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

THE BALTIC.

HAMBURG, July 3.—The Amphion, Captain A.
Cooper Key, in reconnoitrin?: 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 fire 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 strong detachment of troops.

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, &o. 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 tbo navigation.

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 but too well proved by all that has
taken piaci, in the Baltic.

" On the 14th (26th of May) a cutter, I do 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 Hango
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 wouid 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.

".111y outposts see, and will continue to see, in such
missions only military reconnaissances ; who use similar
pretexts to make explorations and secure provisions.
"The hostile and by no means parliamentary cha-
racter of this mission is, moreover, proved :
" 1. By the loaded arms seized. Three 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 chestlull 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 iti
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, AL 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 wale
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-
Cons 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 flask;
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 bad left
the Allied Fleet at the same time, fired broadsides into
the roadstead and against the town. The greater por-
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 terrible front and flank fire, the works were successfully
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 501 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.*

r "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 regiment?.
" In the Kornileff Bastion and in the Gervais Battery
there was the first brigade of the 'Eth 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 Krementcboug and Prince of Warsaw.
"The general reserve of troops who defencl-d the
works of the Karabelnaia faubourg consisted of the Ist
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 P4ressyp ; 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. Thoy received the daring assailants with
the points of their bayonets, and threw them 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 Blalakhoff Mamelon to the bay of the

docks.
" The success of our adversaries was not of long eura.
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
lino near the Gervais Battery, Lieutenant-General
Chrouleff, placing himself at the head of a company of
the Sevsk Regiment of infantry, which was returning
from a cosrje, and taking with him a battalion of the
Poltawa 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
the rear to the bayonet. The of the Sevsk
company
stragglers in

" For more clearness it is indispensable to say that -the
space between which the attack of the besiegers was made
has en 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
K°rililefr, on the right shore of which, connected with this
bastion, is the Gervais Battery, the fire of which come.
manes the bay and the ground 111 front of Bastiezi No, 3."

• 1
Regiment distinguished itself by its intrepidity
(6
thin) during the combat.
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" On all the other points of 6he line m,
troops, animated by their commanders, BeBl.-'
Panfiloff and Major-General Prince 0 uroussoff,,,
with exemplary courage, and drove back the age'
"Our batteries on the north side, and our s
which swept the enemy's columns on every
which they could bring their guns to bear, cl".
considerably to the success of this brilliant aialic
steamer Vladimir iu particular, commanded by
Boutakoff, approached repeatedly the entrance
reening Bay, from which point it swept the e
reserves.

t, The heroism and disregard of danger of theS
of Sebastopol, in which all, from the Gene g'
private, fought with most extraordinary daring ig
trepidity, are above all praise. Amongst those fi
distinguished themselves, in addition to the °°
of the garrison, Aide-de-Camp Count Osten Sec,'
his adjunct, Admiral Nachimoff (who so valialint
the whole defence of Sebastopol), I must
Lieutenant General Chrouleff, to whom °l,
honour of the day is due, as commanding the 1b
,
the line attacked. Bear-Admiral Panfiloff wij°4.
hack the assault on Bastion No. 3 ; Ma.l° t„s
Prince Ouroussoff who defeated the assailants
Bastions 1 and 2 ; the Chiefs of Sections 311"0;
Captains de Korn and Perelischine ; Majer
Youferoff, Co!onel Goleff, Lieut.-Colonel Males'
Captain Boutakoff.

"Our losses during the bombardment of t"80
Gth 7th and 18th) of June, and during these 54
silt of 1 superior officer, 4 subalterns, and
killed ; 6 superior officers ; 42 subalterns, $ll
3,378 men wounded.
gc Among the brave defenders of Sebastopol t°
unhappily to deplore the loss of some distingoti
cerP. Thus, the brave Captain Bondistcheff, of 'co
was killed. Among the wounded are Major:,
Zamarine, the gallant Captain Yourkovsky,
commander of the fourth section (seriously) ; theti
of naval artillery, Stainislaysky, commander of
lery of the Kornileff Bastion.

i‘ The loss of the enemy, whose columns were
to a most terrible fire of grape and musketry,
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considerable ; the removal of the dead, which totti
on the following day at the request of the Coa)
in-Chief of the allies at 6in the evening, is a P 5,
The number of corpses was so considerable ho
French had not sufficient stretchers to carry t".l
and the officer entrusted with the duty is to burl
they could not remove.

" Such is the recital of this unexampled OF
the garrison of Sebastopol, which, after nine
of siege and three terrible bombardments, reP5
desperate assault of the enemy, occasioned 00
mense loss, and with heroic devotion is still
meet any new attempt on their part."
The Invalide .Russe adds :
dr)
" To complete this report, a telegraphic deep
Prince Gortschakoff announces that up to the ;st!)
of June nothing of importance bad occurred ,
fore Sebastopol, or on any other point of the Cr'

