The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-14 00:00:00

EDMUND LYONS,
sad Coaaaader•in•CEiet.

the boats. Everything being sow dismally theomplialied,
the boats returned. Although several of them were synth
by grape sad ease shot, most fortunately only see man was
slightly moulded. Lieutenant Mackenzie speaks in high
terms of the moMeee and excellent brhaviour of .11 em-
ployed under his orden ; and 1 mud 1 may be allowed to
Mien to your notice the eonspicuoas merit of Lieutenant
Macke■ste himself on this occasion, when more than ninety
vessels, and also ma for the Eawiso army of the value of
100 0001 wire destroyed, owing to his gallantry and
ability, with so trifling a loss as one man slightly wounded.
nines the squadron entered the Bes of Asoff four days
ago, the enemy bee last four stamen of war, 246 merchant
•owls. also torn and Cur inagasinu to the valise of at Mast
169,0001. I have, tto ,
(Signed) B. M. LYONS, Captain.

A list of boats under the command at Lieutenant J. F. C.
Mackenzie, at Oseatehesk, on the 29th day of Mar. 1856.
lahmnde.—Pinasee: Oae 12 pounder bowitser, ar,th small
arms for boat's mew ; Ceeil W. Buckley, lieutenant ; Ben-
jamin Crabbe, assistant surgeon. First salter: W. 11.
busy, additional boatswain. &mond cutter: Small arms
for boat's Brow; John Liddell, midshipman ; Henry Cooper,
additional boatswain

Vesuvius—Two paddle-boo boats: One 24 pounder bow-
itser in each boat, with small arms; Herbert Campion,
senior lieutenant; John H. Patterson, surgeon; Shaldham
Hill, assistant clerk ; William Kirk, boatswain.
Stromboli.—Starboard paddle-boo boat : One 24-rouuder
howitzer, with small arms fot boat's crew. John F. Ross,
lieutenant ; John 8. Adams, assistant-surgeon ; Arthur K.
Fords, 11211'41. Port paddle-box boat One 24-ponder
rneket tube, with rockets and small arms. Augustus H.
Webb, acting-mate.
Ardent.-Ist cutter : Small arms for crew. H. P. &d-
-well, ectleg tad master, only employed in second attack.
One man slightly wounded. 2nd cutter : One 12-poisoder
rocket tube, with rockets and small arum. J. Robed',
Swallow.—Oig : One 12-pounder rocket tube, end small
arms for boat's mew. Hugh T. Burgoyne, lieutenant.
(Signed) A. M. MONS.
Captain and Senior Officer.

Name of one man wounded at Geniteheek, on the 291
day of May. 1863, belonging to bar Majesty's steam vessel
Ardent —William Walker, captain, maintop, received a
contusion on left knee by a shrapnell shell.
(Billaad) E. M. LIONS.
Captain and Junior °facer.

NATAL OPRRATIONS IN SRI STRAITS OF £CRTCN.
Royal Albert, Straits of Rowels, May 30, 1866.
Sir,—l have the honour to transmit to you, for the in-
formation of the Lords Cammissienere of the Admiralty, a
copy of a letter that has bees addressed to me by Captain
Lyons, of the Miriade, noosating the measures be took for
obliging the enemy to abandon his last hold in these straits,
and reporting his having entered the Sea of Az3ff with the
'gumboil I bad pissed under his orders.—l am, Re.,
(Signed) EDMOND LIMOS,
Roar-Admiral and Conunsacier-In-Chief.
To the Secretary of the Admiralty.

