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-rery-xraBs- of the hospital an * exhalations only too proiphetie greet you- at every turn . Gloaeiaa and Orcus have swwrn a solemn compact :. Here is some spot whioU . the living-Turk ha * made abominatble ; there another , ¦ where a host of dead Mussulmans lie hut lightly burred . The harbour is still a stinking lake , where boats put to shore through carrion and vegetable refuse , at which even the grim sailor , as he lands , gives token of his grim disgust , , and , predicts , with a force of language hardly to be blamed , the day of retribution . Something , yet . I fear too . little ^ may be expected in alleviation of this mischief from the mission of the Sanitary Board . An army of scavengers following in their train would alone deal with it as its extent and character demand . " The writer adds several instances of mismanagement *
THE HOSPITALS AT SCUTARI . The following is from the letter of a lady now at Scutari : — " Here , in one room , not very large , forty-five women , about thirty husbands , fifteen or eighteen children , born , and being bornj are- together side by side , partitioned by nothing . There are about two hundred women altogether here , all living in the same way , and in a state of- uncleanliness not to be described — every Crimean abomination abounding . Many are ill with fever ,
diarrhtiea , &c , and , though they have a medical man nominally to attend them , it is only nominal ; sometimes for days together he never sees them , and , having applied personally , and by letter , over and over again in vain for assistance , I have been obliged myself to prescribe from my own' chest , and administer medicine with my own hands . Now , I anv given to understand that the mode of living I have described above is the way in which a soldier ' s wife always lives in barracks at home . Is not this a disgrace to a Christian country ?"
BURNING' OF THE FRENCH HOSPITAL AT CONSTANTINOPLBk M seems as if it were the lot of one writing from this place-to chronicle-nothing bnt calamities . ^ On March 11 , t&e-large French hospital above the Grand Champ des MorCs was- totally destroyed by fire . About midnight tHe-light- which i * the note of a conflagration was hung eut on' Galata Tower . On reaching the spot , which , is a&atdfetance of two miles fi * om the centre of the town 1 , we found the whole of one wing in flames , which rapidly spread until they enveloped the entire face of the building . The hospital ; which was formerly a Turkish medical school ,- isra-fine arid" spacious edifice , which ext < mdfe-it& long , low , stoneiront along the road , and forinnately stands- alone , with the nearest houses at a distance of more than 100 ' yardsi It was a moving
sight * to see the- unhappy patients driven from their beds firths deadof a-damp and chilly night , some of them scarcely able- to walk , others perfectly exhausted , and carried in the arms of their comrades , or of the Turkish soldiers } all in- scanty attire , wrapped in their blankets , hastening to seek for shelter in the neighbouring barracke or- in private houses . Whole trains of them might ba > seoa- trudging through the deep mud , slipping into holes-inthe wretched ' road , or sitting down on stones , to await some one who might help them onward . Happilyi" the ~ hospitalnvas- by -no ¦ means crowded , —or ~ some loss of life must have taken place . As it was , all tho side -were safely transported to adjoining buildings , and no accident worth mentioning appears to have happened . —Times Constattiinople Correspondent .
ESCAPE OP AN ENGLISHMAN FROM SEBASTOPOL . P ' uring some firing on the night of March 1-1 £ h an Englishman managed to make his escape from Sebastopol . His name ia William Henderson , of Dundee , and ho lias been in tho Crimea two years and a half as servant to a farmer named Thompson , whoso property lies close to the banks of the Alin ' a . When the Allies landed at Kbrlof , Henderson , with his master and three sons , ivero hurried away into Sebastopol , where they have been ever since hard at work constructing the defences of the place . The poor fellow describes tho rations as Something disgusting ; every morning ho received a ' pound of black bread , and sometimes a little fish , which , with two glasses of very bad raki , and a pint and a half of water , constituted his support under tho sevoreat their
work . As the Russians koep the closest watch over own' soldiers , wo can quito understand that they were not loss attentive to the Englishm en employed . No conversation can bo carried on for any length of time , and every precaution is taken , so that no one shall have a thorough knowledge of tho place . A man is kept at one work and its immediate ncigbourliood . Henderson says tllat tho water drunk in Sobastopol is nearly all artificially made , and is exceedingly unplonsant to tho t « sto . Hb . stotos that at first sickuoss carried ofT thousands of tlle . enemy , cholera having raged among them ; but that since tho fine , weather sot in tho men have picked up wonderfully , and are now healthy . Tho losa of horses hOidebcribes aa something incredible ; they have starved from , want of forage . —Morning font Correspondent . STORMING OF SISBASTOl'OL . We . find , the following , in tho ' Morning Post Paris oorcespondoucQ of Friday . Tho assertion , wo think , iejiQb worthy of much credit : — < u % » latent , official Intelligence from tho Crimea inr f orm * us thaf ^ General Caiirobort would bombard and
