.) Those who
supported this motion having failed to make out that Sir
Charles had been either dismissed or censured, he asked
what there was in the position in which the gallant officer
stood in relation to the Admiralty which could justify the
production of documents which could not be produced
without detriment to the public service ? Had he in any
letter or despatch from the Admiralty been censured for
want of courage, of conduct, or of a die regard to the duty
he had to perform, he would have been entitled to an in-
quiry, and if he could not obtain it in the ordinary way
he would have had a right, as every Englishman had, to
appeal to tie great inquest of the country. As it was, he
thought that no case had been made out for the production
of these documents.

Mr. OTWAY said that this discussion had shown that
the statements which had been repeatedly made in that
house as to Sir Charles Napier's having a complete carte
blanche to do as he pleased were not correct, since the
First Lord of the Admiralty appeared to have urged him
to attack Sweaborg, and to do certain things at all ha-
zards. Under ordinary circumstances he should have
voted for the refusal of those papers, as they might con-
tain matters, the publication of which would be prejudi-
cial to the public service. As, however, they had been
fully gone into in the course of this discussion, and there
was no longer any mystery about their contents, he should,
if there was a division, vote for the motion.

Sir GEO. TYLER thought that Sir Charles Napier had
not been fairly treated. At the same time the order to
haul down his flag did not strike him (Sir G. Tyler) in the
character of a dismissal, because, according to the regula-
tions of the seavice, in case of a fleet which had been em-
ployed upon a particular service, it was a common occur-
rence that, when the service was performed and the fleet
returned, the flag was as a matter of course hauled down.
(Hear, hear.) He felt as a naval officer—although like the
gallant admiral he was supposed to be too old for service—
that if this had occurred to himself he should have consi-
dered it a hardship. At the same time he gave to the gal-
lant admiral every credit for the manner in which ho had
conducted that magnificent fleet. The gallant admiral
felt it to be impossible to adopt the plan which the Admi-
ralty at home thought it expedient to determine. He, of
course, being upon the spot, was the best judge. He (Sir
G. Tyler) thought that tho despatch after the taking of
Bomarsund, in which it was said that the Admiralty ap-
proved highly of the gallant admiral's conduct, but that
they could not entirely express their satisfaction that he
did not go to Sveaborg, might appear as a censure to the
individual to whom it was addressed, and he had no doubt
but that the gallant admiral felt it so, without its having
bean intended as one by those who sent it. In conclusion,
ho begged to defend the naval officers against the insinua-
tion which had been thrown out against them by the
hon. member for Manchester, that they would not take up
such a case as the present. He was quite certain that
these hon. and gallant members were as independent as
the right hon. gentleman himself.
Lord PALMERSTON- Sir, I confess that this discus-
sion has been a source of great regret to me, and I think
it a bad example. (Hear.) Hon. members, who feel
themselves called upon to vindicate the character of a pro-
fessional man in this house, have in doing so read in the
course of their speeches documents which they call upon
the house to determine whether they shall be produced or
not. It is a sort of begging the question, which I think is
not the proper way of conducting a discussion in this house.
With regard to the motion, I think the house has come
pretty well to the conclusion that there are good reasons
why these documents which are called for should not be
produced. I shall undoubtedly give my vote against the
motion of the hon. and learned member (Mr. Malins). I
think the hon, and learned gentleman has made a mistake
in point of discretion, and in regard to the course which he
has thought fit to pursue. Another hon. and learned gen-
tleman has made a mistake of a different kind, and, led
away by the similarity of their names, has concluded that
the Admiral Dundas who is going to the Baltic is the same
Admiral Dundas, or a relative of the same Admiral Dundas,
who commanded the fleet in the Black Sea. (Laughter.)
The hon. and learned gentlemap perhaps is not aware that
in this country, and especially in the northern parts of it,
there are many persons who bear the same name who are
not the same persons, and, in fact, no relations.
(Laughter.) I have had tho pleasure and the honour of a
long acquaintance with the gallant admiral, Sir Charles
Napier, who is the subject of discussion, and admiring, as
I do, his professional andpersonal character, it would have
been a matter of sincere regret to me if he had been in the
position of a man who had been censured and dismissed
for conduct pursued in an important command. I think
it has been clearly established that he has been neither

