The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-24 00:00:00

THE SIEGE OF BOMARSUND.

The following are among the ~ last telegra"
phic despatches received from the Baltic. 1
_Abe
Moniteur says : " Despatches from Adreg'
Parseval, of August 15, written a few minutes
after the surrender of Bomarsund, fully confirms
the telegraphic despatch which the Governrnen.
received from Dantzic. Scarcely had the squadr°l3s
recommenced their fire at full range to second {fie
labour of the army, when a flag of truce was i:
played, and the fortress surrendered. The fort 2
was very much injured by the cannon balls. I'7,
Russian prisoners, forming one-half of the gall';
were about to be embarked on board the Cleopsi";
and the Syrene, to be taken to Brest, and the othaei,
1,000 prisoners remained at the disposal of Alt
miral Napier. Admigal Parseval announces tbitt
he will send his report by the next mail."
BOMARSUND, Aug. 17. General Bay
d'Hilliers and the Hon. Mr. Grey left Aland la
mediately after the capitulation for Stockolraf :„
order, it is supposed, to induce the Swedes to jeu"
the allies. onl•
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 21.—Many Russians were no
focated in the Bomarsund casemates by the 51%,
of their own fire. After the surrender there
ed
great rejoicings in Aland, and prayers were effeL.
in the churches for Queen Victoria and the
fund,7o
peror Louis Napoleon. The fortress was
contain ammunition and provisions for one V 33 eir
We find the following in a letter from Cop
hagen, Aug. 19 :
.. on the 13th and 14th, it Swedish steamer, the SO Ito
vail, carried a large number of visitors from the caPitaisclf
the scene of action. Near Degerby the vessel got agron
A.,
but was assisted off by the crew of the French friPbut
son
Vengeance, 60 guns, who sent 15 hours in ince-,,peo
labour, three times supplied them with fresh Lit'io.
and materials, and at last relieved them with "ti•
and provisions, refusing any kind of conlPe°l3.B3-°yo
They regarded us as friends and brothers►
ole
a letter, and would willingly have got our vvWP og?
land off the rocks- —for we have been aground
enough—if we would only have permitted tbbeims,
At Bomarsund they found more than forty 'l/3%c fot
with their broadsides to the fortresses, prePal7,ron•
the next day's battle. The moment was glinted
Not a cry was heard on either side. They Basod
each ship as they passed, the admirals among the hat in
were saluted in return merely by taking off the
profound silence.
Yht he° yef
AnotherFr`e‘nchcoloneSiwßeidainshchasrter
anerd,
ththee Englishl k
sceaerrrei
ed
Legation, Grey, to the fleet on the same day. on•
visited the French fieldworks, which were being `'inbo
tinually bombarded, and picked up some pieces of b°
yet warm. Bie
" Privileges of export from St. Petersburg and but
have been demanded by several Swedish rnerchant,s.
have very properly been refused by her Majesty
vernment."

FRANCE.
The Minister of War," says the lifoolie14:,?.
" has made an appeal to the sisters of Saint-.,-vZ,
cent-de-Paul to go and attend to the soldiers in .I',
hospitals of the army of the East. The apOcatio;
has been listened to, as 25 of these holy
are about to embark at Marseilles in the next 1;„
packet, and 25 others will follow soon after. 3,
worthy superior has intimated that most probabii
she will be able to extend the number to 100. 1;
It was stated yesterday at the Bourse that inter
ligence had been received by the French Govern-
meet that, notwiths waling what has been said
relative to the necessity of further dt lay, the or
pedition for the Crimea left Varna on the 14t'i.
The cholera haF..• of late decreased rapidly
_IP;
Paris. The official bulletin, of yesterday, 01',./
speaks of 28 new cases for all the hospitals, fou''
teen men and fourteen women.
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3f.
The Three ner Cents, closed yesterday at -
for the end of the month; the Four-and-a
ost
per Cents. at 99i. 9ue. ; awl the New Lo3°,evo
73f. Orleans Railway Shares, 1,222 f. 50c. ; R9lsf. ;
970 f. ; Havre, 570 f. ; Great Northern, o't,e.
Strasburg, 792 f. 50c. ; New Shares, 628flpi.
Paris and Lyons, 962 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the ;
terranean, 8:0f. ; Western of France, 647 f• pai of
Bordeaux and Cette, 627 f. 50c. ; Great Cen,ia, ;
France, 517 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva,
Bank of Credit Mobilier, 717 f. 50c.

