The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-09 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1855.

LETTERS FROM THE CRIMEA.

CAMP ABOVE SEBASTOPOL, JUNE 26.

No move of importance has occurred in the siege
operations the last few days. The French are sap-
ping up towards the Malakhoff, and already the'
trenches make a considerable show. An extensive
place d' armes has been .formed in front of the Ma-
melon. The armament in the White Redoubt
(Selenghinsk Reboubt), above Careening Bay, is
being strengthened and works added. The small
15-gun work, deserted by the Russians, at the ex-
tremity of the spur, is still unoccupied, except by a
few French riflemen ; it is not in a position to be
rendered available against the enemy's works on
the west side 'of the Careening ravine. The Rus-
sians are adding to their number of guns on the
verge of the cliffs on the north side of the roadstead
opposite to Mount Sapone.
On our side we are extending the sap towards
I the Redan, and as yet have not met with any in-
terruption from the enemy. A trench has also
been made to connect the extremities of the
right and middle boyau proceeding with the old
advanced work, and this again has ,been joined
to the parallel extended from the Quarry Bat-
tery. • A new battery of considerable strength is
also in course of construction ; it is expected that
it will chiefly be brought to bear against •the Rus-
sian shipping. When Colonel Yea fell in the at- •
tack on the Redan, he had with him a plan of the
works in the right attack ; this, however, could
give the enemy little information beyond what
ho already possesses. All the trenches and bat-
teries on Frenchman's-hill, from the sloping nature
of the ground, are fully exposed to his view. It is
alone possible to keep secret the exact position and
nature of the armament of the new batteries ; but
it would appear, from the counterworks erected,
that the enemy has means of obtaining speedy in-
formation even on these SubjettT.-
The following is a brief diary of the circum-
stances which have transpired during the last three
days : _ _

Juno 23. —Lieutenan t-General Sir George Brown
left the camp this morning to go on board the
Royal Albert, for the purpose of recruiting his
health. He has been suffering from a severe attack
of diarrhoea, and, though relieved from all urgent
symptoms, has been much weakened by his illness.
Major-General Codrington, who has also been
ailing, is about to pay the Admiral a visit in the
same vessel.

Captain Hill, of the 22d Regiment, died yester-
day in camp, from cholera. He was taken ill in
the trenches, and left with the intention of return-
ing to the camp of the Highland Brigade. On
arriving at the Light Division tents he became 'so
ill that he was not permitted to proceed further,
and he died within the lines of the SBth Regiment,
in the tent of one of the officers who had kindly
taken him in on hearing the serious nature of his
attack.
A long line of arabas was observed to move along
the north side to-day, coming from the eastward to
an open space below the Star Fort. It is suspected
they have been brought for the removal of sick and
wounded.

About 9 p.m. the camp was visited by a tremen-
dbus storm of lightning. The electric disturbance
was so extensively diffused, the flashes were so vivid
and so continuous, that for minutes together the
camp was exposed to view as clearly as in full
moonlight. Scarcely a drop of rain was perceived
in front, but near Balaklava it fell in torrents, and
caused considerable damage to the railway and
several stores. The railway chiefly suffered near
Kadikoi, and several days must elapse before the
injury can be repaired.
24th.—General Pennefather left by the Colombo
to-day for England. His constitution is said to
have suffered considerably from the effects of the
campaign.
General Estcourt died early this morning, to the
great regret of a numerous circle of friends, of
cholera. He was attacked with the disease on the
22d inst., but had been ill for some days previously.
The French have been throwing shells at the large
Russian ships in the Great Harbour from some bat-
teries on the left. Several shells fell very near; in
one instance a shell into the water between two of
the ships—a three-decker and two-decker, but
without doing any harm. The ships still remain
broadside on the direction of the 111alakhonill.
On several nights lately, boats from the fleet have
stolen in towards the mouth of the Great Harbour,
and, discharged shells and rockets into the town.
They have been within range of the guns of the
forts, but the darkness has prevented the enemy
from determining their position, notwithstanding
the momentary flashes of their fire.
25th.—A melancholy affair, involving unneces-
sary loss of life took place last evening in the ad-
vanced works of the right attack. Lieutenant Hans
Marsh, Adjutant of the 33d Regiment, had to pass
from one of the boyaus in a direction toward ;the
left zigzag approach, near the trench lately taken
from the enemy and connected with the Quarry
works. There was a covered way along which he
could pass free from risk, but he moved as if to
cross by the open ground. A friend cautioned him
not to do so, as the saving of time and space would
be so unimportant, and pointed out that the Rus-
sian sharpshooters were firing from the front of the
Redan. " Firing is not hitting" was the reply,
and unfortunately he followed the rash promptings
of the momentary impulse and went forward. ',H.O
was fully exposed to view, and the enemy firecl a
volley. One ball more true than the rest struck
him in the head, and he fell dead on the instant.
He had not advanced ten yards when the event
took place. Lieutenant Marsh was quite young,
had only lately received the appointment of ad-
jutant, was active andintelligent, and gave promise
of being a most efficient officer.
Captain Smith, of the 9th Regiment, succumbed
yesterday to the wounds he received on the 18th
inst.
The fire in the batteries has been slack.

