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THE MASSACRE AT HANGO

OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.

ADMIRALTY, JUNE 18.

Copies of letters from Rear-Admiral the Hon.
R. S. Dundas, reporting the proceedings of her
Majesty's ship Cossack, and the loss of officers and
men at Hango
(No. 162.) Duke of Wellington, at anchor,
Tolboukin Lighthouse, E.S.E. 3 miles,
June 9, 1855.
Sir,—l had the honour to transmit on the 2d inst. with
my letter, No. 130, areport of proceedings received from
Capt. Fanshawe, of her Majesty's ship Cossack, who, in
compliance with my directions, had satisfactorily exa-
mined theanchorages and channels in the vicinity of Han-
go Head ; but it has now become my most painful duty
to forward, for the information of the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty, a report which I have received
from that officer, detailing occurrences in the same lo-
cality which have led, in the most distressing manner, to
the sacrifice of the lives apparently of not less than six-
teen officers and men, although I am still disposed to in-
dulge the faintest hope that some few may be yet alive.
In explanation of this report, it may be proper for me
to inform their lordships, that in the destruction of
coasting vessels in the course of hostilities within the
Gulf of Finland, I have considered that I am carrying
out the views of her Majesty's Government in endea-
vouring to visit with as little severity as possible the
evils of war upon the poorer classes of the inhabitants,
who are in the habit of earning a living in the smaller
vessels upon the coast, and it may be useful that I should
transmit upon this occasion a copy of a General Me-
morandum which I had issued upon this occasion. It
was in accordance with the spirit of this instruction
that I had given permission to Captain Fanshawe to
take a favourable opportunity to release two persons
who had been detained by him as prisoners in one of the
vessels referred to in his former report of the 30th May,
and who had expressed a wish to be released near
Hango ; and it is melancholy to consider that, conse-
quent on this act of leniency, an opportunity has been
afforded to the enemy to inflict upon us a most severe
loss, under circumstances of extreme cruelty, if not in
direct violation of the ordinary usages of war.
I transmit, however, for their Lordships' further in-
formation, a copy of a letter which I have forwarded to
Captain Fanshawe, ordering him forthwith to rejoin my
flag, and calling for further explanations upon the
subject.

Their Lordships will gather from the questions which I
have addressed to him the views which I am at present
disposed to adopt in reference to this melancholy loss ;
but I abstain for the present from communication with
the military authorities of the district in the absence of
further information. —I have, &c.,
(Signed) R. S. DI7NDAS,
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
The Secretary of the Admiralty, &c.

H. M. Steam-ship Cossack,
Nargen Islands, June 6, 1855.
Sir,—lt is with the deepest concern that I have to re-
port to you the destruction of a cutter's crew and the
officers who went into Hango with a flag of truce yes-
terday, the sth inst., in order to land the three prisoners
who had been taken with some merchant vessels by her
Majesty's ships Cossack and Esk, and also four others
whom I gave a passage to Nargen, they having received
their liberty from the prize officers of the vessels cap-
tured by her Majesty's steam-ship Magicienne.
The ship having arrived off Hango Island yesterday
forenoon, the boat was despatched at 11 a.m. in charge
of Lieut. Geneste, with orders to land the above persons,
and to return without delay, taking care that no one
straggled from the boat. The officers' ste.vards were
allowed to go in the boat on the same conditions, as was
also, at his request, Mr. Easton, surgeon of the ship.
The enclosed statement of what occurred on the boat's
approaching the shore is that of the only man who has
returned alive, and I have every reason to believe it
correct.

Finding that the boat did not duly return, I sent the
first lieutenant, about half-past 4 p.m., in the gig, also
with a flag of truce, to ascertain the cause of the delay ;
and as neither had returned at the close of the day, I
anchored with this ship and the Esk in the inner roads.
The gig returned about half-past 8, after a long search,
having discovered the cutter hauled within a small jetty,
and containing the dead bodies of two or three of her
crew.

