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iA Pbompt SnpptT of " Navvies . " —On the day appoanted for the selection of navvies for the'Crimea the temporary offices in the Waterloo-Toad were 'crowded to excess from an early hour . The selection commen ced at eleven o ' clock , and , notwithstandrag" that each applicant had to prodaee testimonials of .-ability and steadiness , in abont three hams the contractors < had obtained < a sufficient -number . At half-past two o'clock the office doors were closed , and the folio-wing notice posted ?— " No more men are required . "
Pltim Podding for the Army . —The ladies xaf Wanrington aod . its vicinity are earnestly recfoested to . prepare all fche plum puddings they can by this day week , when they will be told where to send them to in the next Guardian , prepaxietory to toeing seafc'Out with the rector's next despatch of boxes to the Crimea . They should be well toiled , and the cloths left on . — Warrington Guardian . DntpicuLTiBS at Head Qxtartek » . —The' correspondent of the Morning Chronicle , in the Crimea , saye :- ^ -
" Long before this letter reaches you you will fcnow much more than we do of what here is generally spoken of as the ' row ef the Duke of Cambridge . ' His Koyal Highness is now on board ship , bound for Constantinople , and , as some say , for England . It is asserted that he quarrelled with the Commander-in-Ckief in consequence of the battle of the 5 th . The Duke resented the manner in -which the Guards were cut tip , and it is asserted he said some very smart words to Lord Raglan about the manner in which the Guards and the second division were left exposed to ' the . assaultof the Russian army . What Lord Raglan replied is not known , but the end of it was ( fthus is it Whispered in the camp ) , that the 3 > uke went off in high dudgeon , intending to proceed to England and tell them all * about Lord Raglan and the army . ' " Has General Beutinek come over about this ?
JLove ok W : Ar—a Hari > Choice . —A good deal of anxiety exists at Bailinasloe , amongst the peasantry , with respect to the militia , many of them dreading a conscription . It having been promulgated in a neighbouring county , that all married men are free from the ballot , many a beardless youth is making preparation to become a Benedict . In some quarters , however , there is sufficient enthusiasm to preclud e the necessity for a " draw . " The Irish girls must have altered very much , if they encourage such poltroonery .
The Electric Light and the Wau . —A correspondent , noticing in the accounts , both Russian and English , which reach us from Sebastopol , that the damage inflicted on the defences of the town is being to a considerable extent speedily repaired under cover of night , suggests that the electric light is capable of sufficientl y illuminating the works of the enemy At a far greater distance than exists between the two positions . He says by means of a simple lantern reiiector and tube a jet of light could be thrown on any spot of the enemy ' s works , keeping our own position in complete darkness , and by the same means that
the damage is done could its repair be prevented . — Daily News . Wooden Houses for the Ciubiea . —The first shipment of wooden huts was mad « from Southampton on Sunday . Various other vessels will bo ready immediately . Each house or hut is capable of accommodating twenty-five men , including everything requisite to complete them , suuh as an iron stove for each house , window sashes , and a large supply of ironmongery and carpenters' tools . Instructions for the erection of the houses are pasted on the cases in which the window sashes are packed .
More Nurses . —JFukn-ch SrwpATHY . — Fifty nurses for the hospital of the East arrived at Boulogne , en route for Marseilles . An excellent dinner , wines , &c , was ready for them at the Hotel des Bains , but as before , the proprietor and his servants refused to receive a single sou , and this generous conduct was marked with every kindly feeling and attention ; the same liberal display of good nature was experienced from the Custoiu-houso authorities and the Chamber of Commerce .
Winter Ci-othing vok this Tkoops . —Messrs . Almond have completed the following contract with the Ordnance for tho army in the East : —44 , 000 fur cloaks , 44 , 000 fur caps ( helmets ) , 44 , 000 fur gnunt-Io 1 ) $ ( gloves ) , 41 , 001 ) waterproof capos , 44 , 000 long boots ( cow-hide nuitorinl ) , 44 , 000 suits of inner clothing , 44 , 000 pairs of loggings , 10 , 000 suits of fur clothing for officers . Wo should eny that 44 , 000 of our fellowe will have difficulty in moving their limbs .
