The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-17 00:00:00

The Sea Fight near Heligoland,

The subjoined description of this naval action,
written by an officer of the Preussiseher Adler, will
be found to be a more detailed narrative of the
event than has hitherto appeared It appears that
cn the 6th instant the allied squadron was on the
look-out for the Danes, and having heard that they
were still before the Etbe, sail was made in that
direction. The Schwarzenberg got aground on this
dsy, and remained firm for a short time. About 4
a.m. on Saturday, the 7th inst., a large vessel was
seen steering for the north. The stranger was
chased by the squadron, all the vessels comprising
which were distanced by the Sehwarzenberg, with
which none could keep up, although flames issued
from the chimney of the Adler, owing to the great
heat of the furnaces. The vessel was made out to be
the Aurora, sent out by the English Government to
maintain the neutrality of the water around Heli-
goland ; and about eleven o'clock the allies re-
turned in order of battle to their former cruising
ground. On Sunday the Prussian gunboats Blitz
and Basilisk were sent towards the Elbe and Weser
to gain information of the movements of the Danes,
and the Preussischer Adler was sent towards Heli-
goland with the same mission, while the frigates
sailed seawards with their fires banked up, and
their screws lifted. No news could be learned
from the island, although the governor was very
kind, and, hearing that the squadron was not over
well found in provisions, he sent a joint of roast
meat to the commander. In the afternoon the
vessels steered towards the Elbe, and in the evening
anchored inside the lightship, in order to wait for
the morning's tide on which to proceed to Cux-
haven. The proceedings of the eventful day,
Monday last, are thus described :
" Wind east, but nearly a calm ; weather fine, but
not so cold as on the preceding day. At 9.15 a.m.
we proceeded under steam, and had already neared
the innermost lightship, near Cuxhaven, when at
10.45 the adteiral made signal to follow his move-
ments. A boat bearing the Austrian flag and a
small steamer from Cuxhaven had been alongside
his vessel for some time. It appeared that news had
been received, for we turned about and steered sea-
wards. As it was anticipated that the Danes
would soon be met with the necessary pre-
liminary preparations were made, and at 12,45,
when the outer lightship of the Elbe had been
passed, it was announced that three frigates, appa-
rently Danish, were in sight to the eastward of
Heligoland. These vessels were then apparently,
about 15 miles distant—so far off, indeed, that their
hulls were not visible, nor could their flags be made
out. Another frigate, which lay under Heligoland,
in a north-westerly direction, caused some anxiety,
as it could not be made out whether she was the
Aurora or a Danish vessel. About one o'clock the
drums beat to quarters, when we steered northwards
in line of battle, following this order—Schwarzen-
berg, Radetzky, Adler, Basilisk, Blitz. The Danes
now approached us, steering southwards. As both
lines neared, and when the first Danish vessel was
about 2,000 yards distant, the Sehwarzenberg fired
the first shot, which was quickly replied to by the
Danes, and a general cannonade began. This was
about two o'clock. In a moment nothing was to be
seen but flashes and smoke,and the fire of the bombs
crashing in the air, while the pieces struck near
the vessels and ploughed up the water all around.
After about an hoar and a half the Danish vessels
steered a more westerly course, and thus obtained
the mastery over the Elbe ; then steered northward,
and we to the south, so that both squadrons
were eventually in the same line as at the come
mennement of the action, but in reversed order,
The Schwarzenberg and Radetzky then approached
600 yards nearer to the Danish vessels, a move-
ment which might have been very critical, con-
sidering the brief time during which the crew had
been in training. About 2.45 the foremast of the
Schwarzenberg was suddenly seen to be in flames.
The fire first broke out at the end of the fore-top-
sail, and soon the whole of the rigging of the fore-
mast was in flames, while smoke curled upwards
from the foredeck. It was clear that we had got
into a terrible position. The Schwarzenberg now
steamed to leeward in order to kecp the smoke and
flames to the fore-part of the vessel, and if possible
to save the ship. The red glare which was visible
in various parts,;and spread more and more, offered
' a fearful but brilliant sight even in the clear and
golden sunlight, and there was no cessation to the
cannonade. The rest of the squadron soon followed
in the direction of the Heligoland ; and about four
o'clock, the fight having lasted two hours, the last
shot was fired, and eh was still as death. Some
minutes afterwards the entire of the burning fore-
top fell, and inflicted terrible injuries on the crew.
About 5.15 we lay at anchor behind the Dune, and
to the eastward. The Schwarzenberg was now
obliged to steam about, and always so to manoeuvre
as to keep the wind on the side or at the stern. All
the boats were sent towards her with pumps and
hose, and our surgeons repaired on board of her and
the Radetzky to render help, and they afterwards
gave us a terrible description of the scene they wit-
nessed on board. The lower part of the Schwar-
zsnburg's mast burned till ten at night, as on ac-
count of the great height the fire could not be ex-
tinguished, and it was only at this time that they
succeeded in cutting it away and getting it over-
board. Early in the morning the entire squadron
was again under steam, and at half-past four we
came to anchor at Cuxhaven. The Schwarzenberg
looks more like a wreck than anything else,
for her bowsprit and rigging hang and float around
her. • She has 31 killed, 44 badly wounded, and
about 50 slightly. The Radelzky has five killed,
eight badly wounded, and some with less serious in-
juries. We have no losses, which is to be ac-
counted for chiefly by the fact that the Danes kept
up a well-directed concentrated fire fore and aft on
the Austrians, and it was only as they steered north-
wards that we, with the gunboats, received their
entire broadside. The gunboats had the luck to
manoeuvre in a calm sea. They behaved very well,
and made good practice with their rifled guns.'
Great numbers of es ounded were subsequently
conveyed to Altona in the Adler.

