The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-01 00:00:00

rice :

"Monsieur le Min; stre—Mter having saluted with warm
and cordial acclamations the arrival of the eTpeclitionary
corps, and having made myself the faithful interpreter of
the sentiments of the squadron towards its brethren of
the army, in my order of the day of the 30th July, I
hastened to accompany General Baraguay in
his reconnaissance of Boniarsund, of which 1.144
viously visited the ap roachagaiia der to eiiranct
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"On our return to Ledsund, where the general-in-
chief had acquainted me with his project, our crews
were set in motion without repose or truce, in difficult
circumstances for navigation, in the towing of transports,
the transhipment of materiel and provisions, and lastly of
troops—a movement indispensable in order to secure
order and rapidity at the moment of action.
" These kind of expeditions have already done too
much honour to the marine, M. le Ministre, for your
excellency not to appreciate as highly as myself the ener-
getic labour and indefatigable devotion for which our
mariners are so well known, a duty so much the more
meritorious as it is less brought out in relief.
"On the Bth, the troops landed, under the protection
of the ships Duperre and Edinburgh. This operation
having been accomplished without difficulty we proceeded
to put ashore the siege materials, tents, and provisions.
A rapid march, without resistance, having promptly
brought the army to the place, a new landing place was
constructed by our care, and so more easy and prompt
relations established between the quarter-general and the
squadron. Four French and four English vessels, as well
as the most powerfully armed steamers in the two squa-
drons, were placed ready to take part in the attack on the
fortress, having taken soundings night and day, under the
fire of the Russian tirailleurs. The skilful labours of
the military engineers proceeded rapidly. The tower
which commanded Bomarsund on the south-east was seen
to be destroyed by the French artillery ; a similar tower
to the north fell under the shot of an English battery of
heavy guns. The lines of investment of the place were
drawn nearer, new batteries were about to be established
to breach the fortress, and the moment appeared to Ad-
miral Napier and myself to have arrived to make a diver-
sion, and to engage the artillery of the fort, which was
inconveniencing tho tirailleurs of the army. We directed
the fire of our heaviest guns upon the granite walls of
the fortress of Bomarsund, and it was not long before we
were agreeably surprised at the effects of our fire at so
great a distance. By a happy coincidence, Monsieur le
Ministre, our vessels were decorated for the solemnity of
the 15th August, thus saluting the fete of the Emperor
in a very unusual manner.

" I repaired, in succession, on board all the vessels
engaged, and I had the satisfaction of observing every-
where the address and coolness of our brave gunners.
They threw out of the portholes solid balls and shell
from the deck. Havoc was not slow in showing itself
in every part. The fire of the enemy visibly slackened,
and from this moment the decisive result of a nearer
attack on the part of our ships was no longer doubt-
ful. It had been agreed with the general command-
ing-in-chief, that when the breaching battery, which
had been finished on the 17th, should open its fire, we
should commence ours at a shorter distance. I beg you
to believe, M. le Mnaistre, that it is far more easy to
lead good ships and brave men to the enemy than to re-
strain and moderate their impatience.
" It was, therefore, in the night, between the 15th
and 16th of August, that, in order to finish the invest-
ment of the place, and to take from the enemy his
last chance of retreat, I occupied the Isle of Presto
with a detachment of 500 marine infantry, 180 Eng-
lish marines placed at my disposition by Admiral
Napier, and four landing parties from the ships, under
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" This occupation, resolutely conducted, and the
attack on the tower of Presto, the third and last ad-
vanced post of Bomarsund, produced more effect upon
the garrison than I had ventured to promise myself ; and
we effected, on the morning of the 16th, the reduction
of the place, after some discharges from the rade. At
the sight of the flag of truce I comprehended that the
intentions of the Emperor were accomplitsheievde,unpour under theu:
most happy conditions —peg de sang
grande resultat.
" Soon after we had distinctly seen the flag of truce
float upon the roof of the fortress, my aide-de-camp,
Captain Surville, and the captain of an English vessel,
sent by Admiral Napier, proceeded on foot to receive,
if it had taken place, the capitulation of the governor.
When theso officers enterel—not without danger--there
was still an internal struggle among the ranks of the
garrison ; and it was nut until alter some pour parleys,
t minutes
the
mingled with musket blows, that the surrender was de-
y
clared and accepted unconditionally.
Some
later, Admiral Napier and myself,
accompanied
officers of our staffs, entered the fort. The
eommander-
in-Chief having arrived, we left him to proceed to take
possession, and we returned to our ships.
" I have since, M. le 2.liiiistre, had an opportunity
of examining with care the works finished, commenced,
or projected according to a plan perfectly obvious, and
evidently destined to make Bomareund a fortified place
of great importance. The geographical situation of
Aland, its magnificent port, the difficult access to which
augments its value, everything enabled us to devise that
it was the idea of the Emperor of Russia to create a
vast naval establishment, a cheval, upon the two gulfs of
Bothnia and Finland, menacing Sweden and commanding
the Baltic, under conditions far superior to those at Cron-
stadt and Sveaborg. The taking and the destruction of
Bomarsund, the magnificent works of which had already
cost so much time and so many millions, assumes, then,
my eyes, an importance far beyond the sacrifices !
has demanded from the allied Powers. I li? not 41911"