Her Modesty's ship Miranda, off Arabat, Sea
of Asoff. May 28, 1856.
84,—1 have the honour to inform you that, on hauling
down your flag on the afternoon of the 25th, I proceeded
with the steam vessels under my orders named in the
margin,* and the French steamer Lucifer, towards Bet.
dianak. At dark we stopped for the French stamen
Memo, Brandon, sad Folios. These baying joined. at
3 a.m. on the 26th we all went on in company ; at 3.30 p.m.
on that day, we thawed off the lighthouse, on the spit at
Berdutask, in such a position as to command the harbour
and beach and a large number of merchant vessels. I then
Bent the boats of the squadrons under Commander Sherard
Osborn, accompanied by the boats of the French ships, to
destroy these vessels as well as some lying about four miles
off. end a storehouse. All this was completed by dark.
Dunes this time stamens of the two squadrons were chasing
and destroying vessels in ether directions.
At daylight of the air I weighed with the ships under
my orders, scoompanled by the tour French steamer*, and
anchored off the tows etßerdiansk, the Miranda in 15 feet,
and the gunboats In peopertionally less water, in a position
which effectually eametholed the town and beach. Here
we found nut on Meth and bona to the water's edge, and
abandoned, the fareMena= of war which had escaped
Kenai, under tbeisenneend of War-Admiral Wolff, grime,
B+g was flying in tbeMeledith. I now landed the small-arm
men and marines of the misairon under Commander Lam
ben, of the Curlew, asampanied by thew of the French
ships, with orders se desteey all shipping and goverament
stores, but to rages private property. This was dens
without molestation, although we bad information that 8001
Ccesseks with gum were at Petroekol. Ave miles off.
Many vessels were destroyed, sad con starer to the esti.
mated value of 50,0001. An 8-inch 52ewt. gen was also re-
covered
from the wreck of the of the Hessian steamers, and
is now on board the Miranda. . . . .

Her Mejmty's ship Miranda, at anchor above
Yenikale, May 25, 1855.
Bir,—l have the honour to Inform you that having yes-
terday afternoon taken under my orders the ships named in
the margin,* I, in pursuance of your orders, passed tate
Straits of Hertek, and anchored tor the night just out of
gunshot of the batteries of Yet:tikes. At 7 p.m. the enemy
blew up the magazines and these batteries with a tremen-
dous explosion.
At 4 o'clock this morning I seat Mr. George Williams,
master of thin ship, to find and buoy a channel through the
straits on the Yenikale side; and I desired Lieutenant
Armytage in the Viper to follow as near as passible, sad
endeavour to pass the straits, and get into • position to
threaten the retreat ef the Russian garrison of the tints on
the Omura Spit side of the strait, by commanding the neck
of the spit ; at the same time I sent Lientensot Ayer
ley, in the Lynx, to pass round by the Taman Lake end
take up a position to command the rear of the Russian
forts. This service was ably performed by these alum
and ea their obtaining the assigned positions the enemy, as
I had anticipated, exploded his magazines, abandoned his
works, and made • precipitate retreat under the fire of the
Viper's gees. Mr. Williams now returned having found
and buoyed • 16 feet channel, and I immediately weighed
and, with the vessels under my orders, proceeded through
the Straits of Yentkale ; thus we became complete masters
of the Sea of Asr.ff. I have, &c.,
(S•gned) E. M. LTONS, Captain.
Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.B.

