. HASZ:ARD’S GAZETTE,’ JULY 29.

rm. it them in. Old tin cases out had cou- tai preserved meats were ea rlisonght for, but eatof thsscthey could not ri , except by gemosgepiiainful egg-t, sis, of eo°i(i1::‘e, they had ‘to rai u in . proce to dress t e vmizuidst; E: orderl giyen ‘me hadhnever done t uy oreanwenaakedinito've ine lint strapping and uth percha, he didgiiot lkinow whatutﬁipse artic es were. (livery moment e wasca awayto 'vea ' k to some wounded man. Well, Ila‘ during ilhe whole of that day, the wounded had nothing to eat, and ill¢8):h0I::|lgll to griink. Durln _the _night of thef e woun e came crow in; some 0 then; were admitted by the ordtrﬁies, without having seen a medical oﬂicer, and, consequent- l , nopihalvling been seep, thejgrounds werefpp; esse ti morning. eats the onl

given to these poor creatures uiitil nine g’clock at l}!)igI|tdW?l hard biscuit and tea ! There was no rea ort cm—no arrow-root, no b cf-tea —nothing except tea without milk ! I did not ﬁnd this out, until the bread had arrived, or cer- tainly as lctpg as any bgepid was to bvprbought my own men s ould have a some. e were oc- cu iedjncessantly all yesterday and the day

nussiait ACCOUNT or ran asuuar on ‘till sumac" AID axons.

On the 6th (18th) of June, at da , the enemy, in dense chain, sup r by strong reserv ’, cked simultaneously bastion No.1, the for barracks between bastions 1 and 2, bastion c. 2, the Korn_iloﬂ' bastion, bastion No. 3, and the so called Gribok work, situate on the right of the Peress p: the enemy en- tertained the he of forcing a passage some- where along ﬁis ine of defence.

e num of troops they brought to the assault was 35,000 men, without counting their reserves. The French advanced on the ;i.ghkt ﬂank and centre, the English on the left

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The besiegers, provided with ladders, faseines, and sap r tools, advanced rapidly to the at- tack. eepite the heavy ﬁre of pa and enaeketr we poured into them, their columns advanc . reached our ditches, and commenced sealing the parapets.

But the line 0 the intreplid defenders of Se- bastopol never swerved. hey received the daring assailants with the points of their

and look very great. As soon as, we anchored the gunboate got up steam, and continued:-tbr two or three hours carryin men from the town to the hulks, from which t appears, they are not always kept full manned.

21st-—Thie morning each ship commenced sweeping for the infernal machines, and before night gathered in a capital harvest of them. The way in which the sweeping is done is this, two boats take between them a long rope, which is sunk to the depth of ten or two ve feet by means of weights, and held sus nded at that depth by lines attached to smal casks, which ﬂoat on the surface at intervals of 40 or 50 yards; the boats then so arate as far as the rope will allow them. an pull in parallel lines until one of the caske stops behind, which tell them, as a ﬁshing ﬂoat tells the angler, that they have caught something; the two boats then approach each other, eeping the rope taut, then haul it in carefully, and up comes the machine. The Exmouth found the first, the Nile the second, and then the catch- ing became so numerous, that in some instances two at a time were hauled u ; they were at

be ore in dressing and operatin . As soon as one man was removed from the operating table , another was put on. Your medical readers will 5 understand the frightful deﬁcienc '

bayonete, and threw them back into the ditches. The enemy’s columns then threw themselves on the Gervais Battery, entered it, drove out the battalion of infantry in charge of it, and, fol- lowin in ursiiit, occupied the houses nearest §::m°l:;‘t£':‘:°3hfa‘;t;-ogirgdmin th° M°l"k°E Macintyre’s splints, nor an P ° °° '1 them, and no angular splints. All these things The success of our adversaries was not of are stored -n tb mo“ 13,- h f - at long duration. Lieutenant-General Chrpuleﬁ, Sc p - I 0 " pm “mm the vigilapt chief of the line of defence of the u m’ Karabenaia faubourg, ordered up a reserve of 600 riﬂemen to the curtain between bastions 2 and Korniloﬂl When the enemy had passed through our line near the Gervaie Battery, Lieutenant-General Chroulel, placin himself at the head of a company of the Sevsk giment of infantry, which was returning from a cosrce, and taking with him a battalion of the Poltowa ‘meat, ed them to the charge. hese_troo s, reinforced in good time by ﬁve companies 9 the Yakoutek Re iment, and later h a battalion of the Yclete egiment, routed

