The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-05 00:00:00

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tinue to be completely abandoned, no English vessel
having as yet visited them. Hostilities are to be carried
on this year at the other extremity of the Gulf, and it is
to be presumed that Admiral Dundas with the for-
to
steam fleet at his disposal, and t' he forces on the
way to ibin him, will not allow the season to pass over
without striking some decisive blow against the RUSSiall
fortresses in that sea. The appearance of three English
ships of war before Korpo, near Abo, had causedof A there
considerable alarm. The Russian commander Abe
having made the signals agreed upon, 'in a short time
having
an
entire division of troops was concentrated at be
and along the coast. This place is considered the most
important in the Gulf of Bothnia. An intricate channel
leads to it on the sea side, and the waters are so shallow
yaremare,dawn.itehxpedition, cemposed of six
that ships of war cannot well approach the town. Last
guns, suffered serious losses on that coast.
The flotilla of gunboats, expressly constructed in Eng-
land tooperate in those shallows, will enable the Ad-
miral to attack positions hitherto inaccessible. The
whole of the Russian troops quartered in the interior of
Esthonia, Livonia, and Courland, have been ordered to
where the
proceed by forced marches to the coast,
greater part of the army of General Siewers is now as-
sembled, awaiting events." English boats,
SESKAR, May 21.—The fleet has been lying at
anchor off Nargen• during the last week, with fires
banked ready for immediate use. The
has been generally fine, with the thernaometer
ranging between 45 and 65 deg., and gentle breezes/
mostly from from the south-east and south-west.
cise of every description, from the booming of thi..e
great guns, the roar of rockets as they rush throne
the air, down to the popping of Colt's revolvers, le
continually going on.
May 22.—The Ajax, from Faro, and the Firefly
weather
added their number to the fleet. In the eveningng
the Driver and Vulture sailed, the latter carryi
the mail to Dantzic.
May 23.--The fog Was so thick during the dai it
was quite impossible to go to sea. The next naornill
(24th) it was just as bad, and, as no ship ce,sl„,,
in honour of our Queen's birthday ;
see the one next to it, it was useless to dress t,t
but nu;
11.30 a.m. it cleared away as if on purpose to aunt°
the flags to be run up, and at noon• a royal °Lilsatea,
ished the people at Revel, besides
thundered from every ship, which Must have
opportunity of smelling our powder, for the,:aler
wind carried the cloud of smoke along the Lh-joh
right into the town. The Amphion, "„;ght
was prevented from anchoring inside last night
by the fog, came in as it clared away .°;,,na
giving them an
She has been to reconnoitre about the Viand
Islands. During the winter the Russian of
came over there from Abo, and have sent May 4 01,
the inhabitants, who had been reported to them
for trafficking with us last year, to Siberia ;
4ad been flagged ; and the people in the little
,„.0
lage of Dagerby were nearly famished durinht.,u,
winter. The police would not allow them toold
provisions at the public stores, for havingg,isou
us milk, eggs, &c. The Bulldog, nfte,r havin
the greater part of her coal to the Duke of VVe"'"'
ton and the Euryalus, left for Faro to-dap' from
pa
In the eveningirs are comleted, the Princess Alice arrived
er-
Faro. Her re
and she is Pdno
featly sound and water-tight. Great credit is
Sian
to those who superintended the work. The R air
have complained to Sweden for allowing .118
us
W rAePliee
a ship on neutral ground (for the Princess were
was hauled up on a kind of slip) ; but theYspy
told in reply, " that it was not showing nshoold,
favour, for if they would comeito Faro theYAs loge
have the same privilege as we had. to-
cutter attempted to run out of Revel harbonr, to
day, but was stopped by the Locust and oblige('
return. +Mall
25th.—The fog still prevents us moving, 50-
everything is in readiness. It being FriuNetal
cording to custom we spent the morning at e,.
quarters. The gun-boats, which are each to ae's'up,
sort of tender to the line-of-battle ships, nrf,n, by
plied to-day with Minie rifles and amp:tune old
the ships they belonged to, in exchange for t
Brown Bess they were supplied with, on leav'boat
England. Some report of a Russian gutnivad
having been seen under the land to the wetplit to
of Revel—the Magicienne and Locust were ~cona-
scertain the truth of the stony, but after r,...„" oey
noitring the coast for some considerable distigog.
returned at 10 p.m. without having seen allh oua
26th.—There is no fog this morning, and t:tb
e e
is bright and warm. Soon after daYligt wed
Blenheim arrived from Faro, but was not allowed
to anchor, and Messrs. Rainal and Deso of
steamer, Royal Adelaide, arrived with a note;„
fat bullocks and fresh vegetables from BLa`„alor
both were very welcome, and infinitely Or AS
in quality to- what was supplied last Yea:* t at
soon as these were divided among the neee„.;,, in
11.30 a.m. a signal was made to weigh, to in'„ed.
