the guns, cannot be too warmly commended. The a A second despatch of Lord Raglan's, with respect t the affair above narrated, encloses Dr. Hall's retura the killed and wounded on the 7th June. His lore ship says that on the 8th he visited the hospital, an was much pleased with the attention bestowed by the surgeons, and with the resignation of the sufferers, the greater portion of whose injuries were such as to warrant a hope of recovery. The nominal return of officers killed, from the 4th to the 7th June, inclusive, is as follows;-Royal Engineers Capt. G. Dawson, Lieut. T. G. Lowry. 2d Battalion 1st Royals-Capt. B. H. E. Muller. 34th Foot-Lieut. H. M. Lawrance. 55th Foot-Lieut. R. J. T. Stone. 62d Foot-Major W. F. Dickson, Capt. J. B. Forster. 68th Foot-Lieut. J. Marshall. 88th Foot-Brevet Major E. Bayley, Capt. E. Corbett, Captain J. Wray Lieut. E. H. Webb. though the fire of musketry and cannon which was brought to bear upon them was tremendous.-I never saw anything more spirited and rapid than the advance of our allies.-I am happy to say that the best feeling prevails between the two armies, and each is proud of and confident in the gallantry and high military qualities of the other.-I apprised your lordship, by telegraph. on the 6th, that our batteries reopened that afternoon. The fire was kept up with the greatest energy until the day closed, when it was confined to vertical fire; but the next morning the guns resumed the work of destruction, and the effect was such that it was determined by General Pelissier and myself, that the time had arrived for pushing our operations forward. Accordingly soon after six o'clock, on the evening of the 7th, the signal was given for the assault of the works I have enumerated and the result was most triumphant.-The troops employed in storming the Quarries were composed of detachments from the Light and Second Divisions, and at night they were supported by the 62nd regiment.The command of these troops was entrusted to Colonel Shirley, of the 88th, who was acting as general officer of the trenches; and he was assisted in the arrangements and guided as to the points of attack and distribution of the troops by Lieutenant-Colonel Tylden, of the Royal Engineers, the directing engineer officer of the right attack.-Although nothing could be more spirited than the attack on the Quarries, or more creditable to every officer and man engaged in the operation, yet I cannot refrain from drawing your lordship's especial attention to the energy and determination which they all displayed in maintaining and establishing themselves after their first success in them. They were repeatedly attacked during the night, and again soon after daylight on the 8th, and it was in resisting these repeated efforts on the part of the enemy that a great portion of the heavy loss the army has to deplore was sustained. The mode in which Colonel Shirley conducted this very arduous service, and carried out his orders, The following is the nominal return of officers entitles him to my highest commendations, I have wounded on and between the two days above named:great pleasure in mentioning the fololwing officers, Royal Artillery-Capt. M. Adye, severely; Capt. A who are stated to have distinguished themselves on the Gordon, slightly; Lieut. J. E. R. Keene, slight occasion, viz. Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, of the Royal Engineers-Lieut. C. G. Gordon, slightly, 90th, who commanded the storming party; Major Mills, Foot-Capt. G. J. Ambrose, severely; Lieut. H. A.A Royal Fusiliers; Major Villiers, 47th; Major Arm- Breedon, slightly. 7th Foot-Major F. Mills, slightly strong, 49th; who are all severely wounded; Lieu- Capt. W. W. Turner, slightly; Lieut. H. M. Jones tenant-Colonel Maxwell, of the 88th; Major Bayley, of slightly; Lieut. L. J. F. Jones, slightly; Lieut. G. E. the same regiment, who was unfortunately killed; Waller, slightly. 17th Foot-Lieut. J. B. H. Boyd. Lieutenant-Colonel Grant, 49th; Major Simpson, of the slightly. 19th Foot-Lieut. E. W. Evans, severely. 34th; Lieutenant-Colonel Johnstone, of the 33rd; Major 20th Foot-Lieut. and Adjutant F. Padfield, severely. Herbert, of the 23rd; Captain Lowry, of the 47the 30th Foot-Capt. M. Pennefather, severely. 34th Foot Captain Turner, of the 7th; Captain Lowndes of the Capt. J. Peel, severely; Capt. G. E. B. Westhead, 47th; Captain Nason, of the 49th; Captain Le Mar- severely; Lieut. T. H. Saunders, severely. 41st Footchant, of the 49th, who was wounded; Captain Wolsey, Capt. F. H. Dixon, slightly. 47th Foot-Major J. 90th; and Lieutenants Chatfield and Eustace, of the Villiers, severely; Capt. J. H. Lowndes, severely 49th; and Palmer, Irby, and Waddilove, of the 47th; Lieut. J. J. C. Irby, dangerously. 48th Foot-Lieut and Captain Hunter, 47th; and Lance-Corporal Quinn, F. C. Trent, slightly. 49th Foot-Major J. W. Arm 47th, who took a Russian officer prisoner in the most strong, severely; Capt. B. Le Marchant, severely; Lieut gallant manner. I also feel it my duty to solicit your W. Young, severely; Lieut. T. F. Eustace, severely. lordship's notice to the eminent services of Lieutenant- 55th Foot-Lieut. J. Scott, slightly. 