The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-31 00:00:00

THE FLEET AT SIN OPE.

The subjoined is dated Sinope, Jan. 13 -- On Jan. 3
the combined fleets left Beikos Bay, but anchored again
off Buyukcl4re4, as the Triton, with the mails, made her
number, and the weather, which had been remarkably
fine, changed to a thick mist with heavy squalls, The
6anspaleil, Rodney, and Bayard had reached the ren-
oervous, 10 miles from the entrance of the Bosphorus,
°tit were recalled. On the morning of the 4th the wea-
ther had cleared up—it was quite a calm—when the
Whole fleet weighed and assembled at the entrance to
the Bosphorus. The ships formed in two columns :
16ritannia and Ville de Paris, Albion and Jupiter, Ven-
geance and Jena, Sanspareil and Henri IV., Rodney
ond Valmy, Bellerophon and Bayard, Trfalgar and Fried-
land, Agamemnon and Charlemagne, London and Queen,
~.and five French steamers and seven English ; Leander
mgate looking out a-head.
At 4.30 p.m. signal was made, " Turks are to be pro-
tected from all aggression by sea or land."
Thursday, s.—We were joined at daylight by a Turk-
ish squadron of five steamers, with troods ; they joined
Our party. The Charlemagne ran into the Fridland and
cut her stern open. The Agamemnon lost a man over-
hoard.

Friday, 6.—At 3 p.m. the fleet anchored in Sinope
Ray. The town is situated on an isthmus which connects
a high hill with the main. A strong wall runs along
both sides of the isthmus, with a high castle at the
end, near the main land. Ocr arrival caused the utmost
c(insternation among the unfortunate inhabitants, many
....of whom have lost everything by the late action. The
.-Uurkish part of the town is completely destroyed, and
the beach is covered with masts, spars, &c.—in fact,
every part of a ship. One steamer and a corvette were
driven shore ; the rest were sunk, and the mastheads of
illatly are still above water. But what renders the
Scene more melancholy are the number of mutilated
bodies lying about. Several hundreds have been covered
With eareh, but have been again uncovered by dogs,
vultures, &c.
Charle-
Sunday, B.—The Agamemnon, Sanspareil,
laagne, Terrible, Mogador, Sampson, and Descartes
were ordered to get up steam. We weighed at noon
and escorted the five Turkish steamers to Trebizond,
where we arrived on Tuesday, the 10th ; remained
all day, and went on to Batoum •, anchored at 9
a.m. the next day. It is a small place, with a few
guns, on a low point. General Guyon commands the
Turkish forces, which consists of 30,000 at Fort Nicolai,
which is still held by them, notwithstanding frequent
attempts on the part of the Russians to retake it. The
people at Batoum are in great force ; every man well
armed, and wanting nothing but what we took
them—powder. We left Batoum on Wednesday, the
11th, at 4 p.m., and reached this place this afternoon.
The Fury leaves at once for Constantinople.
The following is a letter from an officer in the fleet :
" Sinope, Jan. 8.
" We left this place on the morning of the above date,
—Agamemnon, 91, screw, Captain Symonds, flag of
Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.B. ; Sanspareil,
71, screw, Captain Dacres ; Terrible, 21, Captain
M'Cleverty (paddle) ; a French steam line-of-battle ship
with Rear-Admiral de Tinan ; the paddle-steamers Gomer
and Descartes, and a Turkish Admiral, accompanied by
six steamers of war, the latter all laden with ammunition
to be distributed at Trebizond and Batoum. The Turkish
squadron was under the united British and French pro-
tection, with orders to guard them from any aggression
on the part of Russia.
Jan, 9.—Steaming along the southern coast of the
black Sea, keeping ail together. The scenery is beyond
description—mountains of a stupendous height literally
Covered with snow, with immense forests of pine trees
T. ,rotrivliofr, and, owing to the excessive clearness of the
atitioThercl, appear to be close to you, though, in fact.
"ot tiO miles distant. The loveliest weather you can
possibly imagine ; not a cloud to be seen, and perfectly
Calm- Thermometer 63°, and barometer 30'20.
10,—Arrived at Trebizond early in the morn.