The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-22 00:00:00

LONDoN. WEDNESDAY EVENING AUGUST 22, 1855.

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CREMORNE.— Admission, Is.—The coming
eek ,naugurated by a repetition of the GRAND
IV1; 1.1 ARY tiF a T CLE which took place in the Ashburnham
Grounris, and which excited such intense interest and received such
Well unbounded patronage on Monday evening List, and which has
determined the Proprietor to place it before the general public with
all i s brilliant, varied, and effective features, on Mon. ay. Wednes-
day, and Friday; on which days, as well as the intermediate one.,
every successive bonr from 3 till 12 will be marked by those artistic
exhihitions.and aLtresco pleasures which have secured this property
th" de‘ignation of the "Paradise of Cheapness" and the "Gardens
of the World." Open free on Sundays by refreshment card, 6d.
Table d'hote at 6,2 s. 6d. Haunch of venison at 6.

lEGE of SE BASTOPOL.—ROYAL
SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.— Increased attrac-
tions. In consequence of the popularity of the brilliant Spec-
tacle of thesiege-and Bombardment of Sebastopol, the Proprietor
has re:olved that ni efforts shall be wanting on his part to merit a
continuance of thelmblic fay lir. New incidents, suggestive of mili-
tary life in the trenches, will he depicted. The unrivalled Military
Rand of the estahlishm nt has been onsiderably increased, and the
Troupe of Spanish Minstrels, being established favourites here, have
been re-engaged fit a limited period previous to their 'ontinental
tour. Every evening this week :—Duns' n's colossal modelled picture
of Sebastopol. Dioramic views of Cronstadt, Revel, Lltlsingfers,
ildeasa, Italakiava, Fup Aorta, and Cathcart's-hill, painted expressly
for this establishment by P. Phillips. A Grand Vocal and Instru-
mental Concert, conducted by D. iiodfrey. The usual routine or
novel amusements w•ll conclude with the Siege of Sebastopol, and
matchless pyrotechnic display. Feeding the Asimals at a quarter
pat five. Repulse of the f!ussian sortie, and recel tion of the Russian
flag of truce, at Six.. Concert at half-past six. Bombardment; &e.,
at half-past Nine. Admission, Is.
•

Heavy ordnance stores were being shipped from the dock-
yard on board the Samuel Laing steant-transport for con-
vey-once to the seat of war. The British steam-transport
Lion, Captain J. F. Kruger,- arrived-during the night of
the 14th from ConstantinOple bound to Deptford, with
Lieutenant Fitzroy W. Fremantle, Rifle Brigade,
wounded ; Miss Polidor, a nurse from Scutari ' • Messrs.
Aynslie, Fresuay, and Wilion, inspectors of sanitary
commission ; • Mr. Wakeford, storekeeper ; and four.
grooms in charge of horsesi.
The Gibraltar steam-transport, No. 183, arrived yes-
terday at Woolwich with condemned stores front the
Crimea.
The Antelope steamer went down to Woolwich from
London, and is waiting orders.
The Concord freight-ahip was yesterday towed down
to Woolwich from Deptford, under orders to embark
military stores for the East. The screw transport Ger-
mania, No. 207, arrived there likewise yesterday, to
embark ammunition for the seat of war.
The Sydney is ready and will go to Greenhithe to-
inovrow to receive her powder, and will proceed thence
to the Black Sea. .

