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    August 26, 1854.] THE LEADER. 7^5 -

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    . -¦ V ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• . . "No. 355. •...

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    " Bulldog, offBomnranhd, Aug. 11. "Sir,—...

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    GrLTMPSES OF THE SEA.T 02? WAR, Fkom the...

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    " * KiJinbiu'Rh, Donald MT»L. Mnefconjii...

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    beautiful fire from a 19-inch gun , landed in the battery we had driven the enemy out of a few days before . Hifl < position ' was-on & of great danger , bat the battery was pat in stwh good' order by Captain Pelham , that the- men were well cov »» 8 d , and he had no-loss . * ' 8 i Tlie General's breaching : batteries will ha readj ^ by ¦ ttwesorftrtfv and they shall- be * well supported bythe' shipsof-the-line- of bptfe na * ion 8 and tlie steamers . Tlie narrowness © P the * ground oa which the General has esSabHsbwlJ Tug . breaching battery -very much circumscribes the space ;] tine-greatest caution will be necessary to present-firing oni Ui 8 ! tfOops , and the little ^ space in- the anchorage before : BbrmarStrndi and ! tfae intricaeynf ttternrfvigatiott , will 'prevent : ships approaching the main fbrtreSB ' stf near as could bV TviiShtedf ; bAie wneff . the batteries are * established , acting i n " -the ^' rearof the fort ; and'supported bytheshelL gtins-in- > f «> nfcI > 5 t Cftrmot holdout more'than ^ a few hours * < V 9 . ' I : have put off to the last moment the departure'off ther-mail , but I shall semd An- extra / courier tbe < ittoment-th « fort jSurrentersi .

    ' * 10 . The western tower" was' fired eit / her by accident or ' design , I do not know which , and blew up at 11 A-.-M . yeBter- ' dayf . ¦ ¦ . . - .. ' . ' . '¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " 1-t . X am ' sorry t & add ; that Eieuttna ' nt Oowell , ' Royal ' EnWneer . ^ Aidbs-de . eantb to Brigadier-General' Jbnes , was ttti & rttmatteljr Wounded in th & - Teg , by the accidental dis- ( Ohhitge 1 of his J pistol . He is no \ r on Board the Belleisle ,, doing welly but tlie' loss of his services'is much tor be re- gretteds " Ihave , & e . ; " 03 * A « I » KS NaPIBB , " "VicfirAdmiral and Cdmmander-in-Ghief . " The Secretary of tlie Admiralty . " P . S . A return : of the- whole of- the' force landed and of I casualties will be forwarded l > y the next opportunityj , together with aninyfenfory of stores atidVliat pfi f isoners . "

    August 26, 1854.] The Leader. 7^5 -

    August 26 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 7 ^ 5 -

    . -¦ V ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• . . "No. 355. •...

    . - ¦ V ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• . . " No . 355 . •• . , - . . v - . - .. , . . ' . '¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦; " ' Bulldog : off * Bomarsund , : A [« g . 16 . " SiTj—In continuation of my' despatch of this date ,-1 ! biegyou ¦ willinform-. theirLordships ; that , after sending away ttie mail-, the fortress opened a- heavy fire on . Captain Felhain ' s battery , -winch had annoyed then ! much , and i ¦ which he maintained all yesterday arid to-day , and it is Tvoiiderful how lie arid Liis inert escaped . He / had with him lieutenant Close and' Sir ,- - Wilclman , mate , of whom he speaks highly . Seeing his position , I immediately ordered the ships and steamers named in the margin , * who were within range with their 10-inch , guns , as well as the French mortars oprshore , which had bei'jn playing , on thenvsbnW time ,, to give them a shot and shell every five minutes ; and their fire was so well directed that the enemy held out a flag of truce .

    " 2 . I sent Captain Hall ( of the Bulldog ) on shore , who ¦ wa s shortly joined , by Admiral Parseval ' s Aide-de-Camp and two of General Baraguay d'Hillier ' s staff , and the troops in the fortress agreed to lay down their arms and march out . " 3 . After I had' landed I was joined by the French Adxniraland the Command « r-in-Chief of the army ; the prisoners ( about 2000 , I believe ) wore marched out and . embarked in steamers , ami proceeded to Ledsund , to Commodore tlie-Hon . Frederick Gray , who -will conduct them to the Downs to await for further orders . " 4 . I heg to congratulate their jLordships on the fall of this important fortross , which will bn followed by the submission of tlie Garden of Inlands , with so smnll a loss ; and I am happy to say tlio greatest cordiality hns subsisted between thu French General and Admiral and myseif raswell as betweea the soldiers and sailors-of the two nations .

