The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-29 00:00:00

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Dl. RUSaLL IN THE CRIMEA.

Dr. Russell, whose celebrated letters to the Times on
he Crimean war gave Lim a name and established his
ame, writes home an interesting account of his second
sisit to the scene of his former privations, trials, and
riumphs. His description is of the visit of the Prince
.nd Princess of Wales to the place, but the portions which
are most remarkable are those in which the doctor
ecalls the memories of the spots now so famous. Speaking
sf his sighting of Sebastopol from the ship Euxine, in which
he royal party sailed np the Black Sea, the writer says:—
'To some of us the exclamation, There-is Sebastopol !'
aused a strange emotion. There it was, indeed—the dim
ontour of Fort Constantine, dancing in the mirage far
way, the well-known outlines of the landscape of the
gateau seamed with the French trenches near at hand, and
rowned by the ridges of the Flagstaff Bastion, the Redan,
he Malakhof, the Mamelon, Cathcart's-hill, Kantiesh,
,nd Kazatch, once black with masts and hulls, now
eft to the wild duck and the seagull—not a trace of the
may town to which war gave a vigorous commerce which
swished like the pall of white smoke that once hung
ver the city beyond. As we opened the entrance to the
oadstead, and well-remembered apots came to view,
here came a feeling too deep for m orls. The officers
n the bridge had still the same old chart to guide
hem'which served our fleet in 1854. There is a coarse,
sut very accurate, engraving of the appearance of the
ntrance, as seen from the sea, to direct the course of
easels ; but on the bluffs or projecting points where were
Fort Nicholas, Fort Alexander, and Fort Paul presenting
heir casemated fronts, there is now nothing but some scat-
ered blocks of stone. The eye eagerly sought out through
he glass the familiar landmarks, and-found them ; but there
vere some objects which came in sight that were new to us.
)n the north side there is the Memorial Chapel which the .
Acing care of the Emperor has erected, and there is also
the North Cemetery on the bill side, behind Fort Cathe-
ine, with its array of charnel-houses in white stone and
,he monument to Prince Gortschakoff. On the south
;idis there is a conspicuous monument on the Malakhof,
aid in front of the ruined pile of barrack and
hospital, Lehind the Reelan, towers a colossal statue.
l'he first effect of Set astopol in its present state (the
lector goes on to say) to new comers is one of surprise.
L'hey say the place is much smaller than they expected.
:ndeed, it is difficult to understand, as it now op-
sears, how the genius of the engineer and the
:watery of an arn,y could have cast a wall so
strung around those ruined heaps that the legions
and fleets of two great .Powers and two potent auxi-
larks were held at hay for eleven long months and
nore. The forts on the north side are jest as they were
when the Allies evacuated the Crimea. As we ran past
Fort Constantine there were just three men on the
sarapet, and about eight or ten on the rock below. There
was no flagstaff, and, as far as I could make out, no gun
as any casemate. Nowhere, indeed, could we see the sign
sf a Russian flag. The character of a military port or
station has been quite abandoned."
The Ti»zes correspondent goes on to give his impressions
sf the Memorial Chapel, the great cemetery, and the places
around them. He recalls deeds of valour, as he goes from
aoint to point; and asks how this or that was done. Then
.se reminds us of the Alma. " The Prince, disaiousiting,
3xamined the position with interest, and inspected
;he names on the memorial stone, and Captain
Shariatine pointed out to his Royal Bigh.
;less the position of the Russian corps, and
related how he and his army on the heights saw the
Allies advancing in megniiicent array, but very slowly as
it seemed, from their bivouac on the A lion, and how his
Marines, who did out fire a shut, and were in the rear
of the .:2,aulcinent, nevertheless h..st nearly fifty men from.
the long ranging rifle bullets of the British regiments.
The field is unchanged : every eiarasure cut in the
4)ms/one/a can be traced, and the traverses can be
counted. he bridge over the river is very much as it
was, and in September next it is probahle there will be
vineyards full uf grapes, -as before - but of those who
clambered up that Len tiy toureeruus slope, and who joined
in the wild ery of ictos y and in the cheers which rose

from the bridge Li yond as the Gmads threw up their
bearskins around Lord Pagla.n, Low many have gone to

join their comrades who thou were 'stretched lifeless
below them? Well might the Prince of \Vales ask,
Why did we advance straight against the Russian guns ?'
Nearly a thousand men of the gallant Light Pivision,
which drew the teeth of the Russian batteries, and forced
them to withdraw their pieces, leaving io the Guards a
comparatively easy Lsk, trk ht have liked to hear the
answer. We saw where Gortschakoti's tent stood—where
Menschikotr's headquarters were—and -then, mounting
once more, left the Princess and Mrs. Grey, %% ho had come
up in a pony carriage, and, crossing over the bridge and
by the ford, rode rapidly through Bouiborik, saw where
the Seccnd Division was divided by the flames, where

thiglan crnssed with llimitt re l'r:ix,e 2capo-
eon's division folded ti,e str :on :old was held in cheek I y
,lie :Wove lii. iii, and looked away to the
tow:ink the f,r‘t tee n;untli of the river, Leneall
the crag-like and preeP, piton.; i•a•;I:s I% here Ilos iuct., covcruil
n; fix tire of the heat, pa scd his corps across, :Ind,
like ants, and sp.kirg 1111 guns, tol•ne,l the