It being then late, I made arrangements that the
ships should weigh at half-past 2 o'clock a.m., and take
positions as dote to the inner village and telegraph sta-
tion as possible ; and as I then supposed that the rest of
the crew and officers had been made prisoners, I proposed
to send in a letter to the nearest military authority de-
manding that they and the boat should be given up.
But whilst getting under weigh the cutter was ob-
served to leave the shore with one man at the stern, who
was endeavouring to scull her out. I therefore imme-
diately sent a boat to her assistance, which brought her
on board, and she was found to contain the dead bodies
of four of the crew, which were riddled with musket halls.
The man who came out in the boat'made the accom-
panying statement of the details of this atrocious mas-
sacre ; he is very dangerously wounded in the right arm
and shoulder, and was left for dead in the boat ; but the
account he gives of what he saw before he was struck
down is clear and consistent, viz.: that on the boat
reaching the jetty, Lieut. Geneste, Mr. Easton, surgeon,
Mr. Sullivan, master's assistant, and the Russian prison-
ers, stepped on shore, and advanced a few paces, Lieut.
Geneste carrying and waving the flag of truce. On their
landing, a large party of soldiers, commanded by an
officer, who spoke English, appeared suddenly, and ad-
vanced in a threatening manner. The officers then
pointed to the flag of truce and claiined its protection,
and also endeavoured to explain the reason of their
landing, but of no avail. A volley of musketry was
immediately fired at them, which killed them,
and also some or all of the Russian prisoners ;
volleys were then fired into the boat, by which all were
struck down, and the assailants then rushed into the
boat, and threw most of the bodies overboard, and then
removed the arms and ammunition which were stowed
underneath.

Neither before nor during this indiscriminate slaugh-
ter was any resistance made, nor hostile intention shown
by the boat's crew with the flag of truce, the muskets
that were in the boat not having been loaded, and being
in the bottom of the boat ; and therefore there appeared
to be nothing to justify this barbarous infringement of
the usages of war.

I therefore opened fire with both ships upon the place,
at about 600 yards distance ; but it was not returned
either with rifles or artillery; and a thick fog having
come on shortly after warkls I ceased firing and with-
drew the ship, the position which they were in not
being one in which they could with safety remain at an-
chor.

I enclose herewith the names of the officers and men
who have met their deaths on this occasion.—l have,
&c., (Signed) E. G. FANSHAWIC.
Rear-Admiral Hon. R. S. Dundas, C. 8.,
&c., &c., &c.

List of officers and cutter's crew who were killed at
Hango on ' the sth June, 1855 :—Lieutenant Louis
Geneste ; Surgeon R. T. Easton ; Charles Sullivan,
master's assistant ; Edward Thompson, leading seaman;
Benjamin Smith, able seaman ; James Cornwall, ordi-
nary seaman ; John Gliddon, able seaman ; George
Boyle, ordinary seaman ; William Roskelly, ordinary
seaman ; Thomas Stokes, ordinary seaman, second class;
John Haughey, stoker ; Francis George, ordinary sea-
man ; 0 wen Francis, able seaman ; William Linn,
captain's steward ; William Banks, gun-room steward ;
John Lorton, subordinate officer's steward.
(Signed) E. G. FANSILLWE, Captain.
H.M.S. Cossack, June 6, 1855.

H.M.S. Cossack, Hango, June 6, 1855.

About a quarter to four o'clock, John Brown, ordi-
nary seaman, after being taken to the Sick Bay, stated,
that on the cutter, with a flag of truce flying, getting
alongside the small jetty, at the village, the officers and
liberated Russian prisoners jumped out, and Lieutenant
Geneste held up the flag of truce, and told the Russians
(who had assembled close to the water and on the jetty
to the number of about 500, dressed as riflemen, and
armed with muskets, swords, and bayonets) what it
meant, and why they had landed.
The old Fin (meaning the captain of the prize Johanna)
also explained to them, but they said they did not care
for flags of truce there, and would show them how to
fight the Russians, or words to that effect. A volley was
immediately fired at the officers and liberated prisoners,
and then into the boat. •
When all were supposed to be killed, the Russians
jumped into the boat, and after throwing the bodies of
the men lying on the arms, in the bottom of the boat,
overboard, took away all the arms, magazine &c.
Brown, though dangerously wounded (having received
two shots through the right ifore• arm, and one in the
shoulder where the bullet lodged), managed in the morn-
ing to get up and scull the cutter out. He states that
when about 200 yards from the jetty, about 200 men
came running down from the telegraph.

