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THE SUN; LONDON, SATURDAY EVENINtir, JUNE 23, 1855;

go on in a straight line for reform in the Admi-
nistration and they would get it." Equally to
the purpose and well-received was the reprobation,
by another speaker, of an old, degrading, and in-
jurious practice, to which we recently drew at-
tention, that of constituents seeking places through
their representatives from Ministers. It was
well said " If you wish your members to be inde-
pendent men you must not ask them to go and
cringe to Ministers for places," for, from cringing
for favours to subserviency, more or less modified,
the step, we make bold to affirm, is inevitable.
The men of Sheffield, it will be seen, have ac-
quitted themselves manfully, and it is to be hoped
that the universal feeling will everywhere find
interpreters as outspoken, and guides no less judi-
cious, than at that place. Administrative Reform,
now sailing right royally to port, will, in that case,
soon make it.

THE HANGO MASSACRE.

RUSSIAN VERSION.

The following appears in the Journal de St. Peters-
burg of the 13th :
" The Commander of the Forces in Finland, Adjutant-
General von Berg, reports a very successful skirmish which
took place not far from Hango Udd, between our volunteers
of the second battalion of the King of Prussia's Grenadier
Regiment and a part of the crew of the English frigate Cos-
sack. The affair took place as follows :—On June 5, at noon,
the frigate Cossack appeared in the roads off Hango Udd, and
sent oil a boat, which came ashore in the vicinity of the tele-
graph, and landed a small party under the command of some
officers there. Ensign Sswertschkoff, of the King of Prussia's
Grenadier Regiment, to whom this portion of the coast is en-
trusted, having been early informed of this enterprise of the
enemy, concentrated some men of his detachment behind a
building opposite the landing-place, and another portion,
under the sub-officer, Peter Pawloff, he detached along the
beach to cut off the retreat of the English. The enemy, at-
tacked on a sudden, defended himself but feebly, and laid
down his arms-. The success of this affair must be ascribed
to the coolness and the foresight of Ensign Sswertschkoff.
" The loss of the enemy amounts to five killed ; there were
taken prisoners, one officer, ono surgeon, one marine (garde
marin), and eight sailors, of which latter four were wounded.

" In addition to the above our troops made spoil of the flag
of the boat, seven muskets, and seven cutlasses. The boat
itself, with one cannon on board, was sunk.
"On the following morning the English frigate came in
close to llango Udd, and fired at the buildings for about one
hour and a half, but without doing them any great harm."

THE NEW RUSSIAN JOURNAL AT
BRUSSELS.

We have received the specimen number of Le Nord, a
journal intended to appear daily at Brussels, as the advocate
of Russian interests.

The number in question—issued on Wednesday evening—
commences with a long article setting forth the objects of the
journal, and its general character. While openly avowing the
end of its existence to be the defence of Russia, a denial is
given of the statement that it is the direct organ of the Mus-
covite Government. True its projectors are chiefly Russians,
but " we did not know that a journal to be impartial, and
other than an organ of the Russian Government, must neces-
sarily originate with Englishmen or Frenchmen." The aim of
the journal is to dispel existing prejudices against Russia; to
correct the misstatements of travellers ; to prove that Russia
is abreast in the walks of civilisation with the other countries
of Europe, and that it contains elements of social order, which
cannot but be of the greatest service in other nations.

In succeeding pages of the journal we find communications
from London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg, &c.
There is also an article written to palliate the Hango mas-
sacre, and offering by its bitterness an amusing comment
upon the sugary promises of the programme. The " London
Correspondent" sends a communication, purporting to be the
copy of a placard distributed over the United Kingdom,
headed " Why continue the war?" and urging an instant
acceptance of the Russian terms. The handbill in question,
if it exists in England at all, was probably issued by the Peace
Society ; but we meet it for the first time in the columns of
Le Nord. The letter from St. Petersburg chiefly consists of
a recital of the movements of the Imperial Family. Taking
this as a " specimen number," Le Nord is a respectable pro-
duction, but not calculated, either in its leading article
columns or in its correspondence, to create in the minds of
English and French readers any profound admiration of Rus-
sian literature or Russian enterprise.

The regular issue of Le Nord commences on July 1.

THE FRENCH DESPATCHES.

The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the following
despatch from General Pelisgier, giving an account of
the attack on the Mamelon

