The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-11 00:00:00

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CAPTURE OF SEBASTOPOL —The public will enjoy a
treat of n' ordinary character on Thur,dae and Friday
evenings next, at the Surrey Zoological Gardens. In
anticipatien of the gl 'rious event, Mr. Danson bad con-
strected portions of the picture of the storming of Sebas-
topol to fall to pieces, and other parts to sink from view,
and Mr. Southby has kept in reserve effects which will
far exceed all that has hitherto been attempted.
LIVERPOOL CATTLE TRADE, MONDAY.—The same dull
demand continues for sheep, buyers bestowing very little
attention upon this article, and though we had an ave-
rage supply, a large number was left unsold. The beef
trade also ruled dull this morning, and a small number
was turned ont undisposed of. Beef, 6d. to bid. ; mut-
ton, 6 l. to bid.
THE HoN. F. HINCKS.—The Hon. F. Hincks, who
is al:pointed to the governorship of B irbadoes, is an Irish
gentleman, who has been settled for some years in Ca-
nada, where he conducted a Liberal newspaper with
some success. Ho was elected a member of the Provin-
cial Parliament, and became distinguished for his finan-
cial abilities. He acquired no little fame by his corres-
pondence with and against Sir C. Trevelyan on colonial
finances. The late Colonial Secretary for Canada, the
Ron. Mr. Daly, was also an Irish settler in Canada,
and was promoted by Earl Grey to be governor in the
West Indies, and afterwards to be governor of Prince
Edward's Island.
EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION AT LAMBETH.—A fire
broke out at one o'clock this morning in the extensive
premises of Messrs. Baker and Co., builders, Palace-
road, Lambeth. Policeman 33 L being at the moment
on the spot, gave the alarm and sent for the engines, but
there being a scarcity of water the fire made a rapid pro-
gress, and at two o'clock it seemed as if the whole neigh-
bourhood would fall a prey to the flames. At three the
firemen succeeded in checking the progress of the fire,
although there was still great danger of its spreading.
A. workman received a fearful wound in the left leg, from
a box of tools thrown out of a window. He was coup
veyed to Westminster Hospital. The premises of Messrs.
Baker are destroyed. The Brigade engines, to the num-
ber of ten or twelve, with those of the West of England
and of Messrs. Hodge's distillery, lent great assistance,
and to their aid may be attributed the safety of the
houses in Paris-street.
THE FRENCH TREATY WITH PERSIA.—The following
is the introduction of this document :—ln the name of
God, the Clement and Merciful,—His High Majesty the
Emperor Napoleon, whose elevation is as that of the
planet Saturn, whom the sun serves as a standard, who is
the brilliant star of the firmament of crowned heads, the
sun in the heaven of Royalty, the ornament of the dia-
dem, the splendour of standards and Imperial ensigns,
the illustrious and liberal Monarch ; and his Majesty,
elevated as the planet Saturn, whom the sun serves as a
I standard, whose splendour and magnificence are like
those of the skies, the sublime Sovereign, the Monarch
whose armies are in number as the stars, whose grandeur
recalls that of Djemschid, whose magnificence equals
that of Darius, the heir of the crown and throne of the
Keysniens, the sublime and absolute Emperor of all
Persia, &c.
ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOSION OF STEAM COAL
—CARDIFF, Sunday.—At about six o'clock on Friday
morning the inhabitants of Bute district in the town of
Cardiff were alarmed by a loud explosion which shat-
tered the panes of glass in some of the windows of the
houses, and shook the furniture in most of them. It
turned' out to have been occasioned by an explosion of
steam coal on board of a Dutch vessel called the Jacob
Hunger, which having taken in a full cargo of coal was
lying in the port preparatory to her sailing. The force
of the explosion tore up and shattered the decks, throw-
ing fragments of the woodwork to considerable distances,
and actually hurling the anchor overboard into the
water. The captain, Pashan, was very much burnt
about the head, face, &c., and the first mate was also
scorched considerably. Accidents of this kind have very
frequently occurred in the ports of Cardiff and Newport,
generally owing to the masters of vessels fasten ng
down their hatches too speedily on the delivery of the
coals on board. It is to be regretted that some means
of ventilation cannot be devised, or that some arbitrary
port rule is not established to compel the batches
the of
steam eoal-laden vessels to be kept partly open Iva
time for sailing.,

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

THE EVACUATION OF
SEBASTOPOL.

We can state, upon the most reliable authority,
that no additional particulars have been received
at the War Department up to the hour of our
going to presF. A list of the officers killed and
wounded is hourly expected.

DESPATCHES FROM THE
P

(FROM THIS EVENING'S GAZETTE.)

ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 10.
Despatches, of which the following are copies, have
been received from Rear-Admiral Bruce, Commander-
in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels on the Pacific
station :

