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

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1 chinery damaged.
The transport Matilda, with a cargo of militartston: s
left Woolwich yesterday morning for Malta.
The paddlewheel steamer Pluto, 055 tons burden, and
100 horse power, arrived at Woolwich from the coast of
.A.tr:ca on Saturday. She is to be paid off immediately, .
and placed in ordinary there.
i The paddlewheel steamer Alecto, 800 tons burden and.
1- 200 horse power, now lying in the basin at Woolwich STAMPED 5D - Dockyard, is nearly ready for sea. She received her'
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commission on Saturday.
'The Bloodhound paddlewheel war steamer, 378 tone
lry, exchange communi- burden, and ::!:0 horse power, was likewisiput in corn-
' if by heedlessness he mission on Saturday, and is to be despatched for the
coa it of A frica.
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ome, may beat a re-
self, when too late, The Skipjack and the Seagull rowboats, of the burden
bearer of a flag of of 233 tons each, came down to Woolwich on Saturday'
imself to be aur- from Northfleet. Two Seagull will be prepared fur sea
•of war ? in Woolwich Dockyard. These are the first of a series
to fall by his of that class of boats shortly expected there.
ich he corn-
'The following appointments and promotions were
o regret the made yesterday at the Admiralty :a_ t
adventu- Lieut.' H. W. Rose to the Encounter, Lieut. J. B,
sting his Thomas to the President, Lieut. W. H. Cumming to,
the Hogue (tor service in the Badger tender), Lieut. J.
trata- B. Butler to the Indefatigable, Lieut. C. S. S. Stanhope-
ner- to the Havannah.
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-!,5. The following mates were promoted to the rank of
1 lieutenants :—G-. S. Graves, W. T. F. Mudge, F. F.
Waddington, J. F. St. John M'Donnell, H. W. Fox,
S. Carts, T. M. Kelsall, J. H. Thomas, W. H. Cum-
ming, A. J. Ke"nedy, J. B. Butler, and G. Parsons.
The Rev. 11. Glasson to be chaplain of the Imperieuse,
the Rev. C. F. Mallard to be chaplain (additional) to the
Royal Albert.
Mr. G. Fost?.r to be naval instructor of the London,
Mr. G. Stephens to be naval instructor of the Rodney.
Colonel Shirley, in command of the cavalry force of
the Turkish Conthagent, leaves-for the East either to-
morrow or Thursday, accompanied by several officers and
non-commissioned otticere, forming the second portion of
the Contingent which has left England. Captain Phillips,
recently at the head of the recruiting department, left
OH Saturday for Codstantinople, curt is succeeded in his
duties in London by Captain Ball. The non-commis- '
stoned staff will ccarist of about 100 picked men, selected.
from the different cavalry regiments, having obtained
their discharge.
The depot of the 16th Regiment has arrived in Cork
from Youghal, to replace the 15th Regiment now form-
ing part of Dubin garrison.
The depot of the 2d (Queen's Royal,) will areva eithtr
this day or to-morrow in Cork from Water.rord.
On Sunday a number of officers and men belonging to
dithrent regiments at the seat of wcr were embarked on
board the Resolute screw steam tramp .rt at Kingstown.

