The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-06 00:00:00

THE BALTIC.

HAMBURG, July 3.—The Amphion, Captain A.
Cooper Key, in reconnoitring the newly erected
works at Sweaborg, unfortunately got aground
within range of the enemy's guns, which opened
fire on the frigate. Four balls hit the vessel,
killing one man and wounding two, but the Am-
phion returned the fire with such effect that she

blew up a powder magazine, the explosion of which
seriously damaged some of the works also. In the
harbour were lying five Russian steamers, which,
however, did not come out to take part in the affair,
from which it is concluded they were afraid of run-
ning against their own exploding machines. The
Amphion got off very soon, and without any
damage.
The Finland papers contain detailed accounts of
the different attempts made by the English ships
to land at different parts on the coast. Thus ac-
counts from Kotka state that, on the 14th ult
they burned and destroyed Fort Slava, and letters
from \Vyborg say that on the 10th ult. a landing
was effected at Trangsound, and forced the rifle-
men stationed there to retreat into the interior.
On the 14th Juno two frigates and a gun-boat ar-
rived off Svensk Sound and set firo to the build-
ings. On the following night they managed to en-
ter the inner roadstead of Frederiksham, in spite
of a very difficult navigation, and approached to
within four versts (half a mile) of the town, which
was occupied by a iitrong cletdecluilwat -of imps.

On the following day the gun-boat advanced to
within half a verst of the town, and demanded
from the burgomaster information respecting the
strength of the garrison, and to point out the Go-
vernment buildings, stores, &c. On receiving a
refusal he threatened to bombard the town, but
they retired on the 16th without fulfilling the
threat. Great astonishment was expressed by the
natives at the masterly manner in which the ships
were manoeuvred, and which proved that they had
skilful pilots on board, intimately acquainted with
the intricacies of th )..-lavigation.

RUSSIA.
THE HANGO MASSACRE.
The Journal de St. Petersbourg publishes the fol-
lowing reply from. General de Berg to the letter sent
to him by Admiral Dundas, demanding explana-
tions for firing on the flag of truce :

"HELSINGFORS, JUNE 5 (17th.)
"Monsieur l'Admiral,—Before replying to the letter
of your Excellency, of the 3d (15th) of June, I must ob-
serve with regret that the vessels of the English fleet
hoist Russian colours the more easily to capture any Rus-
sian vessel they come across. The journals have suffi-
ciently made known how, from the commencement of
the war, abuse has been made of the flag of truce in
every sea to take soundings and to make military obser-
vations. The character of hostility displayed against
inoffensive towns and villages inhabited by peaceful
populations has been bull too well proved by all that has
taken place in the Baltic.
" On the 14th (26th of May) a cutter, Ido not know
from which ship, landed with a little white flag near the
village of Twerminne. Not finding any troops stationed
near the village, the crew of the cutter wantonly set fire
to some huts and boats, despite the white flag.
"On the 26th of May (sth of June), another cutter
belonging to the corvette Cossack made for the Ilango
coast. This boat had the British flag flying. The offi-
cer in command of her pretends to have hoisted a little
white flag in her prow on a stick. Neither the men on
duty at the telegraph on the neighbouring heights nor
the military post on the coast perceived this pretended
white flag. It was, consequently, quite natural that
they attacked the cutter and its crew as soon as the
latter landed.

" Lieutenant Louis Geneste pretends that a servant
carried by his side a stick with a white flag on it. The
soldiers and officers of our advanced posts, questioned
as to the existence of this flag, affirm that they never
saw it all.

" M. Geneste pretends that he was sent with a flag of
truce to give up some of the crew of merchantmen cap-
tured during the fortnight. If such had been his in-
tention it would have been a much simpler plan, as the
Cossacks came from the neighbourhood of Cronstadt, to
have sent them to Sweaborg, or to have landed them on
some island, from which they would easily have reached
the coast.

