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

THE MASSACRE OF ENGLISH SW..
tr. the ramp
AT MANGO.
(71tOlt THZ COIUSPONDSNT OP TIM DAILY mews • ad of the
I tain Tb
OFF CRONSTADT, dung eountrY•
The Lightning has just arrived from the Herd Tim between
' road' the bearer of most melancholy news real., sumetsading,
1 to the brutal massacre of three offioere and eleleti
amhennoeef
getheliCosease,Twhheoeilarenudenedtaneneedeereat masts, tient"'
in the water.
fithoge eseor ten... 7 situated the
as follows. ienbaum
Oran
' Captain Faushawe having received orders ern lot to slew I
1 Admiral Dundee to land three Russian pew um, of t'
obtained
• taken out of different prizes, and to whom be 1..2 terhsfe celeb
au
e given liberty—on any convenient point d ths
et
coastp
oared ocfutFteirn,l annelid,erth
Geneate—R. T. Easton, surgeon, and Seiej, tion of craft.
in
FliProPmr°Bocuhrhtt
" master's assistant,
of truce flying in the bows, towards Iltege. es ; tient Ye
d Cossack in the meantime standing off and on ode* rroadside t
;.. The cutter not being met by any host from ea i Cronslot ;a'
a in; bat tft
aigtl just astrweeLiienuth.ettOden, et:thewdayndertßheturioaremea..
enemy, and not seeing a soul on the beech, p4lisi I the line, set
accotishmeopfnuoseenusyeimodagenshoilliemotc—fheuLdniedauenrt.
isitoiscAsi.l • allaitreedteeisikttt.:wiPisiiFtssti:inilvntrinee:
Le Pantry rushed out of the neighbouring wood, heeded
A by an officer who spoke English, bat whodeclared st
Is knew nothing of our flags of truce, stepped hi& An article
and ordered his men to "fire." This was et one Dehaes, the
e-
id obeyed, and the noble Geneste, as promising allow, in which be
as ever lived, fell mortally wounded by the sided ties on the north
"1 surgeon, who speedily shared his comrade's fejt, most likely
in then followed volley after volley of musketry ad, up entrench
at the cutter, murdering our unarmed crew, sparing sprats to h
o- none, not even the three prisoners, their own meat works have
1. trymen, who held up the flag after Oenede lad to 20 guns.
6 fallen. Such a wholesale, dastardly, and cruel rue. whichttahieereei
i theresn ou;
et der, and violation of every law of civilised us&i
deserves no comment: the fact is one of unredeemed spot like h
)e, blackness, and can bear no justification. Even Stipp&
,th ing they had no business to land in en hostile onse first sod to
try without having the flog of truce reeendrd re, , guns.
he old
erose
gob:
siut t
arl
eukffves -et,
iroc:.
s the boat's crew might have been detained oe mile As to the
en prisoners, though that would be stretching the pita that the D •
ifi- rather far, considering the errand they were on; see are engag -
to to allow 500 or more armed infantry to firs Woes Dagerort ;
use unarmed boat and 17 men is an exploit alone worthy the Revel
to of a Russian. .
send, the
The soldiery, having completed this cowardly ii. boil t the
me tioo, retired, believing every soul dead, not how, service ia 1
ybrsenfrtihfleeeed otufffievaeerhy,twhihneghtldise.
wigTherrßhuel
behafdoreeeythweabl
toi.el iiees
thhaede
tthobe
ing the boat perfectly riddled with shot, they dm. Send, wh
camped, leaving it to its fate. stationed
was One man, however, of the boat'a crew, who had island the
yes three shots through his arm, and had been left its hospital I
co- dead, revived during the night, and at last after has lately
ten several ineffectual attempts succeeded in getting the which at o
cutter off, and drifted out to sea, where in the curd the Arrog
of the following morning he was picked up by the the latter
ten- Cossack. pant, an
idi Thus ends this melancholy catastrophe, unequalled disease.
ids, in cruelty to any io modern history, which has nate, our cruise
eerien,eurqusiptilreitiss,
withand tit. here pre
flrl'seo,
erarlelbyeedtherowwr ndeasiredatme
pcnoeßilm e to close Tile in
'err enemy, in order to revenge the blood of oar brew considers.
anal comrades. tercet shi
i be- here ; con
Ale- OFF CRONSTADT, Jcs 11. washing
the As you may imagine, the occurreece at Hango his made to .
was caused a great sensation in the fleet, and the Pyladm The D
and was ordered to relieve the Cossack, and she is now colliers i'
oils- here, no doubt to be subjected to a rigid inquiry, to We at-
pine, find out whether any caution was used, in thee lead• weekly s
of a ing upon an enemy's coast, to avert such a sad semi. Elsinore
five of life. The fact of the surgeon and stewed opportun
same landing would imply some amateuring in the tutu,
and vege
, act Full details will no doubt be forthcoming. Ale nothing
at,„ other circumstance of interest has also occurred, and we can
in fa- which, if it had fulfilled the expectations of the to the e .
we Russians, would have done much mere sweeping quently
angs damage. Ia a reconnoitring party upon the which
me •
n stronghold of Cronetadt, for the benefit of the
, 23 captains of the fleet and some of the officer;
tithe
the Merlin, Dri goo, and Firefly, accompanied by the
y all French corvette d'Assas, in proceeding towards the
Forts Alexander and Risbank, well without range,
their
tthis the leading ship Merlin was taken by surprise, twos
us of. of theme infernal machines exploding, and causing Copi
only, a great turbulence of the water ; they backed S. Dun.
