The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-19 00:00:00

RUMOURED CAPTURE OF REVEL.

It was rumoured in Paris yesterday that a de-
spatch had been received announcing the " cap-
ture" of Revel.

REPORTED CAPTURE OF AN ENGLISH

FRIGATE.

The following despatch was received at Vienna
yesterday
" OnzasA, May 12.—An English screw frigate of
32 guns was wrecked this morning at Little Fon-
taine, close to Odessa, and surrendered, with her
crew.

" Two other steamers, which reached the place
later, opened fire against the land batteries, which
continued when the advices left.
" The town remains tranquil."

From another quarter we learn that the name of
the vessel is the Tiger. If this be correct, she has
only 16 guns. She was built at Chatham in 1849,
is of 1,220 tons, and 400-horse power. The follow-
ing is the official list of officers on board:—Captain
Henry W. Giffard, Lieutenants Alfred Royer,
Alex. Hamilton, and W. E. Stone. Master Fras.
Edington. First Lieutenant of Marine Artillery
—lt T. Ansell. Surgeon H. J. Doraville. Pay-
master Geo. A. Lance. Mate, C. H. Wilkinson
(acting). Assistant-Surgeon Edm. Lawless. Second
Master John C. Solfleet. Clerks—John G. Barnes
and N. G. Simmonds.
The crew consisted of 200 men, who, it is said,
were not made prisoners until after a gallant re-
sistance. It is added that Captain Giffard was
wounded in the defence of his ship. If all these
statements should prove to be groundless—and the
news, it will be remembered, can at present come
only by the Russian telegraph—the story of the
Tiger will be the greatest Russian falsehood yet
told.

ST. PETERSBURGH.
At St. Petersburgh, on the 12th, a manifesto
was published ordering new levies for the fleet and
army.

ST. PETERSBURGH, May 7.—The Emperor is not
over well. The Grand Prince and heir apparent
lives in a very retired manner, while the Gran()
Prince Constantine is uncommonly busy ; for
sometimes he inspects the crews of ships, some-
times he travels to different places on the coast,
then he examines the magazines, hospitals, and
the like. The military reviews are less frequent.
The garrison was weakened by the departure of
the guards, but is strengthened again by reserves.
The court has experienced a great loss in the per-
son of General Rochov.

There is a singular reserve manifested respecting
Austria. General Grunwald, who has returned
from Vienna, cannot have brought any good news
with him, otherwise we should have heard by this
time of rewards, decorations, and so forth. This
much is certain, that after the last despatches came
from Vienna important orders were transmitted to
Paskiewitch and Menschikoff.

The Russian journals publish every day lists of
" patriotic contributions," but the "lists" look very
meagre when we remember the value of a rouble
now-a-days. Thus the Petersburg clergy have pre-
sented to the Czar 100,000 silver roubles, and the
capital itself an additional 10 per cent. on the taxes
if the housekeepers. " A nobleman in Courland,
a retired captain, the Baron von Sultooppink, has
paid 27,403 silver roubles from his own purse, which
the peasants on his estate owed the crown."

The Police Gazette of St. Petersburg, of the Bth,
announces that fourquarters of the suburbs of that
city have been placed in a state of siege, and four
military governors have been appointed to carry
the measure into execution.

The Cologne Gazette says :—"According to the
last accounts from St. Petersburg, the Emperor
has had a relapse of illness. The inhabitants of
St. Petersburg are obliged to find quarters for
troops, and there are besides in the environs
20,000 Cossacks."

