The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-28 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1-854.

SMITH'S MONT BLANC, have all been laid for working them amidships, betweentendea
1111.4 VESINi ;, xn.l Every Ev, tunv at Fight o'clock, tetteep.
to
itt,,,lV4TattNEgi-: 013 EWAN 1) and the St Nt
ttlhiaetfit,rhee zdtre,dspaniteizbegnumn.asbltzt.R
sihtouwl
two 104nch guns, four thirty-two pounder guns, .but it.
); Thurisday, and ,;aturday NI oriiings, at I hree. was
caorrri
is probable four brass howitzers will be used in their
gallery, la—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly,
)s. (which can he taken a,
till 4 ; area, is.
stead, owing to an equally efficient and much lighter gun
the box (aft, every day twin 1, gr,inianllaydidnition
being obtained when the latter metal is used. There will
be six of these despatch gun-boats made ready for sending
to the Balticas soon as possible, four, the Arro w,the Beagle,
the Lynx, and the Snake, constructed by Messrs. Mare
and Co., Blackwall, and t WO, the Wrangler and Viper, by
Messrs. Green, at Black wall, all of wood. The Arrow and
the Beagle are to bo fitted with engines of 160-home
power, by linnyhrys, Tennant, and Dyke, and the
Lynx and Viper with engines of the saute power by
John Penn and Son ; and the Wrangler and Viper
with engines of the same power, by Maudslay, Sons,
and Field. There are also six gun-boats building quite
distinct from the despatch gun boats as they are to be
of a very 1 gist draught of water. Four of these gun-
boats are building by Mr. Pitcher, at Northfleet, and
two at Deptford Dockyard. The whole of the engines
for these gun-boats aro in progress of construction by
John Penn and Son, and will each be of 60-horse.
power, on the high pressure principle of 601bs pressure
to the square inch.

AUREN'P'S CASINO, A.RoYILE
r!,' (Lev en. CUAs. C. tantENT, Fulh (In•road),

_ .
The :clove Room, at, now OPEN FOR Trl SE.ARON.
will continue open ever, evenina, with L APR
ri7LKiift ,Tni) constaltinimle QiiAdriP.e, -Lilian Polka,
1,a4. ,:tar tVa tz, OverlAnJ ,lail Odor), by I)' xlber ; a'so, by IL
f a tr,nt , the followin4 `,Valtz-..s La belle t'ra .quse, Leonora, Vali-
kills and his Dmah, Aihtp lnn, It. l)oora mian et half-past a.
!)aiseing to commence at 9 o'clock, eel ter ,mite at !hilf-pa4t 11

rirrN;og ,t,tERr.

RE-OP ENING of the ROYALPOLYTECHN IC

ug), E N.C..W..11.+N GEMS T.

in conseq,io, ne the ~eree.o is inquiries after ons. DtTfIOSCV
OM AI, Xl' RI ENT r I'EP Ea hFrs t' aonoiince that
the sPi.ENDID iLLUMINATED CASCADE. ,live a% int: a Valle y of
"11 he ,how., every u.v. n Ile (except S itunlay) at a quarter p.t,t
Nine. Lei:tin:es .f. 11. Pciipsa. E.g., ea UP FICA, Fluitrated by
volts thirsosctfs war t : and by 11r. BACNuFF•Ea i n the
PLURA LI TY o ill strata by A - TRi).‘OM WAL
.P:',l,G,RlCAL'.l.,'",.—.„,l)iti',es`Viv„:lN(} 'I E
117:4..f. the SE AT of %VAR in the
ÜBE ; and also a .eries alter TURNER'S
Views oit the RIVER I.OIIW, in France. The PIIO rOctRAPIlli.;
LLE R s fog' takine P malts and teaching the att is open under
the direct! 11 of %I r. 'corr.
Rand of u-ic, conducted by Mr. WARD.
Otwn daily 'ram, I 1 till 5, and every eveninc. except Sattlrday.
from 7 till 10 o'clock.
Admission. Is. Stalls, 2e. Schools, and Children under Ten years
of age, Half-price.

CAPTURE OF A RUSSIAN GUN•BRIG BY THE

CUCKO6.

Advice 3 have been received that her Majesty's steam
gun-vessel Cuckoo (2) had taken and destroyed a Russian
gun-brig in the Gulf of Bothnia. The Russians, on the
approach of the Cuckoo, at first showed fight; on receiv-
ing some shots they were seized with Si panic, threw their
guns overboard, and, taking to the boats, reached the
shore, leaving.their vessel to the Cuckoo.

PATRON-F-I.Rn PRINCE A.LIIERT.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
Under Entirely V w Management.

(FLEA I NOYF L Y
DUROSCZ'S IL 1.0 NI I N AT ED CASC A DE every evening. except
Satunl v, at 'tine oc!.,ck, n Von To all the LFCTITI? -.
L EXI-1110 nos. VW/n/0R vllle ‘LLEItY.
Is. stall , 28. Schaal 4nd Ctlthirea tu.clar Ten years
of age. halt-,rice.

