The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-27 00:00:00

THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA.

The following infantry battalions were in the Crimea
'
on the 6th of November • one battalion Grenadier
Guards, one battalion Coldstreams, one battalion Scots
Fusilier Guards, Ist Reyal Regiment (one battalion), 3d,
4th, 7th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 23d, 28th, 30th, 33d, 38th,
41st, 42d, 44th, 46th, 47th, 49th, 50th, 55th, 57th, (.3(1,
68th, 77th, 79th, 88th, 93d, 95th, two battalions Rifle
Brigade--in all 33 regiments.
The cavalry corps were as follows : - 4th and sth Dra-
goon Guards, Ist Dragoons, 2d Dragoons, 4th Light
Dragoons, 6th Light Dragoons Bth and 11th Hussars,
13th Light Dragoons, 17th Lancers. These regiments
are to bo made up to their full strength by drafts.
The following are the names of the new infantry regi-
ments, eleven in all, under orders for the Crimea, some
of which are actually on their way :-They are the 90th
from Dublin (gone) ; 17th, 39th, 89th, from Gibraltar
(to be relieved by the 54th and 66th (left on Saturday);
34th, 71st, from Corfu ; 9th, 14th, 62d, from Malta ;
97th, from Athens (gone ;
rid the 18th Royal Irish,
from London. Here will be, before December is well
in, forty-four battalions of infantry.,

GRACEFUL COMPLIMENT TO TBB
BRITISH ARMY.

The Moniteur contains the following exceedingly
graceful compliment toLord Raglan
Bri-
tish army and the
Every one has remarked the terms in which Lord
Raglan points out the part taken by our generals and
soldiers in the victory of the Inkerman. This testi-
mony, so spontaneously rendered to our arms by so
competent a judge as the illustrious general, to whom
the gratitude of the British Government has just awarded
the highest military dignity, is too glorious for our army
for us not to reproduce the very expressions made nee
of in the report. "I am proud," writes the General-in-
Chief, " of the the opportunity of bearing testimony to
the valour and energetic services of the French troops,
and of paying a tribute of admiration to the distinguished
conduct of their immediate commander, General Boa-
quet, while it is in the highest degree pleasing to me to
place upon record my deep sense of the valuable assist-
ance I received from the Commander-in-Chief, General
Canrobert, who was himself on the ground, and in con-
stant communication with me." The French reports, on
their side, do not less strongly point out the heroic and
unshakeable firmness with which a fraction of the Eng-
lish army victoriously supported for several hours the
shock of an enemy so superior- in numbers. 'The mere
we become acquainted with the details of that day the
more do we think ourselves founded in regarding it as
one of the most glorious in military history. It is, in
fact, stated that at the commencement of the battle the
English fought with the numerical inferiority of one
against seven, and that at the end of the day, when the
arrival of the French troops decided the victory, the
proportion was still one against four.

THE FRENCH COJIMANDER-IN-CHIBF.

General Canrobert's powerS as Commander-in-Chief
of the French army of the East have received a further
extension as appears by the following note in the
v /tacit/. :
The Emperor, iu his solicitude far the army which
combats so bravely under the walls of Sebastopol, has
not confined himself to delegating to the general coiu-
manding-in•chief extraordinary powers to fill up the va-
cancies of officers up to the rank of chef de bataillon or
chef d'escadron inclusively. His Majesty, considering
that it would enhance the value of any recompense to
have it conferred on the field of battle, at the very mo-
ment of its being merited,,has, on the proposition of the
Minister a War, also authorised General Canrobert to
make nominations in the Legion of Honour of the
grades of chevalier and officer, and to award military
ruedalg.

ROYAL SOCIETY.—We understand that Lord Wrot-
tesley is proposed as, the new president, in place of Lord
Posse, who retires ; and that G. Gabriel Stokes, Af.A.,
of Cambridge, is proposed as the now secretary, in place
of Professor Christie, retiring,