" Head-quarters, June a

" Monsieur le Marechal,—l had hoped to have been able
to complete by a detailed report the news of the storming
and occupation by our troops of the Kamtschatka. Redoubt
(Mamelon Vert) and of the Volhynia and Selinghinsk
Redoubts (Careening Bay), forming the principal exterior
defences of Sebastopol—news which was forwarded to you by
my telegraphic despatches of the 7th and Bth of June ; but
General Bosqnet has not yet been enabled to collect the mul-
' titudinous incidents which are requisite to send a report of
this brilliant combat, which assumed the proportions Of a
battle. I confine myself therefore to-day to sending you a
summary, postponing the definitive report till the next mail.
"On the 7th of June, at half-past 6, I gave from the Vic-
toria Redoubt, where I had established myself with my staff,
the order for a simultaneous attack against the redoubt of the
Mamelon Vert and of the Careenage, according to arrangements
respecting which I had previously given instructions to Ge-
neral Bosquet ; while our allies on their side advanced against
the so-called ' Quarries,' which was the point of attack agreed
upon for them. •
" The troops engaged belonged to the division of Camou,
Mayran, Dulac, and Brunet. They were supported by two
battalions—one of Grenadiers, the other of Gendarmes of the
Imperial Guard—and by a regiment forming part of the divi-
sion of the Turkish army under the orders of Omer Pasha,
posted in reserve on the right.
" The intrepidity with which our soldiers traversed the
considerable distance which separated them from the re-
doubts, the invincible energy with which they fought, under a
hail of balls and bullets, to force an entrance and there main-
tain themselves against the renewed attacks of the enemy,
who in numbers returned to the charge, offered a most grand
and stirring military spectacle.
" One hour after the commencement of this struggle,
which will remain one of the most glorious episodes of war
fruitful in great military events, our eagles were definitively
planted upon the three conquered redoubts, 62 guns fell into
our hands, with 400 prisoners, of which number 14 were
officers.

" Our allies, following the combined plan of operations, had
carried the works of the Quarries with the same vigour and
the same success. They maintained themselves there during
the whole of the night, under a terrible fire, and despite fre-
quent sorties by a portion of the garrison, with that indomit-
able firmness which is one of the salient traits of their military
character.

" Daybreak found us both, after a night of agitation and
intermittent fighting, established in our respective conquests,
busily employed making final arrangements and constructing
batteries against the place.
I need not point out to you, M. le Marechal, the import-
ance of the results obtained ; they are considerable as well in
a material point of view as with regard to their moral effect
and the security of our future operations. The siege opera-
tions on the right, which were behiudhand, are now as far
advanced as thoie on the left. The enemy is shut up on all
sides in the town, and when the redoubts wo have captured
are armed an.l placed in a good state of defence, it will be im-
possible for them to attempt those great sorties which might,
in determined cases, compromise our siege works, and even
our ports of Kamiesh and Balaklava.
" Successes of this value, achieved by such efforts, are not
to be obtained without considerable sacrifices. To-day,
during a suspension of arms, we render the last duty to the
fallen, and I cannot yet make out a list of the killed or
wounded. I will send you shortly a full and detailed official
report on the subject.
" I can already point out some who met a glorious death,
and who excited our lively admiration and regret. Colonel
de Brancion was killed while planting the eagle of the 50th
Regiment on the Kamtschatka Redoubt. Colonel Hardy fell
while leading on the 86th. I regret to add that the day after
the victory, to which he greatly contributed, General de
Lavarande, still young and full of promise, was killed by a
cannon ball.

"We continue to reconnoitre the country on the Tchernaya,
pushing forward our cavalry, supported by infantry. On the
night between the sth and 6th a squadron of the 6th Dragoons
surprised some Russian videttes just at moon-rise and sabred
them.

" The news from the Sea of Azoff is excellent ; the allied
flotillas have destroyed immense stores of provisions at Gheisk,
Marioupol, and Taganrog. The material losses of the enemy
are incalculable.

" Altogether the situation of affairs is excellent ; the ardour
of the allied armies is really extraordinary ; hope, founded
upon success, is general. I have the firm conviction that it
will not be deceived.

" PELISSIFR."
The Moniteur also publishes the following order of the
day, addressed by General Pelissier to his troops :
" Soldiers,—The combat of the 7th of June is a brilliant
victory, from the eclat it throws upon our arms and from the
greatness of the results obtained. You have deserved well
of the Emperor.

" By courage and intrepidity you have captured from the
enemy the three redoubts, armed with a powerful artillery,
which formed the principal external defence of the town ; 62
guns have remained in our hands ; 400 prisoners, of whom 14
are officers, are in our power.
" A later order of the day will proclaim to the army and
to our country the names of the corps that took a glorious
part in this struggle and the names of those among you to
whom the reward of valour is due.
I content myself to-day with telling you that your task
has been nobly done. In concert with our brave allies, we
have made a decisive step in advance towards the object which,
you may rest assured, our persevering efforts will not fail to
attain.
"Soldiers ! My confidence in you is unlimited, and your
Commander-in-Chief is proud to think that you place yours
in him. " The Commander-in-Chief,
" PELISSIER.
" Head-quarters before Sebastopol, Jane 8."

APOTHECARIES'-HALL.—Names of gentlemen who
passed their examination in the science and practice of
medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thurs-
day, June 21 :—David Kay, Bradford, Yorkshire ;
Frederick Holmes, Catton, Yorkshire ; Jephtha Thomas
Hussey, Hindley, Lancashire ; Wm. Woods Harding,
Brompton, Kent.
The Duke and Duchess de Montpensier embarked at
Carthagena, for Italy, on the 15th inst.
It is related that the Western Powers, in order to give
the Austrian Government a proof of their displeasure,
will desire the Porte to request the Austrian army of
occupation to leave the Danubian Principalities.
The Genoa Corriere Mercantile of the 19th inst. states,
on the authority of letters from Turin, that the Western
Powers will enter into no negotiation for peace, until the
military operations in the Crimea have been attended
with some result.