The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-20 00:00:00

their lastliag, bat of o avail. • volley of musketry
was Immediately Ind at than, whisk kilMd them,
mad also some er all of the Rusks plasm;
volleys wen this Ind lute the beet, by which all
were styli* doss' sad the sesanests atm rushed isto
the boat sad tbtew most of the bodies overboard, sad the*
removed the moo sad asemisaitlos which went stowed as-
. deemeath.

Ileititei before aer daring this indiscriminate slaughter
I was say resistance made. nor hostile intention shown by the
beat's Grew with the leg of tutor, the muskets that were is
the beat set baring been leaded, and being is the bottom
of the boat; and theretere there appeared to be nothing to
justify this barbarous thfringement of the us,ges of war.
1 I therefore opened fire with both ship upon the place, at
I*boat 600 yards distance ; but it was not returned either
with rides or artillery ; and a thick fog having come on
shortly afterwards, I erased firing, and withdrew the ships,
the position which they we» in not being one la which they
could with safety remain at anchor.
I euchre, herewith the names of the adhere and meet who
I have met their deaths on this cocuith.—l have, to.
(Signed) E. O. Fnuatthwg.
Rear-Admiral floe. It 13. Dandu, C. 8.,

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List of officers and cetter's craw who were killed at
Rangoon the 6th Jane ISM :—Lieetenent Giant.;
Surgeon R. T. Easton ; Chad,. Sullivan, mis.ter's assistant ;
Edward Thompson, leading seamen; Benjamin Smith, able
seaman; James Cornwell, ordinary seaman; John Glidden,
able seaman; G orge Boyle. ordinary seaman; William
Raskelly, ordinary seaman ; Thomas Stokes, ordinary sea-
man, second class; John Haughey, stoker; Frowns George,
ordinar► seaman; Owen Francis, able seaman; William
Liss, captain's steward ; William Banks, gun-room steward;
Juba Lvrton, subordinate officer's steward.
(Signed) E. G. FAIMIURIB, Captain.
H.M.S. Cossack, Jens 6, 1866.

H. M. S. Comet, Hango, June 6, 1°65.
About a quarter to four o'clock, Jahn Brown, ordinary
seaman, altar Wog taken to the Sick Bay, stated, that on
the cutter, with a flag of truce flying, getting alonride the
small jetty at the tiller, the officers and liberated Russian
pitmen jumped out, and Lieutenant Hecate held up the
fig of Uses, end told the RiMittli (who had assembled close
to the water and on the jetty to the number of about 560,
dreamed as riflemen, and armed with 'imitate, swords, and
bayonets.) what it meant, and why they had landed.
The old Fin (meaning the captain of the plias Johanna)
*la captained to them, but they said they did not are for
flags of trues there, and would show them how to fight the
Russians, or words to that of et A volley was immedi-
ately fired at the officers and liberated prismeni and then
into the boat.
When all were supposed to he killed, the 112$1i11111
jumped tato the boat, and after throwing the bodies of the
men lying on the arms, in the bottom of the boat, over-
board, took away all itie arms, moguls', !Lc. Brown,
thiugh dangerously wounded (having received two shots
through the right fore-arm, and one in the shoulder where
the bullet lodgisf), managed in the morning to get up and
scull the cutter oat. He states that when about 200 yards
from the jetty, about 200 men came Turning down from the

telrgraob.
To Mr. Wise.—.l am positive that the officers were shot
down at once, and before they fired into the boat.
To Mr. M•Keaaa.—The Russian prisoners were also shot
down while a the jetty.
To Mean. M'Keena and Wi.e.—The boat went straight
irkto the landing-place. The Russians spoke Engiisk; and
the persui who led them, from his dress and ai pentanes,
seemed to be as officer.
Dr. Easton was the first offic r who fell. The old Finnish
ftptain took the Big of truce from Mr. Remote,
and waved it, sh3ntiog, " Flsg of trace ! Truce !"
but the Russians yelled, and fired upon them. Before the
men could de anything they were fired upon, and the
Russians with rutlasees jawed into the boat. The Rus-
sians did not use their enemas.
GM H. L. Wm!, Paymaster.
Alliitrill'iCiturra, Assistant Surgeon.

