On the extreme left of the picture are seen a long range of Government store-houses, built on the edge of the water, and which extend for some distance to the back of a spit of land forming the entrance of the Docks, Immediately above the storehouses is the Karabelnaya suburb properly so called, separated from the dockyard buildings by a long white wall. At the back of the dockyard rises the hill of Malakoff, whose importance as the key of this part of the position is the more easily appreciable, as it is perceived to be higher than any of the ground near it, which it consequently 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 slohodc, or faubourg, composed of uniform lines of cottages, which used to be inhabited by the married sailors. The line of heights on the opi^osite 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 buildings 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 Part 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, forming 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 Euski, contrasting rather dismally with the bright green of the gun-carriages and the blue waves of the Euxine. The stretcher deeply stained with Eussian blood lies there, recalling the fearful scenes of the siege.
PLATE LXIII.
INVESTITUEE OF THE OEDEE OF THE BATH,. At THE Head-quarters of the British Army before Sebastopol.
On the 27th August, the English Ambassador to the Sublime Porte, Lord Stratford de Eedcliffe, 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. 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.