The Express. — London, England, 1855-08-15 00:00:00

Vat expregigi. Adrtloomoto latiodei W . " 76; - I;y7r - o7sFlio r tito reestai psper. ont o be at the Oleo, le, loaverlortrost. by Tye Vele* ta the di of yobbtatloo. HIGH WATIR jLTLONDON BRIDOI, T. - 617-41.Tvi.i. - 81: 1 To.wisarsw—Moribi. a. lit:Me. Y. 117 sh. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16. THE Speech compiled by Lord PALMERSTON loc his Royal Mistress, and mad yesterday by V i se Ca♦. missioners, at the closing seem of the &Woo, nay, without exaggeration, be promumesd !Ise most un artimically pot together of all Royal Speeches on record. It is as tedious as an American President's Message to Congress, though not toe-twendeth part so long. It passes from one subject to soother and bock again, is utter defiance o! arrangement or ordwr. The opening sentence.. in which her Mourn is made to express her "warm aelmowledgmestst to Parliament " far the anal and assiduity with which they have applied themselves to the discharge of their public duties dories a long and laborious session" might be understood to be ironical, bet that it would have been indetiorous in the nuns*. to have made his BOVEZZION laugh outright is the faces of her faithful Lords and Com mons. Tie recapitulation of the measures passed during the session reminds one irresistibly of the " beggarly see mat of empty boxes" is the shop of the starved spode:wry in " Romeo and Juliet." And the anti-climax with which the QESEN is Made to pus at the close from the great topic of the war to inform her auditors that "on their return to their several cooties they will have duties to perform little less important than those belonging to their stteodance in Parliament" is ono of the dullest and most untrue of platitudes. In • anion of peseta' distress or of public disturb ance such a sentence has occasionally been introduced with effect into the Royal Speech which closed the session. But, at a time when neither suffering nor disturbance 'revolts, to address such a monition to lords and grutlemen who have no thought of return fug to their counties, bat who are all agog and on the wing for tte moors, or for soma fashionable watering place or smother, is simply ridiculous. In short, SOS would le disposed to leer, from a weal alba documort, that, notwithstanding the meannally pew tracted .career of office through which Leal PALM& OTOS Ins passed, the present is the first MO011•• of which he has been allowed to have any Wel in the composition of a royal speech, and that he has been able•to thick of no better recipe for his it ISMolmmed task thin to cull at random from moms dam of similar compositions an assortment of paragraphs as little appropriate to the occasion as pourable. The one redeeming feature of the Speech is the decided too, in which her MAJESTY is mad, to declare her resolution to carry on the war with vigour, end to a termination worthy of the country and of the cause in which it is engaged. After an allusion to the failure of the attempts at Vienna to conclude a pesos "on conditions consistent with the honour of the Allies and the kture security of Europe," the Speech pro- ceeds: "Ne other course is left to her MAJIISTY but the prosecution of the war with all possible vigour ; and her Maizary, relying upon the support of Parliament, upon the manly spirit and patriotism oilier people, upon the never-failing courage of We l army and navy—whose patience under suffering, and whose power of endurance her lINIMIT hr witnessed with admiration—upon the stimailot fidelity of her Allies. and, above all, upon the jootbs of her cause, humbly puts her trust in the Almighty Disposer of events for such an issue to the osatist in which she ia engaged as may secure to Europe the blessings of a firm and lasting peace." This, to be sure, is still sufficiently vague; but it has • smack of cordiality and high-hesrtedoem about it that is most refreshing after the puling of ABEEDEENS and GLADSTONES. His war policy—insufficiently explained though it be—is _ _ Lord PALMERSTON'S best Areal d. &agate, and he knows it. So well, indeed, does he know this, that he not only bestrides it himself, bet sends his new official recruits a-prancing about the country on it, "to witch the world with noble horsemanship" Mr. Lows, at Kidderminster; Mr. Bouvaair, at Kil marnock ; and Mr. Cowrza, at Hertford; have all mounted this high horse--have shouted " Rule Britannia," and "Down with the Casa," at the top of their lungs. This is so far well. It shows a becoming respect for national opinion, in which Lord Psutzaerroa's late colleagues were so sadly defi cient. But words aloe* will not do; the country will look for action. If our PREMIER show that he has action in him ;if contrive to carry on the war to a termination worthy of our national cha rmter, and productive of real benefit to Europe; he will be pardoned, though be continue to write worse Royal Speeches than the one he put forth yeeter day—thoagh that would be difficult Tin harvest moon has brought harvest weather-- all that was needed to secure as large a crop as, perhaps, ever stood on the soil of England. Ten days or a fortnight ago reaping was commenced in a few localities, but it only became general on Monday. Then—the first day of the new moon, which began her reign under the most favourable auspices'—almost _ _ every firmer of England turned his reapers into his wbeat.fields, and began the great work of gathering in the bread of the people. Every person who has seen the wheat standing on the ground, mad taken the trouble to examine it, is, we be lieve, satisfied that this year's harvest, with • contineatioe of the weather which has now so auspiciously wt in, will be very little short of the last harvest. Even in these places where the corn