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leaders, were awarded 10 weeks ; th' remaining 12 eight
weeks' imprisonment. One, being sick, was discharged,
and sent to the hospital for cure.
On the 21st, the Australian screw steam transport,
No. 120, came in with 270 rank and file of the Royal
Artillery, and 10 horses from Woolwich. The following
officers were on board :—Majors Trying and Young; Lieut-
enants Penn, Andrews, Maclachlan, Cockerill, Simpson,
and Mackenzie ; Assistant-Surgeon W. R. Cockerill, and
Mr. J. Johnstone. -- -

The Ripon, Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer, having on board his Highness the young Elhamee
Pasha and suite, arrived on the 14th with the bulk of the
India mail, and on the same day the Valetta, from
Marseilles. On getting ready for sea, it was discovered
that something was wrong with the machinery of the
Ripon, when the Valetta was ordered to proceed with
her to Alexand, ia, and in case of need to take her in tow.
On her return to Malta she will be overhauled and repaired,
which may probably detain her in port for two or three
days. On her outward voyage nothing wrong was de-
tected; she made it in her usual time, and it was not till
she was preparing to continue her course tel Alexandria
that the defect was made manifest.
The cholera, although it hAs not made the rapid
advance which in other countries has proved so destructive,
nevertheless causes some disquietude. Cases are con-
stantly• reported as having appeared, and those in different
parts of the city and casals.
In the Ospicio and Hospital of Incurables it has been
more serious in its results than in other places, necessi-
tating the separation by removal of the inhabitants of
those asylums. Government has felt the necessity of
adopting precautionary measures, has called into active
employ the sanitary committee, and has .added to the
number of the medical staff for assistance to those who
may be unfortunately attacked. One measure of extreme
usefuln9ss has been adopted, viz., the converting into a
temporary hospital the Castellania, a beautiful and large
building, till lately used as the court•houpe and police-
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OFFICIAL DESPATCHES

FROM

SIR CHARLES NAPIER.

[FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETT74.I
ADMIRALTY, AUG. 28.
Despatches, of which the followin are copies or extracts,
have been received from Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier,
K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and
vessels in the Baltic :
No. 380. Bulldog, off Bomarsund,
August 19, 1854.
SIR,—I beg to inclose a letter from Rear-Admiral
Plumridge, who was stationed, with the Ueda and the
French steamer Cocyte (commanded by Lieutenant de
Vaisseau A. Georgette du Buisson,) on the north side of
Bomarsund.
2. I had intended to have brought this squadron
through the Presto Channel to have shelled the north side
of Bomarsund, but when the breaching batteries were
placed he could not take that station without endang-ering
the men in the French batteries; he, therefore, very
wisely took up a position so that he had the Presto Tower
and Bomarsund in a line, and did good service against the
Presto Tower, which I afterwards examined. He was
rather too close, being within range of the enemy's fire,
and received some damage, but no one was hurt.
3. The ..hips I stationed to the southward were out of
range of the enemy's guns, and received no damage ; but
the shot and shells from the 10-inch guns, together with
the firo from the four French mortars, which never missed,
and the excellent fire from Captain Pelham's battery, to-
gether with the preparations the enemy saw in progress, I
presume expedited the surrender.

4. Had the enemy held out till the following morning;
when the breaching battery, judiciously placed by the
French Engineer (General Niel) withing 400 yards of the
rear of the fort, and the ships the French and English
Admirals intended to place in their flank, the fortress
would have been reduced to ashes.
F. I have the honour of enclosing lists of the whole
British Fnrco landed, and a casualties, together with a
list of prisoners and guns captured, being no less than 112
mounted, 3 mortars: T field pieces, and 79 not mounted.
6. The Commissioners are now taking an account of the
stores, and they are preparing plans not only of the bat-
teries in existence but of those in progress, which I shall
send home as soon as possible.
7. This has been a most arduous and laborious service,
and I have great reason to be satisfied with the great ex-
ertions of all the officers, seamen, and marines, and their
orderly conduct.

8. General Jones speaks in the highest terms of the con-
duct of Colonel Graham and his marines. The firing of
the seame❑ and marines and marine artillery, under Capt.
Ramsay, was most precise ; he- himself was slightly
wounded.

9. The shells thrown by the ships were most destruc-
tive, and had the fortress resisted till the following dap
when all was ready on shore, they would have been irre-
sistible.—l have, &e., CHAS. NAPizn.
Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
The Secretary of the Admiralty.

No. 10.
RESPECTING OPERATIONS AT 130MARSIIND.

Her Majesty's ship Blenheim, Bomarsund,
August 17, 1854.
Sir,—lt is with great pleasure that I have to report to
you, for the information of the Commander-in-Chief, the
exceeding good conduct and gallantry displayed by the
officers and men under my command ou shore at Blenheim
Battery, during the attack on Bomarsund on the 15th and
16th inst., when under a very heavy fire of shell and shot
during the greater part of this period.
All deserve the highest praise, and I name in the mar-
gin* the two officers and captain of gun.
I have, &c.,

FREDK. Rear-Admiral Henry D. Chads, C.B.
Captain..
Edh, off Bomarsund, . , 1854.
Submitted forinbu rg
the consideration of the Aug
Commlgander-in-
Chief.

