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period, I had the satisfacti on of seeing all the gun-boat
anchored just in their own draught of water, within long
gun-shot of the east extreme of Gheisk and the neigh-
bouring steppe, along the edge
. of which, fur four miles,
corn and hay was stacked I quantities far beyond what
I had conceived to be possible, and at the base of the
steppe, as well as that part of the spit commanded by
the town, timber yards, fish stores, boats, &c., in num-
bers were accumulated.
To attack upon as many points as possible was, I
thought, the only way to foil the troops that had now
had Sti hours to prepare for us ; the gun-boats Grinder,
Boxer, Cracker, and Clinker, were left to cover the
landing party. To Lieutenant Ross of the Weser, I
signalised to prepare to land, and divided the force in
the Liman into three bodies ; the left under Lieu-
tenants Day and Townsend, consisted of boats and men
of Recruit and Boxer; the centre I entrusted to Corn.
wander Kennedy, having under him Lieutenants Hamil
ton, Campion, Marryat, and Mayne, with all the boats
of the Curlew, Ardent, Grinder, and
Cracker, and port
rocket and gun-boats of the Vesuvius, in charge of the
officers named in the margin ;* the right division under
Lieutenant Chetham Strode, and Lieutenant Hudson,
consisted of the starboard gun-boats of Vesuvius, and
tho-e of Clinker, together with some marines, Mr,' R.
Farquharson, midshipman, in charge of the latter.
Lieutenant Ross, on the west side of Gheisk Spit, had
tke boats and small-arm men of the Weser, with a
small
force from Curlew and Ardent, under Lieutenant Miall
and Mr. Tilly, Second Master, in readiness to co-operate'.
The different parties pulled in and effected a landing
at appointed places, fully a mile apart ; the Russian
troops, within light breastworks, attempted to prevent
them, but failed, and in a few moments a screen of
flames and smoke rolling from our men towards the
enemy, prevented the latter seeing where or how to
manoeuvre in order to cut off any of our small detach•
meets.

Oa the right and centre the enemy mustered strongest,
and at one time observing a column of 1,500 Cossacks
moving rapidly off the left, I directed Commander Ken.
nedy (who by that time had connected his fires with
those of Lieut. Day) to re•embark all but the marines,
and with them to proceed to his right, and I reinforced
him with the marines of the Recruit and Weser, under
Lieut. Campion. This answered perfectly; the enemy
arrived too late to save anything on the left, whilst our
men steadily worked towards the right division, under
Lieuts. Strode and Ross, who, in spite of a heavy but
badly directed fire from the houses on the heights,
steadily held their ground, and effectually destroyed a
great ace 1 mulation of materials for boats and ship build-
ing, fish stores, cavalry camp gear and granaries.
When everything but the town of Gheisk was de-
stroyed, I ordered the embarkation to take place, and
detached some boats to cover Lieut. Ross, between
whom and his boat the enemy were throwing a body of
men, who, by their uniform, I believed to be regular in-
fantry.
By 2 p.m., everything was finished, and all the parties
safely re-nnbarked on board their respective gun-boats,
the casualties amounting to only six men wounded in
all, one of there dangerously and another severely.
Nothing further being left within our reach in Gheisk-
Liman, except the store of corn cshich escaped on the
previous day at Glofira, I, therefore, ordered Com-
mander Kennedy with the moiety of the boats to re-
turn to their respective ships, and remained' with the
Recruit, Ardent, Boxer, and Cracker's boats to finish
what had escaped east of Glofira.
On the 6th the weather, which had favoured us most
providentially, changed ; fogs and strong breezes came
on, but directly I was able, the rocket boats and car-
cases were again employed upon Clofira until the fires
extinguished yesterday were re lighted, and another ex-
tensive accumulation of corn in flames ; I then weighed
and returned to the Vesuvius, reaching her the same
afternoon.

I despair of being able to convey to you any idea of
the extraordinary quantity of corn, rye, hay, wood, and
other supplies so necessary for the existence of Russian►
armies both in the Caucasus and the Crimea, which it
has been our good fortune to destroy.
That there vast stores should have been collected here
so close to the sea, whilst we were still in the neighbour-
hood, is only to be accounted for, by their supposing
that they could not be reached by us, and judging by
the position the squadron under the late Captain Edmund
Lyons, took up in May last, the Russians had established
a camp and fortified their town only to meet a similar
attack.