one nor the other-Ilhat he has been neither censured nor
dismissed. (Hear, hear.) Sir, the hon. and learned mem-
ber quoted opinions expressed by me in a different room
to this—(laughter)---on the professional merits and distin-
guished qualities of my gallant friend, for so I must call
him. I retract notning of those opinions, and I am proud
to say that I think the courage, professional skill, and
ability of my gallant friend, stand as high new as they did
at the moment when I made those observations. (Hear,
hoar.) It has been my fortune upon former occasions to
profit in an official capaeity by the invaluable services of
Sir Charles Napier. He has rendered a most important
service by the able and distinguished manner in which
he has performed his duty upon this occasion ; and it
ie only due to him to say that nothing had occurred,
in my opinion, in the course of last year which
sullies or diminishes that high character. (Hear, hesr.)
Sir Charles Napier has rendered important services in the
command of the Baltic fleet. He showed greet skill and
ability in condu.tting that fleet through a most in-
tricate and dangerous navigation. He brought back that
magnificent fleet without any injury from a soa in which a
man of less skill and less judgment might perhaps have sus-
tained a serious and great disaster. Ho has secured the
countrytho.naillinst all those evils which might have arisen if
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which, in my opinion, the house ought by no moans to

agree to ; but I wish it to be disti Italy understood that in
negativing the motion I do not it t the slightest degree im-
pugn the character of Sir Charl es Napier. I think his
character stands as high now as ever, and that he will
always rank amongst the most d ist inguished men of his
profession. (Hear.)
Sir J. WALSH, amidst the imi ?atient interruptions of
the house, said that in his opinion tthe result of the debate
must be highly gratifying to Sir C I. Napier, who had been
placed in a situation of great hard ship. Hee had displayed
the highest moral courage, which be was afraid her Ma-
jesty's Ministers had not done, in standing by and acting
upon his ownlepinions. Under th is impression, he trusted
that the hon. and learned memi ser would not press his
motion to a division.
Mr. MALINS, in reply, said th a noble lord at the head
of her Majesty's Government had made a statement which
must have taken the house by cur prise, that he thought as
highly of Sir Charles Napier as e ver he did, and that he
would repeat the opinions which he had expressed on a
former occasion, and that the con ntry was under great ob-
ligations to Sir C. Napier for tht services which he had
performed in the BaWe. Now, whether he (Mr. Malins)
was right or not that air Charles . Napier was dismissed in
October, he supposed that there w as no doubt that he was
now dismissed. Sir C. Napier w as a party to one signal
victory, the taking of Bomarsund, . and if the noble lord was
correct ho was entitled to the thank •sof Parliament. He(Mr.
Malins) had been taunted with bt ing a lawyer, and an
equity lawyer. It was not as a lam 'yer that he had brought
forward this motion, but as a mem her of Parliament. He
came to the house as a representat Lye of the people, and it
was not to be supposed that becaui 03 he spoke from briefs
in the morning that he spoke fror, a briefs in the evening
also. He brought the motion fc xward because he con-
sidered that a great and distiog aished officer had been
treated in an unworthy and and iirnified manner. It had
been said that be had set a bad e rample in reading private
letters, the production of which , formed, in point of fact,
the object of the motion. He deprecated, however, the
adoption of n principle which should forbid, in the case of
a distinguished officer, the readini of correspondence which
should tend to vindicate his charts, :ter, and contended that,
in the present instance, be had no t overstepped the bounds
of prudence and discretion. Aft, sr what he had heard
from the Government as to the p robable injurious effects
on public interests of the proclucti on of the farther corres-
pondence he had moved for, ho sl aould feel it his duty to
withdraw the motion.
The motion was then withdrawn 1.
The house then went into coma tittee on the Purchasers
Protection against Judgments Bil 1, and the various clauses
were agreed to.
The Tea Duties Decline Suspension Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The other orders of the day ware then disposed of, and.
the house adjourned at half-past twelve o'clock.

TB F

BATTLE AT EITPATORIA.

LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED.

[FROM A SUPPLEMENT TO TUESDAY'S GAZZTTE.]

WAR DEPARTMENT, MARCH 8.