e French. and hung driven them out of the 001"!!! Battery. ursued them to their own trenches, puttin t e stragglers in the rear to the bayonet e camps: of the Sevsk Regi- ment di_etin ished iteel by its intrepidity (daegatioa) uring the combat.

On all the other points of the line of defence ‘the troops, animated by their commanders, Bear-Admiral Panﬁloﬂ and Major-General

ee Ourouseoﬂ, fought with exemplary courage, and drove back the assailants.

Our batteries on the north side, and our steamers’, which swe t the enemy’s columns on every point upon which they could bring their

us to bear,_contributed considerably to the success of_ this brilliant aﬁair; the steamer Vladimir in particular, commanded by Cap- hin Boutakoﬁ, approached repeatedlv the en- trance of Careening Bay, from which point it awe t the enemy’s reserves. I

T e loss of the enemy, whose columns were ‘ exposed to a most terrible tire of grape and niue- l ketrdv, is _vsry considerable ; the removal of the

, which took place on the following da at

of stores , when I mention that there are no sp ints, except '

straight ones, to be had, and that there are no |

THE BALTIC FLEET. Orr CRONSTADT, June 25.—The Blenheim and Exmouth, and two gunboats. which left the fleet on the 16th to reconnoitre the mouth of the river Narva, returned on the 19th. The heavy ﬁring I mentioned havin heard when I closed my set letter roceeded rom them. At the river's mout t ey found a small fort, which opened ﬁre upon them, but which the soon silenced, by dismountin two of the guns and throwing a few 12 lb. roe ets into it. The Exmouth was not touched, but the Blenheim received two shots. one in the maintop and the other in the mizentopmast head, a splinter from which, in fallin on deck, slightly wound- ed Capt.-iin Searle, N. One round shot glance off the bow of the gunboat Snap, and another made a dint in her side and then fell into the water. There is a large village on the left bank of the river full of soldiers, buta sandbank which runs across the entrance makes it so shallow that only gunboats could cross it. The town of Nerve. is eight miles up the river, is strongly fortiﬁed, and full of ‘troops. About 8 p. in. (19th) the Majestic have in sight, and was recalled from watching lCronstadt.

' division of the ﬂeet. At 8 a.m. a general sig- nal was made to prepare for sea, get up steam at slow speed, and s iorten in cable. At 10 all the fleet got under way, and proceeded to the eastward, with the exception of the French corvette D‘Assas, which parted company. The 359 1-aqua“ of me comma,,de,,_;,,_Ch;efo ‘he Commander-in-Chief keeps his own counsel so ‘Rig. M six in we evening is 3 pmof ofig_ ,wcll, that not a hint of any movement in the The number of corpses was so considerable J ﬂee‘ 5" k“°“'“ “Mil ‘he m°"3°“'5 it h“PPe"'- that the French had not suﬂicient stretchers to N°b°d.Y Md "19 1°35‘ id“ “'9 “'0” ‘° ’°““'“ cl them off, and the oﬁicer entrusted with E whcronmdtso 8°00» but!1I‘ll>°ut~:»°'~310ck p- md. am at , u w en we were over our 0 anciorin roun , not gemyovzl ened us to bury tho” may could l three miles west of the Tolhoukin Lighgthouse,

