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LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1855.

HER MAJESTrS LEVEE.

The Queen held a levee (the first this season) yester-
day afternoon, in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and
his Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived from Buck-
ingham Palace, attended by the ladies and gentlemen-
ix-waiting, and escorted by a detachment of Life Guards.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge (attended
by Lieutenant-Colonel Tyrwhitt and Major Clifton), the
Prince Nicholas of Nassau, and the Maharajah Duleep
Singh (attended by Sir John Login), were present at
the levee. _ _ _

Co!onel Gordon Drummond, Coldstream Guards, field
offictr in brigade waiting, had an audience of the Queen,
and returned the Badge and Ribbon of the Bath worn
by his father the late General Sir Gordon Drummond,

G.. C. B.
Captain G. V. Macdonald was presented to the Queen
at an audience in the Royal Closet, by Viscount Sydney,
Captain of the Yeomen cf the Guard, kissed hands on
being appointed Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard, and
received from her Majesty his silver stick of office.
Her Maje,ty's Guard of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen
at-Arms was on duty in the State saloons, under the
command of the Lieutenant. The sub-officers, Lieut.-
Colonels Nevill and Cooke, were on duty with the corps.
The Yeoman of the Guard were under the command
of Captain Parker Rickford, the exon in waiting.
The Queen and Prince Albert entered the Throne-
room, accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge and
Prince Nicholas of Nassau, and attended by the follow-
ing :—The Mistress of the • Robes, the Duchess of
Sutherland ; the Lady in Waiting, the Viscountess
Canning ; the Lord Chamberlain, the Marquis of Bread-
albane,K.T. ; the Lord Steward, Earl Spencer, K.G.,;
the Master of the Horse, the Duke of Wellington ; the
Treasurer of the Household, the Earl of Mulgrave ; the
Comptroller of the Household, Viscount Drunilanrig ;
the Lord in Waiting, Earl Somers ; the Lord in Wait-
ing to his Royal Highness, Viscount Torrington •, the
Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse, Colonel the Yon.

BARONETS—Hugh Hume Campbell, J. V. B. Johnstone,
M.P., William Bowyer Smijth, M.P., Walter James,
Moses m
esm.ro., n tjeafimorees,
JAolhen. Alexander
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opnea:man,
bull,
Archibald Campbell, M.P. James Weir Hogg, M.P., H.
Hervey Bruce, Henry Holland, Willoughby -Jones, John
uller
Warrender, Robert Price, M.P. Norton James
Kna t cßh
East,
Sins—Hamilton Seymour, G.C.8., G.C.H., F. Thesiger,
Fitzßoy Kelly, M.P., George Nicholls, Richard
Mayne, K.C.B , Charles Aldis, W. Gore Ouseley, K.C.8.,
Thomas Relington, Frederick Currie, Raymond Jarvis,
Henry Willock, K.L.S.
DEAN —Lichfield.
ARCHDEACON—Hale.
QUEEN'S COUNSEL—Frederick Calvert, Spencer Follett,
M.P., James Anderson, Henry Alworth Merewether,
Loftus Bland, M.P., Headlam, M.P.
The Chevalier Don Servando Do Zuluota.
R:i—.
Anderson,
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REVEREND Provost of Eton.p oeTso.
PercivalJ
Bally, Lord John Thynne,,
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REVERENDS—J.
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William
Henry George Liddell.
DOCTORS—Granville, Michael Faraday, Allis, Goolden,
Routh.
ALDERMAN—Cubitt, M.P.

