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

THE PATRIOTIC FUND IN BERLIN.

The following has been issued by the English resi-
dents :

" TO THE ENGLISH RESIDENTS AT BERLIN AND ITS
ENVIRONS.

"Berlin, Oct. 25, 1854.

" Fellow-countrymen,—A subscription having been
opened in England for the purpose of alleviating the suffer-
ings of the wounded soldiers and sailors who have been
and are still fighting the battles of their country against the
Russians, the undermentioned Englishmen in Berlin, in a
meeting held on the 22d of this month, decided on
making a like subscription for the above-mentioned object,
viz., Messrs. Watson, Harrison' Rawson, William Turner,
Lee, Crabtree, H. Turner, and Thompson.
" Mr. William Turner having been elected treasurer,
and Messrs. H. Turner and Watson, auditors, we beg to
make the following remarks :
" We have no doubt you are all satisfied with the result
of our brave soldiers' and sailors' doings, and hope you
have the same confidence as ourselves in their future un-
dertakings.
"With this short comment, we appeal to your genero-
sity to remit to us your trifle towards providing for the
wounded those small comforts of which they are at present
so much in need.

" Donations will be thankfully received by any of the
above named, who will remit the same to the treasurer,
who, when the subscription is closed, will wait upon his
Excellency the British Envoy, and request him to have the
kindness to forward the sum collected to its proper desti-
nation.

(Signed)

" H TURNER,
" J. WATSON,
" W. TURNER."

The above simple appeal merits being published ; and
it is to be hoped that the worthy example shown by her
Majesty's subjects here will be followed by Englishmen
in every part of the continent. If this appeal meets the
eyes of our heroic soldiers and sailors, they will no doubt
feel cheered with the thought that their "doings" are
appreciated, and that the "confidence" felt in their
valour and endurance is not less universal amongst all
classes of their fellow-countrymen than are the prayers
fervent and genuine that Almighty Providence may
crown their "undertakings" with glory and success.

THE FEAT OF ARMS BEFORE SBBAS-

TOPOL.

The Freinden Blatt learns from St. Petersburg that
—" The feat of arms before Sebastopol, in the night
from the 20th to the 21st October, on which oc-
casion the Russians succeeded in spikiig eight mor-
tars and eleven guns of a French battery, was per-
formed by a detachment of volunteers, consist-
ing of floe officers and twenty-seven soldiers, of
which two officers and some soldiers were killed. The
Emperor Nicholas has been pleased to command that the
names of these volunteers, both officers and men,
should be published in the general order of the day.
A letter from Odessa, of the 29th ult., says that Men-
schikoff's army is 63,659 strong, with 160 guns, and is
concentrated on the right bank of the Chernaya.
These
troops were provisioned for eight days, and bad taken
up the position mentioned, in order that they might
attack the Allies in the flank and rear, when
tre
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It is said that it has since been decided upon that
the fleets should only operate passively against Sebas-
topol. Au order was sent from Constantinople to Omer
Pacha on the 19th, to concentrate 20,000 of his best
troops at Varna, to be ready for embarkation to the
Crimea, and we now learn by advices from Varna, of the
30th, that these troops had begun to embark two days
previously. Some hundreds of Russian prisoners arrived
at Scutari on the 25th from Balaklava. They were cap-
tured on the id'hernaya on the 17th, 18th, and 19th.
General Tscheltschanoff, who was wounded in the battle
of Alma, is perfectly recovered, and is imprisoned at
Stamboul,"