Lord Pantnure has this day received despatches and
enclosures, of which the follewing are copies, addressed
to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, and to his lord-
ship, by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B.
Before Sebastopol, Feb. 20.

My Lord Duke,—Your Grace will have leart,t, by
my telegraphic despatch of the 18th inst., thai the
enemy had on the previous morning, at daylight, at-
tacked Eupatoria with a very large force, and a power-t ol
body of artillery, and hack been repulsed, after an en,
gagement which termirated with their retirement at
10 tt.m. _

I have now the hoacur to lay before your Grace co-
pies of two letters which I have received from Colonel
Simmons, who is attached to the head quarters of Omer
Pasha, containing the details of the action ; and, while
your Grace will rejoice `,o see that the Turkish . troops
which have been landscl at Eupatoria have availed
themselves of the earliest opportunity to show that the
character they acquired on the Danube was well merited
and remained unimpaired, you will join in the regret
which I feel that they have suffered so considerable a•
loss, and that among the killed is numbered the Gene-
ral of Division, Selim Pasha (an Egyptian), and among
the wounded a General of Brigade, also an Egyptian.
This loss, however, and particularly that sustained by
a battery of artillery, afford ample proof of the gallant
and determined conduct of the troops, and of the serious
nature of the attack made upon them, as well as their
being worthy of their illustrious chief.
I have great satisfaction in drawing your grace's at-
tention to that par of Lieutenant-Colonel Simmons'
despatch, in which le bears testimony to the efficient
assistance rendered ti the Ottoman army by her Majesty's
ships in the bay, unCer the command of the Honourable
Captain Hastings, if the Curacea.—l have, &c.,
RAGLAN.
His Grace the Dike of Newcastle, &e.

Eupatoria, Feb. 17, 1855, 1 P.M.
My Lord,—l haat the honour to inform your lord-
ship that on the 14h inst4nt, several large convoys
and arrivals of troop' were seen moving along the north
shore of the Sasik Putrid Lake, from the eastward.

This movement on the part of the enemy caused
Omer Pasha to plan the garrison on the alert.
No further movemen;, however, was seen yester-
day on the part of the ,nemy; but this morning, at day-
light, they advanced in great force, and opened with ar-
tillery upon the entreadaments which enclose the town.
The advanced line of h'arks, which I informed your lord-
ship it was his Highnarg's intention to erect, were not
yet commenced.
The enemy's artiller3 opened their fire about twelve
hundred yards from tie place, covered by skirmish-
ers, and supported ly heavy masses of infantry
in their rear, and cavalry on their flanks. The artillery
subsequently took up asecond position mire in advance,
about four hundred yards from a small crown work
which is being erected ii front of the mills to the north-
eaat of the town, and after continuing their fire fur
some time, the infantrf advanced to the attacks hav-
ing formed under the ;over of a wall about six ilzm-
dred yards from the rifiht of the town. They were re-
pulsed at this point, leaving from 150 to 200 dead on the
field. On other points of the field a number of horses
were left dead, but tba killed men were removed. At
length, about 10 a.m. the whole force retired, covered
by the artillery and cavalry.
I am not able as yet to ascertain the number of men
engaged, but I should think there were not less than
40,000 of all arms, with a very powerful artillery.
As many as sixty of the enemy's guns must have been
firing at one time, amongst them some 32-pounders.
Prisoners report that they were accompanied by 100
glum. As yet all the particulars I have been able posi-
tively to ascertain is, that Liprandi's division (the 12th)
was present.
At present I understand that they are in position
about five miles north from this, their left leaning on the
Sasik Putrid Lake.