Yacht Supplies l'on tjii : Ciiimba . —Lord Blantyro has chartered n bark to carry supplies to our countrymen in tho Crinioa . He has given every conceivnblo description of comforts , including a largo supply of oatmoal for porridgo . Ho suggests that hair mattrosBea and pillows would bo most valuable fur the wounded , nnd odors to dc-wpatch any that may b « forwarded , by his own vossel . A 1 . ) k » ii > k « atum . —A commercial agency has boon advertised to supply a rofrulur steam communication twice a month between Constantinople and the licet
and camp at iBalsklava . The sarew steamer sLracerne is to -be despatched from Liverpool for 4 be purpose on the ^ 20 * h inst . Upon Whom ¦ toj , the Mantle of Lokb Raxsuvn Fall ?—This great question is doubtful ; bxut < we . are enabled to say that his great coat has already fallen on an experienced thief , who purloined it on its mar to the railway station from the London tailors . Wak v . Patriotism . — -The Society > of Friends , notwithstanding their repugnance to war under any circumstances , have been earnest flugporters of the Patriotic iFund .
CHAatiTT Goes A-broad . —SPhe . Journal de St . Peterxbourg states that thirty ^ one Sisters of Charity have left Moscow to devote themselves to the . care of the wounded Russians in the Crimea . Their expenses are paid fey the < 3 * and © ucbess Helena . They are accompanied by their eupeiior tead a chaplain . A SwocEssptn , InrsnTPiTOjr . —The inmates of tihe London Reformatory Institution for Adult M » les having no money , fasted for one day , and gave the value of their ^ provisions to the Patriotic Fund They devoted the evening to prayer .
Wreck op the Charlotte Trgo : p-8 hip . —The Charlotte , bound for Calcutta , with a detachment of the 27 th i ? egiment on board , feae been wrecked in Algba-Bay . In a brisk gale she parted % ec anchor , and inade signals for assistance , but Dlie harbourmaster-was unable to render any . The second anchor parted , aznd . the vessel rapidly-drifted on the rooks . Nearly « 11 the crew perished ^ but most of the troops were saved , tn all 117 lives "were lost . Mr . ¦ SjtfSEV Her-beiit < 5 n the Tro « ps . — At a Patriotic Htnid Meeting « f the inhabitants oif St . PauP-e , EnightBbridge , the Secr . etaiy at Wstr vas present , sm < l bore testimony to the moral character of the British army . In moving the first resolution , Mr . Sidney Herbert said : —
" There could be no doubt that ha all armies there -was a feeling , which was shared in both by officers and men , of indifference of life ; but in the present campaign the wannest feeling of attachment to each other had been shown by all , and the strictest order and discipline had been followed out . He was looking but a few days since over the late Duke of "Wellington ' s despatches relative to the Peninsular campaigns , and one of his chief complaints was the total want of discipline , and the outrageous brutalities committed by Ms army , which nothing hut the greatest severity could put an end to . Let them turn to the army now in the Crimea , and compare it in this respect with that in the Peninsula
The army under Lord Raglan was , as he was informed by an officer who had just arrived , from the seat of war , an army without a crime , with great order , with no complaints ; , and with no bad conduct , and the office of judge-advocate was a perfect sinecure . There was no doubt that much of this was to be attributed to the t ) uke of Wellington himself , who had left the army in the highest state of self-control . He had seen a letter from the lady who had gone out to take charge of the sick and wounded , which stated that in her progress through the various hospitals , which extended ever a distance of four miles , she had not heard a single word unlit for a lady to hear , nor a single complaint . "
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DESTRUCTIVE STORM IN" TIIB Bl ^ AOK SEA . From Monday morning the 13 th ult ., to the Thursday afternoon following , the most terrible storm ever known in that region was raging in the Black Sea . The principal damage necessarily occurred off Eupatoria and Balaklava , but tho storm extended even to Constantinople , where the mosque of Sultan Achmed lost three minarets . The resultJLs the loss of at least thirty-five vessels , and the partial injury of many more . We extract some parts of the lotter frona the Morning Chronicle correspondent at ISupatoria : —
" Tho night of tho 13 th , though lowering , gnvfi ho sign of tho approaching Mtorm , for it was almost a calm in tho middle watch ; but about half-past frix in tho morning tho wky darkened , and a heavy squall burst forth from tho S . S-W . ; second anchors were immediately lot go , and every precaution taken to prevent 'disaster . Tho galo freshened , and shortly after eight , a ffnecossiom , of terrible disasters ) followed oach other in quick succohaion . Fortunately the shore in the neighbourhood x > f tho river id terminated by a awndy beach , hence hero ¦ wo have not had to deplore tho loss of lifo as well as property .