To Mr. Wise—l am posqive-that the officers were
shot down at once, and before they fired into the boat.
To Mr. M'Kenna—The Russian_ prisoners were also
shot down while on the jetty.
To Messrs. M'Kenna and Wise—The boat went
straight in to the landing place. The Russians spoke
English ; and the person who led tbem, from his dress
and appearance, seemed to be an o acer.
Dr. Easton was the first officer who fell. The old

Finnish captain took the flat; of truce from Mr. Geneste,
and waved it, shouting, "Flag of truce ! Truce! " but
the Russians yelled, and fired upon them. Before the
men could do anything they were fired upon, and the
Russians with cutlasses jumped into the boat. The
Russians did not use their cutlasses.

GEO. H. L. WISE, Paymaster.
AETRUR M'KENNA, Assistant-Surgeon

R. S. Dundas, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
GENERAL MEMORANDUM.
Duke of Wellington at anchor.
Tolboukin Lighthouse, East 16 miles, May 29. M
It is my direction that all coasting vessels, undoubtedly
Russian property, which may be met with passing and
re-passing within the Gulf of Finland, and not of suffi-
cient value to be detained as prizes, are to be destroyed,
but no injury is to be done to boats or small craft which
may be found empty at anchor, and not trafficking.
This order, however, is not intended to preclude the
exercise of the discretion of officers in special cases where
the owners of vessels may be obviously -poor and harm-
less ; but the rule above ordered is to be generally ob-
served, and made known, as far as possible, to all the
owners of coasting vessels, it being the object to prevent,
generally, all traffic along the coast.
(Signed) R. S. DUNDAS,
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
To the respective Flag Officers, Captains,
Commanders, and Commanding Officers
of her Majesty's Ships and Vessels under
my orders.

Duke of Wellington at anchor.
Toulboukin Lighthouse, E.S.E. 3 miles, June 8, 1855.
Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 6th inst., No. 4, with its enclosures, reporting
the painful circumstances under which a serious loss of
officers and men has been sustained in consequence of a
boat belonging to the ship you command having been
detached for the purpose of landing and releasing pri-
soners upon the coast of the enemy ; but much as I
must regret the losses which occurred, and sensible as I
am of the distress which such occurrences are calculated
to excite in the mind of any officer entrusted with com-
mand, it has nevertheless become my duty to call your
attention to some important omissions in your report,
and to several explanations which are necessary, not only
to enable me to form a correct judgment upon the non-
duct of yourself and the officer TA ho has been unfortu-
nately sacrificed on the occasion, but which are due also
to the character of an enemy who is charged with the
grave crimes of having violated the good faith of a flag
of truce, and the indiscriminate massacre of prisoners
about to be released and the unarmed and defenceless
crew of a boat employed upon such a service. I have
therefore to direct that you will furnish me with full and
exact reports upon the following queries :-
Ist. What were the circumstances which rendered it

necessary to select an opportunity for landing the pri-
soners in question, when the boat was unsupported by
the immediate presence of the ship you command, and
when the display of a flag of truce from her own mast-
head would have obviated all misunderstanding as to her
object ?

What were the particular instructions given to
the officer i❑ charge of'the boat, and what opportunities
were affurded to the enemy to grant or to reject condi-
tions of truce before the party had actually landed upon
his coast ?

3rd. What was the distance of the boat from the ship
when last seen previous to her landing, and what at that
time was her distance from shore ?
4th. When and at what distance from the shore was
a flag of truce first displayed, and were any blank guns
or muskets fired at the moment, and is the officer in
charge of the boat supposed to have had any reason for
believing it to have been acknowledged by the enemy on
shore ?

sth. At what distance from the shore were the rifle-
men of the enemy first seen on the "jetty" by the crew
of the Cossack's cutter ?

6th. Was any assent, implied or understood, supposed
to have been granted by the Russian officer on shore to
the landing of the prisoners or crew ?
In directing your attention to the importance of ac-
curate replies to the foregoing queries, I have to remind
you that the spot at which these melancholy losses have
been sustained had been recently visited by the ship you
command, and acts of hostility had been committed i n
that vicinity. There was, therefore, good reason to
consider that the attention of the enemy might be di-
rected to its protection, and every proper precaution
should have been taken. I cannot but regret, therefore,
that persons whose services were not necessary on the
occasion were permitted to proceed in the Coasack's
boat ; and I have to remark that such permission was
not calculated to impress upon others the importance of
proper vigilance and of due attention to forms in com-
municating by flag of truce.