    " 5 . As soon as I can collect a list of'the stores captured , it shall be forwarded to their Lordahipa , and a-Commissiwy liasbeon named for that purpose . " 6 . Tliis despatch'will be delivered by my Flag-Lieutet jiant ( Lieutenant John do Oourey Agnew ) , Whom I beg tc recommend to their Lordships for promotion . " I have , & o ., " Cir . vm . ES N'APinn , " Vico-Admiral and Coinmander-in .-Cb . ief . " The-Secretary of tlie Admiralty . "

    " Bulldog, Offbomnranhd, Aug. 11. "Sir,—...

    " Bulldog , offBomnranhd , Aug . 11 . " Sir , —I am sorry to inform their Lordships that the Penelope , in going through between Prasto and Tofto to watch tlio passage , unfortunately nun nshoro on « n unknown rock pff Buinarsund . 'Xho enemy aoon diacoverod her position , and opened fi > o upon her . The Gladiator and Pigmy , who woro « t tlio othor end of tho pitBsnge , immediately came to her nasistanco , nnd tlio French Admiral sont boats from the Tddernt nnd Duporre \ The boats of Runr-Adhiirul Chad ' s squadron wore unfortunately on shore , and their crows engaged " , in the operation of dragging up guns to General JolioB'B batteries . ¦ il 5 J ,, Th « liaola (( Kptnin W . H . Hull ) , lmd just arrived , mta Kenr-Admiral Plumridgo , nnd rwiib her < lown also to rondcr aasiHtanco . Onptniu Hull , with his usual Hkill mid activity , naiflstod by tlio Gliwliutor , linmodintoly took hold of tlio A One lope , and endeavoured to tow her off , but sho was imnwvnb'ltt , - ; . < ioin p tno onomy lmd got , liev rnnco , nnd woro iro-9 » ^ L ! mll ' R llor iw well mi the llwla , I scut Admiral 1 Itttm-liigft down with orders if rI \ o could not bo inovod to Uirow her ruuh overboard , and ollj « rwit « J ligliton lu « v , which JLnr « J m f ( > rtim « t « ly flontod . I hope thoir Lonlahip ' s ™ ih « SS -u ' " «» o »' t 3 l 0 oircuinhtaiwca , I was jaHtiHwl in S 3 raSF gnm t 0 ) U tlll < ow » ovorboiwd . Tho oiiomy lmd ffw . UJn ^ Tii " V U ! t tlmt ot tlio othur Hliins , and wore rilfflj ? . n lMUl ? niotHlll ) ti ' tl 10 » l «« Hft-U sLrt , but thu roaiiot allot frequentl y hulh-d lior . nml hn «^ t ° ' 7 'I ' ! - ' , ^^ 11 ( > Konr-Admira l Plninrid e , c « ° nd tKnM W ^ of M tll ( 1 K ™* «^ » rt <»»» mid coo SoT Ld fff ^ , * ; 1 " 111 Hrok « » mitU ) f " ll thv ' ^! . ™ JaHL . ' . l > s »» np « "Jo 8 ( not forgetting JLtontonimt SphyLfi'rdHv ; , ^'" ' ** " *»* ' Am ^™> Vote *** ,

    James Hunt , of the Pigmy ) , under very trying circumstances . " 5 . lam happy to-say the lossrhas not been great , neither was the damnge sustained very serious . "I have th 0 honour to be , Sir , your very obedient humble ' servant ,- " Charles . Napier ^ . " Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-G 6 ief . " Tfiefellow ^ ng despatch , published on Wednesday , , has a separate interest of its own . Ifapier directed the landing of the necessary gurts ; and Admiral 1 Giiads gives an- account of how that was-done : — " No . 18 . Edinburgh , off BDntarsundj August 12 , 1854 ;

    < e giri-Ih'obedience'toytmr directions to > give everyaid from-the four * chips' o € iny sc [ ttadr 6 nmimedl iir the margin * to Br ? gadief-G « neral-Jones , to form »» breaching-battery , I cottsulted with , that' officer ^ -who propoaed ta obmpose- his & attery of six 3 £ -p 6 nriderB : « f < 42 ' owf-, which guns you had foswarded ih' the BelleiBlej when the following operations w « re undertateen ; " Each ship having previously-prepared twd sledges , ' after a'jattemvmadeby Gaptaiu Ramsay , for dragging the guns , ¦¦ four ^ ere-faBdBd ' onjtlie u niOTWhg ' orth * 10 tW--to > convey three guns ^ ahd ttieedtriages- and th * e gear ; with- ISO men to each sledgef tinderiAieir resplictivft' senior' lietttetiatitej the' whole being'under the ! command of' Captain' Hewlett , of my - flagi-3 hip , 'enc | rarag ^' occasionally ^ by ^ tJieir ' byW captains . lf The Bitnation' selected ^ r "th . e- battery frbnanhe landhig ^ plape was-foat attd - a- halFi miles' distant , over execrable grbiind ; the greatest portion of steep roefcy hills and ploughed fields- - :. t

