The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-24 00:00:00

DESTRUCTION OF A RUSSIAN FORT.

The following official despatches have be en received,
descriptive of the destruction of a Russian fort, and
the barracks and stores of Lovisa

Duke of Wellington, Tolboukin Lighthouse, July 7, 1855.
The Magicienne returned this morning from Lovisa, and I
annex a report which I have received from Captain Yelverton,
of her Majesty's ship Arrogant, who has been again successful
in destroying a well-constructed fort at Svartholm, in the
entrance of the Bay of Lovisa, but their lordships will observe,
with regret, that, notwithstanding the humane desire of that
officer, the town of Lovisa was unfortunately destroyed by fire,
which occurred accidentally, on the night following the visit
of her Majesty's ships. Captain Vansittart informs me that
the authorities of the town have admitted and explained the
accidental origin of the fire.
R. S. DUNDAS, Commander-in-Chief.

Her Majesty's ship Arrogant, off Hogland,
July 8, 1855.
Siu,—l have the honour to inform you, that I reached
Lovisa on the afternoon of the 4th instant, and anchored the
vessels close to Fort Svartholm.
The enemy must have had intelligence of our movements,
and quitted the fort on our approach, for they had been at
work but a few hours before unroofing the barracks and tak-
ing away stores. The guns and ammunition had been previ-
ously removed.
Svartholm was in good condition, and a work of great
strength, entirely commanding the approaches of Lovisa; it
has had important additions of late years, can mount 122 guns,
and had accommodation in casernated barracks for about 1,100
men, with governor's house and garden, and excellent officers'
quarters. I made immediate arrangements for blowing up
the fort and completely destroying the barracks ; these have
since been fully carried out.
On the sth I made a reconnaissance of the town of Lovisa,
in the Ruby, accompanied by the boats of the Arrogant and
Magicienne. A strong detachment of Cossacks made their
appearance at one time, but they were dispersed by the fire
from the boats, the rockets particularly throwing them into
great confusion. On landing at Lovisa I sent for the authori-
ties, and explained the object of my visit; some demur was
caused by our not having a flag of truce. I told them they
had no right to such a guarantee, as the respect due to it had
been so grossly violated at Hango. I then proceeded to the
barracks and government stores within the town, which I de-
stroyed, but did not set fire to them, as by so doing the whole
town must have been burnt.

This precaution was not destined to save Lovisa, for during
the night an accidental fire occurred in a portion of the town
where we had not been, and before morning the whole place
was reduced to ashes.—l have, &c.,
_ _

(Signed) H. R. YELTERTON, Capt.
Rear Admiral the Hon. R. S. Dundas,

Commander-in-Chief.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM REAR-ADMIRAL HON. A. S.
DIINDAS, TO THE SECRETARY OF TIIE ADMIRALTY, DATED
Duke of Wellington, Tolboukin Lighthouse, July 7.

I cannot conclude this letter without calling the particular
attention of their lordships to the active exertions of Captain
Storey, of her Majesty's ship Harrier, which led a few days
later to the destruction of a large amount of shipping, dis-
covered afterwards in another anchorage near Nystad, as
detailed in the enclosure to Captain Warden's report of the

2nd instant.
Harrier, off Little Wahas, June 24, 1855.
Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that the boats of
this ship destroyed 47 ships belonging to the enemy, varying
from 700 to 200 tons, on the nights of the 23rd and 24th inst.
On the first night the ships destroyed were one mile from the
town of Nystad, and about three miles from the ship, and we
were enabled to bring onebarque, the Victoria, of about 450 tons,
off with us. On the following morning the steam was got up, and
we proceeded to sea to anchor the prize off Enskov Lighthouse.
At 5 p.m., however, we steamed towards the land, and anchored
at about 7.30 p.m., and at 8 p.m. the boats were again dis.
patched. During the night and following day we discovered
42 ships, the whole of which we either burned or scuttled.
I have the greatest pleasure in being able to state that these
proceedings were so successfully carried out without any
casualty. Owing to the distance we got away from the ship
(10 or 11 miles) and the blowing weather, accompanied with
rain, that came on during the morning, we were prevented
from bringing any vessel out with us. We did not get back
to the ship until six p.m. this afternoon, the men having been
on their oars twenty-two hours. I think, sir, I am only
doing common justice to the men when I state how pleased
I was to see the zeal and perseverance with which they
worked for so many hours ; neither can I omit stating my
belief that this arose in a great measure from the good ex-
ample of the officers, especially of the senior lieutenant, Mr.
Annesley, from whom I have ever received the most active
assistance. Having, then, in two following nights and one
day, destroyed the whole of the Nystad shipping (probably
upwards of 20,000 tons), I trust these proceedings will meet
with your approval.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) HENRY STOREY, Commander.
Captain Warden, Senior Officer,
Her Majesty's Ship Ajax.

ARRIVAL OF LORD RAGLAN'S REMAINS AT

MALTA.

A despatch from Malta, of the 10th, says:--

The Caradoc arrived this morning with the body of Lord
Raglan. The vessel in.every part is painted black, and every-
thing denotes the deepest mourning. On the body being em•
barked at Kamiesch the French lined the road for six miles,
and the funeral procession was copducted with the greatest
respect and decorum, and was received by Admiral Stuart,
and a large number of boats forming a funeral procession

The respect shown by the French was something beautiful,
and endeared them to the friends of Lord Raglan. At Con-
stantinople Lord de Redcliffe and suite paid a visit of cere-
mony to the vessel, and on her arrival here the union jack
was hoisted half-mast high; and every demonstration of mourn-
ing made. The Caradoc proceeds at twelve a.m. with the body
to England. Commander Derriman takes her home, having
been in close attendance on Lord Raglan since he has been in
the East, and on his promotion for his personal gallantry at
Alma, he was kept in command of the Caradoc at Lord Rag-
lan's particular request. He lately greatly distinguished
himself in joining the French in their assault on the Mamelon.