such ig me 1-ecim of mi, unenm ed exploit 6 the ﬂeet divided into two divisions. he ﬁrst, of ghg San-5.0“ of Sebauopoi ' gch ufuwiconsisting of the Duke ofWellington,Exmouth, nine months of siege and thrbe terrible bom- I N“‘’' C"°"¥r 0'59“: J‘""°' W3": D“8°“v V“l‘ liardments, repulsed the desperate assault of i“"°~ M°"l'“- ‘mi 95 hi 8‘"‘b°“°v ‘ind “W the enemy, occasioned them an immense loss F"°“°l‘ ‘hi " T°“"“ °! A“'l’°'m" “id M3‘ and with heroic devotion is still ready to ineel °°“li"“°d ‘ °i' °°'""° ‘l°“8 ‘hi’ “°"“‘ 5id° °f any new attempt on their part.” tléetglslatlzd untif1g1°)' 5t';fil:°’.°dd'il‘hi'i‘s‘:l't°(:‘;l‘l}::

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domes and spires of St. Petereburg. The se- cond division, consisting of the Royal George, Cicsar, Majestic, Blenheim and Duqueene (French), and anchored as a reserve in mid~ channel, between the lighthouse and the op ~ site coast. The enemy, rhaps, never antici- pated so hold a step as rin ing line-of battle ships up the north side an so close to the arsenal, hit was in every way prepared for smaller vessels.

THE WOUNDED BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. A medical oﬁcer in the camp before Sebasto- :2, writing on the ﬁlth, gives the following ful account of the treaunent and euﬂ‘ei-ing of the wounded:— “ At 3 a.m.. on the 18th oflune, the assault commenced. We were all wnitin for the wounded, who arrived as soon as t ey could travel the distance between the advanced works and the hospital. At 5 a.m., a ward was given over to me. It contained no patients. I was requested to see what was wanted for it. I found in it fourteen wretched shaky bedsteads, asmany inattraseee stuﬂed with chopped straw, mattrassee not sewn up at the sides, and sheets and blankets to correspond. This was all-not a single chamber utensil, not a on , knifb, ferk, or on—no large vessel for bold- ing water-—noth ug but what I have named. I immediately a plied for th various things de- Ieient. Drink rig cups th were none; one chamber utensil I could have for the whole ward,snd two bed;pans: nothing to hold water or tea-—no plates. The wounded began to ar- ; others were given over to ms in exactly the same predicament. one erderly was given to attend on 14 wounded men, and not one of whom was able to move. .l'aeh ward was same. The constant cry of

Fireﬂy when we were here last time, and one was swinging to her cable.

the galls , and throwing the their s, but doing no further damage. enem has not been idle while we were_aw_ay. Aso er two-decker has completed her rigging, and shows an enormous red funnel, but w ether

has been seen to come out of it. another two-de&er has been added to the line

of hulks alon the three-fathom bank, to ro- tect the nor

modiﬁcation of I

20th.—A large French storeship, the lsis,; arrived in the night, with provisions for their;

rather a severe shock, smaehiii beve.il'Iyotthii:g. it} :::l§n:.1Ii:.'-lvﬁg-be.“

ﬁrst supposed to be only the uoys to the mas chine, ut I am sorry to say Admiral Seymour proved them to be the machine itself in a most unpleasant manner. He was examinin one on the poop of the Exmouth, and ineautiously tapped a little bit of iron which projected from

l its side, saying, “This must be the way the

are exploded,” when, hang! the thing went 0 , and everybody round was scattered on the deck. ,Admiral Seymour was so injured in the eyes ;that for some time it was thought he would .lose the sight of both, but I am very glad to F say, he can see a little out of both to-da , and no fear is entertained now of either. ieut. =Lewis, R l., was severely wounded in the rknee joint, and badly burnt in the hands and ,arms; the signalman, who was holding the I machine in his bands, was severely burnt down the front of the body and legs ; and Mr. Pierce, ﬂag lieutenant, had his whiskers burnt oil and is face singed, and every one near was more or less burnt. It was a wonderful escape for ‘ them all. Each machine consists of a cone of lgalvanized iron, 16 inches in diameter at the base and 20 inches from base to apex, and is l divided into three chambers ; the one near the i base being largest, and containing air, causes ,it to ﬂoat with the base uppermost. In the 1 centre of this chamber is another, which holds i a tube with a fuse in it. and an a paratus for ; ﬂrin it. This consists of two litt e iron rods, ‘whic move in guides, and are kept projected ‘(over the side of the base by springs, which press them outwards. When anything pushes ; either of these rods inwards it strikes against ‘ a lever, which moves like a pendulum, in the

