those who were of least use to them. The new conscripts
were drilled for a month, and then sent off. They
are dressed like the other Russian soldiers. They form
the laughing-stock of the regular army, and are bullied
by the inferior officers, although they say the generals
are kind to them. The official announcement from St.
Petersburg, that the Russian army in the Crimea is
provided with provisions for eight months is, to a certain
extent, borne out by information gleaned upon the spot.
There are said to be considerable stores of provisions
heaped up in Simpheropol and Duvenkoi, where the
Russian reserves are. The Russians seem rather anxious
about the Tchongar road, and they have thrown up
batteries near the bridge, as well as on both the
peninsulas which it connects. The Tchongar and not the
Perekop road is said to be their main channel of
communication with the interior, which is not at all
surprising, as this latter is more exposed, owing to the
contiguity of the allied forces at Eupatoria.

The Mixed Commission appointed to take an inventory
of the contents of Sebastopol met first on the 15th
September. Their second sitting was held on the 25th,
when a detailed list of the things captured was laid
before them. "The catalogue of these articles," says the
Moniteur de la Flotte, "is certainly a most extraordinary
one. Thus it shows that in the Malakhoff and the
Redan nearly 3000 pieces of cannon of every calibre
were found, and 120,000 lb. of gunpowder. In Sebastopol
itself 128 cannons of bronze were found, and 3711
of iron. These pieces are divided into equal lots for
France and England, paying due regard to the different
calibres, and that one-half should be sent to France,
and the other half to Great Britain, with the exception
of two magnificent bronze guns which have been offered
to General de la Marmora; but that all should remain
in Sebastopol, and in the redoubts and fortifications
of Kamiesh and Balaklava, till such time as they
were not required for the defence of the place, when
each government might do what it liked with its
own share. These decisions, taken conformably to the
first act of the convention, leave the valuation of the
pieces out of the question; but by the fourth article
of the same convention it is agreed that the value of the
booty, &c., shall be divided proportionally, according to
the number of combatants whom each power had in
line. Thus the effective force of English and Sardinian
having been, on September 8, 63,741 effective men, and
ours 126,705, we take two-thirds and they one-third.
The commission afterwards passed on to the partition of
the other matériel taken, and divided the following
into three parts—two for France, and one-third for
England as before, with the understanding that they
are to remain for the supply of the defence:—307,314
round shot; shell, 101,155; canister cases, 24,080;
gunpowder, 525,000lb.; ball-cartridges, for muskets and
carbines, 470,000 in good condition, and 160,000
damaged; waggons, 80; yawls, 6; logs of lignum-vitæ,
500; anchors of port moorings, 400; anchors of different
sizes, 90; grapplings and small anchors, 50; chains for
anchors, 200 yards; old copper for sheathings, 104,000
lb.; old ropes, 100,000lb.; water casks, 300; new
ropes of different sizes, 50,000lb.; pulleys, 400; spars,
40; tools, 300; bar iron and steel, 1,460,000lb.; iron
wire, 400lb.; iron cheeks, 320lb.; sheet iron, 16,000
lb.; tin-plate, 14,000lb.; copper, 120,000lb.; nails,
6000lb.; firewood, a large quantity; pitch and tar,
200 barrels; barrels of paint, 150; small boilers, weighing
6,000lb.; the remains of a steam-engine of 220-
horse power, taken out of a steamer burnt by the Russians;
large copper boilers, weighing 100,000lb., 8; old
copper, 100,000lb.; copper screws, 10,000lb.; old iron,
60,000lbs.; large bells, 6; small bells, 10; hospital beds,
350; iron forges, in great numbers; main tackles, 12; coal,
2000 ton; steam-engines of 30-horse power, for the
basins, 2; large pumps, for the basins, 3; iron boilers,
3; 1 high-pressure engine of 16-horse power, for the
basins; iron cranes, 17; an engine of 12-horse power,
in the military bakery; 2 dredging-machines of 30-horse
power, unserviceable; a still, a clock, six marble statues,
two sphinxes, a large basso-rilievo; biscuit, 500 tons;
flour, 150; barley, 9; buckwheat, 117; oats, 18; millet,
54; wheat, 20; peas, 1½; salt meat, 50; wheat in the
granaries, 503 quarters, &c." The bread-stuffs were
declared unfit for the use of the allied armies, and were
sent to Eupatoria for the Tartars. As it was impossible
to divide the wood of the houses and buildings to be
demolished, the city itself was divided; and to the English
was allotted the eastern, to the French the western
portion. Two Turkish field-pieces found in the arsenal
were restored to the Sultan.