eking
immediately, and no damage whatever Wde done .The
share jeep's
Firefly did not get off quite so well ; the machine men at
exploded more effectually, and appeared to raise the (No. 1
That
ship by the movement of the water. A large task
ibinet
of tallow in the engine-room was removed,
ready a carline beam was shaken out of its place, and the Sir,— I
a the
neighbouring bulk-head knocked down. It is jut with in
event
possible, with a ship of greater draft of water, the re. who, from C
in
caries, salts of the machine might be more effectual. it ezamine
mai' this time the Russians, who appeared in crowds it lingo :
these their guns, at the top, especially, of Fort Alexander, to Lew
Porte mast have been greatly disappointed at such a of the -
i
es. be- failure. In reconnoitering the northern side, two
of` er,
led, in t
at the gunboats, high pressure, not unlike our awn, and lives ap
icy by very likely with a smaller draught of water, were althoug
cruising about, exercising, and tiring. There wed that so ..
end to thirteen such in all, and a number of row-boats, a In at
inform
would they are quite prepared to compete with us in that vessels
ned in way. Both sides of the gulf appeared filled with land, 1
y cha- troops, and on the Dragon examining some small her hie•
ig and empty vessels in shore, some three miles from this little se
classes .
, gee. anchorage, the neighbouring villages appeared ate classes
i
useful
e qgiii. full
imm immediately
tettreoolypsp,
reaeendedeadllte ont
he the
pe ieathlertet,
wfhoriehthtz
at, in Genera
i ape, boats were proceeding evidently to challenge any jut. I
don th
'is feel
arrived with three colliers in tow ; the termer pro take a
usenet attempt at landing. On the 6th, Arrogant and Driver
hid be
~,h„ seeded next day, with a gunboat, to Biorka Sea refers/.
mate. A large reinforcement proceeded to Baro Seed, ea the had ex •
, than sth, to intercept the in-shore traffic there. This unlace
expedition consisted of Rogue (Capt. Ramsay, mid Disney,
as. inflict
reinforcement Colossus, Amphion aud two gunboats. A
mum
nwnal
rourth including Harrier (Just arrived from England), Dime 1 tea
hat it and Porcupine. Two bullock vessels have arrived fad nation
Allies Elsinore. The Rob Roy, transport, which easel re' Faash
Whoa
1111111-
is is a lieves the fleet of all empty casks, sick for Belleide
aarnrdivedsollifroem6°BartnovSaultadds..
La has move from this anchorage to Seeker, not a great die sbetsi •
tary a .
in the tames from this. The only frigates here are Ili inform
larrihsegificieeentneerehasexpteehisteddstoy hpaoseTvebdei.
to the Euryalus, Cossack, Dragon, Magicienne, Wm%
'hind_ and the Merlin, surveying vessel. Baro and Narita The
are well under surveillance, and the Gulf of NO
inn'- The small-pox cases have all returned from Faro. The
start."
1 they fested about those batteries from England reelingfleet generally is very healthy, and all anxiety mai.
Sir,
alter- their appearance. The Bulldog has not arrived with
to you
Black the mail, and so the Vulture starts with this, went i
ussian in ord
00010 •
I Jour- OFF CRONSTADT, Jon I . Esk,
[ff that There is no longer any doubt as to the existeticen
Narge
g infernal mines under the water in the seemed)" W officer
Cronatadt, three having been discovered yesterday d Manic
" the the Merlin and Firefly were reconnoitring the The
ZOOM,
at once northern passage. Fortunately the damage a Gimes
with°
this time is trifling, although the report was lend,
pastern and the shock pretty severe, knocking over the eeee boat.
on th
ftegotia•
of muskets, breaking all the mess traps and trail
ware, and starting the bulkheads. The Merlin. le Bum
able. If Th
the firm supposed to have a hole in her bows, and a Ili!!
with
appro
mit laid is to examine her to-morrow. Had the flutes bleu rater •
effective or exploded under her bilge, the oar F,.
aher, it
' might have been awful, and the catch to the earn! first I
w desire a fls•
a good one, as the French admiral and half a d
minuetuiebeen neith
ion, it post
.captains. were in her. Eleven. steam glut,
os,
were in readiness to come out if the plan
illation, misled. havi•
r felt in A couple of miles west of the Tolboukin Lied' and •
use en- house, It
if a war horle shou
,_ Cronstadt, the allied fleet is now riding at ant as cI.
at the extreme western point of the Wendel
Ibe per- single line, extending from the Ingermsnlaad shoo sibte
aelif°"• on the one side to the coast of Finland on the othet,
eee over- offic
ibl . and
which, as a last resort, have taken shelter behind
B.
effectually blockading the naval power of the empire+ • lute
granite walls of this formidable hornet's nest. ~ to Is
iteur of
This cordon consists of 14 sail of the liline,66' des
11,8 r
.to a bo
the Es- anchored two cable lengths from the other, weit_hthea
she
huge Duke of Wellington in the centre; th I,_°!: whi.
T
vine, flag of Admiral Peoaud, on the right of I,:
~. and the F.xmouth, flak of Admiral Seymour, en
_ss' ing
—e Darn.
left. The other ships in the line are : Rotel Gerorsss See
edgy, the an
As the I
reall:d ' I side of thill Orion, Daguesne, C y_ A sterlitz feta, of
icy of
th helm, James Watt, Nile, iuburgh. a
ay •sist
Cie
two teen. frigates Euryalue, Pylades, and Arrogant, with I'"'
use nen line and nearer the enemy are the gunboats and
, !le"
as,i
Me MP. two surveying vessels, Merlin and Firefly.
____ ad
▪ motion The commander-in-chief avails himself of tbe r: US
I last sol.
Irrn" sent favourable state of the weather to reamer°
industry rh
,about to has advanced within 3,000 yards of the works, es;
gardless of the preparaiions visible at such
saved at , the port and fortifications, and on several ,,_,. 1
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