On the receipt of this letter you will repair immedi-
ately to this anchorage to rejoin my flag.—l am,
(Signed) R. S. DUNDAS,
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
Captain E. G. Fanshawe, H.M.S. Cossack.

(No. 169) Duke of Wellington, at anchor,
Tolboukin Lighthouse, E,S.E. 3 miles, June 11, 1855.
Sir,—l have to report, for the information of the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that her Ma-
jesty's ship Cossack rejoined me this morning, and I
have now to transmit, for their lordships' information,
further reports, which I have received from Captain
Fanshawe, in reply to the inquiries contained in my
letter of the 9th instant, No. 162.
After full consideration of the explanations afforded,
and, after personal communication with this officer on
the subject, I am entirely at a loss to discover any cir-
outustamees which can serve to excue or to palliate the
conduct of the enemy, by whom the cruel and unneces-,
sary slaughter of the Cossack's boat's crew has been
perpetrated.

No precaution appears to have been omitted by the
officer in charge of the boat to make known the object
of his mission, and if their lordships should see reason to
regret that she was detached beyond the reach of pro-
tection from the ship, I feel assured they will do justice
to the e)planations of Captain Fanshawe.
I regr(!t to add that he has informed me little or no
hope can be entertained that any of the officers or crew
have surv.ired, and that repeated wounds were inflicted
upon several of them with the most reckless cruelty,
but it is n ty intention to take the earliest opportunity
to endeavour to communicate with the authorities at
Tielsingfors.. I have, &c.,
,(Signed) R. S. DIINDAS,
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Ch :ef.
The Secretary of the Admiralty, &c.

H.M.
Steam• Ship, Cossack, at sea off Siskar,
June 11, 1855.
replying to the points connected with the as-
sault upon the boat of this ship, upon whieh you desire
additional explanations, I would premise that I sent her
in the full belie f that a boat with a flag of of truce flying,
detached from zr, ship stationary off the enemy's coast,
was entitled eitl 'ter to be warned off before approaching
the shore, or to be ordered off on reaching the shore be-
fore her commun 'cation was received, or to have an op•
portunity of mak, Ing that communication to a person ap-
pointed by the en .emy ; and I was persuaded that a boat
complying with t: tese conditions was perfectly safe from
molestation, and t bat while she did so no misunderstand-
ing could arise.

I will now prod led to answer your queries.
Ist, The opportu aiity was the first that had presented
Aself, and as it am eared a favourable one, I sent a flag
of truce in iminei liately on my arriving at Hango. It
was in respect of a that I believed to be the proper form
of sending a flag of: truce that I did not take the ship in-
to the inner roads, for I believed that it was in accord-
ance with usage tb at the ship should stay out of gun-shot
on such an occash .n. I stood into the island of Rue, on,
about two and a qt tarter miles from the village of Hango,
and thence sent th F.' boat, and I then stood off and on
to the same spot. Remaining for this reason on the
ordinary station fat • a blockading ship, I believed that I
complied with cu s'com in not hoisting a flag of truce
on board my own ship, but only in the boat detached.
2d. The instru. Aions given by me to • the officer in
charge of the boa t to proceed with the flag of truce to
the landing place at the village of Hango. If any troops
were there to as] c .to communicate with the officer in
command, to exp. lain the reason of the boat coming in—
namely, to land tiie liberated Russian prisoners, and to
ask leave to do so. If no troops were there, he was to
land the liberated prisoners at the landing place, with
all their luggage,. and to return on board without
delay. He was ;At liberty in the latter case to allow
the officers' stewards to purchase any article offered at
the boat by the vi (Lagers, provided that no detention
of the 'boat was occasioned thereby. I also directed
him, should he be questioned.as to the manner in wbich
the blockade wou: Id be enforced with reference to coasters,
to explain the inti mtions set forth in your memorandum
on the subject, as clearly as possible.
He was charged not to allow any one to stray from
the boat, and also to be careful that no injury was done
to property at thil landing-place and none of it removed.
The position of th e tihip, and the course of the boat from
the ship to the la n ding-place, was in full view of the
telegraphic station i vhich overhangs the village, and the
boat took about thr.ee-quarters of an. hour to reach the
shore. It was the :refore open to the enemy either to
have warned her of I' by firing with blank cartridge, or to
order her off on he r approaching within hail.
3d. The boat wa s about two miles from the ship when
last seen previous t o her landing, and less than half a
Mile from the landing-place, there being a small rocky
islet which then sha it her in from the ship. '
4th. The flag of truce was first displayed when
thneonreatlaboauat
half way from the ship to the shore, or rather
a mile from the shore. No blank guns or muskets
was,were
fired, but the flag, w hich was on a boarding pike,
sbiytioLnilitito
byt o sthurenosee-
tebneasnetenG.ene stn's orders, kept clear in a good po-
sition
either The
thatofficer
it
wasin chargeaokaocwoluelddg haveacknowledged
or
dmoys,ertased. they were not to be seen, and the place appeared
stbthe.
boat
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approached),
nrosirseaatesdon
and he not a
e(wohuottrearnbaswfoaryas s
she reached the jetty.
rciniaacnheda)n,
The officers arid prisoners had landed, and the baggage
was removed from the boat to the wharf before the
troops were seen. They came out suddenly from be-
hind a cover of some houses or rock, and rushed down
firing their muskets. Before stepping on the wharf,
Lieutenant Geneste gave the crew strict orders to re-
main in the boat, and to be careful not to touch any-
thing on the wharf.
.When the Russians first appeared,
he was on the wharf with the other officers, about four
or five paces from the boat with the flag of truce in his
hand, which he immediately waved, and called out flag
of truce. The person who headed the soldiers replied,
that "they did not care about flags of truce there." :The
Finnish captain took the flag from Lieutenant Geneste,
waved and shouted in his own language and in English,
ft Flag of truce."
6th. No assent could be implied, or otherwise, as no