It is with much pleasore I have to inform your Lord-
ship that the portion of her Majesty's fleet, under the
Hon. Captain Hastings, have rendered most efficient
assistance. The Valorous threw some well-directed
shells and completely covered our left, whilst the Viper
gun-boat, which was at first stationed on the left with
the Valorous, by Captain Hastings' directions moved
mills.
and took up a flanking position on the right near the

I cannot at present give your Lordship any details of
the killed and wounded on the side of the Turks ; I re-
gret to say, however, that &Hui Pasha, commanding
the Egyptian Brigade, is amongst the former.
One battery of Turkish artillery was completely
disabled, every gun having been struck and a great
number (nearly one-thirdl of the horses killed.
I am desirous your lordship should receive a report
of the action, with as little delay as possible, by the
Queen of the South ; so I must beg your lordship to ex-
cuse further details, which shall be sent by a future oc-
casion.—l am, &c.
(Signed) JOHN SIMMONS,
Captain Royal Engineers, Brevet-Major.
Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, G.C.8., &c.
P.S. A prisoner informs us that a Prince commanded,
but he could not remember his name.

lam happy to say there are no casualties among the
English or French officers. Two French sons-officers
are among the killed, and two privates wounded.
(Signed) JOHN S.

Eupatoria, Feb. 18, 6 P.M.
My Lord,—l have the honour to inform your lordship
that nothing of importance kas taken place here since
the enemy retired yesterday.
Owing to the deficiency of cavalry with the army of
his Highness Omer Pasha, we are not able to obtain
exact information as to the position of the enemy, who
have entirely disappeared, so far as we can see, with the
exception of the usual cavalry advanced posts.
Convoys of waggons, however, have been seen from
the fleet moving along the north shore of the Sasik
Putrid Lake from the eastward. lam inclined, how-
ever, to believe that they are bringing forage and pro-
visions for the cavalry which surrounds us.
In the meantime, however, his Highness is taking
every precaution, by adding to the defences of the place,
to provide against any further attempts of the enemy.
Fortunately the two transports (sailing), containing
artillery and materials for constructing works have
arrived, and, in the course of the night, we shall have
12 or 14 more guns in position than yesterday. The
parapets also have been raised, so that we may hope
that our loss will not be so heavy on a future occasion.
The total loss yesterday amounted to as follows, of all
ranks :

Turks-97 killed ; 277 wounded.
French-4 killed ; 9 wounded.
Total combatants-101 killed ; 286 wounded.
Tartar population-13 killed ; 11 wounded.
Horses of the Turkish army-79 killed ; 18 wounded.
Amongst the killed of the Turks, were 1 General of
Division, Selim Pasha, (Egyptian), 1 colonel, and 5
subaltern officers ; and amongst the wounded 1 General
of Brigade (Egyptian), 4 superior, and 5 subaltern
officers. Amongst the French wounded was an officer
of the Henri IV., who was serving ashore in a land
battery.
A greater portion of the horses of one battery were
killed, and 19 men of the same battery, the whole of the
guns being disabled.
I have not been able to obtain any further positive
details of the enemy's force.--I am, &c.,
(Signed) JOHN SIMMONS,
Capt., Royal Engineers, Brevet-Major.
Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B.
-Before Sebastopol, Feb. 20.

My Lord Duke,—l have the honour ti lay b, fore your
Grace a return of equipments and warm clothing, which
were issued to the troops from the ebruyaisegist stores,

by order of ale Quartermaster• General, between the 17th
Nov., 1854, and the 12th February last.—l have, &e, ,
RAGLAN.
_ _ _

His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c.

(Enclosure 1.)
RETURN OF QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S
STORES ISSUED BETWEEN NOV. 17, 1851, AND
FEB. 12, 1855.
37 Marquees.
450 Tents.
243 Poles.
3,792 Camp Kettles.
930 Canteens end Straps.
27 Bill Hooks.
1,551 Haversacks.
39,275 Blankets.
751 Rugs.
4,379 Trousers.
3,310 Turkish Boots.
28,874 Boots.
7,132 Great Coats.
3,610 Watch Cloaks.
6,137 Capotes.
25,816 Sheepskin Coats.
263 Officers' do.

72,278 Jerseys.
61,333 Drawers.
31,744 Comforters.
28,290 Mitts.
60,280 Socks.
853 Tarpaulins.
1,651 Stoves.
722 Mongols.
975 Horse Shoes (set-s}.
1,874 Turkish do.
538 Nose Bags.
314 Felling Axes.
7,470 Buffalo Robes.
1,698 Waterproof Covers.
4,573 Winter Boots.
28,100 Fur Caps.

