The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-22 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING;;SEO:EMBER. 22, 4i

[PRicic 4D. STAB PD.

No. 19,649.]

:Naval and- Military Intelligence.

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• •iThoLords of the Adniikalty•coialuded theirinspection
of g !:tEcw p ptl yterday by, yisieting
.the Victory
mustering rho. artifices of, the dockyard,
bidding a levee at t-ici Naval .oolfege, and receiving a
deputation fidiej the'Woii4tatiOO Of Tortsmbuth relative
tola, nyuch'nbeded:idookler cotnnircial: Purposes,

MARLBOII.OI7O-41-STItVET.-LlTtli MiniNo SY
TE3C-7—Frtderick ;Harding,. No; 62, i Ms.tigaretitreet, df
no. occupation, was. brought A,efore Mr. rtingha,
Charged with obtaining from'hir.'
55, Rupert-streit,,glentlemon, .the siun,:tif•••44 by fat e
and fraudulent, k:tretvicps,ll , (
The complainant rose. I'Was des •
• roue •of backing_ the ,horse 'Nikon Witirfor, i fed •a • mall,
.frsk want I believe,is a port of betting Iputefl:y ried to take
ine_to a person who kept a betting-book, aqd who-would
make a bet-on the,' race in •queitiiifi. w4tit to the
King's Head public-Amuse with theeraanwmid, in the
parlour, the,prisoner was pointei out as a person named
Smith ,• who 'had' 'betting-book ' TW''perion said
his,name was Smith, that 'hell:ad llvAl:fOrfthreei months
in the house, and. had kept a betting-book there for that
period. I proposed to him' to take the'OdBs-11•nitie sove-
yeigtui oi-three sovereigncen Indian WalTiorl -The pri-
slner agreed to accept this, bet, and put.,.down three
soiefekno.' The' Prisoner handed me a *card with' the odds •
altered from 3 tel to 3 to 2: flawing gotttilB sovereigns,
the prisoner then, as, a temptation to ninskimmeto bet
more money, salt! he would make another bet of 2 to I.
•
*it:down another sovereign to Makelthfeletioitd•bet, anji
this sovereigns., - Thepe was agentilepApprese*
who saw me pay, the money, and who made a small bet
left the house :with Ile tetitivilireed me tb
it,. and,: after wallringa few yards,ii Oho gbt tiadvisablle
to ask the man what be knew about the prisoripr.
rinati said •he knew the;priliorter, adAd; tr DO yon
think • I , would' let him take, in!la gentletpeAtilike youit
self ?'' As I thought it very.likely‘that4?.t was o gen
tldmari like ityielf'whb Wet a lisithk'enin,t f'hoitiht i
advids.l4 to : go back. to; the: publictirraseithiniaki som
inquiries. When I got back to the Klug's AZ()) T.,19111
-and'ihe:Vtia 'in
dad left the hoqse toggtheril thie skance amused
suspicions. I asked the land4dy,of the horyi4gphelmo
Smith; and if he *kept a bettingchoOk there.- Slie said .sh
did not.know any one of thunatie kyft--Srixith. I*seid
" Why, I thought all these tissues, whighlwere hun
round the bar, belonged to Mr. Smith."
Mr. *Bingham—l am lib ignorant of these matter
that I have not, the least notion what tissues pe.an.
Complainant:-They are silver PaPer; 'with the name
of the wrining_horses atidthe odds; and areimportant to
betting-men. The landlady .said. the .tiosues:were only
hung up for her husbend'iamuseinentr--that she did noel
knOw Smith, • and that no such person kept-it betting)
book there. I said—" Now.l, am convinced the affair"
is a swindle. I declare the bet off,. thougkit is pretty)
certain the horse I have backed Will. wiii." The-landlord!
tried to bunt out the prisoner,: but,failed to ,doipo. I
Mr. Bingham—The false pretence theiii is,) that the
prisoner had said his name WAS Smith; that herbed lived
in the house three months, and had kept a betting-book*
there all that time... • •
• • • •
Y • •
Complainant—ee. The prisoner admits the fact,
, but disputed, his•identity at first... • • .1* .1_ • I
Mr. Bingham to prisoner—l'll hear what you have tot
Say. • ' • •
. Prisoner—l have nothing Jo say,-*exoept that I amt
not the person., I _wp.s summoned on :the; jury at the
Old Bailey at the time. 'keep a house, and pay 130/.:
:a-yea:r rent and taxes.. I want •to ask the con
who brought,him•to the public-house ?
ComPlair.ant—l do not know the man, unless he wool!
a -" plOnt " of your o wn• on me. •
Mr. Bingham.-7I understand the prisoner to say, int
his defence, that he is not the man who - obtained the,
money as the betting-man' SMith. -Why should you
want to know who brought the complainant to the
house if your story is true ? Your best course is to put
no questions.• ' • *
Complainant--The prisoner hoe • offered to , pay the
m on. •
• Mr.ey Bingham---Then lyoU had better take it. ,
The four sovereigns were:then given'to the complain-
ant, and Mr. Bingham discharged tke prisoner,