one on the part of the enemy appeared till after the Prieu
,'
sorter:sorter:were landed, when they rushed out, as deserib

in answer No. 5.
In conclusion, I beg to state, that I was f
turully aw3rB
rom some vessels having been latel caped la the
f neighbourhood that there was a likely ihood that troops
might have been since sent down to the coast ; but et
the same time I was under the full conviction that then
course pursued was such as *was usual, and should ban
secured to the boat the protection due to the flag. ei
truce, whether the enemy in exercise of his discretion
thought proper to order it to return without communi"
cation or not.
On again interrogating the wounded 1:13211, I find-r!hat
the person who led on the enemy, and who spoke D
Aar
nir
lish, was armed with a musket like the rest, and
probably therefore not a commissioned officer.--"'
have, &c.,
(Signed) E. G. FANSNA3IO, Captain*
To Rear-Admiral the Hon. R. S. Dundas,

C. 8,, Commander-in-Chief.

H. M. S. Cossack, Tolboukin,
June 11 1855.
Sir,—ln addition to the circu st es detailed in n3l
letter to you of this day's date mI
agve to report 613
onbo again interrogating John Brown, the survivor of the
jeart's crew, he states : that immediately on the sof;
and
s appearing, they commenced firing on the officer
liberated prisoners who were with theta en the
wharf : their first fire did but little in•ury but as the/
approached he saw first Mr. Easton, j
Lieut. Gen t
_n h es e fall dead. He also S'i:Wiltrghee'°Pinannisdbe tet;
that
w o spoke English, fall ; and feels perfectly c.r97
tchr . the rest were all shot, as he saw them falling In°l__
the soldiers,
He is confident that all fell. By this t.1013,0°,
the boat, were firing '
baying approached within 10 or 15 yard
thee
into her also, and t e v.i. •
had iet°
men were very soon struck down. They then Os .
but
the boat, and threw overboard several of the bodleo, i
was 1:10t desa,
finding James Gliddon, though wounded, seta
they hauled him on the wharfand bcyoneted bin,. _,4 A
perfect caenpdtion also ofth
awthha
et
that he was wounded early • that though faint- be D.ll:t.
feign deapde,r
and a sense of his own dan er, which induced
A h 1
iniotle
b hole of
part of the boat to the other in the search for a
rm
'close
to him
not pitched overboard. Gliddon w;1 con'
when he was dragged on the wherf' aoldiern
'wwgaans
tgwoiien:dermaggaero,.und hoz
ceives that the whole affair, from the time the e have
retired, might e
_.
first rushed out until they finallY
occupied about 15 minutes. Er distinctly heard ev Q
frograbut,
thing that was said on thewharfe by Lieutenant Gene'w.
and the Russians. the
h the
I may here mention that the body of one of
leg, which he had bad time to bandage
men found dead in the boat bad twos ots tbrcr!g. 0 ~
the
berchief before he received two other fatal wound
abdomen and head.
ting this occur.
I omitted to state in my letter repor fling me
rence, that the following morning, when :scu be osein
boat out, Brown saw a number of Men -le the the
t lesses as those who fired upon them coming _rood
With a silk lf,,
jun
e egraph hill ; they stopped several times, turning ,
,p,
and pointing to the cutterp and the gig, which gas
proaching.—l have, &c. E. G. roßiu'
(Signed)
Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir IL S. Dundast
Commander-in-Chief, ato.
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or 50
Mediterranean' ll9O Ilavre ......... .. ..... 630 .."
12057 —_-
pwLyouoesn. ................... «••. 181920 .iii
Northern ....... ..... 920 Cherburg ............
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SPAIN' gadrid, Of
A private telegraphic despatch from
the 18th, announces as folloWs:-- .00 in co'
"Disturbances have taken Place but atuhtelib;ve been
sequence of the dearne,s of bread, bole
ings in the Cortes to-daY
put down. The Queen returns
_to .do.
The financial question is weretyewt dor
ITA-Lit* • Sr4i
lytt M. Joseph Sico ,
We learn from Turin t , • •
for the WOlO
the regulations
of the Convent Suppression aw. ,
..... ~witoo
oic
)1 of
Ant hiz :e
figGovernibi°y
1v wasi .
withhad bdereanwicnhgaruyd by the Sardinian Governin.l3;
According to the Turin papers M It'Lissioo
Foreign Y
partment. naNtoeingstertafc:oraunpt inao a few days on a wo,
torn
The Milan Official Gazette announc..
_,301301
itb 0 u t interest." caTPbieti rto°,4l:oli:
nodf thein d°:
Ar
0 I 1 e '
of Marshal Radetzliy to threfiscineaprerial villa u.'
on the preceding day.
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RUSSIA.
The Journal de St. Petersbourg publisbegflo;
wary of the operations of the allied sclnau.,t.Gelle:
jttrhhaulaentSee,a Krasnoff,of Azo
dated
taendd ;a,r,eapnorrotgo, f
2L2ide uotfe on /list ci 1 of
towngiving by the an
Aalcliceosr
atnodf
atiehier llo,rounbsal;3o osor
The Police Gazette publi,hes the follovr.iiferol of
the,,
OGnutlfheof27Fthinolafnmda:y
fications from the Military Governor-nrons in
St. Petersburg, respecting the allied sclini
~, got
h 001 g the
crewsfri ga frigate the ,torlll°- If
practisedeleft
te ilteheeti rfogrutnh se,
openand inse
at
.h e ele°l
the
boareir
78th ofJune),
remained in its former position. In the -pg A Ore .
of
On the 28th of Mty (June 9), bet ogle ''
2 and 3 p.m., four of the enemy's steaMera ~,drow 0,
eda r, approachaanncde ihnaovtfhe
our
uNr
also Northern rutruhebje
rejoined
niant
e.d Channel,tßheet
vi
se butoWe 1
ur
el t, or
00 foi:
andsatthPee6
p.m. threqsteamers approachedottlhderogro.
gol:bioho
evening an English screw ship of war alid il
went out to sea." ....! It Wof