Before Selsastopol, Feb. 24, 1855.
My Lord,—The weather has improved since I wrote
my depatch of the 20th instant.
The snow is still on the ground, and the nights are
cold ; but the wind has subsided, and we have to-day a
bright sunshine.
Considerable activity continues to prevail in the move
ment of the enemy's troops on the north side of the har-
bour, and convoys of waggons are constantly arriving,
and the object of the Russians would appear to be to
fortify the heights extending to their left, and looking
upon the valley of the Tchernaya.
The troops of the garrison having lodged themselves
on the point of the spur of the ridge from Inkerman over
the Careening Bay, at about 300 yards from the new
French parallel, on the extreme right, General Canro-
bert determined to dislodge them, and this was gallantly
effected at two o'clock this morning by 1,500 men, under
the immediate command of General Monet, and the di-
rection of General Mayran, with, however, I regret to
say, some less, the consequence of the heavy fire which
was brought to bear upon them from the enemy's bat-
teries and the shipping whilst they were engaged in de-
molishing the works. When this object was accom-
plished they withdrew to the trenches, as had been their
intention.

The gallant General Monet is, I am much concerned
to have to add, among the wounded.
I inclose a return of casualties to the 22d instant.

Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown hag, I am
happy to say, resumed the command of the Light Divi-
sion in perfect health. The railway is getting on remark-
ably well, and the exertions of Mr. Beattie, who is
superinteniiing the work, are unremitting, and entitle
him to great praise.—l have, &c. RAGLAN.
The Lord Panmure, &c.

(Enclosure 2.)
RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 17TH TO
22D FEBRUARY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.
4th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
7th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
17th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
:38th Foot-1 officer, wounded.
41st Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
47th Foot —1 rank and filo, killed.
90th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
Total-1 rank and file, killed; 1 officer, 6 rank
and file, wounded.
J. B. BUCKNALL, ESTCOURT,
Adj utant-G eneral.

Enclosure 3.

NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE
BEEN WOUNDED FROM THE 17TH TO THE
22D FEBRUARY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.

WOUNDED.
FEB. 21.
38th Regiment of Foot.
Lieutenant Constantine S. Gaynor, severely.
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

Enclosure 4.

NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED, FROM
17TH TO 22D FEBRUARY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.

KILLED.
FEB. 17,
77th Regiment of Foot.
Private Wm. James Brown
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

Enclosure 5.

NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM
THE 17TH TO 22D FEE., 1855, INCLUSIVE.

WOUNDED.
FEB. 17.
17th Regiment of Foot.
Private Michael Begley, severely
17th Regiment of Foot.
Private Peter Huddleston, severely
FEB. 18.
41st Regiment of Foot.
Private Patrick Burke, severely
47th Regiment of Foot.
Private Philip Clarke, slightly
FEB. 19.
4th Regiment of Foot.
Private Daniel Smith, slightly
90th Regiment of Foot.
Private John Hartill, severely—since dead.
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adj utant-General.

Before Sebastopol, Feb. 24, 1855.
My Lord,—l do myself the honour, with reference
to my despatch, No. 172, of the 20th instant, to trans-
mit to your lordship the translation of a letter I
have had from Omer Pasha, in which his Highness has
been so good as to give me a detailed account of the
Russian attack upon Eupatoria, on the morning of the
17th instant, and of the brilliant manner in which he
repulsed the enemy, and forced them to retire from
before the place.
... .

Your LOrdship will observe, with the greatest satis-
faction, that the conduct of the Turkish troops was re-
warkable fur its gallantry and determination, and that
the ,Irrangements of the generalissimo were such as
might Le expected from an officer of his high distinction
and estabi;gbed reputation.
I understa;2d from Colonel Simmons that the result of
this successful action has had an excellent moral effect
upon the Turkish ri:my, which has since been busily oc-
cupied in improving the defences and increasing the
armament of the works.

The English men-of-war, C.l.uragoa, Furious, Valorous,
•nd Viper, the French steamer Veloce, and the Turkish
steamer Schehfaer, greatly contributed to the success of
the day by the energy of their co-operation and the
power of their fire ; and Omer Pasha has expressed his
sense of their valuable assistance, as well as that of a
detachment of the French army, which your Lordship
will regret to see sustained some loss in killed and
wounded, and among the latter is a naval officer.--I
have, &c. RAGLAN.
The Lord Panmure, &c.

