The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-23 00:00:00

fourtbWrtitton

ADDITIONAL DESPATCHES

FROM

SIR CHARLES NAPIER.

[FROM A SUPPLEMENT TO LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.]
ADMIRALTY, AUG. 23.
The following adaitional despatch has been received from
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C. 8., detailing opera-
tions connected with the fall of the fortress of Bumarsuud :

No. 340.

Bulldog, off Botnarsund, August 11, 1814:
Sir,—By the last snail I informed their lordships of the
arrival and debarkation of the troops ; I now beg to ac-
quaint you that, ou Wednesday morning, the 9th instant,
the troops were in position, both to the north and south,
and the western battery of the enemy completely in-
vested.

2. It was now time to land the guns, and as we had no
horses, it was necessary to employ the ships' companies
instead. Enclosed is a copy of the f.rder I gave to Rear-
Admiral Chads, and his report of proceedings.
3. There were many instances of last war of guns being
placed in extraordinary positions, but I do not believe that
in any one case such difficulties were overcome as in
the present instance.
4. The moving of the guns was under the command of
Captain Hewlett, of the Edinburgh, but Admiral Chads,
with his usual activity, was there to cheer them on, and
indeed al! the Captains occasionally gave the benefit of their
pie.seuce to the men employed ou this hard and fatiguing
service.—l have, dtc.,

CHAS. NAPrEII,
Vice-Admiral and Cowwauder•in-Chief.
The Secretary of the Admiralty.

Et,o!anre No. 1, in Sir Charles Napier's letter, No. 340.
Bull-dog, off Bomarsund,
Aug. 9, 1854.
(Memorandum.)
I wish as many thirty-two-pounder guns as General Jones
may require to be landed from the 13elleisle, and conveyed
to him.

Having the fullesh reliance on your skill and exertions
to perform this difficult and important service, I shall
give you no other instructions than to get them there.
If, the portion of your squa.lron now here is not suffi-
cient, you shall have what further assistance as is in my
power to give you._

(gigne(l) CHAS. NAPIER, Vice Admiral.
Rear-Admiral H. D. Chada, C. 8.,
H.M.S. Edinburgh.

Enclosure No. 2, in Sir Charles Napier's Letter, No. 340.
No. 18. Edinburgh, off liomarsund,
August 12, 1851.
Sir,—ln obedience to your directions to give every aid
from the four ships of my squadron named in the margin,*
to Brigadier-General Jones, to form a breaching battery,
I consulted with that officer, who proposed to compose his
battery of six thirty-two pounders of 42 cwt., which guns
you had forwarded in the Belleisle, when the following
operations were undertaken.
Each ship having previously prepared two sledges, after
a pattern made by Capt. Ramsay, for dragging the guns,
four were landed on the morning of the 10th, to convey three
guns and the carriages anti the gear, with 150 men to each
sledge, under their respective senior lieutenants, the whole
being under the command of Captain Hewlett, of my flag-
ship, encouraged occasionally by their own captains.
The situation selected for the battery from the landing-
place was four and a half miles distant, over execrable
ground, the greatest portion of steep rocky hills and
ploughed fields.
At five o'clock the boats left the ships, orectrid shears,
landed the gnus, anti had them in the General's camp by
one o'clock; the exertions and good will of the officers and
seamen created much astonishment in the encampment of
the French troops, who cheered them in passing, and on
some of the most difficult ascents, went in voluntarily
and most cheerfully to the drag-ropes, and gave their
assistance.