62d Foot-Lieut. Colonel Tylden, of the Royal Engineers; he has been Col. R. A. Shearman, dangerously, since dead; Capt. indefatigable in the discharge of his peculiar duties from W. L. Ingall, slightly. 77th Foot-Capt. B. D. Gilby, the commencement of the siege, and he has always been slightly; Lieut. M. W. Dickson, slightly. 88th Foot at hand to aid in the repulse of the enemy, when they Capt. E. G. Maynard, severely; Lieut. C. W. A. have assaulted our trenches. He eulogises the conduct Kenny, severely; Lieut. J. F. Grier, slightly, of Captain Browne, of the Royal Engineers. Lieu-Foot-Lieut. C. Anderson, Assistant-Engineer, slightly. tenant Elphinstone, of the same corps, Lieutenant 97th Foot-E. R. Mackesy, severely. Anderson, 96th Foot (acting engineer), who is be The above despatches relate chiefly to the attack on wounded; and he laments the death of Lieutenant the Quarries by the English troops; but graphic accounts was afterwards killed by a cannon shot. Notwithstand- Lord Raglan, are given by the correspondents of th ing the frequency of the endeavours of the Russians to Times and Daily News. The French divisions assembled regain possession of the Quarries, and the interruptions at 5 o'clock on the afternoon of the 7th, and began their to the work to which these attacks gave rise, Lieutenant- march to the advanced trenches. One of 15,000, was to to secure the to establish the communication with the advanced conquered ground. The second division," says one of parallel, and this redounds greatly to his credit and the letters, with General Cunou at the front, led the that of the officers and men employed as the working way. About six or seven hundred yards from the party; and I cannot omit this opportunity to express entrance to the Karabelnaia ravine, the regiments wer my approbation of the conduct of the Sappers through- halted; and shortly afterwards General Bosquet arrived, under Brigadier-General Dacres, and those of the Naval regiment in turn. By cach, at the conclusion of es 66 to this Brigade, under Captain Lushington, R.N., in serving remarks, the General was greeted with loud cheers. The order to move forward was then given. A battalion of the Algerian troops led the way, marching in column of subdivisions. They left behind their white turbans, and wore only the scarlet fez; their blue open jackets, and blue vests, with yellow embroidery, their trousers in ample folds, of the same colour, contracted only at the waist and in the leg, where the yellow feather greaves and white gaiters covered them, their bare necks, their light elastic tread, all presented a perfect picture of manly ease and activity. Their swarthy, and in many instances jet-black countenances, beamed with excitement and delight: they gave vent to their feelings in exclamations which only those versed in African warfare are familiar with; and seemed with difficulty to restrain themselves to the measured tread of the march. Altogether, about 12,000 men went by in this division. Groups of men belonging to the two brigades of the British Light Division, some fully equipped, some half dressed, for parading previous to taking their part in the British right attack, ran and assembled on each side of the sloping hills forming the commencement of the ravine, and greeted each regiment as it passed with loud cheers. The French officers and men, joining heartily, returned the salutation. Soon after the 7th Regiment had passed, a battalion of the Imperial Guard marched forward, apparently picked men, and followed the attacking columns. "It was a little after five o'clock when the first battalion of Chasseurs passed down the gorge which leads towards the plateau crowned by the Mamelon. Just about this time, General Pennefather arrived with his staff; when the air rang with hurrahs, caps flew up, and whenever he stopped for a moment he was surrounded by the soldiers, who seem to love him like a father. As the cheering did not cease, he winked as if to ask them to listen for a moment, and then said, smiling, 'Leave the cheering till you have taken the place;' which was succeeded by other cheers, and cries of We will take it,' and 'Never fear us.' "The French went up the steep to the Mamelon in most beautiful style and in loose order; and every straining eye was upon their movements, which the declining daylight did not throw out into bold relief. Still, their figures, like light shadows flitting across the dun barrier of earthworks, were seen to mount up unfailingly —were seen running, climbing, scrambling like skirmishers up the slopes on to the body of the work, amid a plunging fire from the guns, which, owing to their loose formation, did them as yet little damage. As an officer who saw Bosquet wave them on said at the moment, 'They went in like a clever pack of hounds.' In a moment some of these dim wraiths shone out clear against the sky. The Zouaves were upon the parapet firing down into the place from above; the next moment a flag was up as a rallying point and defiance, and was seen to sway hither and thither, now up, now down, as the tide of battle raged round it; and now like a swarm they were in the heart of the Mamelon, and a fierce hand-to-hand