The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-09
Affairs I'm Ghe Crfmca.
BLOWING UP OF FORT HAINT NIOHOLAa.

SERASTOPOL, FEB 4, 1865.
MY LoRp-Marshal Pelessier informed q few days
ago that lis cay Fort Nicholas would destroyed and
again tay that at O'CLOCK NJ the mines for
this pu1p pose would be fired.
The view over the whole hsrbor is well obtained from
he n esor slope ofthe Redan h and from other points
vi hiD the Russian lines.
opposite SIDE could be seen every working pa:ty watch
%, every soldier that ounging in the sun;
karab+lnaia and the town, but otherwise nothing
ctu The usual appearance of quiet almost OF desc
q ion.
On our {hs soutb side We looked down on the large
ruined scks In 'front.' the inner creek of the dock
yart the quay ano the remains OF Fort Paul the spa
stand the s loosss % Se logs Of seSsstopoI it:s There
so Ii the well remembered long line Of poine arcnes
the caseuen Of tie interior Of Fort Nicholas Of which
the enbrasuIes in double tier pointed to seawsrd and
1t us cut into the harbor built on an inner tongue Of
for the snnroseS ON hs north
The soene and ing Of expectation were of great in
eres for another ,apgb proof Of power and
was to take place. and pounds Of powder were in
the several mines.
At the hour named burst Of smoke, dark and thick
roll from our lett Of the buding II was followed By
another the heavy sound arrveo the stones ahot
into The ar and to the sea; the explosions of the
right the centre mingled at little intervals into
oreL6Tlpg cloud, which veeo the cestruc below.
Tie light of the played beautifully on the mass Of
smoke, tf which the lower part lay eng and heavily on
s ycsim The brse.s passing away over the remains
CT the show ed that low line Of ruin ali that
remained OF the pride of Fort Nicholas and standing
menace Of the barbor lay buried under ITS waters.
The state OF the COCKS has been gwen in detail Ia my
letters They are al destroyed while the earth sur.
undng them shaKen into cracks basn docks
Of troAen granite eapstans gates beams of iron and Of
W. !. cCDRINGToN, General Commanding.
The Lord Psnmure, &c.
TIE sUNKEN SHIPS IN sRBAsrOP0L HARBoR.
IL the Hcuse Of Lords, on the 10th of February,
The Earl of HARDwICKE begged to call their lordshps
attention 70 subject II considerable importance to the
xpDtrv md IN RonaA nd Ovor~ ~6t thov Nou1A
ony exercise distant and moderate control. At the
CON neDcement Of The with Russia the authorities
port thought proper to sink feven eight nine he
hot sure Of the NUMBER heavy ships The state in
sbich those ships we're sunk be believed was not known
to Any Whether they were Sunk with their
guns board, otherwise, knew;
whether they we're built Of sak or Of FIR. He rather
s'e 1 ass s
countries. He felt the government would agree
that, II at the close Of the there should be q
would he ie by the people Of this country who firmly
sheved that the Russian Black Sea feet had been terry
end completely destroyed He therefore, yentured to
tho subject believing as he did. although he had heard
II stated that those ships 10y under the fire from the
northern forts that science could find for
efectuaiiy destroying those vesrels For himself he
would express opinion, but SIR E. Lyons about
to depart e ,ensw his command he Qord Hsrdwicke)
called the attention Of the 10 this mpor
matter II well known that operations could be
red under water with almost great facility.
RhIOtu tne pret0rVAuOn CI upon lenO attnOuRu
Of course with less rapidy He apprehended that pos
sesspg the allies did, the southern side Of the hsroor
operations Of the nature to which he had referred could
be carried on.
Lord PASMURx said the noble earl had assumed that
which was not entirely tho with respect TO
session Of the harbor Of sebasopol Operations OF the
kind suggested by the noble earl could not be
in the daytime without he certainty Of expoing
TO the fire Of the Russian guns In the northern iors
With respect TO the general question TO which the noble
earl bad Cal ed attention. he Lord panmure) could
him that rot only now but ever since the south side Of
sebssopo lnd fallen into the hands of tho allies they
bad lost opportunity Of destroying, r ss lay In
their power everything that could be applied at any fu
ure time to the reconstruction Of the ard mintay
establishments at Sebastopo twas ony yesterday that
despatch received from Sir W. CodIington,
Dcuncipg the final obstruction by allies OF Fo;t st.
Nicholas. Be felt assured the country could rely upon
the zeal ard erergy OF Sir f. Lyons, and would be sss
fed that far It might lie In his ower TO prevent
spy Iespueciop Of the Russian Black Sea feet op
portunty would be lost in accomplishing all that science
sn6 galaD,ry could effect for the destruction Of those
thiys, whether uncer the water or above l..
1h. Isrolid Rse publishes the following extract from
The jouInl o tho mi ary operations Of Aide de Camp
General Luders Comma ndern Chief OF the Army OF the
South and the troops in the Crimea:--