The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-06 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1854.

THE WAR.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVAL OF THE HANNIBAL WITH THE
RUSSIAN PRISONERS.
Yesterday morning her Majesty's ship Hannibal,
Commodore Grey, arrived off Deal with 323 Russian
prisoners. •

THE TERIVIAGANT;
The Termagant, 24, screw steam-frigate, Captain the
Hon. Keith Stewart, arrived At Sheerness yesterday,
from Bumarsund, with 199 rank %rid file of Russian
soldiers, and . one woman ; also three officers and their
wives. The officers are Captain Swearoff, of the En-
gineers ; Captain Mellart, and Lieutenant Bluin, of the
22,1'company. The officers and soldiers were taken out
of the tower that surrendered to the English. Lieu--
tenant E. C. Chaplain, of the James Watt ; W. Croke,
of the Duke of Wellington ; and Captain Myer, R.M.,
on promotion. Mr. W. A. F. Marescaux, mate, has
acted as interpreter for the French and RnssiansOuring
the whole Expedition. The Termagant left the Algiers
off the Holmn Light, and the Royal William off the
Scaw ; she parted company with the Hannibal yester-
day morning, the.Haniiihal proceeding to the westward.
The Hon. Captain Stewart gave the officers and their
wives a farewell dinner previous to their being sent on
board the Devonshire by the Wildfire. After dinner,
Captain Swear off, of the Engineers, proposed the health
of the captain, and for himself and his associates he
begged to return him their most sincere thanks for the
marks of kindnesi shown to them and their wives during
the time they had been on board that ship. It is stated
by these officers that the Emperor does not grant them
any pay while prisoners of war, nor allow them to re-
turn on pat ole of honour not to serve. They appear all
perfectly happy at the idea of residing in England,
but most earnestly express their hopes that our Go-
vernment will give them the same liberty that atas
given the officers of the Tiger—namely, to reside on
shore in private lodgings at their own expense. They
have no wish beyond this, as they have their wives with
them.
The Termagant left Ledsund on the morning of the
20th ult., iu company with Commodore Grey's squadron,
consisting of the Hannibal, Algiers, Royal William,
Stromboli, Sphynx, and St. Vincent. On the 21st
coaled at Faro ; anchored on the 24th (on account of a
strong heal wind from south-west) off Bornholm ; left
there on the 26th ; coaled at Elsinore on the 28th ult.
(under quarantine, by an Admiralty order) ; left again
on the 30th ; exchanged numbers on the 4th, at. sea,
with the Wrangler steam gun-boat, bound for the Black
Sea, and arrived at Sheerness yesterday. Officers and
crew all well.

The Russian prisoners brought the cholera on hoard
with them from the French frigate Sirens. Out of 43
cases on board the Termagant 17 proved fatal. There
are at present only seven of them under medical treat-
ment. Several of the ship's company had attacks, all of
whom recovered. Several invalids from the fleet came
home, all of whom are sent to hospital and the flag-ship.
Mr. Boxer, who left with the Gladiator, doing duty as
acting master during the taking of Bomarsuud, yester-
day, immediately on his arrival, was ordered to join the
Beagle, which he has done.
Mr. Macdonald, of Newcastle, Baltic pilot, has left,
and proceeded to London. The machinery of this vessel
has acted admirably throughout the voyage. The only
casualties that have taken place have been the breaking
of four one-inch bolts. They have been carried away
through not having been properly lubricated. The said
casualties can only be accounted for by the great hurry
in which this ship was hastened away at au emergency.
Several of the officers have brought lume trophies of war
from Bomarsund,iconsisting of helmets (the famous Rus-
sian helmet), which are handsomely formed and made.
They are particularly light, being made of a patent leather.
The head'is well protected, the officers having silver
shields over the front and top. A great number of rifles
also, with the cartridges for them. Amongst other curio-
sities is a Russian gnout, or whip of a terrific character,
by which a powerful arm might cut the flesh from off -a
man's body, the whip part being thickly -chequered, and
worked ingeniously therein to the, handle, which
is of hard-wood ; a bechet is attached, by which the
aria that uses it can give the full weight of whip and
stick also on the back.

The Termagant left there last evening for the west-
ward.

THE VALOROUS.

The Valorous, 16, steam-frigate, Captain Claude H.
M. Buckle, arrived at Sheerness yesterday. She left
Ledsund on the 27th of August, in company with the
Daunt!ess, arrived at Copenhagen On Wednesday follow-
ing, left again on Friday morning, passed Elsinore on
the same day, exchanged numbers with the Stromboli,
which ship was also under orders for England, passed
the St. Vincent, in tow of the Sphynx, on the following
day. The Sphynx telegraphed that Captain Mausel
died the day previous. Saw a line,of-battle ship off the
Scaw, but too far off to signalise her to exchange num-
bers. The Valorous has brought hit Izah H. Oshbon,
the High Sheriff of all the Aland Piands. There are
also six women with a mother arid two infants. Three
of the women are Jewesses. These women are wives of
prisoners sent home in other ships, who, at the time of
their husbands being taken, returned to their homes for
their little valuables of clothing, bedding, &c., and were
unfortunately too late to accompany their husbands in
their respective ships. They are all sent on board the
Devonshire and placed under the charge of her com-
mander and the officers. As regards the damage re-
ceived by grounding on the rocks when she was fired
upon by the Russians, she is, to,all appearance, at the
water's edge, up and down the stem, considerably da-
maged ; her stem and gripe are gone, and a 'number of
planks were sent up from her starboard bow that were
taken off by the divers.
The Dauntless steam-frigate Captain A. P. Ryder,
arrived at Sheerness yesterday afternoon, passed through
the harbour, and proceeded up alongside the coal depot
in Salt-pan Reach. She landed one large mail. The
Termagant and Valorous also landed mails, all of which
left for London at 8 p.m. yesterday.

the slightest injury, although pieces of the gun carriage,
which was tort, into a great number of fragments, and
the bolts, screws, and nuts which held it together, with
the displaced bricks, were thrown with great force in all
directions. Two gunners doing duty at the other guns
were hurt, but able to walk to their barracks—the one
having: sustained a cut in the forehead, and a severe
blow on the cap of the knee, which made it bleed. All
the injury 'done.was on the right side of the burst gun.
The other half of the breech was broken into two parts,
which were projected to a considerable height, at an
angle of about 45 degrees, and pas:ting over one of the
sentries in a field, alighted more than 100 yards distant,
in a field of mangold wurtzel. Tile other part was
thrown about 50 yards further up the satne field, which
had a considerable slope downwards. The largest piece
is apparently
.about 12 or 13 cwt., and the other piece
about sor 6 cwt. About sor 6 feet of the muzzle of the
gun fell in front of the battery, the mouth of the gun
being turned almost full round from the direction in
which it was placed when fired. Lieut. Colonel Wilson
directed the firing, and the practice at the long range
with Lancaster's 68-pounder gun was good, the last shot
fired falling within a few feetof the base of the flag-staff,
after passing close to it on the right. There did not
appear to be any defect in the metal of the gnu ; but it
would be difficult to be positive on that point, from an
.examination of the blackened pieces. The practice was
suspended after the accident, and the bodies, conveyed
to the hospital.

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lApril, the closing the 13th of November. This shows
the Neva to be covered with ice an average of 147 days,
or about two-fifths of the year. Once only was the
river open earlier than the 20th of March (1822, on the
6th). During 82 years of the last century it was closed
in December but three times, but during the 51 years of
the present century no less than nine•time3.- The latest
known time was in 1826, on the 14th of December.