CONSTANTINOPLE.
CorrsTaitarmopLE, MAY 10.—The Duke of Cam-
bridge and Marshal St. Arnaud have just arrived.
The ratifications of the triple treaty of alliance
were exchanged yesterday.
Vely Pacha, ambassador, at Paris, remains at his
post, at the request of Prince Napoleon. A great
quantity of French artillery and four squadrons of
Spahis have reached Gallipoli.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May s.—The Turkish fleet was
inspected a few days before leaving by Mehemet
Pasha, the Capudan Pasha or High Admiral of the
Porte. The chief defect in its operations will arise
from the unskilfulness of both officers and men,
the result of their confinement to harbour for so
considerable a portion of their nautical existence.
The vessels are well built, but are said not to be
durable; from having been constructed of green
wood. The crews are well fed and cared for, and,
as far as courage and devotion go, will do their
duty to their country. Their destination is prob-
ably the Circassian forts, of which three, Anapa,
Souchouns Kaleh, and another, are still held by
the Russians. The squadron was accompanied by
the Terrible, English steam-frigate, which returns
to the allied fleet, now in the neighbourhood of
Sebastopol. The capture of the Russian forts on
the Eastern shores of the Black Sea will be an import-
ant gain for the allies, and may reduce the hostile
army in Asia to great straits. Some blow in this direc-
tion, indeed, seems to afford the only hope of saving
the Asiatic provinces of Turkey from invasion and
dismemberment. The English public will have heard
from a number of sources of the miserable state of
the Ottoman army in those parts. A few months
ago it was the fashion to represent the Turkish
arms as everywhere successful, and any solitary
individual who stated the real truth was a Michaiah
among the prophets. But now the necessity for a
more exact inquiry is recognised. The Russians
are within a few days march of Kars, and before
them is a rabble. In every way the Government
Leas been deceived as to the conduct of this part of
the commissariat a knavery, and the
the war. The commanders have been incapable,
and worse ;
,lespatches a falsehood. The manner in which
affairs have been managed may be judged of from
the following incident :—A contract was made by
Government for medicines and surgical instruments
to be sent to Erzeromn. As is usual here, the con-
tract was let and sub-let till its actual execution
fell into the hands of a Jew. When the cases were
opened the medicines were found to be wholly
worthless, and among the implements of surgery
were several hundred instruments for extracting
milk from women's breasts ; no doubt part of the
stock of some bankrupt speculator !
Some efficient assistance from the allies in this
quarter is absolutely necessary, and a timely diver-
iion may save provinces which it would be difficult
afterwards to rescue. The fort of Anapa is the
most important of the Russian stations. By it
troops arc introduced into Asia, and it is the key
to the whole line of country which extends along
the eastern shores r.f the Euxine. It is said to be
almost impregnable, the sea wall being at a great
height above the guns of an attacking squadron.
It is always well supplied with troops and provi-
,tions, and probably many of the regiments drawn
from the abandoned fortresses have been concen-

trated •in this stronghold. The other forts are
more assailable, and their reduction would not
only weaken the position of the Russian army of
Armenia, but destroy the prestige of the Czar's
invincibility in these parts, and give fresh vigour
to the almost worn-out resolution of tho Cauc-
asian chieftains.
Two English officers have left in the Terrible on
a mission to Schamyl. They carry with them assu-
rances of sympathy, and what is of more practical
importance, a supplyof revolver rifles, weapons well
adapted for the warfare in which the mountaineers
:tre engaged. Very little has of late bcen heard of
Schamyl, and it has been feared that advancing
years were weakening his activity, and the de-
spair of success quenching his courage ; but there
is reason to believe that these suppositions are
groundless, and that the Russians will still find in
him a foe as energetic and implacable as of yore.
The system of Prince Woronzoff has, indeed, not
failed of a certain success. This able General and

administrator has adopted a mode of warfare in
which Russians, if not belied, are likely to be
skilful, and in which simple mountaineers must be
sadly deficient. He bribes the surrounding chief-
tains, and encloses Schamyl within the limits of his
own strongholds. He burns the forests, and, year
after year, the tide of. Muscovite dominion advances
slowly onward, with the steady progress of settle-
ment and cultivation. Twenty years and some

100,000 soldiers will probably be -required before
the subjugation is complete, and should Schamyl
leave a son or successor like himself, the struggle
may be still further lengthened. If not, his people
will be " improved " off the face of the earth. He
is known to be anxious for assistance, as the follow-
ing anecdote will show :—About a year since a let-

ter was received at the embassy liere written in a
character which at first seemed unknown to the

learned. A skilful linguist, however, after inuch
labour, identified it with the Arabic, as written by
the Caucasian tribes. The language was tolerably
pure, and the document proved to be a letter from

Schamyl. He asked for help, stated how much he
was pressed by his enemies, and complained of. the
treachery of the other chiefs. He had a claim, he
said, to the assistance of the English, for he had
heard that when a people rose against a Govern-
ment, and proved their determination to be free by
a struggle of seven years, the English always in-
terfered and gave them their liberty. Now, he had
fought for much more than seven years, and he
hoped that the English would not refuse to help
him. This was rather inexplicable ; but the inci-
dent on which the poor chieftain grounded his
hopes was at last guessed. He bad heard of the
war of Greek independence, and bow the nations
of Europe had left the Hellenes to fight unassisted
for the term he mentioned, and then joined to ob-
tain the recognition of their independence. But,
unhappily, the mountaineers of the Caucasus have
had no classical ancestors, and the sympathy they
excite is due to their own unassisted valour. No
noble poet or eloquent ex-chancellor has raised a
furore for their cause.