has been laid —which constitute only • small part of the whole wheat lands —a continuation of the splendid weather of the last few days will enable the farmers to reap or mow the whole, and save the produce, though it be dark in colour and deficient in quality. What the plant may yield of Boer, when thrashed and ground, even the most expo neared cannot foretel, but personal observation over • large tract of country, personal examination of many fields, and communication with many well-informed landlords, farmers, and labourers, entitle um to my that the clavicles in the wheat ear *ever were larger, and that the crop on the ground has been rarely, if ever, on the whole, finer. The harvest of last year was one of the most abundant on record. This year the harvest in the north has begun almost as early as the harvest in the south, and, taking the country throughout, including the increased breadth of land sown with wheat, and the present probability of its being all well got in, there Is good reason to hope that the harvest of 1866 will be on the whop► as abundant as the harvest of 1 864. CIMITAL PALACI.4O2I.I.IItO DAV—AVOUI22 14. 713. —Malabo* 1116- 12,730 &Ms by imam Vim% TelnA, LATEST NEWS FROM ABROAD THE SUCCESSFUL BOMBARDMENT OF SWEABORG. DESPATCH FROM ADMIRAL DIINDA& ADMIRALTY, Alm. 1& Sir Charles Wood presents Eris compliments to the Editor of the Arpress, and snakes* the copy of a biographic despatch from Admiral Dundee, re-! aired at the Admiralty late last night : "OFF BWEABORG, Au°. U. Swenborg was attacked by the mortars and pus boat' of t►,,e allied squadrons on the morning of the 9th invant. The firing ceased this morning. Heavy explosions lad very destructive firs were produced in a few hours. Nearly all the principal buildings on Virgo., and "many more on Buda', including those of the arsenal and dockyards, are burnt. Few casualties have occurred, and no lives lost in the allied fleet." and 4,789,000 fr. to the Ministers of Marine for the year 1866, and annul credits previously ranted to the amount of 1,626.000 ft, The larger seat is stated to be cognized by the ilessesity of maintaining a rester number of vessel, afloat, el completing the tandoensaticm of sailing ships intomoren -nowis e and of keeping up the neesmary amount of supplies in the ports. lam informed to-day that a contract has just been made by the Minister of War for clothing 400,000 men over and above the ordinary supplies for the year. _ Rear-Admiral Odet Pillion, who has been ap pointed mooed in command of the French squadron in the Black Bea, has arrived at Toulon, and will pro ceed to his destination in the Gorgogne steam corvette. RUSSIAN NEWS FROM THE SEA OF AZOFF. The Journal do St. Potersbourg of Aug. 7, re. aired this day, °attains the following NEWS FROM THB SBA OF AZOFF. Lleateaaat-Geseral Khomeateff, stemma teems lemma of the Dan Caswell, sends the following details, is a report dated Jay 31: " Os tie *main of July 23, a mew gunboat, belongieg to the sassy, approached Teem, and fired upon the city. While reopen wore being chanted in the cathe dral, a large-sised bell struck the wall, but osessioned ao further damage than ceasing a piece of steam is the in terior to fall oa and braise the Archpriest SOME. The Divine monies was not interrupted, and not one of the faithful loft the building. " At eightfell the g nahost west is the direetioa of the point ealled KrimioNcesa, sad ea approschiag ma aground whirl& 40 mimes el** share. " Oa learaiag Mu. Mier Ahaessieff west Immediately to the spot with a imolai& of the regiment No. 70 of Doe Om seeks, made his men dlememat, sad sheltering then by mesas of the raggedness of the ground, opened a fusillade solar* the gunboat, la order to promat its grew from pinkies it eft. The enemy direeted a eansemede whist our Cossacks, bat his Ire was not of lose duration. Owing to a violent met wind lowering the level of the water, the best got more aid mon aground, sad completely settled oa its side. Ose of the enemy's large steamers then drew near to lead usissuree, sad approaching very near to the tout, opined a 'Wept casemate against the Cossack., sad made every possible effort to rave the .treaded boat. In the meantime Lieutenant•Calonel Dknianoff, com Reader of the No. 70 Regiment of Cossacks, had brought two men of his sotniu to Krivata.Kassa, and making them dismount, Spaced each a fire of musketry, that the enemy scald not keep at work on the deck of the raaboat. After a long fusillade, the ere w, despairing of saving the boat, got into their small boats, without even being able to carry away their ear. Twenty iron Cassette then threw them selves into the water, and, fighting against the billows, and is spite of a redoubled eansonade from the steamer, gained the boat, sod attar taking from it the flag and Union Jack, sad two 24 pounder bus can vas, set it ea fire, cad it burnt to its water's edge. " Thle gunboat had - three made, aad was Dearly 120 feet long. When the Coesselu resoled it the esessee steamer left. "Th. portion of the boat which escaped ire we. soon covered with mind. The Cossacks tried to bring off the assehinery. but there were great difficulties is the way. I have ordered that the two osmium be seat to Novotcherkesk Thanks to God we had only three Cossacks wounded during the aiTtir. " I have this moment received notice that seven of the enemy's stamen have shown themselves before Krivsia• 'Komi, probably with the object of saving the remiss of their boat. " I send with the present report the flag and the Union Jack taken by oar Cossacks." THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received our despatches from India by the Overland Mail. The dates are :—Calcutta, July 4 ; Bombay, July 11. _. _ .. The following is the general summary of the Bombay