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LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1854.

THE WAR.

NOTICE.

THE NEW NOVEL, VIVIA,
By Mrs. J. ELPHINSTO.NE DALRYMXLE.

NAVAL AND MILITARY IN TELLIGENCE.
Centaur, 6, paddle, will go into dock at Portsmouth
on Thursday, for examination and repairs.
Salamander, 6, paddle, Commander Ellman, has been
towed into the steam basin dock at Portsmouth, by Echo,
to have her copper examined and repair defects ; her
crew are at present berthed on board the Blond, receiving
hulk.
Athol!, 4, store-ship, Lieut. Commander Peirse, will
pay off, at Portsmouth, on Friday ; and her crew will
have granted a ten days' run, after which they return to
the flag-ship Victory, and may volunteer into any other
ship fitting out.
Dasher, 4, paddle, Captain Lefebre, returned into
Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning, to make good
some trifling defects, and on Monday next will accom-
pany the Royal yacht, and be in attendance on the
Queen.
The Dauntless, Capt. Ryder, has sent all her invalids
on board the Waterloo, and is ordered to get ready for
sea again with all possible despatch. She coaled yester-
day. Destination not known. Her mails were sent on
shore on arrival here, and proceeded to London the
same evening.
Rhadamanthus and Melempus will not leave for Pem-
broke until Friday. Assistant Master Attendant
Tonkin, with a party of seamen riggers and pensioners,
will take passage in her, helping to navigate her down,
and then jury-rig the screw-corvette Falcon, and bring
her round to Portsmouth, to receive her boilers and
machinery. Pembroke yard has turned out the most
beautiful corvettes that any country possesses with re-
markable rapidity.
The Janus, Lientenant.Commander C. C. Kane,
arrived at Sheerness yesterday from the Baltic fleet.
She has brought home as passengers Mr. E. K. Calver,
R.N., the Admiralty surveyor for the eastern coast
of England, who proceeded out in the Hannibal in
pilot charge of the squadron under charge of Com-
modore Grey. The following invalids are also on
board the Janus :—Sergeant Pontin, of the French
troops, from the Hannibal, invalided forr dropsy ; John
M'Clay, A. 8., Royal William ; Thomas Gregory, royal
marine, St. Vincent ; Thomas Skegs, ditto ditto ; and
Peter Callagan, stoker, from Algiers. Further particu-
lars to-morrow. Close for post.
The Devonshire.—The whole of the masters, mates,
and crews of the ships taken for attempting to break
the blockade in the Baltic were liberated yesterday. On
leaving the ship for London, the masters, mates,
and seamen came aft, and expressed their grateful thanks
to Lieut.-Commander J. H. Lloyd, of the Devonshire,
for the particular kindness shown them during their de-
tention under his charge ; and on leaving in the Sea
Swallow steam-vessel for London, they, 29 in number,
gave three hearty and sincere cheers, wishing them a
long farewell. The names will be given fully to-morrow,
as requested by them.
Fire Queen and Sprightly, steam-tenders, have re-
turned to Portsmouth, from their Channel cruise, with-
out falling in with the ship they were sent in search of.
Industry, screw store ship, Master Commander Brad-
ley, has completed her loading, and is off by this time
to the Black Sea. We trust that now she is fairly ou
of an English port we shall have no more growling. I

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vision, at the same hour on Friday, the 4th instant,
under the command i f Lieutenant-Colonel Ainslie, with
the under-inentieued Officers, v;z.:—Lieutenant-Colonel
Lord West ; G Lpt;tins the lion. J. Brown, G. N. Bol-
dero, W. J. Legh, F. E. N. Tinley; Lieutenants J.
C. Sheffield, L. T. Clarke, A. E. T. Steward, V. H.
Lee, T. Clarke, S. H. Clarke, J. Aldridge, H. W.
Carlton ; Surgeon APKinnon, Adjutant H. Fowler,
Paymaster Hawker, and Quartermaster Cassidy ; to-
gether with 24 serjeants, 12 drummers, and 250 rank
and file. The above proceed by the eight o'clock a.m.
special train to Cork, on each day, for immediate em-
barkation for the seat of war.
WINDSOR, Aug. 2. _Until this morning, the 46th were
under orders to sail from Southampton, in the Golden
Fleece, on Saturday next, provided the proceedings of
the court martial now being held had been finally con-
cluded and confirmed. To-day orders have arrived for
prolonging the stay of the regiment definitively for a
fortnight, and the 21st, now waiting for embarkation at
Dublin, will sail by the Golden Fleece, for the seat of
war in the East. Yesterday the light company and a
portion of the grenadier company of the 46th arrived'
from Kensington Barracks, under the command of
Major Vesey, Lieutenant Dallas, and Lieutenant
Llewellyn. They were met at the railway station by the
band of the regiment, and marched into the Sheet street
barracks about five o'clock in the afternoon;

