The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-05 00:00:00

PRINCE GORTCIIAKOFF TO GENERAL
PELISSIER

"Sebastopol, Ang. 19.
"M. le Commandant en Chef,—l have had the
honour to receive your communication of the 16th
hut., as well as the portfolios, containing property
and a letter of General Read.

" I acknowledge gladly all the worth of so courte-
ous an art, as well as the generous solicitude which
has led your excellency to order a search for the
body of this general officer.
" Accept the sincere expression of my feelings on
this subject, and the assurance of my high esteem.
" MICHAEL 001t1liCHAKOFF."

GENERAL PELISSIER TO PRINCE
GORTCHAKOFF.
"Head Quarters, before Sebastopol, Aug. 17.
"M. le General,—We have removed all the
wounded near the river Tchernaya as tar as we could
approach, but your batteries on Mackenzie heights
persist in playing upon the parties which we send
forward, and we cannot pursue this operation in
favour of the Russian soldiers who still lie on the
field.
"I point this out to your Excellency in order that
no one may hereafter be able to say that we have left
the wounded without succour or the dead without
burial. "Accept, &c. "PELISSIER."

GENERAL PELISSIER TO PRINCE GORT-
CHAKOFF.

" Head Quarters before Sebastopol,
August IR, 1835.
"M. le General-en-Chef,—l hasttu to inform you
that your despatch, dated yesterday, has just reached
me.

" Without losing a moment's time I have given
orders, by telegraph, to the General commanding
upon the Tchernaya that the flag of truce shall be
immediately displayed and maintained up to eight
o'clock in the evening, if that should be necessary
for the accomplishment of your intentions.
"Their realisation may perhaps be a little tardy,
although I have had the honour to inform you by my
letter (No. 92) that in spite of the pitiless fire of
certain of your cannon, we have used our efforts to
succour your wounded, and to bury a great part of
your <had.
"I have not yet received the number of all that
have been taken away from the field by our men;
but up to this moment 31 officers, and 1,620 sous-
officers and soldiers have been admitted into the
ambulances of the French army.—Accept, &c.,
"A PELISSIER."

PRINCE GORTCHAKOFF TO GENERAL
PELIbSIER.
" bebastopol, August 7 (19).
" Monsieur le Commandant-eu-Chef,
" I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of the successive communications which your Excel-
lency has bet n pleased to address to me, bearing date
the 17th and 18th inst.

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" I beg your Excellency to receive my best thanks
for the care which you have taken of our wounded;
but I must at the same time inform you, that the
chiefs of the Mackenzie batteries have declared to me
.hat they did not fire upon your advanced posts on
the Tchernuy a, except in reply to the fire of the French
I irailleure, in spite of the energetic and sustained
efforts of their officers, directed against those of oer
men who repaired, after the combat, to the borders
of the river, for the purpose of carrying away our
wounded and dead from the scene of action.
" It is impossible to state precisely from which
side proceeded the first shots. The chiefs of the ad-
vanced posts could not deviate from their general
instructions--to fire upon the enemy—without re-
ceiving special instructions to that effect. It belongs
only to the superior chiefs to allay by exc• ptioual
measures the useless sufferings which war entails,
land which I am glad to do your Excellency the jus-
tice to say you take every pains to soften.
" Receive, &c. " MICHEL GORTCHAKOFF."

DESTRUCTION OF RUSSIAN SHIPPING
AND MAGAZINES AT BRANDON.

("EOM • SUPPLEMENT TO LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.)
Admiralty, September 4, 1855.
Despatches, of which the following are copies, have
been received at the Admiralty from Rear-Admiral
the Honourable R. S. Dundee, Commander-in-Chief
of her Majesty's ships and vessels in the Baltic.
Duke of Wellington, in Nargen,
August 27, 1855.
Sir,—l have the honour to transmit, for the infor-
mation of the Lords Commissioners ot the Admiralty,
a letter from Captain Warden, ot her Majesty's ship
Ajax, enclosing a report, detailing the proceedings of
Captain Henry C. Otter, in her Majesty's ship Fire-
fly, before Brandon, the sea-port of Wan, in the gulf
of Bothnia, which are highly creditable to that officer,
and to the officers and crew under his command; and
I beg leave to recommend to the favourable notice of
their lordships the gallant conduct of Lieutenants
Edward Barite! and John Ward, as well as that of
Mr. John A. Bull, second master, and Mr. James W.
Salter, the gunner on the occasion.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) R. S. DUNDAS,
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
The Secretary of the Admiralty.

