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London, England, 1855-12-10 00:00:00

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ADMIRALTY, Dec. 7.
Despatches, with enclosures, of which the following
are copies, have bees received from Admiral Sir
Edmund Lyme, Bart., 0.C.8., Commander-in-Chief
of her Majesty's ships and vessels in the Mediter-
ranean and Black Sea,
Royal Albert, Kazakh Bay, Nov. 24, 1866.
Sir,—Theo lordships are aware that when the
small gunboats were no longer required at Kinburn
I sent them back to Captain Osborn, to afford him
the means of destroying, at the latest period of the
season, the harvest of this year, which I understood
to be collecting in the neighbourhood of Oheisk-
Liman, for the purpose of being transported in the
winter months, partly to the enemy's army in the
Crimea over the frozen Gulf of Axoff, and partly to his',
army in the Caimans by the military road.
2. The enclosed copy of a letter from Captain
Osborn will show their lordships that in this, as on
many former occasions, he has fully justified the con-
fidence I have placed in him. The skilfulness of the
arrangements made by him, and the admirable
manner in which they were executed by himself, by
Commander Kennedy, of the Curlew. and by the
officers and men under their orders, completely frus-
trated the efforts of the large force that was brought
against them in defence of the stores, which the
=appears . to have considered safe from any
atm* m consequence of the shallowness of
the water.
I. The effects of this brilliant enterprise, in the
doolnitien of so much corn and forage at the cam.
msessmient of winter, cannot fail to be severely felt
ulteasulusidan armies both in the Crimea and the
4. Commander Kennedy, in reporting his large
share in the proceedings of the day in the command
of the Curlew, states to Captain Osborn that at one
place alone the rows of stacks were six deep and ex-
tended two miles, and it appears that for economy in
transport and storage the straw was cut near to the
ears of the corn.
5. As the ice is now forming on the shores of the
Sea of Asoff and the squadron is withdrawn, I feel it
to be due to Captain Osborn to reseed that under
circumstances of great difficulty, occasioned by unu-
sually tempestuous weather, he hoe most ably con-
tinued through the summer, and brought to a saw.
woeful close in the autumn, operations novel in their
nature and extremely detrimental to the enemy,which
commenced auspiciously in the spring under the
direction of the late Captain Lyons, of the Miranda ;
nor is it too much to say, that both commanding
officers were supported throughout by sa dashing and
as intelligent a band of young officers, seamen, and
marines, as ever shone in the British Navy.
I am, Re.,
(Signed) EDMUND LYONS,
Bear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
The Secretary of the Admiralty, London.

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Her Majesty's Stearn-doer Vesuvius,
off Ghent, Nov. 7.
Mr,—After dark on the evening of the Erd instant, the
squadron seder my command was assembled and anchored
la 16 fest water, off Gheisk-Lbasa, sad I made arragements
foe the morrow to operate against the extensive collection of
sore, forage, and feel, belooging to the enemy, stacked
along its shores, so se to distract the atteatios of the large
terse which, from previous observation, I knew to be in the
neighbourhood.
Under Lieunnant Rom, of the Weser, I pissed the
Curlew in the temporary charge of Lientensat Mall, and the
Ardent I. charge of Kr. Tilly, second master, each vessel
basin antheitat ass left in her to weigh an anchor, or'
light a gun, and man • few baste, giving orders to Lieu-
tenant Roes to close in on the northern fees of °heist, and
to be prepared to too-operate with me Guide the Liman.
The Vesuvius I left in the din, demoted of every avail-
able pomp. Embarking officers and men as is the sneezed
list, from the Vesuvius, Curlew, Weser, sad Ardent, with
their beats, we left at daylight, towed by bar Majesty's gun-
beets, Recruit, Lieutenant G. Day; Boxer, Lieutenant S.
P. Townsend; Cracker, Lieutenant J. H. Muryst ; Clinker,
Lleuteaant J. 8. Hudson.
By 6.30 a.m. the flotilla was off Vodina, three miles north
of Olefin ; here long lien of carnation, and much fuel were
stored along the onst,with a Cossack guard for their prone-
tioa. I immediately detached Commander Kennedy with
the boats, covering him with the gun vessels, sad in a short
time all was in ileums and the party cleverly re.embarked
at the moment that slugs body of Cossacks rode up from
Lesanite. .

The town of Glofln became the next point of attack ; it
was greatly changed in appearance dime visited by Captain
Rowley Lambert in July leaf. Corn stacks, for some miles
is extent, might sow be wen along its southern and intern
face, placed close to the water's edge ready for transport;
and between the rows of houses the on tier were to be seen.
Au entrenchment had been eat along the edge of the cliff
,eornmanding the spit; large Wise of dismousted cavalry
were seen lining it, and mud me* showed la the rear of
even boon.