" NumorouH vcssoIh wore soon straudod , but tho ciwa got to Hhoro . Hordes of CosMacks and cavalry hovered round tho wrooks , and , na ouoh of the emuller voshcIh wore thrown up , were « ocn occupied in examining whftt tho chances of the sea and war had sent them . Wo could hco tho French sailors led off towards ftebnatopol with horfiomen before and behind them . In tho course of tho morning tho traiiffport . fi on Hhoro made wgnalo of distrons to Iho admiral , who ordered tho Fury to woigh hIic , howovor , trigimlled that oommunioation was yot impoHBihlo on account , of tho smf ; but in tho afternoon tho «( j / v liud gone down mifuuiontly to attempt thoir roliof , although tho effort w « h Htlll nltnndod with mnuh danger . Tho OoHSiickH had boon busy during tho day , mid they mn < lo onn ot two attiomptH ovon to swim off lio our trmi-HpurtH , but were carried back by tho fiiirf , ividod by n
knock or two-on < the head from out merchant sailors who by too means Telisbed the idea of a Ohtistmaain && $ &-topoL Qtne gentleman , in . a carriage , drove down torf&e bBach , mear the Tyrone , and in good English extoortrifl « he sailors to make & trial of Muscovite . fo * bearan « e . 1 We too , ' said -he , soithlg ithe action to the words have heai * s as-well as the Bn ^ ish . ' I Trfll not give the rejfly m < Btotemo , « ttfl&ce it to say , it was what somebddy 6 a 3 Sts ' ^ ohn Bull ' s great everlasting no , ' accompanied by sonie strong adjectives . No fire -had Tjeen opened on the eaeray during the > day from the fleet , and it TVas determined wot t © do so till fhey proceeded to weit acts'of -hostiifty . About foar p . m . vohmteer boatB from the < 5 oeen , Roflney , -London , and some steamers , pulled in , ettxd the Marebctand got under weigh to cover them . On seemg them approaching , the Cossacks ftrewttp'OTi the ^ olifF , teti fired the boats to
on , killing ^ man belonging the Queen . 1 Mb fire was immediately returned from the steamer , and -flrey at once scurried off . Henri Quatre iparted atfter tike force of the gale -was spent ; bat when the sea was at its heaviest , shortly-after six in the evening , : » fee want an erhore nvifhont any ( damage , and me dosfbt miglit have been -recovered in better times . The EgyptStai laae-trf-battle ship is a perfect wreck ; she also etraridtea daring the night . The Sea Nymph foundered 'during a heavy sqnaOl in lie day . Besides this , we h ^ ve 'haa » i of 'bwt two lives lost in all . The enemy took advantage of the gale b y advancing « n Eupntforia -wdtih iabtmt ' 66 ©* cavalry and trodhve fieW ^ pieces ? they w « te , ho > wev © r , wanaly received .- witih snei > a heavy i&re , both of gtsiB anrd rockets , that they retired -with a loss of about & hundred killed amd wotrnded . Oar loss atootinted to only two men nyttoirfied .