We have received Debats) news
S SPAIN.
Madrid of the 17th ;a most
fronl
afflicting kind. The following
wairneg ie grave,th e alne of
corrispondent d th°
"We had hoped to see order re-established, ail, the
Government resume in all the provinces of Spo_f all
authority which is indispensable to the protection usoi.
interests and all rights. Our hopes are 41142 0°
The union which is necessary amongst all parti.-,
at bottom desire the same thing, is nearly hreicelier 10
and °f
The members,of the Cahinet themselves are no 104.4.0.
accord, and the provincial juntas are divided by
found hatred, or at least by rivalities which h:LT,,afts re;
duced the most fatal discords. The Government heed it
ceived despatches from Catalonia, which have
-
great disquietude. That manufacturing and t-auer
province has become the place of resort of a grea are
ber of political refugees of all-countries. These 11,1 who
for the most part ardent and furious revolutionisit°!copt
do not hesitate to excite the • • and mest
grossest a , 41 so f
ai
passions in order to arrive at the destruction 0' o'
order, and elevate on its ruins a Governorr 004
which they would make the most deplorahcreveri
we
At Cadiz the junta is dissolved and rene,, tbat
day. The difficulties are sogreat in that ',c 6100
the best and most devoted citizens hesitate to on
the pad
the administration, and retire the moment thel
the resistance they will have to encounter, an "to, be°
sions they as the it fol'
will have to combat • and,
collected in its hands thoritY, Aoried
all power and all au Abanu
lows that
neither exists, and that the town is ~,fs
iu
to the first occupant. The most perverse are a' totlf
these cases the most audacious. There is con
very
00.
at Cadiz a centre of disorder which increases ey.,hbooP
ment, and which cannot fail to extend to then e.„lobralcell
hood. At Malaga a revolutionary movement "Too/
out, the character and object of which are eau,sst
All that is known is that, at the moment th 0
left, the streets were paraded by numerous getaged
armed men, and that the national guard Waste Anal
arms. The rioters, however, seemed to dorainaAjgesirl
be likely soon to be masters of the town• ernaie°
things are wor4e. The authority of the Central G°T.O, pied
has been shaken off. The town and the provi jo
pose to destroy the ties which bind them t° C'ol3°S.
to declare themselves independent. As the Prsssed the
quence of this independence, they have suPPrei .A.°lltif
import duties on English goods ; and according.9..wri
lusia is already inundated with them to the 17 other
er
Spanish manufactures and of the cornnieree., to
countries. A terrible calamity has been ad l all v""
many misfortunes. The cholera has invade. IV
southern provinces, and rages cruelly there,'„l3;tite era
populations of Cadiz, Seville, Malaga, and Ak—terrib';
decimated, and nothing announces that th? th%
visitation is about to decline. In some distritese
have even encountered the typhus, and t'osge!"
plagues have caused, and cause, frightf Cul rt
The Junta of Saragossa attacks Queen briioit 111
from the
direct terms ; the Government has received
formal demand that she shall be impeached, dealeel
boldest of its members dare scarcely reject theroioal
as ill timed and impolitic. Clubs are being °,abbilabel
everywhere on the model of those which were e°'
in Paris after the revolution of February. The
eitri
the Government are discussed in them, and a.tispoo it
approved of or blamed. If blamed, a remon°4 .04
immediately drawn up, and a deputation is aeArierallit;
to the Duke de la Victoria or his colleagues. ki
0 tbOti
Ministers cede, and thus one after another ar
down all the barriers which prevent pcipulsratFll, sebe
The revolutionary flood, however, rises incessa
it begins to be feared that the Governmenot„.o.o
unable to struggle against it. The environs
ad'
that;
l
are striken with terror. Is it necessary toe ides
business is suspended ? Numerous bankrrp_ing the
besides expected, and in the midst of these me ; th.
orders the new Ministers are divided and clualo.
most ardent make war on the most moder,olid g°11;
Minister of Finance, M. Collado, who offere" forton.
rantees to the capitalists of Madrid by his larq to veer.°
and his incontestable probity, has been obligetodertfr°
on account of his being accused of being to his rtorna
General O'Donnell will soon follow him in.
to thau
ment. The same report is addressed ldbior
amongst his colleagues are some who have too
thro°6
at such a moment every man who is not ti
in the
sr,
gressist ought to abandon any participa n
"AiTendo 51111° to
vernment. It is said that General ..„___artero
Minister of Marine, is already destined. by ri..11),„.0..,
luster ot d
replace General O'Donnell in the , 0
f Volta
000.
The Government, in consideration
.0.011, boa
having been first to join the insurreet too 1
d on PP
ferrecr on it the title of Heroic, an
pahty that of Excellent.

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