To endeavour to flank the defences, as well as destroy the
001141 stooks stored on a high hill east of (Refits, I despatched
Commander Kennedy, with the boats of her Majesty's ship
Curlew, a paddie•boz boat and eatter of the Vesuvius, the
whole towed by the Clinker, Lieutenant Hudson, with
orders to turn the spit end, and then attack is that direction,
after giving a certain time to allow the enemy's attention to
be divided by the other attack. The gunboats Recruit,
Grinder, Boxer, and Cracker opening fire os the entrench-
meats with Slirspuell shall, and on the corn ricks with
caresses.

As the way meld only be dislodged frees the satzense
west, and the esteems did not well answer, and moreover
endangered the whole town, I despatched Lieutenants Day
sad Campion with the small form of 1111112411 available, a
hewitser boat sad two rocket boas, to aid more effectually
In 'saying out my object.
Lisatenent Campion, with Mr. 'Piny, gunner, charging
*Me bad of the Mariam, supported by Lieateaant Day
Ind lbs sessen, all Wag ender a sharp fire of musketry,
entleesiled in driving the enemy, with emaidereble loss, sot
likek tenth work, and captured a small brass piece, and
Om steadily forced them back, with lose, from store to
verse, until the whole of the vast quantity of corn, stacked
ready for thrashing and transport, was in dames.
The gallant saannu in which Lieutenant Campion led the
Marines deserves to be brought under your notice.
Eleeiag the enemy collecting a number of men, ready to
barge our men if they advanced boned a ravine on the
sue sines e( the town, I recalled my form, and had the eater
ibeliss of seeing all embarked, with oily use mast wounded.
TM versals off Obelisk were now seas to be engaged,
Letelemat PAW. of the Weser, having placed them in capital
pesitione ; and, is the satiny moved down lair bodies of
Weeps, especially cavalry, to resist hie landing, and opened
Ito on hies, he very unwillingly had to Are On the town to
dislodge them.
The proceedings of Lieutenant Roes were ably executed,
sad he fully sueeseded in keeping is shook a heavy body
of eavalry which might have meth issommeded the small
form ender Commander Kennedy, who, by the mast
strenuous inertias, bad reached bis politica. sad finding
the cliff too steep to male in the fuse of a large number of
troops, who were firing on him from its meet, ►e very
jediciously eszeented the duty I had entrusted to him, with
the gun and the carcase rockets of the ship's boats, setting
every store in flames, except one large government build.
log cossiderably in the rear.
Commander Kennedy speaks in the highest teems of his
party, for the shells seem of the water obliged the crews of
the bests to be rowing and wading through t►e water from
zeros until midnight, the mean too bMeg sow very *old.
Tereegboat the night the stores were busing fiercely,
a sheet of flame intending fully two miles; bet the town of
Glofin, except where the troops bad mod the houses sgaiast
us, remained entombed.
At an early hour on the 6th of November we weighed
and peesseded late the Listen, steering towards Gheisk.
Tie valuable monism of Mr. George Perry, Acting Master
eg Me VIIIIIIViIS. and Mr. Parker, &end Master of the
Reessit ease ken into play ; and, at an early period, I
bet the eadelestion of seeing all the gas-boats anchored
hustle theft ems draught or water, within keg gnaohot of
the east extreme of O►eisk and the neighbouring steppe,
along the edge of whkb, for four idles, sera sad hay was
sucked la rosadties fir beyond whet I had esaseived to be
penile* sad at the be.. of the steppe, as well as that pert
of the spit saninisadsd by the lowa, auks, yards, Ash
stores, boats, lbs., in numbers were eessinaleted.
To attack upon is many pasts as possible was, I
&mit, the ealy way to foil the troops that hod
sow bed t►irty.siz boars to peepers for as ; t►e gust-
baste (Mader, Boar. Crasher, and Clinker, were left
to rows the landing party. To Lieutenant Rees end to