The visit, to the lied of Seln:slopol is also full of interett
the Crow's Nest l',att,•ry, the Flag..t:i.:l Bostien, the
Acul: Itatteiy. and the lltdan e ca, li notlet d.
pi,e slate of tie c lottery on Cathcart-Lill is
the siil juct of a C%-i i." It is plain
enough," ,itys H. "that if st, nor
taken to pre:.erve this cenietery from decay and from
wanton dilapidation, it, in common with every ni0n,..1-
went and memorial in the Crimea, will become a
national disgrace--a sort of moral IZedan. The fine
slab and over poor Newman, who fell at In-
k-ern-lam has just been chipped and broken at the base.
The star on the Coldsti Cam Moroun:nt has been smashed
into fragments, other stones are chipped and split, weeds
and rank grass are growing up all over the stones. What
a s;:andal this is we could appreciate to some dtvee after
our visit to the IZussian Cemetery ; but it was not until
we bad seen the French . that we quite understood its
eoormity. The Ensigns are as anxious as we ought to be
on the subject. 'I hey Lave done all they could, and inure
than could have been expected. The Czar has pur-
chased the fee simple of the land occupied by our
numberless graveyards -they are not nu.nbelless, for it is
said they are nearly 70, but I suspect there must he sonic
exaggeration in that- and the Government can scarcely be
;,ailed on to take care of the graveyards themselves. The
3ensible and practicable, as well as economical plan would be
to carefully collect all the remains which now lie broad.
cast over the land, preserving the identity as far as possible,
convey away all memorial stones with them, and
then place them all in some eligible spot, none
as it appears So me, being more suitable than Cathcart's-
bill itself, or the Traktir Farm, in which the English
headquarters' House stands. Pray turn public attention
to this. Surely no British Parliament would grudge the
money needed to save the national reputation."
The field of Balaklava much interested all the party
who visited it. "It is still easy to mark the site of the
Light Division and of the Second Division Camps, but it
is not possible to indicate very particularly, or specially,
the position of individual huts. We passed through the
lines of the old camp or cantonment from the Fourth
Division to the extreme right, but there was no time to
visit the Third Division or the Naval Brigade; and,
indeed, but for lines of stones here and there and the
old lines between tents and huts, still marked out by
rude pavement, there was little to distinguish the several
localities of the ground once so full of We and teeming
with men. Fravne:ts of broken glass give evidences of
Christian and civilised occupation which promise tube im-
mortal ; for (11, plough is not k 110WD, and the old farms
are abandoned. Flocks of sheep and herds of cattle dot
the brownish green waste which WaS once the horns of
130,000 men in orn.s, tin l thronBh the air which for so
many months was convulsed with the shock of continual
strife, the rattle musketry, anti the roar of guns, there
is now no noise to reach the ear more formidable than the
lowing of the tune, or more piercing than the song of
the crested lark. ''Tile p,nt:p and circumstances of
glorious war' Las vanished. ' The earth has bubbles as
the water bath, and these are of them.'"
Inkerman, the Alalakoff, and the Manselon, are also
enthusiastically described.

A slightly favourable "hange has taken place in the
health of the Bishop of Salisbury.
TRIAL OF 13 LC lAN RIOT EI:S. —Twenty-two
prisoners have just been tried at Mons for the share whkh
they had taken in the disturbances in the Borinake.
Four were sentenced to three months' imprisonmeLt,
two to two months, and 11 to one month. The others,
lads of from 15 to Is, were acquitted. On the condemrsd
leaving the court, the police and gendarmes had great
difficulty in keeping Lack the crowd of 'colliers sifao
s'..rove to a;,proach their companions. The strikes, un-
fortunately, still continue.
THE ll[snor LoNpoN's FeNn. The new

Bishop of London, Dr. Jackson, has issued an appeal to
the clergy and laity of the diocese, urging upon them the
Importance of continued effot ts to sustain the operations
of the Bishop of London's Fund, instituted by his prede-
cessor. lie observes: " There Is no failure in the resources
to which we may look. The wealth of our country multi-
plies yet faster than its people. Christian benevolence
chews, thank God, no signs of flagging, The Bishoi of
London's Fund has as yet been supported by few only
out of the many who certainly have the means, and pro-
bably have the will, to help. Its objects and effects have
to be pressed on the notice and conscience of each family
of every parish and district, and every class of society
should have the opportunity of contributing its proporti( n
to the work." _