" The Captain of the Cossack ought to know that the
bearer of a flag of truce cannot and ought not to be re-
ceived upon the first landing place, promontory, or rock
it may suit him to select.
" My outposts see, and will continue to see, in such
' missions only military reconnaissances ; who use simiiar
pretexts to make explorations and secure provisions.
"The hostile and by no means parliamentary cha-
racter of this mission is, moreover, proved :
" I. By the loaded arms seized. Th-ree muskets show
by their exploded caps that the crew of the boat made
use of them in the struggle.
"2. By the care shown in providing the cutter with
360 cartridges, and a chestiull of incendiary articles,
which are actually in our possession.
"On the following day the Cossack kept up a heavy
fire during an hour against the village of Hango and it 3
peaceful inhabitants, and a few days later, the Ist (13th)
of June, the attack was repeated, to set fire to the tele-
graph and to destroy some houses, instead of going to
Sweaborg to demand explanations.
"Despite the superiority which steam and screws give
to your vessels, they do not cease to hoist the Russian
flag to seize our coasting vessels.
"In the same manner some yards of, white canvass
have evidently been turned to account to take soundings
and make explorations.
" I am willing to believe, M. l'Amiral, that this is
done without your knowledge. Allow me to express
the hope that you will in future prohibit the missions of
such pretended flags of truce. The crew of Lieutenant
Geneste's boat were caught in their own trap. Seven
men were killed, four wounded, the remainder male
prisoners, as the list I enclose will inform you. The
affair only lasted a moment. It was impossible to dis-
tinguish the English from the prisoner sailors they
brought with them. One of them, Lundstrom, who
spoke English, was the first man killed, and two others
were wounded.

" The responsibility of the whole affair rests with the
irregularity with which missions of this sort are made.
"It appears to me that it would be more suitable to
make communications to Sweaborg, and intrust them to
some vessel sent there in the same manner as you sent
your letter of the 3d (15th) of June.
" The Cossack should not have deviated from the rule.
Vessels wishing to enter into parley should hoist a white
flag of large dimensions, and anchor beyond long range,
and await a boat to receive their message in writing. We
will never receive any other. The Cossack did nothing
of the sort. It seems to me that the honour of your flag
ought to exact the most strict and scrupulous observa-
tions of the rules established on such occasions.

" The honour of my flag will never permit me to de-
part from them.
" I can assure you that the wounded are well taken
care of, and the prisoners well treated.—l have the
honour to be, Monsieur l'Amiral, your very obedient
servant, "DE BERG,
"Aide-de-Camp General of his Majesty the
Emperor of all the Russias."

RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR OF
THE 18TH JUNE.

The Invalide Busse says

" We have just received the following detailed report
from Aide-de-Camp-General Prince Gortschakoff of the
assault of the French, on the 6th (18th) of June, on Bas-
tions 1,2, 3, and Kornileff, of the line of defence of
Sebastopol, and of their repulse by our troops.
"The enemy having resolved to make a decisive at-
tack on our left flank, opened, on the sth (17th) of June,
at 3.30 a.m., a `fire of hell' against the fortifications of
the Karabelnaia Faubourg (sections 3 and 4). For two
consecutive hours all their batteries fired almost unin-

terrupted broadsides. On our side we kept up a quick
fire in return. At 2in the afternoon, at a given signal,
the besiegers opened a heavy fire against our right flank;
the fire, which was now opened along the whole line of
our defences, lasted till an advanced hour of the evening.
"At dusk and throughout the night the enemy threw
shells and rockets into the town, into the roadstead,
and the north side. A steam-frigate, which had left
the Allied Fleet at the same time, fired broadsides into
the roadstead and against the town. The greater ry)r-
tion of its projectiles fell into the sea without touching
our ships. _ _

" This terrible cannonade and incessant bombardment
did not prevent the brave defenders of Sebastopol from
actively repairing the damage done to the works. Despite
a terr:ble front and flank fire, the works were successful iy
completed, the guns which had been dismantled replaced
by new ones on every point, and on the morning
of the 6th (18th) of June we were perfectly prepared to
receive and drive back the enemy.

"On the night between the s:h and 6th (17th and
18th) of June, to be prepared for an assault, our troops
were disposed as follows on the left flank of our line of
defence."