At the dinner given to the Prince Napoleon by
the French Ambassador, a toast was given, the effect
of which has not been happy. The Prince rose, and
spoke as follows :—"A l'illustre Sultan ; . . .
nous sommes venus ici, Messieurs, pour le defendre
avec sincerite 6nergie." To the bulk of mankind
this would seem all correct ; but Turkish suscepti-
bility has been much wounded. In the first place,
was " illustre" a proper term to apply to the
Padishah ? Any one may be illustre, but the
Sultan is essentially auguste, and out to be called
so. Again, the word " defendre" is far from being
a proper expression. A man defends his dog or his
wife. The term " soutotir" should be used in
speaking of a true believer. The incident has pro-
duced " an unpleasant impression."
General Prim, commissioned by the Spanish Go-
vernment to be present with tip, military operations
of the allied armies, has been here for some days,
and is as much an object of interest as the Prince
himself. The gorgeous uniforms of himself and his
suite are to be met with at every turn. The Gene-
ral is preceded by 12 Catalonians, in a picturesque
and brilliant costume, and is followed by nearly as
many colonels and captains of his staff, who quite
throw into the shade the mere plainly-dressed war-
riors of France and England.
The General of Brigade, Tefik Pasha, has been
attached to the person of nine() Napoleon, and
accompanies him in his visits to various points of
interest about the city. The Sultan's visit to the
Prince has been much spoken of. It is the first
instance of such a compliment being paid by the
Turkish Sovereign to any person. He sometimes
enters the houses of his dependents for his own
amusement ; but such A ceremony as a diplomatic
visit of courtesy has, till now, never taken place.
The operations of the army are doubtful until
the arrival of Marshal St. Arnaud. Through de-
ference for our French allies, Lord Raglan has
refrained from giving any but the most necessary
orders, and has not even visited the works at
Boulair (Playar). The work of the commissariat
is proceeding with great success, and the head of
this department speaks with much satisfaction of
the honesty and good spirit of the Turkish autho-
rities—so different from the spite and bad faith met
with from Spaniards and Portuguese at a former
period. The Turks are slow and dilatory ; they
have to be kept to their work by incessant watch-
fulness, but their intentions are excellent, and
there is an absence of jealousy unexpected and sur-
prising. At least 5,000 packhorses will be required
for the transport of provisions, unless waggons can
be procured in sufficient n timbers. The soldiers are
anxious for their beer, which was last heard of off
Cape Matapan. It will be an excellent antidote or
substitute for raki, which is the nearest approach to
poison that has ever become a national beverage.
However, it is doubtful whether the porter casks
can be transported to the seat of war ; their size
is alleged to be inconvenient, and, what is more,
precedent is against it. The Duke had no porter
in the Peninsula. It is to be hoped, however, that
the difficulty will be surmounted, and that the men
will not be deprived of the refreshing fluid, when
they most want it to support them against the
scorching sun of July, and the choking miasma of
the Danubian marshes.

It has been reported here that the Prussian Con-
sul at Bucharest had lowered his flag, and ceased
from all communication with the actual Govern-
ment of Wallachia. The Austrian Consul was
about to follow his example. The truth of these
statements cannot be depended on.
Piracy increases in the Archipelago. A vessel
from Rhodes to Finica, with a crew of only three
men, was assailed on the 17th of April by a tchernik,
manned by some 12 pirates. A sum of money,
about 400 Turkish liras, was taken, and the crew
ill-treated. Several other atrocities in the neigh-
bourhood of Myra are spoken of. A fire of great
extent took place last night, and raged for hours.
It commenced in the neighbourhood of the Egyp-
tian bazaar, and destroyed a large number of build-
ings, as far as the four points. The engines em-
ployed to arrest conflagrations in this country are
mere squirts, capable of being carried by a single
man, and useless in such a calamity as that which has
just taken place. Of late there has been a cessation of
the almost nightly fires which used to keep the city
awake. In Pera the new houses are mainly of stone,
and in the others the greatest care is taken to avoid
art accident. In old times fires were the means
by which the populace expressed their dissatisfac-
tion with the Government, and answered the pur-
pose of platform meetings with us. A Sultan to
whom the people had no access was thus often
warned that his Vizier was a tyrant or a plunderer,
and was enabled to take measures for his removal.
Whether the populace be contented or not, there
has certainly been lately a great diminution of
such events • the deposition of the Grand Mufti
did not excite a single incendiary, and the present
fire is most probably the result of the inveterate
carelessness of the lower class of Turks.

