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 Marmora, Pacific steamer, -Nov. 6.
"As we are now approaching Constantinople, I will
tell you of our condition and prospects.
" We arrived at Gibraltar on the 223 ult, after a
fine run from Greenhithe of five days six hours. As
we were too late to coal that night, we bad to lie
to for the night and ooal on the 23d, which gave us
an opportunity to go on shore and visit the bat-
teries. The galleries and batteries formed in the rock
are 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 63-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 t.) beleve they were the only mortars on the rock ;
the guns were principally the old 24-pounders, and all
wire mounted on peace ' carriages. We noticed a:so a
new batt..ry, at which some young tnilituy 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 233 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 bead gale and
heavy sea, which continued until we reached Malta,
which we made oa Sunday morning, the 23th ult. ; we
had by this time had a taste of rough weather and we
welc ,med the still waters of Malts harbour. As we
could not commence coaling until after midnight we
vi ited Malta. _ .

"Our glance was a hasty one; still I obsarved the
same ineffi,:ie,icy as regards the ar:nament of this flrmi-
()able place, which puts one very much in mind of Se-
litt.uopol aIA.I Cronstadt.

" We did not regret leaving Malta ab-ut 12 at noon
on tie 29th (Monday), and went on our 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
prowling night, until about 7 o'clock ou the evening of
the Ist et November, when we tan aground, to the no
small apprehension of many. We grounded near the
little Turkish village of Lulog, a little below Lesbos.
The first thing now was to get the ship off. The captain
f
sent around for tug steamers, and note the providence of
the French ! They keep several fine steamers in
parts of the Dardanelles for the express purpose ootv
_lat:-81,1satt-
ing ships through the Straits, and
may run aground ; for I may tell
you
that
or day, and it
bas to grope his own way through,fnwtg
pilots would not
is a very open question whetheiciaar
Many vessels have been
be of considerable service. gehttaitngevaenj
ctlaptttai n
wrecks ; and if a gale bad
aground, some become totalld have become a dangerous
.ohewffeviirei laebotuhti 810 operationminu tes pastwa3
sprung up our position
ossffe,l.and the only alter-
The navvies and
one.native Tritioewt
auwgaqssuatom failed
loiliftolsvaa.Photnuoueddrtl pull
This failed. We next
, all hands were cent on
v of stores to a vessel the captain
' transferral
going on she I,t on the 2d of November, and we sailed
Ih2ireacaton:fsoitdrf,tgtbreno:PulueirePtolYn the morning
for
and we are now (Nov. 6, 10 a.m.) abreast of
'clock ;
t°lo Golden Horn, waiting for coals.
~ Touching the men under our charge and their beha-
.
veer, —the navvies have behaved themselves like gen-
tlemen, compared to the smiths and carpenters, who
pretend, because they are mechanics, to be men of supe-
rior intelligence. Of the 400, or thereabouts, of the
navvies, I have only received an insubordinate word
from one man. The navvies are liked by the captain,
crew, 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 CIIRRAGH.---We are enabled to
state that the military will remain at the encampment on
the Curragh during the winter, end measures are taken
to provide for their comforts. The absence of sufficient
nt
barrack accommodation, and the desire to accustom the
new levies to the actual experiences of a "rnP,:eifin itN
life, are among the reasons which have influenced
military authorities to take this step.
the governor's
FIRE AT STIRLING CASTLE.—At a,isou,,t
on Sunday night a fire wasdiscovered in "the
a short
house," in the quadrangle of Stirlisnegnicy,
and as two
time the fire gained an alarming guns eleven o'clock
of gpowder, were
magazines, containing SOO barrelsapprebensions were enter-
tained,sl,-„,en occupied by the officers
within SO or 70 yards,
The building bad,__ have lost property to the
of the Stirling Militia, who
By the exertions of the men of the 42d
value of 1,000/. • militia,and Berwick Artillery,
. prevented from extending from the
the fir© was
Highlanders,
governor's house, gutted.
govert
.luntil '
not subdue seven o clock on Monday
The fire was
morning. the Stirling
inning. Ointment and Pills
, cions remedies for bad legs.—Mr H. Jones, of the
Blueill Bell, Llanerchymedd, had a very bad leg, cona•
pletely covered with wounds, to cure which he tried all
available remedies for more than six months, but with
out success. At last a clergyman recommended him to
try Holloway s ointment and pills. After using them
for a short time the wounds began to heal, and in a few
weeks his leg was perfectly cured, in gratitude for which
Mr. Jones will answer any inquiries about it.—Sold by
all medicine vendors throughout the world, at Professor
Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, Loon,
staationti.
80, Maiden-lane, New York ;by A. StauTa; Akita.
aople •A, Guidicy, Smyrna and S. /I°9"P /I°9
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