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that this event will striliejt powerftil Blow in the Baltirr
t the influence orßu.stia'. - - ' -,-- ----,-- - --- 4-
" Our gunners
haie, proved that. tfahOeitif of ll'ililind ra
„is not exactly pisiolf age.insfthetinhllliete.'-• Thi foitfielik. ''.. '
!vbf CronsteAt ,end SveatMV: raidered. more rafteseiblei -
iill. neither be secure nor impregnable. ' .
if
I must be permitted, in cone] ron,4,r9fvfn
omend
#,:y brave crews, whom lam so prop 'd eo happy to own_
mend to the favourable considered of yreurZteelleaity.
You know better than anybody,*..le Xiniaftre, what • .
the Baltic squadron is able to 46; and.:ielierhis bees ,
done. lam only doing justice lb :the fleet when I as-
sure the Empefor and...lrtanctitthit thhre never Wei :41 '',,. 'Th
finer or a better squadron. ~ -•- J:I, J. f
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1 "I have the honour to transmit to your Ekcellaßcy
1 some requests and propositions in favour of."or 410, •
sub-officers, and marines; though I hive been-grimily
embarrassed in making a selection.—l am, &c., , • ,-, «. .
"PAnervAL."

SPANISH BaNDHOLDEIIS.
"". • I
The following important , edrre 4r?outhappe,
tive to the claim of the Spanish bondholdirsii
been forwarded to us, by' the committee, fof
lidation

(TRANELATI • •
" Madrid, 22d August, -$54. ,
" Mr. Chairman,—Since I had thelibtlouroteobofkilitadirees-
. ing you in December laQt, a copy of the note bud
abionuistttehraotf
Finance,tiepringsre havenhtedtoheMr. Do
takmmeefks,uoth ahe *Ott
Minister
that no opportunity has occurred for taking any fresh
I msteenpst toof othbetacinertirreattehse ofS tahneischoGupoovnet
Er. went an =up-
, or cs, or a
the" "T a.
t, t unfortunate eitua-
_ tion, Les.:bithout the means of doing justice to our
placed in
is • been abut ; and
claims. \
"The late-dients, however, afford U 3 a favour4lo
ProsPeet-fOr tbe future ; and even though in the midst
of the great .and excessive political agitation which'
threatens Spain, sour claims will have. some diffioultios
to contend with ; nevertheless the necessity df-a
recommended.
means of reparation is at the present time generatlY
"Mr. Collado, the new Minister of Finance, hens ever
Since the commencement: of .tne Aissussion as to the eat'
tletnent of the debt in 1850 and • .1851,. expressed his •
opinion in Parliament as opposed to the confisoation of
the Coupotwund whilst the Spanish Goy en
rnmt, under
date•of 12th inst., has resolved to convene the extraor-
dinary meeting of Parliament for the ensuing month of
November, I consider the time has arrived for again preferring the legitimate demands, whose representa-
tion your committee has confided to my charge. .• ,
"I send you annexed the translation of a .note, No. r
1, which I have forwarded under date of 19th to• his_
Excellency Jose Manuel Collado, her Catholic Majesty's •
Minister of Finance. Under date of 21st I have sent a
copy of it, as you will see, by sheet No. 2, to his Er.
cellency Lord Howden, who, with the energetic and
prompt readiness of which he has given us so many
proofs, immediately transmitted it to the Minist :r of
Foreign Affairs, supported by all the authority of his
recommendation. Sheets Nos. 3 and 4 are copies of
notes addressed by his Excellency Lo7d Howden to Mr.
Pacheco, and of the letter which he has graciously ad-
dressed to me.

" I have only further to add, that Mr. Collado, to
whom I 1 ave personally handed the note (translation of
which is No. 1), has told me that his private opinions
are not changed, that he would take our claims into his
serious consideration, and lay them before his colleagues.
In compliance with my request, he has authorised me
to connnunicate his words to my constituents, and I
have now done so verbatim as uttered by him.
" Rest assured, Mr. President, that I shall do my
utmost to fulfil the expectations of the committee, as far
as lam concerned.—l am your humble servant,
" IGNACE BAUER.
" To the Chairman of the Committee of Spanish
Bondholders, London."
(TRANSLATION.—NO. 1.)
"The undersigned delegate of the English committee
of Spanish bondholders in the name of his constituents,
humbly appeals to the sentiments of eqtlity and just%
of the Spanish Government.

