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THE BRITISH CAMP AND ARMY. (From the Correspondent of the Times.)

Fouii-in DIVISION CAIIP, 0ct.—Is tlie.British army in the Crimea to become, or rather to continue, a model of drunkenness for all na- tions? Yesterday was Sunday; I rode into Balnklava at one p.iu., through Kadikoi Major. and returned, towards dusk, tlirougii liadikoi Minor. Tlic sights I saw, both going and re- tufnlllg. were enough to iiiakc an liiiglisliinaii despair of his eonntryim-ii. All along the road were men, not only privates, but noii-coiii- missioned 0tliee't's—iii every stage of drunken- ness. - Sobriety was really the exception, intox- ication the rule. Noisy groups, lluslicd and unsteady with drink, were iiiiei-spersed with em gerirg sots who could not keep on their legs. 'l‘wo Higlilaiiders, one of tliein on the ground. the other inakiiig violent. and fruitless eiforts to get his coiiirade to stand up, were zﬂbrding, at two in the altoriioon, great iiniuse- ment to a iiuuiber of Freiicli |'u:ul-llltlliL'l'S. Sunda is not a day of rust for the Frenel. working parties. Tlirc-: hours latoi-, l passed it group oftliree non-coiniiiissioti- .'. tIlllI'L‘l'S ol Mllllt line regiment. The centre nian wsirt kept from falling only by the support. oi" the two others. themselves far from SI7l)L'l°, and the trio lll‘.l\.lt' the most of the road after the iiiost. approved fashion. Nuinliers of ollicers must have met this group, and the iialur.il and proper course would have been to t:il;c, t'ieii' nniiies and send them at once to their quarters under arrest, but drunkenness here has reached such ti. pitch, that it would be an endless task to do this. The tavern booths of the Old Kadikoi were crowded with drinkers, and rang with oaths, obscenity and brawls. Notwitlistaiiding the closing of many of the establisliiiicnts there, the place is still a scene of life and bustle, while Little Kadikoi, hard by the Guards’ camp. has not, upon weekdays, the appearance of doing much business. But in the evening, when the work- ing parties come off duty, and on b'undays, when they have none to do, it is as much thronged as the booths on a racec..iurs.c, or at 3 fair, or as the back slums of a seaport town when lialf-a-dozen iiien-of war have just been paid 06‘. Drink. of course. is nearly the sole object of its frequentcrs; and drink, not in moderation, but to the most beastly excess. Yesterday. towards nightfall, it was iiioro than several ollicers, non-couiinissioneil ollicers, and patrols, could do to maintain something like order. and master the insubordinatc aml refrac- tory drunkards. There are plenty of witnesses hereto testify to the correctness of the state- ment. '1‘lio drunkenness and insnhordinatioii of this army is here matter ofcoiiiiiion conver- sation and laiueiit. The oldest oilicers declare that in all their experience, they never saw anything to equal it. It will he asked why, then, do not the ollieers, having a keen sense of the evil, take measures to put ii. stop to it. Simply because it is not in their power. Ibe- liove they do_ what they can, in the ordinary routine; there are plenty of flogging parades, plenty of men sent to pick up and carry stones. and you cannot ride through the camp without seeing plenty ofiiien drilling in heavy marching order for punishment. Olliccrs coin- manding regiments witness this state of things with grief, and would gladly adopt any practi- cal means that might be ordered, or suggested, to alter it. Such measures should proceed from head-quarters, or from the War Ollicc. Ono rather odd idea was hit upon the other day by the colonel of a regiment in the Third Division, who sent his adjutunt to the Cominissary-Ge; neral to request, he would have plum puddings made to sell to the men. in order t at they might thereby expend their money otherwise than in drink, for the abundance of money is the root of the evil. The men are a great deal too well paid. A private soldier gets a shilling s-dc ,less 45d. stopped for rations. He gets the ﬁeld allowance, and, if working on the roads. as one-third of the army now is, ho(gets 6d.n-dc for that, inking altogether Is. 9 . ii- dny. I he he an srtiﬁccr, carpenter, nisson, &c., he gets ls. 6d. n-dny working pay. ' be desirable to pay the men thus highly. it would surely be wise and rudcnt to teach and urge them to dispose of t oir money in some