MESSIEURS—Joseph Haynes, Raikes Currie, M.P.,Chan-
dos Pole, Edgar Bowring, Grenville Berkeley, M.P., Spear-
man, Henry Milbanke, Henry Whitmore, M P., R. N.
Philipps, Lowe, John k'rancis Moon, Frederick Peel, Ross
Mangles, White Cooper, Charles Mills, Compton, GeorgeW.
Hope, Charles Williams Wynn, Cogan, M.P., Pearson,
Henry Drummond, Malet, Coleman, Rowland Hill, Wode-
house Currie, Osborne, M.P., Alex. Wood, Pakington,
W. Brown, Stanley, Henry Pownall, Chichester Fortescue,
M.P., Robert Palmer, M.P., Charles Bruce, J. Sanders,
Neeld, M.P., John Neeld, M.P., Samuel Gregson, M.P.,
Gordon Whitbread, Kinloch, Henry M. Vane, Campbell
of Ballochyle, Granville E. H. Vernon, 31. P., T. A. Bel-
lew, Wentworth Dilke, Hestia, Abel Smith, jun., Geo.
Sanders, M.P., Edward Ball, Huth Seymcir, Edward
Egerton, M.P., Charles Hutton Gregory, John Laurie,
M.P., R. M. Bellew, Francis W. Russell, M.P., B. Carter,
M.P.' Sotheron, Bebb, Greene, M.P., Mandeville, Ashley,
Abel Smith, Frederic Vane, Elliot Mocnaghten, A. Kin-
naird, Bowyer, M.P., Victor Houlton, M. Archdall, M.P.,
Daniel O'Connell, M.P., Marsh Nelson, Summers Her-
ford, C. M. Lushington, M.P., J. D. Dent, M.P., Farqu-
harson of Invercauld, Burke Roche, M.P., Whatman,
M.P., Money, F. Winn Knight, Dalyell, Stafford, M.P.,
Bentinck, M.P., Palk, Henry J. Prinsep, Wm. Rose, John
Shaw Lefevre, Edward Romilly, Do Burgh, Baillie of
Dschfour, M. Wyvill, M.P., Sanford, Abney, Edward
Hooper, Paymaster, R.N.
ADMIRALS—Duudas, Chads, C. 8., Hon. Berkeley,
Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, Sir G. Seymour, K.C.8.,
G.C.H., Hon. Sir Fleetwood Pellew, Sir Charles Sullivan,
Bart., Sir George Lambert, K.C.8., Earl of Dundonald,
Sir Watkin Pell.

Charles B. Phipps, C.B. ; the Private Secretary to
Prince Albert-, Major General the Hon. Charles Grey ;
the Groom in Waiting, Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood ;
the Groom in Waiting to his Royal Highness, Major-
General Wylde. ; the Equerry in Waiting, Major-
General Bouverie ; and the Equerry in Waiting to his
Royal Highness, Captain Du Plat ; the Pages of Hon-
our in Waitin,4, Mes-rs. C.tineron and Farquharson.

Her Majesty wore a train of white poplin embroidered
with a running pattern of flowers and gold, trimmed
with gold blonde and white satin ribbon.
The petticoat was white satin, trimmed with gold
blonde and white satin ribbon to correspond.
The Queen wore a diadem composed of emeralds and
diamonds. _ _ _

—.-
CAPTAINS (Royal Navy)—Milne, Michael Quin, Chads,
Bosanquet, Peter Richards, Yelverton, Hon. Francis
Egerton, Hope, Lord Fred. Hallyburton, RobertFanshawe
Stopford, Richard Stopford, Anson, Sir Thomas Hastings,
C. 8., W. A. Baillie Hamilton, Schomberg, Hon. J. Den-
man, Wyvill, Crispin.
COMMANDER (Royal Navy)—Sir James Dunbar, Bart.
GENERALS—HaII, M.P., Viscount Hardinge, Yorke,
Freotk, Sir Joseph Thackwell, Sir Hew Ross, Harding,
C. 8., Power, Sir Charles Smith, Sir George Pollock, Sir
Thomas M`Mahon, Bart., K.C.B.
COLONELS—Howard Vyse, Malcolm, C. Bagot, Wynn,
M.P., Wyndham, Huddleston, J. Lewis, Hon. Robert
Bruce, Kemeys Tynte, M.P., Adair, John Thomas Leslie,
C. 8., Greville, M.P., Edwin Kelly, Wood, Tomline, W.
H. Sykes, F.R.S., J. Towgood, J. A. Duke, Meyrick, Sir
James E. Alexander, Hon. Octavius Dunconabe, M.P.,
Smyth, M.P., V. Harcourt, M.P., W. Napier, Waters,
Sir Frederick Abbot, C.B. . _ _

MAJORS—J. A. Moore, Pemberton, Home Purves, J.
Wilton, Cavendish.