On the 14th instant 150 Austrian seamen passed
through Prussia from Vienna on their way to rein-
force the crews of the Schwarzenberg and Radetzky.

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of all descriptions, and nearly all the animals changed
owners. Fat cattle averaged from 60.4 to 633 per cwt ; store
cattle, 40s to 425; cows and calves, 555; steers, £lO to £l6
each ; oxen, £3O to £34 per pair. Callington Fair on Thurs-
day was not largely supplied, but the quality of nearly all
stock was good, and prices ranged as at Bodmin on the
previous day. The pastures in Cornwall are in capital
condition.

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Naval and Military Intelligence,

THE ARMY.

The screw steamship Black Prince, 41, Capt. James F.
B. Wainwright, which was navigated on Sunday from Ply-
mouth Sound into ILimoaz?, was placed yesterday after-
noon in the Prince's dock, in Davenport yard. Her draught
forward is 25ft 3in, and aft about 26ft Gin.
The Edgar, 71, Capt. G. T. P. Hornby, flag of Rear-
Admiral S. C. Ducres, was navigated yesterday morning
into Hamoaze, and will be placed in No. 1 dock at Keyham
steamyard as soon as the blocks are prepared for her recep-
tion.

The Prince Consort, 35, Capt. G. 0. Willes, C. 8., having
during the morning discharged her powder and shell, was
navigated in the afternoon from the Sound into Ilamoan.
She mill be placed in No. 2 dock at Keyhom, after it has
been examined ; this dock has been occupied by the Ocean,
which was displaced yesterday forenoon. The Prince Con-
sort draws 25ft 9in forward and 27ft Tin aft.

It was the intention of the authorities at Davenport yes-
terday to place the Warrior, 40, in Keyham basin in the
afternoon, and put her in dock No. 3 to-day, and to put the
Defence in No. 1 dock at Davenport yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty's despatch vessel Salamis, built at Chatham,
and commissioned for service by Commander Static, having
damaged her machinery in her trial trip, went up to Wool-
wich yesterday for repairs.
Her Majesty's steam storeship Fox, Staff-Commander
Pullen,with stores and passengers from the lonian Islands,
arrived yesterday in the river and was signalled at Wool-
wich. The Viandra and Mardias sailing transports, with
military stores from the demolished fortress at Corfu, also
arrived yesterday. The Morning Star, Britain's Pride, and
Melina are alongside Woolwich pier discharging cargoes
also from Corfu.

