The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-19 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

According to telegraphic despatches from Gene-
ral Pelissier of the 16th, received in Paris yester-
day, the general state of affairs was most satisfac-
tory. The Allies were rapidly completing their
new batteries, which would soon open fire with
terrible effect.

THE MASSACRE AT HANGO.

H.M.S. COSSACK, OFF CRONSTADT,
JUNE 11.
On the morning of the 26th May, the Cossack and Eck
stood close into Hango, and observed several vessels an-
chored inside the numerous islands. The boats of both
ships were sent away armed, in charge of Lieut. Field
(Cossack), to bring the vessels out. On the boats getting
in sight of these vessels they made sail and ran on shore,
and were deserted by their crews.
On the boats boarding and taking possession of them,
they were found to be firmly grounded, and, as the tele-
graphs were at we,rk along the coast from a very early
hour, and there was every reason to believe that troops
were or would soon be in the vicinity, as several persons
were seen lurking about the rocks, and the men being
exposed on all sides to any attack of musketry, the boati
being in a narrow creek, the thickly-wooded shore and
rocks affording every facility to the enemy, the vessels
were set on fire and destroyed. They were two large
galliots belonging to St. Petersburg (empty), a brigantine
laden with wood, and two schooners, one of which, laden
with grain, for Ekness or Sweaborg, was bought out,
and three prisoners. The ships anchored at Hango
Head for the night. Early next merring a sloop was
brought out from behind the ruined forts of Hango, and
destroyed. Some persons were seen near the telegraph.
Both vessels left and joined the Admiral at Biorke Bay.
The Admiral, after seeing the prisoners, ordered the
vessels back again to land them at Hango, or where they
chose, and four more Russian prisoners were received on
board the Cossack, at Nargen, and requested to be
landed with them at Hango.
On the forenoon of Juno 4h, the Cossack stood close
in and sent the cutter away with a flag of truce to land
the prisoners. In the boat besides were Lieut. L.
Geneste, Dr. R. T. Easton, Mr. C. Sullivan, Masters-
Assistant, and three stewards ; a Finnish Captain,
taken prisoner here on the 26th May, informed us there
were no troops here and the inhabitants would trade,
and that the stewards could get stock, &c. As the boat
pulled in towards the shore she was lost sight of behind
the islands, the ship standing off and on under easy
sail. There being no signs of the cutter's return,
about 4 o'clock the gig, with a flag of truce, in charge
of Lieutenant Field, was sent in search. She was ob-
served to be pulling along the coast in search of the
cutter, so the ship stood close in and anchored near the
ruined fort. About 8 o'clock the gig returned, having
seen the cutter secured under a jetty inside several small
wood boats and several dead bodies in ber : fearing an
ambush or treachery the gig did not attempt to bring
the cutter out, but returned to the ship. Several per-
sons were seen a little distance off waving to the gig to
land.

