tIASZARD’S GAZETTE. JANUARY 6.

l The Hamilton Gaaette. ‘_' her Majest y the QtIr0'l'| to visit

have given evidence of your kindness goavinced as I nin_ II your Ilniids,|I,.

instance. you _ in a very tangible form. Deeply that I have by no means merit

_ v I entreltl Next morning we got a servant. and by Itntllflc THE BATTLE-8 VE IN THE RUSSIAN CAMP. 'h'e':_"B"-'{-uh Non},

‘I’ "q men cannot be ex

the relief of Silistria The rumour wants

troyed the Russian works opposite the front, slaying a thousand men." e marvellous resistance of Silistria still tinned at the date of our despatch; h, of course. a garrison of eight thou- ~ to withstand veran army of 0,000." “Silistria

. holds out." “ It is rumoured that * ~ 1' Pacha, on the—, wa.s advancing, at - . head of 70,000 men, from Schumla, to

confirmation The Allied troo were

' busy encamping round Varna. ' “The ~ ' liic report about the advance of ache, at the head of 70,000 men, out to be a canard of the Viennese

- anayof , investing army, novrat least .100 men, who are much banned by the repeated 10

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Old desperate ssllies ofthc ‘ ison." “ The port; surrender of slII8g'I.l'II:I8 not true. The ‘place still keeps the Turkish ensign fly- " ough the valiant garriscrvls nearly ex-

It is a pity something could not be done to sucoour thorn. Theirs is a

waste of —hcroisin." A curious story is

told about an interview, tinder flags of

truce, demanded b the Bunions. The -Husoovite Common er wished to spare, he aid, the needles eflusion of blood, by by merely informing Mussa Pacha of a

him to forage l‘or_ us were relieved of that word. W'e tirade free with wmtj W00tI- “'I""l‘ “e "“ 8 into a table aml two chairs ; and now we are as comfortable as any of the others here. “ Just so I had finished my loreiionn work, I vessel arrived from the Crimes. Wllll 500 "I "'9 wounded at the battle which took Pia“ "“ Sunday (5th). Ilisppened to be orderly officer for tliaidiiy. and it was my duty to see theiln carried on shore slid ‘taken to the hospital. I was a melancholy sight and such _ describe. The poor fellows were either carried ,0 “,9 hospitals on 'stretchers, or staggered II} their qiiiirtera unassisted. Almost the whole in them had lost their firearms. lmtl B79“ P°"“_"" oflheir cloths, «ire:-in their irreatcoal-. whit‘ formed their principal covering. As they passed up I could see disiiiicily where the bullet or h."eI|I|:ld penetrated their greatcoata fnrtliey f,,,,“,, in mug, and! knew frcin this circum- stance where they_ lisd been wounded. Qllicers caincliirplinz tip in the same way. their once brilliant uniforms all in rails. In fact._ Y0" ‘"0 form no idea of the mess every one was In. not this duty finished. and then set off to dress I! full as I could. I do not know how manv I dressed. hull was occupied until6 p tn. I‘he wounds were all gunshot wounds. some of lheiii very serious. The shot generally passed lliroiigli. but Iliad tnextrsct one Minis bullet from a poor It-llow'a back. which I have kept as s memento. Fmm wmhe, 1 got a splendid revolver, which, he told me. he had taken froma Russian soldier. who was in the act of running swsy with I lI0t80 “~|,'.¢h he had captiiretl. In the encounter for its recovery, the Russian was about to make use of his pistol, when he was shot by his antagonist, who carried it olfss a trophy, and, as | |,,,,e "id, gave it in me for dressing his wounds. It is still loaded just as he took it. I could fill a whole letter with tales ofthc b_st|l_e. IN" I 3'?‘ sorry there is no time atpicsent. 'I lie _riext mail is on the l5ih,:iud In-ill try and write again I cannot promise, however. II we expect more wounded men every day fol’ some fimg_ I 0 0 0 0 ' to men are all as lucky as possible, and since they are made

before it leaves.

