The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-21 00:00:00

1 A deepattk, of-:which the followipkis -a copy,
lai been received by..,Btun
the:LOrds OpiSieners,9l.
be Admiralty fiom ,oaptainf4lfek, of her Ma-
asty's steam-.ship .Pearl, . conaniand,ng, a naval
?rigade- in.-India :--,' r• ,s,". -, '7IT :. c::_ •
c' Sir,--I'. Cliailla4
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lor the Infoimation of, the lords; o.onisrei*oners
iuteitilllt.whas.eoyn.v,ro
If the A.dm:ralty that the relirl's -AlaVat brig
as engaged In .a. series of ' lietiiina!! with the
:thiant22ilgienlifbaneitn,
gr.n.re:gre.i,:tl4i4e `villagep4i,a •thof
force (153 Naval Biigade ; .246 13th lAglit, Infan-
try ; 18.813engal Yeo,inanrY Cavalry ; 435 Ghoor-
approaching our camp, ,tl,9' field
-as and Sik,ba), 'altras:s.readY,',itrat'ininPot#ljr,
nder arms,,• and marched to 104- then).- :Br izaille' =
owerpft' taking command of ..tle ;fright &Anl:11i, .
hilst Major 'Cox and' ,-ntyiqlf . look, miargfi pf.iVii)
eft. Do advancing "one mile, we,tooLClound 'the
nervy in front,:posted(i a iioodsiandi*llagea; -who::
commenced- the -action by- firing-she-11 -from two
9-pounder guns (horsed) with gre3t.precisiou; bat,
es all our -men were nearly iniakirmishing order,
Iwi(h little: effect.: As theirrange was .con iderahly
beyond our small 12-pounder howitzers, I- imune-
diately ran theui up Within 700 yards, and .after_a
few rounds, shelled -them -grit; but keeping' n p-a-
running -fire as they -retreated- fir-about two and,
la half miles, when a vidette gave notice that a body
of 1,500 men with three guns was on our left ; we
i unnedie.tely went in that direction aboatitwo guiles,
found them posted. iii'soniu• ;hick:moods-amt..
jungle. As our men were very much'fatighed froin
the intense heat, many already having dropped frohi'
coups-de-ioleil; it was necessary to give thetn!.:few':
minutes"rest, and to keep inycommunic Akin with
the Brigadier, who had been engaged successfully on
our right with another body, and was then moving
towards us. We then rapidly advanced with our
guns, the seamen, with the 1311 Light Infantry as
ski! rui,hers, waking beautiful pi aci fee,' killed
many of the 00emy3 who were under tile Rajah of
' Gouda. (seated/AI-an eiepktan •). In...abPut. 441 .au
hour _the.y.gare.w,sy, w.e pursuing them for two
miles, towards the Gogra, over whietrnany escaped,their retreat to Belware 'beifig, threateaccUby the
c-svaliy. In the. meantime, the ether two rebel
f r,t's, who had been driven'back, bad joined and
advanced within one mile, of out camp t ) attatk it;
whin: the, brigadir, who had -heard, Of. their ap-
proach, moved quickly tothe riglitjuit'in time to
meet them on the road, and aftersom9sh4j).,firing
and shelling on both sides, drove them-back., On
hearing of hiS being again iu aorionAve quickly
b•tiihieiii;:rneetarzyr,aaunne:.l
re-
joined him, -and sent a few welklitected, rockets
al: iycqhilnialii
tgaees.tened exhausted
11:0111
ti e
in..
isbenatt:onsatoutnihdee. mt*boiudit:olp
tense-heat, and constantly moving for seven hours,
we halted; and shortly after wards returned to camp.
" The enemy's, forte: is eeported upwards of
3,000, with 5 gnus, but as, they, were so quickly
worked, 'and.takeu to the rear, we wera only able
to captured. ammunition wagon. They had about
70 killed. '
• '
" I am haiVy to 'repo'rt we "haiku° casualties,
. ,
though it was perfectly miraoulous:h9*- all escaped.
for 'heir practice with the guns-, especially-the
shells, was unusually good.'.' . - ,
"The men behavelin their usual cool slid cheer-
ful Manner, much troinyaatisfaCtion;
beand
‘.‘ The foll9wing, officers avers. in
,t
..field,, .
18 miles under a burning inn. r-
rendered nie much valuable, asaiatance, and I beg
pertnissiO'n to recommend them -to. the TaVorible
ennt,a'iiiiittrh.theG-s.eaptnyeuin:
notice. Olt-heir inr&tiips' :i-L-. '';;;. .. -, : -
antlvent over
" Lieetenant N. E. ' 'l.t. Thinottri in charge 'of
.1
IL. i Ge
ur af
with the Marines. Mr. A. W. Ingle', mate, very
active with the skirmishers. Mr.: C. F. Foot, mid-
shipman, with the other 2 howitz4s. Mr. H. F.
Stephenson, midshipman, my aide-de-camp, always
a 2
inguonsst.-z•Leaileouutseeoaffintee•Hr:
at hand and ready to convey messages. Messrs.
Parkin)) and _Burton, warrant officers, the latter
struck 'down by a coup-de-soled, Drs W. J. Shoos
and Dickinson, 'with the Rev. E. A. Williams, tied
Mr. T. H. L. Bowling, acting clerk. ' -William
Thompson, gannet's mate, and -Like Pearce,
earpente,7s ma'-e, svire also of much service. • ;
. c'l regret to say our sick list is-very large, owing
0 the exp• sure to the sun, and liVing.in tents at
this peti ,c 1 of the yell.. .
"On the 27tii at 10 p.m., haVing destroyed our
guns, wtl retired on Kaptangunge, 14 miles, as
entrenchments after dark, and blown up captured
theie were several bodies of rebels in our rear, and
others threatening to cross from Oude.—l have,
drc. " E. S. SoTHEBY, Captain R.N.,
amivaanding Peel's Naval Brigade.
" To the Secretary of the Admiralty; London."

