The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-22 00:00:00

THE ARMY WORKS CORPS.

The following account of the voyage of the Pacific
steamer to Constantinople, with the men of the Army
Works Corps, is by one of the engineers of the corps :
" Sea of itarmora, Pacific steamer, Nev. 6.
"As we aro now approaching Constantinople, I will
tell you of our condition and prospects.
" We arrived at Gibraltar on the 22d ult. after a
fina run from Greenhithe of five days six hours. As
we were too late to coal that night, we had to lie
to for the bight and coal on the 23d, which gave no
an opportunity to go on shore and visit the bat-
teries. The galleries and batteries formed in the rock
aro almost interminable, but here, as well as in for-
tifications at home and the Channel Islands which
I have seen, I observed the same scarcity of the modern
c'ass of guns ; there was not one 68-pounder gun ; we
were told there were a few 68-pounder howitzers, but I
did not see them. Of mortars we saw only two 13-inch
and a few of less effective metal, and I have every rea-
son to believe they were the only mortars on the rock ;
the guns were principally the old 24-pounders, and all
were mounted on peace ' carriages. We noticed a:so a
new battery, at which some young military novice had
tried his hand ; to get a floor for the battery the rock
had been cut away behind the battery to a perpendicular
or nearly so, without
,leaving any shelter for the men
manning the guns, so that a few good mortar-boats
could easily shell them out—ships' guns would not touch
it. On the 23d we steered away from this far-famed rock
at about 8 p.m. ; buried a poor fellow who died of fever
that same night ; steamed on through a head gale and
heavy sea, which continued until we reached Malta,
which we made on Sunday morning, the 28th ult. ; we
had by this time had a taste of rough weather and we
welcomed the still waters of Malta harbour. As we
could not commence coaling until after midnight we
visited Malta.

"Our glance was a hasty one; still I obssrvel the
same inefficiency as regards the arualnent of this formi-
dable place, which puts one very much in mind of Se•
bastopol and Croustadt,

"I:Ve did not regret leaving Malta about 12 at noon
on the 20th (Monday), and went on cur journey beau-
tifully, with a fair wind, and sighted the isles of Greece
on the 31st. The captain determined upon attempting
the navigation of the Dardanelles, regardless of ap
pro lolling night, until about 7 o'clock on the evening of
the let el November, when we ran aground, to the no
small apprehension of many. We grounded near the
little Turkish village of Lulos, a little below Lesbos.
The first thing now was to get the ship off. The c
captain
e of
sent around for tug steamers, and note the prod
the French ! They keep several fine steamers
of assist
• and getting any
parts of the Dardanelles for the express purpose
ing ships through the Straits, a
you that every captain
may run aground ; for I may tell oiffatlat
whether a few
is a very open question
has to grope his own way throughY
Many vessels have been
,nigli,tiloortsdawyo,uladndnoitt
be of considerable service.
wrecks ; and if a gale had
aground, some become.
wuld have become a dangerous
and the only alter-
the vessel. The navvies and
native now was to ltigoii,
shore. This failed. We next
were
ospnreu.ngTuife ourtug sPflaBiil
all hands
cent
of stores to a vessel the captain
and while this operation was
position would
lighten the
her off,
floated off about 10 minutes past
e2d of November, and we sailed
goingiii transferredred foo.ir .t,
sheit t qcconunuairent.hloye,
12 at midnight
for Constantinople on the morning of the 3d,
th'clock ; and we are now (Nov. 0, 10 a.m.) abreast of
e Golden Horn, waiting for coals.about 9
~ Touching the men under our charge and their beha-
viour,—the navvies have behaved themselves like gen-
tlemen, compared to the smiths and carpenters, who
prete end,
because they are mechanics, to be men of supe-
rior telgence. Of the 400, cr thereabouts, of the
navvies, I have only received an insubordinate word
from one man. The navvies are liked by the captain,
crow, and all on board for their good behaviour and
willingness to assist when anything is to be done. The
weather still continues magnificent, but the dews at
night are frightful."

THE CAMP AT THE CURRAGH.—We are enabled to
state that the military will remain at the encampmentta on.s
the Curragh during the winter, and measures are takes'
to provide for their comforts. The absence otfis. Ith___ itehue'
barrack accommodation, and the desire to aesernirgning
new levies to the actual experiences of e_
life, are among the reasons which have
military authorities to take this step.
bout eleven o'clock
FIRE AT STIRLING CASTLE.—At ain
A "the governor's
ere- influenced the
on Sunday night a fire was discovered
Castle. In a short
of gunpowder, were
htiomueset,h"eifinrtehgeaqinueadd quadrangle g,l obwarmingfarSrt Stirling
ascendancy, and as two
magazines, containing Ssonu_e apprehensions were
within 60 or 70 yard,s,ha some
d been occupied by the of'ficers
enter-
tained. The buildiitnia,„,
who have lost property to the
By the exertions of the men of the 42d
of the Stirling Mil
SCirling Militia, and Berwick Artillery,
extendingfrom ----Ig
was preventedfrom
the
valuel
aonf
d1e,r0,0,0/.
the
governor's house," which was completely gutted.
not subdued until seven o'clock on Monday
~ govern--
The fire was
morning.
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