Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-06-03
FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT.

PARIS, MAY IL, 1854
Having sent you so voumnous budget by the
Havre day before yesterday did expect to
have occasion write you again to-day but the docu
meats relative to the in the East published in this
mornings Moniteur,' to Of sufficient interest
to justify another letter. The tardy report Of Admiral
HAMEL on the bombardment of Odessa has at last APP
peared. If the facts not exactly stated in my last
letter. according the best information then possessed
find but little reason, that full official light has
been thrown upon the affair." to modify materially the re-
Elections which then made. The report is as follows
"VILLE-pE-PARIs, ODESSA ROADS, APRIL "a.
"MoNsIEuR LIE MINISTER As / had the honor to in
form your Exceency by my teegraphc despatch Of the
10Th instant the two squadrons proceeded from Kavarna
to Odessa to demand reparaton from the authorities of
that place for the unusfabe aggression which the bat
teries of the port had committed English rgate
and boat both carrying flag of truce. After three
days favorable passage, our vessels the goth,
to anchor about three miles to the eastward of Odessa
the roadstead being very accessible for the squarons
in consequence Of the slight depth Of water in many parts
On the 21st Admiral Dundas received letter. dated the
4th addressed to him by Baron dOsten Sacken
Camp Of the Emperor and Governor General Of Odessa
1t is enclosed, bearing No. l. On perusng this letter
your Excellency will that this general officer adopts
for his defence system of denial of all that had heard
only from the captains and officers Of the gate fired
at see letter No. 81 but also from the captains Of
chant vessels anchored in the roadstead Of Odessa No
thing remained therefore for but to caegori
cally the Governor dOsen Sacken to give US, within
delay Of few hours reparaion for the conduct which
had been adopted towards vessel OF the combined squad
Enclosed No 81 is the collective letter addressed
by Admiral Dundas and myself to that general officer
der form Of ultmatum dated the 21st We in the
time prepared for the eventualties Of attack be
made the following morning, the 22d against the mpe-
rial port Of Odessa and oil it contained, IL
remained unanswered at sunset. It could
into minds to do any injury to Odessa its COM
mercia port where vessels Of all maritime nations
collected. The delegate of the Emperor Of Russia
alone guilty of attack the law of nations 1t was
therefore, the imperial port alone the store houses and
the vessels which 10 contained and the batteries which
protected Them that Admiral Dunas and myself resolved
to attack and destroy In order to attain this object
thought ii right to employ only steam vessels particu
ary the five English steam gates and the three French
ones which alone remained since, by orders of the Gov
ernment the other steam fgates Of squadron had
detached to convey troops between Algeria and Gal
lpo Gen. d0stcn Sacken not having replied to our
summons the evening Of the 2lst the attack was de-
cided on for the following morning In consequence OF
the arrangements which Admiral Dundas and myself had
together the French frgates the VauDan
Capt dHerbinghen the Descartes, Capt Darrican Win
the English frgates Tiger Capt Clifford and the oamp
son. Capt Jones, took up position ut SIX IN
the morning. at nine ten cables length IN lace
OF the battery of the imperial port which nred the nrst
shot at them the fgates warmly returned the hre, but
the caibre Of guns was larger than that OF ne enc
mys battery and our aim better than theirs While this
first attack going the English vessel Sans Farrell
anchored with the steam corvette Highhyer at the
IRENE limit of the range Of the guns OF the batteries, not
10 take part in the engagement but to support
for the rcates in case Of need At the time the
French steam rigate Mogador, Capt de Way the Eng
lish steam rigate Terrible, the Furious Capt Lorng
and the Retributon, Capt Drummond, approached the
scene OF action to take part in it when signal to that
effect should be made to them by the admirals. The