encounter, here with the musket, there with the bayonet, was evident. Twice the Russians made head against the current; for they had a large mass of troops in reserve, covered by the guns of the Round Tower. Twice they were forced back by the on-sweeping flood of French, who fought as if they had eyes upon them to sketch the swift event in detail. For ten minutes or so, the quick flash and roll of small-arms had declared that the uncertain fight waxed and waned inside the enclosure. Then the backdoor, if one may use a humble metaphor, was burst open. The noise of the conflict went away down the descent on the side towards the town, and the arena grew larger. It was apparent by the space over which the battle spread the Russians had been reinforced. When the higher ground again became the seat of actionwhen there came the second rush of the French back upon their supports, for the former one was a mere reflux or eddy of the stream-when rocket after rocket went up ominously from the French General's position, and seemed to emphasize by their repetition some very plain command-we began to get nervous. At last, through the twilight, we discerned that the French were pouring in. After the interval of doubt, our ears could gather that the swell and babble of the fight was once more rolling down the inner face of the hill, and that the Russians were conclusively beaten. They are well into it this time,' says one to another, handing over the glass." The desperate impetuosity of the French attack is described in another letter. "The arrangements had been made for taking and securing the large redoubt on the Mamelon hill, but it was not intended to go further at that moment. Such, however, was the impetuosity of the troops, such the excitement of the officers and men at their first success, that they could not resist the pursuit of the Russians on the one hand, or the attempt to storm the Malakhoff itself. Between the Malakhoff and Mamelon hills is a deep saddle-like hollow. Across this saddle, dipping down towards the right of the Malakhoff hill, is the ordinary way of communication between the Marine suburb and Mamelon. In this direction the Russian troops took their flight, and these and their pursuers were soon lost to sight behind the ridge. But the great body of the French troops moved straight across the saddle and mounted the Malakhoff hill. The Russians, aware of their danger, poured down a heavy fire upon the assailants from the batteries, and apparently brought field-pieces so as to take them in flank. In spite of these, the French still mounted, and at last were seen to reach the abattis work drawn around the hill. So short a distance was this from the lower tier of batteries, that the Russians could no longer depress guns sufficiently to bear upon them; and, standing upon the parapets they were seen to throw large stones, besides keeping up a heavy musketry fire, against the French. The French had evidently met with a difficulty they could not conquer; they were observed to be looking on all sides for an opportunity of advancing, but yet were unable to move on. Presently a sudden sense of their dangerous position seemed to seize them, and they retired back towards the Mamelon. The Russians by this time had assembled their reinforcements behind the Malakhoff works, and as the French were moving along the dip of the saddle towards the Mamelon, these troops were seen to come up in a dense mass, pouring a heavy flanking fire against our allies. At the same time they came within range of the guns of the works around the Malakhoff Tower, (the Korniloff Bastion,) which, notwithstanding the shower of the shell and rockets from our batteries, kept up a galling fire against the French as they retired. Some confusion ensued: the Russians followed the French into the Kamstchatka redoubt, and the latter were next compelled to evacuate it. That was a time of deep anxiety for all who were watching the engagement. But confidence was again resumed when the French, who had descended the Mamelon hill, were seen to be steadily reforming in the Russian trenches which surrounded its base. Up they went again, sending a shower of balls among the Russians, who were now in crowds covering the parapets. The redoubt was fringed with smoke and flames from the fire of the Russian rifles against the French as they mounted the hill, and the hill-side was covered with the fire of the assailants. It was now a few minutes before eight o'clock; a dense bank of black clouds rested on the horizon, and the sun had just sunk behind it. The Russians made for some time a gallant resistance; but in vain; as the French mounted they were seen to waver, and just as the French reached the parapets, they leaped down and retired. Our allies were again masters of the Mamelon Vert. In vain the shipping in the harbour, the guns from their batteries on the west side of Careening Bay, and some on the north side of the roadstead, tried to drive them away. The guards were thrown out, and the working parties speedily set to work to turn the redoubt against its late possessors.' No event of importance took place till the 18th, when a combined attack was