M. 713., tih0 . XnIa>COJIChI3I'I7e cm“f,,nal,1e' mu,’ of [ham fee] pruut] of their IOGIODB tlllt slktrla "rrssrst be taken ,"' ivoi.nds—tlieir only wish being to get soon well, "M" ii‘ ‘ it i be when M -':~‘.'°'.‘."‘°....";.f‘.‘.'..‘.‘.'i'¥.t;' . - - it nrrsc a ti '

’ om” I ‘filing his beard’ building: The former is quite full. and we are 3' {wt to com‘ flllliiglllellllel’, wberel amstaiioned. 'laliing

A Medjidl K(ha3 u uses, original y an - that the mind of his

all, I think we hsvelgllo patients and upwards I have been talking the_wounded only. bill ""0 halfofths inmates have drsrrlias. dyserilry. 819. These are also brought from the Crimea; i

.. p m Sigh mg‘ ciirtsxt,htliey a're Isntbhomc or die.‘ You will think , ~ " . rhiaa aaiy etler, ui you inns excuse inc.ar 3 - = (let it if be but have had so much to do.” °3.t d an Russl“ was at its Scv-rant, Nov. l0.- Most gladly did we the 28.!’ in person.” There- welcome good Miss Nightingale and her party,

sort of Masonic sign is said to have ade by the hand of the Russian" implied an enor-

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Commander, which si

mous um in gold “itnperials." Mussa’s - gfmzlkyeay ’‘ Ijet us now separate-—-the

‘,',?$'I'ew under white flags is over." ‘duh (To be continued.)

~ .. ‘nuance not Lara rsrsas.

THE ALLIED FORCE IN THE CBIJIEA AND BLACK SEA.

A correspondent of the London Daily News gives an estimate of the allied forces in the Crimes. which makes it as numerically great as the Russian force there. The numbers landed in the Iirst. instance were 97,000 British. 30.000 French, and l0,000 Turks; total 61,000. Since then there have been sent vessels MAI5 soldiers. showing about the tuiddlc of last month a gra id total of llI,4l5

ut it is necessiry to deduct the loss since the Hill of September in sick, killed, and wounded, which may be estimated as follows, vis:—

At the battle ofAlrna, killed and wounded, say I000; Bnlaklava, on the 95th Oct. 800; Inher- tnso 5th Nov., 3500; in the trenches since siege began. 1000-0300; carried of!‘ by cholera and disabled by sickness since the 14th Sept., say 8000: total l7.300. And there will remain an efiectivs force of British, French, Turks, &c, on or about the l5ih inst, of 04.115.

ut since the l5ih inst., there have been despatched a number of steamers with other forces amounting to 17,385 men,—tlius allowing, at a rough glance. that the allied army, on or before the middle ofihis month, will be above l20,('00 strong around Sebastopol and Balsklava. Add to this the strength of the allied fleets, and you will have little short of a combined force of I50,- 000 men ; besides, fiirtbcr French reiiiforoements some amount of 35,000 men will soon be on their way to sotne port of the Crimea or the Danube. He does not appear, to have taken into his cstimatethc heavy losses which must have been sustained in the recent storm.

Oppoledto them. we are told, are the remainder ofthc Russians who fought at ma. 30.00 Liprandi‘s corps 30,000; Luder‘s 25,000; Dan- ncnberg’s corps, 20,000; the 3d division referred to in Lord RagIan's despaich of the 8th Novem- ber, 90.000 ; and gunners said to be on male from Cronstrsdi, l9.000; Sebsstopol garrison. 20,000 ; Iotal, lb7,000. Dediict losses in killed and wounded, at Iialsklava, Sebastnpol, and Inher- its», 26,000 ; and for exaggerated numbers, 20,- 000: total, 45,000, leaving an effeciiie force, Ibout l5ih proxiinu, of |I9,000 The in.cii..n of the Russiaiis. from the 5th to the 15th inst., proves either, that their numbers have been exaggerated. or that they are in need of supplies

shot, shell, ammunition amt prtivisitma.—

These must reach them via Psrelmp, but they will Iruoblshid with the utmost dilficully, as the country fbr I00 miles southward is said to it become little better than s swamp (caused by the recent rsins,) as it always is, in Novgmb" gm] December.

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THE HOSPITAL AT SCUTARI.

