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

DR. RUSSELL IN THE CRIMEA.

Dr. Russell, whcse celebrated letters to the Times on
be Crimean war gave him a name and established his
ame, writes home an interesting account of his second
iisit 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
ere most remarkable are those in which the doctor
ecalls the memories of the spots now so famous. Speaking
if his sighting of Sebastopol from the ship Euxine, in which
he royal party sailed up the Black Sea, the writer says:—
To some of us the exclamation, There is Sebastopol !'
reused a strange emotion. There it was, indeed—the dim
ontour of Fort Constantine dancing in the mirage far
way, the wend-mown outlines of the landscape of the
ilatenu seamed with the French trenches near at hand, and
rowned by the ridges of the Flagstaff Bastion, the Medan,
he Malakhof, the Mamelon, Catheart's.hille Karaiesh,
,nd Kazatch, once black with masts and hulls, now
eft to the wild duck and the seagull—not a trace of the
>use' town to which war gave a vigorous commerce which
aniBhed like the pall of white smoke that once hang
roe the city beyond. As we opened the entrance to the
oadstead, and well-remernbered fit ots came to view,
here came a feeling too deep for w crds. The officers
n the bridge had still the seine rid chart to guide
hem which served our fleet in 1834. There is a coarse,
nit very accurate, engraving of the appearance of the
utrance, as cis n front the at a, to direct the course ( f
essels ; but on the bluffs or projecting points where were
Fort Nicholas, Tort Alexander, and Fort Paul presetting
heir casemated fronts, there is now nothing but some scat-
ered blocks of stone. The eye eagerly sought out through
he gle se the familiar landmarks, and found them ; but there
vere some objects which came in sight that were new tons.
Ns the north side there is the Memorial Chapel which the
lions care of . the Emperor has erected, and there is also
the North Cemetery on the hill side, behind Fort Cathe-
the, with its array of charnelshouses in white stone and
,he monument to Prince Gortechakoff. On the south
side there is a conspicuous monument on the Malakhof,
.nd in front of the ruined pile of barrack and
hospital, behind the Peden, towers a colossal statue.
I'hc first effect of Sebastopol in its present state (the
loctor goes on to say) to new comers is one of surprise.
They say the place is much smaller than they expected.
indeed, it is difficult to understand, as it now ap-
rears, how the genius of the engineer and the
rrovery of an army could have cast a Wall so
strong around those ruined heaps that the legions
and fleets of two great POW ers and two potent auxi-
.iaries were held at bay for eleven long months and
' nore. The forts on the north side are jest as they were
,vhen the Allies evacuated the Crimea. As we ran past
Fort Constantine there were just three men on the
Parapet, and about eight or ten on the reek behJw. There
eels no flagstaff, and, as far as I could make out, no gun
.0 any casemate. Nowhere, indeed, could we see the sign
rf a Russian flag. The character of a military port or
station has been quite abandoned."
The Times correspondent goes on to give his impressions
of the Memorial Chapel, the great cemetery, and the places
around them. Ile recalls deeds of valour, as he goee front
Joint to point, and asks how this or that was done. Then
.le reminds us of the Alma. " The Prince, disnmenting,
sxamined the position with interest, and inspected
;he names on the memorial stone, and Captain
Sit ariatine pointed out to his Royal II igh-
(less the position of the Russian corps, and
related how he and his army on the • heights saw the
Allies advancing in megnificent as ray, but very slowly as
it seemed, front their bivouac on the Alma, and how his
Marines, who did not tire a shot, and were in the rear
of the paulement, nevertheless lest nearly fifty men from
the long•ranging rifle bullets of the British regiments.