President, at Petropaulovski, June 15.
Sir—l have to report, for the information of the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, that arriving off this
port, on the 30th May, I found the place completely
evacuated ; not a ship, gun, or person to be seen ;
nothing but empty embrasures and deserted houses.
2. I entfOred the inner harbour on the following day
in the Barracouta, accompanied by Captain Penanros,
of the French frigate Aleeste, when we found three
Americans (the only residents left), from whom we
learned that the Russian ships named in the margin*
were cut through the ice, and tuck their departure, on
the 17th (sth) April with all the guns and munitions
of war, and all the soldiers and government employes,
800 in number; but of their destination we could obtain
no clue.
3. I reached the rendezvous, hat. 50 deg. N., long.
160 deg. E., is my flag-ship, on the 14th May, and the
Dido and Pique arrived the same day ; the Encounter
and Barracouta had been there since the 14th April.
Great credit is due to Captain O'Callaghan and Com-
mander Stirling for the zeal 'us exertion by which they
effected this object ; and their lordships will remark the
promptitude with which they were despatched by the
Rear-Admiral S'r James Stirling.
4. The French frigate Alceste and the Brisk were in
the vicinity of the rendezvous at the same time ; but the
prevalence of thick fogs and adverse weather prevented
me seeing the Bay of Acootska before the 20th ult.,
when six of the ships being together, I trusted to the
prompt appearance of the seventh, and accordingly pro-
ceeded to the port, in tow of the Barracouta, followed
by the Alceste. in tow of the Brisk. The Dido, Pique,
and Encounter arrived the same evening.
5. Commander Stirling, of her Majesty's steam-sloop
Barracouta, while separated from the squadron, havintr.
during a break in the fog, looked into the anchorage to
see if it wee there, took with much judgment that op-
portunity of reconnoitring the harbour ; and I was in-
termed by him of the ships being no longer in it.
6 The Amphitrite, from Honelulu, having met me on
the 11th inst., while I was in the act of following the
R 11681311 ships into the Sea of Ochotak, and given me
such information as to convince me that a combireed
English arid French force was already there, instead of
proceeding I despatched her. Msjesty's ships Pique and
Barrecouta, on the 13th, and the Amphitrite on
the 14th, to reinforce the squadron of Sir James
Stirling at the mouth of the Amour. The En-
counter sailed on the 12th for Sir James Stirling's
renileeveue at Hakedadi, in the Strait of Maksmai, to
inform his Excellency of the movements of ()the r ships,
in case he should not have left there. The Amphitrite
sill rejoin my flag off Sttka, so soon as Captain Frede.
rick- finds her services are not required in the Sea of
Oehotek.
8. Resuming the sell ject of Petropaulovski, I would
observe that the enemy must have worked in an indefa
tiga.ble manner after the departure of the allied squadron
last year, as we found 9 batteries for 54 guns had been
constructed with much skid and labour, by means of
faecinee strongly bound together, 25 feet thick, staked
a'id filled in with earth, and some of them ditched round,
with covered ways leading from one to the other, and
trees planted in the rear. Every possible preparation
had been made to receive us prior to the orders arriving
from St. Petersburg to evacuate the place.
9. I caused the batteries to be destroyed, but, having
met with no opposition on approaching Petropaulovski,
I considered it a point of honour to spare the town.
10. I found hidden in the Rakovia Harbour a fine
Russian whaler of 400 tons, called the Aian, built at
Abo in 1853. She would have sailed from here three
weeks since for Alan, with the family of the Governor
of the place, and, among other articles of cargo, an en-
gine for a small steamer said to he theite, but the oppor-
tune arrival of some of the squadron off the port pre-
vented her leaving. As I found her deserted, and her
sails, boat, and anchors are net to be found, she will be
destroyed.
11. I am disappointed in not having succeeded in
opening a communication with the inhabitants, who
have fled from the town ; for I hoped to release the
two English prisoners they have among them. I learn,
however, from the Americans that they are very well
treated.
12. In conclusion, I desire. to add that although
it has necessarily been a great disappointment to
the squadron under my command to find upon arrival at
this place, more than 2,000 miles outside their station,
that the enemy had escaped, and the batteries were de-
serted, yet their lordships will not fail to observe that
not the less credit is due for the great zeal and anxiety
that has been shown by each of the ships in pushing on-
ward, in the hope of being in time to take part in the
anticipated operation at this port.
13. The best understanding subsisted between Cap-
tain Penanros, of the Alceste, and me, and I cannot say
too much in favour of the zeal and activity be displayed
to meet every wish of mine,. and to keep the appointed
rendezvous ; the same continues with respect to Rear-
Admiral Fourichon.—l am, -&c.,
H. W. BRUCE,
Rear-Admiral and Cominander•in-Chief.
The Secretary of the Admiralty.

President, off Sitka, July 17.
Sir,—l request you will inform the Lords Commis-
shiners of the Admiralty, that before leaving Petropaw
lovski, I succeeded in opening a communication with
Capt. Martinhoff, the temporary Governor of that
place, who had retired into the interior, having for its
object the release of two prisoners taken last year, as
reported in my general letter of the 15th ult , No. 44.
Having forwarded a safe conduct to Capt. Martinhoff,
through the kind offices of an American resident in
Petropaulovski, that officer sent 150 versts inland for
them, and on their arrival, on the 25th ult., delivered
them up to Captain Houston, of her Majesty's ship
Tri,coma,lee, and three Russians that had been detained
on hoard the French brig Obligado since last year were
given in exchange.
The two men proved to be William Garland, ordinary
seaman, of her Majesty's ship Pique, and Pierre Lan-
gois, of the French frigate Forte. The latter will be
banded over to the Forte on my arrival at San Fral-)n-
b-
cisco, and the firmer will, at his own request,
pointed to the Brisk, his proper ship haviog saileen
treated
d
b
the China station. Both appear to have ee
with much kindness during the time they have been in
the hands of the enemy.—l have &c.,
W. BRUCE,
The Secretary of the Admiralty.

* Aurora, 44; Dwina, 20; Olivutza,;
Baikal, Irtisch.

'rangports

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING.)

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, SEPT. I.
This day had audience of her Majesty—
The Chevalier de Macedo, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of Brazil, to
deliver his letter of recall ;
And the Commandeer de Carvalho Moreira, to deliver
his credentials in the same character.
To which tey itoro rtsptttively 13troduct4 by tho Ll4l