other wny than in the purchase of intoxicating ~

drinks. Every encouragement, too, should ivsn to the soldier, to send small sums to En - ﬁnd. Sick nnd clisritshlc funds should also promoted. and the ndvuntn of them, olonrly, and forcibly put before t o men. Instead of this, what so I the general order of the 23d of February, 18 5. regulating the pa of work- ing rtiosl °‘ The working y w’ Ibo drown wec ly, and issued in full to t e men ; it is not necessary that it should n poor in the ledger ; and it is considered object onnblc that the w ole working ps of s regiment or coin ny should be assigned to chnritnblc or ot or funds.” Considering that, besides his working pay, the soldier gets l2}d. n-dsy to spend, it is hard to see what objection chore can be to invest the other 8d. for his future welfsrc, instead of leaving it to he squsndcrcd in the pothousc. Unless cu took him the cm and led him Ip to tap, u ooul hsrdl do more to in- duce him to dr nk than by rig him In. 9d. to spend here, when drink liters the only thing he can spend it in. The qnsllticsl

HASZARD’S GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 28.

of the British soldier have been often proved THREATENED ltUI"l‘Ul{I~‘. iir.rwsi:N ENGLAND and extolled, and l|l‘tllldlllll.tHi by all, but so-', Am, 5;-“N,

lilﬁiy ‘is certainly not ‘one of his virtues :_ lie’ 'ph,, Mad,“ c,,,.,.L.__.,,,,,,dc,,; ofme Times, will drink, i[‘ you give .'=llll money, and drink, wmim, ml the 3“, ins," says,__u There as he does here, until he brings himself toa " level with the beast. i\lr. Doyiie, tho indefati- liable superiiitcndent of the army works corps, ““ proceeds vigorously with liislabours. Roads rcucc, are opening in all directions. 'l‘horearc about each arrived at a stage w twenty iiiiles in progress. The iiiiiiiher of men eiiiployed is very eoiisideral-lo. 8,000 soldiers go on work, besides 1,000 Crotits and the army works corps, notwitlistanding its losses from sickness, is still 1000 or 1100 1 “'9 strong, iind expects to be reinforced from En-,Sli1|1_0'~’5 _ _ _ _ ‘ gland to the extent if some hundred inore.;ciatioiis respecting them, wliicliwill bc vciy The want of proper system iind orgiinizatioii ‘ which has been so often and dtiplonalilyi t'.\pOrl:.:d‘ '1‘|,,,. L-[,j._,-3' dc-mils Ufmc above iiieiitloltcd visible. With (llili,'l‘i‘lli ::i'r:iii~;_t-iiieiits, half the llll'Il, perhaps ii. qiirzrtn-r of il..-tn, could do the work ofthe whole ten tltoiisaiid, and prob:ibl_\' d.» it better, because they would be less Cl'()\\'(l- (,‘ub:l, _ _ The men ('llll’ilt)_\‘t'(l to worl; rlililllltl be Linha, where lie cart-icd on an cxteiisive 4-ainped near their work. till it is ct)lIlplclt‘il,ic,,,“mu1'cc. About two years since he was l"“‘°‘“l 0'. h’"l"b' t" "‘“"'h ‘"1"’: d‘'m.‘''‘'”” '” it‘ ' Sll(l(lt‘.lll‘- ordered bv the aiitlioi-itics to leave 'l‘lin.s, for iiistaiice. a r:-ginit-tit ol the [illl‘(l.thI3 iqmhl, and he l'n_”cC(,dcd [U Enghmd to

;:ii'~li tin-rcliuiit of great i-espectability, llild iIi't.'lI resitlciit for I-1 years in the island of and was cstablislietl at Santiago do

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‘are two cases respcctiiig which our own d the Spanish Goveriinient are at dill!!- and which, I regret to say. l‘“"° liicli seems to T lll‘l‘ill0ll very seriously the Trlcllllly relati-

°'“‘"""“' oiis between the two Ct)Ul|ll‘l(3S', and .1 have i-ea.-ion to think, that Lord Howilcii has re- ivcd instructions relative to llie_so circum- and the possible result of the nego-

gllllpllltlltllllc to the Spanish Govcriiinent.”

during this war and in tho :11-nay, is lloi-U aig.-tin “,,__.,,_,, ,,,.,_. as ,;,“,,“.b.:__\1,.. l;,,yi;,,,, an E".

