The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-23 00:00:00

TO TUB EDITOR OF TEE SUN.

SIR, —When Napoleon opened the campaign of 1815.
he was almost without cavalry. He desired his Minis-
ter at War to furnish twenty thousand men of that arm.
He was answered—" Sire, the men shall be ready, but I
cannot mount them." "Then I will," replied the Emperor.
And it is a well-known fact that he did so most effec-
tually by dismounting for a time his corps of gendarmes,
all of whom possessed strong-mounted trained horses.
Now, sir, such is the present urgency for even a few
good cattle for the Crimea, that I would suggest the
dismounting (or giving them three-year-olds) of the con-
stabulary of Ireland, the mounted police of England, and
the mounted coast guard, if such is now in existence.
Let them be paid liberally for their nags, most of whom
are trained to a certain extent, and would make excel-
lent troopers ; and thus, at all events, seasoned horses
could be sent out, instead of the miserable weeds now
purchasing for transmission to the Crimea.—Yours, &c.,
Nov. 22, 1354. E. S.

The Duke and Duchess of Buceleuch, and the Ladies
Montagu Scott have left Montagu-house for &midll-
house, Selkirk, from whence their graces proceed to
Dalkeith-palace, Midlothian, for the winter.
The Earl of Wilton left Grosvenor-square yesterday
for Heaton Park, near Manchester, where the coming
of age of his lordship's heir apparent, Lord Arthur
Holland de Grey, will be celebrated with the customary
rejoicings to-morrow.
Lord and Lady Mahon, who have gone on a tour in
the Italian States, are expected to winter in Rome.
Lord Walter Butler is at present proceeding to the
Crimea in the Snake gun-boat.
Lady Carrick left Mountjuliet last week for London,
to take leave of her son, the Earl of Carrick, then under
orders to proceed with the let Battalion of the Grenadier
Guards to the seat of war. The order for the embarka-
tion of the Guards has since, however, been counter-
manded, so that his lordship remains in London.
The Right Hon. W. F. Tighe and Lady Louisa Tighe
have left Woodstock to visit the Earl of Shannon, at
Castle Martyr.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, on clos-
ing their visit to Sir Michael and Lady Ootavia Shaw
Stewart, at Ardgowan Castle, proceeded 'on a visit to
her grace's noble parents, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Westminster, at Eaton Hall, near Chester, which seat
their graces left yesterday for Alnwick Castle.
The Earl and Countess of Askhurnham, who have
been on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of
Breadalbane, at Taymouth Castle, N. 8., arrived last
week at Ashburnham House, Dover-street, and have
since left town for Ashburnham-place, their princely
seat in Sussex. The Countess (Dowager) of Ashburn-
ham, with the Ladien Ashburnham, has arrived at her
mansion in Eaton-ziguare, from her marine villa, St.
Lawrence, Kent.
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LATEST NEWS.

THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL

BERLIN, THURSDAY MORNING.

Prince Menschikoff, writing on the 15th, reports
that the siege works of the enemy make no pro-

gress.

The bombardment continue 3, but causes no

damage of any importance.

There was a great tempest on the night of the
14th, during which eight of the enemy's transports
were driven on shore, and a frigate and corvette
sunk.
Many other vessels lost their masts.

BERLIN, WEDNESDAY, Nov, 22.

The Russian Invalids announces officially the
Russian loss on the sth November to be 42 offi-
cers and 2,969 men killed, and 206 officers and
5,791 men wounded, giving the total of 9,008
killed and wounded. The number of prisoners
taken by the Allies is not given.

MALTA, Nov. 17.

Generals Torrens and Bentinck, and other
wounded officers, have arrived here.
The Orinoco and the Golden Fleece sailed on
the 9th for the Crimea.

EXPECTED HOSTILITIES ON
THE PRUTH.
PARIS, THURSDAY, Nov. 23.

The Moniteur has the following :
" JASSY, Nov. 10.

"It is expected here that hostilities upon the
Pruth will commence very soon. Dervish Paella

as returned.

"The local authorities have demanded the neces-
sary instructions in case of the entrance of the
Turkish troops into Moldavia.

" Special instructions have been sent to the
authorities at Galatz, Roman, and Tekuoh."

THE PRINCIPALITIES.

A letter from Bucharest, 16th, in the Monitettr,
says :—" Sadik Pacba is at Maximeni, on the
Sereth, with three regiments of cavalry, some bat-
talions of infantry, and a battery of artillery ; he
occupies the two banks of the Sereth. He has ad-
dressed a proclamation to the Moldavians. The
movement of the Turks, which had been impeded
by the bad weather, has been now resunted. They
continuo to pass from Silistria to lialarasch and. on
Ibrail."