    " .-Xf ilyB ' 6 ( slpete- ' : th . e' : boatls i l ^ flrthB' ships ; e * eotedi shears , landed the guns , and had tfierh-in'the'general ' s camp by one ? o ' clock ; the exertions-and good-will of the officers arid sea- men created , much astonishment in the encampment of the French troops , who cheered them ih passing ; -: and oh sbraet of th ' e most difficult' ascents ; went in voluritarily arid most ' cheerfull y to the drag-ro | rcs ; arid gave tHeir assistance : , " On arriving in camp the men wertrmuch-exh ^ nisted , i arsdi laid dowh . to Test y and prepare their dinners , when ani order arrived thattheywerfeto embark- immediately , asithe ; Penelope was : « n shore under tlie ^ fire of the enemy , and thetr ships iniglit : be required '; the order w ; as . received . with cheers , and , forgetting . ; dimtiers ! and fatigue , rushed ^ down to ' tlieir boats in tliree-quartersjbf ah houV by a . " short route ,, bat close under the enemy ' s- ' ftm

    " On the' next mornriig the same number of guns werei Iani 3 ed ; but o n' this ; oCcaBioirwith . 200- mem-from- each ; ship , i as'the parties tlie ^ previous everting were much fatigued These gunB wete in the camp by 10 . 30 . ' ^ The bands of the ships attended the partiegj'and the ! whole march was one of trinrnph over , difficulties ! that previously had been considered almost insurmountable ' . ;' Xhe < spirits of the men were occasionally excited by a dropping ; shot from the enemy . 11 It is unnecessary for trie to expatiate on the merits of Captain Hewlett ; the'officers , and seamen , in performing-this ardnous service 1 ) but to express my admiration of their greati zeal and' perseverance , as iroin' personal- observatipn'on the ^ spot you will have , formed your own judgment ; " 1 havej & q ., " H . D . Chadsj Reat-Admiral , & o , " Vice-Adrairal Sir : Charles Napier ,- K . O . B ., & c . "

    Grltmpses Of The Sea.T 02? War, Fkom The...

    GrLTMPSES OF THE SEA . T 02 ? WAR , Fkom the corrospondenee-scattered-rather plentifully over the daily papers we- axte : able to make extracts , ' giving interesting pictures from the camp at Varna ,. the Turkish quarters at Bucharest and Giufgeyo , and the shores of the Crimea .

    TIIE CBIBIEA . During the late reconnaissance at Sebastopol ani officer on board one of the ships kept a note of wliat ' ho saw . ITero is his entry for the 26 th and 27 th of « T \ lly : — " 2 < ith—At half-past flv-Q sighted tlio advanced steamers ! off Seba « topol « nd joined them , thence steered to the northwest , along the coast , to reconnoitre Certainly a moroi beautiful country for tlio landing of an nrmy to conduct ! operations against Sebasbopol cannot bo well ' wished , for : along . gvassyi pl » in , extondiiag miles inward , to the mountains ! of the Crimea , and slopingjgently andgmdlially . towartla'th ^) great fortress ; cavalry and artillery will be in tlieip glory upon it ; it ia hftymukingtime in-tho Oviinoa , and tho wliolo II ¦ IT ^ lk mil 1 . _ 1 di icovered

    V ^ I « n ^ V r * ¦ V ^ K « # V « - > 1 V *«* 6 * l ^ A ><« r * . * i ^ . A . > _ . m _ ^ . ^ _ V piiim s xritn tno small cooks ; no wonder tho generalsi hoisted a slgjial' l ^ orfectiy sntisfiod' on beholding such ground ^ u ' cnvitvds wo stctmod for Sobast » pol ,, oft" whioh . we ! remained' for some time , counting tho guns nt'its most for- , midublo cntmnco , some of thorn ensconced gloomily in the ' onrtirhatmia" of * the' mHny-ttorod' cnseitinted b ' ottcriesi and otlwiu blackly owrtopphig ¦ tho ' wMito- shihinjj AValleor bright gtuss-grown oavthwoi-ku . Immediately communuing t , h 0 entiwicc ^ I counted } on the north side ,, in a . cftBomntod bnWery qf two tiers , and guna lii bnrbottfc , 32 ' guus ; on tho south Bidb , a casomntod batti-rv of throo tlcra . contuininc 102