GALLANT CONDUCT OF A BRITISHT,OFFICER ON BOARD
THE FLAG-SHIP VICTORY.—Again within a week we have
to record a gallant act. One of the Victory's boys was
coming down over the main futtock rigging, when the
top rim, which be had hold of, gave way, and the lad
fell into the sea, having struck Ho tuething in his descent
which broke his arm and stunned. him. The poor boy
must have gone to the bottom, but that a gallant officer,
Lieutenint Webb, withouta moment's hesitation, jumped
overboard all standing, and making a little dive brought
the boy to the surface and saved him. The poor lad has
been sent to Haslar Hospital much injured.
The Lords of the Admiralty have given directions that,
in consequence of the pressure of work existing in the
various dockyards, the drills of the brigades of those
establishments will not take place as usual this season,
but that an increased number will be gone through next
year ; and that it is their Lordships' intention to take
an opportunity of seeing the men under arms before the
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is absurd to affect to make a man-of-war out of a store-
ship, and officers should do well to remember the special
service for which they are selected. The simplest • way
to remedy habitual growling and fault-finding is to
make a change.
Sea Nymph, transport, received her mail on Tuesday,
and sailed from Devonport in the afternoon.
Stores of every kind are still being got ready for the
Baltic and Black Sea fleets and armies, and the task of
providing them at home and arranging the means of
transport is continuously onerous. The large weekly
additions to the forces, north and east, impose increased
duties on the transport, victualling, and store depart-
Ments. It is not only the first &ting out, but the
permanent maintenance also, that has to be looked to.
Everything must be arranged at home for the supply of
clothes, provisions, and stores for some 120,000 men,
French and English.

Another Russian ship, called the Ida, Geesen late
master, bound from Rio Janeiro, taken prize by her
Majesty's steamer Gorgon, has been condemned by the
Court of Admiralty, and she, with her cargo, consisting
of 2,160 bags of coffee, is ordered to be sold for the
benefit of her captors.

SECOND COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUT.
PERRY.

FIFTH DAY—WEDNESDAY.
The Court re-assembled at eleven o'clock, in the officers'
mess-room, at the Infantry Barracks, Windsor, Colonel
Kelly. presiding. Major-General Wetherall was in his place
as prosecutor: Major Dalgetty officiated as deputy-judge-
advocate. Lieutenant Perry, the prisoner, was attended
by Mr. Darvill, of Windsor, as his legal adviser.
The Court having been formally opened, the prisoner
respectfully asked whether he might be permitted to call
witnesses other than those on the list he had handed in.
The President said that no limitation of witnesses would
be made. The prisoner might call any witness for his
defence.

The cross-examination of Major Maxwell was resumed.
Prisoner—Were there no instances of officers being
pulled out of bed, after Dunscombe's, at Weedon Bar-
racks ?

APPOINTMENT.
Assistant-Surgeon—Wm. F. 0. Kay, M.D., to be
assistant-surgeon to the Impregnable flag-ship, at Devon-
port.

PROMOTION.
Commander—Charles W. Hope (1848), recently serv-
ng as flag-lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Corry, in the Nep-
tune, 120, in the Baltic.

Witness—Shortly after that case, several companies of
the regiment went on detachment. I have been present
with head-quarters up to this (late, and I know of no case
at Weedon Barracks of any officer being pulled out of his
bed.

Prisoner—Do you not know of one particular case at
Wooden, in which an officer (Hammond) was brought into
the mess-room, placed upon the table, and asked to sing a
song ?
Witness—l have a slight recollection, now it is brought
to my memory, of something of the kind happening, and
no more, at Weedon. I think it was at Weedon, but it
made no impression on my mind at the time.
Prisoner—You admit that you are the person whom the
colonel deputes to look after such matters ? How is it
that you did not in this case give a severe reprimand ?
Witness—Because the reprimands are only given when
necessary, and I, in this case, certainly never saw any ne-
cessity for a reprimand. If it had been necessary, I should
have given it. •

RETIREMENT OF ADMIRAL CORRY.
Rear-Admiral Corry's retirement from active service
is now certain. The Admiralty have promoted his flag-
lieutenant, Mr. Charles W. Hope (1848), to the rank of
cornmai-idter ^rt the usual nomination of the gallant ad-
hise- flag.
DEPART:U.IIE Ur ADALituti.