Carimxs—J. G. Middleton, W. J. Eastwick, H. W.
Knox, William Mayne, Hogg, Douglas Galton, Lynedoch
Gardiner, F. T. Sandys Lindesay, Edward Ottley, F.
Rockcliffe Pierce, Sidney Burrard, William Morant, Ran-
dolph, Crichton Stuart, Munro, Arthur Ponsonby, Worth,
Thesiger, Fairlie.
LIEUTENANTS-Duff, Lyon, W. Pulteney Scott, William
Beut, J. E. Nicolls, Edgell, Kirk, William F. Wyndowe,
Wynne, George Fuller Howes.
ENSlQN—Laurie.

SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.

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Christie are either recalled, or on the point of resigning.
About the truth of this report I am by no means certain;
but if Captain Christie goes his loss will be felt and
deeply regretted by every transport-master out here.

English Camp, Heights of Sebastopol, Feb. 18.
The enemy seem now quits content to rely on their
present defensive preparations, and having finished their
second line of ditches and ahbattis round the,south side
(we have no means of ascertaining the precise nature., of
their works on the north), are resting from their labours,
as far as new earthworks go. All their batteries seem
in the most perfect order, and about fifty per cent.
stronger than when we fir t sat down before the place.
The French are doing their best to disturb this slate of
affairs, by firing heavily with their advanced mortar bat-
tery; but the enemy reply shot fur shot and shell for shell,
and sometimes more. No material result appears to be
produced by the fire of either party. Whatever mischief
the Russians do to the works of our allies they repair in
the course of the night, and the enemy do the same.
Of course affairs would be very different if all the
trenches of the Allies opened fire; but of that we have
still no prospect, for it is now discovered (rather late in
the day, your readers will say) that Sebastopol is most
vulnerable from the heights of Inkerman, which com-
mand the head of the harbour and much of the north of
the town. On this point, therefore, about a mile in ad-
vance of the spot where the battle of Inkerman was
fought, new batteries are being thrown up, which are
tWended to mount both long guns and mortars. One
battery has already seven long 32's placed, with four 13-
inch mortars. Another gun and another mortar will
complete its equipment. The Russians harass the
troops engaged in these works incessantly, both from
their batteries on the north side of the Tchernaya under
the upper Inkerman height, and from their mortar rafts
at the head of the barbour,.which I mentioned some
few days back. To the missiles from these latter is also
added the galling effects of the fire of the small steamer, '
which, mounted with long and heavy guns, rushes out
from under the land, discharges her broadsides, and
then instantly returns. At present this lively little
craft can do this work with impunity ; but when our
new batteries do open the case will be A sad ose, if she
ventures out. But, in spite of this constant fire, very
few casualties happen to the French working parties,
though the progress of the battery is 'certainly much re-
tarded from the men being so constantly compelled to
lie down until the shell bursts. I am told that when
this new battery is finished, and its guns mounted, it is
intended to throw up another in front of it and nearer
to the town, and also a larger and strongerme still fur-
therto the north.

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lauding, which' gives them seniority il
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promotion. : . r - ' : '
The drafts for regiments brought by,the cruidia* artcl, ,
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to occupy huts at Balaklava until infEnitut y anc,liiz. 4,,,!_
tised and inured to roughing to join j14.,y, rempectirs4
regiments.
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A Turkish frigate arrived yesterday at BillaklavN,,witla-;;,
400 Croats, who are to be employed in working on the'''.
tramway.

The first of the stationary engines for the new tram-
way was brought to Kadekoi this evening. When fixed
in its position, I believe it is intended to work the line
for ordinary traffic as far as that 'village.
Both French and Russians have been firing homily
throughout the day, and at the time I write (Bp.m.) our
allies are still throwing shell into the enemy's works.
The concussion caused by the fire of a 13-inch mortar in
something tremendous. When the French fire, and the
wind blows from them to us, the force of the explosion
is felt even at the distance of a mile, as if you received
a violent blow on the chest. Ido not envy those who
have to fire them.