The field is unchanged : every embrasure cut in the
(fic.,,u'iit can be traced, and the traverses can
as it
anbe
counted. ahe bridge over the river is very
will
be
was, and in September next it is probable there
who
vineyards full of grapes, as before but of n
clambered up that gently murelcrous 3lope, andt'ho joined
in the wild (a which ruse
yof victory and in the cheers r •
from the bridge beyond as the Guards threw up their
bearskins around Lord Raglan, how many have gone to
join their comrades who then were stretched lifeless
below them ? Well might the Prince of Wales ask;
Why did we advance straight against the Russian guns.'
Nearly a thousand men of the gallant Light ilivision,
which drew the teeth of the Russian batteries, and forced
them to withdraw their pieces, leaving to the Guards a
comparatively easy task, might have liked to Lear the
answer. 'We saw where Gortschakoll's tent stood--where
Menschikoff's headquarters were— and then, mounting
once more, left tie _Princess and Mrs. Grey, ti ho had come
up in a pony carriage, and, crossing over the bridge and
y the ford, rode rapidly through Boorborik, saw where
die Sec,:nd wog divided by the flames, where
:.ord Raglan crosed with his stall, wLa re rrlocc Napo.
eon's division furtive' the stream and was held in check iy
,he gathering masses dove them, and looked :tw0.... to the
,eight, towards the ford at the mouth of the river, belie:C.ll
he crag,lii.e and precipitous Lamks where Los net, covered
the tire of the fleet, passed his corps across, and,
like ants, and sp,king up his guns, turi:ed the
lfilssian left."
Tile visit t.) the fie'd of Sebastopol is also full of interei-t
,- the Crow's Nest Battery, the flagstarf Bastion, the
'reek flattery, :u.tl the Red are ca Ii noticed.
i'he state of the c,metery on Cathcart-hill is
ti-:e subject of a seta re "It is plain
enough," says 4. 1; "that if st< ps Le nut
taken to preserve this cenicery from decay and from
wanton dilapidation, it, in common r.itli every monu-
ment and mentor:al in the Crimea, t, ill bee -inc a.
national disgrace---a sort of it Redan. The fine
slab and t:,11 t over poor Nesvinan, who fell at In•
kerman, has just been chipped and broken at the ha,e.
The star on the Coldstream Monument lists been smashed
into fragments, other stones arc chipped and split, wet.7ls
and rank grass are growing up all over the stones. What
a scandal this is we could .ippreciate to some degree after
our visit to the Russian Cemetery ; but it was not until
we had seen the French that we quite understood its
enormity. The Russians are as anxious as we ought to be
on the subject. They have done all they could, and more
than could have been expected. The Czar has pm.•
chased the fee simple of the land occupied by our
numberless graveyards—they are not numberless, for it is
said they are nearly 70, but I suspect there must he some
,Aagg,_ration in that - and the Government can scarcely be
called on to take care of the graveyards themselves. The
sensible and practicahle, as well as economical p'an would he
to carefully collet all the remains which u. w lie broad-
cast over the land, preserving the identity as far as p,ssible,
convey away all memorial stones Wit'a them, and
then place them all in some eligible spot, none
as it appears to me, Lein g mere suitable than Cathcart's-
hill itself, or the Traktir Farm, in which the English
Headquarters' lioure stands. Pray turn public attention
to this. Surely no British Parliament would grudge. the
money needed to save the national reputation."
The field of Lahti-Java 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, hut it
is not possible to indicate very particularly, or specially,
the position of individual buts. 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 and teeming
with men. 1 ra,:me7:l,l of broken glass give evidences of
Christian and cirilise.l occut,ation which promise to be im-
mortal ; for the plough is not known, and the old farms
are abandoned. Flocks of sheep and herds of cattle dot
the brownish green waste which was once the home of
130,000 men in urns, sod through the air which for so
many months was c,,,nru!sed with the shock of continual
strife, the rattle ~f musketry, and the boar of guns, there
is now no noisa to reach the ear more formidable than the
lowing of the Line, or more piercing than the song of
the crested lark. The pomp and circumstances of
glorious war ' Liss vanished. The earth has bubbles as
the water hath, and these are of them.'"
Inkerman, the Malakoff, and the Mamelon, are also
enthusiastically described.

A slightly favourable change has taken place in the
health of the Bishop of Salisbury.
TRIAL OF BELGIAN RIOTERS.—Twenty-two
prisoners have just been tried at .fons for the share whi,h
they had taken in the disturbances in the llorinage.
Four were sentenced to three months imprisontneut,
two to two months, and ll to one month. The others.,
lads of from 15 to 11, were acquitted. Ou the condemeed
leaving the court, the police and gendarmes had great
difficulty in keeping Lack the crowd of colliers w'-o
s'.rove to approach their compankns. The strikes, un-
fortunately, still continue.

THE Brsnor OF LoNnoN's FuND. 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 efforts to sustain the operations
of the hishop of London's Fund, instituted by his prede-
cessor. lle observes: " There Is no failure in the resources
to which we may look. The wealth of onr 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 ha.ve the oprcrtl4!lity of c9ntributis its pro or h u
the.work.'_.. ""'

SUPPRESSION OF 711 E ,' DEPIFOI?D
SPEC."