Russia shall be called upon to evacuate imme-
diately the Principalities of the atimbe. It is
not doubted, says the letter, that the Emperor of
Russia will reply in the negative, for, it is known
that he had already declined to comply with the
proposition of Prussia for a successive evacuation
of the Principalities within determined delays, as the
basis of a mediation for peace on the part of
Prussia.

PESTH, May 9.—Two emissaries of Kossuth's
were hanged on the 29th ult. at a place called St.
George, in Transylvania. Their names were Joseph
Varady and Franz Bartalis. Two of their com-
panions were reprieved, but will have to endure an
imprisonment for eighteen years in irons and with
hard labour.

A letter from Vienna of the 14th, in the Na-
tional Gazette of Berlin, states that an extraordi-
nary courier was daily expected there from St.
Petersburg. It was rumoured that he would be
the bearer of a summons from the Emperor of
Russia, to the Emperor of Austria, to declare him-
self positively and openly on the Rtstern question,
and of an offer on the part of Russia, if Austria
will adhere to the policy cif the Czar, to take no ad-
vantage of any immediate consequences which the
war may give to him, without having firstcometoan
understanding with the Cabinet of Vienna. There
is not the slightest prospect, says the letter in the
National Gazette, of the Austrian Cabinet being
tempted by this offer to depart from the prin-
ciples which it has proclaimed in the protocol of
Vienna.

THE BALTIC.
O..A.PTIME OF AN ISLAND.

COPENHAGEN, MAy 17 . —Tile Fulton, steamer,
has arrived here from Stockholm, and reports that
the British fleet, under Sir Charles Napier, hail
proceeded northward, and on the 12th inst. had
taken Boomersand, on the island of Aland.
The onstitutiohnel asserts that there is no truth
in the statement of a London journal, that two of
the French men of-war in passing near Copen-
hagen, ran into each other, and sustained such
great damage" that they had to return to Brest.
COPENHAGEN, Mayl2.—The Swedish post steamer
Svenska Lejonet has gone oown in Ystad har-
bour, from the injuries it received in the late storm.
A Stockholm vessel, laden with salt, attempted
to break the blockade and enter Riga. Oa
being hailed she neglected the signals and refused
to lie by, so a cannon-ball smashed her stern. She
immediately returned to Stockholm. Her owners
were impudent enough to demand compensation.
The English embassy very properly told them to
thank their stars that matters were no worse.
" The Storm Birds" is the name of a collection of
vigorous chansons which have just appeared in
Stockholm. One of them is entitled " Sir Charles
Napier ;" it is full of energy. A dinner was given
in Helsingfors, on the 28th ult. to a number of
naval officers. Verses were sung, written by
Topelius, who has just been made professor, for
composing a poem full of the most fu!some flattery,
when the Emperor last visited Finland. The
Finnish papers contain some details respecting the
fleet.

The following extract 3 are from the letters of a
correspondent on board one of her Majesty's
steamers, writing off the Island of Dago, at the
entrance of the Gulf of Finland :
.

" After leaving Kioge Bay, and when we arrived off
Gothiand, we were ordered to cruise off the Island of
Dago. Tlicre is a lighthouse at the west end of this
island, called Dager Ort, but the Russians think it a
wa-te of oil to light. it now, so we have to feel our way
instead of seeing it. I expected to have been able to
send a full account of the movement-4 of the fleet, but
our departure for this cruising ground put an end to my
expecthtions.

"The Archer is stationed about 30 miles to the south
of us to prevent merchant ships passing between Dago
and Oesel, and, I believe, another ship still further
south, to stop any vessel entering the Gulf of Riga.
We are to prevent any vessel entering the Gulf of Fin-
land ; but, as the harhours in that gulf are not ye,, free
from ice. our duties are not of the must arduous descrip-
tion at prevent. The Ontimander-io-Ch;ef has been cruis-
ing about 30 nil es to the westward of Dager Ott, but is
now cruising off Guttska Sandoe.

