The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-07 00:00:00

by the Po-
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14 LT ,ST NEWS l'eSBel
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BERLIN, A. 6,
Taganrog hay
been again bombarded, as well as
Berdiansk , and a great quantity of Russian stores
.oyed.
One despatch says that an English gun-boat
had sunk, but that her crew were saved.
The German journals allege that reinforcements
had arrived at Sebastopol in such force as to bring
the garrison up to 175,000 men.

dest-

PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING.

Ths Moniteur announces that from this dwy
the interest on the Bons du Tresor is thus fixed :
Three-and-a-half per cent. per annum on Bonds
of three to five months' date ; four per cent. on
those with six or eleven months to run, and four-
and-a-half per cent. fo r such as are twelve months.

MARSEILLES, AUG. 6.
The Jourdan has arrived, with intelligence
from Constanti:aople to the 30th ult.

General Mo,uravieff, with 35,000 men, had ap-
peared before Kars.

On the 13th he attacked the Turkish entrenched
camp, and v,-as repulsed by. General Williams.

The Rrosians were preparing to renew the
attack.

Soliamyl had not come, down from the moun-
tains, as had been reported.

Letters from Asia complain of the inactivity of
the Circassians.
Despatches leive at 8 p.m.
Colonels Collingwood, Dickson, and Harding
have arrived.

A
-et() to reinforce the garrison of Kars' the
- laden with arms and ammunition, for the
„in/. of Batoun had also arrived. The SchugDu
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,trn lush steamer, which conveyed the artiflerynle;
BOINIBARD1Vr(IN TOF t,.d on board General Smith and another Bog' .
• TAGAY R OG.
- ".)fficer, sent on a mission to explore the coastotnathe,
Sea. They were to visit in i
tßolack
1 uy,Redoute Kale, Soakoum Kale and Ana?'
succession

and then return to Constantinople.
THE BALTIC FLEET.
OFF CRONSTADT, JULY 24 lo
The division of the fleet under the orders of Afe
Admiral Baynes, comprising 12 sail of the linel'og",
steam-frigate Imperieuse, paddle steamer Buil ile
and seven gun-boats, remain at anchor forgo.
N.W. of Tolboukin Lighthouse, blockafliog burg,
stad.t and the shores of the bay of St. Peters .s iu
Tb e Russians are daily practising the roil, 011
their batteries and earthworks, and engsgeuiberti
slurther augmenting the defences in the 130,1, „re.
shores of the island, to attack which, with I:lDiliutrr
of

