The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
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1 forces now employed in guarding the heights overlooking
that port.
The Albion and Vesuvius returned last night from off
the Alma river, having brought down from the country
and embarked on board the Avon transport about 340
wounded Russians, whom I immediately sent on, in charge
of Commander Rogers, of the Albion, with a letter to the
Governor of Odessa, of which the enclosure, No. 1, is a
copy.

From the state of the country Captain Lushington was
obliged to use every precaution in protecting his people
employed on this service ; and yesterday afternoon he was
forced to embark all his men under the guns of the Vesu-
vius, as a body of 6,000 Russians had advanced rapidly
upon him.
The allied armies are in position to the south of Sebas-
topol, and the English cavalry and French reinforcements
are expected hourly, but a strong N.E. wind is now against
them.

Marshal St. Arnaud has been obliged by ill health to
resign the command of the French army to General Can-
robert, and the Marshal has left for France.
The cholera is still showing itself occasionally among
the ships of the fleet, but the crews generally are healthy.
The army is still suffering considerably, but the change
of temperature this morning will, I hope, prove beneficial;
fortunately, the rains have not yet set in.—l have, &c.,
J. W. D. Dumas, Vice-Admiral.
The Secretary of the Admiralty.

(Enclosure to 498.)

BRITANNIA, OFF THE KATCHA, SEPT. 26

have the honour to inform your Excellency
that, in consequence of the advance on Sebastopol of the
allied armies after the battle of the Alma on the 20th inst.,
a number of wounded Russian officers and soldiers were
left in the rear, in the small villages near the places where
they had fallen, and, by the request of his Excellency
General Lord Raglan, I have collected as many as I could
(about 340).
In order to shorten the sufferings of these pliant
soldiers, which a long sea voyage must necessarily in-
crease, I have sent them to Odessa, rather than to
Constantinople, the distance to the former being so much
less.

Commander Rogers, of the Royal Navy, has charge of
them under a flag of truce, and I trust your Excellency
will, in the same feeling of humanity, receive and consider
them as non-combatants until regururly exchanged,
granting to the officer in charge an ackrv.swleclgment of
the number and: grades- of the prisoners delivered over by
him to your Excellency. I have, &e.,
J. W. D. DUNDAS,
'lnce:Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
His Excellency the' Aid-de-Camp General Annenkoff.

NO. M-GENERAL LETTER

CA.NTEBBInitY, CONSTANTINOPLE, SEP. aa

Szn,—Her Majesty's steam-vessel Beagle arrived yester-
day morning from Eng!in:rand Malta, and went on in the
evening to join the fleet off Sebastopol, complete with coals
and water.

The Vulcan sailed last evening for the Crimea, and the
Inditstry, Cambria, Andes,Colombo, and Kangaroo steam
transports are ready. Some rof these vessels take up col-
liers, with about 1,700 tons of fuel for the fleet, besides
several coal ships sent on to Worm.
The Industry will be employed as a steam collier, and
carries between 700 and 800 tens-.

The Caduceus transport arrived' on the 28th from the
Crimea with 270 sick from the-army, having lost a great
number on the passage down. The Courier transport, also,
with sick-, came down yesterday„hat got ashore some miles
up the Bosphorus, but I have, removed all the sick to
Scutaria By steam tenders.

The Turkish government having kindly given every as-
sistance in their power in complying with our wants, I
have also applied to them for more bedsteads for the hos-
pital, and am myself contracting Er- 200 wooden trestles,
they being much required.
I have pleasure in co-operating with the military autho-
rities with a•view to the care of the sick and wounded,
and, from the unremitting attention-of the staff, they are
made as comfortable as possible, under existing circum-
stances.

A Russian- Brigadier-General died', of his wounds last
night at Scutari, and will be buried to.-clay with military
honours. Another general has also arrived from the
Crimea, who will be sent on to Malta,lly direction of the
Commander-in-Chief, by the first opportunity.
I beg to enclose a statement of the'sick and wounded
soldiers, made out as correctly as can lie ascertained dur-
ing the present press of duty.—l haver&e.,
EDWARD- BOXER, Rear-AdmiraK Superintendent.
To the Secretary of the Admiralty, Londen.