related that a Complete
.
Soon after the fourth Conferencehadbeeu held
juapetticytw:earvirrssihts.ai
cinbtid:wii:asgssso
m beene
gbeanderbaelleYn established between the
reliable information on the sub-
forwarded -to this city from
Paris, only partially confirms the current report.
The fourth Conference was lesa stormy than its pre-
decessors, because Baron von Hubner and Fuad
Pasha withdrew their opposition to the discussion
of the Fokschani project, but still they positively
declared that neither the Austrian nor the Turkish
Government would ever- give its sanction to
with the
the periodical meeting or union of the Moldavian
and Wallaohian Divans. It is whispered that
the British Government has recently acted the
o-bseed.
part of moderator, inasmuch as it was hinted to
wbyelltbaecqEniaii.ln.,oe:
Clarendon
nareunnaioonn
Austria that she might attain her ends as hurely,
and with less difficulty', if her language were some-
what lees categorical. This morning a person who
opinions of this Cabinet, stated that it had
wI: mustwhich
w necessarily
as ir
no
obj.‘ction whatever to the adininis'rat.
about nine mouths ago, but could it that'
project, approve the Fokschani " the fundamen-
tal principle of which is political oli t. union.' A. ' uettis
has two cogent reasons
formation of a for objecting to . the
constitutional Daco-Rottman
State. The one •is that it would- be to her
in the east -what Sardinia-
ja in the
south-
west ; the other, that the union, of Molflayia and
Wallachia could not fail to enfeeble toe Porte,
the tenure of whose empire . iri E4roPe i!i, even
,more trail than is generally' :believed: , The
fjtcqette de Cologne and several othe
tuir German
Papers have stated that on Satuide,Ys gthnst i.,
a military convention was signed between Austria
. and Turkey, but it is said that the news is totally
false. .

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