The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-12 00:00:00

DESPATCH FROM GEN. SIMPSON.

(Prong a supplement to Tuesday's Gazette.)
WAR DEPARTMENT, OCT. 11.
Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch, and
its enclosures, of which the following are copies, ad-
dressed to his lordship by General Simpson :--
Sebastopol, September 29.
My Lard,—Since my last despatch the troops have
been employed, to the number of 9,500 men, daily, in
making the road from Balaklava, to the camp ; and as,
after a few hours of rain the whole distance is converted
into a mass of deep mud, the work that has to be per-
formed, from this reason as well as the great distance
that the stones have to be transported, render it one of
grE at labour and difficulty.
Large fatigue parties are daily employed in the town,
dismantling and conveying, timber and other materials
from the ruins of the buildings, and I hope, by this
means, to get a considerable portion of the troops under
cover previous to the commencement of bad weather.
The enemy have been firing from the batteries on the
north side at the working parties in the town, and,
although causing some little annoyance, they have not
prevented the work being carried on, and, I am happy
to add, that one man killed and one wounded are the
only casualties occasioned by their fire.

I regret to have to report to your lordship that owing
to the explosion of a Russian magazine on the 27th inst.
one o"—ceer and 19 men were wounded. I ordered an in-
vestigation to be made, and, from the report I have re-
ceived, the origin was from the explosion of a hidden
fougass, a number of which have been dug up in various
parts of the town and batteries.

The invention of this machine is peculiarly Russian.
I have received a letter from Lientenant-Colonel
Ready, 71q Regiment, commanding her Majesty's troops
at Yenikale, reporting the proceedings of a trifling affair,
in which a detachment of the 10th Hussars, in com-
pany with the Chasseurs d'Atrique, were engaged on the
21st instant with the Cossacks.

Colonel D'Osmont, commanding the French troops at
Kertch received information that the Cossacks were col-
lecting and driving away all the arabas from the neigh-
bourhood, and, as he determined to endeavour to pre-
vent this, he invited the assistance of the English ca-
valry to co-operate with the Chasseurs d'Afrique. For
this service Lieut.-Colonel Ready ordered two troops,
commanded by Captains the Hon. F. Fitzclarence and
Clarke, of the 10th Hussars.
The Cos9acks were supposed to have assembled their
arabas at two villages, named Koss-Serai Min and Seit
Ali, equidistant from Kertch about 15 miles, and from
one another Q. Csptain Fitz Clarence's troop was or-
dered to the first village, and Captain Clarke's to the
latter. At each of these villages they were to join a troop
of the Chasseurs d'Afrique who had preceded them. On
arriving at Koss-Serai Min Captain Fitz Clarence found
both troops of the French Dragoons, and immediately
sent off an order to Captain Clarke to join him that night ;
the letter was unfortunately not delivered until the fol-
lowing morning. in complying with this order, Cap-
tain Clarke, whose troop consisted only of 34 men,
fell in with a body of about 50 Cossacks, which he im-
mediately charged and pursued, but as they were soon
reinforced by upwards of 300 he was forced to retire
upon the village, with a loss of his sergeant-major, far-
rier, and 13 men taken prisoners.
Captain Fitzelarence's troop, with the Chasseurs, the
whole under the command of the Officer commanding
the French troops, having seen a large body of the
enemy, skirmished with them at some distance, and
moved in the direction of the village of Serai Min,
where, after having joined Captain Clarke's troop, the
whole force commenced their march upon Kertcb.
At about the distance of half a mile from the village
they were attacked by a large body of Cossacks, who
were, however, beaten back by repeated charges. The
loss of the 10th Hussars consisted of-
-2 Privates, supposed to have been killed.