Mines of July 10: "During the rains, as usual, the operations alike of commerce and war are suspended. At present there is pesos on all our borders, and the rumours of an expedition to Persia prove groundless. We have within the last four weeks had a fall of forty inches of rain, and the season is eminently auspicious for the operations of agriculture now in rapid pro. gnes. Money is plentiful, and speculation be. coming alive again. The Four per Cent. Loan has risen from fifteen to seven per cent. discount within the past three months. The Gover nor-General continues at the Neilgherries; his health is improving —Lord Harris is at Madras—and Lord Elphinstone in the Deccan. The dismissal of our senior magistrate was announced yesterday. Mr. Crawford, formerly banister, sines 1852 Chief Judge in the Small Cause Court, takes his place. There seems no intention to prosecute Mr. Corfield for per jury, although it is most likely the Court of Directors will remove him from their service." OASOALTINS IT DIATN IN INDIA MCI THI DSTAILTI7II OT TIN NAIL ON THI 27TH JUNI, 1865. Han MAJIIIITT.S TlDOPS.—Llsetassat Hut, 29th Foot, at Uteritenr. BOICIAT —Captain Ovine C. Heathsll, 1.1 Lancers, at Neeeneh, we the 17th June. Lieutenant Colonel Joshua Tait, C.B , Coutnaadant of the Southern Mattratta bre. /ruler Huse, at the Presidency, of the 28th Jane. MADRAlL—Llestonant Henry Davit Hill, 34th Regiment N LI , at Berandvrad, on the 17th June. BINGAL.—Major Steward, 18th RegitaentN.l., at Hues Meer, on the 11th Jane. Burgeon gunnel Hoban, Bth Licht Cavalry et the Cape of Good Hope. NAVAL.-I[r. William Hartley, saidahipman, of the I Hon. Cowpony's .teem-veseel Ajdaha, drowned while bath -1 'lag at Butcher'. Island on the 4th July. HERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From tk. Bombay Times.) BOMBAY. JULY 10. Om Jamey market during the torteigbt has bosoms earler, and although rates of intermit at tbe beaks continue the sues, we are of opinion Fiona rates must give way wen. Transactions took plan to some extent in 4 per ent paper at 94, but this rata has given way, and this paper stay now be quoted 921 to 93, end the 6 per Oent. Loan 21 per cent prsmiana. Toe prospects of that import market daring the coming season mem much more encoureging. The fallsag off in the issuortation of cotton pine goods to Bombay from Great Britain will sake the present heavy stocks lees felt, and there is every disposition on the part of holders to remain firm. There is an improved demand for grey shirting', T cloths, and domestics, as well as grey Madapollain. For grey yarns there has likewise been same inquiry, at slightly advanced prima. Freights have still farther declined, and retie env now It. quoted for Liverpool and Loudon from 31. 121. 63. to 31. lis. To Chive nothing is doing. Exchange's:in England for the fortnight ruled Moodily at the following quotations : 2s. 1 9-16 Ad. to 2s. l 4. for China sad first dna credit, and 2a 1 11-16thd. to 2s. [p4. for dna means. Oa Calcutta we quote, 11 prem. sight, and par at 60 days' right. nu livires Mail= at 30 days' sight, and ea China 8.. 224 at 60 days' sight. (Prom the Hwricans.) CALCUTTA, JOLT 3. Our produce market has continued is the same position r reported Wt. In impute a fair amount of humors has bees dose without tending to say issue went of any con sequence. Is British piece goods greys were principally favoured, and 'sleuthed soutiaur without arab notice Imports., hemmer, haw become Arm, owing to the receipt of advice, of • further rise in the prises of cotton in this British market, and it is enured en improvereent is the position of these goods would be the cessequonce here. TIN 6 per rat. "Paris Weeks Lora ' bra at lut bus elated, sad se woe to lave been muted. Goverusest sesaridan haws itapeored in vale*. The sow 6 per orate alnady esmasa4 a sonstaisat of Bs. 14 per swat. Esshuar his valid la the following order for Ms est cti t Lary fe t w a ltrunent 13ille, bet c re hear, at have redit. u ussi bt. 2.. Id. to bolero. • Bask Bills meads? slipbt. 2s. lg. to 2s. 114.; &ma m a Diu" 6 moistbe• wese. 2e. l i d. to 2s. 3e. Os Chios Bills with Opium dila doomeatebave besa asgoliatod at Bs. 219 to 220 per 100 Irreighlia—Deabg the past fortaight, ear rata for aos7 plane bu= partially issproved. L o ft ft tiva In market. The prespeets far rho esubg sag MO madams farsesaltio ties the wish. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1855. DER ITCH FROM ADMIRAL PENAITD. The following despatch was posted at the Paris Bowie yesterday, where it produced an enormous sessatioa : "Ministry of Marls, mad Colonies. " DANIZIC. Lao. 14. "Admiral Ponied to the Minister of Marine. "The bombardment of Sweaborg has been fully sueosedaL A terrifie fire, which lasted 4 hours, de stroyed nearly all the stores and magazines of the sr esnal,which is now only a heap of ruin.. Several maga zines for powder and shell exploded. The enemy has received a terrible blow, and be. suffered enormous lasses. Our for is very trifling, and the ships have not received the slightest injury. The seamen of the fleet ars in the greatest enthusiasm. "On bard the Tonrville, Aug. 11, 1835. "Admiral PENAUD. "The French Minister at Dantzio, H BRUARD. ' It was a quarter to three o'clock (within a quarter of an hour of the close of business) that the above despatch was posted. The Commissary of Polies who placed it on the wall raised a cry of " Vire I'Empereur." The news that a great success had been achieved s ran through the building with the ra pidity of electricity, and for several minutes many people thought that the southern put of Sebastopol had been taken. A telegraphic despatch from Lon don had represented that no great operation was likely to be undertaken at Sweaborg, and therefore the present intelligence came quite unexpectedly. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nor ova Ova OWN 00111ZIPDXIMIT.) PARIS, TCIIDAT EVININO. Business at the Bourse had been very fist all day, bat during the few minutes that transpired between the publication of the news from Bweaborg and the ringing of the closing bell, a great many speculative purchaaes were made in the Rente. The closing price for time, 67fr. 50e., was 25c. higher than yes terday, but for cash the rise was only sc. Bank of France rose 10fr. There was little change in rail ways, but they, like all other securities, were in ras• quest at the last moment. A large business was done in the Austrian Railway, which rose 10fr. After the Bourse, some maulers proceeded to erect floral triumphal arches in the Passage de l'Opera, and the police, whose mission it generally is to make people move on in that quarter, did not interfere with them. There is no doubt that a blow has been struck which Russia must feel very much., It will be impossible to conceal from the i n h a bit an t s of the Russian capital that a great disaster has occurred. The position of Bweaborg in relation to St. Petersburg may be compared to that of Sheerness with regard to Chatham. At St. Petersburg the' population must have heard the cannon and seen the flames, and must bare known that the stores upon which Croostadt is in great measure dependent were being destroy. d. The following despatch, dated Vienna, yesterday main, confirms, from a Russian source, the fact of the bombardment, and of its long doted= : " Despatches from Bt. Petersburg of the 11th an nounce that the Allied fleets opened the bombard. meat against Bwesborg on the 9th, and had kept it up with great energy to the above date.—The last ac counts which have reached Vienna from Constanti nople state that it is not probable that Omer Pscha will take the command of the army of Asia.—The Austrian Gazette contradicts the assertion of a eon wrist having been concluded between the Holy flee and Austria." 1 I learn that this despatch u ant contained Moen words which have been suppressed by the French government. The following despatch °attains the latest pub lished news from Constantinople : ♦ro. 14. The Philippe Angeete has arrived, with advisee free Coastaatimple to the 4th. A fresh ministerial crisis at Coastautiaople was at that tins considered immanent. The President of the Military Council of the Ministry of War has been diendeeed. Bon Mass has been seined Colonel is the tray of Asia. The English Generals Fitzgerald and Evans have been obliged to quit the Turkish service, ea account of ill•heelth. The hamar is about to return to England. Ciptala Peel, of the navy, who had bun se riously wounded, has arrived at Malta. He intends to peeseed into fliwitearised. The august of the attack of the Allies on the Malabo, Tower was every day expected at Constantinople. The Indus, with Gwent Canrobert on hard, is our du. An Italian named Fontana, who was arrested on suspicion of haring followed the Emperor to Biarritz. with an intention to take his life, has been set at liberty. He is said to be a man of week intellect, and from the fact of his liberation it is to be presumed that he is not thought a dangerous lunatic. A schoolmaster, named Front, bad an Nano yesterday of the Emperor to present a petition, avid dropped down dead in an apoplectic At in hie Majesty's promos*. Altironitt the deg &atm on the Pavilion d'Hor lege, the Emperor sod Empress are not at the Tuileries to-day, bat at Villeseave Mang. where they slept last night. Imperial deere - es, is the Beiktis des Lois of yes terday, epos ezbiertheary credits of 97,075,0006. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. NIACTIIO TELNONAPIL) (1 , 1011 0111 OWN ooizzaroximinr.) SOUTHAMPTON, WIDIIIDAT M.oiNuro. The La Plata has arrived, having left st. Thomas on July 30. Amongst her cargo is specie to the value of 729,000 dollars. The eager crop is expected to be eery sheet in the West India Wanda The general health of the islands is good. Owing to heavy rains, the Panama railroad trifle has been stopped for four days. Businem is unusu ally dull at Jamaica. At Nicaragua the war was still raging with vigour.' Castello, it was said, had formed a treaty with Walker, wko had landed at Tiger Island with his CaliforniaFilli busters, to give him osrtain privileges, if he (Walker) assisted against the Cimino party. Guardistro, the Honduras General, who had gone away to Ban Juan del Bad to take part in the war, wee arrested on Landing: DESPATCHES FROM SIR E. LYONS. (1 , 1011 LAST IIGMT . II °AMITE'S.) OF STORES IN TEE ,GREAT BRA OF AZOFF. ADMIRALTY, AUGUST 13, 1866. Despatches, of which the following are copies, have been received from Rear-Admiral S' Edmund Lyons, But., 0.C.8., Commander-in•Cbief of her Majesty's ships and vessels in the Mediterranean and Black Bea : (ryo. 613.) Royal Albert, off Sebastopol, July 30, 1863. Sir,—ln continuation of the proceedings of the steam squadron in the Sea of Axoff, under the orders of Commander Sherard Osborn, of the Vesuvius, 1 beg leave to enclose, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, copies of two letters from that officer, together with the several enclosures reporting the steps taken to deprive the enemy of the new harvest, and to cripple his resources of all kinds, since the proceedings which were communi cated in my letter of the 7th inst. (No. 638). During the time the squadron was detained from stress of weather, under Berutch Spit, near Ghenitob, the vessels were, at every break of the weather, ern ployed in destroying extensive fishing establishments, which supplied the army ie the Crimea with fish, u well as guard-houses, barracks, stores of forage, and provisions on the Isthmus of Arabat, and the