26th.—A bright warm morning. There was
scarcely any firing on either side, and the working
parties pursued their labour without interruption.

CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, JUNE 25.

The bombardment, and what followed it, appear
to have given both besiegers and besieged their
temporary quietus ; for since the outgoing of the
last mail the guns of both parties have been virtu-
ally silent, an odd shot or shell thrown at wide
intervals from the Mamelon into its vis-a-vis the
Malakhoff, or from one of our own batteries into
the Redan, and replied to quite as energetically by
the enemy, having, in fact, made up the sum of
our fighting operations since I last wrote. In such
a state of inaction there is little to communicate
in the way of news, since a slack fire from the bat-
teries by day, and a dearth of nightly episodes in
the trenches, generally go together ; and, the
bright moonlight being unfavourable to sorties,
the garrison seems to be content with lying on its
arms, so far as fighting goes, as long as we do the
same. Still, a chronicler of the daily history of things
here need seldom be at a loss for material to engage
his pen. Minor incidents of camp life, sanitary varia-
tions, doings at head-quarters, and throughout
the many departments on whose efficient adminis-
tration so much depends, not to mention a host of
other topics rife with suggestive subject-matter,
are always available when the more stirring opera-
tions of the siege are, as now, at a stand-still.
The daily heat at present averages ninety-three
degrees in the shade ; and this, acting upon the
countless mounds of dead and other sources of
noisome effluvia which meet the eye and offend the
olfactories wherever you turn, produces an atmo-
spheresquare inch of which is charged with
most pernicious disease. There is
tsle
hardlyseedsevery
aof quarter from which the wind blows that
a compound of most offensive smells is not borne
on the breeze, the inhalation of which cannot but
predispose to epidemic distempers ; and this sug-
gests the expression of one's surprise that some
better preventive measures are not employed than
have as yet been carried out. Human dead are
generally buried at a sufficient depth to keep down
their injurious gases; but in, it strikes me, the
great majority of cases, dead horses and the offal of
the animals slaughtered for consumption are very
carelessly and insufficiently put under the sod. I
have no wish to paint things in blacker colours
than they exhibit, but actual observation compels
me to remark that within the short circle of an
hour's canter through the open spaces between the
various regiments of our four divisions, probably a
score of half-buried carcases may be seen protruding
above the ground, scattering abroad their noxious
odours as far as the wind will carry them. Add to
these the open privies all over the camp, and you
have a source of pestilential effluvia, sufficient to
engender disease tp a very fearful extent ; and yet
nothing of any worth is done to disinfect the air
of this deadly freightage. The simple remedy of
lime appears to be so
sparingly employed as to be
virtually useless, although the trouble and cost of
scattering it freely over every miasmatic spot in the
camp would be very trifling. During our late at-
tack on the Redan we suffered sadly from a small
six-gun battery on the immediate right of that
work, towards the Malakhoff, as it kept up an un-

