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SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock.

LIVERPOOL RACES.—(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH)

JUVENILE STAKES.

Janet Pride
Prince of Orange

S:x ran.

WELTER CIIP.

Eulogist
Speed the Plough

x d

Eight ran.

NURSERY STAKES.

Lance
Pretty Girl
Baroness

x d

Mary ..
Chicken

Sandboy .......
Cherry Brandy

Seventeen ran.
AINTREE PLATE.

Nine ran.
SELLING', STAKES.

COMMANDER.

A. Toyer, to the Phoenix.

MASTERS' ASSISTANT.
Mr. W. H. Hayward to the Hecla.

SURGEON SUPERINTHIMENT.
Mr. G. D. Maclaren to the William Harrison, convict
ship.

First Lieutenant Ambrose Wolrige, R.M., has been
appointed to be Quartermaster to the Woolwich Divi-
sion of Marines.

DESPATCH FROM GEN. SIMPSON.

( From a supplement to Tuesday's Gazette.)
WAR DEPARMENT, Nov. 7.
Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch, and
its enclosures, of which the following are copies, ad-
dressed to his lordship by General Sir James Simpson,
G.C.13.

Sebastopol, Oct. 23.
My Lord,—l have the honour to transmit the copy of
a letter from Lieut.• Col. Ready, of the 4th October, and
its enclosure, giving an account of the proceedings of a
detachment of the force which was sent to Taman fer
the purpose of collecting firewood and building materials-
Toe service was satisfactorily performed. Unfortu-
nately three soldiers of the 71st lost their lives, in conse-
quence of their having strayed beyond the limits pre-
scribed to them.

I transmit the nominal return of the non-commis-
sioned officers and men of the 10th Hussars who were
taken prisoners on the 21st of September, in the aff.tir
with the Cossacks, reported by me in my.letter of the
20th September.

I Lave reason to believe that the greater portion of the
Turkish Contingent are now assembled at Kertch.
No further intelligence has been received from Kin-
bourn.

The health of the army continues very good. A few
cases of cholera have occurred during the past week,
but it is confined entirely to the new corners.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) JAMES SIMPSON,
General Commanding.
P.S.—Since I commenced writing this despatch, I
have received the accompanying report from Brigadier-
General the Hon. A. Spencer.
The Lord Panmure, &c. &c.

J. S.

Enclosure 1.
Yenikale, October 4, 1855.
have the honour to inform you that the joint
French and English Expedition to Taman returned from
thence yesterday, the 3d inst., and that three companies
of the 71st Regiment, under the command of Major
Hunter, which formed the British part of the force,
have resumed their former quarters in Kertch.
Enclosed is the report of Major Hunter of his pro-
ceedings during his stay in Phanagoria. The arrange-
ments he made for executing the duties entrusted to him,
and providing against the desultory attacks to be ex-
pected from the enemy, gave me complete satisfaction.
I regret, however, that I have, notwithstanding, to re-
port the loss of three men, who were surprised by the
Cossacks whilst straggling from their party, one of whom
was killed and his body found, and the two others sup-
posed to have been captured.
The French and English gunboats, baying been sud-
denly recalled, placed us noder the necessity of abandon-
ing a large quantity of timber, procured from the public
buildings in Phanagoria. We, however, collected and
transported to Yenikale a very fair supply; the rest was
burnt, and the enemy will find it difficult to provide
shelter for any number of troops there during the winter.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) C. READY,
Lieut.-Col. 71st Light Infantry.
Lieut.-Gen. Sir R. Airey, K.C.8.,
Quartermaster-General, &c.

Enclosure 2.
Kertcb, Oct. 4, 1855.
Sir,—l have the honour to report the return to Kertch
of the French and English troops under my command,
from our joint expedition to Taman. It is with much
pleasure that I recur to the assistance rendered by one
to the other, but I have to regret the loss of three sol-
diers of the French Marine, and three soldiers of the
71st Highland Light Infantry; each party having strayed
beyond the limits prescribed to them, was surprised by
the Cossacks. The bodies of the three French and the
body of Corporal M'Dougal alone were found murdered,
each having received several wounds from ball and
lance. The other two men of the 71st Regiment are
still missing.
Having proceeded in quest of the missing men with
both the French Chasseurs and the Hussars under my
command, I was still unable to obtain any clue as to
their fate.