" The claims of the English creditors, based upon the
confiscation of the half of the old 4 and 5 per cent.
Coupons, has been the subject of repeatei appeals, ad-
dressed by its foreign and home creditors to the Spanish
Government and Senate ; and ever since the commence•
ment of the discussion regarding the Jaw for the settle.
ment of the debt, until the present time, the creditors,
strengthened by their rights, and confiding in the good
faith of the Spanish Legislature, have never ceased to
protest against the arbitrary violation of their interests.
"Their legitimate demands have been so often and se
clearly represented, that the undersigned delegate of the
English committee deems it needless to reciprocate the
origin and history of the same to a person so well ac-
quainted as your Excellency with the financial position
of his country.

" That which again restores the confidence of the Spa.
nish bondholders, so often shaken, is the fact that the
destinies of Spain are confided to the enlightened and
patriotic direction of a Government whose motto is pro-
gress and justice. For the present, there is not a claim
or exaction of sacrifices made upon the Spanish nation ;
and in which case your Excellency could not countenance
the claims of the English creditors. But the state or
position in which the Srezi4t credit is placed will beet
suggest to your Excellency whether Spain can much
longer refuse to do justice to the demands of the credi-
tors, and your Exceilency cannot but be
vinced that this just reparation s Coutte.by .
Spin 4n .4welr .see bee ikedit revive and4k)btain
she.resources *dispensable for the 0447-zing out
velepment_off tile grand projects 'did-to *aria

"For these' reasons, so highly politic as well as equit-
able, the undersigned delegate of the English committee
hopes rnuchfrom a cabinet whereof your Excellency forma
a member, and the head of which is the illustrious Duke
of Victory ; and that her Majesty's Government taking
into serious consideration the deep importance of the
subject, will submit to the high Parliament such mea-
sures as may be deemed requisite to efface this last blot
from the Spanish escutcheon, and repair the errors and
wrongs of the past, and to secure for an immediate
future those advantages, and that progress, that such a
great nation should not longer de deprived of.
(Signed) " IGNACE BAUEB,
Delegate of the English Committee of Spanish
Bondholders.
"To his Excellency Joseph Manuel Collado, Minister
of Finance."

(TRANSLATION—COPY.—No. 2.)
"My Lord,—l have the honour to hand your lord-
ship a copy of a letter which I have just forwarded to
her Catholic Majesty's Minister of Finance, in the name
of, and as delegate of, the English*Committee of Spanish
Bondholders.
" It is to you, my lord, who have always so strongly
defended and maintained the English interests included
in this question, that the London committee, full of con-
fidence iu sour lordship's good-will, make a fresh appeal,
andg make bold to beg your lordship to kindly support
the step which I have taken in every way that yon
think proper.

" I have had so many proof; of the powerful and
ready patronage accorded by your Excellency to the
claims or demands of the committee that I make bold to
hope that the concession of this new favour may add
another to the many obligations I am at present under.
—I remain, your lordship's most humble servant,

" IGNACE 13.tusa.
" To His Excellency General Lord Howden,
Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
to her Britannic Majesty," &c., &c.
(Corr.—No. 3.)
" British Legation in Spain, Madrid,
21st August, 1854.
" Sir,—l have had the honour of receiving your letter,
enclosing me copy of a communication made by you as
agent of the English bondholders to the Minister of
Finance.

" I lost no time in transmitting the document to the
Minister for Foreign Affairs, accompanied by the note
of which I annex a copy.—l have the honour to be, ilk,
your most obedient humble servant,
"Ignatius Bauer, Esq."
(Corr.—No. 4.)
" British Legation in Spain, Madrid,
21st August, 185
" Sir,—l have the honour to transmit to your Excel-
lency copy of a communication addressed by Mr. Bauer,
the agent of the English bondholders, to the Minister of
Finance. I not only earnestly request your Excellency's
attention to this document, but I crave your assistanoo
to the contents.
"The fairness of the claim nobody can doubt, for tie
scandalous injustice done by Senor Bravo Murillo to the
creditors of the State has been the theme of every press
in Europe.
"I have been instructed at various times by my Go-
vernment to press urgently the payment of these arbi-
trarily confiscated Coupons ; and I can assure your Ex-
cellency that the public of England is at this moment
anxiously demanding that correction of past wrong and
bad faith which they look upon themselves as justified
in expecting from a Government that inscribes public
and private morality on its banner.
"Feeling convinced that your Excellency will take
this subject into serious consideration, and will represent
its extreme importance in those branches of theM
Minis-
try which it may more immediately concern—l aZ
myself, &c., &c.,
"To his Excellency Senor Pacheco," So.

" HOWDEL

" HOWDZY .

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Mrs. Reynolds.
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