The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-18 00:00:00

TROUSERS FOR THE HIGHLANDERS.

The following has been issued by the Commander-in.
Chief, Lori Raglan :
" GENERAL ORDER.

"The Commander of the Forces has the satisraction
to publish the following letter for the information of the
army serving in the Crimea :
" War-office, Nov. 9, 1854.
.

" My Lord,—Her Majesty's Government had
under their most careful consideration the .cornfOrt and
welfare of the army under your command, I have
the honour to acquaint your lordship that, in
order as much as possible to contribute thereto,
and to_ preserve the health of the soldier, it has
been decided that an extra suit of clothing shall
be furnished to every man is the Crimea ; and, in
order to carey out this measurli, I have given orders for
the imrnediate.shipment of the clothing, which, under
ordinary cireumstanees would be issued to them on the
Ist of April next, so that it may be taken into wear at
once ; and another suit will be supplied in 1855.56, and
on the Ist of A.pril, 1856, the ordinary clothing fox
1856.7 will be supplied to the regiments which have re-
ceived the extra suit.
" With regard to the regiments wearing Highland
clothing, I have the honour to acquaint you that in-
structions have been given for immediately supplying
the men of the 42d, 79th, and 93d Regiments, with a
pair of tartan trousers.—l have the honour to be, my
lord, your lordship's most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) " SIDNEY HERBERT."
The conduct of Lieut. Tryon and ,the Rifles, in their
attack upon the Russian rifle pits, has been honourably
noticed by the Commander of the Forces in the following
GENERAL ORDER.
" The Commander `of the Forces cannot pass un-
noticed the attack, on the night of the 20th inst., of a
detachment of the Ist battalion of the Rifle Brigade,
under Lieut. Tryon, upon the advanced posts of the
enemy, which had been pushed forward so as to enfilade
the English trenches, and take in reverse those of the
French troops.
"The advance was made in the most spirited and de•
termined manner, and was completely successful ; and
though several vigorous attempts were afterwards made
by the enemy to dislodge the gallant band, they utterly
failed, and the ground remains in our possession.
" Lieut. Tryon, whose conduct was most conspicuous,
was unfortunately killed, and several valuable soldiers
shared the came fate.
" The Geueral-in-Chief of the French army so highly
prized the' achievement, that he published a general
order eulogising the 'conduct of the detachment, and
paying a just tribute to the officer who led it."

The gabions having been all consumed on the 25th,
the following was issued :
GENERAL ORDER.
The Brigade of Guards will send a detachment of 200
men, with officers in proportion, to the neighbourhood
of the Monastery of St. George to make gabions. They
will march soon after daybreak to-morrow morning,
taking with them their camp equipage. The commis-
sary of the 14 Division will arrange for the provisioning
this party."

Owing to the badness of the roads, the following order
was issued on the same day :
" In consequence of the state of the roads, and the
death of many of the transport animals, the commissa-
riat is unable to convey to the camp the requisite sup-
plies of forage. Regiments and staff-offieers must avail
themselves of their own resources to 2ring up from Bala-
klava rations for their horses, for which they will obtain
a cheque from the commissariat attached to their bri-
gades."

BANK OF FRANCE.--The following was the
situation of the Bank on Thursday, Dec. 14 :--
CR. Fr. c.
Cash and ingots
Cash at the branch banks
Bills due yesterd4 to be paid to•day 307,067 55
Bills becoming due in Paris, of which
62, 892, 348 f. 68c. are from the branch
banks 134,353,572 7
Bills in the branch banks
Advances on coin and ingots
Do. in the branch banks
Do. son public securities of France 22,975,336 10
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on railway shares and bonds. , 49,822,500
Do. in the branch, anks
Do. to the State by treaty of
June 30, 1848
Rentes of the reserve fund
Treasury-bonds discounted for the
30,000,000
Treasury
Rentes of disposable funds 55,448,559 82
Hotel and furniture of the Bank
Real property of branch banks 4,444,120
Expenses of administration 930,490 46
Sundries

65,000,000
10,000,000

963,189,454 76