The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-26

ting Arms into The hands OF the great mass Of the
Il would b 1i1lcult Gays tho Tymss Paris cor
respondent) 70 give just idea Of the admiraton
excited On al lands, and among al claanse 81 the
people Of Pa.s, By tho heroic conduct OF ne Eag.
!ish at the battle Of the 9Th; and whea Landing
them, they IN some measure seem 70 forget the gal
lantry Of their own soldiers In their enfhudastic
praise Of their allies. / .ay "smong al clsnes,"
p sy a'S ss1s sxsss Sa
1t the ziunphs Of the allied armies, d forced BY
shame to unwilling slenoe. tits but just to say that
none are louder IN their praise than the kepu@i-
qualities Of tho Britia6. troops than thoss who
were, until Ithis noble fellowship Of danger and
OF victory, believed TO be animated only BY aamoa
y ES s o. r. sss Ss Rs 80 e
der, quite - oft0 - the French, figures In tho
foreground e the leading parsonage in IL dany
eketohes was purchasing segar day or two
came in to buy tobacco. ais it true" said be, Cd
dressing Frenchman, "that 1000 Englishmen kept
the field against 45 900 Russians until Bosquet came
1R and thss IN company Nth on, o scaiers they
"Thsn, although have always hated the EngHsh,
and thought them false and perfdious, II An Eng
lishman were now to fall into the Seine, would
q stroke. Here are heroes; why the Old Guard
could nsver have done more; and to think they are
Englisbmen, whom have bean hating al my life
but " u never TOO late 70 Learn"
AUGMENTATION OF TIE ENGLISH ARMY.
The contemplated augmentation OF tho army,
which 10 expected TO take place immediately after
the assembling Of Parliament, viii, 1t is stated en-
brace the whole Of the infantry regiments Of the
effected Is stated to be o. follows. vz.:-The regi
ments OF infantry serving In the East, Gibraltar,
Malta. and the lonian Islands, will have additional
battalo.s Of 900 rank and file respectively 70 be
termed I'd or Sd battalions, the OF the LIST
Royal and Rife Brigade; those regiments in the
colonies and East Indies to have each reserve
battalion Of 500 bayoness, and the regiments on
melicai strength, on tho war ests6!ishment. The
regiments to have additional battalions Of 800 men
arc the Lat Royals, Sd Bluffs, 4th regiment Of foot
Isl F so,s .s 81 sS ao 18th s SS i d aS a
Fuseers 28th foot, 30th do, 3lst do, 33d do 34th
do 3eth do. 4lst do. 42d Highlanders, 44th foot,
4eth DO, 47th DO, 4s,h do, 4sth d., 5Oth do ssh
land Light Infantry, 72d Highlander, nth foot,
roth do, seth Connaught Rangers seth foot, Goth
do, 92d do, 93d Hghlanders, 95th foot, 9th do,
,1S h s sssaas Ts , InG
battalion Of royal artillery and eight companies Of
royal marines are also to be raised.
PEACE AND WAR IN LEEDS.
We read In the Leeds Mycury:--"The dead walls
pAcards OF the Peace Society, depicting the Horrors
and c0stlme1 Of war, it, effect upon the trade Of
the country and the price OF provisions, &c. These
Plasards give rss not unirsqusntly TO warm discus.
nearly led to blows. A good deal OF evaporation
was thus created in Bnggate, and the butchers very
sedulously besmeared with mud from the kennel
their mops and brooms. Under these circumstances
and having reason to apprehend that these pacards
would lead t0Na breach Of the peace, the Mayor
(Josh. Richardson, Ego has given orders to the
wherever they are posted within the district which
they traverse"
CALUMNIEs REGARDING THE CONDITION
OF THE ALLIED TROOPS IN THE CRINEA.
Mr.. CommissAry. General Filder deserves the
greatest praise for his exertions in supplying sur
culated respecting the insuaciency and irreguarty
Of the supply Of meat, biscuit, and spirits are base
calumnies. No army was ever fed with moro pune
tuality and no army. believe, was ever 20 well fed
in which we are placed. The writer's who describe
the Southern Crimea as o land flowing with milk
and horey, forget that to us it ID forbidden Eden
and that the Cossack stands at the gate to bar our
approach. We have eaten up every thing edible
within the precincts Of the little angle of
which We maintain possession by force Of arms;
the hay has heen consumed, the vegetables have
nay, the very leaves have BEEN boiled for food,
and the vines used for fuel; the cattle and sheep
Lave been consumed, and We are nov masters Of q
huge camp as sterile a. rock, and nom which the
under the camp kettle. We are fed BY Balaklaya
aloLe-thence comes our daily bread. Il has to be
carried cot day By day, and yet no man 10 this
biscuit, bis pound and Q half or pound Of
good beef or mutton, quota Of coffee, tea,
rice and sugar. or his gill OF excellent rum for any
one day. except it has been through his own ne
mutton, our biscuits, spirits, and necessaries Of all
kinds from beyond SEQ. Eupatoria supplies us With
cattle and sheep to moderate extent; but the COM
sea carriage. Nevertheless, large IS are our id.
yantages In the excellence and regularity Of
the supply Of food, the onaoes and men
have had to undergo great privations. The
Of campaign in which general officers were
obliged to live out in tents on the open field,
for the want Of roof to cover them. and generals
who have witnessed good deal Of fighting since
that time in various parts Of the world, unani
nous In declaring that they never knew or read Of
swsr u which the oicers were exposed TO such
without anything but what they could carry, and
they marched beside their men, slept by them,
fought by them, ard died by them, undistinguished
epanlette and sword belt, which have cost 30 many
been unable to gel their RI things from on board
ship: They have lain down at night in the
Selicately nurtured youths have never changed
shirt or sh0es for weeks together and they are de-
piived OF the use Of water for abluton, except to
4 very umltcu eAISnts n2uk anu ldoulUu, uu0cI
such circumstances have fallen prey to pArasitica
invaser-an evil TO which the other incidents Of
r0ughipg it are Of little moment. The officers are
| in rage. Guardsmen who were "the best style of
men, in the parks, now turn out in coats and trou
sers and boots all seams and patches, torn in all d.
| rections, and mended with more vigor than neat.
ness; and our smartess cavalry and line men are
models Of ingenious sewing and stitching. The
men cannot grumbs at old coats, boots or shoes
WHEN they see their officers better of than them
selves We have out here soldering with the
| gliding off," and many young gentleman would b,
ore days fighting and have one days parade Of the
men who do it. Fortunate II is for MS that we have
| youth on whom TO rely, and that there are in
| Old England me1 who delight In war;" and who
| will be ever ready to incur privation, danger and
Death at her summons. As to young ladies' suffering
from ''scarlet fever"-the pupils Of the al. e. L."
school, who are forever thinking Of heroes and