Ajax, in Fogle Fiord, August 22,1855.
Sir,—l have the honour to lay before you the ac-
companying report of Captain Otter, of the Firstly,
of his proceedings between the 27th July and 11th
inst., at Brandon, in the neighbourhood of Wass,
whilst temporarily occupying that part of the station,
together with a list of vessels taken, and property
and vessels otherwise destroyed ; andl desire to draw
your favourable notice to this report, as it bears wit-
ness to the seal and energy of Captain Otter in the
performance of this service.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) FEED. WARDEN.
Rear-Admiral the Hon. R. S. Dundee, C. 8., &e.

Her Majesty's Ship Firefly, Koreoren Beacon,
August 11, 1833.
Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that, after leaving
Poste Fiord, on the 27th ult., I communicated with
her Majesty's ship Harrier, and his Imperial Ms,.
jeety's corvette D'Assas, on their stations, and on the
evening of the 31st despatched her Melody's ship
Driver to you from Noorekas LigLt. At 10 -a.m. oat
Ist of August I anchored her Majesty's ship Firefly
half a mile outside et Korsoreu Beacon, and with
the two paddle-box boats and the gig, accompanied
by Lieutenant Ward and Mr. Bull, pushed on to the
south-east. On our way we got information of a
large barque at anchor to the eastward of Walking,
anti also that there was a military force in the
neighbourhood.
On arriving within two miles from Brandon, a
telegraph was °Nerved on a small island in Koreas*
Fiord, signalising with three large balls, and as
pulling iu towards it, two men in a boat pushed oft
from the land with a flag of truce ; fortunately I did
not fire, for the flag was so largo I mistook it for
the boat's mainsail, and concluded they were trying
to escape.
This very improper opportunity of using a flag od
ttnee could not be recognised, and I ordered the
telegraph to be cat down, but released the men and
their boat.

No time was now to be lost, as the signal bad been
answered from the main; I therefore pushed on with
all expedition, and on rounding the east point of
Waskiiit observed the object of our search in the mad,
which with little difficulty was got cif, and towed oat
of range of any guns that could be brought to bear.
The prize proved to be the Vides of 30t$ tone, with
from 200 to 300 casks of tar on board.

At midnight two Russian deserters came on board,
and stated the troops have moved off to Wass, 02
seeing the boats approaching, thinking an attack was
contemplated on that place.
At 8.30 a.m., 2nd August, I returned to the Fire.
and immediately got under weigh for Korsoren
Fiord, but the navigation was so difficult that it was
not until 6.30 p.m. I came alongside the prize. At
8.30 p.m. I weighed and proceeded towards Brandon,
the seaport of Wass, and a great shipbuilding plans;
it had immense magazines on an island, separated by
a very narrow, deep water-channel from the town,
with a custom house and barracks.

At midnight, anchored within 400 yards of the
town, and sprung the broadside to enfilade the
channel and protect the boats, which were sent
under Lieutenant Ward to examine the magazines.
Some of them were opened, and found to be empty;
others contained coal, tar, resin, salt, spars, anchors
and cables, boats, salt fish, hawsers, and numerous
piles of 3-inch deals, but no sails or rigging, as we
were led to expect. On a few of the principal inhabi-
tants joining us on the island, they were told that the
sails of the barque must be given up; and they imme.
diately sent to Wasa to Mr. Wolf, a wealthy met•
chant and shipowner, but he ',fuel d. 1 therefore
determined to burn the magazines; bat as the wind
was blowing directly on the town, I agreed to wait a
reasonable time until a change took place, and gave
the inhabitants notice that they were at liberty to
remove anything from the island that belonged to
them, except ships' stores ;—for this forbearance they
expressed themselves very grateful.
Towards the afternoon, Lieutenant Burstsl brought
io a schooner, and reported having discovered two
fine barques and two briga in a creek a mile and a
half distant.