1 Wounded. -
1 Troop serjeant-major, 1 farrier, 13 men, 15 horses,
missing.
From information that has since been received, the
Cossacks within a quarter of an hour's
m
's of lipssars and eight guns.
sLahc, k s
by wereeighstuspcipuoardt
squadrons
i
Colonel Ready informs me that nothing could exceed
the coolness and courage of the troops in the presence
of such overwhelming numbers of the enemy, who were
only kept at bay by their steady movements.
I have the honour to enclose the lists of casualties.
The health of the Army, I am rejoiced to say, is
excellent. —I have, &0.,
JAMES SIMPSON, General Commanding.
The Lord Panmure, &c.
(Enclosure 1.)
NUMERICAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM
THE 9tH TO THE 27Til OF SEPTEMBER, 1855, IN-
CLUSIVE.
3d Foot-1 rank and file killed in the town.
4th Foot-1 officer, 1 serjeant, 18 rank and file, wounded,
by an explosion in the town.
68th Foot-1 rank and file wounded by a shell.
Total-1 rank and file killed; 1 officer, I sergeant, 19
rank and filo wounded.

W. L. PAKENHAM,
Adjutant-General.

(Enclosure 2.)
NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS 'WOUNDED
FROM THE 9TH TO THE 27TH SEPTEMBER, 1855,
INCLUSIVE.

WOUNDED.
SEPT. 27.
4th Foot—Ensign W. A. Nash, slightly, by An eil,lo'
sion iu tho town.
W. L. PAKENHAM,
Adjutant• General.

Enclosure 3.
NOMINAL RETURN OF PRIVATES KILLED
FROM THE 9TH TO THE 27TR OF SEPT., 1855.

KILLED.
SEPT. 22.
3d Foot—Private Henry Best, in Sebastopol.
W. L. PAKENUAM, Adjutant-General.
Enclosure 4.
NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM
THE 9TH TO THE 27TH SEPTEMBER, 1855,
INCLUSIVE•

WOUNDED,
By an explosion in the town.
SEPT. 27.
4th Foot—Sergeant John Clarkson, slightly; Lance
Sergeant John Wingate, severely ; Privates Wm. James
Tho
mpson, severely; Timothy Roach, dangerously ; Thos.
Ha
rtnell,severely ; Henry Luther, John Kennedy, Wm.
Johnstone, John Clarke, George Wilke, Samuel Mahoney,
Abraham Yates, Wm. Boston, John Rutley, Win. Moore,
slightly ; John Bates, Thomas Dunn, severely ; John
Forster, slightly.
68th Foot—Private Charles Callaghan, slightly, by

W. L. PAKENHAM,
As.ljutant..Geneal.

Lord-Lieutenant visited the men at the hotel, shook
Naval and Military Intelligence.
hands with each of them, and entered into conversation
—..............—m—. with them as to the nature of their services. His Ex-
The Alma steam transport, No. 1, Calptain Evans, one
cellency,who was attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Udney,

aide•de-camp, was loudly cheered on his arrival and
departure.