ton,th i line,
near i
Lancaster
ctatsl
THE "LITTLE"
been determined to complete the nu r ta 1
_o_ri
actthe
Railway,
. bas beets obtained, Cwad7stilhiele sEtlaiantlel°llll"b'Yellr;sllleelltilatiiceil
gow andtw
It,whencompletednearrouted finished, will form the nearest _ ale_
parts of Scotland via the Greatlijoif t
N 9 obe
otheraneednitLiosnsdaoidn
thLeeetrdasfaßcruadpfoonrdies., e..7_rthete
very considerable.
lengthet ,e rNt n:afainTi.d 0n1y.1,1 Et
swi. twenty But; '1
(Fs i sAih SAT
eo
col. --..ri11;- ogle'
*fittr,
We have letters from Selsingfors up to the bibs-
roost
from Abo to the 6th inst. The inhabitants were
dread. of the allied fleets, and all the families in
I;titsy:
circumstances bad retired into the interior of the of ,r 110
taking with them their valuables. The EPe"forg 00
sent a gold medal to a native merchant at 001110. P`'•
a reward for his patriotic services in making, i't hl 14
vate expense, an electric telegraph to tango il.°; 'of
which immediate notice of the enemy's moven:le. I
be received. sse"
A Lice
THE SUNDAY BEES AcT• —Yesterday ..e iset o 0
Victuallers of London and the provinces, wile bridge,
the previous day at Fisher's Rotel, Westroinstol 000
in pursuance of a circular issued by the eentrefoote
rnittee of the United Towns' Association, top ' rear
legislative measures in the interest of the Trade, goes
semVed by adjournment, and having divided thee,
0 of
into sub-committees waited upon several vi ific.., ball
ParbarnPnt, in furtherance of the resolution t
.0, toe
come to, to endeavour to obtain an ettension of Woof
allowed by the Act for keeping, open on Sandal:oood
afterwards held another meeting, and again et.; titicid
until this day, at ten o'clock, for the purpose cl
further steps to carry out the proposed object.

• ~.r'''

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLooK.
" The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday
closed very heavily, and compared with Friday's
rates all kinds were much the same. The sales
were estimated at 2,000 bales, comprising 100
Bahia at 7d., 100 Surat at 41d., and 60 Sea Islandsat is. 3d. to Is. 7d. per lb. The Railway Share
Market closed with a firmer appearance.
Letters from Birmingham advise several failures
in the iron trade, and some for large amounts. Two
Make up a sum of 100,0001.
Accounts from Spain state that the mail of the
10th to Bayonne was burnt by brigands or Carlists
at St. Marie del Cubo. Even the English and
French Government despatches were destroyed.
From Riga and Revel it is stated that there was
not a single Russian ship of war at either place.
.All left last winter immediately before the naviga-
tion closed, and got to Cronstadt and Helsingfors.
The meeting of a portion of Messrs. Strahan's
creditors, held yesterday afternoon, has revealed a
few more facts that will afford food for inquiry at
the Bankruptcy Court. It would appear that a
run upon the firm existed during Friday and Satur-
day last, and that between 20,0001. and 30,000/.
was in consequence withdrawn, the Crown putting
in extents also and seizing 2,0001. in cash. The
question which excites much interest is, how did
the parties who drew their balances out of the
Bank get the information ? Was there collusion,
or that sudden panic engendered by comparatively
trifling circumstances, which soon developes itself
into a " run ?" For six years, according to the
statements made at the meeting, the partners have
known themselves to be insolvent, and yet
even on Saturday they persisted in parting
with the property of their customers on the
Plea that they expected assistance. Tie credi-
tors, who include a large number of the