Cdledoniun Mercury has the following ex- tract from a letter by ssurgeon who arrived at Icntari with the Vectis, on the 6th instant. to his friends in Edinburgh :—

" Scutari Barracks, Nov. 9, I854.

" I am sorry I cannot units you a long letter rrsttnovr ; but as the mail is going ofI'to~inorrow,

VIII 10“ you how I am quartered here. and what 1 M" 50“ lI°lI||. As soon as we were landed, I run o us were bundled into a room, with whitewashed walls, containing two iron bcrlstesds 3"‘ "°“Il"l "00- N0 food was to be had. and I don't know what we would have done. if we had 9°‘ I°'"''''‘'l! 590! recognised by several old college companions, who up, him”, .i,,,,,, ,|,,,, rations with us l'or three days, when we thought It necessary to look out for ourselves. so in. third day I mounted a havsrssek and vrent a foraging. I went to the village and bought stew- psss, pots, plates, iaspnta. at... includin butler, Ice, and sugar. I put them all in my g, and,

b s candles in my hand. I walked

otit by a variety of

oftlis killed. as my inforrnstion In so incorrect st

of the leg.

One poor fellow burst into tears, and exclsined to

rind before evening they were all comfortably lodged and provided for. They will be invaluable in severe cases of illness, and in any emergency. Our surgeons last night one and all confessed that they were of the greatest use in stteritltng to 600 wound:-d vrlro csine in during the alternoon. These were the wounded ofthc 5th_, when the Rueaians gave us a hard day’s_ fighting : but we held our own, and they lost, it is said, 10,000

mellliss Nightingale appears eminently qualified for the noble work she liss undertaken, and I trust she may Iiave strength to carry it out. er

men sinking for want of proper nursing, and be- crinee food cannot be a-linlnistered often enough. Title is impossible with only hospital orderlies; but. with the nurses. all who need will be atipplled.

Mrs. and Mr. Ilraccbridge I welcomed as friends, and their labours of love I have long known. They are most active and to-day I may say all are in full work.

Ir. S. G. Osborne has arrived here olfering his services. and bearing credentials from Sidney Herbert. I Iiave ptit into his care half cl" the Barrack Hospital, which to-day numbers 2300 patients, and will have another 600 added durinn the day. The Hospital Prnpernnmhere still I000

alients. Mr. Wright hits sent for Mr. Gtlburne, so that [have only Mr. Lewis here, who takes :he ispital. Iain, therefore, most thankful for Mr. Osborne's help. Two Roman Catholic priests are here—Messrs. Culfe and Butt. Mr. llalett went up to the Crimea on Sunday in the Prince, but diil not come to me, or I should havcdetsined him ; but Mr. Osborne in some sort supplies his placc. We require another chaplain here yet, as lliave not been able in get to the bulk for n forliiighl past, and tlieie are 500 men on board

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Mr. A Stafford, M. P. for Nortliatriptonsliire. is here. and has volunteered to write letters for the men. They are very glad of his services, and I have seen Iiim sitting hour after hour on the beds. moat iticntly writing the words which will cheer many hearts at home. Mr. 0sborne’s son is also engaged in the same work.

The gentlemen who are sent by the Time: to dispose of their fund are also here. and sn_\inns to spend the fund in the beat manner. I have suggested several things to them, and will give them every assistance in helping our men. Mr. Oshuine has some funds, and generally adds one or two pounds to Mr. St:it'ford's letter, where the wives or families at home are in need.

Lady Stratford comes and sends frequently, and has made me her alirioner for jellies, pies, and soups for the officers. iss Nightingale only tnki-s care of the men, so Lady Stratfurd sends for the officers. We much need religions books and small Commo.-i Prayer books. My stock is exliatisled. but I have 'I‘cstamcnta still. I have distributed H00, and more are needed. The Bible Society in Sinvnboul send me any quantity of Testaments. Devotional Ilooks are mncli needed. The llishop of London's Private Devotion is much prised ; but I000 pr:i_l er-books would be the best gift. 'I'Iiero miiat now be immense numbers here 3|] tho winter, since we now number so many, iirid Sebustopol not yet attacked ;so any books sent out will be in time. I will not send yoti any list

resent that I may mislead. Captain Webli. I7ih ant-ere. died hero on Monday, after amputation Our soldiers are delighted with the nurses. inc, U I cnn't help crying when I see them. Tut, think of English women coming out here to nurse us ; it is an homcllks and comfortable.”