Prisoner—Did you never receive a private letter from
me, through my servant, when at the Linen-hall Barracks,
Dublin ? If so, can you produce it ?
Witness—l have received private letters from Lieute-
nant Perry, in the Linen-hall Barracks, asking leave from
r-'des and drills, but on no other subject that I am aware
notes.

Rear-Admiral the lion. M. Stopford proceeds at once
to the Black Sea. Mr. Arthur Jones, who was secretary
to the late Rear-Admiral Henderson, has been selected
by Rear-Admiral Stopford as his secretary.

,her questions. to ask Major Max-
nis room at W eerton, ant, vit.zeo 0.. tattle, to sing
song, or was he pulled out of bed, and brought by force ?
Witness—l do not know how he was brought down,
where ho was brought from, or whether force was used.
But this I know, that the officer in question, during the
time he has been in the regiment, has never made a com-
plaint to me, or to any one else, that I ever heard of, of
ill-usage or ill-treattnent from any person in the regiment.
By the Court—How soon after the settlement of the third
complaint did Lieutenant Perry go from head-quarters on
detachment; and did he make any complaint of ill-treat-
ment after his third complaint ?
Witness—He went on dectachment about five months
after the third complaint, and I never heard of another
complaint from Lieutenant Perry.
By the Court—Was the officer in question (Ensign Ham-
mand) placed on the table, and how was he dressed ?
'Witness—l have not the slightest recollection or faintest
idea of the circumstances of the case, and should have for-
gotten it, had it not been called to my memory.' It made
no impression on my mind.
By the Court—What reason have you to believe that
Colonel Garrett never called the prisoner a fool?
Witness—l have reason. Colonel Garrett never speaks
otherwise, except in the presence of one of the majors or
to any officer on any point of duty, such as reprimand or
senior officers, and the adjutant. And I think I was pre-
sent at the only time, to the best of my knowledge, that
Colonel Garrett spoke to Lieutenant Perry, concerning a
reprimand, in the Linen-hall Barracks. On that occasion
Pieriseonnaern
t(t rlhrtionusgehomthCot
Colonel Garrett never used that expression nor any term
of reproach towards Lieutenant Perry.
Garrett never used unmeasured language to another officer
(Lut
Witness— I will.. bee) whenur )
h—eWreiplloyrtoeuds?ay that
Colonel

Ham-
mond case occurred, and how long since my
Prisoner (through the Court)—How long is it since Ham-
plaint, in which I have stated that Colonel Garrett called
me a fool ? last com-

Witness—Hammond's case Joust have occurred during
the time the regiment was at Weedon—during April or
May last. Lieutenant Perry's third and last complaint
was made either in June or July, 1853.
By the Court—Was Lieutenant Perry on detachment
whilst the regiment was at Weedon, or was he at head-
quarters

Witness—On detachment. He went on detachment in
December, 1853, and did not rejoin until June, 1854, at
Windsor.
Major David Fyffe, of the 46th Regiment, was then called
and sworn, the prosecutor stating that, to save time, the
witness would be examined on the first and second charges.
The charges were then read.
Prosecutor—Were you present with the 46th Regiment
at the Linen-hall Barracks, Dublin ?
Witness—l •was.