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ther•Oirpbration offered to: construct on their:own site (in,
the,camber) if their lord.ships woul eird give them their
sanction. This, however,: was not conceded. In the
evening the Board of AdinirOltY entertainer the headi
of the naval, military, and• civil departnientS•ef the port,
.the mayor, commandantf of Royal Marines and Artillery,
&c., at the t`seorge'llotel, which terminated their official
dutieS. • • " ' - • • ; • .
• ••4 tile,lnvee held hy„the, First Lord of the,Admiralty,
yesterday at_the Royal iCaval College, to receive officers
who had not had interviews during the
.past 12 months,
'tbe-lollowing had: audiences 1.. • • '
•Vice-Adniiral---Peter.Jelm pouglap,s
tear-lt.dnairal—jolin • ' '
Major-General
.11,4a1 Marinesl-41. Evans.
CP-tains,•lt...N.--,Roh,eq Sharpe, fsackett Hope, J. A.
'Painter; J: F B. Wainwright, F. L. .M'Clintock, Ed-
teard Herricli; James Gabriel Gordon;' Roclirdid Maguire,
1P)-c44.3144, c4442mi114 • ) •
CAmmanders, R.N -cf. T. M. Purvis, F. W. R.
Sadler (retired); J: Bulley; T.' Mitchell, H. Goold, W.
AolitdOn, G, F. Meenam,,C. Wadditoie, G. F. Bur-
gess, S. G. Cresswell, J. E. Elliott,, R. Fegen, W.
'WOfsfold,.4; M. LOtigtriy,, J, 13Ofneks,' W.-; Douglas.
Lieutenantsi—E., ,TVLl!Leyciesteryl)ll.l.W: Patterson,
C. M, Chapman, E. 11, elane4,.-N.,..43. tifeilingfishl, J.
Jeayes; •3. ilatingsleY; '`G. `'N'Vall, O. L. Lewis'
(Royal. Marinev), J. Wainwrightynnlk W. li, Fenwick.
Surgeon.—S. , 1'
ehapfain:••••-•Rev. E. S.'
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• Agent—Jahn Ruseell)bfrtheiltokAtEtiitetA Haslar.
Master ,Shipwright.-f-R•iphard'Abethpll, of Portsmouth
Dockyard. •
Johnston..
Airs. Lewis '4lliett,, :widow oft tile; latteoldeutenant
Elliott, R.N. , . • • , •
:The Lodi Eglinteni, Steain-t'ean4kri No. f 65, Captain,
DOI', arrived at; Spithead from.. the, r East yegterday,
morning. She left Constantinople Sept. 2 ; Malta, 10 ;•
and Gibraltar, ; Sideliottom; in military
obarga of four Men ct the Royal Artillery, nine women..
and ten children. The Sovereign stea.ip-transport was
ashore in tile Dardanelles on the 2d. Copt. Dunn stayed
by her' some time, and ',attempted to tow her Off, but
found, he was unable to dolo, And ,9.4, compelled. to
leave "her where she was. The .rolimteer screw-trans-
port left Gibraltar one day, and' the' OitiY-A' Aberdeen
two .d,ays,, before the Lady :Eglinton,r,both bound for
England: The Volunteer brought home Messrs. james
ICelt and Alexander Brebner, • engineers';' San Camp-
bell and William Watson, stokers; and Stewart Ander-
son, carpenter.. .
' • The lEoltis',. shell magazine`-ship, Master-Commander
M. L. BroWne,. returned to Spithead • from the Baltic
yesterday. • I
The Emma Eugenia, freight-ship, arrived at Spithead
yesterday from Halifax, _ with recruits for ithe British
German Legion, The names of the officers are iCaptains
Cartensen, Tiemacki, and Corpini ; Lieutenants Pildiski;
and :Sherman ; and- Ensigns Sainsay; ,Terargiv:er, and
Ritter ,;••Assistant-Surgeen Biel, ,and .184 rank and file..
She also brOught Lieutenant Westropp and• Ensign Col.;
ranee,: five-rank andffile, two woroen, and onenhifd, of
the 76th • Regiment ; and Captain Nixon, and 52 rank
. and file, of the Royal 'Artillery.
The' Water, iteani-transport, left Portsmouth yester-
day afternoon, with a cargo of new huts for. the troops,
built by 14r. Luke camwell, of Portsmouth.;
The City of Aberdeen, steam-transport, arrived at
Spithead yesterday afternoon from the Crimea with the