    guns 5 to tho right of thin n buttery of two tievsnnd guns in bnrWotto of 108 ; to tho right of this 48 guns in u battory of two tiers , and gtttis in Duvb « tto ; to tho rrfillt of this r « ngi > ftgurn , 00 or 40 guns upon an otirthvi ) rk ; in the i-crnr of this , between it mid' the town , is n similar buttery ; thero 1 b also a ofiBomntoil thtw-tiored bnttory of porhaps XS ' gnns , wliibh would ilro rl f ^ ht down the cntranoa of tlio Imrbowr . Two hvrga encampments wow visible upon tho hill on' tho south . These guns are what wo snw and counted mcroly nfc tlio ontnuico ; after tliilj inspection wo Htood our . to son ngain . " 27 th . —At daylight in tho morning ; standing towards Oi » po Al » , « n < l i \ t ton o'oloolt wore under tho protfty Uttlu

    monastery of St . George , which nestles among trees on the summit of a lofty and broken cliff ; on the plateau above is a telegraph station ¦ whtefr , judging frtm" & gfCat" display of bunting on the occasion , duly reported onr praceedih gsto Sebastopok We then stood in BalaWava-b & y—tfiePury , Highflyer , Cacique , Montebello , and BritJannra- h > tovr of * the . Retribution . The coast lere is most bold and rocky ; at the entrance of Balaklava-bay ,. upon a lofty rock stand-trie ruins of a castle of the Byzantine period ; oa the low rocis were many soldiers and rifles , and upon a position commanding the entrance to the little haiHour we could distinctly perceive a couple'of rocket-tubes peing plantedi- " VARKA .: THE OH 0 LEKA-. Up to the 9 th of August there had died ab 6 at > 260 men of the cholera in * the : British arrny ; : ^ ani ? they were then dying at afeoutj thirty a day . The 7 «* es correspondent describes the scene-at ? the" hospita-lc- ^ t" The French losses from cholera are frightful . Tlie disease is not much on the wane among them , and there are divisions ih which they diei'at the rate of seventy and eighifcy a day . In the French general hospital , since tlie 14 th of July , 720 men have died of cholera , and only seventy-eigKt tfien haye been sent out . cumL Convinced that'there fa something radicall y wrong ? in the air of the place , the French are clearing otit of the hospital altogether to-day , and will iienceforth treat their cases in the field . The hospital' was formerly used' as a Tiirlnsh barracks IV is a huge qnadrangulai 1 building , like ' the . barracks at Scutari , with a courtyard in the centra The sides of the square are about 159 feet'lollg ; and eacli :-of' them' contains three floors , conBistih ^ of spacious cprriddrs " , with numerous rooms off theria / of fiur 'lieight and go 6 d proportions . About orie-thu-d of the > building is reserved for - our nise v the -remainder v ? as occupied 'T » y the n l ? i"eiicii . Although liot ' veVy : old ; the buirdihgis far from bnngi ip thorough . rfep . a-ir . Tlie ; ¦ win dow's are ^ brolcen , ; the walls in parts are cKtcfe ? d' and' shak yi and the floors are ¦ lWduia ' ering ' arid rptt ' eh . Since'the sickbess broke oiit it has been perceived that there is something . pr'other radically onwholesome about this building . Like all' places which liaye "beeniiihiibSled by Turkish soldiers' foe airy tirrie , the sniellof ; the . buildings is abominable . Men sent in there with-fevers and other disorders were frequentl y attacked with the in its worst form , and died ' with uriu 6 uai rapidity ,. in spite of all that could be done to save them . The French have become so persuaded of this that they are , as I have said , tajting to the field in , preference to this pest-house , I rode up there at tivelve o ' c lock the other niglitffor inedicihe fbraa officer , a frieild of mine , who was taken suddenly ilL in the evening . Along two sidi ? s of the hospital was drawn , up a ibrig train of araba cartSj arid by the moonlight t ' coulfl . see ; that sorne of them were filled with sicfe soldiers . I counted thirty-five carfcs , with three or four men . in . each . These wer-e sick Frehcli soldiers sent in from the camps , and waiting" till room could' be found for them in thVhospitaL A number of soldiers were sitting down by , the road-side , and here aiid there the moonbeams fiished brightly offthehr piled ' arms . The men were silent ; not a . spng , not a laugh ! A gloom , whicli never had I seen before , among ., French troops , reigned amid these groups of grayicoated men , and the quiet that prevailed -was only broken now and thenby the moans and cries of pain of the poor sufferers in the carts Observing that about ffteen arabas were drawn , up without any occupants , I asked' u sdus-ojficier for what purpose they were required . His answer , sullen" and ' short , was , — '"^ Pour Iks mprfe' —poitr les Frantais- decides ; Monsieur ;" The white-walls ' of tlia fii , ta-l liospitai 'looked-clean and 1 neat as they towered above t 3 i " e longthened' cortege of fclie dead whichlay an deep shado-w at- its ) baBe . but > the-inur nmring 8 of sickness and , the . groans-of tho . dying ; stolo out on the night air through the long , lines- of latticed windows . As I turned awa-yand spurred under the 1 gateway whicli leads to the English quarter , I encountered 1 a 1 burial party escorting the bodies of six of our . own poor fellows to their lust resting-place outside tho walls by tho sea-beachiof Varna . The ration hasnow been increased to 1 % \\> . of moat instead of lib . A ration of spirit ( jrum ) ia . also , issued daily . "