H. D. Vice-Admiral Sir CharS, les NapieCH ADr, K.C.13 Bear Admiral.

L, t Bd, Aug. 17 1854.
Sir,— Observingeo opn ard
the 16thomarsun inst. tho Presto, Tower's
fire was harassing the constructors of General Jones' bat-
tery, I moved (in obedience to your orders) the Leopard,
Hecht, and French steamer Cocyto into a delightful seques-
tered position, screened from observation by the trees on
the neck of land to the eastward of the tower, having the
great Bomarsund Fort and it in ono, so that our over shot
and shell should fall to the lot of Bomarsund.
The simultaneous opening fire from the three broadsides
was the first intimation the tower inmates had of on
movements, and I hart the satisfaction of seeing (at times
from aloft) the steadiness and precision with which the
shot and shell wore delivered from each vessel. I only re-
gret that the trees alluded to obscured us all from your
view, as I feel almost assured this bit of service would have
been deemed worthy of better notice than it becomes me
to give at so short a distance from your
flag. It is, how-
ever, Sir, my most gratifying duty to state, on behalf of
the whole of the officers and ships' companies, that I en-
tertain the most lively admiration of their exertions, as
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perial Lieutenantla
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well as of the exemplary animation exhibited by Captains
I have, &c, eGI
ce ooregyettet.e
HANwav PLUMRIDGE,
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sVsatiesas
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8.
itear-A (i Miral of the White.
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier,
Commander-in-Chief, &c. &c. Am K. 0.8 •
In Camp, Bomarsund, Aland Islands,
August 18, 1854.
Sra,—l have the honour to acquaint you that in com-
pli•nee with your directions, I lauded at Bomarsund on
the Bth instant, in command of a battalion of Royal
Marines, and placed myself under the orders of Brigadier-
General Jones, R.E., the general ofticar commanding the
brigade.
The brigadier-general, having
by a brigade order of
yesterday's date, thanked the officers, non-commissioned
officers, and men of the Royal Marines under my command
fur their good conduct during the period they have been
employed ou shore, as also for the cheerful and willing
manner in which they have performed the various labo-
rious duties they were called upon to perform, and which
has contributed so greatly to the suneessful results which
have been obtained, I have only to bear my testimony to
their
ted zeal and steadiness in the performance of every duty
allot them.
The artillery companies of the corps under the direction
of Captain Ramsay, R.N., with Lieutenants AlawbeY, Poore, and Hewett, &ALA., performed their part well.
The exactness and precision of their fire from the battery
reflected great credit on the officers in command
of
the
several guns.
The divisional companies were repeatedly exposed to a
heavy fire of round and grape as well as from the Minie
rifle. The casualties have been few, for which we have to
be thankful to a Divine Providence.
I beg to bring to your favourable notice the zeal and
energetic conduct of the two ollicers appointed by brigade
orders of the 9th instant, to perform the duties of field
officers, viz.:—Major olloth and Captain Horiot,
lt.M.,
of my brigade, Major Captain W. C. p.
Elliott, whose
exertions in support of my orders call forth my warmest
thanks.
I beg also to assure you that the captains of companies,
subalterns, non-commissioned officers
and men, did their;
duties in a manner highly satisfactory to inc.
Lieutenant Fraser, R.M., acted as the adjutant, and
Lieutenant Lennox as my orderly officer, and I have great
pleasure in bringing them both under your favourable con-
sideration as deserving odic •
ers together with Assistant-
Surgeon Daniel John Duigan, and the other medical offi-
cers employed under my orders, who evinced the greatest
willingness and promptitude in the execution of their
duties.—l have, &c.,

ance I have received from my naval aide-de-camp the
Honourable Ernest Cochrane, who has been most zealous
and active in the discharge of the duties required of him,
many of which have, in consequence of Lieut. Cowell's
absence, from his wounds, partaken more of the military
character.

Mr. Cochrane is a young officer of groat intelligence, and
I beg leave to recommend him most strongly to your
favourable notice, and to express a hope, should a force be
a.ain employed on shore, that I may have the benefit of
his assistance.—l have, &c.,

HARRY L. JONES, Brigadier-General.
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, &c., &e., &c.

No. 396.

Bulldog, off Bomarsund,

Aug. 22, 1854.
Sir,—l beg to transmit their Lord hips the enclosed.
letter I have received from General Baraguay
expressing his satisfaction at the zealous manner in which
Commander the Hon. Arthur Cochrane performed his
duties during the time he was attached to the General's
Staff.
Commander Cochrane was in the batteries throughout
the operations of the siege of Bomarsund, and General
Baraguay d'Hilliers has spoken to me in the highest terms
of his conduct.—l have, &c.,
CHARLES NAPIER,
Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
The Secretary of the Admiralty.

Bomarsuml, le 20 A.oia, 1854.

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Monsieur l'Amiral,—Pendant les operations militaires
dont l'lsle d'Aland vient d'etre le theatre, vous avez eu la
bonte de detacher pros de moi pour faciliter les relations
(le l'armee Francaise, avec la marine Anglaise, Monsieur
le Commandant Cochrane dont j'ai eu beaucoup a me
loner.
Je suis tres-heureux, Monsieur l'Amiral d'avoir
temoigner du zele de Monsieur le Commandant Cochrane
et de le recommander a votre bienveillance.—Recevez, etc.,
(Signe) BARAGIJAY D'HILLIERS,
Le General-en-Chef.
A Monsieur le Vice-Amiral Napier, Commandant
l'Escadre Anglaise de la Baltique.