New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-22

,..- "a nv the present company that some account
.houla be given of the very sna services performed
in ,hs Baltic by that msgnihcedi aeet shich ~cs so;
out from thus country. cheer-
TIA, feet vu certainly magnificent 10 q degree
bu, !, was very badly n.nned, ADD worse disciplined
bu,. bosever, we managed to take j; 70 toe BAuc
ui;hou, pilot, without charts, all the ofi,ers being
city unscqusinied With that rec and the Difficult
no. Of in navigation, and we succeeded IN getting
,b.re in perfect safety. Now, the FIRE: object hsd
in view was 10 erdeavor, il possible, to satisfy the
x,b., Of the people Of this country. | wss quie
x,re sben sent there, that not one tenth part Of
xbs, was expected could be perfOr ned BAT, never
,bele.,. was determined 10 do the bes. possibly
could. When we fret ven, up, my view was to
olive Russis every chance Of putting 70 ses with
her 6eets. divided ny feet into two squsirons. |
n IN. in he Gulf Of inland add the o'her 10. very
f,r oF-s,the IslaId o. Cortland However, toe Ri,-
s, die Dot th ink proper 10 cone oa' Of their hoo's
Orr Le1 object 10 90 to CfonstaGt, ana See snat
was to be done there. We went there, y III tue AZ
distance Of French squadron, 70 do al possibly
couo 70 attack the Place .bould the emergency sri-e
We found the thing totally impractcsbls. 10 tue
first place there w,s mo- water fer the snps and 10
IN. te1t The batteries we're Of such strength that 10
att mpt 10 attack the place would be TO risk the nse',
with n almost certainty OF ts destruction there
fore thrk acted prudent part IN the course pa'
,u.d The French Admiral eotr.ly coacurred 10
this opinion sLc Se re urLea thence 70 oar Tor NJ,
anchorage, and proceeded TO B"Insrsund nal
written before 70 the Eogllsh Government. pro
poeirg 10 attack Bomssund. ] wanted no o,ner
troops 10 90 there. 1 bad troops enough = langn
ard cn.er.l: but the French Admiral thought II
more proper TO have some. The French Govern neni
seut out ten thousand troops. did not want the u
They bad much better have been employed a. Sc
yastopol only asked for ole or tSO thousand m-1
10 II axe he thing sure, bG. could have done
the tbr without them Ia laugh sud wrote home
70 tbst effect. However, the Goveronen' sent out
10000 il il needless for me 10 say hog quickly the
thing was done A laugh Bonsrsund was tsken
in no time renewed laugbte with litIe loss great
Notification d,strOyed-a series oil ioFtih ;.tons,
which extended q considerable c'stAace over tbs
Bsldc. | nov come 10 a sunlec. OF greater conse-
ouer c. ano think Il my duri 10 MAKE !, knoFn "a
nucbI can DO Dete, because have not se:' 10 Par
lament. | have been very III Ecu censlf5d by the
Government. Great clamOr has been raised against
ne aud Ittead Of the Government dscoudt-naoc-
ire that camor, they have actually supported IL.
The moment 1t WIS known in EOglsUd aud France
that the French army Intended 10 return one sesios
that vss perfectly impossible 81 tina season OF the
wear 10 perform any further servlce wFhoat risSins
her Majesty = fleet. the Government became dIssa1s
f,o tLd ordered d council of war 10 be hed. dare
say nobody heard YET OF council OF war hsni-
ing. Laughter However, we did no, want Inst
10 ori,e us on. Bot the whole subject was carefully
al thoroughly considered 10y am.fshal of France,
"a
by 10 lees than three British 81 nir. and they uoani
mously decided that i. was perfectly impossible 20
proceed further ana had We done go We shoald have
encountered the ritk of almost certain defeat aud
loss The British Admiralty WAS not satisfied With
that but they listened to the advice OF officer Of
engineers and wss ordered TO hold another codncu
OF war in order to ascertain whether Fretch gener >s
AID Epglish admirals would abandon their
own opinion aid adopt that OF the Admiralty.