following passengers : —Lieutenant-Colonel Montgomery,
of the First' Royals ; Lieutenant-Colonel O'Meara, Ma-
jor Slitten and J. F. King, of the Turkish Contingent ;
Mr. Langhufst, Assistant-Surgeon 23ti Regiment ; Ad-
jutant 'Corbutt, of the Land Transport Corps ; Mr.
rStainfrirti",and. Mr. Penrier, of the Commissariat De-
part:rot; (Captain Lewes, of the 3d Buffs ; ,Lieutenant
'Singer, Lieutenant Douglas, and Mr. Ivey, Surgeons of
the Rifle Brigade ; Beale, Paymaster, R.N. ; Quar-
termaster Kalnitza, 11th Hussars ' • Quartermaster
Blake, of the 12th Lancers ; Captain Seagrave, of the
14th :Regiment ; Lieutenant Bower, ditto ; Lieutenant
Phipps, of tbe, 90th; Mr. Arlidge,• Paymastere R.N.;
Mr. Hollingsworth and two children, and 38, soldiers
and seamen, 'invalids. On the 7th inst. the City of
-Aberdeen exchanged signals, in•lat.• 44 18, long. 9 20,
with No. 1,485 first distinguishing pendant, Camper-
• dovii4' as -expressed by book.
Her Majesty's ship Calcutta, 84, Capt: J. J. Stopford,
arrived off, Portsmouth last night, after a week's pas-
sage from Sheerness:
• The steam-vessel Alecto, 5, Commander R. Phillips,
left Plymouth Sound onWednesday evening for the West
Coast of Africa. The hired steam-transport Hydaspes,
haVing embarked a division of -LOnd Transport Corps,
_left Plymouth Sound on Thursday morning for the Cri-
mea.
The Hope, screw transport No. 64, G. Corbett master,
arrived yesterday at Woolwich, from the Crimea. The
Gibraltar-and Stella on Thursday went down to Green-
hithe, with hots, guns, shot, ammunition, and carts from
Woolwich for the Crimea. Th.e :Regina was yesterday
morning received at Woolwich Arsenal from the docks,
and has taken-up her position to' embark stores for the
Turkish Contingent in the East., Earl of Durham
No. 23i1 tranepert; ;Of' t 47 toils .register, . and 80-horse
power, sailed yesterday morning from Greenhithe, with
ordnance and army stores for the Crimea.
The Tartarus, 4-gun paddle-wheel steamer, of 523 tons
Virden, 0 being noiutet and iigked Nk'oplwinh'basin,
prepared- for service. The Caridoc's repairs are
progressing with all possible speed. She is receiving
new boilers, and is tinclergoing a complete overhaul of
her engines. c The Tne is ,being ultiodkeP and cleared, so
that her repairs maybe comin4need- fcirthwith.• On her
homeward voyage she experienced some heavy squalls,
in one of which she sprang her topmast and lost her
maintopsail yard and-several spart. .„
First Lieutenant Dalby, Royal Marine's, stationed at
Woolwich Barracks,,is, ordered to proceed forthwith to
Plymouth, for'the purpose of taking charge of a guard
,over Russian prisoners. . . .
Second Lieutenant John Mastley Sadler, of the Chat-
haul division, is to 'be Firit Lieutenant and appointed
to the Plymouth division, vice Cutler, deceased:- • '
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the'Adrnira.ltY;-LGeorge Clarke, acting•surgeon, to the
Urgent •• James assistant-surgeon, to the Ur-
gent; W. H. Skinner, Wallace,derk's-assistatit,...to the Simoom.
Lord 'Seaton was to have reviewed the troops at the
Carragh -yesterday.' ' ' • '
• A 'general court-martial assembled on Thursday in
Fermoy Barracks-on a private of the 50th Regiment,
who deserted frointhe trenches before Sebastopol, made
'his way to•a vessel in BalaklaVa harbour then under way
for England, and was taken up as a, deserter in Devon-
port, from which place he has been transmitted to his
depot in Fermoy. A number of officers from Cork gar-
rison are summoned to attend the court-martial. "