About 3 o'clock next morning both vessels steamed in
close to the telegraph station, and shortly after the
cutter was observed with one man in her, apparently
wounded, sculling towards the ship. A boat was sent
to her assistance, and she was brought alongside, having
in her, John Brown, ordinary seaman, a young man of
colour, the only survivor. After being helped up the
side he said, " They are all killed." Afterwards, in the
sick bay, he made the following statement :
" On the cutter, with a flag of truce flying, getting
alongside the jetty or landing-place, near the village of
Hango, the officers and liberated prisoners jumped out, and
Lieut. Gonesto held up a flag of truce to a number of Rus-
sian troops, who had suddenly spzun,g up from the cover of
houses and rocks—about 500, dressed as riflemen, and
armed with muskets, swords, and bayonets—and told them
what it meant, and why they landed ; they replied ' that
they did not care a d---n for flags of truce there, and
would show them how the Russians could fight,' or words
to that erect. A volley was then fired at the officers
and liberated prisoners, and afterwards on the boat, until
all were supposed to be killed. The Russians jumped into
the boat, and after throwing several dead bodies over-
board, lying on the arms in the bottom of the boat they
found Henry Glidden, A. 8., who was only wounded ; they
took him out of the boat and bayonetted him on the
wharf; John Brown, lying beside him, and severely
wounded, feigned death ; he was dragged from ono end
of the boat to the other, but luckily not thrown over-
board. They then took the arms, magazine, colours, kc.,
for which they will no doubt have a Te, Deunt sung. The
officers were shut down, and the liberated prisoners
first. Dr. Easton was the first who fell, and the Finnish
Captain took the flag of truce from Lieutenant Geneste,
and waved it, shouting ' A flsg of truce l'—which had been
previously explained to them before they fired. The Russians
spoke English, and the person who led them, front his
dress and appearance, seemed to be an officer. The Rus-
sians yelled and fired on the men before they could defend
themselves ; indeed, there was not an attempt made.
" The boat was found to be completely riddled above the
waterline; it was lucky she escaped without a hole through
her bottom, as she would have filled. It was evident that
the Russians intended to have left none to tell the tale, but
it has pleased Providence to ordain it otherwise. The ships
fired a few shot and rockets at the telegraph, but a fog
coming on they were obliged to haul out into deeper water.
There were no troops seen ; the cowardly ruffians had evi-
dently gone way. It was not thought prudent to attempt
to get the remaining bodies."
The following list is correct :
L. Geneste, Lieutenant, age 25.
li. T. Easton, Surgeon, age 39.
Charles Sullivan, Master's Assistant, age 21. •
*Ed. Thompson, leading seaman, age 24.
*Wm. Linn, Captain's Steward, ago 32.
John Lorton, Midshipman's Steward, age 22.
Wm. H. Banks, Gnu-room Steward, age 31.
*Benj. Smith, A. 8., age 23.
*James Cornwall, ordinary, ago 21.
J. Glidden, A. 8., age 27.
George Boyle, age 20, ordinary.
Wm. Roskelly, age 20, ordinary.
Thos. Stokes, age 23, ordinary.
John Haughey, age 24, stoker.
Francis George, age 20, ordinary.
Owen Francis, age 24, A.B.
Liberated prisoners :—John Lunstronn, age 10; Theodore
Lunstronn, boy about 11; A. F. Loonberg, age 21; and
four other Russian prisoners, names unknown.

It will be asked iu England, " Where are the gun-
boats 3" " Aye, where Lying idle with the line-of-
battle ships. The admiral has ordered the captains of
line-of-battle ships to consider the screw gunboats (ten-
ders) as one of the ship's boats, so there is nothing but
scrubbing and polishing going on. The Bothnia block-
ading squadron was sent away only yesterday. The
Ajax is to remain at Ledsund, the Hogue at Nargen,
the Cresar at Baro Sound. The Merlin and Firefly
stood in close to Cronstadt on Saturday, and three
infernal machines exploded, doing considerable damage
to the Merlin. We can see 10 line-of-battle ships ready
for sea, and a great number of steamers, some with
their steam up, in Cronstadt.
I think it right again to mention that the flag of trues
was flying clear when the cutter was about half way
from the ship, and distinctly visible from the shore, and
continued so until she landed.

JUNE 11.
The combined fleets are still lying before Cronstadt,
spending the time in reconnoitring the enemy, in exer-
cising the men aloft, at great gun drill, manning and
arming boats, &c.
On Tuesday, June sth, the Hogue, Colossal, Magi-
cienue, Amphion, and the gun-boat Gleaner were sect
on detached service to Barosound, followed by the
Locust, with a collier in tow.