strong rccluiiiations to the Government lie-re,‘:ind iiniong them-is Don Domingo Moosticli, who was long establislicd on the African coast, and, according to the otlicial reports of our authorities, was engaged most extensively in the slave-trade at Why- dali, and other parts. It came to the know. ledge of oui- Goveriiiiient, that this person had been selected by the Governineiit here to till the po.-t -=fGovei-iior ol'Fcrnnnd0 11,,’ which, lying 3:. the bight of l3iat'i'n, and un. dcr the absolute sway of such it person, would become it more depot for the conve- nienceofslave-traders, and strong reinon. stranccs was made against such an appoint- ment, in the face ofllie ciigagcinenls oxsist. iiig lietwecn the two countries respecting the sliivc-trzidc; but it appears that the Spunisli Govcriniiciit persist in their iiiteiitioii,and that llllll_:_'sl have gone so far that our Go- \‘L‘l'llIllt‘lll have felt it neces.-‘airy to iiitiinzuc that the nppoiiitiiiciit of Don Dniiiiiigo Moos. ticli as t£overiioi- of Vcriiaiido l’o will be i't-g':ii'(lctl as tniitniiioiiiit to iiiakiiig that

division. at the fiirtliest extrciiiity of the czzizip. iiiarclies down daily to work ,-tr. Balakla, rc- turiiiiig at night. thus daily peiforniing ll dis- tance ofue-.irly liftcen miles. [lll‘:ll' that .\li'. lmyuc in desirous to have the roads divided into miles, and every mile to li-ave a station lint and a lamp, with a corporal and two men to act as police. This is a very excellent pl-iii, which may be carried out with very little trouble and expeii.-‘e, and will facilitate the portioning out of repairs and works upon the roads. Besides working at the roads. parties are busy at various small jobs: clearing wells, &c. \\ atcr is again getting scarce, and, iii the provision ofa possible contiiiuaiico of the pre- sent dry weather, no large quantities are al- lowed to be taken from the tanks, except by order from the Quarteriiiaster-General’s de- iartinent. As regards lllllli:ll'y o_peratioiis, there is literally notliing worth recording. The llussizins remain very quiet, and so do we. There is not much tiring froni the north side. now and tlmi some artillei'_v ollit-oi-, as ifsnd- dcnly cx:tspe:':itetl. juinps up in fury, and tires |.;;l[‘a dozen mortars at once; but as far asl can see, tli<- 7‘:-oncli Collilitllc not cariiig. and scarcely taln tiie trouble to reply. In the cavalry plain on Sunday :-.l'u-i-ii-ioii, our allies treated the Russians to a line view of the Ini- perial Guard. (leii. M‘l\lalion, having assumed the coininatid of the corps :I'rmnr,-4.-, of reserve. assed it in review; I rode d nvn there after sending of my despatclir.-s. and the night. was certainly very line, and l.i,:'.sl_v Cl'Ctllitll>lt*., in every way, to the French :'.l‘Ilty. (irenadiers, Cliasseurs, '/iouaves, l'Iiigiiit-ers, and Artilltiry of the Guard, were drawn up across the plain in a long line, up and down \\'lll('lI the geiicral rode, followed by :i. numerous stall‘, to which Sir Colin Canipbell and a large nuiuber 0 English otlicers bad temporarily attached tlicui- selves. 'l‘lie Grenadiers looked martial and imposing in their long blue coats and lofty bearskius, the Cliasseiirs smart and active in their most active service-like costume; tlic Zouaves. as usual, pictiires-,ue and ellL-ctivc. These two corps, the Clias.-eiirs and Zouavcs, excite the warm admiration of our ollicors, an are probably the most perfect soldiers in the world. I do not mean in respect ofligliting, although tlieyare nofoolsat that 3 but c0n_B|d8I'- ing them witli respect to all their iiiilitary qualities and accoiu lislﬁiieiits, as well as to their dress and equipment.--their powers of marching and endurance, everything, in short, that constitutes perfection in a soldier. of the Roman Catholic Sisters of Charity, Sis- ter Winifred, has died of cholera, and was interred yestorda afternoon in a grave du high up in the hill behind the general hospita at Bslnklava. She was followed to her last rest- ing-blsce by the surviving sisters and by Miss Nightingale, also by a few oﬁicers suds large number of soldiers and inmates of the hospits .

'‘ Service was erformed at the grove according to

the Roman atholic ritual. Complaints are still rife sinon the oﬂiccrs of this army concerning the great irregularity with which the receive the newspapers sent to them from Eng and and elsewhere. I hear daily grumbling on this account, p ing from rsons who receive letters from their rionds, informin them that by the some st, papers are dos to cd to their nddrcss, which never arrive." he grievance is n vsxsticus one. We nrc now on the ver of winter. Dsys w short, evenings oiig. One of the greatest pleasures of s men out here is the receipt of nowspn rs from En lsiid ; and so you would say, cos d you bcbol how the fcrtunstcs who receive them are bust. it is s cruel privstion and dissppoiutincnt when, by niisinnnsgonicnt in some quarter or other, they do not arrive. The matter ought to be soon to by all concerned.