In consequence of the regulations now in contemplation
for the abolition of the superannuation allowance to the fac-
tory men in the royal dockyards, 15 men yesterday received
notice of dismissal at Woolwich. They consist of engineers,
boilermakers, patternmakers, trimmers, and labourers, some
of whom had been employed in the establishment from 15
to 24 years. The men are to be dismissed on the 31st inst.,
and fear that they will be totally unaided by Government,
notwithstanding that the best portion of their lives has been
spant in the factory, where some of them have been maimed
and rendered unfit for future work.
Mahmoud Khan, the Persian Minister in London, went
down to Woolwich yesterday for the purpose of inspecting
the naval and military establishment. Accompanied by his
secretary and five Persian attendants, he arrived at 2 o'clock
and proceeded to the Royal Arsenal, where the visitors
were received by the heads of departments. These were Col.
Campbell and Mr. Anderson, superintendents of the royal
gun factories; Capt. Gordon, C. 8., principal superintendent
of military stores; Lieut.-Col. Clerk and Lieut.-Col. Shaw,
superintendents of the royalcarriage department ; and Capt.
Fraser, assistant superintendent of the laboratory. The in-
spection of the arsenal (each department of which appeared
to interest the visitors exceedingly) occupied more than three
hoiars. The explanation of the various works was given
principally in French by Col. Shaw. itwas interpreted to
the Ambassador in Persian by his secretary. An Admiralty
order had been despatched to the dockyard for his excellency's
admission to that establishment also ; but on account of the
time occupied in seeing the Arsenal, the visit to the dock-
yard was again deferred.

The following appointments have been made in the Royal
Naval Reserve—To be Lieut., Benjamin Lodwiek ;to be
Sub.-Lieut., Walter Hamilton Bisset.

THE NAVY.

By order of his Royal Highness the General-Command-
ing-in-Chief, Col. Guy, commandant of camp at Colches-
ter, commenced on Thursday the official half-yearly inspec-
tion of the troops at that camp. The Colonel first reviewed
the 4th Depot Battalion, and examined their kits, huts. &c.
On Saturday the inspection of the 9th and 10th Depot Bat-
talion commenced, and will be continued this week. On
Thursday and Friday Major-Gen. Hay, Inspector-General
of Musketry, accompanied by Capt. Wriay, deputy-assis-
tant.adjutant-general of the School of Musketry, paid an
official visit to the camp for the purpose of inspecting the
company musketry returns and registers, and examining
the troops in musketry instruction. The inspection ex-
tended, of course, to each of the three depot battalions at
the camp.
In accordance with instructions received from the War-
office, recommending the employment of soldiers in culti-
vating gardens in which vegetables may be grown for their
own consumption, the military authorities at Colchester
have granted a piece of land, 9 acres in extent, to the three
depot battalions at the camp, each battalion taking three
acres. The land selected is situated near tho new infant
school at tlonkwich, and is to be fenced and cultivated at
the sole expense of the troops under certain conditions ex-
pressed in the War-office letter.
The Aljutant General, Sir J. Yorke Searlett, has ad-
dressed by command a circular memorandum addressed to
the army at home and abroad, wherein the Field. Marshal
Commanding-in-Chief desires that officers commanding re-
giments and depots kill transmit punctually on the Ist of
January, the Ist of April, the Ist of July, and the Ist of
October of each year a:return of men whose limited services
has expired during the quarter ending on the preceding
day,—viz., the 31st of December, the 31st of March, the
36th of June, and the 30th of September respectively, show-
ing how they have been disposed of. Officers commanding
depot battalions aro requested to supervise the return from
each depot before transmission to insure its cotrectness.
The examination of candidates for admission to the Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich, before Major-Gen. Hamil-
ton, C. 8., the vice• president, and other members of the
Council of Military Education, will commence on the 4th
proximo, at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Tho days allotted
to the different subjects of exata'nation will terminate on
Wednesday, June 20.
The next examination of candidates for admission to the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst, will be herd at the
Royal Hospital, Chelsea, before the vice-president and
members of the Council of Military Education, on the 16th
day, the 22d,
of next month, and will occupy six days, ending Wednes-