6th.—The Firefly arrived from Faro with the
which were brought there from Dantzic by
the Princess Alice. Lam sorry to say that Lieutenant
Hannant, the officer commanding the !atter, has fallen a
victim to the small-pox at Faro Hosp:tal. He was an
universal favourite, and is very much regretted. The
Arrogant and Driver arrived, the latter with two col-
liers in tow. In the evening a we'come supply of bul-
lecke arrived from Elsinore in the Mercator.
7th.--At 2 p.m. the Porcupine arrived with the
Teazer and a collier in tow ; at 3 p.m. the Mercator
parted company ; at 7.30 p.m. the Lightning joined
the fleet from Nargen, bringing dzspatchee for Ad-
miral Dundas from the Cossack cruising off Hango-
head. She brings also news of a most melancholy
and atrocious outrage committed by some Russian troops
upon a boat which endeavoured to land under a flag of
truce, with the charitable intention of setting 10 pri-
soners at liberty, How this kindness was received will
be seen by the following narrative. The Cossack, 20,
Captain E. G. Fanshawe, was cruising off Hango Head
on the 6th of June, and being ordered to land 10 Rus-
sians she bad on board, who had been taken from some
woodhoats the Merlin and herself had captured and
burnt, she attempted to do so by sending them in
a boat carrying a flag of truce. In that boat
was the Crew of nine men, Lieutenant Geneste, in com-
mand, Mr. U. Easton, the surgeon, Mr. Sullivan, mas-
ter's assistant, two litewar Is (who went in hopes of buy-
ing some provisions ), and the 10 prison,rs. On nearing
the shore they fous,d about 500 or 600 soldiers on the
beach, and as th-a boat ran alongside as tof
or jetty
the three officers jumped upon froisl her, when the
officer in comnia-id of the soldiers called out in Eng-
lish, " that he, would have nothing to do with the
damned flag of, truce," and immediately ordered his men
to fire. Mr. C reneste, Mr. Easton, and Mr. Sullivan,fell
at the first volley. One of the prisoners then
held
up the flag, which Mr. Geneste had when he fell, but
be was inst aptly shot ; some of the men then jumped
ashore to , Aesist the others, but only to meet the same
fate, for v olley after volley was mercilessly poured upon
them an' 1 the boat, until it was supposed all were killed,
when t' JO Russians came down robbed there of every-
thing worth taking away. The Cossack, atter wait-
ing s arise time for the boat, sent another in search
of it, which picked it up a short distance from the
land, with one poor fellow in it struggling with one
arm to scull the boat, whila the other dangled at his side
with three bullets in it When wounded he had fallen to
the 'oottom of the boat, and as the water came in through
the ,shot holes it revived him, and finding himself alone
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up. In the same boat were four of his dead messmatee.
This deliberate massacre, for no attempt was made
to take them prisoners, and both friends and enemies
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At 7.30 p.m, the Arrogant parted

" Then! were found dead in the niter P 414 Intiod at sea.

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with her the Ruby gun-boat ; she has gone to blockade
the town and port of Viborg.
B:h.--The Royal Adelaide, transport, arrived with an-
other cargo of bullock,,, and having distributed them to
the fleet, left again in the evening.
4.40 p.m.—The Pylades parted company to relieve
the Cossack, who is ordered to join the Admiral for a
court of inqury. The Lightning accompanied her as far
139 Nargen.