Prosecutor—ls it within
Your knowledge that Colonel
Garrett did, on the occasion of his • making a complaint, or
on any other occasion, call Lieutenant Perry a fool for his
pains, or reproach him for making complaints ?
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an expression.
Prosecutor—Do you know that Lieutenant Perry, of the
46th Regiment, ever sent a letter to Colonel Garrett,
threatening that he would appeal to the general of the
district, or that he ever threatened to do so?
Witness—l never heard of such a threat, either by letter
or word.
Prisoner—Were you present when Colonel Garrett
adjudicated on my report, and the words were said to have
been used by Colonel Garrett to rue ?
Witness—l was not.
Prisoner—Might not Colonel Garrett receive my letter,
threatening to appeal to the General of the district,
without your knowledge ?
Witness—He might.
Prisoner—Do you not recollect another officer who
actually sent an official letter to Colonel Garrett, threaten-
ing
to appeal to the General of the district, and that Col.
Garrett, the next morning, used unmeasured language
towards
of
the him,
public, the President announced that the question might
be put. regiment before
?
all
The court was here cleared. On the re-admission of the
the
officers, captains, and sub-
alterns Witness—l cannot answer that question on my own
knowledge.
Prisoner—Did any one detail to you anything to that
effect having taken place? And were you not one of the
officers present when Colonel Garrett read Dunscombe's
letter ?
Witness—l have no recollection of any person detailing
to me that anything of the sort had taken place ; nor do I
recollect that I was present when Colonel Garrett read
Dunscombe's letter.
Prisoner—The first question on the re-assembling of the
Court was read to you before you left the court. Did you
communicate with any one respecting that question when
out of court?
Witness—l mentioned that the question had been put,
certainly.
Prisoner—To whom? And what reply did you receive?
Witness—l mentioned it to two or three officers, but I
received no reply .°
Prisoner—State who it was to whom you mentioned the
question.
Witness—Mr. Curtis and Captain Campbell were the
only two officers to whom I mentioned it; others might
have heard. I merely said the question was about Duns-
combo's business.
Prisoner—Will you say distinctly, one way or the other,
whether you wore or were not present when Dunscombe's
letter was read by Colonel Garrett?
Witness—l cannot amend my former answer. I have
no recollection of being present when the letter was read.
Prisoner—What did you mean by Dunscombe's busi-
ness ? Was that a phrase understood by those officers ?
Witness—l alluded to the answer of Colonel Garrett
yesterday, reported in the newspapers, which has been tho
subject of conversation amongst the officers this morning.
[After a pause.]—lt is not to that answer I alluded. I
intended to refer to another. I was under a wrong im-
pression as to iiColonelkiarrett's answer. I alluded to an-

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other occurrence, in which I had previously heard of such
a letter having been written by ➢ir. Dunscombo.
The prisoner drew the attention of the court to the fact
that witness had changed the answer three times ; and he
then put the following question :—To what occurrence do
you refer specifically ?
Witness—l referred to the fact of my having heard,
in the course of casual conversation, that Lieutenant Duns-
combe had written a letter to (Jol. Garrett.
Prisoner—Threatening to appeal to the general of the
district ?

Witness—l mean the letter alluded to in the former
question ?
Prisoner—And was not that letter, through Col. Gar-
rett, sent to the general of the district, and was it not
known, and the subject of conversation amongst the
officers ?
Witness—l have no recollection of having heard, other-
wise than in casual conversation; that Lieutenant Duns-
combe had complained to the general of the district by
letter.
Prisoner—Was this complaint made by Dunscombe in
consequence of having been brought from bed in his
shirt into the ante-room ? How long ago was that ?
Witness—l believe it was made in consequence of his
being brought from his bed, but whether he was brought
to,the ante-room Ido not know. I cannot recollect the
'time, nor Where it took place.
By the Court—Are you aware of Lieutenant Perry being
,persecuted in any way, after the reprimand had been given
by Colonel Garrett to the subaltern officers ?
Witness—Most decidedly not.
Prisoner—Ara you aware that I was often called names,
and my company studiously avoided by nearly all the
other officers because I complained to the commanding
officer ?
Witness—l am not aware that Lieut. Perry was ever•
called names. Aud if his company was studiously avoided,.
it was not because he had complained. Nor am I aware.
that his company was ever studiously avoided.
Prisoner—l must now trouble the Court with another
question. The last answer contains an innuendo, and lam
anxious that everything concerning me should be known,
ever since I joined the regiment. I wish nothing to be dis-
guised or withheld.
Question from prisoner—If avoided, for what cause ?
Witness—l should say from his general temper. He ap-
peared to me (hesitation)—lt is a difficult question to
answer. (After another pause.) I should ray that I did
not associate with Lieut. Perry much in consequence of
his general temper. I did not know why the others
avoided him. It did not appear to me (hesitation)—
The President—What ?
Witness—That his general disposition and temper—they
were such as I did not admire.
The Court here adjourned for ten minutes. On re-
assembling.
Captain Sandwith, of the 46th, was called and sworn.
The first and second charges were read by the President.
Prosecutor—Were you adjutant of the 46th Regiment
when quartered in Dublin, and were yeti present with it?
Witness—l was adjutant of the 46th .Regiment when
quartered in Dublin, but was absent from it some short
time; I think about ten or twelve days.
Prosecutor—Did you ever hear Colonel Garrett call
Lieutenant Perry a fool for his pains, and reproach him for
making complaints ?
Wituess—l never heard Colonel Garrett call Lieutenant
Perry .a fool for his pains, nor did I ever hear him reproach
Lieutenant Perry for making complaints.
Prosecutor—Do you know whether Lieutenant Perry
ever sent a letter to Colonel Garrett threatening to com-
plain to the general of the district ' • or that he ever, by
writing or word of mouth, threatened to do so ?
Witness—l do not.
Prosecutor —Have you any reason to believe that the
persecution, alleged to have taken place towards Lieute-
nant Perry, ceased when that officer threatened to report
Colonel Garrett to the general of the district ?
Witness—l am not aware that such a threat was at any
time made, or that Lieutenant Perry was ever persecuted.
The
tions to prose
ask-cutor aniounced that he had no further ques-