There ^ has beea as yet but tone conMBorraioation freta Balaklava , but -we hear fearful things of the > 9 timtege done these . The Pi-inOe , i witih ail the aoidiers' wawn ctofehiag ( she had previously landed the troops ) , 'another transport with a large quantity of Minie" ammunition , another -with hay for the troops—eight vessels lost ; Retribution , Negro , Vesuvius severely damaged , arid ' worst of all , 300 lives lc-st , are the naked detail ' s-of this terrible story . It has been determined to -abandon Eupatoria , and crders have been sent thither to destroy the Henri Quatrc . The gale appears to have injured the Russian breakwater at the entrance of Sebastopol , as they sank another two-decker in the same position as the others . "
The following is from , the Times correspondent i "Such has been the fate of some of the splendid transports before theKatcha , all first-class ships , and worth upwards of 15 , 0 O 0 Z . a piece . The men-of-war , whose habit of making periodical and careful scrutiny of their cables has here proved o f such advantage , rode out the igale with but trifling damage . Topgailantmasts were all sent down , topmasts well stayed , and tlirce anchors let go . Some of them dragged , however , very considerably . The Rodney was not far off the ground , and the Marengo and Britannia -were at one time in very dangerous proximity . Floods of water inundated their decks , ; and { the old Britannia was kept pumping for eleven
hours . The Turkish admiral lost two of his masts , and three Jrench line-of-T ) attle sliips their rudders . The London also lias received some damage . The whole shore on the Katcha if strewn with wreck , casks , spars , bodies of men and horses , and prowling detachments of the Cossacks . I regret to say that tho hulks of the Kodsleyand tho Ganges have been set firo to in a most mysterious manner . This is greatly to be regretted ; although all the sliips are so bil ged that no hope remains of being able to get them off again , still it would have boon perfectly possible to recover government stores to a large amount . Few lives , comparatively speaking , have been lost off tho Katcha .
" I wiith I could give you as favourable an acoount of the state of afMrs at Balaklava and Eupatoria . In fche former place the cliffs arc steep and abrupt , fiiJling down diroctly into deep water , i « md affording not the slightost trace of beach or footing for man—an iron-bound coast indeed—added to which a rocky bottom and thirty fathoms of water are not an encouraging anchorage in a furious gale , with a lee shore . Hero -flight first-class transport *) have beconrio total wTocka , nnd every sowl on board thenn has
been lost but thirty perHons . F , a < fli of tliese ships had a company of nearly forty mon . To Ubobo who hold on great damage has been done to the spars ami upper-works . Tho Prince atonvner , which hnd lately brought out tho 46 th Regiment , ban gone down with , it ia said , iUH ) houIh on board . I cannot <| iiite understand where this large number oonld )>« vo < : omo from , iinloBn , indcod , ^ vomon and children , toother "vith tho nick , had boon sent to her . Thifi , I foar , in a mipnbnition only likel y to bo too truo . "
Tho groat loss of ammunition nnd stores in tlic Prince , ought to bo inquired into . Tho utorm occurred a week after the troops were lai »< lc < l , nnd yot ; none of tho cargo waa on shore . A correNpondonfc of tho " IHtncs draws attention to thin , and another informs us that tho " clinching" of tiio chain cable is of rare occurrence . A " patent stopper " should have been used .
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THE ATTACK INT TITE TACTFK ? . Tim following lotter , giving mi account of tho attack on PotTopauloWbky , contains matter which calls for iTKntiry : —
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December 9 , 1854 Q ^ THE LEADER , 11 B 5
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 9, 1854, page 1155, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2068/page/3/
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