interrupted storm of grape.upon our men, without
being at all effectively commanded by • any of our
own guns. We have, therefore, begun the erec-
tion of a six (or eight) gun battery slightly ahead
of our old advance opposite the Redan, which will
be able to give back a direct fire to this small work
at an effective range of seven hundred yards, and
also to bear upon the left flank of the Malakhoff,
at the distance of some 50 yards more. As this
new work is being vigorously pushed on, its guns
will probably be ready to open in eight or ten
days, when the sap which -the French are busily
carrying towards the Malakhoff will also be corn
pleted. Till these•two works are finished, lam not
likely to have anything further of a decisive nature
to communicate, as after the " burning of the
fingers" experienced by both ourselves and our allies
in the affair-of the -18th, our commanders will
hardly risk another trial with the same means of
attack. The night before last, lam informed, a
party of Engineers succeeded in approaching the
mouth of the harbour sufficiently near, in the Ban-
shee, to enable them to discover, a star battery in
the course of erection, in the immediate rear of the
Malakhoff—in addition to the strength of that po-
sition, which 1 need hardly,say would greatly en-
hance the difficulty of its capture. There is reason
to believe that similar strengthening additions are
also in progress behind the. Redan ; but these are
less important, as it is not. likely that that work
will again be made a principal point of attack, its
abandonment following, as a matter of course, on
the seizure of the Malakhoff. Against the latter
the next combined efforts of the allies will be
directed.

_RUSSIAN ADVANCE INTO TURKEY IN

ASIA.

(Prose the Invalide Busse.)
General Mouravidf; Comtnan der-in- Ch ief of the
Caucasian corps, announces, under date of June 13
and 14, that our troops have crossed the Turkish
frontier, and occupied a part of of the Pachalic of
Kars. The following are the details he transmits :
"As soon as the whole of the active corps had

been concentrated in the neighbourhood in Alexan-
drapol and Akalkalski, we entered the Turkish ter-
ritory in three columns ; the left under the com-
mand of Major-General Count Nyrod, which loft
Alexandrapol on the sth of June marched through
Takhnis and Parvali on Agdja-iala ; the central,
commanded by Lieut.-General Prince Gagarine,
which had commenced its movement on the 7th of
June, proceeded through Moulla-Moussa, and Var-
tapy, towards Little Kamyly, where it put itself in
communication with the left column ; the right,
under the command of Lieutenant-General Ko-
valevsky, commenced its movement from Karzakh
on the Bth of June, and was to join the main body
of the army as soon as it had made an attempt to
take Ardaghan.
"The general rendezvous for all the troops was
the village of Zaim, situate on the river Kara-
Tchai, distant one station from Kars.
"On June 9, the two first columns united 'at
Agdja-Kala, and waited there for Lieutenant-
General Kovalevsky's detachment. Our vanguard
pushed on to Zaim, and the mobile detachment of
Major-General Baklanoff was sent in the direction.
of Ardaghan. Some pickets of the enemy, con-
sisting of Bashi-Bazouks, supported by some regular
cavalry, occupied the village of Matsra (15 versts
from Kars).
" During the movement in advance on the part
of the principal forces, Lieutenant-General Kova-
levsky, who had in three marches reached the
hamlet of Oltchek, learned there that the Pacha
charged with the defence of the country was at
Ardaghan, where Aslan Pacha, chief of the Sandjak
of Tchaldyr, was collecting his militia (9,000 strong).
At the same time, Lieutenant-General Kovalevsky
was informed by his spies that the interior of the
fortress was quite unprotected, and rendered it
possible for him, by firing grape from batteries
planted on the right bank of the Koura, to compel
the garrison to evacuate it.
" This information induced Lieutenant-General
Kovalevsky to go to Ardaghan. During the march
our troops met the elders of the town, who made
their submission, presented the keys of the for-
tress, and announced that the pacha commandant
had retreated to Olta, and Asian Pacha, with the
remains of his militia, to the Great Ghelia.
" On June 11, Lieut.-General Kovalevsky oc-
cupied the fortress, the walls and batteries of which
he blew up, and returned on the 12th to Oltchek,
where he joined the detachment of Major-General
Balanoff, who had arrived there. On the 13th the
right column was to proceed to Zaim, which the
main body of our troops had already passed
through.
" At the same time, in order to reconnoitre the
ground towards Kars, a small detachment had been
on the 2d of June, under Major-General Count
Nyrod, and consisting of four sotnias of the com-
bined regiment of Col. Kamkoff 's Caucasian Cos-
sacks of the line, and of four squadrons of Lancers
from the combined brigade of Dragoons, with four
pieces of Cossack artillery. This cavalry was sup-
ported by four battalions of infantry, with 4 guns.
" On approaching the village of Matsra, occu-
pied by 400 Bashi-bazouks, our Cossacks, oharged
them impetuously, sabre in hand ; the enemy took
to flight, and although two squadrons of Turkish
Lancers came forward in support of their extreme
chain, they, too, fled from the charge of our men.
During the pursuit our Cossacks sabred 11 of the
enemy's horsemen, one of whom was a Lancer. On
our side there were neither killed nor wounded."