Prisoner (in cross-examination)—Could not all that you
have negatived take place, you being part oZ tha time on
leave, and always living out of barracks bacause a married
officer ?

Witness—A system of persecution towards any officer
could not have existed without my knowledge. It is not
likely that Colonel Garrett would use such expressions ;
and I am quite sure that such a letter does not exist in the
orderly-room, and never did. I slept out of barracks, as a
married man, but the whole of my day, except going to
meals, was spent at the barracks.
Prisoner—May I suggest to the Court that my questions
are argued, not answered.

The President—The answer, be it good or bad, must be
taken. You can contradict it when on your defence.
Prisoner (to witness)—Then do I understand that all you
can speak to is that I was not systematically persecuted,
the rest of the reply being argumentative ?
At the suggestion of the President, and with the consent
of the prisoner, the question was withdrawn.
Prisoner—Are you not aware that I was pulled out of
bed several times ; Waldey and Knapp's rooms turned up-
o tniitooodfrohwlvi.ush.b bed; k•
naonwd
up-
side down ; Dunscombe ill-treated more than once ; Ham-
mond placed on the mess.table, whilst at Weedon ?
Witness—l am not aware that Lieutenant Perry was
pulled out of bed several times. I never heard of Waldey
T!
,andnt i Knapp'sarre.p,a a roomsn d
g,being7 seig 1
Th turnediena tir,hrev
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ofre to believe that he never was ill-treated since he
atshoenofficers. With respect to Mr. nai1...!..,-.9.,severely.2
joined the regiment.
Prisoner—What were the words the colonel employed to
Dunscombe•the morning after he was pulled out of bed,
when the officers were assembled ?

Witness—When the officers were assembled, which, I
think, was two or three days after the occurrence, the
colonel addressed himself at very considerable length to
the whole of them, but more particularly to those against
whom the complaint had been made. I do not recollect
him addressing himself particularly to Mr. Dunscombe.
Such a time has elapsed that it is impossible for me to re-
collect what the colonel did say.
The President—Does that answer the whole of the ques-
tion ?
The Deputy-Judge-Advocate—l think it does.
Prisoner (to witness)—You seem to know something
about Dunscombe's case. Was that letter addressed by
him to the colonel merely, or through the colonel to the
general of the district ?
Witness—To the colonel only.
Prisoner—ls that letter still in the orderly-room, filed ?
Witness—l should think not. The regiment has been
moved three times since that letter was written. On those
occasions all useless letters are destroyed, and I should
think that was destroyed with them.
By the Court—What expression did Colonel Garrett use
In your presence to Lieutenant Perry, when Lieutenant
Perry complained of ill-treatment from other officers of
the regiment ?
Witness -I do not recollect Colonel Garrett ever speak-
ing to Lieutent Perry in my presence on such a subject.
By the Court—Was Lieutenant Perry's society shunned;
and if so, why ?
Witness—l can say that Mr. Perry's society was not
sought for, in consequence of his disagaeeable manner—of
his swaggering manner—leading any one to suppose that
he was a man of enormous (witness did not finish the son-
tence)—his apparent contempt for everything military or
regimental—his supposed debauched habits—and latterly,
from ill-conduct in a money transaction.
The prisoner here intimated a desire to put another
question to the witness, who had attacked his character
without the slightest chancel of proving the truth of his
assertions.