Inspection of the Third City of London
Volunteers,

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day at Oaklands-hall, Kilburn, the residence of Mr. Donald
Nicoll. Of the corps, which musters nearly 1,000 effective
members, upwards of 500 were present on parade, and
nearly 230 were absent on leave, the balance only remaining
unaccounted for. The day could not have been more charm-
ing, and to the Volunteers and the many friends by whom
they were accampanied the occasion appeared to afford un-
mixed gratification. Scarlet in line always presents an im-
posing aspect, and from the outset of the movement " the
Working Men's Come" adopted the colour understood to be
viewed with most favour by the military authorities. Ori-
ginally their caps and tunics, it is true, were suggestive
rather of Gat ibaldian than British uniform, but latterly they
have chosen an exceedingly neat shako and closely fitting
tunic, and when assembled in any numbers their bearing
closely resembles that of a smart and well eet-up regiment
of the line. Their movements yesterday were of the cha-
racter usual on such occasions, and were performed with
great steadiness and solidity, rather than with any attempt
at dash or display. The opening volleys were scarcely as
connected as might have been desired, but towards the close
of the proceedings a marked improvement was visible. At
the termination of the movements Colonel Morris, whose
habit it is never to praise unless the 111011 passing
before
him have thoroughly entitled themselves to commendation
at his hands, said he was glad to have it in his power
to express his satisfaction both with the numbers in
which they had attended and the manner in which they
had gone through their evolutions. 110 seas well aware
that 99 out of every 100 men in the ranks forfeited a day's
earnings in order to be present;
but it must he some
compensation to them to know that by this substantial
sacrifice they were not only promoting the interests of their
corps, but in a material degree rendering service to their
country as well. Colonel Morris pointed out a few details
in which the men themselves would acknowledge that atten-
tion to drill was calculated still further to promote
their efficiency, and intimated his intention of report-
ing in favourable terms to the IVar-office. In the
evening those members of the corps who had attended the
inspection, and the cadets belonging to the regiment, were
entertained at dinner by Major Richards and the other
officers of the regiment, at the new hotel, situate in the Vale
of Health, Hampstead heath.
hotel is charmingly situated, For purposes of this kind the
and will no doubt become a
favourite place of resort. In
ono point of view it was, per-
haps unfortunate that, owing to considerations of space, the
officers and men should have been separated ; but no un-
pleasant feeling could have arisen on this score, as the men
themselves were distributed in different departments. More-
over, the liberality of the officers provided not only a sub-
stantial repast, but one chosen in very good taste for the
men, and which seemed to command their entire approval.
The officers, of course, remained to see that the wants of
their subordinates were duly
supplied before sitting down to
their own dinner, and, as a necessary consequence, the letter
was thrown back to a late hour. The only accident occur-
ring to mar the proceedings of the day was ono which befell
Private Lodge. Having loaded his rifle, he incautiously
placed his loft hand on the :nuzzle and brought the butt
smartly to the ground. The hammer falling with the shock,
the middle finger of the unfortunate man's left band war
so shattered that amputation had to be resorted to. This was
borne with remarkable firmness, almost with indifference,
and the young man, refusing the aid of a stretcher, walked
to the nearest cab, in which he was duly forwarded to his
residence. Such was the sympathy excited by the accident
and the sang froid with which it was endured that a sub-
scription amounting to close upon £23 was raised on the
spot by Mr Nicholay, the Quartermaster of the regiment.

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