sent means and appliances, with any Pr,°bab)
success, is deemed impossible. d French
The earnest attention of the English an asotif
flag officers is now beingdirected towards Si e, the
the next important position of the enemy elciog
Gulf of Finland, with the view of copal wbith
active operations in that quarter. By aletterip th
reached me yesterday am informed thav,st orr
course of a few days the whole of the shipal;sge
sent off Nargen will remove from that LuLiwd to
and take up a position near Sweaborgidotiel
mortars and heavy guns on one of the small the
and open fire on the town of Helsingfore and the
batteries which defend it. To share in igroa
prise is the most earnest desire of every
seaman in the ships under the orders of ite. vg
miral Baynes. They complain much of bog the
ployed in merely blockading Cronstadt, 9.101 if
greater part of them will be much disaPPloroat
not permitted to take part in the more Itakiag
services that they believe to be on the eve 0
of
place.
The blockade of every place in the d sad
Bothnia and Finland is most rigidly enforceit; the
the coasting trade is effectually stopped*
mioiesee
vicinity of Wyborg, the Arrogant and lua,.er four
are harassing the enemy to a great exteub., ce to
gun-boots were despatched a few days ,gltsbe de'
that quarter to assist in the demolition 0' ,ts 101
fences of that place, where important 00'
be expected to occur within a short period. theses,
The Locust, paddle-steamer, Lieut. Mder.iir
arrived with despatches from the Comm,,,netribir
Chief. Having communicated with the •Pleftoo
tion, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Baynes, she.. the
her return voyage to Nargen. At two P.'7 the
steam-transport Royal Adelaide came in Weoblee'
usual weekly supply of live cattle and veg,,olose
She left the squadron off Nargen the Oaf
evening, but brought no news of importatiep sv!!
cargo was speedily distributed to the sbi,P9r'Pr
she parted company at 8 p.m., en route 030 tras
nore. The Imperieuse, Captain R. Wrat's°4 the
ordered to keep in readiness for service dull
night. inapt°
July 25.—At 9 a.m. a general signal vras,Te then.exercise crews aloft. All plain sail was eall'e; fee
shortened to topsails • topsails and conr,B is the
shifted, and sails furled, with two reefs
essifee,
former. The weather was very hot and Orrto per:,
At this season it would be more prudents.ther
mit these evolutions to be performed .3: norief
the morning watch or after 5 p.m., at whic,'"'aliTgs
the sun's rays are less power. The Priun'ordev
despatch steam-boat, arrived at 4 p.m. Iv'tn NO'
from the Commander-in-Chief for the glit-c;
Pincher, Snapper, Snap, and Starling,
ceed to Wyborg, as reinforcements to tujestisr
gant and Magicienne. They left for thetingh
r
tion at 11 p.m. The steam transport
No. 121, anchored near to the fleet at 5 Plior
accomplished the voyage from England tn, " bed
in a week, remained off that island three toe oa'
was then sent on to Cronstadt with st°,,-,e,
provisions for Rear-Admiral Baynes' egilis,t!,;.
The news brought by her was to the effect "Ijoalf,.
Commander-in-Chief was about to make,/jog
movement at Sweaborg, and was only oral- well&
arrival of the Calcutta to proceed off that to r.
hold. A survey of invalids was ordered solel•
holden to-morrow forenoon, on board the.ottiell.
George, where all proper objects for exallitotil
were to present themselves at 10 a.m. .44` *-#Olll
steamer was observed at 9 p.m., standing 1111000
the fleet under a flag of truce. The rie._..cir.
was ordered to weigh with all Ives'. 00":',
spatch, but her steam not being uP'
mander Gordon embarked in the 6101104 v:
boat, met the Russian steamer, the officer %or :if
was the bearer of a letter from the Golitiotl
Cronstadt to the English Admiral, the an 1,1005..
which, although not positively known, is Pry;odektv-
to have reference to the recent inhuman &sill:,
practised on the seamen and officers of Wong ifri.
by the enemy's troops at Hango. The Bub,;;oe,'
the vessel selected to-night for any service LAP-1V
be required. At 12 p.m. the Thistle gun-i
suddenly despatched to the westward.
July 26.—The Colossus, 80, Captain
while shifting berth, ran into the collier hrif,lol;
of South Shields, carrying away that vesee,';itiote:4'
masts and jibboom. None of her crew /13°,0 or
were injured. The boats in the fleet vrrligiai
away to render assistance, and towed her
the Royal George, whose carpenters are nisle"'
in repairing the damages caused by the °cot ,
which was evidently owing to bad managen!.
board the Colossus. The Edinburgh Nnioir
from her anchorage under the land, an
a
the main body of the fleet. hio9 IT •
July 27.—The crews of the various
exercised at general quarters in the forenr.lgi
Pylades steam corvette, Captain E. T. t)„,'
court, with Lord John Scott's yacht in ""iyl r ea,
accompanied by the Jasper gun-boat, arr. fPr;
Cronstadt at 8 p.m., but brought no ne°o:oll°..
portance. She left the fleet off Nargen Yo:beaL
evening. A private letter which has reit,inatill
by that opportunity-, states that it is very ",,,,11,0
if any bombardment of Sweaborg or
take place at present. The Calcutta o,D'ott,,d,'
arrived, last night, at Nargen. Lieut. "'LP'
the Duke of Wellington, is appointed to
wand of the mortar vessels.
ts,,A $.144
The commanding officers of five nu-t
ordered, this evening at 9 p.m., to repair-g_in rce
the Retribution, flag-ship of Rar-Admir"',,forel/,
to receive special instructions, which have r:;0.r2,-,i
to their being sent away, to-morrow, on ac.."-ersr:4,"
vice. They are to embark their superutl7oocll.
from the respective ships to which they as the ar •
Two of them are to proceed to Wyborg---'
nation of the others has not transpired. , is
July 28.—The steam transport Cottingit:,oslt;
pointed to sail at 2 p.m. on her homewar," 'erss2,,
She takes to England invalids, supers' also
returned stores, and the ships' letter bags reati
overland mail, for transmission from -1,:i.00:0t
Dantzic. The letters which have been did hvoi
from Cronstadt for two weeks successivev,,tyity„e
reach Nargen until after the steamer for DPitaV4
been despatched ; consequently our frienclbeite
land will naturally feel great anxiety at n°rv-tislV
from us with the accustomed regularity. 'to Pah,
number of officers and seamen serving regularity,
the
;ed
off this port feel it a hardship, that durinDepP,',if
sence of the Commander-in-Chief they sr°
of the regular weekly communication tiv.5,11100
relatives and connexions at home, and virt,,lviiir DiTeei
out detriment to the service, might e;',7,o* fat
been afforded them, had a small stealcoes
placed at the disposal of Rear-Admiral 134.'
that purpose.