"APRIL,24.—The Vulture arrived here this morning
to make us acquainted with the Admiral's rendezvous,
since which the Driver, the James Watt, and the Hecla
have gone up to join him. They ham been cruising
here for some days looking for him, as also the French
90-gun screw steamer Austerlitz. This cruising affords
a capital opportunity for getting the crews well drilled
and in order, and I have no doubt the newly-commis-
sioned ships will much benefit by it. We had target
practice a few days since, and the firing was most excel-
lent. The shot which did not strike the target struck
the water so near as to keep the target continually in
motion.

" APRIL 29.—We are still cruising off Dad o, but with-
out having taken any prizes. We hear there are two
Russian steamers at sea somewhere about this neighbour-
hood, so we are keeping a sharp look-out for them. The
weather has been very rough and stormy during the past
week. We have not seen the Admiral yet, but under-
stand he has gone Hango Bay, about 80 miles north of
where we are stationed. We expected we had a prize
yesterday, but it turned out to be a Prussian barque
from the Gulf of Finland. Our vessel does not cruise
more than 30 miles from this place.
" Sometimes our friends, the Russians, light up at
Dager Ort Lighthouse, but oftener not. This point, as
you will see by the map, forms the southern entrance of
the Gulf of Finland ; consequently all vessels bound for
the Gulf would make Dager Ort (i. e., Cape Dago, or
Dager, or Dager Point), as the navigation of it is very
difficult. We fancy the Russians by lighting up occa-
sionally wish to lead us astray, and, as we have reason
to think they have erected a battery near the lighthouse
since we came here, we of cour,e do not go within gun-
shot, as our duties are only to blockade the gulf.
" The Daurit.ess and the Arrogant paid us a visit
three days ago ; they were off somewhere on detached
service. We occasionally pay the Archer a visit, and
she also comes up here to visit us in return. The
weather is intensely cold.
" WEDNESDAY, May 3.—We are still off Dager Oct
Lighthouse. We saw the Prince Regent on Monday
morning, just after daylight, so we immediately got up
steams in case she was not a friend, for it would be no
joke to get under the guns of a Russian liner in a small
vessel like this.

" The weather is still very cold here—much more so
than I experienced at the entrance to the Arctic regiolts,
but we manage to make ourselves pretty comfortable."

THE BOMBARDMENT OF ODESSA.

Th© Moniteur informs us that as soon as the
Turkish Minister of Marine became acquainted with
the successful result of the attack upon Odessa by
the combined fleets, he addressed the following
letter to Admiral Hamelin :

" Mr. Admiral,—Tne English frigate Terrible has
brought us the news of the success obtained at Odessa
by the allied fleets. It would be useless to describe to
you the joy occasioned by this news.
" By order of his Majesty the Sultan the Turkish fleet
will enter the Black Se 4. on Thursday. It will soon, I
hope, be with you. The command-in-chief is intrusted
to Ferik Ab►net Pasha, who will have as his second in
command Hassan Pasha, commander of the Egyptian
division. They have orders to join the allied squadron
immediately, and to act entirely in concert with it
throughout the whole of the campaign which it has so
gloriously commenced.
"The reinforcement which we send you is doubtless
inconsiderable, but the Sultan is confident as well as my-
self that officers and sailors will endeavour by their zeal
and their courage to render good service, in spite of the
smallness of their number, to the allied squadron, and
that if their assistance should, from the strength of the
squadron, be useless, or of secondary we►ght in the
balance of victory, they will nevertheless, in the presence
of dangers which they ardently desire to share, prove
themselves worthy of fighting with you.
" It only remains for me, Mr. Admiral, to wish you
complete success and a happy return. Should it not be
possible for me, during this campAgn, to join you in per-
son, as I should have wished, my mini and my heart
at least will be with you, and with those courageous
officers and intrepid seamen, and I shall feel gratification
if your Exce►lency will be to them the interpreter of the
seuti►nents of admiration and gratitude, not only of
myself, but of the whole nation. May Heaven assist
their noble and generous efforts, and enable them
speedily to return glorious and triumphant to Constan-
tinople 1

"Accept, &c., " MEMIED."