storm a portion of the town of Sebastopol-as soon as-the English army , was ready to do so , which it would be within a week ¦ at the latest . We may , therefore , hope that the telegraph will soon tell us of a new victorythat the allied troops have made a successful lodgment , and that the enemy is driven to the north of the town , where a second conflict must ensue before we can hope to possess the fortress . Public expectation will , I fear , be disappointed , if it is * believed that Sebastopo ] , under the most successful attack , will fall in a day or twoor a week . Probably a month of most painful anxiety will be imposed on Europe . before the operations of the Allies will have completed the destruction of a fortress such as no besieging army ever yet had to contend with . "
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WAR MISCELLANEA . The TTaval Brig-ai > b at Sebastopol . —Captain Lushington , commander of the Naval Brigade in the Crimea , writes as follows to the officers of that corps : — " It is with feelings of pride and pleasure that I communicate copies of letters from Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons , Commander-in-Chief , which announce the numerous promotions the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have conferred on the officers of the Naval Brigade . * I take this opportunity of thanking those officers for their gallantry and untiring energy in the execution of their duty . Her Majesty has- conferred a
medal on every sailor landed in the Crimea , and a clasp for such as were present on the 5 th of November , 1854 , whose conduct shall have been good , and has , in like manner , conferred a medal and clasps upon the nearest relative or representative of such as may have fallen . The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have granted extnapay to all petty officers and seamea of the brigade , as well as a liberal supply of- warm clothing ( gratis ) , as already communicated to them ; and the Gominanderin-Chief has further notified that the services of the petty officers and seamen are' duly appreciated by the Admiralty , and will meet with further reward . "
St . David ' s Day in the Camp . —In the camp before Sebastopol , the Welsh Fusiliers gave a large dinner party tp celebrate St . David ' s Day . General Forby . — -The Moniteur announces that GeneralEorey leaves the command he held in the army of the East , and proceeds to take the command of the Oran division in Algeria . Hurt in his military honour by unworthy calumnies ,- the general had teadered his resignation to the ^ Emperor , who did not accept it . His " Majesty did not wMrto deprive himself of the services of an officer whose long and brilliant military career is a reply to those calumnious reports . The general insists upon his resignation being accepted , and the Emperor replies thereto by giving him the command of the important division of Oran . Eight Hu . ndred Mules have been purchased iu . Sardinia for our transport service in the Crimea .
TonTURE for the English Soldier . — Sir George Brown has issued orders for the resumption of the regimental stock , which had been laid aside . The Sunken Hessian Ships . —According to a letter from Kamiesch , of the 10 th hist ., the Russian ships then afloat in the port of Sebastopol were two three-deckers , three two-deckers , ~ and another ¦¦ liner ,-whicli-tho Russian engineers were converting into a screw ship when the war broke out . All the others had been sunk at the mouth of the harbour . Six of them , sunk shortly after the battle of the Alma , constitute the first line of
obstruction . Behind these is the stockade , forming the second line . It is parallelwith the first , and constructed of masts and rafts , which support the chain drawn across the channel to intercept its passage . Further on to the rear , and to the west of the Bay of the Arsenal , or military port , properly speaking , extends a third line , parallel with the two others , and composed of a frigate , a two-decker , and a three-decker lately sunk . The water there is eight fathoms deep , and the breadth of the channel is only four cables' length . The masts rise considerably above tho water .
Tub Flying Squadron . —The English consular agent at Kiel has been officially informed of the approaching arrival at that port of the Flying Squadron . Preparations are being made for the provisioning of the entire fleet . This Russian Fouoks in the Crimea arc said to bo distributed as follows : —At Perekop is oncamped tho corps of dragoons , a division of light cavalry , and various other detachments , amounting iu all to 20 , 000 men , under tho command of General Pawloff I . At Siniphoropol there are about -15 , 000 men , commanded by Genornl Roatl . Noar tho Belbcck , General Osten-Snekon ' a head-quartors have been placed with 50 , 000 men , including the garrison of Sebastopol . On the Tchernaya is encamped General Liprmuli , with 18 , 000 men ; and in the valley of Baidur is General Wngnor , with 9000 men . — Out Deutsche l ' ost .