THE GALLAN7TITENTY-THIED.—A writerin the Times
says :—" As every detail of the battle of the Alma must
be of great interest to your readers, I trust you will be
kind enough to, insert the enclosed, written by a near
relative, and showing, so far as relates to the gallant 23d,
the services performed by that regiment. This letter is
more particularly interesting to the friends of the officers
in the 23d, as it shows that, from the time of their crossing
the Alma until they gained the heights, their perseverance
and success were equal to their bravery,. notwithstanding
the melancholy loss of officers and men t..—` Heights of
Alma.—lt is with pleasure, but at the same time with
feelings of horror, that I now write to you a few details of
the battle of the Alma. Yesterday we crossed the Alma
river on our way to Sebastopol, when, just as we arrived
at the Alma, about 20,000, or 30,000 Russians rose up and.
gave us a shower of grape and canister. I can only com-
pare it to a fall of hailstones. We won the day, and gained
the heights under terrific firing. General Brown then
gave orders for the Royal Welsh Fasiliers to charge,
which we did, and with one rush we carried the heights,
General Brown calling out at the same time, "Hurrah for
the Royal Welsh! Well done ! I wills remember you."
lam sorry to say the victory was dearly- bought. Poor
Chester was-.shot dead, and his horse alSo. Evans, poor
fellow ! was by my side, and we were cheering the com-
pany when he fell, and I had to command the company.
We charged the heights and left about 20 dead in the
ditches. Butler and Anstruther, who-were carrying the
colours, wereboth shot dead ; also Conaly,Wynne, Young,
and Radcliffe. I was in the midst of the wounded and
dying, and their groans were fearful. General Brown
said he never saw such sharp firing, and, as for the 23d, no
regiment could behave more bravely—they fought like
tigers. Campbell is wounded. Appiewhaite, Sayer, and
Bathurst- have also suffered. My poor servant had his
head shot off. This is the beginning., Perhaps to-morrow
we may. have another height to take. We took from 70
to 80 prisoners ; some of them I captured myself.' "
Tau PIIINCIELL TOWNS IN THNORDlNA.—Sebastopol,
41,135-inhabitants ; Batkchi Serai 12,391; Simpheropol,
12,101.; Eupatoria,9,62o ; Kertsch, 8,228; Theodosia, 4,709
Stara Krim, 1,176 ; Balaklava, 461; Yalta, 371. The roads.
practicable for artillery in the Crimea are :-1. From Sim,
pheropol to Sebastopol, along the northern declivity of the.
Taurian chain ; its length is 36 miles. 2. From Simphe.
ropa to. Yalta, across the Taurian chain, at the base of the
Tchatir Dag; its length is 0-miles. 3. From Yaltalo
Balaklava, along the south coast. 4. From Balaklava. to
Sebastopol, around the western-termination of the Taurian
chain ; its length is 9 miles. 5. From Simpheropol to,
Eupatoria. 6. From Simpheropol to Perecop. Batkchi
Sergi is half-way from Sebastopol to Simpheropol; the
road between the two plates.skirts the base of the Taurian
chain.

THE INTENDED FLOATING BATTERlES.—The.batteries
in course of construction will be the most formidable ever
projected. They are of forged or hammered iron plates,
44 inches thick, lined inside with wood, and will measure
about 1,500 tons. Front actual experiment it has been
proved that they will be impervious to shot or shell.—A
dozen at least (French and English) of these floating
batteries will be in the Baltic next spring.
A 11EssEsoEn was sent with orders to the com-
manding officer of the engineer establishment at Chat-
ham to forward all non-commissioned officers or privates
of the Royal Sappers and Miners, who are practical divers,
for the purpose of their being sent to the army under the
command of Lord Raglan in the Crimea, to assist in
bringing up the guns and removing the vessels sunk at
the entrance of the harbour of Sebastopol.

THE LATE MARSHAL ST. AILNAVD.—The disease of
the marshal was, we believe, an affection of the mucous
membrane of the intestines, from which he has suffered
more or less for some'years. He went, a short time since,
to the south of France for the benefit of his health, and
there consulted a homoeopathic doctor, who, it was said,
gave him relief ; but the beneficial change that he under-
went was probably due to relaxation from business, mode-
rate exercise, and change of scene. When the marshal
volunteered to take the command of the army of the East,
his physician told him that if he could abstain from fatigue
the change might be of service,but that if excessive fatigue
should bring on an acute attack his life would be in danger,
for the ordinary means of reducing inflammation could not
be resorted to with him in his debilitated state with much
chance of success. It is- probably from an acute attack of
this kind, if it be not au attack of cholera, that the mar-
shal has died.