commands. The Arsenal is the large square block of buildings with the high embanked wall, lying between the Malakoff and the Redan, the latter of which works may be identified by the British flag, which is faintly visible at its summit. Below the Redan is another portion of the slobode or faubourg, composed of uniform lines of cottages, which used to be inhabited by the married sailors. The line of heights on the opposite side of the harbour terminates in the barrack battery, beyond which in the far distance may be discerned a few of the embrasures of one of the advanced batteries of the English left attack. Crossing the bay now, we are in the Ville Civile, some of the principal buUdings of which are shown in this drawing. Amongst these is a large church in a peculiar style of architecture, a mixture of the Gothic and Moorish. Beyond this is another church surrounded by Doric columns, and built on the model of the Temple of Theseus at Athens. This edifice was for a long time supposed to be a military club-house, and was so described in the First Series of this work. On the highest point to the right is the Government House, of which nothing now remains but the bare walls.
All the foreground of this picture is the ground leading immediately to the spot where the bridge was constructed, foiming the communication with the north side, and was scattered all over with every variety of article left or dropped in the haste of flight. A number of field-artillery guns, which must have been too late to get over, had been tumbled into the sea and were lying in the utmost confusion, with here and there the dirty grey coat of a deceased Ruski, contrasting rather dismally with the bright green of the gun-carriages and the blue waves of the Euxine. The stretcher deeply stained with Russian blood lies there, recalling the fearful scenes of the siege.
THE INVESTITURE OF THE ORDER OF THE BATH,
AT THE HEAD-QUARTEES OF THE BRITISH ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL.
On the 27th August, the English Ambassador to the Sublime Porte, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, who, accompanied by several members of the Legation, had come from Constantinople for the purpose, invested the military and naval officers, who had been selected for this honour, with the insignia of the Order of the Bath.
This imposing ceremony took place at the head-quarters of General
Simpson, in the midst of a brilliant assembly of the superior officers of the four allied armies and of the fleets, among whom were the French, English, and Sardinian Commanders-in-Chief. In the courtyard of the house a pavilion had been formed of flags.
Above waved the Standard of England, flanked by the British ensign and the French tricolor, and by the Sardinian and Turkish colours. A guard of honour from the household troops was in attendance, and with detachments of infantry and cavalry lined the sides of the square of buildings.
The proceedings were inaugurated by the delivery by the Ambassador of a dignified and eloquent address, in which, after a sketch of the character and history of the Most Honourable Order, he remarked upon the unprecedented nature of the investiture, occurring, as it did, almost on the ground where the services had been rendered and the exploits achieved, for which the honour was conferred, and nearly under fire of the enemy's guns. Sir Colin Campbell and Sir Edmund Lyons each spoke a few words in reply. The several knights were then respectively invested with the insignia of their class; the troops presented arms; the band played God save the Queen; the artillery fired a royal salute; and the assembled force, amounting to about 1000 men, filed off.
The day was singularly propitious; and the brilliant spectacle, which derived a deep significance from the circumstances referred to by Lord Stratford, and which was calculated to make a strong impression on the spectators no less than on the actors in the scene, passed off with all possible eclat.