The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-05 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

We have received the St Petersburgh journals of
the 29th May. They do not as yet publish any
news of the Kertch expedition.
A telegraphic despatch from St. Petersburg
states that the following despatch had been received
there, dated Sebastopol, Ist June :

"On the 27th Maythe- enemy burnt two houses at
Berdiansk, some coasting vessels, and considerable stores
of grain.
" On the 29th May, 17 of the ,enemy's vessels canno-
naded Genital', burnt the transport vessels there,
and the corn stores. Two of our guns compelled the
enemy's, boats, that were setting fire to the place, to
retire.

" On the 30th, the enemy had not undertaken any-
thing new against Genitchi."

"-Although," says the Augsburg Gazette, "the
Russian telegraph from Simpheropol to St. Peters-
burg, and to Vienna by Kew, has been opened
since the 27th May, the Russians have not yet pub-
lished any despatch that Is calculated to throw light
on the successes obtained by the Allies. All that
is really known is, that General Liprandi received
orders to evacuate the heights of Kamara and the
valley of Baidar at the approach of the Allies, and
to withdraw on • the upper line of the. Belbeck.
General Chomutoff had previously received instruc-
tions to defend only for form's sake the peninsula
of Kertch, and to take up a position with his troops
on the line from Kaffa to Arabat, establishing his
centre at St. Crim."

The Elamburg News contains a letter from St.
Petersburg, which says—" Capt. Vernlow lately
made his appearance in the drawing ooms of thg
capital, and has excited much attention from the
fact that although he is only 23 years of age, he
has 24 years of service. Ist, he has been eight
years in the army ; 2d, he has served six months
at Sebastopol, and as, according to an order of the
Cabinet of Emperor Nicholas, each month's ser-
vice there is to count as a year, his six months are
equivalent to six years, which give fourteen years
in all; 3d, he wears the order of Ste. Anne and'of
Wladimir, the cross of the order of St. George, and
has a sabre of honour, which reckon for ten years
More, and in that way he makes up the 24 years.
Strange to say, although the officer has been in 12
sorties, he has never:received a wound."

THE BALTIC. •
A Hamburg letter of the 29th ult., in the Inde-
pendance Belge, says:--
"The English Government is still increasing the num-
ber of its war vessels in the Baltic. At no former period
was so powerful a fleet assembled in any sea. I might
every day announce to you in my letters the arrival
from the English ports of additional ships of war going
to join the fleet of Admiral Dundas, in the Gulf of Fin-
land. On the 24th, a transport steamer, laden with
ammunition, and a gun boat, entered Elsinore. On
the 25th a bomb vessel, the Redwing, reached Copes-
hagen, and on the 27th the steam corvette Volcano,
with a gun-boat, arrived at Kiel, also coming from Eng-
land. It is not to be supposed that so large a -concentra-
tion of naval forces in the Gulf will remain there in-
active as last year. The English officers say that Ad-
miral Dundas is only waiting the junction of the French
squadron, of which he naturally desires the co-opera-
tion, to commence hostilities. The English fleet now
lying at anchor near the island of Nargen, opposite
Revel, in the Gulf of Finland, consists of 13 steam-
ships of the line, four corvettes, and six gun-boats. The
frigates and other lighter vessels are cruising in various
directions. lam told that after the declaration of the
legal blockade, the English commander before Libau
allowed the Belgian merchantman Ernest to leave that
port in ballast. Four English ships of war are con-
stantly in sight of Sweaborg, closely watching the
movements of the enemy in that military port. In a few
hours they can communicate with the main body of
the fleet stationed at Nargeii. The Isles of Aland con-