The Invalide Busse, of the 26th ult.,
.j°
an extract from an official report of Geneve
noff, giving additional details on the bomb
of Marioupol and Taganrog. In the fornisr
the General asserts, that the damage dose
consisted in the destruction "of more
houses and corn stores, and of all the es
Fade;
ments of the merchants near the Stock
but ho declares that, "no one was
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wounded," and that " the stores and pro?
the Crown were saved." Of Taganrog the
says :
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"I have the honour to announce that ...113x1'
bombardment of Taganrog by the enemy,
amongst the inhabitants 10 men and 1 woos"),
and 18 men and 6 wounded ; also that 148ar
stores, or other edifices, and 69 others were ratio
damaged. The inhabitants and troops saw
ies
and emotion that the palace of the :Emperor •A`i
1., of glorious memory, remained almost intact, lie
the enemy's cannonade was principally peinte'
direction, and although a great number of its de;
cies are of wood ; but many edifices in the vicion,
burned down. The conflagration destroyed
tchetverts of corn belonging to the crown (the to to
is 195 litres), but the rest of the stores was 60
village of Nicolaievka,” ,
Under the head of "News from the Baltic:
Invalide states that on the 18th two of the!"
vessels and several gun-boats, carrying or,ao
180 guns, appeared at the mouth of the .7),
view of the village of Gungersburg, and
oi
morning opened fire against the batterieso
coast and the village ; but that, afteraie
hours' cannonade," they retired towards 14'0,1
of Seskar. The loss of the Russians consiso
account says, of one man killed, and of
wounded so seriously that he died. In the ey
ing of the 20th, the Invalide continues, 040,1
destroyed the telegraph in the of Xo'cro
burned clown some houses belonging to o°ool
On the 21st, the same gun-boats fired on b$
of Revel, but, retired without doing 01LO
and, on the 22d, another gun-boat ex012313b
shots with the forts of that port.

SPAIN
MADRID, July I.—Although ' „o
hardly '" a°i
from his indisposition, General Espartero i'
fr-
terday present in the Cortes, where the dist
of the bases of the Constitution was brought
close. At 4 o'clock, when the Chamber ruv,d,
drove to the Palace, and presented his resig.°oo
to the Queen. To-day's Gazette, in its nolla
part, gives the document, which runs as foiv
" Senora,—When the whole nation last 9to eg
solved to recover its rights and to extirpP,
abuses that had been introduced into the Go 1p
of the State, I was called by the heroic people of
gossa to authorize and sustain the movementw
with the above object, had taken place in t't'
and in the other towns of Arragon. Writhee:p
tatiou I hurried thither to aid and defend BO"
intentions, and I pledged myself, in the mos* 0.1,
terms, to use all my efforts fur the fulfilment of 00
tional will. Then your Majesty was pleased to silo
me to your presence, naming me President of then
of Ministers, and I accepted the honourable andl;eoo
charge with the firm resolution of giving it up ,i_isar
the Constituent Cortes should be assembled • uP
vocation being one of the chief petitions I ina'do.,te,?
Majesty when I took office, and one that your Iv'
granted with repugnance.
" The Constituent Cortes having assembled,
honour, conformably with the above-rnentione-
Lion, to present my resignation to your MajoeU
circumstances known to all compelled me to l'°-„fri
the head of the Government, in obedience to 10-
jesty's commands, until the Constitution of the
should be voted.
"This hag now been done, since the bases are
and, having fulfilled my engagement, and my bebeoty
permitting me to attend to public business, I ,sit?
your Majesty to relieve me from the office of 111,14
of the Council of Ministers, for which I shall fee, for'
ful as for the greatest favour your Majesty can a°
me.

"God preserve your Majesty many years, &c. pro,
"BALDOMERO ESpAROY

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DO)

LONDON, July 6.—Wind this day at noon,
light, pleasant breeze, and fine clear weather.
PORTSMOUTH, July s.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrival fl.f
fordshire (transport 108), from Constantinople
away (transport 39), do. ; H.M.S. yachts Victoy 4
Albert, on a cruise.
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FALMOUTH, July s.—Wind, E. Arrived--lcees,
from Bahia; Willing, do.; Christiana, Buenos A co,
port—Franklin, from Rio Janeiro.
OFF DOVER, July S.—Helen A. Miller, from
for Bremen ; Susan King, Antwerp, for Mauriti_inV
COWES, July s.—Wind, variable. Arrived—gel r
from Callao, and sailed for Antwerp; Terpsicbod
Janeiro, and sailed for Gothenburg. I, ft::
BRIDLINGTON BAY, July s.—Arrived—Sara,-0 04
London, towed in dismasted by the. Thurley, frelo; r
burg, with which vessel she had been in collisOr
latter sustained no damage.
LOWESTOFT, July 5.—A laden schooner, name 0°
,4
is aground on the Newcome Sand.
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BELFAST, July 4.—Wind, N. Arrived—Trout
from Demerara.
MARANHAM, May 18.—The Brisbane (s.),
Clyde to Australia, which stranded on the 23d of ,e*,,;/,
said to have floated off, and to be on her way to Or
SAVANNAH, May 29.—The Coquette (barque/,,f
Carmen to Marseilles, which put in here leaky, 13'
condemned.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Friday Alai" Ai
Wind, S.
rue
Arrived—Primrose, from Memel; Catherine,
Utile, Trieste.
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QITEENSTOWN, Jul
Wind, S.
Arrived—America, from Callao ; Tertins, Ajogis
Her Majesty, from Salonica, has arrived, brottgli,,,o
the mate of the Isabella, from Leghorn to Bri":010:4
captain (Wright), mate, and cook having been ni"
on tho 29th of June by a seaman named Vale,
trying to scuttle the ship, hung himself.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPOO)
GnAvEsEND, Friday, 10.16 th
Wind E. ; tide, four hours' ebb; cloudy.
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DEAL, Friday, 9."
Wind calm.
Passed—Zebra (s.e., 211 transport), Balaklava'
Anchored—Eleanor Dobson (supposed barque', ,
South Foreland.
ett'
• Sailed—Saratoga, for Genoa ; Edwin Forest, 'if"

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on the Ist inf,t. for Arona.
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the Times, says :—" I beg leave respectfully t2heti
your attention to the wholesale and cruel ria",:ieell
newspapers posted for transmission to her n'se Jo
forces abroad. I have a son in the Baltic 11"t'o b,,701
have sent many newspapers to him, as bag f'1,15,0 zed
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by last mail that only one (dated April 15) WI to ll',
him, although the letters which I have addressoutbst
have all been delivered. Therefore it is certain .04
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