legal profession, are not disposed to allow of any
Packed appointments as assignees, and their meet-
ing together has already elicited the fact that the
attempt was to be made to get relations of the
Partners appointed. Although this attempt has
been abandoned, it is sufficient to show that the
creditors are not holding preliminary meetings
Without a cause. With regard to the assets no-
thing favourable has yet transpired. There
is an interest in some foreign railway conces-
sions, and debts due from contractors, but of
the value of these not even an approximate
calculation can be made. This afternoon another
Section of Messrs. Strahan's creditors are holding
a meeting in Essex-street, but the proceedings are
still going on.
The Union Bank of London will commence busi-
ness at their new branch in Fleet-street on the 2d
Of July.
The accounts from Scinde respecting the interest'
taken in the railway for that province give the
most substantial proofs of the general appreciation.
When the undertaking was formed, a portion of the
!`t ital was reserved for the locality, and this is
lbeing taken up with the greatest avidity, and in
j'rge amounts by parties of the highest considera-
on, anxious at once to pay up their " calls" in
full,
and secure the 5 per cent. interest from the
Jaonourable East India Company. Yesterday the
?,eturnittee of the House of Peers passed the Scinde
through standing orders, and it is expected to
ee read a second time on Monday. It has already
Passed the Commons.
The South Australian Banking Company, at its
fleeting yesterday afternoon, declared a dividend
at the rate of 14 per cent. per annum.
There is a firmer market for English Stocks, as
We have no confirmation of the many sinister ru-
mours current at Paris, but, on the contrary, a de-
nial that the Emperor of the French is ill. Con-
sols have been 911 /- for account. Exchequer Bills
are exceedingly firm, the 2d. at 18s. to 215., and
4d. at 14s. to 17s. premium. East India Bonds
have been 275. to 28s. premium. Bank Stock is
well supported at 210 to 211. The 30 Years' An-
nuity is at 16 15-16ths. The New 3 per Cents.
are 921
The Foreign Securities have been merely nomi-
nal. Turkis, however, have been in demand at
further advanced rates, being up to 821 Rus-
sian 5 per Cents. have been at 99k. Belgian 4i
Per Cents. bring 94.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 64 to 7; Mexi-
can, 21 to 211 ; Peruvian, 68 to 70; ditto Three
Per Cents., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese Four per Cents.,
44 to 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ;
ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ;
Spanish New Deferred, 18i to 181- ; Ditto 3 per
Cents., 381 to 39i ; Ditto Certificates, 4 to 42 ;
Ditto Passive, 4 to 41.
The Railway Share market is rather looking
ZA, but there is not a great deal doing. The
ilnsactions have been principally in Brighton,
th°rth-Western, Midland, and Caledonian. Among
at.? foreign shares Antwerp and Rotterdam are
21l at very full rates. Grand Trunk of Canada
"uout the same. Great Luxemburg Constituted
tt'e firm. Great Western of Canada are weaker.
'amur and Liege are buoyant, and Sambre and
41[euse are in demand at fuller rates.
In the foreign and colonial mines there is not
Much doing. The Clarendon of Jamaica are at
steady rates.
British North American Bank are firm, the City
Bank has touched 51 premium, and the London 21
to 3 premium. Union of Australia are steady.
Crystal Palace shares are flat at 2 discount.
South Australian Land are rather higher.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE OVV):,
(From the Official List. )
Buciness done