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Tea 01 .
NARGEN, u"" thes 1'
We have all been on the g ui vive durin!, so,iis
week, expecting an attack to be made nr°},o- en n i
borg, and I believe our hopes have only ,:tta '
appointed by the non-arrival of the Cal' I
_also
dEolus with the reserve ammunition. i,„ IP-the
On Wednesday, the 25th, at noon, the
and i -
and Hawke joined the fleet from BarelierPtila
latter saluted the Admiral before she alle-b°0,01c.:40
You will remember that a short tint° a so- ;
trolg
Arrogant destroyed an unfinished fort pirvlirib°
barracks on the Island of Kotka, near pa 1
since then it was told us that another larro isllva
was situate on the northern part of ~t 4,013, 00
capacious enough to accommodate 4,0t,0 pa 0°,4
that there was a large fort of 28 gruotitiortataloi:
more barracks, on the military'
Helsingfors and Wyborg, and though„ihCe tree °ll3B
be seen from the ships on account 01 ',/,!_j_cloin,or
was within the range of their guns', not "ths.
Cossack, towing the Rocket and “to-ytiva tbe,
tar vessels, and the Magicienne, osist De
Blazer and Pickle, were sent t° ts she 001
Arrogant and one or two gun"heli 00 g-e 0
with her, in destroying the place orPolid
round the island in search of theoon th°
they discovered the troops leaving lona ; oil
marching over a bridge to the war bridgede4
Cossack was then placed to destroy t'ethen It sad
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prevent the troops returning ; our we° soril -0, to",
and set fire to the buildings, and I illemth Jere
the flames spread to the village, 0" 1;100 9 clio
ducod to ashes ; but the church, villie .0 at, fof
pretty one, was not touched, and rele„„3lloolcifi°o is
alone among the ruins around it. '-',.'„air 0117
the fort, they found it situate about ',l"ns. !, bee.
land and completely safe from their g- hel- cerj'
All the mortar vessels ad gun-he,w 109:00te
painted of a leaden cotour,n to make teno9 t ti
spicuous marks on the water for 00400 sensor.
at. At 4.30 the Vulture, who bed ben in, Ps
look for the Calcutta, arrived withoottiop
She was met a little to the south of, „apero' Slgr
brings about a tons of old letters and Iv'forlinferose
July 26.—During the morning the A 001
lark, Hind, and Princess Alice arrived