The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-12 00:00:00

Browne,
witted
r 01r yn e:Before Sebastopol, March 27.
to your
to my despatch of the 24th inst.,
I do myself the honour to state that the following officers
have been brought to my notice as having distinguished
themselves on the night of the 22d, and morning of the
23d, in addition to those whose names I have already sub.
th the
E Royal
yellordship;
Fusiliers,
Majorw who,
e i Hon.
tbahas
already James Lyon
been
Browns, of the 21st Regiment, brother of the Hon. Capt.
my painful duty to report, fell upon this occasion ; Capt.
Butler, of the 20th ; and Captain Rickman, of the 77th.
I am happy to say that Captain Montagu, of the Royal
Engineers, who was taken prisoner, was not wounded, and
that Lieut.-Colonel Kelly, of the 34th Regiment, who
also fell into the enemy's hands, is not severely wounded,
though he received some injury both in his head and hand.
Major-General Eyre, the general officer of the trenches,
highly eulogises the dispositions of Lieut.-Colonely Kelly,
thew hToh receivede
and laments the loss of his services.
M conductaj ro. fiG eL
ni
ee
rat
1.-aCI
contusion,os ol owsnpeheliackT yhs,
able to assure your lordship does not incapacitate him from
continuing those exertions and displaying those qualities
which render him so valuable an officer.
There wee a suspension of hoiatilit6. for` bbsist three
iindetiih e
however,R Royal
warmest
aal mE gladntge irnmetoesrbsoe'f
hours on Saturday, for the purpose of burying those who
had fallen in the late encounters, and it was evident from
the number of bodies of the enemy, and of the French, to
whom the last sad offices had to be paid, that the loss sus.
tained both by the French and the Russians had been very
severe, particularly that of the latter. Some French, too,
were found lying close to the Mamelen, a proof that their
gallant spirit had carried them up to the enemy's en.
trenchments.

Nothing of importance has since occurred. The siege
operations continue to progress, and daring the last two
nights the interruption from the fire of the enemy has
been inconsiderable.

The enemy are very assiduous in the improvement of
their defences, and in the establishment of a trench in the
front of the Mamelon, towards which our ally is advancing
by serpentine sap.
The weather continues very fine, and the appearance and
health of the troops are manifestly improving.
Dr. Gavin, of the sanitary commission, and Mr. Raw-
linson, civil engineer, have arrived, and are earnestly ap-
plying themselves to the discharge of the duties they have
undertaken to perform ; and I will take care that they re-
ceive every assistance it may be in nay power to afford
them.
I enclose the return of casualties to the 25th inst.

The Himalaya has arrived, and has been disembarking
her horses yesterday and this day in Kasatch Bay.
Since writing the above, I have received the official
report that Captain A. E. Hill, of the 89th Regiment, was
severely wounded, and taken prisoner last night whilst
posting his sentries in front of the advanced trench on our
extreme left.

I have, &c.,
The Lord Penmure, &c., &c.

RAGLAN.

Enclosure 1.

RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 23D TO
25TH OF MARCH, INCLUSIVE.
19th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file wounded.
44th Foot-1 rank and file wounded.
Royal Artillery-2 rank and file wounded.
Total-4 rank and file wounded.
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-Geßeral.

Enclosure 2.

NOMINAL RETURN-6F NON - COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM
23D TO 25TH MARCH,.IBSS, INCLUSIVE.
WOUNDED.
. . _ _

Royal Artillery—Gunner and Driver Samuel Bowers,
slightly.
44th Regiment of Foot—Private Richard Griffiths, se-
verely.
Royal Artillery—Gunner and Driver Ralph Murray
slightly.
19th Regiment of Foot—Private Charles Aistin,
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., Comman-
der-in-Chief at Portsmouth, is expected to hoist his flag
on board her Majesty's ship Neptune, 120, Capt. Hutton,
at Spithead this day, and sail in command of the remain-
ing ships of the fleet which are ready for sea to the Downs
to salute the Emperor and Emprelhs of the French on their
crossing the Channel to England on the 16th inst. A re-
quisition was presented yesterday to Mr. Nance, the
Mayor of Portsmouth, to call a special meeting of the town
council, "to take into consideration the most desirable
means to be adopted to do honour to her Majesty's Ally
his imperial Majesty the Emperor Napoleon 111., on his
intended visit to this country."
A portion only of the seamen of the Trafalgar, 120 guns,
Capt. H. F. Greville, have received wages on amount of the
pay due to them. They were paid yesterday by the pay-
master of the ship, assisted by the clerks, under the super-
intendence of Capt. J. .1. Tucker, Captain Superintendent
of Sheerness Dockyard. In consequence of recent orders
issued by the Admiralty Board to the paymasters of her
Majesty's ships stating the manner in which these pay•
ments are to be made, and the want of time to make up
the books and set off the allotments, the seamen, instead of
being paid the amount of wages due to them, have been
paid on account, leaving a balance in the hands of the pay-
master, who, for the purpose of paying the ship, demanded
and received 14,5001. Not more than half that sum can
be paid for the want of the exact sums received by allot-
ments. This drawback, or rather stoppage, has caused
very great discontent among the blue-jackets, who are
granted 15 days' leave of absence. When the weather
permits this ship will be taken into the fitting basin. The
Pensioner Guards from the Benbow receiving-ship for
RusSian prisoners of war who have been borne out on the
books of the Devonshire have been transferred to the Tra-
falgar for duty to return stores, &c.
The Hastings, 60, Capt. Caffin, is in Portsmouth har-
bour with not much more than half her complement of
crew. The Pembroke, 60, Capt. Seymour, is in a similar
state from the same cause; otherwise both would be ready
for sea in a few hours.

The .ZEolus, old 42-gun frigate, having been fitted in dock
as a shell depot for the Baltic fleet, was removed under the
shears yesterday, to be masted and finished by the riggers
of Portsmouth dockyard.
The Malacca, 17, Captain Farquhar, is thoroughly com-
plete now at Portsmouth, except in the engine department,
but will be able to join the fleet in a few days.
The Odin, 16, Capt. Willcox, is being coaled by the
convicts in Portsmouth dockyard, and having had her new
cylinder covers fitted, will be able to rejoin the fleet in a
day or two.

The Driver, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Crofton, toge-
ther with the Pelter gunboat, left Portsmputh yesterday
evening, to join the Baltic fleet.
The steanivessels Merlin and Firefly have left for the
Baltic.

The Tyne storeship, Master Commander Peter Welling-
ton, will sail to-day from Spithead for the coast of Africa
and Brazil stations. The following officers are ordered a
passage in her, and she also takes out stores for the two
squadrons :—Captain Seymour, to join the Tortoise, as the
Governor of Ascension, vice Kitchen ; Commander Has-
well, to join her Majesty's ship Plumper, vice Wharton ;
Commander Thurburn, to join the Madagascar, vice
Finch ; Captain Lambrick and Lieutenant Munroe, Royal
Marines, to join the Tortoise, with six sergeants and 42
men.