Cnussrv or ran Eitriiv -ro one Woirituso.— A mayor of the rnlhan soldiery who perpetrated those deeds is however in the bands. and evidence can be brought ngainst him to show, that he was onc 0f.lIlO.|IfIt'I01pIl actors. as vrsll as one of the chief instigators of atrocities which will make Europe shudder with horror. Mr. Romaine. lbs Deputy-Judge-Advocate-General. has received in- structions to prepare scans for this man. There are several men to swear to his identity ; and if it can be satisfactorily proved that he has committed the acts laid to his charge. he will be swung on a gibbct in front of the walls of Sebsstopol. He is a barqi-—s man of rank-sud It is suspected he hss strait, used the gold which vrsslefi as his

htutbsbsspllsl salts proud of ray sspssliles.

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labours will spare the clergy many a sad sight of

A correspondent of La Prvue, who cotnmutii- clues sninr cui ions information, collected _I‘I‘0l|I.I Russian oflicer. respecting the proceedings in Sebastopol and the Russian camp, from the arrival ofthc rcinllircementa under General Dan- nenberg until the battle of Iiikerinann, thus det- cribt-a the solemn celebration which took place on the 4th :— _

A mass was chanted with all solemnity by bishops who hail come with the srchdukes. Al the end of the mass the troops were assembled. and one of the preliiies addressed them. I sliould have been incredulous as to the details which I sin about to communicate, had I not received tlreiti from a Russi.in ofiirer, at present a prisoner at llitlriklsva, and iftliey had not been confirmed by special iuveallgallone which I have made for the purpose of ascertaining their truth. _

The liiahop began by reminding the soldiers of their duty to the (,‘z:ir and their country,and drew their attention to the two srchdukes, who hail come to alter‘ their dangers. He then spoke of their erietnies, and gave an explanation of the battle of Alma calculated to flatter the self-love, and to elevate the courage, of the imperial army. 'l‘lie English came under the special notice ofthc blulitip. He said they were poor soldiers, desti- tute of all energy. and hostile to the cause of God. Ilia allusions to the French were a mere echo ofthc proclamation of the Czar at Moscow in the year I812.

The most remarkable point. the strange conclusion of the s I

“If you are conquerors." cried the bishop, 0 great. joy is in preparation for you. We know, from uiiinipcacliablc sources, that these English heretics have in their camp no enormous sum. which God will give into your hands. This sum amoiinls to thirty million rotibles. The Emperor makes you it present of the third part of this treirii.-nilous sum. The second tliirtl is reserved fnrthe purpose of the re-building of Sebastopol, which you are on the point of relieving, The remainder will be divided amongst the princes si.d ofiiccrs who will tomorrow be your comman- deiaiii the battle. Every one of you soldiers will receive 580 roubles. To the wounded the Emperor promises a month's pay and rations. Auto those of you chosen by God for a glorious death, your Emperor will permit you to dispose of your share in tlis booty by will. Whatever may be the wishes of any one of you, they will be respected soleninly.',

The speech was terminated by an appeal to the God of armies to bless the soldiers of Russia. A distribution of media and coroneta followed.

The olficer who h given me these curious details is a person of It family, with I spice of Voluiiriaiiism in his Iomposilion : but he assures mcthai the scene was almost sublime. It was calculated to make a gt'eaI.,_impression on the soldiers, on whom the recoil ofthc battle of Alma had operated most prcju ' I- ever may have been the cause, whether it we the exlrortaiion of the bishops. the presence ofthc princes, greed for gold, or any other reason. there is no doubt that the Russians fought tnost admirably on the murrorr. _

THE GREAT GRENADIEB.

