The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-31 00:00:00

EVACUATION OF THE CRIMEA.

(Front a Supplentent to the Gazette of Tuesday Evening.)
WAR DEPARTMENT, JULY 30.
Lord Panmure has received a despatch, of which the
following is a copy, addressed to his lordship by General
Sir Wm. Codrington, :

Constantinople, July 16.
My Lord,—Finding that all arrangements would be
completed for evacuating the Crimea on the 12th inst.,
I wrote the previous day to the officer in command of
the Russian troops, a Colonel of the Gendarmerie, at
ILarniesh, that I should be ready to hand over the Dock-
yard of Sebastopol and the port of Balaklava on that
dray.
Her Majesty's ship Algiers had entered the port of
Balaklava on the 7th inst. ; the 50th Regiment embarked
int that ship on the evening of the 11th ; the only troops
rornaiuing were one wing of the 50th Regiment, which
farmed the guard of the town that night.
The following day, the 12th, at one p.m., all the re-
maining stores acd establishments having been embarked,
a company of the 50th was posted out of the town to re-
ceive the Russian troops, and on their approach marched
iixt with the Russian Guard, composed about 50
wonted Cossacks and a similar number of infantry Cos-
sacks.

The usual form of salutes took place, the Russians
placed sentries where they wished, and the four com•
panies of the 50th marched on board the Algiers. I em-
barked with my personal staff at the same time.
Although the weather was unfavourable we were en-
abled to quit the harbour of Balaklava that evening.
Admiral Sir 11. Stewart and Admiral Freemantle
were at anchor outside the harbour ; they weighed, and
we all sailed for this place, where I arrived to-day.—l
have, &c.,
W. J. CODRINGTON, General Commanding.
Tito Lord Panmure, &c.

JUL :MEE DINNER TO SIR C. M. BURRELL—The forth-
comm g dinner to Sir C. M. Burrell, Bart., M.P., the
father of the House of Commons, which is to be given
in W. set Grinstead park ou the 14th August, to cele-
brate the fiftieth anniversary of the occupation by Sir
Charles of a seat in Parliament for the borough of New
Shor chain and rape of Brainber, will, we believe, be of
a in, ist substantial and extensive character, befitting the
imp or taro° and extraordinary nature of the occasion.
We t inderstand that it will be a feast worthy of the
mica , somewhat similar in character to the entertain-
ment. given by the Earl of Egremont, in Petworth-park
in 18' 20, on the occasion of the election of Burrell and
Cum, As, when politics ran high, and upwards of 2,000
perse ,ns sat down t') a bountiful feast. Fat bucks and
laaTo ns of beef were roasted outside the tents, and
edhb les and driokables of all descriptions were to be had
ad 4ibitant. On the forthcoming occasion it is expected
th at about 1,000 of the county gentry and farmers will
r brticipate in the entertainment. There is no other in-
si ;lance on record of a member of the House of Commons
ccupying the same seat for half a century. Instances
t ,re known of members such as Mr. Byng, of Middlesex,
(Iv:copying seats for as long a period, but during that
time they have not represented one constituency alone,
I 'bat have sat for three or tour places. Considering these
I .circumstances, we anticipate that the forthcoming dinner
will not only be a grateful tribute to a veteran represen
Itative, but en evens which will long be remembered in
• the annals of the county.