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40G APPENDIX. first, containing representations of atrocities committed in the vicinity of his camp, by Lt. -General Sir De Lacy Evans, and the last forwarding a letter from Lt.-General the Duko of Cambridge, with a detailed Report from the Assist.- Adjutant - General of the 1st Division, Lt. -Col. Honble. Alexander Gordon, who was directed by H.RH. to ascer- tain, with the assistance of an interpreter, how it aroso that the Lnlgarian peasantry manifest such reluctance to bring supplies to our camps. The reason is now obvious. These unfortunate people dare not appear there. They are liable to be robbed on their return home, and to be ill-used as soon as it is known that they are in possession of any money ; and they are fortunate if they are not carried oflF, and, if not ransomed at the price demanded, murdered, as the accompanying jjapers show to have been tlio case in more tlian one instance. Hence it is that the Christian inhabitants of the pro- vince hail any change as preferable to the yoke under which they are now being crushed ; and it may be relied upon, that so long as the Turks are allowed to load them- selves with arms, and the Bulgarians are not permitted to carry any, the existence of the latter will be, to use the language of Colonel Gordon, little better than that of slaves. The treatment of these poor creatures has excited a most painful impression in the army under my command. TnR Duke of Newcastle lo Loud PAniAN. {Private.) Osborne, 2'2d August 1854. IMt dear Lord Raglan, — Amongst your official de- spatches received yesterday, there is only one, [ think, which requires any particular answer. I allude to your