The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-10 00:00:00

(Copy, No. 498.)

,BRITANNIA, OFF THE KATCHA, SEPT. 28.
Sir,—l beg you will acquaint the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty that, by the request
of his Excellency General Lord Raglan, I have
ordered 1,000 Marines of the fleet to be lent to
the Agamemnon, in the harbour of Balaklava,, to
relieve a similar number of the British forces now
employed in guarding the heights overlooking that
port.
The Albion and Vesuvius returned last night
from off the Alma river, having brought down from
the country and embarked on board the Avon,
transport, about 340 wounded Russians, whom I
immediately sent on in charge of Commander
Rogers of the Albion, with a letter to the Gover-
nor of Odessa, of which the enclosure No. 1 is a
copy.

From the state of the country Captain Lushing-
ton was obliged to use every precaution in pro-
tecting his people employed on this service ; and
yesterday afternoon he was forced to embark all
his men under the guns of the Vesuvius, as a
body of about 6,000 Russians had advanced
rapidly upon him.
The Allied Armies are in position to the south
of Sbastopol, and the English cavalry and French
reinforcements are expected hourly, but a strong
N.E. wind is now against them.
Marshal St. Arnaud has been obliged by ill health
to resign the command of the French army to
General CAnrobert, and the Marshal has left for
France.

The cholera is still showing itself occasionally
among the ships of the fleet, but the crews gene-
rally are healthy.
The army is still suffering considerably, but the
change of temperature this morning will, I hope,
prove beneficial ; fortunately the rains have not
yet set have, &c.,
J. W. D. DUNDAS, Vice-Admiral.
The Secretary of the Admiralty.

(Enclosure to 498.)

BRITANNIA, OFF THE KATCHA, SEPT. 26.
Sir,—l have the honour to inform your Excel-
lency that in consequence of the advance on Se-
bastopol of the Allied Armies after the battle of
the Alma, on the 20th inst., a number of wounded
Russian officers and soldiers were left in the rear,
in the small villages near the places where they
had fallen, and by the request of his Excellency,
General Lord Raglan, I have collected as many
as I could (about 340).
In order to shorten the sufferings of these gal-
lant soldiers, which a long sea voyage must neces-
sarily increase, I have sent them to Odessa, rather
than to Constantinople, the distance to the former
being so much less.
Commander Rogers, of the Royal Navy, has
charge of them, under a flag of truce, and I trust
your Excellency will, in the same feeling of hu-
manity, receive and consider them as non-com-
batants until regularly exchanged, granting to the
officers in charge an acknowledgment of the num-
bers and grades of the prisoners delivered over by
him to your Excellency. I have, &0.,
J. W. D. DUNDAS,
Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
His Excellency the Aide-de-Camp
General Annenkoff.

(No. 77.)
GENERAL LETTER.

CANTERBURY, CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 30.

Sir,—Her Majesty's steam-vessel Beagle arrived
yesterday morning from England and Malta, and
went on in the evening to join the fleet off Sebas-
topol, complete with coals and water.
The Vulcan sailed last evening for the Crimea,
and the Industry, Cambria, Andes, Colombo, and
Kangaroo steam-transports are ready. Some of
these vessels take up colliers, with about 1,700
tons of fuel for the fleet, besides several coal ships
sent on to Vann.

The Industry will be employed as a steam col-
lier, and carries between 700 and 800 tons.

The Caduceus transport arrived on the 28th
from the Crimea with 270 sick from the army,
having lost a great number on the passage down.
The Courier transport, also with sick, came down
yesterday, but got ashore some miles up the Bos-
phorus, but I have removed all the sick to Scutari
by steam tenders.
The Turkish Government having kindly given
every assistance in their power in complying with
our wants, I have also applied to them for more
bedsteads for the hospital, and am myself con-
tracting for 200 wooden trestles, they being much
required.

T have pleasure in co-operating with the mili-
tary authorities with a view to thesAre of the sick
and wounded, and, from the ti*emittin atten