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TFTK FLAXK MARCH. 20 was ill concert with T-yons that against overy chap. kind of obstacle he had forced on this hold ' invasion in obedience to the Clovernnient of the Queen ; and now when, after the tenipoi'ary sev- erance occasioned by the Hank inarch, he again touched the helping hand which the navy afford- ed, his first utterance was the expression of a wish that Lyons were enjoying the happiness of being there to greet him. 'If Lyons were ' here, he said, ' this would be perfect.' The greeting soon followed, for Lyons, in the Agamem- non, was close outside. From on board the vessel which had run in, iheiittie poundings were quickly taken, and, small as it and town ,1 1 T 1 ^ n 1 • flllicklv was, the pool proved deep enough to float a ship fliied. ' of the line. Tn a little while, the harbour was crowded with shipping, and the town with English soldiery. IL The next day, when one of the French Divi- Remon- sions came up, there was an inclination to re- on the . part of monstrate, and not without reason, against the the French: occupation of the whole of ]>alaclava by the Eng- lish. The French said that, according to the understanding with which the Hank march was agreed to, Balaclava was to be for the Allies, and not for one of them only. However accurate the maps and charts may have been, they had failed to convey to men's minds beforehand the exceed- ing sniallness of the place ; but now when the basin was thick crowded with masts, when the