TIE French generals felt insulted at the proposal.
Had been oesrous 70 consult the opinion OF orga-
der general of English engineers, and u give 10
my oHD opinion Still, when the oher members OF the
council had given their opinion they thought 1t
WAS unnecessary to bold another c0uncu, and tue
French admiral also very properly refused to join 10
such step. He ssid, 90 have alresfy given my
opinion and il not the sentiments of any genera OF
engineers, whether he be Eog.ish, French, German,
or of any other country, which will make ms ch An -
that opinion the subject Of 40 attack purely naval
in its character. The Government at home W ~ not
satisfied with that. The French general Of engineers
sent other report home, still more bare than tse
first and il is unnecessary for - say that al
copcurred in condemBing that opinion aso, aud the
French army returned bone, ana believe, and have
no hesitation in saying that had they gone up the
Gulf Of Finland again, instead OF returoing no ne,
our fleet would have been totally lost. Not sat
isfed with this, however, l went up determined
10 have another survey of that fortihcatioD, Which
is Gre of the strongest in Europe This was
in The month Of September, and that month IN ths
Baltic is EQUAL in severity 70 the month OF Move )er
here. spd among the Channel Islands. | sen, nome
q report Oh the survey had mace after great care
end oeibersiion and with the intention OF DONG Gil
that man could DO, if possible. 10 sssfy the expects
tioIs of the people of England At the moment 1t vas
repor,,d that Sevastopo was taken it also asked,
by does not Aomlral Napier take 81. Petersburg
"spd Cionstsdt J" and Ia fast il VS. asked, :" ny
"do you Lot 90 and take MoscoSF lL,ug i'er J
Now, did Dot expect that the Admiralty eouia J,la
in that clsmor. l cay, certainly never expected
that they could be mean and despic.ble Ia laugh,
aid hear az 10 join 10 that clamor IN order 70
brig ooium upon a naval officer who had Done the
beet 10 bis power TO bring honor and credit TO his
country. Hear hear, hear VIVA, did do, |
cent bone q clear and detailed account to the Ad-
nireliy, stating TO them my Opinions, and wna ap-
plisncts necessary in order TO take S"e.oorg.
Iou will not expect me to state what those Opinions
we're. Hear, hear, hear. Suffice IT TO say tn st
there were two opinions given, one of which thought
was certain 10 obtain success, the other certain OF
iIsuriIg destruction. What did the Admiralty do :
Nov me niion this particularly and plainly 10 order
that there may be no mistake whafever-oocsase II
the Government have the least spirit about them,
they will mme diafely oischarge me- and turn me out
Of the service. Hear, hear, and laughter Ioe
Admiralty perverted my language. They not only
did that but they wrote me the most gaad'og letters
/ old not take Sweaborg, add do this, thai,
and the other. They received my letter, CIV
ing an account OF how Swesborg might be
taken upon the 4th Of 0c.ober-the very day the re-
ports reached this county Of the taking Of Sevastopo
On the 9th of October, the news came that Seva
topol was not taken; but the Admiralty had not the
plain .irse horw ard dealing or the honesty 10 write
and apologize 10 me, bu: they pervert ID What had
written and which gave them plan for the taking OF
Sweaborg. Twas no, going to stand that IA laugh
and cheers | am Dot the man TO put up with sn
insult renewed cheers Iremons,rs ed mos, strongly
bat, after al my remenstrances, the Admrelty per-
.i.ted still in saying that had led them ssrsy. Wn.t
could do l was not going 10 be driven into all
this, particularly a. Sir james Graham, during the
whole time was in the Baltic, hsd written to NE,
calling upon me to beware the stone walls-not 20
risk her Msjestys feet-tbat these stone walls
were not TO be trusted and saying, when you
we're going to the Baltic, you were generally &C
cused Of want "of discretion, but now you haze