Royal Horse Artillery, President; Captain Shaw, Royal Artillery; Comte de Callac, Imperial Artillery; Major Staunton, R.E.; Major Cadart, Imperial Engineers; Commander Marten, R.N.; Commander de Genoux, Imperial Navy; Mr. Crookshank, DeputyAssistaiit-Commissary-General; M. Goutran, same rank French army; and Lieutenant Rumble, R.M.A. On the 25th of September the Commission held its second sitting, and all the members were present except General Thiry, who was represented by General Mazare. That officer and Brigadier-General Dupuis, as presidents of the sub-commission, then laid on the table a detailed statement of everything found in Sebastopol. The number of cannon in bronze (brass) is 128; that of iron guns, 3711; total, 3839. The President read the Convention of the 10th of July, and it was then unanimously agreed that the guns should be divided iiito two equal parts, paying due regard to the different calibres, and that one-half should be sent to France, the other half to Great Britain, with the exception of two brass field pieces, which should be offered to General de la ]\Iarmora, with the approbation of the Commanders-in-Chief.
It was also resolved that these cannon and guns should remain in Sebastopol, and in the redoubts and fortifications of Karniescli 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 4th article of the same Convention it is agreed that the value of the booty, &<•,., shall be divided between the two Powers proportionally to the number of men employed by each in the siege. The effective strength of the Anglo Sardinian army on the 8th of September was G3,715 men, and that of the French army on the same day was 120,705 men.
The Commission, therefore, decided that France should have two-thirds, and Great Britain one-third of the value of the bootj' and trophies. It was declared impossible to fix the value of the guns immediately, in consequence of want of sufficient information and of the necessity of employing the iron guns in the defence of the place. The Commission, therefore, passed on to the partition of the oW\cx materieltakQw, and divided the following into three parts, two for France and one-third for England, with the understanding that they are to remain for the supply of the defence: — 407,314 round shot; shell, 101,755; canister cases, 24,080; gunpowder, 525,0001b.; ball cartridges for muskets and carbines, 470,000 in good condition, and 160,000 damaged; waggons, 80; yawls, 6; logs of lignum vifce, 500 anchors of port moorings, 400; anchors of different sizes, 90 grapplings and small anchors, 50; chains for anchors, 200 yards old copper for sheathing, 104,0001b.; old ropes, 100,0001b. water casks, 300; new ropes of different sizes, 50,0001b. pulleys, 400; spars, 40; tools, 300; bar iron and steel, l,4(50,0001b.; iron wire, 4001b.; iron checks, 3201b.; sheet iron, 16,0001b.; tin plate, 14,000lb.; red copper, 120,0001b.; nails, 6,0001b.; firwood, a large quantity; pitch and tar, 200 barrels; barrels of paint, 150; small boilers, weighing 60001b.; the remains of a steam-engine of 220-horse power, taken out of a steamer burnt by the llussians; large copper boilers, weighing 100,0001b., 8; old copper, 100,0001b.; copper screws, 10,0001b.; old iron, 160,0001b.; large bells, 6; small bells, 10; hospital beds, 350; iron forges, in great numbers; main tackles, 12; coal, 2000 tons; steam-engines, of 30-horse power, for the basins, 2; large pumps, for the basins, 3; iron boilers, 3; one high-pressui'e engine of 16-horse power, for the basins; iron cranes, 17; an engine of 12-horse power in the military bakery; two dredging machines of 30-horse power, unserviceahle; a still, a clock, six marble statues, two sphinxes, a large basso-relievo; biscuit, 500 tons; flour, 150; barley, 9; buckwheat, 117; oats, 18; millet, 54; wheat, 20; peas, 1-|; salt meat, 60; wheat in the. granaries, 500 quarters, &c.