two columns of sailing, and proceed at slovqr,, bt-
We left behind us at Nargen the Ajax and "Ina
ning. The Princess Alice was sent to Far,f'
". 4
the Merlin to reconnoitre off Sweaborg
it
then, consisting of 14 sail of the line.' wit'l tee
o
gun-boats in tow, stretched over the water
long and beautiful lines, with the smaller steal-nr.ot
on either side, and proceeded up the Gulf at so- a
speed. In the evening the Merlin returned/ °r t
went alongside the Duke of Wellington to reP
to the Admiral. of
At daybreak on the 27th we passed the isl3°a
Hogland, and about noon that of Sommersl3l„r
almost immediately after came in sight of ~`'sja
sail, bearing S.E. ; a signal was immediatell
to chase, and the Euryalus, Amphiev, r,7
off
Firefly, and Locust were sent to cut t'le-ourea
from escaping, and each funnel of the litters P were
forth an immense cloud of smoke as the flrest beat
urged to send them forward. Every hesrool/,
quick with anxious hope that it was the emtoslce
for as it was hazy we could not distiuctlY added
them out, but they lookedll large as they 0,,(d our
before the wind with all sail set/ their fer,/
steamers after them. In about an boa "-citor°'
treat was completely cut off, and the fleet aOO
Fe n
about 15 miles from Cronstadt, in the The
fined
but with the land visible all around us. 'rneeeni4
was sent forward to reconnoitre, and, Psix
within the Tolbuckin Lighthouse, on'Y d•stinc"'
from the.city, close to which she could I
see the Russian fleet at anchor. were,
In the evening the Magicienne and Alel:ptsy, Oa"
sent to examine the coast about Biorka "'o boats/
were fortunate enough to capture four largoas/
of about 60 tons each, laden with, .twit OS
&c., belonging to the. Government. sails ws
getting duck, the vessels sent to cut off the, ;0 tog
chased returned one by one, but each hau2os
ll
its prize. The Euryalus one, the A.
Locust one, and the Dragon two. 11!()Y, tons
large barges, with two tall masts, carrYinb,7o tons
sails on the foremast, and about 60 or ;ad ths
burden. One was laden partly with fiat/
a
rest with timber and planks. arrive 311
28th (noon).—The Vulture has just _ill,
the mails from, Dantzic, and will return again
0%
those for England this evening.
lam very glad to tell . you that the 0
has ceased in the fleet. 28.
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P.S. I have just heard that when the t yrif
into Cronstaittto reconnoitre last nigb,'oLiipletete's
able to count six line of battle-shiPs friP
rigged, six others dismantled, and 14 or
and steamers in progress of cotupletion.

SPAIN. it•bale
The Madrid' journals of the 30th 11`-',, ifss
arrived. According to the Espana, there
every indication of the Carlist insurrecti°!mieene
concentrated in the Maestrazgo, and the wat ro-
authorities were -collecting forces to enter thg bad
vince on different points.' A body of tr°Niea"
been sent from Madrid, in the direction Onoorof
delaencina, to preserve order amongst tibeto eoit°
attempts having been, it was said, made bad re-
them to insurrection. The Minister of Nv r,sona;
ceived a despatch from General de Bedel' 'De hl;
cing that, after a combat faction licligeo '''
just put to flight the a risoporil;
Bello, and taken eighteen of its wen P,,,witit/
and had captured some horses and 3 .11. Vre
of arms and ammunition ; also that aletbe saTri.
mas had subsequently made twelve °',. the '.;
band prisoners. The general added tb3vcoertt
surgents were stiuck with terror. rrbe ot iP'a
of Saragossa, had informed the Governulvg. ha
the faction of Caspe and Alcaniz, 110 sAtrtbat V:
been routed by the Queen's tTOOPS, 311,i'd 131.15111.
of its chiefs, one of them a priest naul`j band{
iti "-
had been shot. Most of the factious blood del;
ferent parts of the country had, it i 3 607.0,111' °C3
persed ; and, in Arragan, the revolted c, atirceso,
deers were in full flight before Gener3l , 0 foto
at" ties
The Cortes, on the 30th ult., adopt,nei,„ dr
teenth basis of the Constitution. uP-..d. bley"..o
excluded, and the Chamberield a secret
reb
having got into an altercation exchang' bli li° vi"
and, in consequence of this outrage, theF,'. sitting'
s.O
TO i"5 ea
ANCIENT POSSESSIONS OF VIE "L
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—On the 30th ult. the estate of Ornuir, - piae so ot
called, in the north end of the Island of Slir:f. poser,
iv,
the Parliament-house, Edinburgh, to Cap_t.3l.Testate cftbe
Kilduckie, at the upset price of 80,000/. Tie::, ._ed 0,0 3
prises the most valuable portion of wha
t
e..-bie3ol:and le fee
the illustrious family of Macdonald bad,r_!,!i`o ef Arn;i,!•ie
centuries before the modern and elegant (.1:40010/1!1!cif. be
was thought of. The ancient seat of II!
..):::000,111v ,e 0
Skye was Duntilin Castle, the ruins of wi.or wao In. oil.' or
• whicii to' 1,0
seen upon a high and rockyocy p.t" , enable of tb , , tJ,e
times surrounded by
piaacebyin;r3eeiitirellyavrajorot:
moat, which rendered the
use of gunpowder was unknown. -1-1, _ eejebra,te WO
Kilmuir are buried the remains of tL-0, the pngs,ithets
Macdonald and several other inernhero 7 ~e ofor! ~,ter
family, which entertained and she ester
T__. the OP
Charles Edward Stuart when a fugiti.valtaeilta.
of Culloden.---Xcikon's Egosgov) CoslW