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The Genoa pnpors announce that recruit-

ing oﬂicos for the British Legion have been opened both at Genoa and Lo Spcnis.

The Emperor of Russia has returned from Nicolsiofgiiroct to St. Pctorsburg, Wnrssw.

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lilV his case before his own Govcriiiiieiil. ll.El~*‘l’1"'vl if ‘l”l"'t ll": -"l“V°3s “ml ‘hm ll Will be lis said, though no prflofs wliatc\'ci' lia\'t~.:1l1’“ll “Ill! i1CC0|'dl||_‘.,'ly- ll)t‘(‘ll bi-ought li|l'\\"ill'(l to back the .l(']H)i‘l,p 0 .[h_;[ he was su_»;')(_-(;[(_-(I by the 5P;u”_\[, nu_- \\'l.\'Tl'ili Ql.'Al{'l'l".lil‘i IN Till‘; (.'lil.\iEi\.

'[l)t)l'lllI‘S ol bt~in;: Illlllllciltul ‘” l"’l'“"“l.m‘i A coi-i'e>‘lioii(.lciit at Bnla (,?lav.'I, writincv []'igl|('S, wliicli Mr. Boylaii In-iiily (lL’lllCS,';t0 ,,_., ,,,,,,,, H,,,, l,_,,,,,; s,,,.S,_.. Ml.‘ ])0),mf" d0Clf""“.'—'; °" Hm °°"m“'.Y» l_l’“l he ll“ 'l°'_ the iiidellitigalilc supcrinlciideiit of the Ar- vci- iiitei-lercd or had allyllllll" to do wItli.',,,y \\-'1"-ks (),,,-W, ,,,.,,,,,.cds ,.,,,,,,.,,,,sly with

D [H>llllCS {'1 0”» illld lllul ‘his own l”1€“"’5l5,liislabours. Roads are opening in illl(ll- were eiitii-cly. bound tip with the peace and V‘ ,.,,,,,,,,,,,,_ '1',,,.,.,, ,,,.c ,,,_m,, in mugs in Pm_ pi-osperity ol the island. It t1[iiieai‘s that . gt-c.~'.~'. The pains that are taking with their our Governniciit took up Mr. Boyltpl 5 C"-“° i:-nistrxictioiis, and its excellence. appeared "°".l' ‘"'‘’''SlY- 110 llud b'v‘_°“ 5“l’l“°l°d W aliiiosl siipcrtliioiis to some of the military heavy losses by being obliged to abandon liig'\i'i;_»s here, lint be-fore we have got ll”. l‘"'g'~’ "-‘“‘l’l"5l"".°'" 1"‘ (/“bu: “ml ‘l_"~‘."' tlii-ougii oiii-foiir iiiontlis' winter, they will insisted on the §[lilllISl'|‘(.;I0\-cldllllclli iiiuking ,,,.0!,,,M_,. ,_.|,,,,,L,c their Upiniml ml thayhcudi l'"".d‘f° ‘'‘’l’''‘‘',‘“'‘’''- “W "—‘’'“‘l‘ ‘’l “"3 ‘W’ Tlic niiinber of men eniploycd is very con- <_5ocIatioiis which ensued was that the lililCl"5id,_»ru|,]0_ '1‘,~,_,,,(,,.,.,,w ,.;’(;._m s,,M,,.',.,, go agreed to do so, and it was iiiutually lll‘-,'m,wm-k‘ |,,\_._-3,103 L0,,"C,.,,,,,snmh-N,Army ranged that the case should be Subllll-iiL‘(l l0 \\’oi-k, Corps, which, iiotwithstaiiitliiig its at-liitralioii, our (xovcriiinent iioiiiiiiatiiigj105595 i',.,,,,, _,~{c|,-nC_.S, is 5,,“ pump 0,. 1 mo Mr .\luir, ldnglisli (Tonsul ntNew Orleaiiis, 5,,-0",,’ um] C-,\»l,,,.c,5 ,0 ho ,.,_,,,,,-,,,.L_ed ,’-mm

as their ill'l)lll'lllUl'. and the Spaiii.-li Govern- ment the Marquis dc Espatia, then Governor ofSaiitiago de Cuba, on their side. B-i\'lIlll was also allowed to i-etui-n to Cuba foria year to :ii'i'nii;_ve his aliiiirs and abide the i-e.~:iilt oftlic arbitratioti; but now come.-s the most serious pzirt oftlic case. In April last, before the i-csiilt oftlic arbitration was

