New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-06
INTERNAL MACHINES AT cRoNsrADT.

A letter from the Baltic feet of Cronsadt, to- The
Tfmes June 10 seys;
AT noon the Merlin. carrying the French Admiral
PeDeud and several Flench and tagiish Cap-ais,
proceeded to reconuoi1e Cronsiadt. They were At
lacked by the Dragon Flrety, AMI corvette ID ASSES
Coin. fret along tie north SIDE OF the island they ap
proa, hed within I Goo ysrds OF the bOekshps lying in
The open water between CrOn-tadt and -. Peters
bHrrb Trey consisted Of four iuers, five fdgaies,
and two coryetes noored in liue along IN, three
fathom bank with their rrOadsies bearing upon the
northern passage. Inside these Il Steam gun-boats
lsy az anchor and under the wall of VI lnoi-Nar II
her anchored in three hacs, were a row -un boats
When The Merlin went in So close two Of The steam
eun-bosts cane out and one fred heavy shot at
her, bot fell short.
"In the Man-of-War Harbor were Il ne-of-ba',le
al Dr tour of them fully yged and the others In prog
ross Between this habor and Fort kronslot were 10
steamers of various szes some Of them screws, AMI
between krorslOt and Fort Meuchkoh two three
deckers are noOred bow 10 bow with their brOadsdes
commanding o. ONLY entrance. TIE l-laud seems full
OF solders for be-i1es those quareret ~ th@ to-
and batteries three large camps were formed outside
two on the north and the other the sOnth side. n
mose new earihwoiks have been erected this Spring;
n complete chain OF them from the Governors
house the island TO the old kesseli Battery d-
viding il into halves, fortified the other without
gun upon it, bRi as the Merlin returning, aud
when going about seven knots an hour, severe shock
was felt if she had struck upon suDken pile. Ii
made the ship culver ffOm stem 10 stern. The en-
cIes were Instantly stopped AID reversed bat before
she lad stern way upon her another blow ieI times
more severe than the first struck her the starbOard
bow lust before the pad}ewheel, seusiby lifting her
over port and making her masts bend and shake
If they would topple down. The FREELY was IA the
MelliI e wake, ana before she could stoo she q
starbOard Of the Merlin and partly turned round, wlen
n Tremendous explosion tOok place under her b0rs,
causing her 10 s0gger, and procing rery PtoRy that
Mev tCre over a nest Of Professor JqcoDs rgtrRat ma
CHIMES the existence Of kicR IS ROlc bcy0ad d1H5t.
"1hey then proceeded carefully until they got into
deep water without meeting with any more, aud then
reconuOened the sontb side, and getting near the
shore as 10 witness sort OF review OF the Russlan
horse artillery, and aitclwar returned 10 the heet.
Diver was immediately sent down TO examine the
FIefy and he slightest injury could be detected;
but inside the ship almost every bit OF cOckeryware
was broken and the bulkheais thrown down or dis.
placed. On examining the Merlin, eight sheets Of her
copper were blown, not scraped oil md the side ap-
peaTed TO be chnrred. All the inside fittings of the en-
rinecrs' bathroom. mess-room aud storc-room
completely demolished. An iron tank which boltcd
TO the ship' side. and contained IL cwt of taiiow,
was knocked a distance OF four feet. Shot were
shaken ou OF the rGcks aud almost everything move
ate in O. slip displaced.
liz il snppOsc,. these machines have bscnlald down
since Admiral Duudas TeoOnroered the place the last
time; fr aleT he returned, two steamers came from
the barber and were busiiy employed for some time"
--latest news from the Bal c states that on the l4th
ult. The allied fleets we're 10 weigh anchor ior the
ntilhhorbood of augo, at the euanc 81 the Gult o
Fin,und. v here the fag OF France was fired on.