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

EVACUATION OF THE CRIMEA.

(From a Supplement 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 IG.
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
Kamiesh, that I should be ready to hand over the Dock-
yard of Sebastopol and the port of Balaklava on that
day.
Her Majesty's ship Algiers had entered the port of
Balaklava on the 7th inst. ; the 56th Regiment embarked
in that ship on the evening of the 11th ; the only troops
remaining were one wing of the 50th Regiment, which
formed the guard of the town that night.
The following day, the 12th, at one p.m., all the re-
maining stores and 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
in with the Russian Guard, composed of about 50
mounted Cossauks 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 IL 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.
The Lord Panmure, &c.

JUBILEE DINNER, TO SIR C. M. BURBELL.—The forth-
coming dinner to Sir C. M. Burrell, Bart., M.P., the
father of the House of Commons, which is to be given
in West Grinstead park on 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
Shoreham and rape of Brarnber, will, we believe, be of
a most substantial and extensive character, befitting the
importance and extraordinary nature of the occasion.'
We understand that it will be a feast worthy of the
name, somewhat similar in character to the entertain-
ment given by the Earl of Egremont, in Petworth-park
in 1820, on the occasion of the election of Burrell and
Curteis, when politics ran high, and upvkards of 2,000
persons sat down to a bountiful feast. Fat bucks and
barons of beef were roasted outside the tents, and
edibles and drinkables of all descriptions were to be had
ad libitum. On the forthcoming occasion it is expected
that about 1,000 of the county gentry and farmers will
participate in the entertainment. There is no other in-
stance on record of a member of the House of Commons
occupying the same seat for half a century. Instances
are known of members such as Mr. Byng, of Middlesex,
occupying seats for as long a period, but during that
time they have not represented one constituency alone,
but have sat for three or four places. Considerinc, these
circumstances, we anticipate that the forthcoming dinner
will not only be% grateful tribute to a veteran represen
tative, but an event which will long be remembered in
the annals of the county. _

THE EX-PIIOVOST OF LEITH.—We understand that
the sentence passed on Mr. Robert Philip of transporta-
tion for life has been commuted to imprisonment for
two years, with hard labour,--Edinburgh, courant,

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