The IIlbi°cI of the following paragraph is well known in orcestcr, where his stalwart propor- lions attracted much notice. His father is a stonemason, living at Inkbarrow, and his uncle, Mr. C. Davis, resides at Persliore :—" A colour- sergeant of the Grenadier Guards. P. F. Davis, has been in all the engiigsrrieots in the Crimes, and has not yet received a wound. Standing six feet four inches high and weighing upwards of lwenl_v-five stone, he presents a somewhat pro- minent inark. and fills a rather large space in the r:inks;and to have come out of the desperate battery charge at Alina and the fearful slaughter- ing melee no the heights of Irikermann, in both ol which the balls were whistling from all quarters, and bayoncts were glittering in every direction. must be ranked among the miracles of hiitnan contingency. asihey utterly baflls every attempt at explanation. aivis on one occasion defended his colours with the utmost tenacity, and liter- ally mowed down the enemy, who made a rush to capture them. Colonel Hamilton, seeing that there was nothing left for his men but the bayo- net,orderod tlietn to charge. Amidst dead and dying. firsl using the bayonet, llien the buttend of his musket, with his arm unnerved from sheer fatigue of striking down the enemy, this sergeant, who, according to a letter u an eye-witness, towered like a giant above the surrounding lgul of heads, and to miss whom would appear an utter impossibility, appeared at Ilic roll call after the terrible engagement, with scarcely a single scrstcli upon him. To enumerate the enemy killed and ptit hora dc combat by the single arm of Davis would appear slinost incredible. Davis has been in the army seventeen years. having entered the Grenadier corps as a mere lad of fifteen. In spite ol his portly frame and heavy weight. he was capable of running against airy man of his regiment for I00 yards. and, as jumping. he could, to use the familiar language ofliis comrades, ‘clear a five-barred gate like a swallow.’ He ran a famous race while at Worcester.”

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Tire Ai.i.trii Brriuvs:o.—A Rtisaian olllcer declared in dying, that we were betrayed by a deserter from the foreign legion. This nisn, it is said. informed the Russians that our batteries on the left were guarded with a certain degree of negligence; and it was in consequence of this that an attack on that point was decided on. It is known, that the foreign legion, which is so remarkable for its bravery. ciiiinls a great many deseriers in its ranks. The man to whom I rt-lcr is said to be a Germsn,and persons ask, ifit would not have lieeurudent to have left in Afliog .|| those who _ deserted. especially those who have acfirtsiis sllinity of race win the Russians. I'he prisoners and wounded of the 5th have, it sp- pcars, given it great deal of infiirmation respecting the besieged.—Fr¢'ncIt Leller, ov. Elli

A new cavalry corps in Quebec. has tendered its services to tho Ilnnic Government for the war in the East. next spring. 'I'he Earl of Elgin assembled the corps for mortar, and will take the offer to Eiiglnnd.

Tits Fnprinon or I-‘asses urn rns Scsiirrtinrs. -The I-Itnprror has presented each ofthc I0,400 soldiers. ordered from Bologna to Paris (it reads to the Crimes. with a copy of the New Tests. them. being the diamond edition publish“ in London by the British and Foreign Bible 8o¢isty_

J Javrtsir PA.'I’l|lo‘III'Il.--II'll reported that the III. to manifest their patriotism and loyalty in the enverelgn of these realms, and thus to prove themselves worthy of the honour the seek (to be admitted into the Legislature of I gummy) have determined at the present crisis to raise d regirni-nt of their co-rcliglonists, who are to be equipped at their own as case. The Barons Roiliachild and Sir kloses outslore are at the head of this movement.

Great _nmnbsrs of workmen have been dis. charged III New York, In consequence of In... cisl struggles. Distress and 5...." "nu.

person to purchase sllssss.

“Ml the washing slassss.

American dominions.

A True: or ‘fill Crrv or Gi.a_srt:‘W;-3| relic of this lost slcainpscket has been I"? ‘Q . ‘H the coaatnf Ireland. A corrospondento I 0 r at Csmpbellotn. states that while a_ herd-bI'I|y'.dW:' walking along tlis shore at lliillnchgnir, he |3I¢_ | I tion of tlicbowofa vessel, WI|I(.III|Id'l_"I"s“' "P gilded characters‘ not ninch defaced. 0"! °/‘ 0'3.‘