During our stay in Phanagoria the Cossacks fre-
quently made attacks on our lines by night, having
wounded one naval officer, French, and one naval offi-
cer, English, also one private 71st Regiment, who was
slightly wounded in the hand. One Cossack alone, who
succeeded in approaching within 4 (four) yards of my
advanced sentry, was killed ; but, owing to the dark-
rier•Fs of the night, it was impossible to discern any ob-
ject which was lower than our level.
The assistance rendered by the naval officers who ac-
companied the expedition could not have been ex-
ceeded, particularly by Lieutenants Ainslie and Fitzroy ;
and the despatch with which Mr. Williams invariably
returned with the Minna, after landing her supply of
wood at Yeni-Kaleh, was the admiration of all. The
value of this boat on such an expedition is very great.
The run-boats being suddenly reca:led for some other
active service, a large quantity of valuable wood was
burnt. •

The buildings at Taman and the large storehouses in
Phanagoria are completely destroyed by fire and gun-
powder, and I cannot conceive the possibility of any
body of troops receiving shelter in that neighbourhood.
There being several squadrons of Cossacks constantly
around us on the different heights, I did not consider it
prudent to make any movement towards the hills, con-
sidering the destruction of the fort and town, also the
collection of wood, as being the objects of the expedi-
tion.--I have, &c.,
(Signed) R. F. HUNTER,
Major, 71st Highland Light Infantry.
Lieut.-Colonel Ready, Commanding her Britannic
Majesty's Forces, Yeni-Kaleb,

Euc'osii:j 3.

SUPPLEMENTARY NUMERICAL RETURN OF
CASUALTIES FROM 9TH TO 27TH SEPTEMBER,

1855.
10th Hussars-2 serjeants, 15 rank and file missing
;prisoners of war)—takon prisoners on the 21st September,
LU an affair with the Cossacks.
W. L. PAKENHIM, Adjutant-General.

Enclosure 4.
SUPPLEMENTAL NOMINAL RETURN OF CASU-
ALTIES FROM 9TH TO 27TH SEPTEMBER, 1855.
MA.ER PRISONERS OF WAR.
Taken prisoners in an affair with the Cossacks.
sed„nt-Major William Finch;
SEPT. 21.
10th Hussars—Troop
Sorjeant John William Parsons—in hospital, with every
attention paid him • Farrier William Burton, slightly
wounded ; Privates 'Wm. Alves, Thos. M. Boys, Charles
Bryant, Joseph Broadbent,
Georg° Coulter (slightly
wounded), Joseph Davies, Henry French, Henry Morti-
mer, Robt. Noath, Matthew Pouncey, Thos. Sherwood,
John Smith, Ai thur Walker, Henry Wilson.
W. L. PAKENITA.M,
Adjutant-General.

(Enclosure 5.)
Embourn, Oct. 19, 1855.
Sir,—l have the honour, for the information of the
Commander-in-Chief, to forward a more correct state of
the force under my command than my very hurried de-
spatch of the 17th init. enabled me to do.
I am this day employed in moving my camp, now
three miles from Kinbourn, to the immelats neigh-
bourhood of. that fort ; our
has teen lost in making intrenchments, being too exten-
sive, and the gun-boats of the allied fleet's', from the
peculiarity of the ground, could, in the event of an
attack from the interior, be of little use to us.
The front of the new position will not exceed half a
mile, and will be well covered by the gun-boats on both
flanks.
To-morrow General Bazain purposes to make a recon-
naissance, in which nearly the whole of the English force
will take part. We carry with us six days' provisions.
The Fort of Kinburn, which has been very much

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.

The following appointments have been made at the
Admiralty this day :