The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-22 00:00:00

7aussiaris must have enormous supplies to be able
to throw it away in this manner.
The 9th division of the French army moved to
Inkerman on the afternoon of the 4th, in order to
strengthen the position, as our allies are not at all
satisfied with the state of things there. The re-
doubt on which the unsuccessful attack was made
ten days ago still remains in the hands of the
enemy, and they are pushing up fresh works more
advanced, so that they are now without doubt be-
sieging us, and that too in the most active manner.
Generals Canrobert and Bosquet visited Lord
Raglan at head-quarters on the 4th, but the result
of their conference has not transpired. In the after-
noon of the same day General Canrobert rode round
to lukermau and inspected the position of the
French there.

Sir John Burgoyne, whose recall was commonly
bruited in camp, I am happy to say, remains with
us, a fact which has given great satisfaction to al-
most all parties.
Yesterday afternoon two Poles, deserters, came
in, over the plain of Balaklava, from the direction
of Tchorgoun. A party of 10 or 12 horsemen were
seen by our picquets advancing towards them,
until they got within range, and when fired at, all
but two of the party galloped back ; these two kept
advancing, holding up their caps, and surrendered
themselves. Their account of themselves was, that
one was an officer, the other had been an officer, but
for some offence had been recently degraded. They
were taken up to Lord Raglan, but it is not yet
known whether they have given any information of
consequence. The arrival of these two deserters
caused a break for a short time in the amusements
which were then going on, and which had been looked
forward to for some days with great expectations.
The English, true to their native instincts, had got
up pony races to break the monotony of camp life—
and the " event"came off yesterday afternoon on the
Karani race-course. There was very excellent run-
ning, and after it was over most of the party ad-
' journed to the " Karani gorse," which they drew
very successfully for a dog, who gave them a famous
run from Karani village down to the mouth
of Balaklava harbour, when, finding the sea too
strong for him, he turned tail and ran back again
to-vvards the village, beating off the whole of the
field. The dog hunts are now fixed for every
Tuesday and Friday. I mention these little inci-
dents to show that there is a much more cheerful
tone now in the army than there wan a few weeks
ago. A month back a man who proposed a dog
hunt, or a race, would have been looked on by Ins
brother officers as one who ought to be taken
particular care of by his friends. There was a
general despondency and gloom over bath officers
and men, but the charming weather we now have
seems to have enlivened every one, and though very
few of the troops are hutted, I fancy many more
might have been had they thought it worth
while going to the trouble of getting up huts,
for the roads are now practicable for almost any-
thing, and a man after going through the rigours of
winter under canvass feels himself " stived up"
when he gets into a house. I therefore think that
the bulk of the wooden houses will remain rotting
on Balaklava wharf all the summer as they have
done all the winter. The health of the troops is
much improving, though there are a good many
eases of low fever about Balaklava. The Mel-
bourne, one of the hospital steamers, came in tho.
day before yesterday with a great many cases of
fever on board. She brought up a few convale3-
cents from Scutari, who carried with them the
germs of the disorder. She is now moored in the
midst of the crowded harbour of Balaklava, and
may be the means of spreading the contagion. A
sanitary board is much wanted in camp and at
Balaklava, for they will be perfect pest-boles when
the warm weather commences. Colonel Harding,
at the latter place, is indefatigable in his endea-
vours to ebtain order, and to have the place pro-
perly cleaned, but the accumulation of a winter's
filth renders his task like one of Hercules' labours.
The railway is now open upwards of three miles,
and they send up fuel, provisions, .5.5 c., beyond the
village of Kadekoi, a great saving of labour to men
and horses. The main engineering difficulty, viz.,
forming the incline to the summit of the first hill,
will soon be overcome, and from there the difficul-
ties are but few.

There are, of course, all sorts of rumours as to
what is going to be done with regard to the city of
Sebastopol ; the general opinion is that a bombard-
ment will take place within a few days, and that
afterwards the town will be attempted by assault.
The Russians have made it to all appearance im-
pregnable, and it will be a fearful day when it is
stormed. Some of our engineer officers say now,
that the Russian lines are so extensive, that it is im-
possible, with the strength supposed to be at pre-
sent in the town, that they can effectually defend
the works.