The accounts of the condition of the army are very
satisfactory. The correspondent of the Daily News,
writing on the 23rd ult., says: "Our first wintry day
came on the 21st instant. During the previous night it
froze sharply, and some snow fell. The frost was
accompanied by a biting north wind, which lasted
throughout the day, but subsided again on the following
night. Snow was also for the first time visible on the
higher peaks and ridges of the mountains to the eastward,
where the numerous tributary streams are found
which afterwards unite to form the rivers Belbek,
Katcha, and Alma. Last year the snow appeared in
these situations much earlier, and the army was wholly
unprepared to meet the exigences of the cold season.
Nothing could offer a more striking contrast than the
different circumstances of the troops now. The greater
part of the winter clothing had already arrived, and was
deposited in the divisional or regimental stores, and the
first day on which cold of any severity was felt, a
telegraphic message sent from head-quarters round to the
several divisions was all that was required to cause the
clothing to be issued. A general order of the same date
directed the winter clothing to be taken into wear. The
articles distributed comprise a most excellent tweed
coat, lined throughout with rabbit or catskin, the same
as was last year served out to the officers; a larger and
still warmer sheepskin coat, two pairs of thick worsted
drawers, two Jerseys, one pair of worsted gloves, one
worsted cholera belt, one pair of long waterproof boots,
one waterproof sheet, one pair of worsted stockings, one
pair of socks of the same quality, and one seal-skin cap
to turn down and completely cover the ears and neck.
No one, I am disposed to think, will charge Lord
Panmure with having neglected a single article that the
health or comfort of even the rawest recruit now in
camp can require. The men themselves are loud in the
expression of their satisfaction. The huts are rapidly
increasing in number over the camps. The weather is
again favourable for erecting them, and for all the other
field works and winter preparations. This day and
yesterday, November the 22nd and 23rd, the weather has
been delightful. The air has been remarkably clear and
transparent; the sun has exerted considerable power,
and there has been no wind. The nights have been
frosty and cold, but bright and moonlit . . . General
Codrington is directing attention to the interior economy
of the army, and enforcing some very stringent regulations
affecting its discipline and police arrangements.
A code of rules has been published in a general order of
Nov. 23, by which the system of punishment for soldiers
sentenced to undergo confinement with hard labour will
be very materially changed. It will be assimilated, as
far as is practicable in a camp, to the system pursued in
the military prisons in England. Hitherto the duties
and circumstances of the troops have been such as to
prevent in a great measure the ordinary punishments of
offenders from being carried into effect, and this fact has
doubtless had its influence in rendering many men of
indifferent character very reckless in their conduct. The
great increase of late in the crime of drunkenness has,
perhaps, particularly attracted attention to the necessity
of a stronger control being exerted. Attention has also
been directed to the numerous canteen men and other
camp followers. All strangers are to obtain a
permission to remain with the army, and this ticket
of residence must be always kept in possession. . . .
It is well known that numerous robberies have been
committed in camp from time to time, the robbers
escaping in some of the trading vessels to Constantinople,
where all trace would be lost, notwithstanding
the most diligent search. Deserters and others have
also left by the same means. Any one used to be at
liberty to go on board ship at Balaklava, and leave the
port without inquiry. By arrangements with the naval
authorities this will be prevented in future. No person
will now be allowed to embark on board a transport