During these proceedings we never had more than 200
men engaged ; the enemy had, frem the concurrent tes-
timony of Lieutenants Ross and Strode, and my own
observation, from 3,000 to 4,000 men iu Gheisk alone.
Where every officer exerted himself to the utmost, and
did all and more than I expected of them, it would be
in v idious for me to mention one more than another ; it
was their coolness, zeal, and example, that rendered
steady many of their younger men, who for the first
time were under fire, and but for their general intelli-
gence and zeal, the enemy would have easily frustrated
our operations. _

The zeal, good conduct, and gallantry of the men were
deserving of every praise.
Commander Kennedy, my second in command, gave
me most valuable cooperation, and from him, as well as
the reports of the other officers, I feel justified in placing
before you the names of the following warrant officers
and men, who, under fire, behaved remarkably well,
viz. :—Mr. Richard Very, Acting Gunner of her Ma-
jesty's ship Ardent ; Thomas Kerr, Gunner, Royal Ma-
rino Artillery, her Majesty's ship Vesuvius ; Peter
Hanlan, A. 8., her Majesty's ship Curie ; David Barry,
A. 8., her Alajesty's ship Cracker.
'l'he enclosed plan, illustrative of our operations, by
Mr. Geo. Parry, Acting Master of the Vesuvius, will, I
trust, be of use, and I beg you will allow me to call your
attention to the unvarying zeal of that officer.
I have, (te.
(Signed) SHERARD OSBORN,
Captain and Senior Officer iu the
Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyonß,eaS of Azot. ff.
Bar, btc„

.ETURN OF MEN WOUNDED DURING THE
OPERATIONS OF THE 4TH, STH, AND 6TH NOV.,
1855, IN GHEISK-LIMA.N.
Thos . Middl€ton, Vesuvius, Gunner, R.M.A., slightly.
John Cook, Vesuvius, Ord., slightly
Peter Haulan, Curlew, A. 8., dangerously
Thomas Cuddehey, Curlew, Private, R.M., severely
John Burke, Recruit, A. 8., severely
Robert Atwood, Weser, Private, R.M., slightly
(Signed) SHERARD OSBORN,
Cdptain and Senior Officer.

A. RETURN OF OFFICERS AND MEN OF HER
MAJESTY'S SHIPS VESUVIUS, CURLEW, AR-
DENT, AND WESER, DETACHED AND EM-
PLOYED DESTROYING THE ENEMY'S RE-
SOURCES IN GHEISK-LIMAN, DURING THE
4TH, STII, AND firil NOV., 1855.
VESUVIUS.
Gig—Captain S. Osborn, Senior Officer; Mr. G. D;
Perry, Acting Master.
Rocket Roat--Lieut. Chetham Strode ; Mr. Joseph
Scott, Gunner.
Paddlex-box Boat—Mr. IL R. Armstrong, Mate.
Paddle-box Boat— Mr. Gilbert King, AEsistant- Surgeon;
Mr. R. 1). Farquharson, Midshipman.
Boats' crows, all small-arm men and Marines.
CURLEW.
Gig—Commander J. J. Kennedy.
Pitmcc3—Lieutenant Mayne
Gig—Lieutenant Mall.
Pinnace—Mr. Goorge hioraut, Midshipman.
All small-arm men and marines.
A RDENT.—Cutter, Rocket-boat and Gig—Lieutenant
Campion ; Mr. Veroy, acting guLner. 20 Blue jackets and
11 Marines.
WESER.-11 Marines belonging to Weser.
(Signed) SHER ARD OS BORN,
Captain and Senior Officer.
In consideration of the services mentioned in the above
despatches, Commander John James Kennedy will
be
; be
promoted to the rank of Captain so soon as he shall
ee
n abll
qualified and Lieutenant Hubert Campion h
promoted to the rank of Commander.

* Mr. Armstrong, mate; Mr. Scott, gunner; Mr.
Verey, gunner.

BREAD-STREET WARD.

ELECTION OF ALDERMAN.—(THIS DAy.)
The polling commenced this morning, and finally
closes at four o'clock. The following was the state of
the poll at

FOUR O'CLOCK.

Lawrence
Niooll

43
31

Majority for Lawrence l2
The electors took no interest in the proceedings, on
account of a legal protest being handed in by Mr.
Nicoll's legal adviser against Mr. Lawrence, on account,
it was asserted, that he was not proposed and seconded
by duly qualified persons.