Post Bvo., cloth, price 65.,

THE WAR in the EAST, from the Year 18!
till July, 1855: an Histerico-Critical Sketch of the Campail
on the Danube, in Asia, And in the Crimea, with a glance at I
pr9bable contingencies of the next Campaign.
By GENERAL GEORGE KLAPK A,
Author of Memoirs of the War of Independence in Hungary, &c.,!
Translated from the Oilginal Manuseripti by Lient.-Colonel
MEDN YANSZET.
London : Chapman-and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

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WORSHIP- STREET. —AN ' UNNATURAL SON.-.
John Pullergate, a young fellow of dissipated' appear-
ance and bad character, was charged before Mr. Ham-.
mill with assaulting his mother, an elderly woman of'
weak intellect, who has some small independent means
of support.
Mrs. Eliza Castrow said the prisoner lived with his
mother at her house in Ada-place, Hackney,' hut was
in the habit of ill-using her, and had. been so to the;
knowledge of the witness' for 16 weeks. On Thursday
afternoon witness heard him using the most vile lan-
guage to his mother, threatening to " beat her
skull in " unless she gave him 12s, : after which he fol-
lowed her down stairs and struck her, and the =Aber
then went out for a policeman and gave him into cus-
tody. The witness added that the prisoner's .mother
*as not quite right in her mind, occasioned, as she be-
lieved, by the prisoner's ill.treatment of her.
Wm. Twist, the police-constable, said the prisoner's
mother told him that Rhe was nearly bereft of her senses
by her son's ill-usage.
Mr. Hammill sentenced the, fellow to two months'
imprisonment, with hard labour, in the Rouse of Cor-
rection ; and at the expiration of that term to find bail,
two housekeepers for 201. each, to keep the peace for six
months.

SOUTHWARK.—THx. AIErRIYER or A FEMALE.—
George Kemble, a shoemaker, residing at 17,, Pepper-
street, Southwark, was placed in the dock for further
examination, charged with having caused the death of
Mary Ann Latimer, a female with whom he cohabited,
by knocking her down in a brutal manner.
It appeared from the evidence of Helen Gorman, a
married female, residing at No. 23, Pepper-street, that,
about a quarter-past five o'clock on the morning of Tues-
day last, she went out in the road to fetch some water.
She .there saw, the prisoner and deceased quarrelling
about a dozen doors off, when she went to the latter
and asked her what was the matter, when she replied
that she was not going to let her old man beat her, and
she pulled off her bonnet and asked her to hold it for
her. She had Marks of violence about her and was
bleeding, when witness told her to go in-doors. She re-
fused to do so, and made use of some words unfit for
use, when the prisoner came to her in the road and de-
liberately knocked. her doivn with brutal forte. He
struck her on the breast, and she fell backwards against
an iron post in the street, and never spoke afterwards.
The prisoner then became frightened and assisted witness
to lift her up, but she, was 'vitae dead. Witness went
and fetched a doctor, but it was no use. The prisoner
appeared sober, but deceased had been drinking and
quarrellinc, with him all night.
Richard Barnett said he was passing the end of Nor-
folk-street and heard them quarrelling. The prisoner
was endeavouring to persuade the deceased to go in, but
she refused, and was very violent towards him, -several
times attempting to strike hint. She also threw mud and
and oyster-sbeps,at him, which's° axatiperated him that
he knocked= her down, and she fell against an iron post
and wits killed.' He called' police-constable Arthur
Griffin, 91M, to the spot, and the prisoner was appre-
hended.
Mr. Combe asked whether an inquest had been held
since the last examination. •

Sergeant Wise, 11 M, replied that Mr. Carter em-
pannelled a jury on Wednesday ; and, after some of the
witnesses were examined, the inquest was adjourned un-
til Tuesday next, for medical testimony. _ _

MILITIA.
The South Mayo Rifles, embodied in Mayo, have re-
ceived the route for Athlone. The first division marched
on Wednesday, the second on Thursday, and the last
yesterday. The departure of the officers of this gallant
corps is much regretted. The, South Mayo are to be re-
placed by the gallant North Mayo, under the command
of Colonel Higgins, M.P. ; the first division is expected
to arrive to-morrow from Ballinrobe.