pontoon or only means of communication between Arabat Spit and the Climes, at the entrance of the Barran River, was burnt by Commander Rowley Lambert of the Curlew. The attack and destruction of Fort Petrov skoi' on the 16th instant, by the combined English and French squadrons named in Commander Osborne letter, appears to have been aocamplished with the usual skill and amens which has attended the opera tions in the Sea of Azoff; and their lordships will ob serve that particular mention is made of Lieutenant Hubert Campion, senior lieutenant of the Vesuvius, who commanded the landing party, and rendered great service. I would particularly beg leave to call their lordships' attention to the high-minded con duct of Captain De Clime, of his Imperial Mejesty'r steamer Milan, who, on seeing that the bulk of the squadron was under the orders of Commander Os born, to whom he was senior, waived his right to plan the attack, and placed his ship, as well as the Mouette, in the positions pointed out by Commander Osborn. In the meantime Lieutenant Hewett, in the Beagle, destroyed an extensive collection of fish stores and two large granaries full of corn in the neighbourhood of Berdiansk. After destroying Fort Petrovskoi, the squadron proceeded to Olofirs, where some extensive corn and fish stores were destroyed by vessels under the orders of Commander Rowley Lambert, of the Curlew; and a similar service was performed at the Crooked Spit, in the Gulf of Ault by vessels under the orders of Commander F. A. B. Craufurd, of the Swallow. In the meantime Commander Whore, reconnoitered va rious parts of the coast as far as Taganrog. The reports of Commander Osborn are so compre hensive that I will only remark that the admirable manner in which he has carried out my instructions "to clear the sea board of all fish stores, all fisheries and mills on a scale beyond the wants of the neigh bouring population, and indeed of all things des tilled to contribute to the maintenance of the enemy's army in the Crimea; fully corrobora'es the opinion I have before expressed, that he is an officer possessing a rare combination of high qualiti es , an d I b eg to re commend him to their lordships' most favourable consideration.—l am, &c. (Signed) EDMUND LYONS, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. The Secretary of the Admiralty, &o. Her Majesty's ship Vesuvius, Gulf of Azoff, July 17, 1866. Sir,—Heavy gales and much sea obliged the squadron in this sea to take shelter under Berutch Spit for several days. Coaling, provisioning, and completing stores were, however, proceeded with, and at every break in the weather the vessels were actively,employed destroying some extensive fisheries upon Berutch Spit, as well as guard-houses, bar racks, and stores of forage and provisions, to within an easy gun-shot of Arabat Fort. The only pontoon or means of communication between Arabat Spit and the Crimea, at the entrance of the Kara-en River, has been burnt by Commander Rowley Lambert, H.M.S. Curlew, and we have now entire possession of the spit. A lull in the weather enabled me to put to sea upon the 13th July, for a sweep round the Sea of Azof ; the Ardent, Weiser, and Clinker being left under the orders of Lieutenant Horton, to harass Genital and Arabat, u well s& to cut off all communi cation along the spit. Delayed by the weather, we did not reach Berdi auk until the 16th July. A heavy sea was running, but anxious to lose no time, the senior officer of the French squadron (Captain De Cintre, of the Mi lan) and myself determined to go at once and endea vour to burn the forap and corn stacks upon the landward aide of the hills overlooking the town. No inhabitants were to be seen, but the occasional glimpse of soldiers showed that a landing was ex pected, and that they were prepared for a street fight. I hoisted a flag of truce, in order, if possible, to get the women and children removed from the town, but as that met with no reply and the surf rendered land ing extremely hazardous, I hauled it down, and the squadron commenced to fire over the town at the forage and corn stacked behind it, and I soon had the satisfaction of seeing • fire break out exactly where it was wanted. The town was not touched except by an occasional shell. The wheat and forage being fired it became necessary to move into deeper water for the night, and from our distant anchorage the fires were seen burning throughout the night. On the 16th July the allied squadron proceeded to Fort Petrovski, between Berdiansk and Marianpol. As I approached the plain there were evident symp toms of an intones to the fortifications since the Vesuvius silenced its fire three weeks ago. A redan, covering the curtain which faces the sea, showed seven new embrasures, and much new earth led me to expect some masked works. Captain De Cintre, commanding the French steamer Milan, although my senior, in the most handsome manner surrendered the right of planning the attack, and keeping alone in view the good of the allied cause, gallantly took up the position I wished him to do, followed by Capt. de L'Allemand, in the Mouette. At 9.30 a.m., all arrangements being made, the squadron name in the margin' took up their pad time. The light draught gunboats taking up stations east and west of the fort, and enfilading the works in front and rear: whilst the heavier vessels formed a semicircle round the front. The heavy nature of our ordnance crashed all attempts at resistance, and soon forced not only the garrison to retire from the i trenches, but also kept at a respectable distance the • Venetia. Cam stander Miran Osborn ; Carlow, Cam mender Rowley Lambert ; Swallow, Commander F. A. B. Cramfard Fancy, Llestenat C. G. Grylls ; Grinder. Lieu- Meant F. Hamilton; Boner, Lieutenant 13. P. Tewnebead ; Creamer, Lintanat J. R. Ramat ; Wrangler, Lientanaat H. Barron' ; Lieutenant 3. 