of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com-
pany's fleet, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning, and
at half-past 1 steamed into Portsmouth harbour to dis-
embark her gallant freight. She left Balaklava Sept
15, Kazutchbay 16th, Constantinople 23d, Malta 29th,
and Gibraltar October 5. On the 2d inst., in lat. 37.30
N. long. 4.8 E., she signalled the screw steamship Chan-
ticleer. On the Bth inst., in lat. 43.14 N. long. 9.10
W., passed the Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw
steamship Ava. The Alma during the voyage home lost
one man, landed one for Malta Hospital, and two for
Gibraltar. The rest of the invalids were doing well,
under the medical charge of Dr. Williams, the surgeon
of the ship, assisted by Mr. Oppenheim, staff dresser,
from Scutari Hospital. The Alma left England on the
13th of April, and has not returned till the present time.
She has made several voyages from Malta to the Crimea
with British troops,and also conveyed French troops from
Marseilles to Constantinople and Kacaiesh ' • she also
formed a portion of the expedition to Kertch, having on
board the 63d Regiment and 724 Highlanders' which,
however, were not landed, but remained 10. days on
board off Kertch ; during which time she lost 24 men
from cholera ; she was then despatched to Balaklava,
baying on board Capt. Hughes bearing the despatch from
Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons to Lord Raglan, announcing
the desertion of Anapa, and here the two regiments were
landed. During the time she had been engaged in the
Government transport service she has conveyed to the
seat of war 221 officers, 6,026 men, 6 women, and 64
horses. Since leaving Gibraltar she has experienced heavy
seas with strong westerly winds. The Tagus with the mails
left Gibraltar about 5 p.m. on the sth inst. for the Penin-
sular ports and Southampton. The Alma landed the fol-
lowing officers and men at Portsmouth Dockyard yester-
day afternoon :-Brigadier-General Parlby (Colonel of
the 10th Hussars) and Lieutenant Townley, Aide-de-
Camp, from Balaklava ; Colonel Maxwell, of the 88th
(Connaught Rangers) who so gallantly was engaged in
the assatilt on the Redan on the Bth ult. ; he is wounded
in four places, having received two balls in the back
part of the legs, had his wrist shattered by a shell, and
also received another shot ; Major Skynner, of the 89th ;
Dr. Titterton, of the 89th ; Major Higginbotham of the
63d ; Captain Belfield, of the 88th ; Captain Morgan, of
the Rifle Brigade •, Captain Burt, of the Royal Artillery ;
Drs. Cherar and Wilson, of the Staff ; Lieutenant Dun-
bar, of the 42d Highlanders ; Lieutenant Hackett, of
the 23d ; Lieutenant Ellis, Royal Marines, and Lieut.
Kelsal, Royal Navy-both from Kamiesh ' • Captain
Longley, of the Turkish Contingent ; Captain Graydon,
Royal Artillery ; Captain Perceval, 79th Highlanders ;
Lieutensnt Winniett, of the 4th ; and Lieut. Knatch-
hull, of the 95th, in charge of the invalid troops ; Mr.
Oppenheim, staff dresser ; Mr. H. N. Stebbing, of the
Peninsular and Oriental Company s service ; Dr. Davis,
of the 49th ; Lieutenant Bloxam, of the 9th ; Mr. Wolr,
interpreter ; 7 artillerymen, 1 carpenter, 1 cook, 5 wo-
men, 1 child, 1 gunner, Royal Navy, and the following
invalids :-15 of the Royal Horse Artillery, 13 of the
Royal Artillery, 2 of the 2d Dragoon Guards, 1 of the
4th ditto, 2 of the sth ditto, 4 of the 6th ditto, 1 of
the 4th Light Dragoons, 3 of the Bth Hussars, 1 of the
11th ditto, 2 of the 13th Light Dragoons, 4 of the Ist
Battalion Rifle Brigade, 9of the 2d ditto, 11 of the Ist
Royal Regiment of Foot, 2 of the 3d, 3 of the 4th, 6 of
the 7th, 3-of the 9th, 3of the 13th, 3of the 14th, sof
the 17th, 6 of the 18th, 3 of the 19th, 1 of the 20th, 4 of
the 21st, 11 of the 23d, 4 of the 28th, 5 of the 30th,
3 of the 33d, 8 of the 34th, 4 of the 38th, 1 of the 39th,
4 of the 41st, 3 of the 42d, 2 of the 44th, 2 of the 46r,b,
5 of the 47th, 2 of the 48th, 7 of the 49th, 3 of the
55th, 7 of the 57th, 2 of the 621, 1 of the 63d, 1 of the
68th, sof the 72d, 3 of the 77th, 1 of the 79th, 1 of the
82°, 4 of the 88th, 4 of the 89th, 3 of the 90th, 4 of the
93d, 7 of the 95th, 2 of the 97th, 16 of the Land Trans-
port Corps, and 2 of the Royal Sappers and Miners. Of
the above 74 were wounded before Sebastopol, and the
ethers are cases of dysentery, fever convalescents, diar-
area, &c. As the gallant fellows were moving, or being
moved out of the d.)ckyard to temporary quarters, the
first di% i4ion of 500 of the British German Legion were
marching in to embark for service at the scene they had
so recently left, and gave hearty and reiterated cheers
for their brave English comrades in arms, which were
v armly and as h( artily responded to by the invalid bat-

APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenant H. Harvey, to the Powerful.
Lieutenant H. D. Selby, to the Hawke.
Lieutenant L. De la Cherois, to the Simoom.
Lieutenant H. R. Wratislaw, to the Powerful.
Lieutenant C. R. F. Boxer, to the Russell.
Mr. Phillip C. D. Bean has been appointed to com-
mand the Wye, steam-ship.
Dr. David Ramsey has been confirmed Assistant.
Surgeon to the Hornet.
Mr. Win. D. Smyth has been appointed additional
Assistant-Surgeon to the Fisgard, for service in the
Vixen.

taion.
The screw steam-transport Imperatriz, No. 150, Capt.
Cox, received, yesterday afternoon, at Portsmouth dock-
yard, 35 officers, one lady (wife of Dr. Kietch), 876 men,
five women, three children, anti four horses, with-43
tons of camp equipage of the let Jager Corps of the
British German Legion, under the command of Colonels
Wolriclge and Schrcer ; the latter officer remained at an
hotel last night, with a broken arm, an accident he ens-
tained by a fail from his charger, four days since, at
Shornc,iffe. Other baggage, amounting to 100 tons,
belonging to the corps, has also been shipped. The let
division, amounting to 500 men, arrived at Portsmouth
at three o'clock, by special train on the Brighton and
South Coast Railway, and marched into the dockyard,
headed by the band of the 4th Middlesex Militia. The
2d division, similarly escorted, arrived in the dockyard
at six o'clock. Major-General Breton and Assistant
Quartermaster-General Dalgetty superintended the em-
barkation. The Jagers appear a remarkably healthy,
stalwart body of men ; they are all armed with the
modern rifle, and their uniform resembles closely that
of the British Rifle Brigade ; their knapsacks are
covered with cowhide, the hair outwards, and a flap-piece
shelters their great coat from the wet. Many of Vie
men wore the Cross of Merit for service in the Schles-
Wig Holstein war, and King William of Prussia's
medal. The non-commissioned officers spoke good Eng-
lish. All seemed exceedingly cheerful, and much pleased
at having a passage provided in the Imperatriz. She
will leave to-day for Balaklava direct.
The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's trans-
port Cape of Good Hope, Captain Pryce, arrived at
Spithead yesterday afternoon from the East, with in-
valids. She left Constantinople September 15 ; the
Dardanelles, 17th ; Smyrna, 20th ; Malta, 24th ; Gib-
raltar, the 4th of October. She brought Miss C. L,
Anderson and Miss E. Bartlett, lady nurses ; Major
Hugh Kennedy, Royal Marines ; the Rev. W. S. Da-
vies ; and Lieutenant S. Gubbins, of the 30th Regi-
ment, in command, from Constantinople ; Mrs. Brere-
ton and Miss Aplin, lady nurses ; Dr. Cullen (in medical
charge) ; Dr. Hornidge, two nurses, and 59 invalid sol-
diers, from Smyrna ; also Lieutenant W. E. Norm, of
the 55th, from Malta. She experienced heavy westerly
winds between Malta and Gibraltar, and hard W.N.W.
gales from Cape St. Vincent homewards.
The following arrived at Spithead yesterday, and re-
mained at night :—Her Majesty's steam-sloop Fury, 6,
Cornma,nder Ennis Chambers, 21 days from Athens.
No news or invalids ; only half-a-dozen marines. She is
ordered to be paid off at Portsmouth. The Caroline
Coventry, from London, for the Cape and Bombay ; the
Josephine, from London, for Calcutta; No. 21 moral--
vessel, from the Baltic; the Jedderen, from Newcastle,
for Malta; the Berlin, from London, for Akyab ; the
North Star, from Londor;, for New York ; the Brothers,
from London, for Demerara; the Hollander, from Rot-
terdam, for Havannah. All the latter five, and several
others, including the mortar-vessel, from stress of wea-
ther, and a foul night evidently coming on. Wind
blowing from the W.S.W.
At the monthly examination of officers to qualify for
promotion, and of candidates for entry into the fleet,
which terminated yesterday at the Royal Naval College,
Portsmouth, the following passed and received certifi•
ales