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country, reconnoitre the territory, exchange communi-
cations with the inhabitants, and if by heedlessness he
falls into the hands of a superior force, may beat a re-
treat, safe and sound, and avail himself, when too late,
of the pretended title of being the bearer of a flag of
truce, in order that when he allows himself to be sur-
prised he may not he detained a prisoner of war ?
De jure and de facto, Lieutenant Geneste fell by his
own fault into our power. The crew which he com-
manded has shared his fate. We have only to regret the
loss of six men, whose lives he exposed by his adventu-
rous enterprise, which nothing justified excepting his
hope to terminate it with impunity.
In the meantime there must be a limit to the strata-
gems of war. If not, anything might be thought per-
missible under the abused immunity of a flag of truce.
For our part, we hold ourselves bound to respect and to
make respected all that is secured by regulations legally
recognised in the time of war. That is why we cannot
consent, under the present circumstances, to free Lieut.
Geneste from the captivity which he has brought upon
himself, and upon the crew under his command.
I have the honour to invite you, Admiral, to make
this decisi m known to the GoVernment of her Britannic
Majesty.
I feel persuaded that the Admiralty will acknowledge
the ju-tice of the decision, because it felt the necessity
of reproving (in its order of the 26th of June) the fault
committed by, Lieut. Geneste in landing before his flag
of truce was acknowledged by a signal from the share.
Having thus completely explained the facts relating to
the Hangoe.Udd affair, 1 will reply to the second part
of your letter of Ch of July. In it you positively deny
the allegations previously made by our autlaoritiea ia
Finlar d, as to the abuse of flags of truce by officers of
the Royal Navy.
I am under the painful necessity of furnishing you to-
day with a fresh instance. It is proved by the annexed
deposition, supported by the direct testimony of the bur-
gomaster of the town of Raumo, in Finland.
I have thought it right to place before you the official
dec aration of this magistrate, M. Paterson, dated July
the d. The correctness of the facts therein alleged is
forth r ev'denned by the reports of our military autho-
rities. In rea ling this document you will be good enough
to satisfy 3 ourself as to two circumstances, which I am
sorry to have to point out to you.
Fir t, that, in spite ofyour formal orders, the officers
of 3,,0r spa-Iron disregarding your instructions of the
29th of M..y, do not limit themselves to stripping coast-
ing vessels at sea, as they were directed, but attack with
most unusual severity the private property of vessels at
anchor, vt hich are not trading, and to which it was your
expressed wish that no injury should be done.
Secondly, that these expeditions under the officers o 4

The public w;11 have l.'arnt with regret the death,
caused by a wound rece'ved at Sebastopol, on the 18th
of June, of a distinguished offic r of the Britb-h army,
Colonel John J. Lowth, of the 38th Regiment. Colonel
Lowth was the third scn of the Rev. Robert Lowth,
who was for many yea's the rector of the parish of Hin-
ton Ampner, in the county of Hampshire, and Canon of
St. Paul's, London, and was a grandson of that erudite
Hebrew scholar and ornament of the church in the see
of Lohdon, Dr. Lowth. Col. Lowth was educated at
Winchester College and at Sandhurst, where he signa-
lised himself by his attainments in military drawing and
fortification. From Sandhurst he was appointed to an
En-igncy in the 38th Regiment, and at once joined it in
India ; and he was with it in the principal. a t of the Bur-
mese war in 1825-26, and to t''e close of it, being present
in the actions of Sembike and Nepadie, and at the attack
and capture of Melloon and of Pagham Mew obtain-
ing the Ava medal. He returned with the 38th, to Eng •
land in 1836, and servtd with it subsequently in Ca.
nada, the West Indies, and in the Mediterranean, rising
step by step in it until he commanded it at various times
in the absence of his senior officer, the late Sir John
Campbell. It is not too much to say that Colonel
Lowth, wherever he was quartered, whether at home or
a road—and he was never aasy from his regiment—
proved himself by the o mmon consant of all to be a
most able officer, at the same time that he knew how to
attach to him and gain the confidence of both officers
and men, by an admirable, mixture of decision and of
kintness.

the royal navy f,r the purpose; of destruction, beyond
the limits of the military operations, are undertaken
und,r colour of a flag of truce. The consequence is,
that err firces called to protect the private property of
.unfortiii d towns exposed to the attacks of your cruisers,
are forced against their will into collision with the white
flag displayed by your officers in order to carry off from
the inhabitants of the coast their means of subsistence.
In addition to the statements in the annexed docu-
ment, I cannot avoid adding a fact that will equally de-
serve your just disapprobation, namely, that off the coast
of the island of Oesel the cruisers of the royal navy, after
intercepting and destroying some simple fishing boats,
took away from the poor sailors their money, and even
their el thes.

In mentioning this fact, I entirely join in the expres:
sion of opinion with which you conclude your letter, viz.,
that it is the duty of all civilised nations to employ
every means in their power to mitigate the animosity
which the state of war tends to beget. I count with
confidence on the efforts which you will doubtless make
to pr.vent the renewal of acts similar to those which I
have pointed out.