As the wind was still on the shore, and the de•
struction of the town inevitable had the magazines
been fired, I directed the schooner to be hauled close
into the island, and a working party to put some
caeks of tar and deals into her. Everything had the
appearance of security ; ladies were walking about
the beach, parties of pleasure sailing round the ship,
and the people employed taking their property from
the island.

At 8 pm. I landed to communicate with the first
lieutenant, and bad just visited the sentry placed on
a building platform, when a heavy fire of musketry,
from different parts of the town, was opened upon
the working party and the ship, and was immediately
replied to by the latter, with shot and shell, which
appears to have done great execution.
The deck of the schooner was so enfiladed that it
was impossible to get on board for the arms, and, had
it been practicable to do so, not s man could be seen
from her to fire at. Providentially all escaped on
board uninjured, and Mr. Bull having returned in
the paddle-box boats, with a fine barque in tow,
fire from the four guns and rifles was kept up so hot
that in about an hour and a half the fasilade from the
shore nearly ceased.
At midnight I moved the ship into a better poi-
Lion for sinking the schooner, and the bows being
nearly driven in by the shot, 1 proceeded to the de-
struction of the barque and two brigs, before the
enemy could rescue them ; this was successfully per-
formed with the assistance of the second master, Mr.
Bull, and Mr. Salter, gunner.
It was ascertained afterwards, from two different
sources, that the enemy had 25 killed and from 4 to
18 wounded ; the injury appears to have been inflicted
chiefly by the first three shots, whilst the troops
were drawn up abreast of the ship.
On our side I am thankful to report that no more
serious casualties occurred than a man and a boy
being struck with spent balls.
During the 6th and 7th the weather was so wet
and boisterous that it was impossible to act against
the enemy, but I ascertained during the night that
reinforcements had arrived to the &mount of 200 or
300 sharpshooters and Cossacks, with several guns.
On the morning of the Bth, the weather being
moderate, I took up a position 1,500 yards from the
magazine, and the same distance from a battery of
four guns, and opened tire upon the latter, which not
being returned I commenced tiring red-hot shot at the
magazines.
At 2.30 p.m. smoke began to issue from the houses,
and Lieutenant Ward, having volunteered to try and
cut out the schooner, pushed in with paddle-box boat,
and with great gallantry drove the soldiers three
times out of the woods, but ultimately was obliged to
retire before an overwhelming force secreted iu the
Custom-house; the boat was struck in many placers
but I am thankful to say not a man hurt.
At 8 p.m., the principal magazines being all in a
blaze and their destruction inevitable, I closed the
battery to 1,000 yards, but still receiving no return
(though both guns and soldiers could be seen), and
the ammunition nearly expended, I was backing oat,
when suddenly several heavy guns, from an elevated
position masked by trees, opened fire, chiefly with
shells, and at the same time the whole force of rifle-
men—and the power of these weapons may be innr
gined, when I mention that a ball cut through a spar
on the bridge two inches thick at a distance of 1,500
yards.
It is with the greatest pleasure I have to speak of
the coolness of the officers and men at this trying
juncture; the narrowness of the channel and shoal-
new of the water (at the most 21 fathoms) rendered
it injudicious to attempt turning the Firefly round,
and she was slowly backed astern 1 mile before
she was out of range, an evolution which, from the
lightness of the wind, was not performed under 40
minutes.
I cannot conclude without mentioning how much I
am indebted to the First Lieutenant, Mr. Edward
Borstal, who so materially assisted in inflicting this
serious blow on the enemy's property.
I have, &c.
(Signed) HENRY C. OTTER, Captain.
Capt. Fred. Warden, C. 8., H.M.S. Ajax.
A List of Yavwls and
he Property belonging to the enemy
taken or deroyed her Majesty's ship Firefly, from lift
to 11th August, 18.55.
12. Fidel, barque, 300 toes; cargo, 228 barrels of tar;
cut oat of Wasktot, near Brandeis.
13. Precioeo' barque, 420 tons; cargo, none; cut onto!
Wasklat, near Brandon.
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8.... Branson
Boat,BB Flat, er marque,
o)23;3111 01 .5r 300
t, pott2 3 Oleos)
tons
t;ser (?)
;e
ss ;tog:orogcne:02::: ;grafi: cargo,
rnygosnEnll:ob;:lugebruu; niTttnsaatfi
burntp'.Di above.i
a sb dagb o" reek.
19. Sloop, 20 tons, WM 8 (onset malt, 5 bales of cetera.
20. Island Saiiltan, near Brandon, having 60 to 00 wags-
sines, containing coals, tar, resin, salt, spars, butt, &a.