Simultaneously with this report, A.D.C. Gen.
Mouravieff sends us an account of the reconnais-
sance made between May 29 and June 2 by the
Gouriel detachment in the Sandjak of Koboulet.
There our brave troops and militia, led on by Ma-
jor-General Prince Bagration Moukhransky, chief
of the Gouriel detachment, after surmounting the
extraordinary difficulties of the ground, compelled
the Turks to evacuate an intrenched camp near
Legva and Otchkhomour, and to take refuge in a
strong position on the other side of the river Kin-
trish, under the guns of the inaccessible fortress of
Tsikhedziry.
On this occasion some side detachments, com-
posed of our militiamen, forced their way up to the
post of St. Nicholas, in front of which they burned
the enemy's camp. The village of Gouara, taken
by storm, was also given up to the flames. The
Turks retreated on all points.
During the whole time between the 29th of May
and June 2 our loss consisted of 1 Cossack and 1
militiaman killed, 2 Cossacks, 6 soldiers, and 38
militiamen wounded.
Having at the close of his account testified to
the promptitude with which the militia force in
the governments of Kutais and Mingrelia joined
him at his first summons, Aide-de-Camp General
Mouravieff adds :—" This ardent zeal, which has
always prompted our populations to march against
the common enemy, is a sure and precious guar-
antee for the defence of the country under all cir-
cumstances, and the more so because our militiamen
are not content with merely exhibiting their cou-
rage and intrepidity, but they performed all the
duties in the most orderly manner; their excellent
conduct gives them all the imposing appearance of
regular disciplined troops."

The Welsh papers announce the death of Mr. Richard
Roberts, the celebrated Welsh harpist, who for upwards
of fifty years enjoyed the proud title of "Prince of
Song," and the distinction of being the.chaired monarch
of harpists.
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DEMONSTRATION IN BYDE-PARK.

SERIOUS RIOTS IN BELGRAVIA.

The uneasy feeling that generally pervaded the metro-
polis on Saturday in connection with the announced re-
petition of a Hyde-park demonstration yesterday has
been proved by the event not to have been altogether
without foundation, although the result bas been less
serious than was anticipated by many generally well-
informed people. It was known that extensive prepara-
tions had been made by the police authorities, acting
under directions from the Home-office, to meet any
emergency that might arise, and that even the military
were ready for action, should events of sufficiently grave
importance demand their intervention.