The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :—Captain E. G. Fanshawe, late of the
Cossaok, to the Hastings, vice Caffin ; Captain J. H.
Cockburn, to the Cossack, vice Fanshawe ; Alexander
Maclerny, surgeon of the Princess Royal, to be surgeon
and medical storekeeper •at the Therapia Hospital ;
Philip Goring, second master, to the Bloodhound ;
Master's-Assistants G. D. Rickards, to the Bloodhound ;
John Edwards, to the Urgent ; Thomas J. Burgher, to
the Siren ; Marcus Markham, assistant-clerk, to the
Indefatigable.
A detachment of the 7th Dragoon Guards will. arrive
at Dublin on .Tiatirsdagoin Xilkenny, to join head-
quarterie, in anti-Ciliation' of the regiment proceeding to
Scotland, bead-quarters to be stationed in Edinburgh.
The 7th Dragoon Guards are to be replaced in Dublin
by the arrival of the 16th Lancers from Cahir.
The depot of the 40th Regiment is quartered in Beg-
gar's Bush barracks, Dublin, about 200 men awaiting
eu~harkation. . .
The second division of the 25th Regiment (King's
Own Borderers) from India, arrived at Chatham yester-
day. They are a fine body of men, and in excelliint
health. The division musters 16 sergeants," 8 drum-
mers, and 236 rank and file, under command of Brevet-
Major Edward Priestley, with Captain C. J. Wallace,
Lieut. Alexander Strange, Lieut. J. 011 ea, Lieut.
William Goodall ; Ensign W. H. Shafto, and Assistant-
Surgeon J. Fraser, M.D. With the division are 19
women and 43 children ; and Captain A. C. Pretyman,
74th Highlanders, came home with the division on duty:
The division will remain, at Chatham some time to do
duty in the gars icon.
I:i the Gazette of Friday last the name of Mr. De
Neutville Lucas, appointed an Ensign in the 40th Foot,
was erroneously printed de Reufeelle Lucas.

THE BOMBARDMENT OF

SWEABORG.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
LEAVING NARGISN.
On Friday evening, the 3d inst., signal was
made by the flag-ship to all the ships assembled at
Nargen to prepare to weigh anchor the next morn-
ing at eight o'clock. A t the same time heavy
guns were got out of the line-of-battle ships, and
placed on board the mortar-boats. But as it came
to blow very hard the next morning, the order for
sailing was countermanded, and we lay Saturday
and Sunday quietly at anchor. On Monday
morning we weighed again, as the weather had
moderated, and arrived off Sweaborg in the even-
ing of the same day. Boats were immediately put
out to sweep for infernal machines, but none were
found, from which we were led to infer that the
Russians did not expect us. •
TAKING POSITION.
On the morning of the Bth, the English mortar
boats were hauled into about 5,000 yards of the
citadel, anchors during the night having been laid
down in shore at 3,100 yards, and off shore at about
the same distance, with a very long scope of cable
to admit of the vessels being hauled backwards and
forwards—that is, in shore and off shore, as cir-
cumstances might require. In the afternoon of
the same day the French mortar and gunboats
joined from Nargen, and at once took up their
position in the same way in the centre of our line ;
the attacking force now consisted of 21 mortars
and 27 gunboats ; all appeared to be ready ' • the
weather was fine and the water smooth. As day-
light dawned, to our astonishment we saw on an
island 400 or 500 yards in-shore of us the French
flag proudly displayed on a rock, and found that
during the night our indefatigable allies had thrown
up a sand battery of four field mortars. The sand
they had brought with them from Nargen. The
mortar vessels then hauled into bombarding po-
sition' viz., 3,350 yards' distance; the gunboats,
in detachments of threes and fours, under the com-
mand of (that is each detachment) Captains Tan-
sittart, Stewart, Glasse, Hewlett, and Preedy
(commander of the Duke), hovered round, snort-
ing 'with their high-pressure engineS like war-
horses, and impatient to dash in to draw the fire
off the stationary mortar-vessels.
COMMENCEMENT OP THE ACTION.
At five minutes past eight on the 9th the signal
to commence action was made, and the ball was
opened by a shell from the Pickle mortar vessel,
which was anxiously watched to see how far our
range was good. To our great satisfaction it fell
on the very top of the citadel, close to a flag-staff
where waved the Royal standard of Russia. (It
is supposed that the Archduke Constantine was at
Sweaborg.) And now the row began in earnest.
All along our line bang went the 13-inch mortars,
charged with Valenciennes, and other ignitable
composition. In dashed the gunboats, firing as
they advanced, rushing in at full speed, till within
3,000 yards of the forts.; then wheigling sharp
round, and making way for those asteln of them.
" Hurrah, Johnny !" Off go the mortars from the
island battery (which I don't think the Russians
had seen before) ; but don't imagine we have it all
our own way. A moment had not elapsed after
we had opened fire, when, from every embrasure,
from guns em barbet, from mortar batteries, from
the line-of-battle ships at the entrance of the li ir-
bout., and from the guns on the heights of Bakhol-
men, off went missiles of all descriptions ; and
though many fell short, the disagreeable sounds in
the ear of passing shell or red-hot shot were much
too frequent to be pleasant. As our fellows got
nearer they thought nothing of that sort of thing,
both soldiers' and sailors' whole mind and energy
being directed to pitch into the " Rhoosians" and
revenge Hang() (many of the Shell and shot were
marked Hango).
When the mortar and gunboats attacked the
dockyard and arsenal, the Cornwallis, the Hastings,
and the Amphion were ordered to attack the bat-
teries at Sandhamn (the same had been previously
engaged by the Amphion on the 22d of June). At
eight a.m., immediately after the mortars had
opened fire, they weighed from the anchorage at
Miolo, and stood in towards the batteries, three
in number, mounting together 15 or 18 guns ; the
Hastings got the first shot, but at rather long
range. The Amphion stood further in, and opened.
fire with pivots, and then with main-deck broad-
side, first a little more than 2,000 yards, and sub-
sequently about 1,500, and blazed away as
hard as she could pelt till half-past ten, when the
signal was made to discontinue the engagement.
The Amphion fired 40 broadsides from her main-
!
deck guns, and 60 rounds from each of her pivots,
and was struck five or si e. times ; her main-yard se-
verely injured, one shot through the spanker, a fore-
shroud carried away, and a main-deck beam badly
sprung, and had one officer and two men wounded,
one very slightly. The Cornwallis was frequently
hulled, many of the shots that passed over the
1 Amphion hitting her •, she had one officer and six
2 men wounded. The Hastings was not struck at