llfuse-tube, and the lower end of the leyer

i breaks or bends a small lcadcn tube, containing ,

1 a combustible compound, which is set on ﬁre by coming in contact with sulphuric acid in ‘ a capillary tube, which breaks at the time. and n so ﬁres the fuse, which communicates with the powder contained in the chamber at the apex of the cone, and which holds about 9lb. or l0lb. At the extreme apex is a brass ring, to which is attached a rope and some pieces of granite, which moors them about nine or ten feet be- low the surface, so that the only vessels they could hurt. the gunboiits, float quickly over them. and, now we know what they are, they have been disarmrd of all their dread. But they prove dangerous playthings ; the Com- mander-in-Chief was examining one of the fuse tubes that was supposed to he s oilt, for it was full of mud and water, when no accidentally touched the lever, and it exploded in his hands, scattering the rand into the faces of all present, and literally throwing dirt into their eyes, but doing no harm. The transport Jupiter arrived to—da , with rovisions and stores. from En- lan ; she a so brin the missing mail of uric 5th, six days he ind its time. Most of the letters were addressed, via Dsntzic, and when so directed the osboﬁce authorities are breakin faith with t e public and ourselves by sending them by private ship, which, as in the resent instance, takes 15 days to reach us. 2 d.—At midday on Saturda , the Admirals and Master of the Fleet procee ed in the Mer- lin, accompanied b the Dragon, to reconnoitre I to the eastward. ' hey approached so near the

lockships, that a gunboat at anchor between

The infernal machines, which were last year ‘ “'9 Of them ﬁnd “*0 Shot! M the Merlin. looked upon as myths, have turned out to be Which 701115903 150 yards from hot: the realities, sown over almost every yard of ground “I09 H8 9VId0|1tl DWI-1'0 that this 5! their over which the first division of the ﬂeet is an- V0330!‘ P0103: 811 chored. Two struck the Merlin ‘and one the 50

us- h d it i; a int which cannot strengt ene except y s ipping.

24th.—The weather is very hot and sultry.

exploded under the Vulture to—da just as she Thil Welling I heavy storm of thunder and Ti, 5"; en. lightning passed over the ﬂeet, and cleared the

Thirty-three of the infernal ma- picked .up, one of them of a

T1,. rather dilerent construction. 24th.-—This morningwseven or eight two- maeted vessels were 0 rved ores ing along

the northern shore ; the Dragon an a gunboat

she has engines or not is doubtful, for no smoke W0" 3°11‘ "1 *0 l||“?¢°P‘ 910111» Nd 1"" 3°‘ The bogﬁ yet returned when I close this.

h", 1,,“ ;,,,,,....d in numb” {mm 5 to 21, carries the mails to Dantaic this evening.

The Vulture

It is said that the renowned marrying establish-

rn entrance, and the ear en mant, Grates Hall, at Gretna Green, is about to

Jim wounded was for water. We had nothing betteriel along the coast have been completed. buiomolished.

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ungon arrna en'_h’:.sn,-argsusa rsssis, run Lalusr sraaeiar.‘ilI- 'i'ua".i'!ﬂ}.n.