The President—The better way will bo to call witnesses
to disprove the testimony of Captain Sandwith.
Question from the Court —Were you not present when
Colonel Garrett assembled the officers and reproved them,
in consequence of a complaint from Lieut. Perry ?
Witness—l should think not, as I have no recollection
of the circumstance. I have already stated as much.
The prisoner here handed in another question, and the
Court decided that it might be put, but
The President (addressing the prisoner) said—Lieut.
Perry, I think you had much better meet the matter in
another way.
The Prisoner—l think so, sir. I must take other steps.
I have very fortunately kept the whole of the letters con-
nected with the money transaction, and I should be sorry
that so personal a matter should bo brought before the
Court, more especially as it relates to purchasing steps in
the regiment. I shall take other means of publicly refuting
the aspersions cast upon my character by the witness.
The question was then torn up by the President, and
the witness was ordered to withdraw.
Captain Nicholas, of the 46th Regiment, was then
called, and sworn to give evidence on the first and second
charge, which were read over to him.
Prosecutor—Did you act as adjutant of the 46th Regi-
ment during any part of the time that regiment was quar-
tered in Dublin?
Witness—l did ; when they were stationed at the Linen
Hall barracks, and also at the Royal barracks.
Prosecutor—Did you ever hear Colonel Garrett call Lieu-
tenant Perry a fool for his pains, or reproach him for
making complaints?
Witness—l never heard Colonel Garrett call Lieutenant
Perry a fool for his pains ; nor did I ever hear him re-
proach Lieutenant Perry for making complaints.
Prosecutor—Do you know whether Lieutenant Perry
ever sent a letter to Colonyl Garrett, threatening to appeal
to the general of the district, or that ho ever did, by word
of month or writing, do so ?
Witness—l never heard of such a thing being done by
Lieutenant Perry.
Prosecutor—Do you believe that the alleged persecution
of Lieutenant Perry ceased in consequence of any such
threat ?
Witness—The alleged persecution of Lieutenant Perry
ceased on Colonel Garret reprimanding an officer of the
46th, who had persecuted Lieutenant Perry. I never
heard of any letter or threat by Lieutenant Perry to re-
port Colonel Garrett to the general of the district, in con-
sequence of such treatment.
It being now past four o'clock, the Court adjourned
until to-morrow (this day).

[PRICE SD.

RECONNAISSANCE WITH GEN. GUYO.N
ON THE FRONTIER OF GEOIeGIA.