Immediately the boats returned, the agsedrons weighed
for Arabia; I at the same time detached the Swallow and
Wrangler to Genitcnesk, to command the entrance to the
Putrid Sea, and the Curlew to cruise between Krivaia Spit
mod Sand Island, end thus prevent vessels escaping us b)
getting up the Don.
On the morning of the 28th we arrived off Arabet, sad
engaged the fort (mounting 30 guns), for as hoar and a
half, at the end of which time a shell blew up the enemy's
magazine; the shipe having been ordered to keep at shell
range, and being wall handled, had only one casualty, the
chief engineer of the Medina being slightly wounded by a
splinter; the French senior efleer's ship recited two shots
in the bell, but fortunately no one was hers. The enemy
must Dave lost minty ma, from the precision with which
the shells burst in his works, independently of that caused
by the explosion.
The econmeaden of the vessels employed} deserve every
credit for the skilful manner in which they mazeuvred
their vessels in a very strong toms and shoal water, without
a single accident ; cad I may he permitted to say none were
more distinguished than our pliant allies. The large gar
risen at Arabet rendering any attempt at leading out of
the question, I now proceeded for Genitebeek, parting with
regret from Captain de S4daiotts and his squadron, who
left at the same time for Kutch. I take this opportunity
of mentioning the efficient, Gordis], and hearty co-operation
I received on every occasion from M. de Walvis and the
ships under his orden, and my hope that it may again be
my good fortune to have him for my colleagae.
The allied squadrons have destroyed upwards of 100
vessels during the three days they have been in this sea,
principally laden with provisions for the Russian army in
the Crimea; had we sent these vessels is as prizes, we
shnuld have lost much valuable time, and not bees able to
effect so many captures. The active and zealous way in
which the °Seen and ships' companies perforood their
duties, and the cheerful manner in which they suffer this
pecuniary lose for the benefit of the service, will, I trust,
meet with your approbstion.—l have, die.,
(Signed) E. M. Leone, Captain.

1N THU SULAM OP XIITCII.
Royal Albert, Strait., huts 2, 1855.

say letter, No. 398, of the 26th alt., I stated that
we had captured fifty of the enemy's guns. It now appears
that more than a hundred guns have fallen into our hands
in the different sea defences, many of them of heavy calibre,
sad remarkably well east. Those which may not be re-
quired for the land defences which the gilled armies are
now constructing, will be shipped and sent to England and
Frames.

Nauss of officer slightly wounded off Aslant on this 28th
Mae, 1855. beloopiog to her Id.jeety's steam-meet Medina.
—Mr. W. H. Houghton, assistant engiaser, Ant ChM.
(81111104) S. M. LYONS.
Captain and Senior Offiasr.

It has been ascertained from the Onetom-houe returns
that the enemy on evacuating lierteh, on the 24th ultimo,
destroyed 4,166,00011 m of corn and 608,000;be. of fl,ur.
This quantity, taken together with what has ben thorned
by the allied squadrons in the Sea of Asoff, comprises
nearly four months' rations for an army of a hundred thou-
sand men ; and it seems that shortly before our arrival the
enemy had commaneed sending towards Sebastopol daily
convoys of about fifteen hundred waggons, each containing
half a ton weight of grain or flour.
4. Sir George Brown confidently expects that by the 7th
instant &triode will be in such a state of defence u fully
to justify his leaving it in clime of the Ottoman troops
now hers, under the summand of Radji Retard Pseha,
end that the British and French forces will be at liberty to
proceed oaths attack of Anapa and Soulek Habib, in order
to drive the enemy out of his last holds on the coast of
Cireassia.—l am, &c., B. Lyon, Rear-Admiral.
To the Secretary of the Admiralty.

• Vesuvius. Curlew, Swallow, Stromboli, Ardent, Me-
dina, Wrung:sr, Lynx, Recruit, Arrow, Viper, Soaks,

