The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-05 00:00:00

TEE BLACK SEA.

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Harbour of Karniesb, near Sebastopol,
Sept. 22.
The embarkation of the troops for Eupatoria was com-
pleted to-day. Besides the cavalry and artillery distri-
buted over the frigates, corvettes, and transports, some
infantry embarked on board other men-of-war, the Jean-
Fart and the Ulm being among the number. The latter
then put to sea.

Admiral Eruat left for Eupatoria with the lasrt ships
of the expedition. Everywhere, since as previous to the
capture of Sebastopol, the greatest activity reigns
throughout the ailed army.
The steam corvette, the Phleg6ton, sent to the Darda-
nelles by Admiral Bruat to assist the wind-bound ships
to pass up the straits, arrived at the roadstead of Sebas-
topol on the 18th of September, coming from Constan•
tinople, and last from Odessa.

After assisting the Syron; frigate, which had been
stranded, undamaged, at the old Seraglio cape, to get
afloat, the Phl6g6ton went to Tenedos, where she fell in
with two vessels becalmed, coming from Toulon, laden
with troops ; she took in tow the three•decker Valmy,
Captain De Barre, brought her in 25 hours to Constan-
tinople,
and thence to the Black Sea, where the latter
was enabled to continue her passage.
Having returned to the Bosphorus, and having taken
on board, for Odessa, 100 Russian prisoners, wounded
or amputated, and captured at the battle of Traktir, the
corvette took in tow the Turenne, Captain Fleuriot de
Langle, and sailed for the Black Sea. The Valmy and
the Turenne arrived at Kamiesh some few days ago.
The corvette, on her way to Odessa, met off the Isle
of Serpents a great many Greek vessels on their way to
the Danube, to load with corn, in right of the leave re-
cently given to neutral vesse.l!.

The lie of Serpents or Fidonisi, the only island in the
Black Sea, is a barren and naked rock, lying about 20
miles off the mouths of the Danube, almost east by west
with the Sulina, the principal mouth of the river. There
is on this island a lighthouse, 200 English feet above the
level of the sea. The light is not kept up at present.
The delta of the Danube is quite flat, the landing
places Lave little depth of water, and the shores are not
seen until, as it were, you touch them. Nature seems
to have placed the Isle of Serpents in this spot to claim
the mariner's gratitude. It is very desirable that the
lighthouse should be illuminated before winter.
In execution of the treaty of exchange, 10 French
prisoners coming from the interior of Russia were deli-
vered up to Captain Russel, of the Phlegeton, on his ar-
rival in the Odessa roads under a flag of truce. The
enemy has now only a few of our wounded and a small
number of prisoners ; on our side we have still in our
depots and ambulances above 3,000 prisoners.
The Crimean news and the taking of Sebastopol were
known at Odessa, and had caused much consternation.
The commander of the Phlegeton, on touching at Ten.
dra for the purpose of taking the despatches of his col-
league of the English cruiser, gladly took on board ten
English officers, prisoners of war, who were impatiently
waiting for an opportunity of coming to the Crimea.
He consi,ned them, on arriving off Sebastopol, into the
hands of Admiral Lyons, on board the Royal Albert.
The following are the names of these prisoners :
Easton, surgeon, and O'Sullivan, master, coming both
of them from the boats of the English man-of-war the
Cossack, who were so ill-treated in the Baltic near
Hango ; Hardwick, captain of the 17th Lancers ;
Clarke, lieutenant in the 50th Regiment of Foot ; Max-
ted, Pope, Tickers, Thonsan, Mac K.arthy, officers of
the Commissariat ; Carrew, captain in the merchant
service.

The greatest cordiality reigned during the whole of
the passage between these officers and the staff of the
Phlegeton.

The Turkish prisoners will be in future exchanged,
by virtue of a supplementary convention, like the other
allied prisoners, and will be received by our cruisers off
Odessa on the signature of the superior officer charged
with the exchanges.
Tendra, where the cruising ground usually lies, is a
very sandy peninsula, very little elevated, and situated
to the south of Otchakoff. It appears to be formed, like
all this part of the coast stretching from Cape Kinburn
to Perekop, of the alluvial deposits of the Bug and the
Dnieper, leaving here end there apertures, which the sea
has reserved capriciously for itself. Tendia, in rounding
off from the noith to the south and the west, forms a vast
and secure bay, the soundings of which, both inside and
outside, have been frequently taken by the allied cruiser 3.
The two squadrons might, in case of need, find safe shel-
ter there.

The peninsula is evacuated by the Russians. A light-
house is to be seen on it in a good state of repair, but
the light is not kept up. The waters in this spot abound
in fish. They are frozen over for one or two months
during the winter. When ships are at the Tendra
anchorage Otchakoff and the citadel of Kinburn can be
seen from the mast-head.

On the Bth, the day on which Sebastopol was taken, a
violent gale from the north-east assailed the allied
squadron, and prevented it taking up a position. As the
wind blew towards shore the ships would have run the
greatest danger, and the risk of being lost, without bay-
ing it in their power, owing to the state of the sea, to
do any eerlous harm to the enemy.
Since the Bth a north-caster Las often prevailed, and
with tolerable violence. This circumstance, which is at-
tributable to the equinox, has occasioned no accident,
nor has it paralysed the operations, on account of the
very prudent measures taken by the Admiral command-
ing-in-chief and by the officers under his orders. At
present the gale hag subsided, and the sea is calm.
I❑ the course of yesterday, the 21st, the screw-ship the
Navarin, and the floating battery the Lave, Capt. Con-
nulier, anchored in the roadstead. The Lave has en-
tered Streletzka Bay, where there is already the Ton-
nante, towed in by the Phlegeton. Fort Constantine
has been firing shells and bombs at the two ships, but
without touching them.