Notwithstanding this the people began to pour into
Hyde-perk in the afternoon by two o'clock, as if there
had been no such thing as a policeman or soldier in ex-
istence, and, by three a concourse had assembled, little
inferior in point of numbers to the monster gathering
of the previous Sunday ; the park being left to their
undisputed, and, almost undisturbed occupation, for
the police, by a very prudent provision, were not paraded
upon the ground in strong detachments, nor hidden
behind trees, or in the gardens near the barracks and
Humane Society's house, a 3 was the case before ; not
more than about 20 men of the A division being visible,
stationed in couples in various parts of the park, quite
away from the general gathering point, and with peremp-
tory instructions to be very careful in their general con-
duct, and especially to refrain from any interference with
the people. The bearing of these men was, throughout the
afternoon, of the most exemplary character, and a tithe of
their moderation, if shown by.the force on Sunday week,
would have averted much of that ill-will which now exists
between them and the people. Yesterday, in order as far
as possible to insure good conduct upon the part of the
constables employed, all the new men were selected from
the divisions and sent on street duty, only the old and
experienced officers being retained for special service.
Another wise provision of the authorities was the station-
ing of polickmen at the' park-gates, and especially at
the entrance to the grand drive, to warn the occupants
of carriages not to pass that way, owing to which only
two or three gigs and a couple of horsemen passed along
the drive during the afternoon, who were received with
cries of "Go to church," from a lot of noisy boys, but,
to judge by their laughter, more to their amusement than
annoyance. The crowd, finding nothing to expend its
energies upon, gradually broke up into various sections ;
and meetings, if they could be so called, for they had no
chairman, were held in various parts, where speeches,
often displaying great ability, and always moderation of
tone, were delivered by persons having the appearance
of working men. The Sunday Trading Bill, of course,
formed the principal topic of the speakers, who generally
expressed a hearty pleasure that it was " done for—
for they didn't want that, and wouldn't have any more
Sunday legislation." Lord Robert Grosvenor was spoken
of respectfully, as good-meaning, but a visionary nolile-
man ; and Mr. Dundas's unfortunate six-pounder
recommendation, mentioned by almost every speaker,
was received with ridicule and laughter, rather
than with marks of indignation. Altogether, with the
exception of the boys, who will always be in mischief, the
conduct of the gathering was beyond cavil, although the
aggregate of the assemblage was less respectable in point
of dress than on the previous occasion. Still numerous
gentlemen were present, and a large number of well-
dressed females.

About a quarter to 2 a man mounted a lump of wood
stuck in the ground, when some of the persons present
cried out "He is a Bobby in disguise ; knock him down:
that is the man who knocked us about last Sunday."
The person, in reply, said, "Don't, gentlemen, put me
down until you hear who I am. (Hear.) My name is
William Scruton. lam no policeman (God forbid that
I should be !), but I am a friend of the peep's, and reside
at 5, Fleur-delis-court, Fleet-street ; and the corns upon
my hands, I think, will convince you that I get my
living by hard work. (A Voice—Driving your car-
riage.) No, not by driving my carriage, but by the
honest and bard-working trade of a bricklayer. Living
in the City of London, I was told by a policeman that I
had no right to meet hero ; but I would ask you to look,
as Shakspere says, on this picture and on that. Last Sun-
day, when we met peaceably to discuss our grievance,
we were met by a ferocious body of men in blue clothing,
whom the Times calls our servants and not our
masters. Were we not knocked about ? were not the
heads of thousands laid open ? (A. Voice—l saw hun-
dreds.) Well, that was not what any Englishman
ought to put up with. I for one won't. Will you assist
me to put down the police (We will.) Now, if you
mean what you say, I will just read this bill, which has
been placed in my hand since I entered this park. You
don't wish me to read the whole of it, as the commence-
ment won't benefit you ; but I will read the finishing
paragraph, which is as follows The police will'in all
probability come armed with wooden truncheons, but it
would be high dangerous for you to bring life-preservers
with you, concealed in your coat sleeves, as it might tell
against you, if found by the police, carrying such instru-
ments.' Now, gentlemen, did you ever hear such pre-
posterous language as not to bring life-preservers with
you ? Are we not to be allowed to do the best we can
to protect ourselves, our property, and our families ?
(Yes,) Then, if you will take my advice, come with
me, and let the aristocracy know that we are not to
bo deprived of our half-pint of beer if we want it.
(Hear.) If that hear, hear,' is in earnest, I call upon
you to a man to accompany me to 'Belgravia,' and let
ns show 'Little John' that if he chooses to vote for
such measures as that unsophisticated ass,' Lord R.
Grosvenor, brings into the House of Commons, that
we won't put up with it. (Cheers.) Now, if you have
your life-preservers with you, don't use them, the police
will be too much for you ; they are close at hand, al-
though you can't see them. They are yonder quietly
smoking their pipes in the riding-school, and there are
hundreds also in the powder magazine. Let them re-
main where they are, and let us go to show the nobs'
what we can do. We don't want bullets, but a few
marbles and stones will toll Lord Robert Grosvenor, and
tke man—l forget his name—but he walks in pattens in
wet weather, that we won't put up with any time he
may fix. for us to drink our beer. (Cries of Well done ;
we will coma with you.') Now, mind me, you can see
no police present, but I assure there are plenty. Look
at that man with the stick in his hand—cast a glance
at his boots, and you will at once see that he is
one of that detestable class called Bobbies. Then,
accompany me to see Lord Sefton and the Duke of
Montrose, and we will show them what we can do.
(Hear, hear.) Are you in earnest ? —lf so, come at
once." The crowd began to follow the speaker,
when he again mounted the logwood, and said, " Mind,
we must have the public-houses opened on a Sunday for
excursionists, as they have been decided by Mr. A'Beck-
ett, Mr. Corrie, and Mr. Seeker to be bona fide travel-
lers. Look at Mr. Hall, the chief magistrate at Bow-
street ; what was his conduct when examined at the
committee before the house ? Why ho had the hardi-
hood to tell such a lie, that drunkenness was less
now than it was before the Beer Bill passed. I for one
know, and it is borne out by Mr. Berkeley, that there
is more boosing' in coffee-houses and brothels than ever
took place when the respectable houses of the licensed
victuallers were allowed to be kept open. (Hear, hear.)
Insist to a man that the bill should be repealed. I find
by a newspaper published last night, that the South-
Western Railway Company can give you some advice
as to how to act, and so can the churchwardens, and
also a man who keeps a tavern opposite the station, who
was obliged to refuse admission to a poor woman heavy
in the family way, because the police would not
allow the publican to open his house. Now, this woman
came all the way from Dorchester to the Waterloo-road
terminus, and then had to proceed on to Scotland, but
the landlord of the house not being allowed to open, sent
for the parochial authorities, and Mr. Churchwarden
Gray came to the house, and recommended that the
woman and her children should be supplied with reason-
able refreshments. What was next done—the man was
summoned— (shame)—but the churchwarden, like a brick,
came before the magistrate, and stated that it was a
case of emergency, and Mr. Seeker, the magistrate at
Southwark Police-court, dismissed the summons. (Bravo
for Seeker, but remove Hall.) Now, then, let us go to
Belgravia."
Every one present looked upon what the speaker said
as mere nonsense, bat it is to be regretted that the con-
trary was the case. The man went off, followed, it
seemed, by not more than 30 or 40 persons, but the
number increased the moment they reached Piccadilly,
and the shout was raised, "The police are off." Hun-
dreds in consequence followed, and the moment they
got into Grosvenor-place the mob commenced throwing
stones and other missiles at the windows of the nobility.
The whole of the lower windows belonging to the Duke
of Montrose, 45, Belgrave-square, are partially riddled,
and several are demolished at Sefton-house, the town
residence of the Earl of Sefton.