Mr. Coriibe said that if such was the case he should
further remand the prisoner until Thursday next, when
the depositions will be completed, and he can then be
sent for trial.

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ON KA

July the Russi#44
zated at a distanoe
led „another in Ko-
le heaviest Turkish

guris.'- •
~
On the 7th of August,, while one-half of the Russian
array_manceuvred-towards-Erxei. . her half- ad-
vanced on the litanli Tabia for the purpose of.covering
conyslyo deapatc front Alexanclropo
TOnoari). 'They.adva:u.ced tawithi . range of the Purl& h
guns" with 17t,talion.s of'infant y, three regiments- o
:eaTairy, pg,v "Stirabß-dshi-bazoulta,
The, garri4n:in Xars allots/. ,I them to advance' and
as soon as they came within rett.- .1' remaining in close
viithont making any futO tkinonstration, tbei
CaValrY being throytn fos-Warct-aiad, being also in serried
column,,the Turks opencA theitqfir . The Russian aqil-
lery not.findinkflytiositionc4rild four times,
whereupon tipl, .4ejd.eq 04-re,trot ngt but for more than
a quarter of an iour remainede posed to a crass fro
froth. the TUrkl; .which;` pl4so ratethe Midst of "the
enemy's maiso.l The Russians a e lost one general of
rs-vand about
230 non-commissioned officers anti friVates; some ktle.-1
and others !wounded.
This loss was confirmed by four Circassians in the
Russian service, who deserted after the action.
Yesterday we received a mail from Kars. with letters
dotin to the 16th inst.,":confirming the account just
• 'given. They inform us that General Monravieff, who
at-rived before Kars on the -15th inst. from his expedi-
tion to Hassan Kaleh, was, furious about this wretched
thatitetivre of the ...strtillery, tinder .General Breema, who
Ordered it., The Russian cavalry surrounds and observes
Kari very strictly, according to the letters we have re-
ceived_ Tr. Aliffamtit-eouriers sent by us,

and
one due Le; last ttaek from Kars, have been caught
by the Russians... All this leads us to fear that our
correppondence will beeome less . frequent and more
difffeelt. ' . '
They send us word that provisions are abundant, but
that barley and bay run very short, on account of
of which the horses- i-teeive only half-rations of either.
Other particulars brought hero from Kars state that
scarcity of everything prevails there, and that it rein-
rcenatiniiiith provisions do not arrive within twenty
days they will be compelled to surrender. I do not
know which statement we ought to believe, since it is
probable, our friends there tell us, they have an abundance
of food, being fearful lest their letters should fall into
the hands of Russians. These, too, on reading such
a statement, might possibly be induced to raise the siege.
Or it may 13.€1, that the contrary particulars may have
been sent by pessimists—that is to say, by persons who
see everything in gloomy colours, and by exaggeration
convert truth into falsehood. It is, however, quite po-
sitive that meal is sold to the public in Kars at the rate
of 30 piasters the batman (18 lbs.), whereas in ordinary
times the market price is from 3to 34 piastres. There
can ba no dolibt that they are suffering more or less at
Kars, and we are convinced that if the command were
eiclusively held by Turks, the place would either have
been surprised by the Russians, or it would have sur-
i ndered. General Williams and his staff are far from
anticipating either eventuality. The example they set
of zeal and activity, both, of which increase with the
danger, contributes powerfully to rouse the courage of
the Turkish generals and the army. To the self-denial
of the E tglish general we .can only add our prayers
for its su,!cess. ' '
' .Letters from Kars inform -us that a young Russian
lieutenant, son of the of War, was killed in the
action of the 7th.. Whenever General Mouravieff has a
convoy to send to or receive., from Alexandropol, or
wheneVer he has to send out foraging parties, he puts
his whole army in movement,-"it seems for keeping the
garrison of Kars in a state of alarm, and for disconcert-
ing its operations.
The sanitary state of the garrison is satisfactory.
Last Friday the.intelligenee.waa brought here that a
Russian army corps, having;left Lich•Klissie, was march-
ing on Melasghirt and Bu'anick,. two districts half way
between this place and Van. Both of-these places con-
tain rich granaries, so that the enemy will obtain not
merely supplies for his own men, but will destroy all that
he cannot transport to Erivan.
There is also a rumour that the Russians have cap-
tured in Meiasghirt two sons of Resvan Aga, the Kur-
dish chief of the district, and that they keep them as
hostage/1. Perhaps they hope by this mrans to gain over
the father to their cause, as they did with ;the Kurdish
chieftains of Bayazid.
Last Saturday a courier. extraordinary arrived here by
land- from. Constantinople with despatches fur Hafia
Pacha from the Porte. It is' said the ministers of the
capital,thank the Pachafor the zeal he displayed in com-
ing to the aid of this prpvince with his Bashi bazooka,
and that he must now hasten his return to Trebizonde,
where his presence is more necessary than ever, leaving
behind him ten thousand men selected from his troops',
fixing the pay they are to receive, and putting ,them
under the orders of the military authorities here. It is
considered here that this order sent to Hafiz Pacha is a
aisgrace.
• He had written to persons in Constantinople that he
was coming here with thirty thousand men, whereas all
the men that followed him were only eight, and certainly
not ten. thousand strong. Numbers of these have since
deserted, and I think there are now not five thousand
men left to take the field. This remnant still sitars
severely froin the prevailing'epidemic, from gastric and
bowel complaints of a choleraic nature. The recall of
the Pacha is also known to them, and the result is that
they are all preparing to disperse and return to their
several homes, let the worst come to the worst. Yes-
terday many of the companies still entire, with their
standards in front, marched to the mountains that are
nearest to their barracks.