"Bastion No. 3, and the neighbouring batteries, were
defended by the 2d brigade of the 11th division of in-
fantry, a regiment cf the Briansk Chasseurs, and a batta-
lion of reserve, consisting of men of the Minsk and Vol-
hynia regiments.
" In the Kornileff Bastion and in the Gervais Battery
there was the first brigade of the Bth infantry division
and the Sevsk Regiment of Infantry.
" In Bastion No. 2, the Vladimir Regiment of Infan-
try and the Ist battalion of the Souzdal Regiment ; ano-
ther battalion of the same regiment was drawn up along,
the curtain between Bastion Kornileff and Bastion No.
2. Bastion No. 1 was occupied by the Chasseur regi-
ments Krementehoug and Prince of Warsaw.
" The general reserve of troops who defend-id the
works of the Karabelnaia faubourg consisted of the let
brigade of the 11th division of infantry, with 18 pieces of
field artillery of the 11th and 17th brigades.
"On the 6th (18th) of June, at daybreak, the enemy
in a dense chain, supported by strong reserves, attacked
simultaneously bastion No. 1, the fortified barracks be-
tween bastions 1 and 2, bastion No. 2, the Korniliff
bastion, bastion No. 3, and the so-called Gribok work
situate on the right of the P6ressyp ; the enemy enter-
tained the hope of forcing a passage somewhere along
this long line of defence.
"The number of troops they brought to the assault
was 35,000 men, without counting their distant reserves.
The French advanced on the right flank and centre, the
English on the left.
" The besiegers provided with ladders, fascines, and
sapper tools, advanced rapidly to the attack. Despite
the heavy fire of grape and musketry we poured into
them, their columns advanced, reached our ditches, and
commenced scaling the parapets.
" But the line of the intrepid defenders of Sebastopol
never swerved. They received the daring assailants with
the points of their bayonets, and threw then' back into
the ditches. The enemy's columns then threw them-
selves on the Gervais Battery, entered it, drove out the
battalion of infantry in charge of it, and, following in
pursuit, occupied the houses nearest the Karabelnaia
faubourg from the Malakhoff Mamelon to the bay of the
docks.
"The success of our adversaries was not of long dura-
tion. Lieut.-General Chrouleff, the vigilant chief of the
line of defence of the Karabelnaia faubourg, ordered up a
reserve of 600 riflemen to the curtain between Bastions 2
and Kornileff. When the enemy had passed through our
line near the Gervais Battery, Lieutenant-General
himself at the head of a company of
Regiment of infantry, which was re,turnierr
the Chrouleff,
Sevsk placing
from a cosrCe, and taking with him a battalion of the
Poltavva. Regiment, led them to the charge.
"These troops, reinforced in good time by five com-
panies of the Yakoutsk Regiment, and later by a batta-
lion of the Yelets Regiment, routed the French, and
having driven them out of the Gervais Battery, pursued
them into their own trenches, putting the stragglers in
the rear to the bayonet. Tho company of the Sevsk

* "For more clearness it is indispensable to say that the
spac3 between which the attack of the besiegers was made
has an extent of about four werstes from Careening Bay
to that of the Laboratory, and forms a convex curve. Bas-
tion No. 3 is detached from the bay of the Docks and
I nileff, on the right shore of which,
connected with this
ion, is the Gervais Battery the fire of which coin-
e bay AO SW=d Pt/ thc • pf )3aidifm No, 32!
Irt f