A LETTER TROY ST. PETERSBURG states that a
violent fire broke out on the 22nd ult. in a large establish-
mast for drying fruit, belonging to Prince Dolstoroaki, the
Councillor of State, and now used for drying souiltront
intended for the troops. The lass of this building is stated
to be severely felt, there being no other sstablisbment 'Atte
kiwi sealable for provisioning the troop.

SWEDEN AND NORWAY.

CHRISTIANA. ATIOIIIIT 31.

The resignation of the Stadtholder Losweoakaeld is
sompted, but he holds °Soo until spring, when the
Crown Prince becomes Viceroy of the kingdom of
Norway.

AUSTRIA.

Count Than is appointed to succeed Count Itechberg '
as Imperial Commissioner in Lombardy.

ITALY.

(mow °us owx cow

NAPLES, A 1700.2 24.
At the present moment another state trial is
getting up. A person called Pierre, who is destined
to play the same part that was played by Barone,
Carpentieri, and Jervolino in former political trials,
brought an accusation of conspiracy against some
advocates and others who were to the habit of meet-
ing in a café near the Toledo. One of these, on being
arrested, had in his house a list of the names of per-
sons to whom he was sending tickets for a perform-
ance at the Olympic Circus. All who were named
in the list were imprisoned. In the houses of some
even the wainscoting was removed, and the tiles
token up from the ground. The sbirri pretended
that they bad toned in the bat of one of them, the
advocate Mignogca, a copy of an insurrectionist pro-
clamation ; but, as he maintained his innocence with
great dignity, he was repeatedly beaten, with a view
to extort confession. The same thing happened to
the advocate Bascone, who, after twenty blows, had
a seizure resembling apoplexy, and he was bled on
the instant in order to save his life. The proem is
now being prepared by the Attorney-General of the
Grand Criminal Court of Naples, and a faith-
hl agent of the infamous ebirro Campaign*
has been appointed the Chancellor in this cause.

INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

(a Riscrato raseluau.)
(most OD OWN COARIONONDIXT.)
SOUTHAMPTON. Wzmuispair.

The Indus, with the heavy portion of the India end
Chins edb, has strived. Aeons% herpeasenien Is t►e

Boa. Jobe S:ott, Deputy-Governor of Libman.
Tim brig Martel, of Liverpool. had boom is colliidos with
the Claremont, of Bristol, sad seriously damagod.
Bar Majesty's ship Modem wee convoying the eestraot
packet At. which had Wok's down. from Gibraltar to
Malt►

The lodes spoke the treasports Item, Andes, Ease,
Beater. sod Pram Albert.
The lodes Wu four rake of letters and new frost
Awarelie an board.

THE POLICE COURTS.
THIS DAY.

GUILDHALL.

Ellen Noile, a deeent•leetiag woman, was brougbt up,
abused with feloniously cutting and wounding her hus-
band, George Noble.
?be police wadable said that her hashaad was not
present.
Aldermen

yon sma him this morales ?
Prisoner—lie cams to Dm in prison, and brought
some Onto.
Alderman F nais—ls her hatband is the hospital?

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Orlieer—No, your wonhip, the prisoner wee gives into
my custody by her husband, for matting him on the seek
with s t&IJt. Be dose not wish to pets the charge.

Priseeer—l vise sot sober at the lima

.
Alderman Finals—As than ie no *sidearm against you, 1
must direharge yea, bat I hope this wdl set as a motion,
for if your husbaad had append against you, it would
have been a moot airless matter. (To the rodlosr)—What
Is her husband ?

_
Spisagate, the gaoler—He is a mann pickier la Cloth
fair, sod is a roost respectable man. I have kaowa him
ems years.

Aids/visa Fiseis—You are discharged this time, bat be
careful is (stars.