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tinuo to be completely abandoned, no Baps. .-- .ed
having as yet visited them. Hostilities are to be carri
.s
aild it i
. on this year at the other extremity of the Gulf,
to be presumed that Admiral Dundas with the fto.r.e
inidable steam fleet at his disposal, and the' forces on
over
way to join bins, will not allow the season toea .0
without striking some decisive blow against Russian
fortresses in that sea. The appearance of three Epci'sr3o
ships of war before Korpo, near Abo, had caused Vie.°
considerable alarm. The Russia° commander ti
time
ving made the signals agreed upon,
an entire division of troops was concentrated et 'lust
,nd along the coast. This place is considered the 11311,.1
important in the G tiff of Bothnia. An intricate chs,,_v_
leads to it on the sea side, and the waters are so sbaV:s;
that ships of war cannot well approach the town. .11,.„,
year, an expedition, composed of six English boat!
armed with guns, suffered serious losses on that cos T.
The flotilla ot gunboats, expressly constructed in PI"
laud to operate in those shallows, vvill enable the T.
in a short .0
miral to .attack positions hitherto inaccessible. . The
whole of the Russian troops quartered in the interio!
,_
Esthonia, Livonia, and Courland, have been orderrei,dle
proceed by forced marches to the coast, whe
ow
greater part of the army of General Siewers is no 5'
sembled, awaiting events." lying at
SESKAIt, May 21.—The fleet has been IYhi fires
ancjior ofNargen during the last iveek, wit-other
banked ready for immediate use. Tb° %ger
has been generally fine, with the breezes'triermo
ranging betyveen 45 and 65 deg., and„ entle ._,s
mostly from the south-east and south-west.
0-7 SO
cise of every description, from the hoonl g
great guns, the roar of rockets as they rimier through
added Ma
t
the air, down,to the popping of Colt's racily
continually going on.he Firetlf
in the evr74
2h2ei.r—nTulime
bAejraxt,ufrtohme
fleet.
, and t
__ ;11 ,
the Driver and Vulture sailed, the latter car
the mail to Dantzic.day it
May 23.—The foe" was so thick during!_lisotpg
was quite impossiblebto go to sea. The LO hWiD could
(24th) it was just as bad, and, as rig
$ ;s theta
see the one next to it, it was useless to dress abollt
inl honour of our Queen's birthday' ,to ailof
the a.m. it cleared away as if on purposvai
solute
thueufldaegrsedtofrboemruenveruyp,shaipn,dwahtinchoon a r°Y e 500'
iosplipeoclrttuhueiptyeoopflesmatelßlieuvgelo, raut"vtheel 3°
givillg the light
poWder, for water
wind carried the cloud of smoke al°llL, wld",„1:
right into the town., _ The Al°l3'l-la'st Dig“'
was prevented frOm anchoring inside
a,„, to.daf.
by the fog, came in as it cleared away
Aland
urbesides
She has been to reconnoitre about iau p oiled
Islands. During the winter the Buss t wail °1
came over there from Abo, and haversteelat.eotliheefors
the inhabitants, who had been reP°
fcr trafficking with us last year, to
ihad been flogged ; and the people in
Siber 14tio vii
theedoriecr the
age of Dagerby were nearly faraished,o ;burl
winter. The police would not allow the
_iv, sol
provisions at the public stores, for uu_Vi:o3o
us milk, eggs, &c. The Bulldog, of 117 we7ling"
the greater part of her coal to the Duke
~°,,,„
ton and the Euryalus, left for Faro today od frota
In the evening the Princess Alice a!Tshe is per'
Faro. Her repairs are completed, a aitis due
fectly sound and water-tight. Gre stnre vussiao
to those who superintended the work. The t° reP• if
have complained to Sweden for allowing.ticese AV:
a ship on neutral ground (for the Fr4,ll3they wsr,
was hauled up on a kind of slip); showing us °ld
told in reply, " that# it was not showl,e,shoin,,
favour, for if they would come to Fare a
'A. lief
have the same privilege as wehourittcee
cutter attempted to run out of Bevel '-- obliged '
day, but was stopped by the Locust and 0
return.
25th.—The fog still prevents us rauviNCISY7 3:i
everything is in readiness. It being ototer,
cording to custom we spent the roorna to sot 35..,
quarters. The gun-boats, which are each
were soy'
sort of tender to the line-of-battle are
.611
0111 ol
plied to-clay with Minie rifles and aruulfer tbe.ig
the ships they belonged to, in exellangeo lesli-st
Brown Bess they were supplied with ul3b° a
England. Some report of a Russistlystworto
having been seen under the land to tlie.,,eresento,
of Revel—the Magicienne and Locust were rec°,e
ascertain the truth of the story, but 13 clis.;
noitring the coast for some considerah esoitbir*;
returned at 10 p.m. without having seen a to Ile
26th.—There is no fog this morninenviight tea
is bright and warm. Soon after "%t a11°,,'3
Blenheim arrived from Faro, but wasl,l3 Deac°"ol
to anchor, and Messrs. Rainal ,111ra 06°,0;
steamer, Royal Adelaide, arrivedflsin°,:ier
fat bullocks and fresh vegetables gels saPekAg
both were very welcome, and iall'oar. , ot
500n11.30 aaasl i. ttniyh
.e
staeo
signal
gehuraaetl
dividedwwaass m s
ad anionl ie d last ,
,h 0' fl ee . , 0
two columns of sailing, and perotcewedge,iif'salsTill:tcl:
tWh fling.ee
The
Princess u s a t
ANlaiergeewnatallese44`llJ:;-Fl,3liTieeirt
long
oh
ne
gn 3 r,
ai
nce
consisting
beautifulns i s ttoi reconnoitreng of
thte 0
eild. ohofv:tehreatilliee,rosirteil3toos-le:i4:
gun-boats in tow,, sltijrn4eetscsha
on either side, and proceeded
swpeenetd.alonlngstidhee idtedtunpe stnah no,.igrifeaci- or
a ,nrt
t 0
At the e
daybreak Admiral. -
on the 27th we d
„ islsu and
/weed t" idoli 9
Ho land and about noon that of Soulnlerost S ut.3jo
almost immediately after came in sighA" wolf tt",-os,
sail, bearing S.E. ; a signal was ilara,,e-T 391.3° elf
to chase, and the Euryalus, ii-ell'w°-t' 00° tea
Firefly, and Locust were sent to eu eoponere
from escaping, and each funnel of tbehliijoes were
forth an immense cloud of smoke as t'aeDeart i
urged to send them forward. Prers,' the ri,,,,,e0,1;
quick with anxious hope that it 11,3t-juCtif —dcled
for as it was hazy we could not theycii 51 eor
them out, but they looked large as
et, 3°' re'
away before the wind with all said our their red
steamers after them. In about all ilii et anEes,
treat was completely cut off, and the the oPetbriou
about 15 miles from Cronstadt, it, tie. The dee!
but with the land visible all ',rolin'-`O,l prucereiles
was sent forward to reconnoitre,
only six,
.tir
within the Tolbuckin Lighthouse/ °to clistilo
from the city, close to which she c° : iferei
see the Russian fleet at anchor. a ARP ow
• In the evening the Magicienne 3_,.,1),,,r10, 1310,30,
sent to examine the coast about Ply loge .000,
were fortunate enough to captqe °•11
~I,r nrovi.‘4lo°
of about 60 tons each, laden wr to it wo
&a., . belonging to the Goverrunen4 tbe Sa.., the
getting dusk, the vessels sent to ent ",, 11ad 11", tbe
chased returned one by one, but eac`l, io on"e 011
the Ainqbef sr ro
its prize. The Euryalus one, ,110
Locust one, and the Dragon twoc.arryivg:/, teo
large barges, with two tall masts, . Go or i.,uatliti
sails on the foremast, and masts' flour, sP
burden. One was laden partly Wita A ail°
ice" itli
rest with timber and planks. tot Or in T 1
28th (noon).—The Vulture has J
,0 ag,a
o$
the mails from Dantzic, and will ratio
all"P
those for England this evening. 410 aln
lam very glad to tell you that . 4 9g‘ t
At Wel)
has ceased in the fleet. Ori°o ift'll
the sliu if
13. g. I have just heard that when.,,i(it, Aete a
into Cronstadt to reconnoitre last ,_'',:s ce,lubjateP
able to count six line of battle-74'0r 0
rigged, six others dismantled, and • .
and steamers in progress of conuPlett°ll