made on the Redan and the Malakhoff Tower, and proved unsuccessful. No detailed account of this unfortunate affair has as yet been given, though official lists of killed and wounded have been published. It appears that the Redan was attacked by the English and the Malakhoff by the French. The check experienced by the allies commenced with the springing of a mine by the Russians at a moment when the assailing columns were on the point of establishing themselves within the Russian lines. A considerable number of Russian troops lost their lives with the French and English by this explosion. In the recoil which followed, our allies, pressed by force of numbers, receded to the Mamelon and beyond it, and the Mamelon batteries were for a time in the power of the enemy. It was at this period that the English suffered most, being exposed in the position taken on the 7th to the flank fire of the guns on the Mamelon. The enemy was not suffered to remain in this regained work, but was attacked on the same night by the French, and driven back to the enceinte, our gallant allies remaining masters of the Mamelon. The following is the list of officers killed on the 18th of June; Major-General Sir John Campbell; Colonel Yea, 7th Regiment; Lieutenant-Colonel Shadforth, 57th Regiment; Lieutenant Meurant, 18th Regiment; Lieutenant Davies, 38th Regiment; Lieutenant Ashwin, 57th Regiment; Lieutenant Bellow, 33rd Regiment; Captain Shiffner, 54th Regiment; Captain Robinson, 34th Regiment; Lieutenant Hurt, 34th Regiment; Lieutenant Alt, 34th Regiment; Captain Forman, Rifle Brigade; Captain Jesse, Royal Engineers; Lieutenant Graves, Royal Engineers; Lieutenant Murray, Royal Engineers; Captain Fenwick, 44th Regiment; Captain the Hon. C. Agar, 44th Regiment; Captain Caulfield, 44th Regiment; Lieutenant and Adjutant Hobson, 7th Regiment. all their guns at empty space. To-day, at 4 o'clock there was an armistice for burying the dead. "June 20-The besieged, losely pressed on the side of the Central Ravine, are setting fire to the li faubourg at the extremity of the southern port. are erecting batteries with guns of heavy calibre on the works captured on the 7th of June, which threats, more directly the great port." The accounts from the Crimea in last month's "Nam tive "came down to the landing of the expedition of th allied forces at Kertch without opposition. The den) " of this event, and of the subsequent important successes the expedition, are given in despatches from the Eng and French commanders of the land and sea fores, Sir Edmund Lyons, Admiral Bruat, Sir George Brown and General Autemarre. From these we learn, the the land force consisted of fifteen thousand men and f batteries of artillery; the naval force, of thirty-thre English and nearly as many French ships of war, a proportionate quantity of transports. The Britis force was composed of the Highland Brigade and fil men of the 8th Hussars; the rest were French Turks. They landed on the 24th May, at Kamies Bournu, a few miles south of Kertch, and experience no resistance. One after another the Russians blew up their forts; and Admiral Bruat estimates the quantity et powder burnt in the different explosions at 100.00 kilogrammes. The explosion of nearly a third of the amount at Yenikale was felt, he says, ten miles out at sea Admiral Lyons relates an incident that called forth the admiration of both fleets, and deserves to be particu larly mentioned:-"Lieutenant M'Killop, whose gunvessel, the Snake, was not employed like the others in landing troops, dashed past the forts after an enemy's steamer; and, although he soon found himself engaged not only with her but also with two others who came to her support, he persevered, and by the cleverness and extreme rapidity of his manoeuvres, prevented the escape of all three, and they were consequently destroyed by the enemy; and the Snake had not a man hurt, though shot passed through the vessel." Admiral Bruat also notices this act of gallantryShortly afterwards, an English gun-boat, of a light draft of water, made for Yenikale, to cut out a Russian steamer which had left Kertch and was trying to gain the Sea of Azoff. A sharp encounter soon commenced between the two vessels, in which the batteries of Yenikale took part. I ordered the Fulton to proceed to hasten to the aid of the gunboat: which arrived with all speed at the scene of combat, and had to withstand a very heavy fire. I ordered the Megère to support her, and Admiral Lyons on his part also ordered succour to be given to the gunboat. Nevertheless, the enemy's steamer which w knew had the treasury of Kerteh on board, escaped, leaving in our hands two barges containing precious objects and a portion of the military and civil archives. But the confusion of the Russians, attacked unexpectedly by land and sea, became so great that they soon relinquished all thoughts of further resistance, and did not even take care to remove the wounded from Sebastopol who were in the hospital of the citadel." WOUNDED:-Second Division. Lieut.-Col. J. Goodwin (41st Foot), slightly. Third Division. Staff-Commanding 2nd Brigade-Major-Gen. William Eyre, C.B., severely. 4th Foot-Col. Cobbe, severely. 