The Sun. — 1855-02-03 (London, England)

THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.  ENGLISH CAMP, HEIGHTS OF SEBASTOPOL, JAN. 20. The enemy's garrison in Sebastopol has, during the last two or three days, been showing forth in the lines in very considerable strength. The French have considerably slackened in their fire upon the town since the date of my last letter. The reason alleged for this is, that such a comparatively trifling fire from ten mortars, without producing any very important results, only leads the enemy to take measures to counteract the rlTPcht of a ftzUire bombards t. The English, it is said, are now in.a.position toy support the fire of our allies, and only wait for favourable weather to comaienae the final attack.  Since the last post and until the 16th there has been an intense frost, which, while it lasted, surpassed for its severity anything we have yet felt. During the day the thermometer seldom rose above 18 deg., but with th• night a keen wind swept over the snowy waste, which froze the very blood of those exposed to it.  Major Macdonald, of the 89th, it was stated, was frozen to death in the trenches on the night of the 16th, and another gallant officer who fell into a deep snow drift most narrowly escaped the same fate. Both in the nights of the 16th, 17th, and 18th, many of the men on sentry and on fatigue parties were numbed by the cold in such a manner as to expire in a few hours afterwards. On the 17th, fourteen of the 46th were buried, the majority of the deaths being caused by the severity of the weather, and on. the 18th ten more were in-tarred from the same cause. klava are being erected for hospital purposes around nhdutths the village. The beemn disembarked at Balaen are on full rations ; b inspiteut, and spread of scurvy, on salt rations, of the which they would be almost bettor without. About one-fourth of the troops o presence have their warm great coats ; the rest are pretty much as they landed. This is the actual state of affairs on the 20th of January. Applications for medical stores have been sent in to Balakla,va, and the answer returned was that not enough to. say routine,f mismanagement can unfortunate in the mortality which prevails. Such a term is far too weak to stigmatise the cruel waste of life which takes place that tre w we er aree none there. It is here every day. Our men are literally murdered —murdered by neglect, by incapacity, by the etiquette and by every way in reach both officers and privates, old and young. Naval and military officers exclaim perpetually, ti Oh, if we had only a coroner with an English jury here for one day to inquire how and by what which o f our military endless form o neglect our men die!" This expression has been common during the last two or three days. Lord Raglan again took the Balaklavians by surprise, by entering the village on the 18th. Numberless were the jokes and comments in the town on this sudden visitation ; and much ironical anxiety was expressed lest his lordship should suffer from the excitement of leaving his comfortable quarters twice within 20 days. His lordship merely rode through the town, and only delayed a few minutes at his old residence near the church. The Russian picquets round Balaklava have appeared unusually busy during the last few days, and the force on the left of the Tchernaya has been strengthened by the addition of some 3,000 or 4,000 men. The sanitary condition of Balaklava is beginning to excite serious apprehension. The filth of the town is now something beyond all description. We are now giving rations to 4,00.0 8 Turks ; two months ago we were rationing 14,000 „000 of the missing " on 10,000 are dead and buried"the slope of the hill, over the harbour.  CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, JANUARY 19,  a great holiday - -- . • The followin,, " caution" was issued on the 18th, to each generarofficer commanding a division :..... " MiIMORANDIIM. wit‘h‘Tthemll"rus°swia' make an attack, and officers commanding divisions are requested to impress upon the officers and men, particularly those en ntsh, e tlhBeythairnes tlainkte,lyhteoing duty, the necessity of increased vigilance that day and following night. (Signed) t, R. AI sa; Qx.G.,,  deidt the 20th ofm. for prolie _ The "caution" proved unnecessary. A General Order was published yesterday, announcing the names of those brave and gallant fellsoewp st ,e mwbhe or s lea s't', die, eacvl se or prof c arms," rmmms ,e'n' since motion from non-commissioned officers to ensigns and cornets. It is as follows : "