The Sun. — 1855-06-19 (London, England)

JUNE 11. The combined fleets are still lying before Cronstadt, spending the time in reconnoitring the enemy, in exerchang the men aloft, at great gun drill, manning and arming boats, &c.  On Tuesday, June sth, the Hogue, Colossu?, Magicienne, Amphion, and the gun-boat Gleaner were sent on detached service to Barosound, followed by the Locust, with a collier in tow.  6th.--The Firefly arrived from Faro with the mail], which were brought there from Dantzic by the Princess Alice. lam sorry to say that Lieutenant Hannant, the officer commanding the !atter, has fallen a victim to the small-pox at Faro Hospital. He was an universal favourite, and is very much regretted. The Arrogant end Driver arrived, the latter with two col. hers in tow. In the evening a welcome supply of bulIceks arrived from Elsinore in the Mercator. 7th. --At 2 p.m. the Porcupine arrived with the Teazer and a collier in tow ; at 3 p.m. the Mercator parted company ; at 7.30 p.m. the Lightning j ,ined the fleet from Narge-o, brin ' despatches for Admiral Dundas from the Cossack cruising off Hangohead. She brings alio news of a most melancholy .and atrocious outrage committed by some Russian troops upon a boat which endeavoured to land under a flag of truce, with the charitable intention of setting 10 prisoners at liberty. How this kindness was received will he seen by the following narrative. The Cossack, 20, Captain E. G. Fanshawe, was cruising off Range Head on the 6th of June, and being ordered to land 10 Russians she bad on board, who had been taken from some woodboats the Merlin and herself bad captured and burnt, she attempted to do so by sending them in a boat carrying a flag of truce. In that boat was the crew of nine men, Lieutenant Geneste, in command, Mr. R. Easton, the surgeon, Mr. Sullivan, master's assistant, two stewards (who went in hopes of buying some provision.), and the 10 prisoners. On nearing the shore they found about 500 or 600 soldiers on the beach, and as the boat ran alongside a sort of jetty the three officers jumped upon it irons her, when the officer in command of the soldiers called out in English, " that he would have nothing to do with the damned flag of truce," and immediately ordered his men to fire. Mr. Geneste, Mr. Easton, and Mr. Sullivan, fell at the first volley. One of the prisoners then held up the flag, which Mr. Geneste had when he fell, but be was instantly shot ; some of the men then jumped ashore to assist the others, but only to meet the same fate, for volley after volley was mercilessly poured upon them and the boat, until it was supposed all were killed, when the Russians came down robbed them of everything worth taking away. The Cossack, atter waiting sonic time for the boat, sent another in search of it, which picked it up a short distance from the land, with one poor fellow in it struggling with one arm to scull the hon,t,,, while the other dangled at his side with three bullets in it. When wounded he had fallen to the bottom of the boat, and as the water came in through the shot holes it revived him, and finding himself alone eaffmoornt ginhai dead ns age( ito gget comrades,the h boat w t, to isteha at! until th he superhuman picked up. In This de tl ihbee rate same massacre,boat forfo u r no f his ai s dtteema m pd t wasess mat e s. e to take them prisoners, and both friends and enemies will taking a knever v vengeance forgotteneanr e for ha indiscriminately, sncrmoippionrattnenl , opportunity of the murder?. Neither men or officers were armed, should dkilled we though some muskets were in the boat. At 7.30 p.m. the Arrogant parted company, taking