Regiment distinguished itself by its intrepidity (cO-7116'
tion) during the combat.
" On all the other points of the line of defence
l,
troops, animated by their commanders, Rear-AcigniAt'
Panfiloff and Major-General Prince Ouroussoff, f°11,6",
with exemplary courage, and drove back the assailant
"Oar batteries on the north side, and our steamed.;
which swept the enemy's columns on every point 0:
which they could bring their guns to bear, contrill
considerably to the success of this brilliant Affair; f 4.
steamer Vladimir hi particular, commanded by Cap
Boutakoff, approached repeatedly the entrance '3' ill
reening Bay, from which point it swept the eneoll
reserves.
" The heroism and disregard of danger of the ga fl 4
of Sebastopol, in which all, from the General to
private, fought with most extraordinary daring aliclinol
trepidity, are above all praise. Amongst those who
distinguished themselves, in addition to the Commas Ili
of the garrison, Aide-de-Camp Count Osten Sackent,
his adjunct, Admiral Nachimoff (who so valiantly di t. 5
the whole defence of Sebastopol), I must InenZief
Lieutenant• General Chrouleff, to whom the rd
honour of the day is due, as commanding the whole
the line attacked. Rear-Admiral Panfiloff who, wOl
back the assault on Bastion No. 3 ; Major-ixen
Prince Ouroussoff who defeated the assailants betireol
Bastions 1 and 2 ; the Chiefs of Sections and Saes
Captains de Korn and Perelischine ; Major-6°13,j
Youfercff, Colonel Goleff, Lieut.-Colonel MalefskY,
Captain Boutakoff.
110/
" Our losses during the bombardment of the
6th (17th and 18th) of June, and during the assault,'"o
sist of 1 superior officer, 4 subalterns, and 530 isn/jittl
killed ; 6 superior officers ; 42 subalterns, and ow"
3,378 men wounded.
" Among the brave defenders of Sebastopol v 7,3,11
unhappily to deplore the loss of some distinguished "if
cers. Thus, the brave Captain Bondistcheff, of thelVier;i
was killed. Among the wounded are Major-Gen 0
Zamarine, the gallant Captain Yourkovsky, of the
commander of the fourth section (seriously) ; the caPt
of naval artillery, Stainislaysky, commander of the ar:l
lery of the Kornileff Bastion.
" The loss of the enemy, whose columns were 00:11
to a most terrible fire of grape and musketry, is lo
considerable ; the removal of the dead, which took P,',/
on the following day at the request of the Comroaou,'"ii
in-Chief of the allies at 6 in the evening, is a proof
The number of corpses was so considerable that
French had not sufficient stretchers to carry theold°
and the officer entrusted with the duty is to bury tw
they could not remove. d
" Such is the recital of this unexampled expl°6l
the garrison of Sebastopol, which, after nine e
of siege and three terrible bombardments, repulse,
desperate assault of the enemy, occasioned thew an
mouse loss, and with heroic devotion is still read/
meet any new attempt on their part."
The Invalide Russe adds :
" To complete this report, a telegraphic despatch ,;•„11
Prince Gortschakoff announces that up to the 9th (m,,,,"
of June nothing of importance bad occurred since ;;.
fore Sebastopol, or on any other point of the Crime/.