(Translation.)
Head-Quarters, Eupatoria, February, 1855.
My Lord,—l have the honour to inform your Lord-
ship that the enemy attacked Eupatoria on the morning
of the 17th instant.
The troops intended for this attack had left the camp
before Sebastopol six days ago, and other troops from
Perekop and Simpheropol had joined them in the night
of the 16th, and the morning of the 17th, in the flat
ground that lays behind the heights that are before Eu•
patoria.

- As far as one could guess, and according to the infor-
mation furnished by prisoners, the enemy mustered
thirty-six battalions of infantry, eix regiments of ca-
valry, four hundred Cossacks, eighty pieces of artillery
in position, and some troops of horse artillery, which
were in reserve.

The attack commenced at daylight by a strong can-
nonade, during which the enemy used even thirty-two
pounders. At first the Russians showed themselves in
great force along our whole position, but seeing that our
left was protected by men•of--war, which went there when
the first shot was fired, they concentrated against our
centre and right.
I then requested the senior officer of the
English Royal Navy to send the gun-boat Viper
to the right, and to take up a position near the
French steamer Veloce and the Turkish steamer Scbeh-
faer, on board of which was the Vice-Admiral, Ahmed
Pacha. At the same time I reinforced the right with
some battalions of infantry and some pieces of artillery,
which I withdrew from the left.

The enemy continued his fire, without ceasing, from
the position held by his artillery, supported by a power-
ful fire of skirmishers, and then his infantry, carrying
planks and ladders, three times tried to storm the works.
Each time it was repulsed, and obliged to retire under
our fire, but it was enabled to effect this retrogade move-
ment under cover of its artillery, and of heavy masses of
cavalry.

Our cavalry, which at the present moment only mus-
ters about 200 or 300 horses, and which charged the
Russian infantry at the commencement of its retreat,
did not dare to pursue it in the face of such heavy masses.
This superiority in artillery and cavalry prevented our
disturbing the Russians on their retreat. After four
hours and a half fighting, they commenced retiring in
three different directions, towards the bridge of Lake
Sasik, towards Top Mamai, and towards the Perekop
road.

I have every reason to be satisfied with the conduct of
my troops during the day. Although behind works only
half finished, and not fully armed, they showed a bold
front and were very steady.
Our losses are not very numerous, but they are to be
deplored. We regret the death of Selim Pasha, Lieut.-
General, commanding the Egyptian troops. We had,
moreover, 87 killed, and 277 wounded ; 79 horses killed
and 18 wounded.

Amongst the killed there are 7 officers, and 10 are
wounded, amongst them Suleiman Pasha ; 13 inhabi-
tants of the town have been killed, and 11 wounded.
I consider it my duty to make honourable mention of
the French detachment that is here, and of the English
men-of-war, Curacoa Furious, Valorous, Viper, of the
Turkish steamer Schehfaer, arid of the energetic co-opera-
tion of the French steamer V6loce, who all contributed
greatly towards frustrating the efforts of the enemy.
The French detachment had 4 men killed and 9 wounded
—amongst the latter is a naval officer.
The Russians must have suffered a heavy loss. Ac-
cording to the report of the civil authorities of the
town, who had to bury the dead, their number of killed
amounts to 453 ; their artillery lost 300 horses. They
carried away a great, many of their dead, and almost all
their wounded. We have taken seven prisoners.--I
have, &c., (Signed) OMER.
Hie Daellancy the Lerd litaghto, &c.

ARMY BEFORE
.SEBASTOPOL COM-

MITTEE.

(Continued from our first edition of yesterday.)