R. S. Ganda., Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
ChinaltAL MlNMutant:ll.
Duke of Wellington at anchor.
Tolboakin Lighthouse, Hest 16 miles, May 29, 1665.
It is my direction that all coostiug vessels, nadoubtedly
Rustiest property, which may be mat with, passing and re-
posing alibis the Galt of Finland, and not of eafilcieot
value to be detained as prizes, are to be deettoyird, bat no
injury is to he done to boars or email craft which may he
found empty at anchor, sad not trafficking.
This order, however, is not iatentlen to Ir elude the eser-
ciso of the discretion of officers in special eases when the
owners of Is may be obviously poor and harmless; bat
the role above ordered is to he generally observe i, and
made known, as far as pos,iole, to ell the owners of
eosatiag vessels, it being the object to prevent, generally,
all trate along the onset.
(Signed) R. S. Dunnals,
Rear-Admiral and Commanderds•Chief.
To the respective Flea Officers, Centel's.,
Comaseaders, and Commanding 0111cers
of Her Majesty's Ships sad Viesels pacer
=Oran.

Duke of Wellington at archer.
ToDunkin Lighthouse, E 8 E. 3 miles, June 8,1835.
Sir,-1 have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
the fith bat., No. 4, with its eacloeures, ?inertias the pain-
ful alesemstrues• ender which a serious lose of efloen and
fileln boa bees gemairad in cossequenee of a boat belonging
is the skip yes eseamend having bees detached for the
purposes( kading and releasing prisonen upon the coast of
the ingslay ; but much es I meet regret the losses which
have meatted, aad sensible as I am of the distress which
such oesettrences are calculated to excite is the mind of any
officer intrusted with command, it has nevertheless become
my duty to sell your attention to some important omissions
in your report, and to several esplanations which are neces-
sary, not only to enable me to form a correct judgment upon
the undset of yourself and the t Sou who hes been unfor-
tunately sacrificed oa the eension, bat which are due also
to the character of an enemy who is charged with the grave
alines of having violated the good faith of a flit of trace,
and the indiscriminate massacre of pri onere about to be
released and the unarmed and defenceless mew of a boat
employed upon such a service. 1 have therefore to direct
that you will furnish me with full and elan reports upon
the following queries:-
Ist. What were the cireurast.nces which rendered it
necessary to select an opportunity for landing the prisoners
In question, when the boat was unsupported by the Immo-
diate presence of the ship you commend, and when the
display of a flag of truce irons her own meathead would have
obviated all miaandentendiog as to her object ?
2nd. What were the particular instructions given to the
either is charge of the boat, and hater opportunities were
&deeded to the easy to great or t ject conditions of
Mass before the party had actually landed upon his coast ?
Ird. What was the distance of the boat from the ship
whoa last seen previous to her lending, and what at that
time was her distance Irons shore?
4th. When and at whet distance from the shore was a
leg of 'nice first displayed, and were any bleak guns or
muskets fired at the moment, and is the officer in charge of
rho boatsupposed to have had any reason for believing it to
have been acknowledged by the Gamy oa shore ?
Sib. At what distance from the shore were the riflemen
et the enemy lust ems oa the "jetty" by the mew of the
Cassock's watter
Ltb Was my moat, implied or understood, supposed to
Ism bass ipselleil by the Russian officer ea shore to the
WO geleasees or crew ?
OrterM44 year attention to the importance of accurate
miles lathe foregoiag genies, I have to remind you that
thespee at whisk these melancholy been have been sus-
Mited bed bees Men* visited by the ship you command,
esd esls el heredity had been emunitted in that vicinity.
Them weepthmfeee, geed reams to mosider that the 'ban-
Nes of the essay might be directed to its protection, and
every proper promotion should have been taken. I cannot
bee regret, there/see, that persona whom services
utoses set neeresery on the mission were permitted
penal ia the Coss
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k's boot; and
eimaik that mach Perm bethe was not calculated to I knee to
impress
eases the impertasee of proper vigilance and of due
to forms in minimuniestitig by deg of truer.
Oa the ressipt of this letter you will repdr immediately
NI the mimes ea rejoin say flag.-1 am,
((Signed) R. 8. DUNDAS,
Rear• Admiral and Commander in-Chief.
Captain B. G. Fasehawe, 11.11.8. Cossack.

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