9th FootCapt. F. Smith, dangerously, since dead; Lieut. and Adjt. M'Queen, severely; and Lieut. A. G. Douglas, slightly. 18th Foot-Major J. Clark Kennedy, slightly; Captains John Cormick and M. J. Heyman-both dangerously; and A. Armstrong and J. G. Wilkinson -both slightly; and Lieuts. W. Kemp and Fairfax Fearnley-both severely; and W. O. Bryen Taylor and Charles Hotham-both slightly. 28th Foot-Capts. H. R. C. Godley and J. D. Malcom-both severely; and J. G. R. Aplin, slightly; and Lieut. F. Brodigan, severely. 38th Foot-Lieut.-Col. J. J. Lowth; Capts. Hon. C. Addington and Ludford Daniel; and Lieuts. J. B. Frensh and H. B. Feilden-all severely. 44th Foot-Col. Hon. A. Spencer, slightly; Capt. W. H. Mansfield, dangerously; Lieuts. J. Logan and T. O. Howurth, severely. Fourth Division. Staff-Capt. A. Snodgrass (38th Foot), severely; Lieut. Image (21st Foot), slightly. 7th Foot-Lieut. Hon. E. Fitzclarence, dangerously; Major Pack, and Lieuts. Jones and C. Malan-all severely; Lieuts. Lord R. Browne, G. H. Waller, and W. L. G. Wright-all slightly and Capt. F. Appleyard, slight contusion. 20th Foot-Lieut.-Col. Evelegh, Lieut. J. S. O'Neil, and Ensign F. G. Holmes, all slightly. 23rd Foot-Lieut.-Col. D. Lysons, severely 33rd Foot-Capt. Quayle, dangerously; Lieut.-Col. J. D. Johnstone and Capt. Thomas Wickham, both severely; and Lieut.-Col. G. V. Mundy and Lieut. J. T. Rogers-both slightly. 34th Foot-Capt. J. Jordan, Lieuts. Harman and R. B. Clayton-all severely; and Capt. J. Gwilt and Lieut. F. Peel-both slightly. 57th Foot-Brevet-Major Earle, Capts. Norman, Lea, and St. Clair, and Lieuts. Venables and A. F. A. Slade-all Sir George Brown and General d'Autemarre deseverely. 88th Foot-Capt. G. R. Browne, dangerously. scribe the landing of the troops and their subsequent 1st. Battalion, Rifle Brigade--Lieut. C. A. P. Boileau, proceedings. It appears that the large ships could not severely. 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade-Lieuts. J. S. get within three miles, and the transports only withKnox, dangerously; F. Fremantle, severely. Royal in two miles of the point of the coast selected for Artillery-Second-Capt. W. J. Williams, slightly. a landing. The troops were conveyed to the beach Royal Engineers-Lieut.-Col. R. Tylden, severely; in boats, towed by small steamers, whose guns covered Major-General Harry Jones, and Brevet-Major and the disembarkation. At ten o'clock the first soldiers Brigade-Major E. F. Bouchier-both slightly. Missing. stepped ashore, and, occupying a rising ground near 7th Foot-Lieut. N. D. Robinson. 33rd Foot-Lieut. a salt marsh, covered the disembarkation of the re Heyland. mainder. It was soon after the landing of the first The loss of non-commissioned officers and men is men of the force that the Russians began to blow stated to be; killed, 144; wounded, 1058; miss-up their batteries and retire; and before night all ing, 150. the batteries between Kamiesch Bournu and Kertch The latest intelligence is contained in the two follow-were blown up. Sir George Brown was precluded from ing telegraphic despatches, received by the Minister of advancing, because most of the Turkish troops and War from General Pelissier: June 19.-The besieged, artillery had not landed. He therefore encamped for notwithstanding our failure of yesterday, which they the night, in the best position he could, but exposed to will doubtless exaggerate considerably, grew alarmed the attacks of any adventurous Cossacks who might be last night, and for a long time they kept up a fire from disposed to do mischief. When the morning broke, there still remained much to be done in the way of debarkation; but Sir George strongly felt the necessity of moving, and at six in the morning the troops began their march on Kertch and Yenikale. "The town of Kertch," he says, "is clean, and remarkably well built, and the troops passed through it with the greatest regularity, and without the slightest disorder. Subsequently the day became excessively hot; and, the march being a long one, the men suffered greatly from fatigue and want of water, which was only to be found at occasional wells. We managed to get in here [Yenikale], however, by one o'clock; where we were soon after visited by the three admirals, and found a large squadron of small steamers and gun-boats, ready to proceed into the sea of Azoff, under the command of Captain Lyons, of the Miranda." From a despatch written by General d'Autemarre on the 29th of May, we learn that the forces of the allies were intrenched both at Kertch and at Yenikale. At Kertch the French general had encamped his men in a good position; the approaches of which were defended nearly on all sides by natural obstacles difficult to be overcome, and he proposed strengthening them still more. According to Sir Edmund Lyons, Sir George Brown confidently expected that Yenikale would be in such a state of defence as would justify him in leaving it in charge of the Turks; so that the British and French troops might be at liberty to reduce Anapa and Soujak Kale. General d'Autemarre's despatch gives information of great interest :-"Among the establishments we have been able to preserve, is the military