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BOW-STREET.—THIS DAY.
To-day the managers of the "Deptford Spec,
11
Alexander Le:Oman, the proprietor, 10, Florence-
cottages, Deptford ; Alex. Walker, 12, Florence"
cottages; Charles Clayton, stationer, Clarence-
place, Deptford; William Daniels, Plumstead.
road ; Thomas Stephen Morris, dairyman, 25,
Central-street, St. Luke's, surrendered to their
bail.
Mr. Poland appeared on the part of the Treastui
to prosecute, and Mr. Sergeant Sleigh defended the
defendants.

The charge against them, it will be recollected,
was illegally keeping and carrying on a lottery 011

horse racing.
The evidence to-day was principally confirmaWri
of that given by Inspector Clark, which was Pub-
lished in extenso in The Sun when the defendants
were first examined at Bow-street last Friday Week'
Sergeant Sunerway to-day gave his evidence. Which
fully corroborated in every particular that give❑ bl
Inspector Clark and Sergeant Palmer, the Ora
officers, being those to whose care the carrying '911,,
of the warrant of the chief magistrate was confide'
by the authorities at Scotland-yard.

Inspector Clarke produced a list of the tickets,
&c., seized at the houses of three of the defendant?,
which were as follows : •
At Leisliman's, Florence Cottages—National
Steeplechase, 700 tickets ; Lincolnshire Handicap,
200 ; Northamptonshire Stakes, 300 ; City and Ba-
burban, 700 ; Cesarewitch, 500 ; Newmarket Han'
dicap, 4,100; Two Thousand Guineas, 7,800;
Goodwood Stakes, 1,700 ; various, 2,000 ; Ness'
Year's distribution of money prizes, 1,500; Pril°
tickets, 4,000; result sheets, 600 ; 5m.,11 dra''
tickets, 2,000 ; four copies of " Ruff's Guide to the
Turf," &c.

At Clayton's, 6, Clarence-place—Chester cur,
60,000 tickets ; Derby, 76,000 ; Two Thousand
Guineas, 16,500; and small draw tickets, 185,000-
At Farrah's, " Lucky-bag Spec."—Two Thou'
sand Guineas, 1,220 ; One Thousand Guineas,
1,7.40; Chester Cup, 600. " Deptford Spec."--
Two Thousand Guineas, 200 ; City and Suburban,
200 ; Chester Cup, 580. " Carshalton Spec."—Tw°
Thousand Guineas, 300.
Mr. Poland said that would be the case against
the defendants, and he bad therefore to apply for
the committal of the whole of them for trial. _

Mr. Sergeant Sleigh said he should reserve for
the trial all observations on the law and the facts
connected with the case, but he was anxious t°
vindicate the defendants from any imputation that
they had acted otherwise than with scrupulous
fairness and honesty towards the subscribers.
With reference to the ticket the payment Of
which had been refused, the reason was that
the ink- stain had obliterated the private mark'
known only to the defendants, by which they Pr°.
tected themselves against the substitution of forged
or fraudulent tickets. The defendants, he had t 0
inform the magistrates, were most respectable Per'
sons—they had carried on these lotteries with per-
feet honesty for seven years without the least inter"
ference on the part of the Government, and had
every reason to believe that they were being
tacitly sanctioned by the authorities, and now the/
were selected from hundreds of others for the pur-
pose of testing the law. Whether they had in'
fringed the law of the land would be argued before
a higher court ; and if it was decided against Ebel°
they would at once desist and not attempt to carry
on the so-called lotteries if they were
They had already shown this disposition by
advertising a notice to their agents to re-
turn all the money received for tickets. Wite
regard to the power of the supreme court to impose
a punishment of two years' imprisonment, he sup'
t
posed Mr. Poland only mentioned it to show iv"
the law was, and not possibly have dreamed of ar
plying these observations to the present case.
Sir T. Henry said he should accept a renewal °f
the same bail for the appearance of the defendants
at the Old Bailey.

The renewal of the bail was then formally COnl-
- and the defendants left the court, whicl"
during the proceedings, was crowded to excess•

POLICE LVTELLIGENCE.-7his Day.