Her Majesty's ship Miranda, a the town
of Genitchesk, Kay 29, 11336.
Sir,—l have the honour to inform foe that I arrived here
shortly after dark lest night, with her Majesty's ships under
my orders, and joined the Swallow and Wrangler, which
ships had already destroyed or captured all the vessels in
this oisighbonsboed estside the Bthaits of Genitelsesk ; cut
a very greet number Mil paned the straits, which are only
fifty yards wide, eel ere esunmatled by the low cliffs on
which the town is built, and were moored inside under the
diff.
At is o'clock this mornieg, I sent Commander Craufurd
with a flag of trues to demand the immeniatetmrrender of all
these vessels, and of the immense corn mores for the sup.
ply of the army in the Crimea, and of all goverment oro
party of every description • stating that if these terms
wore complied with, I week spare the town and respect
private property, but that if not, the inhabitants were '7-
us iiately to leave the town.
Commander Cranfurd mime by an dicer of apparently
high rank, who refused to accede to these terms, saying
that any attempt to Land or to destroy the vessels would be
resisted.
The enemy at this time had six field pieces in position,
and with about 200 men with them, and, visible from the
mast head drawn up behind tho town, a battalion of infan-
try, besides Cossacks.
Basing allowed till 9 cm. for the reeessideration of Ibis
refusal to deliver up the vessels and storm, and receiving
no answer, I at that time hauled down the flag of truce,
and placed the steamers as near to the town and the passage
into the Putrid Sea as the depth of the water growd allow,
but they were wily aide to approach within long range.
Seeing that if the enemy, who had removed his guns from
their former position, could phew them in the town, so as
to command the passage, and that If he could place his in-
fantry in a similar meaner, it would be impartible for the
boats to case the channel and destroy the vessels sad stores,
I directed the ships to shell the town, which they did so
effectually that the boats as per eaelesure, under the
eimenand of Lieutenant f. F. C. Meekenie, got safely
through the passage, and sat fire to the shipping (73 in
number) and the seen storm. This ionise was ably per-
/bred hy Liniment Mackenzie, sad the boats returned
witheet melding.
The wind hawing shibsd about twg lours after the
boats ease e(, MM. 111 the WS starts Aid net catch Are ;
assesiving the tioneingdme of this oses, se will as of some
mom distant mask in as theemahisa pesitlem foe 'applying
the Pmesia mem r the &hos% to he of the utmost im-
es I seat tim beets spin semmewled and °Soared
twelsce, *hint I was aware ;hit bac the slimy having
bad time to make pregneatipy it wail he a hazardous en-
terprise. The ship= sewammt their tiro u the
Won and the ONO Lissernsat Cecil W Beek-
ley, d tlla eh*. UmMewist Mask T. Bergoyse' of the
Swallow, lad Jehft Mose% gnaw of the Ardent,
velenteend to ism/ sismeitad the the stores ; this offer I se-
4:opted, knowing the huskiest Mk there would be in land
lag peetg is memo if mesh a wspetior fere% sad mu of
visage" if lie shirk This very dmigsemm =vim they
most gallantly gwrilwaser Wittowly mengigg. the Ca',
who al hot eat time off from their bolt p at the same time
Lieumment lbsimmein poked on and barked the Tessir
lag mask the ==g a Are from four field
and emialsdiry, within plat blank ?asp if

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 14. 1855.

FRANCE.

PONDIXT OP PHI DAILY PIWII.)
PARIS, WIDNISDAY E,ixixo.

Letters from the Principalities announce that the
state of siege which was some time sines established
by the Austrians in Wallachia has now been extended
to Moldavia. In the latter province Prince Ghika
did not submit to this unwarrantable stretch of
fraudulently acquired power so easily as Prince Stir-
bey had done in Wallachia. It being evident that
there was no sufficient reason for so serious a step
as the suspension of ordinary law, Prince
Ghika not only protested against General
Caonini's decree, but ordered the local autho-
rities not to publish it. The general, of oonrse, made
no account either of th 6 protest or the prohibi-
tion, and the ispronnsks (the prefects of the district)
were compelled by force to publish a decree issued by
a foreign authority, in defiance of the lawful head of
their government. Several of the prefects resisted,
and were very ill treated in consequence. What a
heavy responsibility now rests upon the head of those
who let Austria into the Principalities!
A Constantinople letter of June 4, states that Abd-
el-Kader has accompanied his mother and his wife as
far as Constantinople, on their way to Mecca on a
pilgrimage.

The Boone was again heavy. The Rente fell 300.,
closing at 69fr. 60c. Bank of France rose 10fr.,
Credit Mobilier, 22fr. 50c., and Credit Fonder, 35fr.
Several railway lines were in demand, for the
majority closed at lower prices.
Yesterday, after a consultation held at the Tuileries

between Dr. Locock and Drs. Dubois and Conneau,
it wu formally announced that the Empress wu
enceinte.