The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-01 00:00:00

WEIOHT OF KIT.

lb. oz.
One pair of trousers 1 111
One shirt
One smock shirt
One pair of socks 0 411
One pair of boots
Leather for soleing boots 0 7
'
One towel 0 4
One cleansing brush 0 14
One shaving brush.
One knife
One razor
One settling book 0 14
One forage cap 0 10

Total kit
To which must be added, to obtain the weight
carried by the men—.

Blanket
Knapsack
Havresack
Accoutrements
Arms
Ammunition (60 rounds)

lb. oz.
4 0
5 0
1 0
6 0
12 0
5 0

Add weight of kit..

33 0
9 2f

Total weight carried 42 2.
Even this, it will be admitted, is a somewhat for-
midable dead weight to be borne by men going
into the field under a burning sun. Lord Raglan,
I am persuaded, is disposed to listen to every prac-
ticable suggestion for lessening the men's fatigue.
Apropos of the articles to be carried into the
field,' it behoves me to remark, in reference to the
must important of them, that very great anxiety is
manifested by officers and men for the issue of the
new rifles, which, it had been hoped, would before
Low have been in the hands of the troops. If, as
was supposed, they are to be furnished to the whole
army, it is most desirable that no unnecessary de-
lay should take place. I have had on several occa-
sions to perform the agreeable duty of alluding to
the general good conduct of the troops since they
left home, and of which the few instances of irre-
gularity at Gallipoli were only partial interruptions.
Au exception (which significantly proves the rule)
has just taken place. A few days ago there was a
court-martial—(the only one in the British force
since its arrival at Scutari)—on a man of the Royal
Welsh Fusiliers. Gross acts of insubordination
and violence were proved against the prisoner,
who, on being arrested for disobedience to
orders, struck the serjeant charged with that duty,
and hurled his firelock at him. He was sentenced
to 50 lashes, and imprisonment, with hard labour,
for two years. Lord Raglan confirmed the finding
and sentence, which latter would have been far
more severe under the regime of yore, and would
necessarily be so now, if the army were actually
before the enemy. Amongst recent arrangements,
Assistant-Commissary-General G. W. Smith will,
under an order from the Treasury, be Acting-
Commissary-General ; and Assistant-Commissary-
General Edwardes is to take charge of the first
division. Captain Fitzmaurice, of the Royal Ar-
tillery, is ordered to join the force at Scutari, and
be attached to the second division. All officers
who have had leave of absence are ordered to re-
join by to-morrow night: The officers of the seve-
ral regiments are going through a course of useful
practical instruction in the art of loading their
own baggage-horses in the most expeditious manner
—hard work, no doubt, to many of them ; but it
is pleasant to witness the manful and cheerful
spirit in which they are applying themselves "to get
used to it." The 17th Lancers (whose arrival was
noticed in my letter of this morning) lost one
horse on the passage. There is a rumour from
Gallipoli that the Bth Hussars have lost no less
than 28 horses. This would be a painful and serious
affair."

RUSSIAN VERACITY.
We read in the _Patric :—" The following detail
relative to the affair of the Tiger shows to what
an extent the Russian Generals will carry their
system of lying and deception. The officers and
crew of the frigate lauded in their own boats after
having burnt their flag. The Russians never
boarded the vessel, and consequently could not
gain possession of the English flag. The Russian
General sent as a trophy to Marshal Paskiewitch
the flag 'f an English merchant vessel, which had
been detained in the port before the bombardment,
and which he represented as being that of the
English frigate the Tiger."

THE RUSSIANS IN THE DOBRUDSCHA.
A letter from COnstantinople of the 21st, in the
Constitutionne/, gives some account of the position
of the Russian army in the Dobrudscha :--
"The position of the Russians is anything but bril-
liant. They entered the Dobrudscha on the 24th
March, and although two months have since elapsed they
have not been able to advance a step. Although orders
from St. Petersburg reached the Principalities on the
15th inst., directing the Commander-in-Chief to obtain
possession of Silistria at any price, that place still holds
out and does not appear to be on the point of yielding.
If, however, it does fall, the situation of the Russian
army would not be much improved, for, during the
continuance of the siege, the French and English
troops have had time to assemble, and it is not iu
presence of these forces, composed of the flower of
the soldiers of Europe, supported by a line of for. ,