Mates, R.N., for Lieutenants.—Messrs. A. F. Mores-
can; Lord Ashley, and C. Le Mesurier.
Second Ma,ter, R.N., for Master.—E. J. Maitland.
For Naval Cadets.—E. B. P. Kelso, H. Parker, S.
M. Weston, G. H. Lawson M. R. M. Griffiths, W. E.
,ljitchell, J. Inoles, C. L. M. Innes,
A. J. W. Mus-
grave, and C. H. Hawkins.
For Masters' Asaistaitts.—E. W. Pearn, R. J. Elio,
C.
W. H. Pauter, F. K. Tayler, C L
J. 13. Doyle,L. Pope,
and J. B. Walker.
Tenders from Messrs. Collier, Brothers, of Plymouth,
for the supply of 3,000 quarters of wheat were accepted
,
on Wednesday at the Victuallin-y
ard
viz,, 500 quarters at 79. • ' 1,000 at 80s. 41., --a
500 at
80s. 6d., 500 at 81s., and 500 at 82s. 6d. ; averge rate
say 80s. 81d. ; total cost about 12,1001.
The paddle-wheel
steam-sloop Lula Commander E.
Chambers, which arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday, has
on hoard some valuable castings of the most celebrated
!sculptures at Athens, shipped by the Ambassador there for
the British Museum. This vessel has been more than
four years in commission, and received the first shot
fired from Sebastopol. She had on board at the time
the allied generals, who were making a reconnaissance
of the enemy's defences. The ball has been carefully
re-
tained. The Fury is now very much disabled, and will
require a thorough refit ; her crew will probably be paid
oT at Plymouth. She spoke the Serapte off Malta. The
only ship of war at Gibraltar when she left (Oct. 2) was
the paddle-wheel steam-sloop Prometheus, 5, Comman-
der Jasper H. Selwyn. The Fury sailed for Woolwich
o n Wednesday evening.
The Vixen, paid off a short time, since, on her return
from the South American station, has been temporarily
put into service at Woolwich, to run to the Western
Dockyards, in command of Master-Commander Pym, of
the Admiralty yacht the Black Eagle. She sailed yes-
terday morning with some machinery for the Marl-
borough, at Portsmouth, and will discharge the greater
portion of her cargo, at Plymouth. The Black Eagle
was received into basin at Woolwich yesterday morning
to undergo a general survey. The Regina transport,
with huts, waggons, and provisions for the Turkish COli-
tingeut in the Crimea, sailed from Gravesend yesterday.
Kn.. Eccles, the toaster founder in the Royal Arsenal
at Woolwich, has been permitted to retire on full super-
aunnation allowance. Ms services in the Ordnance have
extended over the long period of 58 years.
The 17th Company,under the command of Captain
Lauri ert, Royal
_Engineers ; and the 25th Company,
under the command of Captain Akers, of the same corps
are under orders to j;roceed toW
wich, 'On Saturday, the 20thi
Chatham, fromool-
nst.,
neer's establishment
to undergo a course
of examination at the Royal Engi
there, under the direction of Colonel San ri sharu.
Within the last few days volunteering for the navy
has fallen off a little in the north-east ports, owing to
the greater demand for men in the coasting trade, and
the resolution of Mr. Hemsley, the master in charge,
not to enter any landsmen except those of the most eli•
gible description. Up
men and boys who to the Ist inst, the number of
hadpassed through the head rendez-
vous at Sunderland, from the let of May, 1854, was 834,
of whom 443 were entered in Sunderland, 275 in North
and South Shields, and 116 in Newcastle.
120 of the 49th depot arrived in Cork on Wednes lay
for the Crimea.
A OOP of -63 invalids of various regiments, including
&aiasergeants, arrived at the North Wall, Dublin, on
Wednesday morning, by the Ondine steamer, from Ports-
mouth, Several of the party have been severely wounded,
the loss of an armor a leg eloquently testifying to the
part •
they took in the dreadful strife, from which they
.1
h aye just returned. At 3 o clock his Excellency the