The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-03 00:00:00

violence.

The late fearful explosion and wide-spreal devastating Fire at
Gateshead and Newcastle destroyed property of the value of one
mlll'on, conveting a 13rge area warehouses Oiled wi;11 sulphur,
nitrate of soda, pest charcoal, and Otte r highly. combustible stores),
whole stacks of oft :es, h iuses, &c., int a perfect volcano or 0 rec.,
,!en,•entrated, twine. a. Ina, and lon-enduring fanfare be-st, In ivhl,ll
not only CO'', hintittle thlozs, but even brices, ,ton,_, and Iron were

burnt tip ,I.les of the ortiLa,y Phil, iron rloore.l strew
r 0(111R, w. re 1i lte melted, torn aqini,ler, their vont. nts charred an 1
lestroyet f't•.t ;.tnonvst the imitty ittstthc,•rn preservatien, Thoiin.
tl r have pleasure in giving publicity to the followlew
f:ratifying testiononi I:

" Newcustl---iip n-T3ne, Oct. 19. 1851.
lentlemen.—We Lave p'ensure in 9t th ut whilst our
ffkes wire comolete y destro3 el end hurnt down in the crrat tire
which. On the nth his. , reiticA it .fleat many ltu 1 in Newcastle-
. Don- yni. and alleat,e.t.l o a-hes, two of yo r large 11 &dram'
Ames, in air flakes. have been the me.ins of preserving our b Hikg,
and other valnahle documents, althottah these safes wet• ex-
nosed for ehout nrne to ten hour. to an Immense rest. an' out of
Ihe ruins in it rid•hot State. On opening them we found our privet-
,al It.ioks an I hills In a coo 1 stile of pre-er,ation. some of the
papers w-re singel and di-colour-it, hut we are barmy to say they
ran he thte,l for the math nurpoge they were intended for. We feet It
our duty to state ,he-e facts, and will tha..lt tou to make us new
sates to see ifteation.—We are, gent:einen, yours
"A. LEIDEMANN AND CO. i

" Mesa?... 'riv Ting Milner lind Son "
miLNER:' PIPE VIX tFE WOI K. 4, LIVER 001, The mo.t.
Ittenalve in the world.
LONDON' DEPJT, I7A, NIODRC) city.

OFFPII.4 AT, DESPATCHES FROV FIE'.D-
MARSHAL L')RD RAGLAN.

( Front a supp'ement to Tuesday's Gazette.)
WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY 2.
Lord Panmure has this day receiver! two despatches
sn I their enclosnre4. of which the following' are coniea,
aldressed to his lordship by Field-Mar-hal the Lord
Raglan, G.C.B.

Before Sebastopol, April 17.
Afy have the honour to transmit for your
!ordship's inforumition a later from the Inspector-
General of Hosf.itals expressing his satisfaction in being
able to report that the sanitary condition of the army
nontiaue.; gra loally to improve and the 'mortality from
disease to diminish.—l have, &c.,

RAGLAN.

The Lord Panmure, &c.

Enclosure.
Before Sebastopol, April 17, 1855.
My Lord,—lt is satisfactory to be able to say that
the sanitary condition of the army continues gradually
to irnpr,tve, and the mortality from disease to decrease.
Last week the ratio of admissions to strength was
3.95 per cent. ; this week it has been 3.52.
Last week the ratio of deaths to strength was 0.35 ;
this week it has been 0 33.
This decrease may appear small to your lordship, but
it must be borne in mind that 106 of the admissions, and
13 of the deaths, were the result of accidents in the
trenches ; besides which three officers and 30 men were
killed who have not been included in the above state-
ment of casualties. _ . _ _ _

Fever. and bowel complaints continue to be the pre-
vailing diseases amongst the troop., but in both there
has been an evident decrease of admissions' as well as

deaths.

In the 79th Regiment, however, there has been an
increase of 19 cases of fever during the week, and the
mortality from the same disease has exceeded that of the
preceding week by two. Last week the deaths from
fever were 7, this week they have been 9. Itis in con-
templation to move the regiment a short d4stance from
where it is at present encamped. as far, I nigh rstand, as
the defenc,, of the post will aknit of, and I. think good
will re-ult from it ; bit if it cou'd be movttd u to the
ground where the 631 Regiment is stationt:d still greater
etvant.atres might be expected.
In the 931 11:glilan lers the fever cases -have become
milder, and the m rtality from that cause has decreased
from 4, which it wa,...last week, to 1.

In the 41st and 95th Regiments, the two other regi-
ments, which were suffering most from fey er, the intl.-
tality has decreAs,d during the meek ; in the 41st from
5 to 2, and in the 95th from S to 3.
There hay been a decrease in all the ordinary forms of
bowel complaints, but I re;-et to have t I notice two
fatal cases f cholera, one in the Artillery, t ind the other
in the 7th Fusiliers.
These ware both brought up from the trenches, and
both died aqtr a few hours' illn, se. I`Vo other cases
lave occurred, and. fr on the general diminution of
bowel affs-ctli.ns, I trti4 they will prove accidental.
The cavalry continue t, enjoy good health, and
only one casualty, out of a force of 1180 men, has oc-
curred dining t'n. week.
The mortality in the General Hosp; Lml, at Bala-
klava, has also been smsd, and the result of . the
C mvalescent flospit 11, on the Catle fli I, has; been
most .sati,fiet )ry. We have hut+ th .ere all ready
for the reception of 280 patients, and I pnr-
pose reserving them for wounded men, at i I am of opinion
they would recover sooner in such a locality than in
either camp, or the ,General Hospital a t Scutari. Be-
sides the hospital huts at the Sinttariun ), the following
ships have been fitted out for the ncept don of wounded,
viz. :--

280

Hut accommodation.
St Hilda, fitted for..
Win. Jackson „
Orient ••
Poictiers P, •
The huts in tho rear of tho Third Divi. atm will
accommodate 1,000, but say th.it 30 of them
vie appropriated for hospital purr )Res, that
would give room f.'r
And the calculation is, that at least, t could be
received iuto the different regitrwut., I huapitals '5OO

1,651
The rations of the men arc abundard and good, and