A special telegraphic despatch from Constantinople, via' Varna and Vienna,
reports, that in the battle of the 6th "the English lost 102 offi- cers and 2500 men, and the French lost 48 officers and 1300 men, killed and wounded " ; and in addition to the names mentioned elsewhere, that "General Canrobert was wounded," [if so, unnoticed either by the Ge- neral or Lord Raglan] ; and that " the Guards suffered severely. '
It is stated that Sir George Brown's wound in the arm, on the 5th, was so severe as to render amputation necessary.
Prince Napoleon had arrived at Constantinople on the 9th, sick.
Mr. Hewett, mate of the Beagle, greatly distinguished himself in the sortie of the 26th. Mr. Hewett was in charge of a Lancaster gun on the right. Some mistake," says Captain Lushington, reporting to Admiral Dundas on the 28th, " occurred in the orders of the officer commanding the picket, and the word was passed to spike the gun and retreat. But Hewett replied,
that such an order did not come from Captain Lushington, and he would not do so till it did.' (He was aware I was in the vicinity.) He then pulled down the parapet, and with, the assistance of some soldiere, got his gun round and poured a most destructive fire of grape into a large column of Russians, and, on their retreating from the British troop., followed them down the hill with solid 68-lb. shot, fired with fatal precision."
Admiral Dundas has mentioned Mr. Hewett to the Admiralty in a spe- cial despatch ; and the Admiralty have promoted Mr. Hewett to the rank of a Lieutenant, hie commission to date from the 26th October,
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