The Shasta courier., 1854-10-14
The Allied Fleet ON the North Pacific.

The attack Pefropolorski-ttco Russian Vessels
captured and death Of Adnrai Price.
The San Francisco Journals give a detailed
account qt the engagement between the allied
fleet and the Russian fri gates Anr0,a and Diana,
off the coast of kamschatka. The Transcript
says:
'On the lst aud 4th of September an attack
was made by the combined fleet aganst the for
tress Of Petropolovski. The English vessels OF
war comprised the President, the Piqae, and the
luagO, AND the French the Fo -fe, Euridace, and
the O6ltgado. The action was a very severe one,
the English vessels firing 5000 balls. Two OF
the RUSSIAN batteries were destroye and two
crippled. The loss on the side OF the latter was
very heavy, but is not ascertained OF the Eng
llsh aud French forces, slxty-tour aen fell du-
ring the assault. The Russian trlgaie aurora,
OF forty.tour guns, aud the Diana, of twenty
guns, were inoored ihsde and protected by sand
banks, behind which they operated batteries
beyond the reach Of the French aud English.
One of the English vessels suffered Sc, erely
in the fight, having lost her foreinas, but the
fleet is expected TO arrive in the course of few
days, and we suppose will be recruited by the
addition of the Ampha'f,e aod Irincomalee with
the French corvette Artemese now cruising on
our coast. The combined fleet of five British
and four French will then probably proceed TO
PetrOpolovski, and complete the work
When leaving the port and short distance
outside, the Russian merchantman SGka was
captured by the allied forces and sent to Van
couver. A Russian supply vessel was also taken
and burnt. TlIroa shoat the seige we learn that
the Russians fought with great courage, as the
result proves. The information afforded in re-
gard to the details of the battle, is however
meagre and unsatisfactory. 1t does not appear
that the British and French have come off with
any very distinguished honor, but they may fare
better on second trial. The detences of Pc
tropolovski undoubtedly render its capture quite
formidable undertaking.
The Fort is ship of 90 guns, the Ea,idice of
30 guns, and OLiigado of 80 guns. The Russian
ship SAka was captured on the Sth of Septem-
ber. She carried 10 guns, crew of 35 men,
and had % passengers. The and passen-
gers were taken On board the Fort and Euridice,
and the ship was taken charge of by the Press-
dent, Piqne, and steamer Tuago, to be conveyed
to Vancouvers Island. The Suha was loaded
with provisions ior The Russian settlements, and
had touched at Ayan, where she discharged part
of her cargo, and was bound thence to petropo-
lovski when she fell in with the fleet and sur
rendered at discretion. declining to engage in a
| conflict with the odds of seven To one. Ii is re-
ported by the Em,1dice that one American vessel
was lying at Pelropologsk (probably the No
Wc.)
The death of the English Admiral Price oc-
CURED on the LIST August, and was not caused
by wound received in the seige, but, as we
gather the facts, from the discharge of a pistol
he was picking up. There is no reason to sup
pose that HE aet was premeditated, and the con-
cusion is that the unfortunate occurrence was
purely accidental. Capt. Frederick, of the Am-
ptt,4e, succeeds IL command of the fleet. A
bearer OF dispatches for England has arrived ou
the Fort. and will leave on the steamer of the
middle of the month. The French fleet have
been twenty-six days from Petropolovski."
The Russian flag yet waves over PeTopoloy-
ski. The allied fleet will probably return after
recruiting, and make another attack upon it,