8. Hudson; Nag* L&sass W. N. Rants. resins faros, fiensiselrg of three strong battalions of infantry and two squadrons of cavalry. We then oommineed to fire with caresses, and, al though partially enceessful, I was obliged to send the light boats of the squadron to complete the destruc tion of the fort and batteries—a duty I entrusted to Lieut. Hubert Campion, of the Vesuvius, sedated by the officers in the annexed list. Ina short time I had the satisfaction of seeing all the cantonment, gun platforms, public buildings, oorn and forage stores on fire, and the embrasures of the earthworks seriously injured ; and, although the enemy from an earthwork to the rear opened a sharp fire upon our men, Lieut. Campion completed this envies in the most able and perfect manner, without the lass of one man. Lient. Campion reports that the fort was fully as formidable & ens as it appeared from the ships ; the platforms were laid ready, but the guns either had not yet arrived or had been withdrawn by the enemy. Leaving the Swallow, Commander Cranford, to check any attempt of the enemy to re-occupy the fort and ex tinguish the fire until the destruction was oomplete, the rest of the squadron proceeded to destroy great quan tities of forage and some most extensive fisheries, situated upon the White House Spit, and about the mouth of the River Berda. By dark the work was done, and thirty fisheries, numbers of heavy launches, and great store of salted fish, nets, and gear, as well as much forage, had fallen into our hands, in spite of considerable numbers of Cossack horse. Nothing could exceed the real and energy dis played by every officer and man throughout the day ; and the skilful manner in which the various officers in command of her Majesty's vessels took up their positions in the morning, the beautiful accuracy of the fire, and the care with which the squadron was han dled in shallow water, deserve to be called to y iur favourable notice. The able and cheerful co-opera tion of the French throughout the day was beyond all praise —I have, &c., (Signed) SHIPYARD OSBORN. Commander and Senior Officer. Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., C1.C.8., Commander-in-Chief. Her Majesty's ship Vesuvius, Gulf of Azoff, July 21. Sir,—The day I closed my last report to you, the Beagle, Lieutenant Hewett, was detached to Ber dianak. Lieutenant Hewett rejoined me yesterday, and reports that one of the R ussian sunken vessels was blown up. Lieutenant Hewett, the same evening, landed under cover of his vessel's guns, and destroyed an extensive collection of flab stores, and two large granaries full of corn. On the 17th July, in consequence of information received of extensive depots of corn and forage exist ing at a town called Glufira, upon the Asiatic coast, near Gheisk, I proceeded there with the squadron, so oompanied by the French steamers Milan and Bionette. The Vesuvius and Swallow were obliged to anchor some distance off shore, I therefore sent Commander Rowley Lambert (her Majesty's ship Curlew), with the gunboats named the marg in to reconnoitre in force, and if an opportunity occurred, to destroy any stores of provisions or of forage, he was to do so. Commander Lambert found Glofira and its neighbour hood swarming with cavalry; the town an open, straggling agricultural village, and no appearance of oorn or forage in it ; he therefore very properly con fined kis operations to destroying, upon Glofira ' Spit, some very extensive corn and fish atoms, but spared the town. The skill with which this service was executed in the face of large bodies of cavalry, reflects no small credit upon Commander Lambert ; and he speaks most highly of the able assistance ren dered him by the French officers and men under Cap tains 1)e Cintre and L'Allemand. From Glofira I next proceeded to the Crooked Spit, in the Gulf of Azoff, the French squadron parting company to harass the enemy in the neighbourhood of Kamisheva and Obitotchne. Theuadron reached Crooked Spit the same day (July 1 8 ); and I immediately ordered C o mm an d er Frederick Cranford, in the Swallow, supported by the gun-boats Grinder, Boxer, and Cracker, and the boats of her Majesty's ships Vesuvius, Curlew, and Fancy, under Lieutenants Grylls, Rowley, and Sul livan, to proceed and clear the spit of the cavalry and Cossacks of the enemy, and then land and destroy the great fishing establishments situated upon it. Commander Craufurd executed this service with great vigour, and his report I have the honour to enclose. The extraordinaty quantity of nets and stores of fish, and the scale of the works destroyed fully confirm the statements made by the workpeople that their occupation consisted in supplying food to the army in the Crimea, everything going to Sim pheropol by the great northern road along the steppe. Whilst this service was being executed, I reconnoi tred the month of the river Mious, fifteen miles west of Tagaorn, in her Majesty's ship Jasper, Lieu tenant J. S. Hudson. The shallow nature of the coast would not allow us to approach within a mile and three quarters of what in the chart is marked as Fort Temenos. The fortification was an earth-' work of some extent, and ditched but not pierced for guns. It was evidently of an old date, and as 'could see no one within it, I again returned to the same place, accompanied by the boats of her Majesty's ships Vesuvius and Curlew, and her Majesty's gun vessels Cracker, Boxer, and Jasper. Cavalry in large bodies, armed for the most part with carbines or rifles, were evidently much harassed by riding upon supposed points of attack; and when we got to Fort Temenos, and the usual Cossack picquet had been driven off, I and Commander