and French merchant ships slipped and got out, receiving
several shots from the I,atterieFi ivnte f aii Engl:sh
ship. the Catherine Swanstiti, was killed.
"Having freed some of the ships, and not wishing to
injure the neutral vessels in the quarantine harbour, the
fire was directed to the Imperial fort, behind which
were all the Russian ships, then the firing of shot
and shell was terrific. The fort returned the fire well
and rapidly, but it was soon seen that it was impossible
for it to continue a resistance, as the men were shot
away from their guns as soon as they were brought up.
One of the guns was dismantled, and, in the face of
frightful shower of shot and shell, remounted. At
a.m. a signal was made for the Arethusa frigate to go
close in to the citadel and fire a few broadsides into it,
so as to unmask the batteries and ascertain how many
mortars and guns there were. It was cheering to see
her going in, under her topsails, shorten sail, and pour
in broadside after broadside—which the fort returned by
shot and shell from mortars, without, however, striking
her. She must have done much damage.
"At 9 a.iti the signal for her recall was made. She r&
turned slowly, keeping up a continual shower of shell
until out of reach At 10 am. the fire was still continued,
and the ships in the harbour began to feel its effeot.
Some were dismasted, and others were sunk. A shed
took fire at 12 o'clock within the fort, and at 1 p m. the
magazine blew up, with a tremendous explosion, filling
tile air with smoke and dust to such an amount of den-
sity as to put an end to the firing from that port ; it
was continued, however, from others. The rocket-
boats now closed in, driving their 24-pounders through
the ships and Imperial sheds, every one of which was
on fire before sunset, and burnt all night m"st brilliantly.
" There are still some ships in port ; all the crews are
prisoners and the vessels detained. I believe nothing►
more will be done at present, for there is no wish to
fire the city. The population has all left, and the houses
are filled with troops ; 28,000 infantry, and 10,000
cavalry.

" Curious enough it is that neither the paddles nor
the engines of any one of the steamers are injured, al-
though all the vessels engaged were struck.
"Great credit is due to Captain Jones, who, laying
his vessel as close in as he could, kept up a very de-
structive fire.

" The killed and wounded on shore must have been
very great, as the gunners were frequently replaced, and
showed the greatest coolness.
"Soon after the action commenced the Vauban re-
' ceived a red hot shot inboard, and was compelled to re-
move out of the range of fire to have it cut out. She
was immediately surrounded by our boats with fire-
engines ; the fire was quickly extinguished, when stte
returned into action. She had five shots, but no casualty.
The very best feeling exists between officers and men of
the allied fleet, whose only rivalry consists in the widest.
your to be foremost in the fray.
" The merchant captains who are prisoners owe it to
them-elves, for before the Consul left he warned them
all of the danger of remaining, pointing out the impossi-
bility of escaping a long detention.
"On the 23d an officer was sent in to offer an ex-
change of prisoners. This morning a reply was sent off
to the Britannia, stating that no arrangement could be
made without authority first granted by the Governor of
Sebastopol.

"The Fury came in during the action, and, seeing
what. was going on, ran into the fray, firing a few shells
even before she held communication with the Admiral.
" We are expecting the Inflexible every moment.
"On the Ist of April the Russian authorities de•
manded, and obtained, the registers of all British ships
in port.

‘.‘ The following are-1, names of the vessels that left
Odessa on the morning of attack ; 2, those in the upper
mole ; 3, vessel', ballasted and ready fur sea, but not al•
lowed to go out

"1. The barcp.e Wexford, of Wexford, 307 tons;
barque Martha Kay, Sunderland, 360 tons ; barque
Conciliator, Shields, 350 tons ; barque John Oldham,
London, 430 tons ; barque Livinia, 323 tons; barque
Themis, Sunderhind, 320 tons ; barque Princess, 369
tons ; barque Menapwa, Wexford, 360 tons ; brig
Adelphi, Shields, 230 tons.
"2. The barque Billow Queen, Arbroath ; barque
Sea, Sunderland ; brig John and Eleanor, Shields, dia.
charging wheat.

"3. The brig Regina, Sunderland; brig Catherine,
Leith ; brig R ichard Mount, London ; barque Swift,
Shields—ballast d and ready to sail.
" The following general memorandum was issued on
the 24th :

" < " 'Britannia, off Odessa, April 24.
The Vice-Admiral commatiding-in-chief offtrs his
best thanks for the zealous and effective manver in
which the Imperial Mole and Russian shipping at Odessa
have been destroyed by the division of steam-ships
under the immediate command of Captain Jones, of the
Sampson.
" The Vice-Admiral trusts that the inviolability of
a flag of truce will in future be strictly and honourably
maintained, and hopes that the whole of the squadron
under his command may soon have an opportunity of
showing their seal and efficiency against the common
enemy.