Mr. Layard was next examined. He stated that he
had been to the Crimea, and saw the landing of the
army. The infantry and a portion of the artillery and
cavalry were landed in English boats. The horses and
artillery were landed by means of French large flat-bot-
tomed boats. Our transports were, without any excep-
tion that he saw, vessels of large tonnage, and
were far more numerous than the French. The
French brought with them means of carrying the sick
and other appliances, but their transports were extremely
small.:,At Varna the French had constructed large flat-
bottomed boats, admirahly adapted for landing cavalry
and artillery. We had but few, and had to make up
the deficiency by paddle steamers. At Eupatoria he
heard there were stores of flour, but that they were di•
vided between the French and the English. The
Kangaroo was there at the time, and was laden with
sick under sailing orders for Constantinople, but in con-
sequence of the delay of the medical man coming on
board, a number of the unfortunate fellows died. Ho
saw the condition of almost every regiment on its land-
ing. The troops were without their tents the first night.
The weather was rather rough, and the wind blew
strongly. There was some sickness then amongst them,
but not to any very great extent. The French army
were transported by the navy, and that was the
reason why ho presumed they were able to
bring baggage animals and other means of
land transport in their chartered transports. We
brought no baggage animals, and only a portion of our
troops were on board naval vessels. He was on board
the Agamemnon when Balaklava was taken possessien
of. The houses were taken by various individuals, and
he saw the names of the occupiers rudely chalked up
over the doors, such as "Lord Raglan," " Lord Lucan,"
and so on. At first there appeared to be no per-
son in charge of the town, or of the landing
of troops or provisions, but afterwards a kind
of town major was appointed. He thought Captain
Keith was harbour master. There was a wharf erected
for the landing of the siege artillery—but that was the
only one. The harbour was in a very filthy condition.
He left the Crimea on the 17th of November, after the
battle of Inkerman ; the bad weather had not set
in at that time. During the storm which
arose, the hospital marquees were blown down,
and the sick were exposed to the weather.
A number of the tents were scattered to the winds,
and the camp was very much damaged. He could not
say the troops were in a very bad condition when he
left. The sanitary condition of the camp was very un-
satisfactory, and dead horses were lying about in all
directions. He thought the camp, altogether, was very
badly managed in this respect, and the medical
officers admitted that some person was required whose
especial duty it was to look after the sanitary condition
of the camp. He had frequent opportunities of inspect-
ing the French camp ; and Kamiesh Bay was well
conducted. Wharves were erected and depots of stores
and provisions were formed; and every house was
turned to some useful purpose. He had often spoken to
different authorities at Balaklava, as to the pro-
priety of forming similar depots there. He was
not aware of the formalities required for the
issue of provisions. He was on board the Har-
binger, and he found her in a very disgraceftil state.
The harbour also was in a very confused and irregular
state, vessels lying about in all directions. Before the
storm he had often heard remarks from Admiral Lyons
on board the Agamemnon that the anchorage in the
harbour was very insecure. At the time he left there
was no very great cause of complaint as to the
condition of the men beyond perhaps the want of fuel
and the supply of unraasted coffee. He heard com-
plaints about the inferiority of engineering tools sent
out, and also that the fusees of the shells were very bad,
and rendered the latter quite useless. His impreseien
was that a large number of the tents were very bad in-
deed—in fact, they looked quite old and worn out. We
had no carts brought over from Varna ; the French had.
It struck me that a number of houses in Balaklava might
have been advantageously made use of for depots of dif-
ferent kinds. Captain Christie had the entire direction
of the transport service, and it rested with him, he pre
Burned, whether a vessel was allowed to remain in
the harbour or not. Between the time of his
landing at Balaklava and the commencement of siege
operations, &c., he had an opportunity of seeing how the
troops were occupied in camp. They did not appear
to be doing anything beyond simple military duty
at one period of the time, for about a fortnight,
and it struck him they might have been ad-
vantageously employed in making a good road be-
tween Balaklava and the camp—but, of course, he
could rot say that they ought to have been so occupied.
It often struck him as being very injudicious that large
vessels, chartered at an enormous expense by the Go-
vernment, should be kept in harbour for weeks at a
time merely as stores, when the cargoes might have
been landed and placed in depots at Balaklava,
and the ships been allowed to continue their sailing duty.
He was given to understand in the camp that there was
a divisional order against the men going beyond a cer-
tain distance to fetch brushwood or fuel for their fires.
After sickness broke out there was great difficulty in
obtaining medicines. He understood that by some
mistake the medicines bad been accidentally
left at Varna and had not been sent on to Scutari. He
presumed the duty of superintending the landing of pro-
visions devolved upon Captain Christie and Commissary-
General Filder.

The committee adjourned at a quarter to four o'clock
until to-morrow.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.