Wear, I signalised to pews to had, sad divided se
toms la the Lassa tato three bodies ; the left nadir Lew&
wants Day sad Townsend, emaisted of boats and swig
Beensit sad Borer ; the seats* I entrusted to Comm,*
Kennedy, bsviag under him Lieutenants Hamilton, Ogle
pion, Mama% sad Mayne, with all the boats of the eel*,
Ardour, Grinder, and Cracker, end port rocket sad gee
I boats of the Vesuvius, in charge of the oScms named in M
margin! the right division under Lieutenant Clime"
Strode sad Lieutenant Hudson, consisted of the Subset
gumboots of Vesuvius and those of Clinker, together egg
soma Marines—Mr. R. Farquharson, midshipmen,'`
charge of the latter. Lieutenant Rom, on the wen site
of Obsisk Bpit, had the boats and smaWars sea et ge
Weser, with a small tome from Curlew and Ardent, mew
Lieutenant KW, and Mr. TWy, second masts, in radians
to eo-operato.
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The -differeat parties palled in, and effected a lam* g
appointed plasm, fully • mile apart. The Randle Im•.
widths light bresetworke, attempted to prevent that, bal
failed, and is • few moments • semen ef team lad seeks
rolling from oar as. towards the enemy, preveated Oa
latter mein whore or bow to meneenvre in order to at
off any of ear small detachments.

0a tho right sled main the enemy mustered etroogie,
sad at ace time, observing a alum of some 1,600 Comets
moving rapidly off the late, I directed Commuda Ha,
nedy (who by that time had connected his fins with as..
of Lisataaaat Day) to re-embark all but the MMUS, I§l
with thus to mond to his right, and I ralaformd hia
with the Mariam of the Ramis and Water, leader IMs.
taaaat Campion. This =mond perfectly ; the many
arrived too late to save anything on the left whilst ou
rasa steadily worked towards the eight divides. Imam
Lis tsaaata Strode and Rees, who, in spite of a Macy bat
badly directed fire from ths houses on the heights, stasgll,
held their ground. and effectually destroyed a gnat aim
ululation of materials for boats sad ship building, tik atom,
cavalry camp gear, and graaariss.

When emrithhig bathe town of Oltenia was dans*,
I ordered the embarkation to take place, and dowel

some boats to .over Liantenant lion, between elintan
Ws boat the enemy were throwing a body of mia,vbe,b,
their uniform, I believed to be regular infantry.

By 2 p.m. everything was iiniihed, and all the yams
'eh], re•embarhed on board their respective papule, pis
casualties amounting to only six ram wounded in 111, eu
of them dangerously, and another severely.
Nothing further being left within our null In
Liman, except the store of corn which escaped ea the go
vioas day at Mehra, 1 therefore ordered Ccmosed.
Kennedy, with the moiety of the boats, to retain to WO
respective skips, and remained with the Bank, Arlo,
Boxer, and Crasher's boats, to finish what bad Impel Ng
of Olofira.

Oa the 6th the weather, which had favound el IN

providentially, changed ; fogs and strong brume Cain e;
but directly I was Ole, the rocket boats and esrew van
again employed upon Gloilra until the fires utiegailei
yesterday were re lighted, and another extiolini aeeenah•
Lion of corn in lames. I then weighed and retuned le as
Vesuvius. reashiss her the same afternoon.
I Impair of being able to °Davey to you Eul64 Of Gs

extraordinary quantity of aeon, rye, bay, wood, and sMet
supplies, so nemesuy for the existence of Barka sada
both in the Cassano and the Crimea, which it has ben al
good fortune to destroy.
That these vest stores should have been oolleetal hies,
too clam to the sea, whilst we were still is the neighbour.
hood, is only to be accounted for by their supra* Vet
they oonld not be reached by us, and judging by the
position the squadron under t►e late Captain Bumf
Lyons took up in May last, the Maoism had establishst s
amp and fortified their town only to meet a aisle
attack.

-
Daring these proceedings we never had more the M 3
men engaged; the enemy had, from the ooneurnet ad.
molly of Lieetenants Ross and Strode, and my owe ohms
lion, from 3,000 to 4,000 men in Obeid alone.
Where every officer exerted himself to the utmet,sed
' did all and mod than I expected of them, it 'raid is
invidious foe me to mention one more than another; b
was their oedema, seal, and example, that rendered stssey
many of the younger men, who for the first time well
wader Are, and bat for their 'general intelligence sad asM
the enemy would have easily frustrated oar opentioan
The WA, good oonduet,And gallantry of the sea, was
deserving of every praise.
Commander Keanedy, my sicced in command, gave as
the most valuable aroperatioa, and from hue, se well es
the reports of the other often, I feel juthfied in
before you the name of the following warrant oflioen sad
men, who, under Are, behaved remarkably well, vis.:—
Mr. Richard Verey, acting gunner of her Majesty's dip
Ardent; Thomas Kerr, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery,
her Majesty's ship Vesuvius; Peter Mudd, A 8., her Ma-
jesty's ship Curlew; David Barry, A. 8., her Majesty's ship
Cracker.
The enclosed plan, illustrative of our operations, by Mr.
George Perry, acting maste .mow the Vesuvius, will, I trad.
be of ase ; sad I bog you will me te all your awed'
to the unvarying mil of that oflioer.—l have, de,
(Signed) SHEPARD Ostrom,
Captain and Senior Officer in the Sea of Asi
Bear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart.,
G.C.8., do.