The arrival of these hordes at this place has, perhaps,
been of some service by deterring the Russians, when
approaching Hassan Kali, from advancing against this
city, hearing as they did what a large force we had of
Turkish fighting men.to oppose them. But it turns out
that not one of these Bashi-bazouks was willing to fight,
the motive for their coming here being, not fighting, but
plunder and licence.
When the inhabitants of this city saw those bands of
savages disappear they began to breathe freely, and
tranquillity iu some sort is now re-established. As long
as they remained here the regulars kept in the back-
ground, and the citizens began to wish the Russians
would come and lie their deliverers.
Our civil and military authorities still remain in the
camp of Devd Boyun. The consequence of this arrange-
ment is that we in the city are without any governors.
Fortunately we have not had many disturbances, and this
comparatively peaceful state of things is entirely owing
to the good feeling of the inhabitants themselves.
Diarrhcea has been very prevalent in the city and
neighbourhood, but the deaths are few in number ; the
temperature is still very high, which, together with
anxiety, has, I think, contributed to the permanency of
the disease. Among the regular troops, and in their
military hospitals, there is no cause for complaint in a
sanitary point of view.
Another letter says :--General Brummer, with 18
battalions of infantry, 3 regiments of cavalry, 1,000 irre-
guns, attempted, on the Bth, a
gular cavalry, and 50
general attack or a grand reconnoissance of Kars. Two
of their batteries and the whole of their cavalry ad-
vauced to within 1,200 paces of Kanli Tabia. They
were allowed to advance quietly for a certain distance,
when the Turkish batteries were unmasked, and the
whole of the guns poured a terrible fire on them. The
mortars threw shells ; the enemy, who could only fire
four cannon shots, then retreated in the greatest dis-
order, with a loss of 200 or 300 men and several officers.
The Russian Dragoons did not exhibit their usual firm-
ness and solidity, and were seen to fly in the most un-
.soldierlike manner. From that day to this the Russians
have not disturbed our repose.
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'Williamsl have issued an order of the day, couched in
(concise and very clear terms, announcing that every spy
will be bong and every deserter shot. The shooting is
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meant. for the Bashi-bazouks, who have shown some in-
imea'sure was absolutely necessary, for the slightest
movement on our part was at once made known to the
Russians. On. the 21st a spy was taken, tried, and con-
Idemned by court-martial, and hung the next day. On
the 22d, four others were taken and served in the same
manner, and had we to hang all the Persians and Geor-
gians who are here, and who are suspected by us, we
:should do so without compassion. If on one side we
'have to mistrust certain people, on the other we are
greatly encouraged by the admirable conduct of our
chiefs, Vassif Pacha, General Williams, Colonel Lake,
and other officers. They display zeal, activity, and
energy beyond all praise, and if they succeed in saving
IKars there can be no reward too great for them. We
have news for some days past of the reinforcements that
are to join us from Constantinople and from the Crimea.
'We are greatly pleased at it, but it must not be lost
;fight of that these reinforcements must come furnished
with supplies. Kars does not want an increase of garri.
;on, and if reinforcements are necessary it is not to de-
:end us, but to assume the offensive, and enable us to
ettack the enemy in our turn.