TREMENDOWS EXPLOSION.
The fire was kept tip with spirit on both sides,
with hardly any casualties on ours, until nearly
twelve o'clock, when one of the most awful and
terrific explosions I fancy that ever was witiv,ssed
took place close to the citadel. I can only com-
pare it; to a violent eruption of Vesuvius. A whole
fort was blown up, thousands of shot and shell
were thrown into the air, the latter bursting as
they rose ; and what appeared the most extraordi-
nary waq that it seemed as if it' were never to
cease. Pillars of smoke, intermingled with shot,
shell, and some affirm guns, constantly rolling out
of, as it were, the bowels of the earth. The sea
for half a mile was immensely agitated and covered
with foam. Firing on both sides ceased for the
moment, but as soon as the first burst of astonish-
ment had subsided the air resounded with the
cheers of the allies, not only from those engaged,
but from the vessels outside, whose rigging and

yards were covered with men ; but "Ijori't let
them rest," was the order. " Blaze away, my
boys," and carcases and shell and red-hot shot
were thrown as near the fire, to make confusion

more-confounded. Not another gun did they fire
for more than an hour. The flames caused by the

explosion spread rapidly ; and building after build-
ing, barracks, stores, and small magazines burnt
and blew up right and left.
One remarkable circumstance must be told to
show the cool courage of the Russian, and his con-
tempt at death :—A Russian gunner, amidst the
carnage, was seen to reload his gun, single-handed,
although a magazile had exploded alongside with-
out touching him ; he had actually primed his gun,
and was laying it, when down he went, gun and
everything about him.

SHELLING THE RUSSIANS.
About noon several Russian regiments were dis-
cnvered on one of the small islands thickly wooded
with pine trees, busily engaged in throwing up
batteries, which might have proved highly danger-
ous to the ships of the Allies if not interrupted in
time. Two frigates and a corvette were ordered
by signal to move up and shell the place, which
was speedily done, and the Russians abandoned
the island, leaving 500 killed and wounded behind
them, whilst the ships returned to their former sta-
tions without sufferin the least damage.