KARS, July I.—On Wednesday morning, at an early
hour, General Guyon started with several of his staff to
reconnoitre the strength and whereabouts of the Rus-
sians, and I very gladly availed myself of permission to
accompany them. After gaining the summit of the first
long slope from Kais the ride lies over one of the finest
expanses of plainland which I have yet seen in Asia
Minor. Luxuriant grass rising to the horses' knees
attests the fertility of the soil, and suggestS what this
magnificent country might be under a better .rule, its
productiveness for nearly every kind of crop being, in
fact, all but unlimited. For miles and miles we rode
on over this splendid waste. of meadow land, struck
more and more as we adVanced with the multiplying
signs of its natural richness, and meeting only—at long
intervals—an odd herd of bullocks, tame buffaloes, or
the small broad-tailed sheep of the country ;of crops
or human habitations we saw none. Five hours
and a half brought us to Subitan, a miserable village
of two or three hundred. inhabitants; as perfect in its
filth and apparent wretchedness as any other Turkish
collection of holes in the earth, which goes by the
same cumulative name. An advanced camp of some
four thousand men, however, gives it a little present
importance, and deprives it at the same time ofall means
of supplying the simplest want of the passing traveller.,
Here we rested for an hour or two, during which I endea-
voured to procure some sort of refreshment ; but " for
love or money" I could get nothing better than a morsel
of hard black bread, against which bad teeth and (as
yet) a slender. appetite equally rebelled. This unin-
vitirig'Meir,el; h'titeWbecaame less despicable when I
learned froin Ismaili3Xcha (General Kinetty), who came
in while we were there from the outposts, that he had
not tasted food of any kind, except some wild cock-
sorrel, for three days. From Subitan General Guyon
took a strong escort of lancers, to be prepared against
contingencies, and with this we pursued our journey to
the north-east. Before us, at a short distance, lay the
hills of Georgia ; whilst, away some 30 miles on our
right, uprose the broad and snow-crowned summit of
the lonely Mount Ararat, overtopping in its solemn
majesty, and eclipsing in interest, every other mountain-
height in view. Between Subitan and the frontier we
passed several deserted villages, whose inhabitants have
been driven to seek protection and sustenance near Erze-
roum ; two or three dogs—mere peripatetic anatomies,
which contrive to exist on I know not what—were the
only signs of life which lingered about the desolate
and crumbling huts. As we had ridden slowly, it
was late in the afternoon when we approached the Bashi
Bazouk outposts, and came in sight of the Karstchai,
which at this point divides Asiatic Turkey from the ter-
ritories of the Czar. I then learned from the general,
for the first time, that we were to spend the night al
fresco, and take the advantage of sunrise to make the
intended reconnaissance—a piece of intelligence, by the
way, which was far from agreeable, as I was without
cloak or extra covering of any kind. However, it was
too late to draw back, and grumbling at what cannot be
mended is, at the best but a poor philosophy. Accord-
ingly, after a short haft and a subsequent ride along the
banks of the river, during which nothing was to be seen
more formidable than some distant Cossack piquets who
were not thought worthy of a shot, we returned and
bivouacked for the-night on an open spot which had the
very uncomfortable characteristics of little grass and a
soft surface. I must be effeminate enough to confess,
that dinnerless and supperless as I was, the prospect of
such a bed, after nine or ten 'hours' ride, was not over
pleasant. However, there was no invidious distinction
in the way of accommodation ; from the general himself
to the trumpeter of the troop it was the same ; so down
I lay, like Don Juan and his shipwrecked messmates,
" With nothing but the sky for a great coat."
Unpleasantly cool, however, as was this sub-Jove
resting place, it had one advantage over every other I
have yet met with since I stepped upon Turkish soil—
fleas and bugs there were none, and this negative luxury
went far to counterbalance the discomfort of the heavy
night dew above and the damp earth beneath. Of the
extent to which these two classes of vermin—especially
the former—torture one in this country few but those
who have suffered from their lacerations can form an
idea. lam much inclined to think that if home insur-
ance companies knew of their terrific voracity, they
would charge a weighty extra premium to all policy hol-
ders travelling in (especially Asiatic) Turkish territory.
No language of mine can describe the misery they occa-
sion, or the duration aced painfulness of the wounds they
inflict; let those who doubt this statement make a week's
experiment, and I'll forgive their previous unbelief.
By dawn we were again on horseback, and commenced
preparations for the reconnaissance. The best point for
this being the summit of a small mountain close upon the
river, we wound round it, and after nearly an hour's
scrambling reached an elevation wheeee
plateau, about
could he had of the
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n,..,.0;V.5"1.‘.ec\:.e'fe. • son the tshmeali Georgian side of
the Ela--_____„,resenting altogether but a poor ap-
pearance when compared with the imposing array at
present collected at Kars. The entire Russian force in
camp at this spot and in Giunri is supposed to be
about 25,000 men, an army which could be numerically
beaten at an hours' notice from this alone without draw-
ing a man from the outposts or advanced camps. Why
it and the supplemental rabble of disaffected irregulars,
which may double its number, have not been driven
hack over the Caucasus at least two months ago, it
puzzles every one but the Mushir to understand. After
a lengthened observation of the points above mentioned,
and of those at which a passage across the river—which
is narrow but deep—would be practicable for a large
body of troops, we descended the mountain, and began
our return to Kars, which we reached only as the sun
was sinking behind the north-western hills. Speaking
for myself, I can confidently vouch that a two-days' fast
—for having unwisely declined the bread at Subitan, I•
saw no more till we returned—to say nothing of a night
upon an open field—is a spareness of diet not to be re-
commended, especially in conjunction with an interim
ride of more than sixty miles.
To these brief notes of amateur soldiering, I have only
to add, as symptomatic intelligence, that since the date
of my last letter, between three and four thousand
(Arab) Bashi Bazouks have arrived, and will be sent on
to the frontier immediately ; that one regiment of in-
fantry (the tith Anatolian) marched for the same point
this morning ; and that General Guyoa leaves to-
morrow for another reconnaissance, and to mark out
some field works at the outposts--movements which,
with other local signs, render me confident in predicting
early "fun." Before the present moon is out I hope to
date from Georgia.

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