The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-03 00:00:00

IHE WASP BATTERY AND SEBASTOPOL
HARBOUR.

An officer who served in the fleet at tbe bombard-
meet of Sebastopol, in 1864, dined, by levitation, with the
Governor of the Wasp Battery lest month. He describes
the Wasp Battery aa bevies a ditch some 30 fret w
around it, with as embankment level with the guns, so that
ships' guns could net hit the fort at all, but only the em-
bankment in front, while the guns at the bait ry would fire
shell right down open tie deck of • chip. 150 feet below.
This tirtificatien mounts only 8 guru, en barbette, and those
are very clue together. This was 'he bast, re to the fire of
which Fi M.B. Albion was exposed, en 1 the Rosales Mat
uprose(' his surprise that the was not sunk. Aecordir g to
his account. the shelle thrive by the battery would go cos-
n'etely through the whole of a Min's decks in that petrifies.
The only essimlty the Itura'ass suffered is the Wasp Battery
was from one shell, which dropped amongst them, rendering
28 men hors de trorneat. The Lacer himself had, on the
occasion of the bombardment, been in the front of the an.
gigement, and was Pinions to see who guns the fleets had
soff.red from. The Weep Ba•tery, which is scsraely per-
ceivable from the 169, 11 • describes ee the must dengerose,
end the Albion as honing oco of the hottest berths. The
Ripsian commander gave him a good diaper, pleat, of
champagne, and s hearty welcome.
From the statements of the some Russian (Zees it at-
pears that the outer boom is Sebisetopql harbour, owing to•
1011041111011 of gala,. hawse in s nuking *tote during the
siege, and wee rem.ved to insist in melting the brirge of
boats; the loner one *hotel, afterw• rt. shored the tame
fate. After the gale of tie 14th 14..vtreqr, 18i4, the rater
line of ships wee so much broken up es It rider the her-
hnor easy of stews to tie firer, upon tiverviog which the
O.briel end &lines were sunk by the Silesian. as • further
imp. diluent. Fin, steamers were sunk on tee morning
when the Russian troops crossed the hriJge of boa's to the
north side : nothing of them is visible. The first or outer
line of ships were sunk, with everything no hoard them,
upon the Ressians pereeiving the Alliei fl•els weighirg
from the Alma. and in the helief that the Ailed fleets were
about to eater the harbour, the Ru•s-au 0f830,1 gni men
losing all their property on board. The Bowels Marra and
Grand Prise* Coast intine are the only two ships whose
maws are standing; the former on her bilge, the latter per-
fectly upright, lying with her heed op the harbour; the
others are cross ways; the last menti ,t ed was the finest
s►ipin the Russia, fleet. The ships were sank by heeling
them over and cutting fear sent•les on each side es large as
a puddirg plate; they were kept 'fir at for some time by
plugging and caulking them in till it was riquinite to sin
them, sod then it was dose by driving the plugs all oat
together, after which it required from two to throe hours for
them to sink.

The (barrier du Gard, after stating that the wheat
mops to Met department hies berme is suffer considerably
from the wet, states that the silk-woraa are is a dreadful
situatims ; first, tram want of proper mature' heat, sad ant,
from their fold being saturated with moisture.

The Agrans Ga:ette states that bands of robbers
haat the woods ent tits frontion of Croatia. There bands
are eaapostd obiefiy of forage iloaveds, sad are well or-
ganised, !omit! at their disposal melleat horses. The
goadumerio seat easiest than have bean hitherto lIIIIIIIC<INS-
feI, sad a battalion of ahaaseurs, with a resistant of lastoser,
has bees mat to eatonaiaatie thou.