The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-02 00:00:00

THE CRIMEA.

According to official reports lying before me,
writes a St. Petersburg correspondent of the Cologne
Gazette), the army in the Crimea, which Prince
Gortschakoff has just handed over to General
Luders, is composed as follows ;—The 4th, sth,
10th, 11th, 16th, and 17th division of infantry
(24,000 men), the 15th reserve division of infantry
(4,000 men), with the appurtenant rifle battalions
of artillery and cavalry, the drushines of the 38th
and 54th (7,000 men) militia of Kaluga, two regi-
ments of the 2d brigade of the 6th division of in-
fantry (2,000 men), a brigade of the 2d dragoon
divisions (two regiments, 1,600 men). In the po-
sitions of Sarabus and Troch-Ablun, the 2d and 3d
grenadier division (8,00) choice troops) with artil-
lery, the half of the 12th division of infantry
(2,000 men) with artillery, the 39th, 40th, 41st,
and 42d drushines of Kursk (4,000 men). Of ar-
tillery, 280 field-pieces. The corps of observation
near Kertch, Theodosia, and Eupatoria, are not in-
cluded in this computation.
THE IVIEDII ERRANEAN.

MARSEILLES, Jan. 30.—A remarkably fine body
of men, consisting of 700 of the 3d battalion of
Chasseurs de Vincennes, arrived here yesterday
from the Crimea. They sailed from Kamiesh in
the British steamer Glasgow on the Ist of January,
and from Constantinople on the 16th. The Glas-
gow entered the port at eight in the morning ;
but, as there were some cases of typhus fever on
board, the troops were not permitted to land
until the sanitary board had held a consultation, to
which the physicians on board the Glasgow were
summoned. At two in the afternoon the Chas-
seurs were drawn up on the quay of the Joliette.
They looked thoroughly well, and in excellent
condition. They did not conceal their joy at
again standing on their native soil. The officers
were remarkably neat in their dress. The 3d (Mas-
seurs was one of the first regiments which left
France for the East. They distinguished themselves
at the battle of Inkerman and again at the capture
of the Mamelon Vert, for which several of them
are decorated. Their colours are riddled with
Russian shot. Tho cantiniere of the regiment is
said to have realised 150,000 f. by selling provisions
and liquor while in the Crimea.

THE TURKISH CONTINGENT.
(From the Correspondent of the Morning Post. )
KERTCH, Jan. 9.—At length we have been
treated to an alert by the Russians. After long
expectation, we had almost given up faith in their
existence, until they thought proper to disturb
us last Sunday. We had just arrived at church,
and were awaiting the commencement of the ser-
vice, when, instead of our respected clergyman
walking in sedately, as becomesa minister, in rushed
a booted and sabred hussar, bearing a message of
war, instead of breathing the words of peace. In
a second the room was dserted, and the congrega-
tion scattered in every direction, though none could
say exactly why. At length rumour assumed a
tangible form, and, as is natural, crescebat eundo,
for that which reached the Lieut.-General's ears as
a simple warning of the Cossacks having been seen,
by the time it reached mine was magnified into the
following terrible announcement :—" The Russians
having taken Yenikale, are on the point of taking
Fort Paul by storm, while their main body is
within a mile of the town." Partly from curiosity,
partly because my duties led one in that direction,
I ascended the Museum Hill, and gazed across the
wide expanse of plain ; but, alas ! my eyes were
not greeted by a single object which even the most
feverish imagination could convert into a Cossack.
The plain, it is true, was dotted with moving ob-
jects, but they could easily be detected to be bul-
locks being driven into the town, or harmless sheep
lost in amazement at what all these unwonted
rcionnds could mean. After searching in vain for
the enemy, I turned toward the town, which, from
this height, presented an extremely picturesque
and animated appearance.. The Turkish drums
were beating to arms, and the soldiers could be
seen hurrying from their quarters with cheerful
alacrity, apparently only desirous of an opportu-
nity to revenge themselves on their detested foe, the
MOSCOY Ciaour. Regiment after regiment moved
along beneath my feet, and in an incredibly short
space of time the lines were speckled with troops,
who had entirely laid aside their national apathy,
while every available point of attack was defended
by the field-guns. Not long after, the Chasseurs
d'Afrique trumpets sounded to boot and saddle,
and they went off, with the few 10th Hussars we
have, to reconnoitre the road, where dense columns
of smoke indicated that the Cossacks were at their
usual amusement. After a while the town became
quite still ; and had it not been for the noisy shouts
of the Russians, already drunk with the anticipa-
tion of victory and consequent plunder, I could
scarcely have believed that. was gazing on a city
which might, so soon experience all the horror of
war for a second time. After a while, however,
the troops began to return, 'and, as a Turkish cap-
tain explained to me, with a most inimitable
throwing up of his arms, and smacking of his
fingers, the Russian attack was all bosh.