Lambert proceeded at once with the light boats into the river. When there, and immediately under Fort Temenos, which stands upon a steep escarps of eighty feet, we found ourselves looked down upon by a large body of both horse and foot, lining the ditch and parapet of the work. Landing on the opposite bank, at good rifle-shot distance, one boat's crew, under Lieutenant Rowley, was sent to destroy a collection of launches and a fishery, whilst a careful and steady fire of Minis rifles kept the Russians from advancing upon us. Assuring ourselves of the nonexistence of any object worth hazarding so small a force any farther, we returned to the vessels, passing within pistol shot of the Russian ambuscade. The cool steadiness of the officers and men in the gigs, toge ther with the wonderful precision of the fire from the covering vessels, distant as they were, doubtless kept the enemy in check, and prevented serious con sequences. To Commander Lambert, Lieutenants Gillis and Rowley, and Mr. Tabuteau (mate), who were in the gigs, as well u to Lieutenants Marryatt, Townshend, and Hudson, who commanded the gun vessels, my best thanks are due. The gig of the Grinder, under Lieutenant Hamil ton, had a narrow escape upon the same day from a similar ambuscade, at a place called Kirpe, 10 miles east of Marianpol, the very proper humanity of Lieu tenant Hamilton in not firing into an open defence less town as it appeared to him, having nigh entailed the loss of a boat's crew when he attempted to land and destroy a corn store. A heavy fire of musketry at half pistol shot providentially injured no one, and Lieutenant Hamilton appears to have most skilfully escaped. The 19th Jaly, I reconnoitred Taganrog in the Jasper gun-boat. A new battery was being con structed upon the heights near the hospital, but although two shots were thrown into it, it did not reply. Every part the town showed signs of the injuries it had received when we visited it under the late Cap tain Edmund Lyons, of the Miranda. The long series of government stores burnt by the Allied Flotilla had not been repaired, and the only sign of any communication being now held, by water, with the Doe, was one large barge upon the beach. To put a stop, however, to all traffic of this nature, and to harass the enemy in this neighbourhood, I have ordered Commander Cranford to remain in the Gulf of Azoff, with two gun-vessels under his orders. That the squadron has not been idle I trust this report will show; and, without entering more into details than I have done, I can assure you, sir, that from Ohenitch to Taganrog, and thence round to Harnlsheva, we have kept the coast in a state of con stant alarm, and their troops incessantly moving. The good service done by the gun-boats in this way has been very gnat. The total amount of provisions, corn, fisheries, • Faure, Orisder, Boxer, Cracker, Jasper, Witagler, Mats of Veravisi ssd Miaow. forage, and boats destroyed has been s omet h in 111011111011114 Nothing can excised the seal and activity of the alone or good conduct of the men oonstituting this squadron; and constant work does . not, I am happy to say, appear as yet to impair the ir health. I have, &c., (Signed) SHEPARD OSBORN, Commander and Senior Officer. Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, But., G.C.8., &c. Her Majesty's ship Swallow, off Crooked hit Sea of Azoff, J u ly 15, 1865. . Sir,—ln compliance with your orders, I proc ee d ed in her Majesty's @team gunboat Grinder, with Cr ee k., and Boxer, and boats of the squadron, to reconacitre the Crooked Spit. Having cleared the spit of some mounted troops who occupied it, I ordered a d e t ac h ment of boars. with their respective officers, to land and destroy th e immense fishing establishments and nets found upon the point of it. The country seemed swarming with cavalry, but, by the able management of the diem in command of the gun-boats, and by their good fi re , they were effectually driven off the spit some distaace inland. Having reconnoitred as far into the land v w e could see from the mast-head of the Grinder, all the boats were ordered to land and set fire to very large and extensive gover nment stores upon th e upper pert of the spit, including large fishing establishments, an enormous quantity of nets, hay. stacks, and several large houses used as gevera meat stores. I learnt from a Russian fishermen, that the fish caught on this spit, and cured here, wee immediately forwarded to Simpheroool, for the use of the Crimean army; and I conclude that a very severe blow has been iafiicted upon the enemy by the amount of property which was destroyed, Including spars, timber, fish, nets, and boats—apparently the most extensive fi shing establishment in the Sea of Azoff ; and I am happy to say without a casualty. My thanks are due to Lieutenants Hamilton, of Grinder, and Townsend, of Boxer, as also to Lieute nants Rowley, of Curlew ; Orylls, of Fancy; Sullivan, of Vesuvius; Mr. Aldrich, Master of Swallow ; Mr. Deere, Gunner of Curlew; and Mr. Windsor, Gunner of Swallow; who all and each by their zeal and activity rendered great service in destroying so large an accumulation of stores and houses in so short a space of time.—l have, c., (Signed) FRED. A. B. CRAUFERD, Commander. Commander Osborn, Senior Wham. THE BALTIC FLEET. NAROEN, Annear 2 ro 6. August 2.