.MATZLBOROUGII-STIZEET.
ORGANIZED STREET FIGHTS.—Two lads, named J°llll
Stapleton and John Murphy were charged before 31r.
Knox with throwing missiles in Berwick-street.
.1C
Alfred Hunt, 16(i C, said that between 7 and 8 o'c,°-
yesterday evening he was in Berwick-street, when he ,s3`''
five or six lads—the prisoners being amongst them
at the corner of Berwick-street. Ono of the 131
got a large piece of clay and divided it amongst
the oth.3rs. The lads all went up Berwick,
street and set to throwing pieces of clay at the
passers along the street. He went after the lads and suc-
ceeded in taking the two prisoners into custody. Tbere
had been great complaints of street fights between lade
going on in the neighbourhood, the lads assembling every
night in Golden-square at the sound of a bugle.
Inspector Morgan said that several of the inliabinil3tel
had made complaints to him of the annoyance they rei
ceived from what he (the inspector) believed to be ecite,o,
fights, and on Monday last a lad was fined by Mr. TY''
whitt for nearly knocking a little girl's eye out.
e
Hunt said the lads were in the practice of carrying Cauof
with them, and sticking pieces of clay on the ends
them, and then flinging the clay through people's window;
Mrs. Young, of Berwick street, said the lads were in t
habit of sitting on the railings of her house, and when
spoken to they made use of very bad language, and if t".
nuisance continued she will be obliged to leave her housed
Mr. Knox said the nuisance must be put a stop to, ,
that the district could not be rendered uninhabitable 1))
such conduct as that of the prisoners. The prisoners
would lu.ve to pay 405., or a month each.

THAMES.
IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—WilliamßaVglinSOD7 raged 11
years, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with ste"
ing part of a gold chain from a lady, named Scully, .0
Bedford-street, Stepney, after he had made an unsucceSs
ful attempt to rob Mr. James Smith, of 25, Chapman-street,
of his watch in the Commercial-road. The recklesue°s
and daring of our street thieves is daily becoming worse.
Several committals have lately taken place for daring
robberies attended with violence in the public streets, all
other ruffians are under remand. Mr. Smith was passii)hs
along the Commercial-road last night at 8 o'clock audt-:
prisoner made a snatch at his watch. Mr. Smith struct'
the fellow with his stick and he fled.
Joseph Marriott, 174 H, saw the prisoner with five
others of questionable character, and observed him 11°'°
the attempt to rob Mr Smith and then ran away. 3111-r-
-riott followed the prisoner, saw him turn down Bedford-
street, when he lost sight of him for two minutes, and the':
heard,:a cry of " Stop thief." He went towards the Sprat
and saw the prisoner being held. He took him into Gull-

tody. -
Mrs. Charlotte Harvey, of No. 12, William-place, SLOP"
ney, said that about eight o'clock last night, do vtft
walking down Bedford-street in company with gro;
Scully, a friend, when prisoner came across her and ma d
a snatch at Mrs. Scully's gold chain. Mrs. Scully oiled
out "He has got my watch." The prisoner ran awaY.Bll
witness pursued him, and overtook him in Pbilfi°t,
street. Mrs. Scully's gold chain was broken, allu,i°
portion of it about 12 inches long was gone. Mrs.
was too ill to attend that day, and was very much alarilte
last night.
Mr. Benson said the case could not b 3 dis Posed 0f
without Mrs. Scully, and remanded the prisoner for
week, when ber will be committed for trial.
irmexwo

WESTMINSTER.
BURGLARY.—Robert Anderson, a powerful fellow, /ras
placed at the bar charged with burglariously breaking 3114
entering the dwelling-house of Mr. William Hudson,
7, Sutherland street, Pimlico, and stealing therein a great
quantity of clothing.
Prosecutor said—l left my house secure last night wilf
I went to bed, about 11 o'clock. At about six this ni°lio;
ing 1 was awoke by finding the prisoner and anntt'ia-e
man in my shop. I sleep iu a room next to it With ;a
door open. I immediately got up, when the prisoner 8.01
another man rushed out of the lobby into the street c0...a
a bundle containing live coats, four pair of trousers, and
other articles. I put on some things hastily, and follosvea
in the direction the men took. I I.und the prisoner I
the custody of the constable.
sari'
John Humphreys. 124 B.—l heard an alarm and -00
the prisoner and another m*n. Prisoner was carrying
bundle. lle ran, but I caught him. He said, ,‘I
up now." Going to the station he threw away two 10) d
Prisoner—The house door was open this nil/Ming, an
I found the key in it. iS
Inspector Humphreys, of the B on.—There
another case against the prisoner. -tree,
A gentleman named Warren, living in Cambricige--° gt,s
Pimlico, sail that last Sunday morning his al'artsLwaS
were robbed of a great many things. Amongst them
a meerschaum i, now roduced.
Humphreys pad he foupnd a pawnbroker's ticke- of the
pipe upon the prisoner.
Other tickets were found on the prisoner.
Ho was reraaudd.