Return of Men Wounded during the operation of th"
4th, sth, and Bth November, 1855, in Oboist Limo.—
Thomas Middleton, Vesuvius, gunner R M.A., slightly;
John Cook, Vesuvius, ord., alight.y ; Peter asalen,ClP
kw, A. 8., dangerously ; Thomas Cuddehey, Carlow,
private severely ; John Burke, Recruit, LB., se
verely ; Robert Atwood, Wooer, private R.M.. slightly.
(Signed) Snsakan Ossons,
Captain and Senior Mem
A Return of Officer and Men of her Majesty's slip
ta
Vesuvius, Curlew, Ardent, and Weser, detached sad CM
ployed destroing the enemy's resources in GbeislAinu,
during the 4th, 6th, and Bth November, 1855.—Vssuries:
Gig—Captain 8. Osborn, senior officer; Mr. O.
D. Perry, acting master. Rocket Boat—Lientessat
Chetham Strode ; Mr. Joseph Scott, gunner. Paddle
bon Bost— Mr. R. R. Armstrong, mate. Paddle
boa Bont—Mr. Gilbert King, essistant.surgeon ; Mr. B.
D. Farquharson, midshipman. Boats' crews, all smaltena
men and Marines. Curlew : Gig —Commander J. J. New
nedy. Pinnace—Limetenent Mayne. Gig—Undated
MIMI. Pinnace—Mr. George Mutant, midshipman. Al
small-arm men and Marines. Ardent : Cutter, rocket
boat, end gig—Lieutenant Campion ; Mr. Vera, Wiggunner,
gunner, 20 blue juke% and 11 Marines. Wager :11
Marinas belonging to Weser.
(Signed) Samsun Ossoste,
Captain and Senior Officer.

In toneideratioa of the services mentioned in the ebore
despatches, Commander John James Kennedy will be pre.
meted to the rank of captain so soon as he shall be qusib
tied; and Lieutenant Hubert Campion has been promoted
to the rank of Commander.

• Mr. Armetraig. its ; Mr. kat, rumor ; Mr. Verty, gunman

An order of the day of the Grand Dale Conetaa•
the published at St. Petenburg on the 28th ult., wanes
that the crews of the Stet who have taken pert is dude
fence of Sebastopol may carry upon their helmets the fol-
lowing isieriptino. " For Sebastopol, from Sept, 18, lato
to Aug. 27, 1856."
A letter from Berlin, of Friday last, n7l. "
Busies Ambassador has been received to-day is WI"
audience by the Ring, and has presented to his Maienfol
autograph letter from the Emperor Alexander, in WA
the latter misnames the betrothing of the Grand Duke

Nicholu."
The town of Fano, in the Roman States, the liftb•
place of Generalfitontereachio. has just celebrated the feu
ral rime for the repose of the soul of the deceased selfish
The Rum polite at first attempted to interfere, bat side
stately gave way. The coacourse of the people Wavle
great. The fenenl inscriptions recalled the briniest Mr•
vices of the General, and one of them proclaimed him se
first holocaust of Italian valour (prim oiocausto del ease
hatiesso) in the war against Russia.
There are at present five political journals appou'•
daily at St. Petenburg. They ars the Invalids fie"
the Godes de N. Pelorsbesay, the A&. 1. de Nord Ole
are printed is the Russia* langeage), the Joursai
Petersbany (Preach), and the Pedevebury•Zsitent

Ran).
A letter from Moinow states that the EnSpinet
retaraiog through that city, devoted the short tied b.
stopped there solely to religious este. He visited Id
set
esseion the nuassoes churches of the Kremlin, sad 1011_,V14
devotions to the relics, end at his departure be filiTun
from the bishop the lunge of a saint.
AIM! MISMANAGIIIIT.NT.—As a proof of the
Weans with which matters relating to opustisu
Crises are eoadaoted at hose, we may state, on the set*
city of a private letter, that seventy fine eat boost wort
lately shipped foe the railway at Halals's without sow
risary surge= to look after them. It is warmly to bow.'
dered at that four of the number died on the psestiM,
FIUNKFORT.—The Natiasol Gazette of How
states frees Frankfort that the Bank of this latter Ail
reamed its ate at &mat ben 41 to 4 per cast.