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London, England, 1854-06-22 00:00:00

encampments of each were dispelled in parallelograms
lele of ,er the other, so that there was very little trouble or
confusion in getting the division together. They formed
tn front of their tents, and after a rapid inspection were
eelered to strike tents. In a moment or two file after file
If canvass cones collapsed, and fell to the earth, the poles
reel unsplicel and packel up the canvass- rolled up and
Placed in layers on bullock carts, the various articles of
regimental baggage collected into the .same vehicle—ants
1 a swarm could not be more active and hustling than
they were ; they formed into masses, broke up again,
no fed in single files in little companies, in broken groups
'lover the ground, while the araba drivers looked stupidly
na, exhibiting the most perfect indifference to the appro-
esiation of their carts, and evidently regarding the Giaours
I! Rome unpleasant demons, by whose preternatural ener-
Foes they wore to be agitated and perturbed as punishment
r their sins. It would seem, indeel, very difficult to re-
f°,em this shifting, diffusive crowd of redcoats into the
steady masses whisk were drawn up so rigidly a short time
l'ire'dously along the canvass walls, now fluttering in the
test or packed helplessly up in bales. Their labours were,
eovrever, decisive, and in some half hour or so they had
tteasformed the scene completely, and had left nothing he-
eled them but the bare circles of baked earth, marking
Where tents had stood, the blackened spot where once the
InteP fires blazed, tethering sticks, and a curious debris of
4111-pots, preserved meat cases, bottles, sweetmeat-boxes,
tardine cases, broken delf, bones of fowl and ham, poma-
Lila-pots, tobacco pipes, etc. A few words of command
r ng through the toiling crowd, some blaste on the
ogle, and the regiments get together once more as steady
and solid as ever, with long lines of bullock carts and bufe
eete arabas drawn up between them and winding slowly
:1°:: over the sandy slopes which led to the sea. Here the
of transports, of which I have so often spoken, lay
tjehored. with their attendant steamers in long lines, as
;elle in shore as they could lie with safety. The Vesuvius
li:eat:le-sloop, Commander Powell, the Simoom and the
i"easra troop-ships (screw steamers), sent in their boats
o aid those of the merchantmen and steamers in embark-
e the men and baggage, and Admiral Boxer, aided by
aPtqa Christie, Commander Powell, and Lieut. Rundle,
b superintended the arrangements for stowing. away
and getting on board the little army, which consisted of
• 6,500 men. The morning was fine, and if anything
itlittle too hot. The men were in excellent spirits, and
they marched over the dusty plain and wound down the
eY paths over the common to the landing-places, they
eWere greeted with repeated peals of cheering from the
eeemsents of the other divisions. The order and rev-
it4tY with which they were, got on board the boats, and
en safety and celerity with which they were embarked—
e7gage, horses, women, and stores—were creditable to
the• authorities, and to the discipline and good order of the
44 themselves, both officers and privates.
44,11 themselves,
The Victoria (four-masted screw steamer) embarked
te.
33d Regiment, 993 strong, and 12 horses • the Andes
(Vearked the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 900' strong, and
at horses ; the Megmra embarked the 7th Fusiliers, 950
ereng, and 12 horses; the Cambria embarked the 88th
tcithaught Rangers, 950 strong, and 12. horses ; the Mel-
)l)urne embarked the 77th, 950 strong, and 12 horses ; the
es" Go Golden Fleece e baked the Rifle hattalion ; the Trent
embarked 300 pack horses • the City of London and Em-
terer towed up transport' No. 4, artillery, and transport
°- 18, staff horses, lee. ; the Vesuvius, having lent her
paddle-box boats to embark the men, moved off from her
the in the Golden Horn about 12 o'clock, when all
„: troops were on board, and proceeded up the stream of
ee Bosphorus to take in tow the Sir George Pollock, with
ele, horses belonging to the Rifle Brigade, &c., on board.
