The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-01 00:00:00

LOSSES OF THE RUSSIAN ARMIES.

A letter from Warsaw, dated the 23d January,
in the Cologne Gazette; says :

"The official returns of the losses of the Russian see
tire army in the year 1854 are considerable enough to
make Russian statesmen think seriously upon them.
Under the denomination Active army' come only the
corps of the infantry of the line of the great army of
operations under Field-Marshal Paskiewitch, therefore
not the separate divisions in Finland, Siberia, the Cau-
casus, the Inner Wache (Wnutrennaja Strasch), nor tits
troops in garrison, the Guards, the Grenadier Corps, the
cavalry reserve, and the Dragoons, nor the military in-
stitutions and the army of Cossacks, or the frontier line
" The total number of losses is given at 111,132 men ;
of these (up to the last report of December 17, old style,
before the departure of Prince Paskiewiteh from Warsaw
for St. Petersburg), 29,204 were pat down as killed,
55,304 wounded.; 0,460 deserters, imprisoned, or miss-
ing ; 16,156 dead from various diseAses, The number
of sick in the field ambulances actually exceeds two-
thirds of the above figure. The immense levies are thus
sufficiently explained ; the decree for the readmittanes
of the retired soldiers who had served their time was
scarcely sufficient to fill up in part the cadres of the re-
serve and depots. We stated above that in this return
of losses those of the separate corps in the Caucasus
were not included ; it, however, comprises the losses
sustained by Luders' division, which was landed on the
east coast of Asia Minor. The losses of the irregular
troops and Cossack armies are not included, as such re-
turns are sent always by the military authorities to the
Grand Hetman of all the Cossacks, the Grand Duke
Heir-apparent Cesarewitch. The garrition of Bomarsund,
and the losses sustained by the crews of the fleet, are not
comprised in the above return."

IIV?EllAISE OP THE ROYAL ARTILLERY IN THE CRIMIA.
—lt is intended to increase the strength of the Royal
Artillery at the seat of war by six field batteries, four
batteries of the Horse Artillery, and a detachment of the
Rocket Brigade, an extra siege train of guns of very
large calibre. Lancasters and mortars are also to be
despatched, and, in order to make all the drilled men
available as gunners, several of whom are at present
acting as drivers of ammunition waggons, tumbrils, and
guns, it is in contemplation to reorganise the corps of
Royal Artillery drivers, the solo duty of whom will be
to drive and attend to the horses ; the sub-officers of that
corps will, as formerly, be selected from the non-com-
missioned officers of the Royal Horse and Foot Artillery,
and will be entitled to the premium of 1501. each, AS in
cavalry regiments, on receiving their conituissiOßS.
CITY OF LONDON LYING-IN HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday the
usual half-yearly nesting of the governors of this insti
tution (founded a centary ago for the benefit of the wives
of soldiers, sailors, and mechanics) was held at the hes-
pital, City road ; Sir J. Tyler in the chair. The annual
return of patients showed that durieg the past year, 458 i
poor women were attended n the hospital, being an in-
crease of 112 over the previous year. The committee
had been obliged to Eorrirw 100/. of the bankers, in
order to defray the current expenses, but 791.. having
been received from a legacy, bequeathed by the late Mrs.
Laugher, the loan had been repaid. Up to the present
period 41,615
Patients had been relieved ; and, in order
to alleviate special cases of distress, a Samaritan Fund
had been attached to the hospital, but so limited were
the resources of the institution, that the committee were
only able to distribute Si. a year; and they therefore
earnestly appealed for further support. The receipts
had amounted to 2,0051. 125., and the expenditure to
1,8991. 3s. 7d., leaving at the banker's a balance of
1061. sfs, 6d,