MAIL FOR THE BALTIC, &c.
The following notice was posted yesterday at Sheer.
ness dockyard gates :

The VentlWien an:l Liehtbur by JOHN Last r. Esq., maintains an
min and eool temperature in the hotteit weather.

a Adiralty. J 2P.
Letters for the Ratio m
fleet will bs despatchedul yby her
Majesty's steam-vessel Volcano, on the 29th hut., from
Wool with.
"Letters for seamen, marines, and boys serving in the
Ratio will be forwarded by this opportunity, if posted in
time and marked `By her Majestra steam-vessel Vol-
cano
"The postage of ltd, must be paid on the letter at the
time of posting it."
The nrtil for the British army in Turkey and the fleet
in the Black Sea, via Marseilles, will not be despatched
until to-morrow. The mail for the White Sea squadron,
by the way of Hull and Norway, will be made up and
forwarded this day.

COALS, 21s. 6,1. per Ton, best Derbyshire,
sereeneo by m !ehlnere ; bet -Pk-tone, 2b.t. 6!. ; be=t Claw
Cioss, 23.. 6d.; bet ‘Valo.end, 253. 61.; Sm4l. 154: ; for e ish oily,
de iwered 1,1101 irately.-s, T..1-nes. maim:cr. Nol them and
Ea tern Railway Coal (Ake, 32, Great 31arlhorot4h-street, Regent-
.
-treet.

'f HE MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA,
Aii..ni•4 4, 851. The man tic t screw steam rh p A

'UT A," 1,800 tons, another of the, roe fl• et elonsinir to the Ilene-
ral •crew 'term shippin; Comp ny will be esparched from ',oath.
amptoit w,th her Majes y' Mails for Adelside, and
S)d.rt y, on the 4.h August next. This fl .e vessel has maintaintd
lit', high repot,tioit for rapid s t line ant punctuality, and is a sister
hip to t e " .Argue," which has made the qu-chest v yee to and from
ustrall tup to his time. The Calcutta has been employee carrying
he ►tails to and from Enziand and Calcutta, ant tram her euperior
tailing and stesm ..g qualltias. it may be fairly ass.iined that she will
rake the run to G 0 d • Ra-es of l'assapi mon 30 to 100 guineas
will be fol,..wtsi, no th. 4'h of tieto.,er by the • ILCESUS. of 2,500
0..4. Frill p trticulars as to Frei. lit and Passage Money At the Coin-
rtv',.. ()Mee-. Canoon-street, C ty.

Hyde Parker has been filled by the promotion to post rank
of Commander Houston Stewart, of the Modesto (eon of the
Admiral •Superintendent here), and his appointment to the
Firebrand, but the officer promoted to the rank of com-
mander is not known.
" The status quo is still preserved, both by the army and
nary, the former remains at Yarns, the latter at Baltahik.
But it is generally thought that many troops will be em-
barked on board ships of war and landed in the Crimea—
when, nobody seems to know. A simultaneous attack by
sea and land will be made on Sebastcpol, but the fortress
of Anapa will not. be attacked.

"The inflexible has been very fortunate, and has made
more capture of prizes than any other vessel.
"The Triton Caine in this morning from Athens, where
she has been for some time on station. We have a report
that she has captured a pirate boat and handed it over to
the Turkl."

The following news is derived from a letter dated
"Malta, July 21 :"
" The cholza has broken out both at Gallipoli anti the
DardanAlcs. Many of the French troops have died.
" The mail steamer Egyptus, which arrived here this
morning, has hat.: cases of cholera ou her passage down,
and has lost, among others, her surgeon of that disease.
she goes on immediately to Marseilles.

" The Egyptian Rteam yacht Paid Gihaad, from Alex-
andria, having on board his Excellency Hauled Pasha, the
young fianec of the Sultan's daughter with a suite of 31
persons, arrived this morning. His Excellency is about to
pail' visit to England.
On entering the great harbour, the yacht saluted the
forts with 21 guns, and the Rear-Admiral Superintendent
with 13.

" The Niger was to have left to-day, but on trying her
engines the screw would not work."

7i'he following letter, dated from the Bay of Volo,
June 27, contains an account of the capture of Greek
pirates near the island of Negropont :--
"At daylight yesterday, as her Majesty's steam-ship
Triton was, cruising off the N.E. end of the island of
Negropont, a suspicions-looking calque wee observed pull-
ing in slime. Chase was given, and a boat sent to recon-
noitre, when it was found- that the crew had abandoned
her andi retired to the bush. On the boat's crew boarding,
a number of Greeks, well armed, used threatening gen-
tures,' pointing pistols and guns, at the crew. Upon this
the boat returned to the Triton,- and, being reinforced by
another boat manned and armed, pulled inshore ; and,
upon nearing the land, a brisk fire was opened upon them
by the pirates in the jungle, which was returned by shell
and shot from the ship and small arms from the boats,
under cover of which the caique was towed off to the ship.
" This part of Negropont is farmed by English, French,
and Swiss. They had previously informed the commander
of the Triton that the adjacent bays were infested by
pirates, and they were immediately informed of the cap-
ture, and that the pirates had sought shelter on their
estates without the means of escape. Arrangements were
then made that the peasantry should be collected and pro-
ceed to that part of the coast, and the Triton proceeded to
sea. By this means•ls of these •cutthroats were captured,
all armed with guns, pistols, and knives, and given up to
the Greek authorities, to be dealt with according to law.
"The scene of this encounter is a romantic spot close to
Cape Amoni, and opposite the island of Pontiko, on the
north-east bluff of Negropont. This will prove a whole-
some lesson, for some casualties must have occurred from
the constant bursting of shell and scattering of grape,
although, from the nature of the ground and the densely.
wooded country, it is not possible to ascertain the extent
of the damage."