hospital. It is capable of containing from 100 to 150 sick. This hospital consisted of three buildings connected with each other; two of them were destroyed either by fire or by the explosion of the batteries. These buildings could easily have contained 350 or 400 sick. We found in the hospital 30 Russians, nearly all of them wounded at Sebastopol. In the neighbouring villages a great number had been billeted upon the inhabitants, and were visited by the army surgeons. One of these surgeons, a Saxon by birth, repaired to my head-quarters on the very evening of my arrival. He is employed, under the direction of the chief of the ambulances, to attend to the Russian wounded in our hands. This officer has assured me that General Wrangel had recently received orders from Prince Gortschakoff to prepare places for 10,000 to 15,000 wounded. The peninsula of Yenikale offers considerable resources in forage and cattle: although I have no cavalry, I was able to capture 250 oxen and as many sheep, which will serve to feed the division during my sojourn here. I ordered the oxen to be distributed between the French and English squadrons. General Brown, who has been reinforced by 50 Hussars, purposes carrying off the flocks in the vicinity of the place. The town of Kertch is very rich. I think advantageous markets for the army might be established there. The population is industrious and given to trade, and has nearly all remained. That of Yenikale, on the contrary, followed the garrison. Forty families returned yesterday [the 28th of May]. The number of troops intrusted with the defence of the peninsula may be estimated at 6,000 men. General Wrangel, (who commanded them, had repeatedly asked for reinforcements. A letter from Prince Gortschakoff which has fallen into our hands, informs the general, that not only will he not receive the reinforcements demanded, but that he must send in all his cavalry to Sebastopol. The sanitary condition of the division is excellent; I have very few sick. The soldiers are in excellent spirits, full of ardour and good-humour." On the 25th May, Sir Edmund Lyons in the Banshee, and Admiral Bruat in the Laplace, accompanied the steam flotilla of fourteen English and five French vessels into the Sea of Azoff, and despatched them on a cruise under Captain Lyons in the Miranda. Captain Lyons gives details of his operations. He says:-"On the morning of the 28th, we arrived off Arabat, and engaged the fort (mounting 30 guns) for an hour and a half; at the end of which time a shell blew up the enemy's magazine. The ships having been ordered to keep at shell-range, and being well handled, had only one casualty, the chief engineer of the Medina being slightly wounded by a splinter; the French senior officer's ship received two shots in the hull, but fortunately no one was hurt. The enemy must have lost many men, from the precision with which the shells burst in his works, independently of that caused by the explosion. On the evening of the 28th, the flotilla arrived off Genitchi, and joined the Swallow and Wrangler, which had been watching the straits during the absence of the flotilla at Arabat. Seventy-three vessels had passed the straits, "which are only fifty yards wide, and are commanded by the low cliffs on which the town is built, and were moored inside under the cliff." Captain Lyons sent in a flag of truce, and demanded the surrender of the vessels, stores of corn, and government property; promising to respect the town and private property. The Russians declined to comply with these terms; and drew up six field-pieces, 200 Cossacks, and a battalion of infantry. Three hours were given for a re-consideration of the refusal; and that time having elapsed, the steamers placed as near as the depth of water would allow, bombarded the town at long range, so effectually that the boats, under Lieutenant Mackenzie, got safely through the passage, set fire to the ships, and returned without accident. "The wind having shifted about two hours after the boats came off, some of the corn-stores did not catch fire. Conceiving the destruction of this corn, as well as of some more distant vessels in so favourable a position for supplying the Russian armies in the Crimea to be of the utmost importance, I sent the boats again, commanded and officered as before; although I was aware that, from the enemy having had time to make preparations, it would be a hazardous enterprise. The ships accordingly resumed their fire upon the town, and the boats proceeded. Lieutenant Cecil W. Buckley, of this ship, Lieutenant Hugh T. Burgoyne, of the Swallow, and Mr. John Roberts, gunner of the Ardent, volunteered to land alone and fire the stores. This offer I accepted, knowing the eminent risk there would be in landing a party in presence of such a superior force, and out of gunshot of the ships. This very dangerous service they most gallantly performed, narrowly escaping the Cossacks, who all but cut them off from their boat. At the same time, Lieutenant Mackenzie pushed on and burnt the remaining vessels; the enemy opening a fire from four field-guns and musketry placed within point blank range of the boats. Everything being now