The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-29 00:00:00

LETTER FROM THE BRITISH CAMP,

NEAR VARNA..
We extract the following from the letters of the
special correspondent of the Times : Vat
" Camp at Aladyn, near Varna, June 12 —The last
division received orders to march at five o'clock on Tt
Saturday morning. It rained all the previous nigu;
and early in the morning Captain Pearson, A.D•C'
Sir George Brown, rode out to countermand the mare.
for some reasons which appeared good to the authoritied
at Varna, and which may be supposed to have alteir,,,ch
the intentions of Marshal St. Arnaud and the E"g`:'",•
General. There is now no sign of a move. The d'°,;
sion parades every morning early, and marches out svl"A
baggage, mules, artillery, &c., for a couple of miles an
returns.
" The 10th company of Sappers and Mioers (CaPtaeitl:
Gordon, Captain Bent, Lieutenants Creyke and rra'd
R.E.) are busy every morning repairing the roads 3°
making a bridge across the lake.
" The camp healthy, and the men in excellent health,:
"June 13.—The first division arrived at Varna,Y,c-;
terday, and the Duke of Cambridge, his Staff, and "1.4
Brigade of Guards landed on the following day. -11) .
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Raglan has not been able to come up here
quence of an indisposition, which .confines him to his
quarters at Scutari. The vessels in which the divisi.:
commanded by his Royal Highness arrived were the
Helbourne, the Jason, the Hydaspes (broken den;
the Andes, the City of London, the Emperor, an" "it
Golden Fleece steamers ; and 'the Sir George
the Pyrenees, the Colgrain, the Morayshire, the Arnes,
dale, the Negotiator, and the Monarchy sailing tins
ports. The division consisting of the' Brigade of Gu„ar
and the Highland Brigade (42d, 79th, and 93d Rend
inents) was conveyed with the greatest comfort Ann
celerity from Scutari, and ere this letter leaves the me
now on board will be landed in all probability, with hs
,g's
gage, stores, horses, &c., complete, as the boats d ttol:6
English, French, and Turkish men of war lying l° the
bay are all working in friendly rivalry, and rowing
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troops on shore as fast as they can. The Hinsalkli;
with the sth Dragoon Guards on board, arrived in ts',h
hay on Monday evening, having left Cork on the 2°`'..
May. She carried 320 horses and 323 men of the regri,
ment, and she reached Malta in 7 day o
s and 22 Ini°,„,
(all well). It need scarcely be stated that.she has Ina''';
the quickest passage ever known. The feat is n
one, as few vessels, if any, have ever gone over ch
same course, but it will be difficult hereafter to 1,03"
her astonishing performance. From point to point she
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was only 11 days and 19 hours under steam he"!
Cork and Varna. nd
" The commanding officer, Major Le Marchant,
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the officers of the regiment, presented Capt. lell°b}j'r
the able and indefatigable commander, with a higics
Mattering and very complimentary address, in -to
they expressed their deep sense of the attention Pal . 0
their comforts, and of the kindness and consideratie
vith which they were treated on board his noble 814tc;
and Mr. Lane, the purser, received a letter to the ea„
affect, and was complimented on the excellent fornna
,aovided for the horses. The men disembarked t;:,
miming in fine order and spirits. Every man rode this
awn horse (a fact, perhaps, without a parallel after sno°o
I. voyage) ; and both the French and the natives
• hore te,t'fied in the liveliest way their admiration all
she galls •t martial look of the regiment as it formed ~°ll6
the beach, acid role away to its camp, Ly the side at, s
di
bay, opposite to.the town of Varna. Only two liecraauso
vere lost on the passage, and these died from s
contracted on shore. The Jason, with 297 pack herags
.Lid mules, belonging to the Guards and Hight and rlr'd
'rents, arrived this morning all well. She had 00
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laptain Butler (staff), Drs. Cooper and Wislrart.
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Burgoyne, and Mr. P,ouverie (Guards), Mr. Strickland'
',lr. Blackwood, Mr. Rolleston, &c., of the Counnissy
-iat department.
"The disembarkation of the Guards was effected thi°
oorning in excellent order, and with a rapidity and enta;
ant which confer great credit on the officers engagednigt
superintending it. The French assisted with the 111,1-,
hearty good wiil. Of their own accord the men of
rrtrllery arid the Chasseurs came down to the beae3,
aelped to load buffalo carts, and set to work at once
tto°.
thump the drivers, to push the natives out of the way,
show the road, and, in fact, to make themselves gen;.;
rally useful. The men, though not quite so stout as we 3:0
accustomed to see them in London, were nevertheless
capital ease, and good-humoured and high-spirited: no
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withstanding a heavy storm of rain that broke over the
,s
on the march to their camp, about a mile outside ts,:lci
cu..vvn. The tents of some of the Egyptians are pitcl.
on the road-side, and as the first company of the Greer'
Tiers marched past a murmur went through the Place'
and the swarthy little warriors came swarming out 'ill
re
oees, and drew themselves up with staring eyes and "ed
amain; to gaze on the Anaktm. At first they aPP' titter
to be affected by mute wonder only, but as reap
man strode by, and the fact grew upon them that there
was a whole regiment composed of such tall lell°,fsr
they burst into a grin, and at last expanded into laui,:r;,
and chattering delight. The two troops of the Bth Due
care lying outside the town gave the men a hearty e!'" -s.
is they came in sight. Most of the men wore no stock
[t appears that soon after Sir George Brown came it!
to Varna an order was issued to the Duke's division 3's;,
cording to which the wearing of the stock was optional.