9th.-:—At 8 a.m. the Vulture, Harrier, and transport
Rob Roy arrived ; the latter with provisions from Eng-
land. At noon, the Merlin, carrying the French Admiral
Penand and French and English captains, proceeded to
reconnoitre Cronstadt. They were attended by the Dra-
gon, Firefly, and the corvette D'Assas, going first along
the north side of the island they approached within
4,000 yards of the block ships lying iu the open water
between Cronstadt and St. Petersburg. They consisted
of four liners, five frigates, and two corvettes moored in
a line along the three-fathom bank, with their broadsides
bearing upon the northern passage. Inside these, 14
steam gun-boats lay at anchor, and under the wall of
Man-of-war Harbour, anchored in three lines, were 24
row gun-boats. When the Merlin went in so close, two of
the steam gun-boats came out, and one fired a heavy
shot at her, but it fell short. In the Man-of-War Har•
bour were 17 line-of-battle ships, four of them fully
rigged and the others in progress. Between this har-
bour and Fort Kronslot were 10 steamers of various
sizes, some of them screws, and between Kronslot and
Menschikoff two three-deckers are moored bow to
bow with their broad ides commanding the only
entrance. The island seems full of soldiers, for
besides chose quartered in the town and batteries,
three large camps were formed outside, two on the
north and the other on the south side. Im-
mense new earthworks have been erected this spring,
a complete chain of them runs from the Governor's
house across the island to the old Kessell Battery, di-
viding it into two halves, one fortified, the other without
a gun upon it. Just as the Merlin was returning and
when going about 7 knots an hour, a severe shock was
felt, as if she had struck upon a sunken pile. It made the
ship quiver from stem to stern. The engines wens in-
stantly stopped and reversed, but before she had stern
way upon her another blow, ten times more
severe than the first, struck her on the starboard
bow, just before the paddle-wheel, sensibly lifting
her over to port, and making her masts bend and
shake as if they would topple down. The Firefly
was immediately in the Merlin's wake, and b fore she
could stop, she ran to starboard of the Merlin and partly
turned round, when a tremendous explosion took place
under her bows, causing her to stagger, and proving
very plainly that they were over a nest of Professor
Jacobi's infernal machines, the existence of which is now
beyond a doubt, and also that they are not such very
formidable affairs after all. They then proceeded care-
fully until they got into deep water without meet-
ing with any more, and then reconnoitred the smith
side, getting so near the shore as to witness a sort
of review of the Russian horse artillery, and after-
wards returned to the fleet. A diver was immediately
sent down to examine the Firefly, and not the
slightest injury could be detected, but inside the
ship almost every bit of crockery ware was broken,
and the bulkheads thrown down or displaced. On
examining the Merlin, eight sheets of her copper
were blown, not scraped, off, and the side appeared
charred. All the inside fittings of the engineers' bath-
room, mess room, and store room were completely de-
molished. An iron tank, which was bolted to the ship's
side, and containing 13 cwt. of tallow, was knocked
a distance of four feet. Shot ' were shook out of
the racks, and almost everything moveable in the ship
was displaced.
It is supposed these machines have been laid down
since Admiral Dundas reconnoitred the place the last
time ; for, after he returned, two steamers came from
the harbour, and were busily employed for some time.

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY.

The Emperor yesterday received several of the
foreign commissioners of the Exhibition, and other
foreigners of distinction, who had the honour of
being presented to his Majesty by the Danish,
Neapolitan, Dutch, and American Ministers.
The day officially fixed for Queen Victoria's visit
to Paris is Augu,t 13.
" Our private letters assert that the insurrection
of the Russian peasants of the Ukraine," says the
Paiji, "is still continuing. They state that it is
directed against the Greek clergy and the large
landowners, and that many of the latter have been
obliged to seek a refuge in Poland. It appears
that some discharged Russian soldiers, who were
for a timne prisoners of the French in the Crimea,
have returned home with entirely new ideas, and
have pladed themselves at the head of the move-
ment."

The Egyptus steam-packet, of the Messageries
Imperiales, arrived at Marseilles in the night of
the 16th, bringing intelligence from Constantinople
to the 7th, being the same date as that of the news
by the Mersey, which vessel made the run home
with greater speed than this new arrival.

BOURSE, JUNE 18.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash. fr. o. End of Month.
4i per Cents 93 25
3 per Cents 67 30 67 40
Credit Mobilier 937 5.) Roman
Credit Fonder 557 50 Austrian
Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Throes
Piedmontese B6 50 Home Debt
RAILWAYS—roR CASH.

83

!r. c. fr.
Orleans ... .1203 -- Lyons ... . 1230
Western 737 50 Rouen
Cate 650 Strasburg
Mediterranean l2OO Havre 625
Northern • 910 Cherburg