'lleiGolden Fleece was the first to start, an as she had
ee vessel in tow she made rapid way against the current,
d was soon out of view in the bends of this salt-water
triver, Transports Nose 44, 46, and 48 "were laden with
e men and horses of the Bth Royal Irish Hussars, and
.he
out in the stream about two miles about Tophane
Victoria, which was to have towed No. 44, ran up
eongside her, and made fast her. hawsers to tow, but ere
e could get her away the current caught herethrew her
against a stubborn little Dutch galliot, which anchored
andin the way, and snap, snap, crash went bowsprit, yard,
ant topmast, one after another, till the Hollander seemed
e'er he had just cut from Camperdown. Then the hawsers
adrift
round the screw of the steamer—they were cut or cast
e in a twinkling, and the transport fetching stern way
enle right upon the shore, sorely discomposing a little
Fuy of Turkish philosophers who were smoking on a plat-
t:rta just where her counter came. The Victoria re-
d for aid to Scutari, and after a time came up with a
With
and pulled off the transport. As she passed on
e,h her prize the men of the 33d, who were on board, li
cheered
the Vesuvius till the Bosphorus rang with echoes.
captain of the Sir George Pollock being on shore (for
ead received no orders to be in readiness), a delay of 3
j, A hours took place till the Vesuvius could get her to
'"ove. The artillery were embarked in transports Nos. 1,
3, and 4, and were towed by the Medway, Melbourne,
erebria and City of London respectively. The fleet was
thus
constituted of 2 steamers for staff officers and horses,
troops and 81 chargere, 1 for 300 pack horses, 4 tren-
t/1s for Horse Artillery, 3 transports for Hussars, 2
a 0
asports for Commissariat horses. Notwithstanding
4""llle little delays awl mishaps, such as those alluded to
ve, the whole of the flotilla moved off with great preci-
-4/1 48 to tine, and commenced its course upwards with
minable order and quickness. No voyager or artist has
/:edone justice to the beautiful scenery of Bosphorus.
thehas much the character of a Norwegianfiord. Perhaps
e rounded outline of the hills, the light rich green of the
vegetation the luxuriance of tree and flower and herbage,
eaemble more closely the banks of Killarney or Winder-
mere. For 13 miles the water escaping from the Black
tittle now compressed by swelling hillocks to a breadth of
f more than a mile, then expanding into sheets of
,fish
times that space across from shore to shore,
e"s„.11 along en a flood of dark blue, like the Rhone as it
eeelees from the lake of Geneva, till they mingle with the
,74 of Mariners, passing in their course by a succession of
rod and. dale, ravine and hill-side, covered with the pro-
tl"st carpeting of leaf and blade, while kiosk aud pleasure
land, bastions and loopholed curtains, gay gardens,
en, mosques, and noble mansions stud the banks is un-
broken lines from the very foot of the forts which com-
mand the entrance up to the crowning glory of the scene,
Zeus the Imperial city of Constantine, rising in many
e'noureci terraces from the verge of the Golden Horn, con-
ellses the eye with its masses of foliage, of red roofs, divers
'Ted wails, gables, and fretwork. surmounted by a frieze
es° snow-white minarets with golden summits, and by the
eve:Metrical sweep of St. Sophia. The hill strike abruptly
"Pwards to a height varying from 200 feat to 600 feet, and
are bounded at the foot by a line of quays, which run
4'lle the European side from Pere to Bujudkere, about
evee miles from the Black Sea, almost unintetruptedly.
These quays are very numerous on the Asiatic side also.
Fe villages by th water-side re so close together that
Ora might be said to extend fraom Tophane o
to the forts
Bujukdere. The kiosks and residences of the
Phu the imperial palaces of the Sultans, the retreats
°,l. opulence line these favoured shores, and as the
eeeanger passes on in steamer or caique he m
ovay catch a
Banger
of some successful plunderer of a prince, some
Igged 2a17 Pasin hha,
is or unscrupulous ex-eovcruor sitting cross-
e garden or veraaah, smoking away,
kid each looking so like the other that they might
au pass for brothers. The windows of one portion of
these houses, are mostly closely latticed and fastened, but
here and there a bright flash of a yellow or red robe shows
'no harem is not untenanted. These dwellings succeed
null other the whole length of the Bosphorus quite as na-
enerously as the houses on the road from Hyde•park-
corner to Hammersmith, and at places such as Therapia
Bujukdere they are dense enough to form large vil-
h Ps, provided with hotels shops, anlodging-
2leses. . The Turks delight in going up in theirs alques to
ene of these places, and sitting out on the platforms over
'no water, while the chibouque or narghile confers on them
a zoophytic happiness ; and the greatest object of Turkish.