Floating Ilour Mills and Hakkuy for the Black Ska . —Tho firm of W . Fairburu and Sous has converted her Mnjosty ' s ship Bruiser into a complete flour-mill , capable of grinding from 700 to 800 bushels of wheat per diem , taking the raw material in at one end of tho vessel in tho form of wheat , and turning it out at the other iu well-manufactured flour , without the intervention of uiunual lubour . The machinery is both
ingenious and compact , and in moderate ! weather mayworked without suspending , the progress of fch « - VesseL notwithstanding it is all driven-by the marine engine The Abundance , a companion vessel , has in like manner been fitted up as a large bakery by Messrs . Swaine antf BovilL of MiHwalL and is capable of turning out 20 , 0001 b . of bread per diem , with the aid of some very simple machinery . The bakehouse in this vessel possesses the great advantage of thorough ventilation , the hot air being withdrawn at pleasure by mechanical means , and as often replaced by fresh , which , in a warm climate , is an important consideration . These vessels will be de ^ - spatched to the Black Sea with all haste ; and it is but just to add that the service will owe this undertaking to Mr . Julyan , an officer of the Commissariat , who originated the scheme , and has now carried it out to completion .
The Navigation op the Danube . —We learn from Trieste that the Russians have again permitted Austrian vessels to run up to Galatz , where considerable quantities of corn are lying ready for exportation . The ships of no other nation enjoy the same privilege . It is also related here ( "Vienna ) that a note has been received from Count Nesselrode , in which ? that statesman states that it is not the intention of the Russian Government to prevent the navigation , of . the Lower Danube . The Russian Minister , however , requires that the Austrian Minister of Commerce shall ex « rcise a proper control over the commanders of the merchantmen , so that they shall not supply provisions to the Powers at war with Russia . It need not be said that the thing is not feasible . — Times Vienna Correspondent . Tub Alliance between Sardinia and tub Porte was signed on the 15 th inst .
Eupatoria . —Apprehensions are entertained that the Russians mean to besiege Eupatoria . The Sanitary Cosimissionbrs in the East . —A writer in the Daity New $ says that the Sanitary Commission has already effected considerable good at Scutari and Kulali . Thk News of tub Death of Nicholas was communicated by Lord Raglan to the authorities at Sebas- ^ topol ; a flag of truce beiug sent by Lord Burghersh for the purpose . The people at first would not believe the assertion .
The " Navvies" at Balakxava . —A little insubordination has appeared among the" navvies , " who , thinking that no more control would be exercised over them than in London or in Englandy have given way to drunkenness and riotous conduct , and at one time were rolling about the streets of Balaklava at all hours of the night . This threw great difficulties in the way of Mr . Beatty , their conductor , who had no efficient control over them ; so he placed them under the hands of the Provostr Marshal , whose lash soon brought them to a state of suhr mission . This manner of proceeding has had a peculiar effect on the " navvies , " one of whom remarked to me , with an oath , that the military ought not to have any control over them . They are paid well ; but I am afraid their savings will be but little . Drink is very dear ; but they will have it at any price . —Morning Post Correspondent .
Augmentation of the French Army in the Crimea . —Before the month of April is a week old , another 10 , 000 of "ther elite " of the French -army- will have left for the scat of war . They will be followed in a brief space of time by a similar force , which again will be augmented as the demands of the allied generals shall require fresh troops . It is proposed to establish at Constantinople a grand depot , or reserve , of the French army , where preparations have been made for any event which might demand the presence of a large permanent army in the Crimea . Colonel Bcville , the aide-de-camp of the Emperor , it is said , reports that his plans arc completed , and if the transports are at hand , a few days will give Lord Raglan and General Canrobert a fresh disposable force within forty hours of Sebastopol . — Morning Post .
The Military Gazette of Vienna , on tho authority of a letter from Odessa dated the ( Jth inst ., snys that Bessarabia is being strongly defended . " All tho passages over tho frontier are being destroyed , rind tho whole country between the Prntli and the Dniester is being devastated . Entrenchments have been thrown up in tho most important positions . Tho distribution of anna to the inhabitants in the interior of Russia has commfin < u » d . "
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THE VIENNA CONFERENCE . Fuom tho immense amount of writing and specu < - < lulion which has been poured forth during tho past week on tho subject of tho Peace Congress we can only collect ono or two facts and rumour * . Ihcse consist in tho aliened agreement of nil tho Powers on the First and Second Points , relating *^ thelung protectorate of tho Principalities and the free n » Vl * Ration of tho Danube ; in tho assert on , whicfc wehave every warrant for behoving , thnt , as all people anticipated , the difficulty ha « begun in the con ** - duration of tho Third Point , which provides for the diminution of tho lluwlnn . power in the Black Sea * and iu tho rumour that , after all our expenditure o £ blood nnd treasure , after tho painful excitement of tho public mind , after our weary efforttr betoro the
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Leader (1850-1860), March 31, 1855, page 295, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2084/page/7/
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