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SPA.IN. ~, olt, sito
The Madrid journals of the 3°' tberebeing
arrived. According to the FsP°6;ectioll ieeiP
every indication of the Carlist insuri the Q't pro'
concentrated in the Maestrazgo, 3Lit ter o'6 lisa
authorities were collecting forces to ant trooPvtieir
vince on different points. A bodY "4:00 0f':0099
been sent from Madrid, in the clirecrtije
_4oito
delaencina, to preserve order amongsbacio toies fe,
attempts having been, it Ministersaid, lit! War I f:01,111,;
them to insurrection. The odor aoco le
ceived a despatch from General do eljours, i Lie
cing.that, after a combat of two 4 garc4effit
just put to flight the faction
Sena°J. prisuptitf
Bello, and taken eighteen of its j Teo,
and had captured some horses 56everP 00
of arms and ammunition ; also tll3t of tlle iii'
mas had subsequently made tiveilvetbo thevroor
band prisoners. The general adde"frbe G°lt tiJA,
surgents were struck with terror. voen br
of Saragossa had informed the 6111.0er;troogi two
the faction of Caspe and .Alcaniz, ILaod ti 1,,,,,
been routed by the Queen's troops, „ea 131.4, JO'
of its chiefs, one of them a priest Iwl'-jtods I air
had been shot. Most of the fa,ctionsis stateo; 501,
ferent parts of the country bad, tea c4lrrei:'
parsed ; and, in Arragan, the re-060001 foil.;
Biers were in full flight before
rioted tl:iepotieo.
The Cortes, on the 30th ult., as-• rfilio -1,-10"
teentli basis of the Constitution. „,,,eJ or)
having got into an altercation elcoo.',obliL,
e the r, ,ittisi/
and, ' ere' - 0
excluded, and the Chamber held 3,5
in consequence of this outrag
g 10°0'0
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the ses 11.
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reliff°:lol4
seen upon a high and rocky point, whir of a
Al'
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times surrounded by
moat, which rendered Unknown.lace l'ufE' trio che,,ted Y,411
upe of gunpcvvder was the celeb.Llogliep'ete
Kilmuir are buried the remains r
ered the °be ajog
family, which entertained and sholt after t
fugitive
Iri.
IVlacdonald and several other to
Charles Edwar.l Stuart when a .00 or
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of Culloden.--,Noilson's 01485 ern° bars of the i'dorte to