" DEANS DUNDAS, Vice-Admiral.'
"A merchant captain who came out of Odessa on
Sunday (the 23d) reports the casualties by death at COO ;
the wounded are infinitely more numerous."
A letter from Odessa, of the 30th ultimo, win
Vienna, mentions a fact which, says the Patric,
shows to what extent the Russian authority carry
duplicity and falsehood. In the night after the
bombardment of the military port, General Osten-
Sacker' had the dead soldiers, amounting to be-
tween 500 and 600, removed and buried seven or
eight miles beyond the town. The next day, in
order to make the people believe that the loss had
been trifling, he had forty soldiers, who had been
left lying dead on the batteries, buried at Odessa
with great pomp. A citizen, who during the night
had seen what was passing, and mentioned it, was
arrested on a charge of propagating false newt, and
being tried by a court martial was sentenced to
death.

FOREIGN CONSULS AT ODESSA, AND
THE BOMBARDMENT.
The last Dumber of the Russian Invalid, the
semi-official journal, contains the following under
the head of " News from the Black Sea :"
. " Aide-de-Camp general Annenkoff, acting as gover•
nor-general of New Russia and Bessarabi r, has brought
to the knowledge of H. M the Emperor that, on the
22d April, during the bombardment of Odessa by the
enemy's fleets, three inhabitants of the town (Aleixis
Filippoft, son of a druggist, A. Stroiko, a retired soldier,
and Sophia Fed-sseieff, a soldier's wife) were killed, rind
eight were wounded ; and that shells and congreve
roekets set fire to 14 small houses in the Faubnurg of the
Pereoype, arid damaged in the town 52 houses built in stare,
all belonging to private persons. The houses which
have most suffered are those of Prince Woronzeff. the
neighbouring one occupied by the officers of the governors
Eiviieral, and that of M. Naryschkine, on the boulevard.
Whilst testifying that in these last days of trial order
and public tranquillity were not troubled in the town
a. d its neighbourhood by any culpable act, Aide-de-
Camp-General Anuenkoff has transmitted the following
letter, which was addressed to him by all the foreign
consuls residing at Odessa—a letter in which they ex-
press to the local authorities the most sincere gratitude
for the protection accorded to all foreigners :
" Odessa, 28th April.—The undersigned foreign
Consuls-General and Consuls residing at Odessa, alter
liaviig had the honour to off,: r, conjointly with your
Excellency, the tribute of their profound gratitude to,
his Excellency the Aide-de-Camp General Baron d'Ostesa
Sack en, chief of the 3 I corps, consider it their duty to
express the same sentiment., of gratitude to your Ex-
cellency, as also to hi- Excellency Lieutenant-General
Krusenstern, military governor of the town, for the
efficacious measures and perfectly paternal solicitude with
which they were kind enough to preserve in the days of
danger the families and interests of their fellow sub-
jects celebrated in this town. Hoping that your Ex-
cellency will be kind enough to accept the expression of
the sentiments which animate them, the undersigned
gladly seize this occasion to offer you the homage of all.
their respect.
CHEVALIER DE CISCHINI, Consul of Austria •
BERZOLESE, Consul• General of Sardinia ;41.„
JUNG, Consul of the Netherlands
_;—ETTLINGER,
Consul of Bavaria ; BAGUER Y RIBAS, Consul-
General of Spain and of Parma, in Russia
WieKlNs, Consul of Sweden and Norway
MENGER, Consul of Prussia ; COUNT PARR°,
Consul-General of Portugal ;--NUCHJES DEI SAN
SECUNDO, Consul-General of the Two Sicilies.'
At the same time, the Aide-de-Camp-General Baron
d'Osten Sacker announces that the quarantine, and par-
ticularly the quarter of passengers, was exposed to a
violent fire of the enemy's artillery, and that the passen-
gers were transferred from it to another edifice, out of:
the reach of cannon to save them from the danger thali
menaced them. A similar measure of precaution wPrs
taken for the captains and crews of merchant-vessels —.
those under the enemy's flags, as well as those whteh
belong to the neutral powers. In order to preserve the
souvenir of the shameful attack of the Anglo-Frencla
fleet, the holes of the enemy's balls in the edifices of the
town have been marked in black on the walls,"