effectually accomplished, the boats returned. Although several of them were struck with grape and case shot, most fortunately only one man was slightly wounded. Lieutenant Mackenzie speaks in high terins of the coolness and excellent behaviour of all employed under his orders: and I trust I may be allowed to bring to your notice the conspicuous merit of Lieutenant Mackenzie himself on this occasion, when more that ninety vessels, and also corn for the Russian army of the value of 100,000/., were destroyed, owing to his gallantry and ability, with so trifling a loss as one man slightly wounded." Subsequently, as the telegraph informs us, Captain Lyons visited on the 3rd, 5th, and 6th June, Mariopol, Taganrog, and Ghiesk, and destroyed all they could. At Taganrog they were opposed by 3500 men; but only one of our men was wounded. One of the immediate effects of the expedition to the Sea of Azoff is very remarkable-the Russians have abandoned the important fortress of Anapa, and retreated across the Kuban, while the Circassians are in possession of this last stronghold of Russian power on their coast. Sir Edmund Lyons, writing on the 2nd of June, thus estimates the prizes of the expedition up to that time: -"It now appears that more than one hundred guns have fallen into our hands in the different sea defences, many of them of heavy calibre, and remarkably well cast. Those which may not be required for the land defences which the allied armies are now constructing will be shipped and sent to England and France. It has been ascertained from the custom-house returns, that the enemy, on evacuating Kertch, on the 24th ultimo, destroyed 4,166,000 pounds of corn and 508,000 pounds of flour. This quantity, taken together with What has been destroyed by the allied squadrons in the Brown. He was dangerously wounded with a she Sea of Azoff, comprises nearly four months' rations for through the fore-arm, and a bullet in the shoulder. I an army of 100,000 men; and it seems that shortly is from his lips that we obtain the particulars of th before our arrival the enemy had commenced sending massacre. As the boat approached the landing-place towards Sebastopol daily convoys of about 1500 waggons, only one man appeared, and he ran away; so the each containing half-a-ton weight of grain or flour." Lieutenant Geneste had no kind of warning. Th The latest accounts of the expedition are contained in officers and prisoners stepped ashore, and landed th a despatch from Lord Raglan, dated 12th inst., "My baggage. At this stage of the proceedings some thre Lord,-In my despatch of the 5th instant, I informed hundred soldiers suddenly appeared, and began firin your lordship that the Russians had evacuated Soujak at the officers and prisoners. Lieutenant Geneste ware Kale on the 28th May. I have now the satisfaction to the white flag, and called out "Flag of truce!" an el acquaint you that they withdrew from Anapa on the 5th Finn did the same, using their own language. T instant, and thus they have abandoned their last strong- leader of the gang, in tolerable English, replied—“W hold on the coast of Circassia. Intelligence of this don't care a damn for flags of truce; we will show how event was brought to Sir E. Lyons by Captain Hughes, Russians fight;" and instantly a volley of musketry who, in his zealous endeavour to give the Admiral the laid the officers and prisoners low on the jetty. Th earliest intimation of it, went from Soujak to Kertch ruffians, yelling fiercely, next fired into the boat a in an open boat, and on passing Anapa, observed it fifteen paces, until every man was down. They the was burning, it having been set on fire by the Circas- jumped in, turned over the bodies to get out the arm sians. Captain Hughes, who arrived here yesterday, bayonetted those still alive, and flung some overboard entertains no doubt that the enemy have retired across To show the relentless character of the butchery, Cap the Kouban. The abandonment of Anapa is one of the tain Fanshawe mentions that "the body of one of the fruits of the attack and capture of Kertch, and of the men found dead in the boat, had two shots through the brilliant operations of the allied naval forces in the Sea leg, which he had had time to bandage with a silk of Azoff, where no flag now flies but that of England handkerchief before he received two other fatal wound and France. The Alma has returned from Kertch, in the abdomen and head." Brown escaped by feigning having on board the 72nd and 63rd, whose services to be dead. It is conjectured from the fact that the ceased to be required as soon as it was known that man who led the enemy carried a musket, that he wa Anapa had been abandoned." a noncommissioned officer. The utmost horror and indignation have been excited by the news of an atrocious Massacre of an English Boat's Crew bearing a Flag of Truce, who landed at Hango in the Baitic, for the purpose of liberating several prisoners. The first intelligence of this deed, contained in a telegraphic dispatch from Admiral Dundas, was read in the House of Commons by Sir C. Wood on Monday evening the 18th instant. Further particulars are given in a more detailed dispatch