    TUB 3 . 1 QHX DIYIBIONl . An officer of the Light" Division , writing ow the 3 latof J-ulyfrom M « na 8 ter ; suye :- — "'Otirdbctor tellsimo'tliat'the division" is very ill-supplied with niedicttl' requisites , ainong r otKer tliings that , although according * to the ' Engllblf papors-nolesa tlmn 4 » , 000 cholera belts have been' sent out'for the nseof' tho troopa , not one ' can be obtained'by tlio nsRirnontal surgeons . Tho present Urgentvfamtf pf themisnotTho ftiult of tho medical autho-Tinorcert'aihly , fbr ,. asiyotr . Tnayhave read in the pupors , the necessary transport hns been wanting , or wo should have jliad a store of tneso' jib yicli as other requisites . Had tho : 8 amo dX 5 { pr «? b of attention TVlricli lias'been paid to dean shav'Jh ' g' and pipeolj » y been Hv tlio first instanto paid to securing proptJr nowdshmefnt » , Uroalthy sites for encampment , good ' satnrnry nyrltnRoitrentsj and some comfopfo for the men , tho trottps'Wbnld htovobtjon more worthy of tlio natno of tho Hrfin division ; for they would have boon stconcror . moro active .

    / itid bettor nblo to rosiat an enomy . whether in tho shape of a- Russian or of tho cliolora . The following anecdote nmy bo relied on . A senior oftker'of one of tho regiments , siiftl-ring from tho prevailing ( Iboaso ; montlnnwito a woll-luiowu brigadier ; th'nt tho officer commanding tho TurlciHh troops at Dovna llnd , through m \ intorprotor , said to him , 'You had botttor M tho Knglthli general know that if liooontinuos fljcdinfflrta inon on tllnt beef they will dlo . ' ' why , reolly , ;^— . ^ Tcpliod tlie brigftditer ; 'if ono is to think so much iibtmt « nw 1 _\ ) , -. ' men , tho liost thing : ! o « n soo to bo dono-is to wftP |*!«» yJ ¥ '\ ))'' , # ., . in cotton -wool , nnd jmt thoin in fi liwfl ' oaaos . ' NuyTu ^ EifcjiW' - ''' .: < tf ¦ asldc ^ all feohngs of'Immunity , any ono who would tfeft l # » - ( m / lfi i « pooh : an effort dlraotod topvosorviiiK tho roulth tXMifiU •<^ L £ / M diors ; ifl linrdly fitted to l ) o tmtruatcil wltll the dmwi ^ f v ' 5 i £ ¦]¦ " thorn , for ho ennnot Unvp an ndoqwnto eatimat ^ Wilflmtt . ^^^^ L ' ¦ vnluo even h \ a pecuniary sonsp , lor tllo' cost of &^» V ^ V « Wr ' ' and dlHolpllnod woldiortu t . ho ctiuntiry is ' no tlrifto , | l «« WPl | j {! L 3 Sy ^!^\ g the rations huvo bean cflnBiilornblyiVnprovcd by tdijMWfflt > to p ^ £ & ( iPooffte , sugar , anUriou , und'thc buQfcan ' b ' a t urneO ^ rowMfttPwf 'bettor purpose tlmn Ware hi mnWtig "goo * soap . " ^^^ j ^ f ^ t % ^

    " * Kijinbiu'rh, Donald Mt»L. Mnefconjii...

    " * KiJinbiu'Rh , Donald MT » L . Mnefconjiio , Henior Ht-xrt . * ' m / jjuo , I'lioniMH lDuvie » ' ( B ) , Honiorlleut * 41 Ulunhoim , Goo . H . Ohuko , sunior Hont , " Ajiix , Walter J . Pollju'd , ooniw Item , "

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 26, 1854, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26081854/page/3/