link Stock .. . .
3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92s a i
New 3 per Cent. Annuities ~ 92i i i
Long Amnuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 16 15.16
India Bonds, £l000
Ditto, under £lOOO 27
Consols ?or Account, 10th July 9li i
Exchequer Bills, 20. 2d.
1.000
£5OO 2l 18 14 17
x Small
ze-bequer Bonds 1859, 3a per Cent
itRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Turkish
Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St 99.
Bonds, 6 per cent
Ditto for the Account...
la, Nvidendx on the above payable in London.
Oat' Bonds, 2} per Cent. ex. 25 fr —
Ditto 4a per Cent. Ex. 25 fr 94
THREE O'CLOCK.
. 9113 i

Consols

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

t
IT -,,°I`TDoN, June 20.—Wind this day ut noon, N. to
; moderate breeze, and fine weather.
LIMOUTH, June 19 —Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Cyg-
e°t, from New Zealand. Sailed—Germania (transport),
I;..the Crimea ; Arthur Purdow, do. ; Shooting Star, do.
Is("LE, June 19.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Juno, for
evrfoundland.
1,431.a7 SClLLY.—Circassian, from Porto Cabello, for Ham-
Ilivi,t-NBEA, June 19.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Lady
°lla. from the Clyde, and sailed for Buenos Ayres.
Sailed—Alderman Pirie, for Cuba.
k
the Cape
June 19.—Wind, S. Sailed—Woodlark, for
of Good Hope ; Garland, Rio Janeiro.
iy"ITEr, June 19.—Arrived—West Lothian, Matanzas.
bn2oGintDA June 18.—The Mona, of and from Mary-
,:4„. for this' port, which went on shore on the South
'4l on the 13 th inst., has floated off, making water.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. )
LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning.

wind, N.W.
"rtived.—Lady Westmoreland, from New Orleans.
e Bailed.—Tonawanda for Philadelphia ; Emperor, Cal-
-11:t ; Princeton, New Yolk • John William, Dantzie ;
Buenos Ayres ; Jean Baptiste' Marie, Bordeaux.
WARBENPOINT, June 18.

.Iq.ind northerly.
4 moved.—Anais, from Requijada.
KINGSTOWN, June 19.