In Upper Belgrave-street the house of the Rev. J.
Fuller was attacked, and a number of squares of glass
broken. in Belgrave-square the damage done is far
more serious. The houses that suffered most were those
numbered 45, 40, 39, and the Earl of Sefton's, who, it
is stated, is lying at present dangerously ill in bed.
Taking Upper Belgra,ve-street, it will be found that a
great number of windows have been broken on one side
of the street ; the house of the rector of St. Peter's,
Pimlico, would, no doubt, have been riddled, had it not
been for the timely arrival of the police. The house
numbered 7 in that street is extensively damaged, most
of the parlour windows (plate glass) being broken. The
windows of No. 2 in the same street leading to Mr. G.
Sampson's are shattered. Farrance's hotel, in Upper
Beigrave-street, has the windows at the side demolished.
The windows of the Duke of Marlborough's mansion,
No. 12, in the same street, are, as far as the hand could
throw, broken by stones. The houses numbered respec-
tively 15, 14, 16, 17, 18, 13, 12, 11, 19, 20, 10, 21, 22,
and 23 have the whole of the glass of the lower windows
destroyed.
Sir Richard Mayne and Superintendents May, A,
Walker, G-, Evans, L, and Inspectors Dargan, Ains-
worth, Banks, and several others, kept their men out of
the sight of the populace, until at last it was deemed ad-
visable to take the ground, and prevent any others
from passing from Grosvenor-place into the park leading
from Constitution-hill. The men, it is right to say, be-
haved with the greatest forbearance, and Inspector Dar-
„an and some constables were pelted with large 9 inch
bricks, but they still kept to their work, and unfortu-
nately very few persona were apprehended. At one time