• ambition is to enjoy the pleasures of a kiosk on the Bos-
phorus. The waters abound in fish, and droves of por-
'Poises and dolphins disport in myriads on its surface,
Plashing and playing about as with easy roll they cleave
their way against its rapid flood, or gambolling about in
the plenitude of their strength and security, till a sword—
'Bll takes a dig at them, and sets them off curvetting and
' snorting like sea horses. Hawks, kites, buzzards, and sea
eagles are _numerous, and large flocks of a kind of grega-
Tee petrel (I amagine), called by the French " dmes
"40itnees'5 and which are said never to rest on land, keep
Constantly flying up and down close to the water. The
flotilla began its voyage at 11 o'clock. Off Tophane some
~le3 or six fine frigates, some of them-double-banked, dis-
played the red flag with the silver crescent moon and star
of the Ottoman Porte. They were lying idly at rest there,
all(1 we thought they might be much better employed,
,
not in Severna Bay, certainly in cruising about the
, Greek Archipelago. In justice to the Turks it must be
said they maintained the dignified indifference of the
savage to the last. .As the men at Scutari landed so they
ueparted—in silence—and, so far as the people were con-
cerned, in solitude The caiquejees, or boatmen, scarcely
turned their heads to look at the monster steamers, with
their decks crowded with troops, that tossed their frail
harks with the swell of their paddle-wheels ; the smoking
groups ou shore never relaxed puffing their pipes as the
flotilla went by ; and the only animation they showed was
once, when the Tesuvius, to astonish the natives, ran so
close by the quay that 'the swell washed over Tito fled
tumbled over the bare toes of the Osmanli, who
within lest the steamer should pursue them bodily on
shore.
"It was 5 o'clock ere the last steamer which had to
wait for the transports got under way again, and night
had set in before they reached the entrance to the Black
Sea. As they passed the forts (which are pretty frequent
towards the Euxine), the sentries yelled out strange chal-
lenges, and burned blue lights, and blue lights answered
from our vessels in return, so that at times the whole of
the scene put one in mind of a grand fairy spectacle, and
it did not require much imagination to believe that
the trees were the work of Grieve—that Stanfield
tad dashed in the waters and ships—that the forts
were of pasteboard, and tho clouds of gauze, lighted
up by a property man ; while those mustachioed
soldiers, with red fez caps or tarbouches, eccentric
blue coats and breeches, and white belts, might fairly pass
for Surrey supernumeraries. Out go the blue lights !—we
are all left as blind as owls at noon-tide ; but our eyes re-
cover—the stars at last begin to twinkle—two lights shine,
or rather blear, hazily on either bow—they mark the open.
lng of the Bosphorus into the Euxine. We shoot past
them, and a farewell challenge and another blue halo show
the sentries are wide awake. We are in the Black Sea, and,
lo ! sea and sky and land are at once shut out from us ! A
fog, a drifting, clammy, nasty mist, blueish white, and
cold and raw, falls down on us like a shroud, damps out '
the stars and all the lights of heaven, and steals with a
81%r-like pace down yard and mast and stays, sticks to the
face and beard, renders the deck dark as a graveyard, and
forces us all down to a rubber and coffee. This is genuine
Black Sea weather. All the club and taproom politicians
who -talk nonsense to distinguished circles, and regulate
the motions of the fleets, and criticise the conduct of
armies, should be sent out here to take the command of so
many Thames wherries till they learn what the real diffi-
culties of managing ships in such a sea are. I immedi-
ately repented me of the evil thoughts I had once enter-
tained, and was angry at the rubbish I had,
w list
en I had
had that one night's and day's experience of the Euxine. The
' shore was not far off (presumed not to be) on our poet quar-
ter, but had it been within a quarter of a mile it would
have been equallyinvisible. Later in the night we passed
through a fleet which we took to be Turkish men-of-
war, but it was impossible to make them out, and but for
the blockade of their ports these vessels might have been
- Russians. In the morning the same haze continued drift-
ing about and hugging the land, but once it rose and dis-
covered a steamer close in shore, with a transport cast off
from her, and hovering about just as a hen watches a
chicken. The Vesuvius fired a gun, and after some time the
steamer tried to take the transport in tow again and pro-
ceeded to rejoin the squadron. We subsequently found it
• was the Megtera. The line of land was marked by a bank
of white clouds, and the edge of the-sea horizon was
equally obscured. About half past • three o'clock the bay
of Varna was visible, with the masts of some large vessels
just peering up ahead, and the Victoria, her Majesty's ship
Vesuvius, &c., ran in and anchored before six o'clock.