The prisoner than loft the dock.
BOW.STREET.
110 88888 IN NONIIILL 11.40h.1111.

Mary Ann Gips was charged with robbing • gentleman
named Bevan, a professor of languages, of Euston-square.
The prosecutor bad been " dining late," and was return-
ing home through Ruseell•equero, when he was accosted by
the prisoner, near the railings of the enclosure.
A sergeant of the B division, seeing the woman approach
the gentlemen, and suspecting the object she had in view,
got over the railings of the enclosure the better to watch
her proceedings. At leugth he heard the gentleman
say, ." You want to rob me, you want to rob
ms," and, jumping over the railings again, alighted
at the spot. He found as sassy as twenty-two
sovereigns lying upon the ground, and heard the
prisoner say—. Hive me what pow promised me. I only
want what you promised." He then took the girl into
custody, and asaisted the proseenter in recovering his assay.
The woman denied that she had had any of it, and declared
she bad only a shilling is her possession ; on being sabot-
quently searched, however, at the police station, the was
found to have a tovereiga concealed in the foot of her
stocking.

The promeutor stated tbat he had 42 sovereigns and some
silver, in a bag, but only 22 were restored to him, so that
he ►ad lost 20 sovereigns in all. He did not wish the case
to go to trial. The woman had evidently picked up one
1101111ftigli only.

Mr. Jardine said it was diScult to deal with such case,
as this, when the prosecutor was shown M be drunk, sad
probably might have lost the money elsewhere.
The prisoner preferred to have the case disposed of by
the magistrate.
Mr. Jardine eiramitted her to prison for four months.
THE CAS! OP STEAEAN AND CO.

The prisonen in this ease were formally remanded till
the 12th not., when the final examination will take place.
A gnat many summonses for fresh witnesses hate been
panted,:on the application of Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor
for Um migration.

CLERKENWELL.
nil LATI CASS OW sssss INO.

TAerces Gregg, otherwise Edmonds, was agait♦ placed
at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitc, on the °barge of havieg,
oa the turning et t►e 26th alt., feloaiouly stabbed William
Edmonds, with intent, tie.
Mr. Pries atteeded for the prisoner.
Bcrgeaat Billinghisret, 44 8, who hes had the ease in
land, cud that be bed sun the injured man that morale',
when be appeared to be improving is health. He then
headed in the following certificate from the surgeon :
" WaUiam Edmonds is going on well. bat he is not yet in
a fit state to be r. moved from the hospitaL

DAvin Baswaz.z, Bats, jokier. Hassreerpos.

" University Celine Hospital, Sept. 6, 1835.'•
TM priesnor yes again rentandid.
ATTIMPTIID

Jaa Seers, aged 26, a rapectablf•dressed female, was
planed at the bar before Ur. Tyrwhitt, charged with at.
tempting to commit suicide by throwing herself into the
New River at Hiphbury.
&meal &pith, 322 N, stated that at ►alf•put 12 o'clock
be saw the prisoner walking along by the aide of the Now
River with a yonag Isis. He lad net proceeded ter
wbea be heard a 'plan►, and saw the prisoner in the water.
With the aid of the young sea ke p% her mat, i• a very
exhausted state.

la defames, the prisoner said that she had beta iodated
to commit the rash set by the midget of bet notherha.
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law. She had ban oat of placer rather move th•a • aaosth.l
aad hat father ••d mother would sot Ist has stop with
Om. Her father had all her alotboa, sad who, he t•at her
es S•eday ha gave her ed. to get • bed. •ad 21d. to get •
aloof "tree.

ills Magistrate remanded the prisoner.
Ml. Prose, a very respectably dressed young wessen,
was alas slagged with throwing herself into the New Rim,
at Islington.
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Potioweccatablo N 449, stated tk•t Ito mond tko primer
to • very eakautod state, .•d took kor to Ik. workboose.
Had ado mot boos take. oat whoa aka was she wool& ass-
Witty kayo boom drowsed.

Tie primmer said tam she had jersped IMO tbe river
beam. Mr nether bed sodded ker.

TM =saw, mike appeen4 s vny hard. working walla.
SS she wesl4 lake ate of Mr &milder ; sad ilhe imegistesto