0. tho eneraooa of-Tuesday. Ilia. 3d instant. \

the steamship Psrlilr |||| liner built for the Cunard American Steam Coiapeuy, wssilsnnchsll from the building-yard of ssers; Robert Napier and Sons, in Gavan. The event esme oﬂieeeeessfslly in the presence of an immense conssnrseef ep. plauding spectators. The W Napier, to whose eminence as marine srchltasts and an. ineers we need not advert, are the lmilders both of the hull and the engine. The Penis is the largest steamer, both In capacity of hull and steam power, which has yet been built; and uh. contrast between this magniﬁcent ship and Henry Bell's Comet of 40 tons and 4 er 5 horse-power- which was the ﬁre! vessel propelled by steam in the British waiers—is so net as almost to exceed belief. Yet there were persons at the launch who had also witnessed the starting of the tiny Comet in 1812. From the adaptation by the builders of every improvement and scientiﬁc auxiliary, the Penis is expected to attain a very high degree of s eed. As soon as the Persia was fairly in the water. fully one thousand ladies and gentlemen retired to the "drawin ” room connected with the works, and on t e ﬂoor of which the pro or- tions of all these great ships are ﬁrst cha ked out. Here a sum tuous champagne lunch was rovided under t e char e o It r. Forrester. The Lord Provost was ca led to the chair by acclamation. His Lordship, in proposing “ Success to the Persia,” remarked that they must have all been highly gratiﬁed at the suc. cessl'ul launch of this enormous ship. It was of all he had ever seen, the greatest wonder and trium h of art; and the men who had per- forms the work deserved applause from eve citizen of Glasgow. Not that they had not other men capable of performing similar acts. but Mr. Napier stepped out and showed to his fellow men, that when he had undertaken the completion of such an extraordinary ship, he could perform it with satisfaction to himself, and he (the Lord Provost) also hoped that it would prove no less proﬁtable. They had been invited to a glass of wine and cake, and he hoped they would all partake of Mr. Nnpier’s hospitality, and, while drinking his health ,wish him every prosperity.—Mr. Napier, in replying, cordially thanked his lordshi for proposin his health. He might state,t at his son ha been the rincipal instrument in performing the work. I e mentioned this, because he thou ht that youn people more especially should get the honour w ien t icy deserved it. he launch itself was most admirabl con- ducted, the ship entering the tide as safe y and easily as though she had been a wherry; and this, it must be remembered, is saying a great deal, when it is considered that the aunch took lace in a river not much broader than the ength of the vessel. The building-yard, how- ever, is so situated that advantage can be taken of a bend. by which the ship is launched partly down and partly across the Clyde. It was necessary, however, to pull the mass up before it struc ll inst the opposite shore, which, if unchecked? it would inevitably have done from its own terrible momentum. For this urpose. the two anchors belonging to the ersia, which are each 50 cwt., were literally built into the ground and covered with iron lates. These were connected with the hause- oles, of the ship by chains of the exact strength of those used on board the great line- of-buttlc ship, Duke of Wellington, and the links in which are 2} inches in diameter. The cables are attached to two of Trotman’s patent anchors—nll of which were manufactured b Messrs. Henry Wood and Co. of Liverpoo . After the daggers were struck away, a few minutes of great anxiety ensued, for the ehi did not move ; but everything had been planne and calculated, and gradually she got into motion, and sitting on her cradle, careered down the ways beautifully. As she reached the centre of the river the terriﬁc strain came upon the chains, and these in turn dragged the anchors for forty feet, rapidly ploug ing up the solid land to a considerable depth as easily as the wave is divided b the keel. This brought up the great ship a ilie timeously and 83 sly ; and, amidst the cheerin of assembled thousands, she was towed up to hﬁssre. Napier‘! yard at the Broomielaw to receive her machin- ery. Miss Wilson of Dundyvan, had the honour of naming this, the largest ship aﬁoI_t. This we have said, is the lar st steam-ship aﬂoat in the world—ir exceed ng in length. Itrength. tonne and steam-power the Great Britain or the Iﬁinalaya, and exceeding al_I° 5! no less than 1200 tone the internal capscit 01' the lar st of the present splendid Cuna ll-

ﬂrltltﬂi ddl It I or B:i&r.ni§.°..°j,

nerlano er chief proportions may be summed “P as c we :— Inagth f head to taﬂi-ail 3000 foot- Longth inmt'lliIeﬁv‘v:"r, ’ 35° W" Breadth cfthe hull, 451°“ Breadth over all, 71 7°" 32 feet

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Stuipendous as the Persia is, the li_mI 0‘ beauty have been so well worked out in tin preparation of her model, that her app0|D‘!°: is singularly graceful and lighteome. 10