On arriving in camp the men were much exhausted and
laid down to rest, and prepare their dinners, when an order
arrived that they were to embark ininitCliately, as the
Penelope was on shore under the fire of the enemy, and
their ships might be require d ; the order was received with
cheers, and, forgetting dinners and fatigue, rushed down
to their boats in three quarters of an hour by a short route,
but close under the enemy's fire.
On the next morning the same number of guns were
landed, but on this occasion, with 200 men from each ship
--as the parties the prevfous evening were much fatigued
—these guns were iu the camp by 10.30.
The bands of the ships attended the parties, and the
'whole march was one of triumph over difficulties that pre-
viously had been considered almost insurmountable ; the
spirits of the men were occasionally excited by a dropping
shot hem the enemy.
It is unnecessary for me to expatiate on the merits of
Captain Hewlett, the officers, and seamen in performing
this arduous service, but to express my admiration of their
great zeal and perseverance, as from personal observation
on the spot you will have formed your own judgment. -I
Vice-Admiral Sir H. D. CIIADS, Rear-Admiral, &c.
Charles Napier, K.C.R., &c.

Enclosure N 0.3, in Sir Charles Napier's Letter No. 340
Bulldog, off Boti.arsund,
Auguit J. 2, 1851.
(Memorandum.)
The Commander-it... Chief begs to convey to Rear-Ad-
miral Chad' his admiration of the great exertion made by,
Captain Hewlett, the officers and men etnployed in land-
ing and transporting six thirty-two pounders-to, General
Jones's camp, a distance of four miles and a half. The
Con:inlander-in-Chief, in the course of his service, has
seen guns moved on difficult places, but never on such
roads and to such a distance as in the present instance.
The cheerfulness and exertions of the men were won-
derful, nor must it be forgotten, when the Penelope
got on shore under th, enemy's battery and it was
probable they might be wanted on board their ships,
regardless of their fatigue, they abandoned their dinner
and hurried down to their boats to einbaik and render
assistance to the Penelope in distress.
(Signed) CHAS. NAPIER,
Vice-Admirttl and Cumivander-in•ChieL
Rear-Admiral H. D. Chads, C. 8.,
H.M.S. Edinburgh.

* Edinburgh, Donald Mc L. IVlackonzie, Senior Lieutenant ;
Hogue, Thomas Davies (B), Senior Lieutenant ; Blenheim,
Geo. H. Clarke, Senior Lieutenant; Ajax, WalterJ. Pollard,
Senior Lieutenant.

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)
. • MANCHESTER, Aug. 22.—1 n our market the tendency
-to quietness, which was observable last week, particu-
larly towards its close, has become more marked to-day ;
both the home and foreign buyers of the middle and lower
• 'lumbers of yarns having shown an increased indisposi-
tion to operate. In this they are evidently very much
• influenced by the position of the cotton market ; then,
l'enia,'rnany have bought very freely of late, and are
now well supplied. ,Under these circumstances, some
little irregularity is introduced into prices. The great
• body of spinners are indeed too much under contract to
Make any change in their quotations ; but here and
there One is willing to concede id. per lb. in some de-
scriptions. The sales have been inconsiderable in their
aggregate amount, in the department of goods a simi-
lar restriction of transactions is experienced. In general.
Manufacturers are not at all inclined to accept the small-
est . . reduction from the previous quotations, which Were
quite unremunerative, and in many kinds worse than
nremunerative.
EIRIIINGHAM, August 21.—The past week has wit-
nessed a considerably improved • feeling in this trade.
The withholding of orders that followed those unmis-
takeable signs of dubiousness among some of our leading
manufacturers as to their ability to maintain the ad-
vanced position into which .they h been , has
been carried to its full extent Without effect, and aforced reac-
t
•
lon of a promising character appears to have set in,
with a revival of demand equal to every power of pro-
duction. For pig iron of good quality there has agar,
. been more inquiry, and the purchases of quarter day are
all fast being used up, so hat there is little prospect of
any farther concession colt he part of
Pig makers ; per-
haps the prices may be quoted poinetl ' g like 2. 6d. or
•59• per ton- loWer tha, were demanded at the end of
June, With, however, less inclination to se `
I than was
.got, :ig.). The accounts from Glasgow
evidenced a fortoi vs ` ' '
notice a renewed impulse iti the SeOttiia Fig market, with
1111 %Imes of $l, to is. per t9/2.