The Invalide Busse, of the 26th ult., coned
an extract from an official report of General W:ni
noff, giving additional details on the bombard's,'
of Marioupol and Taganrog. In the former 11
the General asserts, that the damage done 4)'''
consisted in the destruction "of more than.
houses and corn stores, and of all the estabvo
meats of the merchants near the Stock Exchangeolf
but he declares that, "no one was killed of
wounded," and that " the stores and propert9,,4
the Crown were saved." Of Taganrog the Gen'
says :
" I have the honour to announce that during
bombardment of Taganrog by the enemy, there fie,/
amongst the inhabitante 10 men and.l woman ki".Bo,
and 18 men and 6 wounded ; also that 148 hope
stores, or other edifices, and 69 others were more or ,e
damaged. The inhabitants and troops saw with Joi
and emotion that the palace of the Emperor Aleo°
1., of glorious memory, remained almost intact, althoego
the enemy's cannonade was principally pointed in der'
direction, and although a great number of its depell2e
cies are of wood ; but many edifices in the vicinity 2
burned down. The conflagration destroyed I,erl
tchetverts of corn belonging to the crown (the tchet.to
is 195 litres), but the rest of the stores was sent t°
village of Nicolaievka." t 0
Under the head of "News from the Baltic, 4,1
Invalide states that on the 18th two of the eneti
vessels and several gun-boats, carrying upwainii
180 guns, appeared at the mouth of the Narvi4osl
view of the village of Gungersburg, and the i;ity
morning opened fire against the batteries °f hi
coast and the village ; but that, after " e'sle
hours' cannonade," they retired towards the Iy
of Seskar. The loss of the Russians consisted' tot
account says, of one man killed, and an°,o,
wounded so seriously that he died. In the e'l
ing of the 20th, the Invalide continues, the eueo3-
destroyed the telegraph in the Isle of Kotka;
burned down some houses belonging to the Co oft
On the 21st, the same gun-boats fired on the Poi
of Revel, but retired without doing any !la„tae
and, on the 22d, another gun-boat exchanged
shots with the forts of that port.
SPAIN.
red
MAnnin July I.—Although hardly. re--Ie
from his indisposition, General Espartero „„
terday present in the Cortes, where the v#
of the bases of the Constitution was brought °he
close. At 4 o'clock, when the Chamber rose,. 0
drove to the Palace, and presented his resigeatl°ol
to the Queen. To-day's Gazette, in its non-offo',
part, gives the document, which runs as follows:,
" Senora,—When the whole nation' last year :I'3'o
solved to recover its rights and to extirpate 41
abuses that had been introduced into the Governrees,
of the State, I was called by the heroic people of S!rbf
gossa to authorize and sustain the movement Whit/
with the above object, had taken place in that,cpol,
and in the other towns of Arragon. Without lie
htion I hurried thither to aid and defend such 04
intentions, and I pledged myself, in the most soh S,
terms, to use all my efforts for the fulfilment of the 90
tional will. Then your Majesty was pleased to surencleil
me to your presence, naming me President of the ColLl3o
of Ministers, and I accepted the honourable and delly-#9
charge with the firm resolution of giving it up as 000110,
the Constituent Cortes should be assembled ; their C
vocation being one of the chief petitions I made to rt!
ALI. 4 esty when I took office, and one that your MaJe"
granted with repugnance.
IO
"The Constituent Cortes having assembled, I had t
honour, conformably with the above-mentioned reoh°ol
tion, to present my resignation to your Majesty ;,',l
circumstances known to all compelled me to reiveliarly
the head of the Government, in obedience to your
te
jesty's commands, until the Constitution of the SU'
should be voted.
"This has now been done, since the bases are Otecij
and, having fulfilled my engagement, and my health ;1
permitting me to attend to public business, I entreo
your Majesty to relieve me from the office of Presidete,
of the Council of Ministers, for which I shall feel 01,4
ful as for the greatest favour your Majesty can confer "
me.

" God preserve your Majesty many years, &o. 0
"BALDOMERO ESTARTERO.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

T - ;
LONDON, July 6.—Wind this day at noon,
.—•
light, pleasant breeze, and fine clear weather.
PORTSMOUTH, July s.—Wind, S.S.W. VP" tg•
fordshire (transport 108), from Constantinople ; 4
away (transport 39), do. ; H.M.S. yachts Victoria
Albert, on a cruise.
FALMOUTH, July s.—Wind, E. Arrived—Exchal
from Bahia ; Willing, do. ; Christiana, Buenos Ayres'
port—Franklin, from Rio Janeiro.
OFF DOVER, July S.—Helen A. Miller' from Bath:o°
for Brannen ; Susan King, Antwerp, for Mauritius.
COWES, July s.—Wind, variable. Arrived—Helge'Zio
from Callao, and sailed for Antwerp; Terpsichore, P"
Janeiro, and sailed for Gothenburg.
4. 00
BRIDLINGTON BAY, July 5. Arrived—Sarah,
.„110,
London, towed in dismasted by the Thurley, from olio
burg, with which vessel she had been in collision;

latter sustained no damage.
LOWESTOFT, July 5.—A laden schooner, name unknoll4
is aground on the Newcome Sand.
BELFAST, July 4.—Wind, N. Arrived—Troubadotif
from Demerara.
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MARANHAM, May 18.—The Brisbane (s.), from j.
Clyde to Australia, which stranded on the 23d of Apr Art„
said to have floated off, and to be on her way to this Po 4
HAVANNAH, May 29.—The Coquette (barque), fn
Carmen to Marseilles, which put in here leaky, has Dee
condemned.