The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-17 00:00:00

Enclosure 1.

RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 26T11
FEB. TO IsT MARCH, 1855, INCLUSIVE.
4th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. "
23d Foot-1 sergeant, wounded.
34th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
44th Foot-1 rank and file, killed.
77th Foot-1 rank and file killed ; 2 rank and file
wounded.
88th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
89th Foot—l rank and file, wounded.
Royal Sappers and Miners-2 rank and file, wounded.
Total-2 rank and file, killed ; 1 sergeant, 8 rank and
file, wounded. _

J. B. BIICKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant- General.

Enclosure 2.
NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED, FROM
26Til FEBRUARY TO Ism MARCH, 1855, IN-
CLUSIVE.

KILLED.
FEB. 25.
44th Regiment of Foot.
Private M. McNamara (omitted in last return)

FEB. 27.
Private John Murray
J. B. BIICKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

Enclosure 3.

NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM
THE 26TH FEBRUARY TO IsT MARCH, 1855
INCLUSIVE.

WOUNDED.
FEB. 27.
77th Regiment of Foot.
Private John Magrath, severely
Private John Moore, severely
88th Regiment of Foot.
Private Daniel Cockerry, severely.
89th Regiment of Foot.
Private John Knowles, severely
Royal Sappers and Miners.
Private D. Cuthbert, severely
Private T. Gilchrist, slightly
FEBRUARY 28.
4th Regiment of Foot.
Private Michal Jeffrey, severely
34th Regiment of Foot.
Private Jeremiah Bates, dangerously
MAnort L
23d Regiment of Foot.
Serjeant Frederick Nixon, slightly
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

OFFICIAL DESPATCEIES FROM REAR-
ADMIRAL SIR E. LYONS.

(Prom the London Gazette of Last Night.)
ADMIRALTY, MARCH 16.
Despatches, of which the following are copies, havebeen
received from Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart.,
(IX-8., Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and
vessels in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
ARMED PACHA'S THANKS FOR THE SERVICES RENDERED
BY HER MAJESTY'S SHITS AT EIIPATORIA..
Royal Albert, off Sebastopol, March 2, 1855.
Sir,—With reference to my letters of the 20th and 24th
ult. (Nos. 140 and 152), I beg leave to inclose, for the in-
formation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a
copy of a letter from Ahmed Pacha, Commander-in-Chief
of the Ottoman squadron, returning thanks for the assist-
ance afforded by her Majesty's ships during the attack an
Eupatoris, by the Russians on the 17th ult.—l am, &c.,
ED. LYONS,
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London.

(Enclosure.)
Feiza Bari, Rade d'Eupatoria,
le 26 Fevrier, 1855.
MONSIEUR L'AMIRAL,-11euiprossement quo mettent les
matins Anglais qui so tn.-event ici, soit pour le de-
barquement des troupes, d e lours provisions, des
chevaux, ainsi que de tout le materiel de guerre,
qui nous arrive continuellement, soit pour courir
an secours de nos troupes, concourir a la defense
de la vine, en appnyant par suer et par terra lee operations
militaires, comma ils I's3nt fait le 17 du mole courant,
lorsque I'ennemi nous a attaque avec des forces consider-
ables ; en un mot, les services quo la marine Anglaise, sous
votre commandement superiesur, nous rend journelloment,
aves zele et slevonement, sent trop grinds et trop sensibles
pour que j'hesite daventage a vows lee faire connaitre.
Je vous prie Bono IVagrer l'expression des sentiments
sinceres de notre reconnaissanoe eternelle.
J'avais rintention de m'acquitter verbalement d'an de-
voir si agreable : je ne le fais neanmoins qua par ecrit a
present, esperant de pouvoir le faire plus tard en personne.
Veuillez agreer, Monsieur I'Amiral, l'assarance des sen-
timents de ma haute consideration.
Le Commradant-en-Chef de l'Escadre,
0 ttomaroe,
(Signe)

AHMED.

ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM-

MITTEE.

(Continued from our first edition of yesterday.)

Mr. Macdonald, in continuation, said—Supposing he
had consideqd it his duty to make any representation
as to the state of the hospital, he should have gone to
the Ambassador, and not to the medical head. The two
hospital hulks had a medical staff of their own, but were
still under the authority of the hospitals on shore. The
transport system for the Kick was not a special one.
The operation of landing was under the disposal of Ad.
miral Boxer ; but during the passage, and previous to
landing, the sick were under the direction of the medical
officer of the vessel.

Mr. Ellice—Whose duty was it to supply food and
comforts to the sick and wounded on board the tran-
sports, after their arrival in the Bosphorus, and before
they were landed ?

Mr. Macdonald—Food wa4s supplied by the captain ef
the vessel under the authority of the Admiralty ' • and
medical comforts and medicines were distributed by the
medical department ; so thr.t, in fact, it was necessary
that the authorities of two departments should interfere
in the matter.

Mr. Layard—When the sick were paced in the hos-
pitals, to whom was application to be made for bedding
and other necessaries?

Mr. Macdonald—The purveyor was the person.
Mr. Layard—Will 'you be kind enough to explain to
the committee your own mode of proceeding whilst you
were at Scutari ?
Mr. Macdonald then entered into a detailed statement
of the course he pursued with regard to the purchase and
administration of necessaries and comforts to the sick
and wounded, stating that in his exertions he was ma-
terially assisted by the co-operation and kind offices of
Miss Nightingale. He added that he supplied one regi-
ment (the 39th) with warm clothing on the application
of the surgeon of that regiment. He obtained that
clothing at Constantinople. The surgeon stated that it
would be a charity to the men it the clothing were given
to them, as they had come from a warm climate without
any provision in the way of clothing for a colder tem-
perature. He (Mr. Macdonald) obtained the supply at
Constantinople, and got it on board the next day. He
never supplied any other regiment or persons going to
the Crimea. He did, however, contribute medical com-
forts, bedding, Turkish quilts, and other articles, to the
convalescents proceeding home in Government trans-
ports, on the application of the Rev. Mr. Sabine.
By Mr. LayP,rd—Can you state what was the style of
cooking in the hospitals ?
Mr. Macdonald—The provision for this was of the
modest possible kind, and there was a great deal of
delay and irregularity in getting meals prepared and
served up. For instance, if a mutton chop were ordered
for a patient at one o'clock, it would not, perhaps, be
ready before eight o'clock at night.
By Colonel Lindsay—He knew of several persons
having been asked by the sentries what there business
was at the hospitals. But he had never been interfered
with in that manner ; yet lie could not say why. He
believed that in some hospitals it was not the custom to
admit strangers.
By Lord Seymour —He thought it advisable that
strangers should have had admission at any time with-
out any formalities. Before he went out lie had an inter-
view with the Duke of Newcastle and Dr. Andrew
Smith ; from the latter of whom he got a letter of intro-
duction to Dr. Cumming, and was also informed tbat
no strangers were admitted to the hospitals except at
certain times to see a patient, or to inspect it ; but, in
either case, they must be accompanied by some official
of the establishment. He was further told the same
facility, compatible with these regulations, would be
extended to him as a matter of course. On his arrival
he called upon Dr. Menzies, and informed laim that he
had come out with mosey for the rebel of the sick and
wounded ; at the xame time requesting facilities for the