—This week, so far. has been one of great excitement. Our expected attack on Blew borg keeps us all alive. Every vessel has completed shot and shell, and the Merlin has left to-day for Hel singfors with several of the masters on board, which also indicates something is near at hand. The Cruiser arrived this morning front England, bringing lettets and papers for the squadron ; and the signal has been made to the Hastings, Cornwall., and Dragon, to prepare for sea. A few days since a Russian gentleman was taken from Tolboukin Light. house, where, it appears, he had been for four days, without anything to eat or drink. He informs us that Russian com mem is completely cat off, an d tb ey greatly fear that their Gibraltar of the Baltic, Helsingfors, is on the brink of falling into the hands of our formi dable fleet. The Cuckoo arrived this afternoon with a prize in tow from the Aland Islands, and bad a slight engagement at Riman, in the Golf of Bothnia. August 3.—Every preparation being made for our intended attack. Marine artillery have been sent from the Russell and Edinburgh to the Vulture for service in the mortar vessels; and the Hastings and Dragon are to place themselves under the orders of Capt. Wellesley, of the Cornwallis. At 5.30 in the afternoon the signal was made to prepare for sail log, the Russell, Amphion, Volage, and Volcano being annulled. August 4.—The day hu at last arrived. A general signal has been made to the fleet to get up steam with slow speed. The gunboats are to tow the mortar vessels, and our fleet has been strengthened by the arrival of two more French gunboats. The Vulture, Dragon, gunboats, and mortar vessels, are to remain in the offing until the remainder of the fleet come out, to prevent collision in getting under weigh, the Vulture taking four mortar vessels in tow, Euryalus four, and Edinburgh a vessel laden with shot. The barometer baviug fallen very much, all were ordered to anchor. August s.—The barometer still falling, aad blow ing very hard from the westward, some of the vessels had to let go a second anchor. At 5 a.m. the Vul ture, Euryalus, and Edinburgh were ordered to anchor the mortar vessels in shore, and they are all lying now under the lee of the island, in their old position. August 6.—At 9.30 a.m. a general signal was made to weigh. The Exmouth was the leading ship,Eurys- Ins, Arrogant, Vulture, and Magicienne following, with mortar vessels in tow, the Edinburgh towing the Heron, laden with shot, and the Geyser the .Solos. H avinge passed Nargen Lighthouse, the shaped a course for Helsin g fors — the Duke and Belleisle followed. At 6 p.m. the fleet anchored B.W. of Helsingfors. Every preparation was made for an attack, the mortar vessels having got their spars cleared away, and a general signal made to get out all boats. and send rocket tubes in them. Ott our arrival the cathedral was surrounded with troops, and females watching our movements • and I hope by the end of the week we may have good news for onr friends in England. THE BOMBARDMENT OF BWEABORO. Sweaborg has been almost utterly destroyed. A few shattered earthworks and batteries are all that survive of a mighty link in that cheiu of fortresses prepared for the conquest of Europe. Whether Rawls will admit the moral argument of the defeat, or will await the succeuive destruction of all her strongholds, this event brings u nearer the thy when Europe will be relieved from the Incubus of Russian domination. Bweaborg cannot, indeed, be classed with Cronstadt for •trangth or Sebastopol for importance. Its defences are not of the same character as thou which protect the month of the Neva. The approach is hy channels of sufficient depth and width, but through granite rock. everywhere covered with batteries. As to the value tilt by th Russians on the place, on the one hand, it appears they took advantage of the winter to convey to Cronstadt the few vessels of war seen last year at Sweaborg ; and, on the ether hand, they have employed the interval in strengthening to the utmost the fortific dins which have just been so summarily destroyed. It was said a few months ago that, having let slip the opportunity of last year, we should find Sweaborg impregnable. It appears, however, that with a proper disposition of the fleet, and by keeping a proper distance, we have disposed of this tomtit, and shown that wood an sometimes beat granite. Let na hope that when a boast has been proved idle in one place it may in another. According to the programme, the mortar vessels and the gunboats were to commence the bombard• meet at two miles' distance, and the liners were only to come in to finish the work. it this is the arrangement which has been so signally successful, it augurs well for the operation of the firilla, promised by Sir Charles Wood, in the grander sphere of the Neva, or wh else it is to be employed.— Times. The probability is that wire will yet be dens, and that before our ships return to Spithead they will leave inef faceable marks of their presence in the Gulf of Finland. The attack upon Soreaborg will serve to show how far it is possible to take the place tort by fort, and island by island. —Post. Forty years of uninterrupted peace between Francs and England (says the Pays) have effaced the last bitterness of the struggle ; a new generation has risen up, which has not imbibed the milk of national hatred. The moment had arrived to repair by the cordial association of the two most powerful nations of Europe, the mischief which their enmity had caused in the world. This great idea, the Emperor Napoleon and Queen Victoria have ae eompliehed. Thanks be to them fur it ! Lord Clarendon said the other day in the Hansa of Lords, to characterise the indents union of the two countries, that there wee ne longer either a French or an English Cabinet, but a single one, the members of which sat indifferently on one er the other side of the Channel. We can in our turn say that there will be only one people from the day when Qtlerg Victoria shall have made her entry into Paris. For the last tire's, months not a single expedition has taken pine, nor a single gun ha ea fired, in Algeria• This is the int time linos 1830 that stet a remark *Ali be mad*.