from Admiral Dundas, and private letters. It appears that the Cossack and the Esk, cruising off Hango, discovered several boats of the kind employed ostensibly in conveying wood to Cronstadt; and the armed boats of both ships were sent in to take and destroy them. This they accomplished, capturing also three prisoners. The Admiral directed that the prisoners should be set at liberty. With them the Cossack carried four other prisoners, taken by the Magicienne; and proceeded to Hango Head, where the men desired to be landed. On the 5th of June, having perfect confidence that a boat protected by a flag of truce would not be molested, Captain Fanshawe despatched the prisoners in the cutter, under charge of Lieutenant Geneste. Besides the boat's crew and the prisoners, the officers' stewards, and the surgeon of the Cossack, Mr. Easton, were also allowed to go. The Cossack did not run in to cover the boat, as her captain believed that "it was in accordance with usage that the ship should stay out of gunshot on such an occasion." The cutter was seen from the ship to near the shore with the white flag flying, until it disappeared behind a rocky island. No blank guns were fired, no demonstrations were made which could be considered hostile. The officer in charge was not to suffer any one to stray from the boat; but, should it occasion no detention, the stewards were to be allowed to buy any provisions that might be offered. The course of the boat was in full view of the telegraph station; so that the enemy had ample time to warn off the boat had he seen fit to do so. The cutter disappeared, and did not return. Alarmed by her absence, Captain Fanshawe sent the gig with a flag of truce, to ascertain the cause of the delay. Evening came, and neither of the boats returned; and the Cossack and the Esk anchored in the inner roads. About half-past eight, the gig came in, and reported that the cutter had been seen hauled within a small jetty, and containing the dead bodies of two or three of her crew. Hearing this, it was determined to take the ships closer in; but before they could weigh, the cutter was seen to move from the jetty, sculled by one man at the stern. A boat instantly went to her aid; and when she was brought in, four dead bodies were found in her, riddled with musket-balls. The one man yet alive was John The same evening, Captain Fanshawe opened fire upo the place at 600 yards, until a fog came on. Admin Dundas, in his despatch, exonerates Captaine Fanshawe from all blame, and says that he cannot discover any circumstance that may serve to excuse or palliate the cruel conduct of the enemy. In order to be sure of the facts of the case, so far as they could be ascertained. and also to discover whether Captain Fanshawe had taken all proper precaution in sending ashore the far of truce, Admiral Dundas addressed to him the follow ing important questions:-" 1st, What were the cr cumstances which rendered it necessary to select an opportunity for landing the prisoners in question, wha the boat was unsupported by the immediate presence of the ship you command, and when the display of a flu of truce from her own mast-head would have obviatel all misunderstanding as to her object? 2nd, Wht: were the particular instructions given to the officer in charge of the boat; and what opportunities were afforded to the enemy to grant or to reject conditions of truce before the party had actually landed upon his coast? 3rd, What was the distance of the boat from the ship when last seen previous to her landing, and what at that time was her distance from shore? 4th, When and at what distance from the shore was a flag of truce first displayed; and were any blank guns or muskets fired at the moment; and is the officer in charge of the boat supposed to have had any reason for believing it to have been acknowledged by the enemy on shore? 5th, At what distance from the shore were the riflemen of the enemy first seen on the jetty by the crew of the Cossack's cutter? 6th, Was any assent, implied or understood, supposed to have been granted by the Russian officer on shore to the landing of the prisoners or crew?" Having received full replies to these queries, Admiral Dundas thus expresses his opinion-"No precaution appears to have been omitted by the officer in charge of the boat to make known the object of his mission; and if their lordships should see reason to regret that she was detached beyond the reach of protection from the ship, I feel assured they will de justice to the explanations of Captain Fanshawe." It appears from subsequent accounts, that five of the boat's crew were killed, and that the remainder, including the three officers, are prisoners. The Russian version of this affair is given in the Journal de St. Petersbourg of the 13th instant.-"The Commander of the Forces in Finland, Adjutant-General von Berg, reports a very successful skirmish, which took place not far from Hango Udd, between our volunteers of the second battalion of the King of Prussia Grenadier Regiment and a part of the crew of the English frigate Cossack. The affair took place as follows: On June 5th, at noon, the frigate Cossack appeared in the roads |