The Bellerophon, 74, Lord, Q. rivulet, the lenri Quatre

(French), 90, and an Ottoman schooner were lying in the
roadstead, close to the town, and transports Nos. 1,2, 18,
27, 46, &c., badly engaged landing stores and men. (It
may be as well here to say that the transports lying off
Scutari when we left were Nos. 5,7, 8,9, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 21, 30.) This disembarkation was proceeding ad-
mirably.
Telrge boats had been provided for the purpose,
and the French and English mer of war lent their launches
and cutters to tow and carry, in addition to those furnished
by the merchantmen. The rifles had already landed, and had
marched off to their temporary camp under canvass about a
mile away. The 88th Connaught Rangers were already form-
ing on the jetty, preparatory to marching, and the buy was
alive with boats full of redcoats. The various regiments
cheered tremendously as vessel after vessel arrived, but
they met no response from the Turkish troops. Lord G.
Paulet entertained Lieut.-General Sir G. Brown, and a nu-
merous party, on board the Bellerophon in the evening.
The noble vessel is provided with an exquisite band, and
all night the shores echoed to the melody of the choicest
morceaux of our best composers, while the men who had
not landed crowded the decks of the ships to listen.
"VARNA, June 2.-This morning early the Caton, French
Government screw, arrived here, having on board General
Canrobert, and a small staff. He landed about mid-day,
and after an extempore levee of the French officers on the
beach, proceeded to call on Sir G. Brown. A large French
man-of-war steamer, with the 7th Regiment of the Line,
came in at the same time. The men disembarked and
formed in about half an hour, their baud playing God save
the Queen,' out of compliment to our colours. After a de-
lay of an hour on the beach they were marched off to their
camp outside the town. The Marseille, French Government
transport, has arrived laden with stores. At present we
have transports Nos. 3,4, 11, 18, 27, 44, 46, and 48, lying
at anchor and waiting to return to Scutari. Two large pad-
dle steamers, showing French colours, the first towing no
less than five small vessels, the other towing foer brigs, are
in sight steering for this point, and at the moment I close
this letter, a Turkish man of war steamer has cast anchor,
_towing in French transport brigs Nos. 206, 52, 204, and
127. Three of these show Genoese colours, and only one
remains to be accounted for as French property.
" Owing to the exertions of Omer Pasha, and the acti-
vity of the Commissariat, the quantity of open and covered
arabas, or bullock and buffalo carts, which has been col-
lected here, is nearly sufficient for all the wants of this
division of the army. They are drawn up in hundreds
along the walls of the principal magazine, and their ser-
vices can be had at a moment's notice. There is a small
army of hairy, wild-looking drivers stalking about the
place and admiring the beauties of Varna, spear or buffalo
goad in hand.
" The cavalry force sent by Omer Pasha to a place
within a few miles of our camp, has been of infinite service
in sending in provisions, horses, and cattle. The latter are
wretchedly small and lean. A strong man could lift one of
the beasts, and there is not so much meat on _one of them
as on a good English sheep. The horses are hardy, wild,
mouthless brutes, but the owners are asking too much for
them. Omer Pasha has forbidden the export of grain from
this port, and from all.the ports of Roumelia without ex-
ception. A Pera merchant who came up the other day,
armed with a letter from the Grand Vizier, was refused a
cargo of corn in consequence, though he sent up a vessel,
to be freighted. The result of the step, whether right or
wrong, is that there is plenty of corn in store for the troops
no matter how numerous they may be. Omer Pasha has
done another thing, which may have been dictated in
some measure by a regard for his personal comfort.
Within the last few days he has sent orders to suspend all
travelling by post-horses between Varna and Schumla, un-
less for Government purposes, special couriers, or aides of
the generals. This will cut off a stream of English visi-
tors, and save him many a long pipe and short interview.
"The Brish camp is pitched on a plain, covered with
scrub and clumps of sweet briar, about a mile from the
town, and half a mile from the fresh water lake. The water
of the lake, however, is not good for drinking-it abounds
in animalcule), not to mention enormdus leeches-and the
men have to go to the fountains and wells near the town
to fill their canteens and cooking tins. This, however, is
only a temporary encampment, and it is expected that
they will move on Saturday or Monday about eight miles
further off, towards a village called Devno. The cavalry,
the Bth Hussars, and the fedi- guns of the artillery, landed
to-clay, are stationed nearest to the town, not far from
the neck of land which divides the sea from the lake.