Host of the men at once flung off their leathern uncll,l3:li
brances, but with the usual taste of soldiers for
attire, they began to wear ga3ssoloured has Ikerchie 0
and neckerchiefs, so. that the authorities were obliged t
order them to wear either the stock or nothing.
" The Dragoons wore white calico covers to their 101.
'nets, but Sir George will not allow them to wear them
if he can help it. He dislikes these covers exceedingly'
they are, he thinks, unsoldier-like ; and his °""
division (the Light) is forbidden to wear them on 31
account. They certainly do not improve the aPPea
Alice, but as surely they contribute greatly to the corn'
Curt of the men.
;e of
"For the present the division will occupy the
the camp of the Light Division before it moved
Aladyn.
I rode into Varna from the camp this morning, bU„
so changed was the appearance of the principal strel
by the restless activity and energy of the French, that
could not recognise them. Old blind side walls had
r.,
been broken down, and shops opened, in which not el%
necessaries, but even luxuries could be purchased ; tu-
,trects once so dull and silent, re-echoed the laughter
rod rattle of domit sin the newly establiAed cot's
Wine merchants and sutlers from Algiers, 'rant Celici
stantine, Marseilles, Toulon, Lad kei,up booths 3n
shops, at which liqueurs, spirits, and French and cell°t-ry
wines could be purchased at prices not so tolerably'
high. The natives had followed the example. Strip of
of German sausages, of dried tongues, of wiry halne'ss
bottles of pickles, hung from the rafters of an
T the"
Turkish khae, which but a few days before was
•pinde of nothing but unseemly insects : and an eillP"S
storehouse was turned into a nicely whitewashed an
gaily painted " Restaurant de l'Artnee d'Orient P°lll.
Slessieurs les Officio, set sous Officir rs." The names
of the streets according to a Gallic nomenclature'
painted in blaek on neat deal slips, were fixed to
the walls, so that one could find his way from place te
place without going through the erratic wandering°
which generally mark the stranger's progress through.
rurkish town. One lane is named the Rue Ibrainal,
another Rue de l'HOpital, a third Rue Yusuf ;
cipal lane is termed the Corso, the next is Rue ue-
Postes Franc ises ; and, as all these names are very con.
venient, an I h. ye a nit aping attached to them, no Peet;
ing ought to deter one from confessing that the Fre"-
manage these things better than we do. Where is the
English post-office ? No one knows. Where does the
English General live ? No one knows. Where is the
hospital to carry a sick soldier to ? No one knows'
Does any one want to find General Canrobert ?
the first Frenchman you meet, and he will tell you "-
go up the Corso, turn to the right, by the end of the
Rue de l'HOpital, and thenou will see the name of the
y
General painted in large letters over the door of his
quarters. Tire French post-office and the French hosr
tal are indicated sufficiently by the names of the streeto•
Our sappers and miners have done useful work 14
the seaside, have built piers, trenched up the shore,
and deepened the little harbour. The French have
done the same ; they have built ph rs and banked UP
the shore, and erected a sea-wall to land at. Lord
George Paulet has been inexhaustible in his hospi-
talities on board the Bellerophon, and has done
much to "amalgamate" the higher officers of both ,W
tines by his friendly reunions, so that they become bet-
ter friends every day. There is no jealousy between the
men, or any rivalry, except in the path of honour. Itti-
mours are afloat that the French marshal and our gene'
rat were not quite so friendly at the close of their recent
interviews, as they differed materially in their views 0,
;
the mode in which the war has to be carried on, but
know nothing to make me give credence to these reports,
which I only mention because they aregenerally circulate, 1.
Beside,;, Sir George Brown only commands a diri!'..'
and it is scarcely probable that lie would act in any w3l
without the authority and concurrence of Lord Raglan'
Sir George Brown still continues with Ifs staff at Varna'
General Tylden is camped with his staff by the side",
the bay, near the cavalry camp, and contains Captains
Gordon and Hassard, Mr. Martin of the Royal En be
the
neers, and a few sappers and miners, remain in
town, close by the wall, in order to 'be ready for any
work in their way.
" As to the camp at Aladyn there is not much to 051*
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