The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-07 00:00:00

Enclosure.

Before Sebastopol, May 26, 1855.
My Lord,—l have the honour to enclose a return of
the daily progress of cholera in the army in the Crimea,
from 19th to 25th May inclusive. •
Your lordship will observe by this return that the
disease moderated in violence, and that the mortality is
one-third less than it was during the preceding seven
days, though I cannot say that the number of attacks
has diminished in proportion, or that the disease has
been circumscribed by narrower limits ; on the contrary,
if anything, more' generally diffused, as cases have oc-
curred in every division.
At BAlaklava several admissions into the General
Hospital there have taken ulace from the Sardinian
Contingent, from the Land Transport Corps, and frop
ships in the harbour, which have swelled out our lists of
both admissions and deaths.
The removal of the Buffs and 48th Regiment to
higher and drier ground has been attended with good
results.
Gnat attention is paid to the sanitary condition of the
camps, and to all matters that it is thought may tend
,to dissipate the disease.
The attention of medical offieors has been drawn to
the subject of cholera belts, and I have reason to believe
that the whole army has been supplied with them, and
if not, the supply in store is ample enough to meet the
demand. —I have, k,c.,

J. HALL,
InFpector General of Hospitals,
Field-Marsbal Lord Raglan, G.C.8.,
Commanding-in-Chief.

OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM BEAR-

ADMIRAL LYONS.

( From a Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday.)

ADMIRALTY, JUNE G.

kdespatch, of which the following is a copy, has been
received from Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart.,
G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of herMajesty'o ships and
vessels in the Mcditotranean and Black Sea.

Royal Albert, Straits of Kertcb,
May 26, 1855.

Sik,—l have great pleasure in requesting you to in-
form the Lords Commissioner.; of the Admiralty that
the Allied forces- are maters of the Straits of Kertch,
and that they have in the Sea of Azoff a powerfful steam
flotilla, of light draught of water, capable of cutting off
the enemy's supplies, and harassing him at all points ;
and, moreover, that the means are at hand for sending
in a vast number of gun-boats of the lighter draught, if
it should be found desirable to do so.
My letter of the 22d inst., N). 396, will have informed
their lordships that an Allied expedition, consisting .of
15,000 men of all arms, and live batteries of artillery,
were then on the point of leaving the anchorage off Se-
bastopol, for Kertch, and my message by electric tele-
graph will have announced the complete' success ,f that
expedition ; but it now remains for me to give an ac-
count of our proceedings for their lordships' informa-

tion.
The fleet, which consisted of her Majesty's ships
named in the margin,* and a French Fleet of nearly
equal force, under the command of my very gallant and
energetic colleague, Vice-Admiral Bruat, assembled off
the Straits of Kertch at early dawn .on the birthday of
her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, and both
armies and navies confidently anticipated a success-
ful celebration of that auspicious day. ,The fleets steamed
rapidly up to Kamiesh, where the army landed under
cover of the guns of the steam-frigates, and immediately
ascended the -heights without opposition, whilst the
steamers of light draught of water pushed on to-
wards Kertch and Yenikale ; abd the enemy ap-
parently taken by surprise at the rapidity of
these movements, and at the imposing appearance
of the expedition; blew up his fortifications on
both sides of the Straits,. mounting not less than
fifty guns (new and of heavy calibre), which have fallen
into our possession, and retired after having destroyed
three steamers, and several other heavily-armed vessels,
as well as large large quantities of provisions, ammuni-
tion, and stores, thus leaving us masters of the entrance
into the Sea of Azoff, without our having sustained any
loss whatever.
4. As the disembarkation was unopposed, in conse-
quence of the, fire of the steam-frigates having arrested
the advance of the enemy, there was no field for the
gallantry that animated every one in the expedition ;
but the duties they bad to perform -were very arduous,
and I should be doing injustice to them and to my
own feelings if I were not to say that no Commander-
in-Chief was ever more ably assisted than I am by
the captains and those under their command—one
and all follow the admirable example of the zeal-
ous and talented second in command, Rear-Admiral
Stewart, and they could not possibly.do better. There
was, however, an incident during the day that called
forth the admiration of both fleets, and which deserves
to be partiCularly notice& Lieutenant M`Killop,
whose gun-vessel, the Snake, was not employed
like the others in lantling troops, dashed past the
forts after an enemy's steamer, and although he
soon found himself engaged not only with her but also
with two others who came to her support, he persevered,
and by the cleverness and extreme rapidity of-his manoeu-
vres prevented the escape of alt three, and they were
subsequently destroyed by the enemy, and the Snake
had not a man hurt, though shot passed through the
vessel. _ _ _ _

5. Yesterday Admiral Bruat and Z accompanied the
combined steam flotilla, named in the margin,t into the
Sea of Azoff, and despatched them, under the orders of

* Royal Albert, Hannibal, Algiers, Agamemnon, St. Jean
d'Acre, Princess Royal, Sidon, Valorous, Leopard, Tribune,
Simoom, Furious, Highflyer, Terrible, Miranda, Sphinx, Spit-
fire, Gladiator, Vesuvius, Curlew, Swallow, Caradoc, Strom-
boli, Ardent, Medina, Wrangler, Viper, Lynx, Recruit,
Arrow, Banshee, Snake, Beagle.
t Miranda, Vesuvius, Curlew, Swallow, Stromboli, relent,
Medina, Wrangler, Viper,_Lynx, Recruit,
Beagle, and Aye French pteam-veroiels. Arrow, Snake,