FEBRUARX 20, Eight a.m.
Both Admiral Lyons and the second in command,
Admiral Houston Stewart, started far Eupatoria yester-
day evening, in the Royal Albert and Hannibal, screw-
liners. No news has reached as t‘) whether a battle took
place there yesterday or 11,4. Adiniral Stewart will re-
main at Eupatoria while there is any prospect of the
place being a,sailed ; indeed, it is said it is to be his ,
permanent station. •

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- I have been informed that some of the staff of the
Piedmontese army have arrived at Karneish to consult
with Lord Rag,•!an as to the arrangements to be made
for the reception of their forcei. I have also been in-
formed, on good authority, that when General Geo.
Brown visited the Light Division a few days since, one
of the very first questions he asked was, why had not
the men their belts properly pipeclaYed ? The answer
was, that there was no pipeclay to be got ; when Sir
George replied, that they must send to England for
some, as he was determined that
.the men should pipe-
clay their belts, whatever they did. A nasty omen this
for the comfort of the Light Division during the ensuing
campaign, _ _

I have been requested to state that there is no founda-
tion for the report which appeared in a leading contem-
porary, that one of the privates in the 2d battalion of
Rifles had deserted. None of their men have ever don*
so.

Before the summer sets in, when it will be too late,
may I again press on the attention of our home autho-
rities the terrible condition which our camp ground and
all the neighbourhood of Balaklara is in from decaying
horses, offal, and filth of all descriptions. Every part
of the camp is strewed with dead horses, cows, camels,
and offal, in every state of putrifaction. The air is
literally poisoned by this state of things, and what it will
be in tie hot, weather, I dread to oontemplate. Surely
in this climate, and after the terrible lesson which we
received last year from cholera, we will not again ridi-
cule sanitary precautions. In one little ravine near
Inkerman the horses killed in that battle have bees
thrown. Here the carcases of no less than 147 horses
are in one huge pile of decomposition, the stench from
which can be smelt all over the camp. It would be
quite easy to throw earth into this ravine, or lime,
which would be better still, but nothing of the kind is
attempted, and I fear will not be attempted until too
late, and until we have either the cholera or some ma-
lignant fever decimating our ranks again.
The Sydney has arrived, and will be immediately filled
with invalids, and sent down to Constantinople.
Admiral Lyons: has addressed the following most gra-
tifying letter to the officers of the naval brigade, thank-
ing them for their splendid conduct during the progress
of the siege, and the admirable and efficient order in
which they have maintained the discipline of the seamen
during a time of unusual hardship :
" Agamemnon, off Sebastopol, Feb. 12.
"It is with no small feeling of gratification that I en.
close for your information the copy of a letter I addressed
to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and of the
reply thereto, which I have just rcoaived, and request that
you will convey to the officers of the Royal Naval Brigade
my sincere congratulations on the promotion they have so
richly deserved. Your own meritorious services, as well
as those of the captains under your immediate command,
will no doubt receive their due reward at the proper
period, and I request you will inform the petty officers and
seamen that their services are duly appreciatedby the Ad-
miralty, and will also meet with their reward.
" E. LYONS, Rear-Admiral, Commander-in-Chief.
"To Captain Lushingten.

" Agamemnon, off Sebastopol, Jan. 12.
"Sir,—ln compliance with the directions contained is
your letter of the 15th ult., No. 838, I beg leave to trans
mit, to be laid before the Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty, a list of all officers who have been or are now em-
ployed on shore with the army before Sebastopol, show
ing the period they have been so employed. As I could
hardly consider myself in a position to make observations
as to the merits of each officer, I directed Captain Lush-
ington, who has commanded the Naval Brigade ever since
its formation, to do so, and their lordships will observe
that the remarks against each name are made by him ; but
I may be permitted to say that the zeal, efficiency, and
gallantry of the Naval Brigade, have been the theme of
universal admiration ; nor have they been less conspicuous
for the manly and cheerful manner in which they have
borne up against the sickness,'exposure, and privations in-
cidental to a life in camp at this season.
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