ceived it perciiiptory oriler lroiii the autho- rities ofS:inti:igo de Cuba to leave the is- land within eight days, the pretext for which was, that lie had not fullillcd the conditions on which he was allowed to return, the principal of which were that he must cillier take out it letter of li:iturnli'/.:ition \\\'lllCll would require hint to change his veli-_;ion),

d or must apply to the Captain-General for

special pcrtiiissioii to remain longer. The latter condition he had complied with, liav- ing memoriiilized the Captain-General, stating that he had found it impossible hitherto to dispose of his property tliere, and pi-nyiiig for further time to allow him to do so. To this memorial no answer was received, nor would the authorities of San- tiago de Cuba allow Mr. Boylun to pro- ceed to the Havannah to lay his case before the Captain-General, but he was putoon board a French merchant vessel at Santia- go, and conveyed again to England. The result of all this has been, that Mr. Boylan is ruined, and that our Government, natur- ally indignant at the conduct pursued by the Spanish authorities, after the two govern- ments had agreed to submit the whole case to arbitration, have demanded full and speedy satisfaction, and I believe that it has been foriiially inliiinitcd that the conti- nunnce of friendly relations between En- gland and Spain may depend on these de- mands being promptly complied with.

The other cause is also a very serious one. A Spanish vessel called the For- nnndo Po, and owned by Barcelona houses sailed from that port for Fernando Po, hav- ing on board s great number of wntcr-cnsks, respscting which she possessed no docu- mom to prove that they were required for any lawful purpose. She was captured by two English cruiser-s—-the Dolphin, Lieute- nnnt-Coininsndcr Webbor, and tho Minx, Licutcnnut-Commander Roe--on suspicion

was sent to Sierra Leone for trinl by the mixed ccuiniision there.

yet known.

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known, ziiid, indeed, lit-fii'e tlic Eiiglisli iir-: lliil‘tlltil' had even ui-rivcil, Mr. Boylaii re-7

of being employed in the slave trade, and

The result is not The owners have addressed

linglaiitl to the extent of sonic liiindi-ed - inorc. ” The iuost remarkable ziddition, liowcver "lo the ellicieiicy of tlic Ariiiy \Voi-ks iii tlid ’,'(:l-llllcll, is illtt llnalingg ling,-tn]-‘V, which has f_}I.~'li1l'l':\'C(i at liala Clava. in tho words lol Colonel l\l‘.\lui'tlo, “ Tliis is a measure wortliy of liiigliind, liir licr liaise is on the waters, and she lia:-a now llontcd \Voolwicli to her army in the Cl'llllP(l. ” This factory cons-i.-‘ts ofa large vessel, in which many of the great works carried on at \Voolwicli iuny be done at Bala (llavu. It is tlioroiiglily lited with every requisite. Iron uncliors can be welded and tui-in-d, engines litlcd, and tiinbei-s saivii. Carpciitcr’s and siiiitli’s work of all kinds can be here performed, under Cll‘Clllll!-ililllCt's the most trying, and in spite of the dilliciilties usually arising in the country of tin enciiiy. This factory is to continue at work tliroiigliout the winter, while the nriiiy is resting from its past ex- ortions, and preparing for a new campaign. In the spring, when fighting begins again, the services of the Transport Corps will be called into greater requisition, and then the full merit oftliis new appliance will be seen, By means of its strong reserves of wheels‘. axles, poles, shafts, and hnrness, will be ready, besides the requisites for repairing railway engines, guns, and the like. Indeed we cannot, by any sort of description, do the project betterjustice than in Col. M‘Murdo’s own words.-—-‘I have no longer to look three thousand miles for the source of vital- ity! ” In the midst of all these huge and most creditable exertions to preserve the health and efliciency oftlie army during the winter, the only thing to be regretted is the disposi- tion which our soldiery have lately exhibited to abuse the indulgences which have been so lavishly bestowed upon them, by exces- sive and habitual drunkenness. The accounts which we have received upon this head cause us to blush for our countrymen, and we sincerely trust, thnt some practical means will be speedily adapted by the authorities at home to check the continuance of s vice which it appears the reginiqntsl oﬂicers up- on the spot cannot control, and which, if persisted in, must infnllibly lend to a com- plete disorganization of our onco wcll-dis- ciplincd and innnly army.

Accounts from Russia state, that the rye cro were excellent, but the when and .b cy were dctlcicnt.