Then come the Rifle Brigade ; next to them the 7th Fuyi-
liers-which only landed on Thursday,' as the Megaera and
her transport got into trouble off the coast in a tog. The
camp of the 33d Regiment adjoins that of the Fusiliers,
and beyond it are the tents of the 19th, 88th, and 77th Re-
giments-the whole of them being pitched very compactly
and not covering more than mile a of ground. Fresh meat
was issued to the men to-day, but the officers had a good
many complaints made to them by the soldiers, most of
them, however, having reference to want of salt or pepper.
To the hardy stoics at home, who laugh at such petty pri-
vations over their well-filled cruet-stands, it may be observed
that ration beef is not of that exquisite flavour and rich-
ness that a little disguise and condiment are not desirable
at times. There is also a grumble at the non-appearance
of the promised ale and porter, which is said to be sto wed
under the barracks at Scutari. I doubt that it is good
drink for this country-rum, I am sure, would be much
better. However, the men have not got either the one or
the other. The bread is brown and a little sourish, but
agrees well with the men. The medical stores and comforts
have all arrived. Sir George Brown is anxious to reduce
them to as small a compass as is compatible with efficiency,
and I believe there is not complete identity of opinion
between him and the medical authorities as to the amount
of baggage accommodation which will be necessary for
their transport. As some complaints were made to our
Consul, Mr. Neale, respecting the behaviour of some of
the soldiers after landing, Sir George Brown has issued a
divisional order on the subject of drunkenness, in which
colonels of regiments are enjoined to take strict steps to
check and punish this vice.
" All the force, men, artillery, horses, and all of the
light division were landed this morning, and in the course
of the day. The Arethnsa, 50, and London, 90, came over
from the fleet, which is at Baltschilc Bay, and anchored
to-day, and three French line-of-battle ships are cruising
off the mouth of the bay. The weather is very hot, but
muggy and foggy: The French force is very small, bat they
have got hold of some of the best quarters, and the tricolor
floats over the town from a very high flag-staff. Varna is
something like Sandgate, with a white wall round it.
Great efforts are beiug made to strengthen it, and along
the sea face are mounted new guns, with earthwork and.
facia° parapets and embrasures. The beach is covered.
with heaps of rusty old shot and shell. The hills at the
back completely command the place, and make it a poor
military position. However, enough has been said about
it to make all your readers tolerably familiar with the ex-
ternal aspect of the place. Sir George Brown's staff is all.
here. Col. Sullivan, the Deputy-Adjutant-General, and.
Capt. Halliwell, Deputy-Quartermatter-General, working
away as zealously and energetically as usual, Captains:
Gordon, Hassard, &c., of the Royal Engineers (they brought
up trenching tools for 1,000 men with them from Gallipoli),.
the same ; Drs. Alexander, Tice, See., the Commissary
officers, Thomson, Smith, &c. Food is good enough and.
plentiful ; a fowl can be had for 7 piastres, is. 2d.; bread.
and meat are about the same price as in London ; a turkey
can be had for half-a-crown ; wine is clear, and not good ;
spirits, lam sorry to say, as cheap as they are bad. The
camps will be formed to-day, and when I send this dee
spatch I will ride out and have a look at them."

SHUMLA.

A letter from Shumla states that all formerplans.
have probably been abandoned, and that a line be,
tween Shurnla, and Varna will form the basis of
operations. It is known there that the Russian
forces are concentrated opposite the right wing of
the Turks. A battle was expected very soon by
Omar Pasha, who was hastening on the disciplin.e
of his troops, and preparing for events. "The lii e
in Shumla," the writer continues, "is most trying,
and for a man without -occupation almost intdo-
rable. Horribly stinking streets, damp unhealth y
houses, which in summer become steaming ho t-
beds of disease ; a crowd every where, and nowhere
space to move freely ; drunken soldiers and reck-
less Arnauts ; the miasma from many thousan d
Turks, brought down from their camp into the
lower town of Shumla, and crowded togeth(n-
among dungheaps along the margin of a putrid.
brook. Such is the place in which British tourisits
expect to find health and recreation.