VOL. IV. 1NO. HU.J 
THE ITELD OF WAR. 
THE BLACK SEA. 
THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCES OFF SEBASTOPOL. 
mv _ Viksxa, Wednesday. 
The combined fleets, -which had left Varna on the 3rd, 
had appeared off Sebastopol on tho Sth. A perfect cloud of 
transports, troop-ships, and steamers of all size.-, covered the 
sea in the vicinity of Baloklavn. 
Another despatch of the same date is as follows 
., , , Vienna, Wednesday morning. 
No accident happened during the embarkation of the ex- 
pedition to the Crimea, and on the 3rd the greater part of the 
fleet had weighed anchor. 
Sebastopol was generally supposed to be the destined 
point of attack. 
The whole army was in the highest spirits. 
THE BALTIC FLEET. 
DESTRUCTION OF THE FORTIFICATIONS OF 
ALAND. 
Ledsund, Sept. 5.— The fortresses that stood upon the 
Aland islands are amongst the things that were. Mines were 
spnrng beneath them cm the 30th and 31st August, and 
J J 0rt ° f F* 06 * after ifc h: ‘ d into 
the hands of the French was shelled from the Russian main- 
iTh'p Ifc . took “ d bl , ew u l» ou tfa e morning of the 15th 
ult. Prasto was fired on the 30th : its destruction was com- 
ft' J h 'T!v eXP °5 1Un ^ took P lace ia succession ; 
on the third the entire fort seemed to open out, and then 
went upwards amidst a thick volume of smoke. All the 
hewn granite which formed the outer casing of its walls 
slipped over the tongue of land upon which it was built into 
the sea leaving a heap of bricks and rubble on its site. 
Nottick was destroyed ou the following day. The first ex- 
plosion was like a clap of the loudest thunder, followed by 
tour or five successive discharges notunlike a salute from 
heavy guns. Its walls visibly started on the first report, 
and these shot upwards, enveloped in a cloud of the heaviest 
and densest smoke which floated heavily away over the 
ruins of PrasfcO. Stones and splinters came down in a 
shower upon the surrounding rocks, and when the curtain of 
amoke had withdrawn itself from over the d. Iris, two shaken 
portions of the circular tower were still standing, like solitary 
sentinels, over the fallen fort, and served only 'to render the 
picture of rum more striking and impressive. The main 
work, or semicircular fort, was destroyed on Saturday 
evening. It was riven asunder by several grand explosions 1 
The Whole appearance of the place from the ships now 
present a melancholy picture of desolation, and has lost all 
distinguishing marks. The forts, so lately models of 
strength and beauty, are effaced from tho landscape. The 
vdlage which Conned so conspicuous an object, lias disap- 
peared by fire and the beautiful trees, so lately umbrageous, 
but now scorched and shorn, stand like dismal spectrescLting 
off flashes of soot before every breeze. Some of the guns have 
been shipped on board English vessels. In a lottery for 
seven brass guns the French got four, John Bull drew three 
and a forge. All the shot has been thrown into the sea 
The immense stores of Bomarsund have been thrown open ! 
Saturday, September 16 , 1851 . 
co the countiy people, who flock from all quarters with 
I cvei T ®xeuse tor a cart that can be got to carry away the 
mea . barley, oats, &c. They are allowed to take as much as 
ey p ease, and, though hundreds have availed themselves 
of the opportunity, there is still enough and to spore for 
hundreds more. This is a very seasonable gift to the poor 
re cues, many of whom but for it must have starved during 
the winter. s 
The fortifications at Bomarsund woro indebted for their 
| erection i to a plan formed by the present Emperor when 
proposed to himself to place an impreg- 
nable fortress, so as to command the narrowest strait in tho 
, - land archipelago that admits of navigation at all by vessels 
| °* nu y s ize- Bomar signifies a bolt or bar. It was not till 
a ter the works were completed, according to tile original 
I P ,an * then* faultiness was discovered, inasmuch as they 
| were easily assailable from tho laud side, ami commanded by 
the neighbouring heights. At the time of the capture b‘v 
the Allies nil additional barrack was found in process of 
erection; the formation of two other fortifications was laid, 
as well as for a fourth tower, tho walls of which were already 
run up to about three feet above the level of the ground. 
The extreme assiduity with which the work at these build- 
ings had been carried ou up to the last moment was evidenced 
by the mason having left his chisel, and the bricklayer his 
trowel and mallet, behind, at the place they had boon work- 
ing ; the footsteps of the labourers were still fresh ou the 
surface of the ground : the keystone of a bomb-proof granite 
vault was found half sunk into its bod. and iu one pile of 
bricks a poor bricklayer’s labourer had loft his wallet, with a 
lump of black bread nud his schnapps bottle in it. The fare 
of the Russian garrison appears to have been ns unpalatable 
to the Western forces as their habitations iu the fortress 
were found disgustingly loathsome from the violation of 
many of tho most ordinary rules of health nud decency. 
XT OUR FRENCH ALLIES. 
Nyborg, September 12. — The French ships Donauwerth, 
Saint Louis, Tilsit, Assyrienne, Audromnque, Cleopatra, 
Laboneux, with transports, have passed through tho Belt 
with tho Baltic troops. We ore told that 1,000 have died of 
cholera. (Another account says 750, including a colonel aud 
three other officers.— En.) 
The announcement of the arrival of tho Baltic squadron at 
Brest and Cherbourg has caused tho greatest excitement in 
those ports, where preparations are in progress for their 
reception. ° 
We read in the Phare de la Mancht Next month we I 
shall witness m our harbour a great naval spectacle. The 
entire squadron of Admiral Paraeval Deadlines, composed of 
forty-five men-of-war, returning from tho Baltic to winter in 
the ports of France, wUl cast anchor at Cherbourg, in com- 
pany with ten English steamers and sailing-vessels, having on 
board the expeditionary corps under the orders of Marshal 
Baraguay d Hdliers, who are to he disembarked at this port, 
with all the.r We shall then behold an immense 
fleet Of fifty-five vessels, carrying 38,000 men, entering our 
harbour by the same tide. This news is official The Tulmi- 
nistration of the Marine has just received orders to have ready 
by the first week in October rations for that number «»f men. 
Ibis grand military display will be rendered still more 
attractive, if we be rightly informed, by the presence of tho 
Emperor, who is expected to review the expeditionary corps, 
Uhose valour, by the taking of Bomarsund, has greatly added 
to our military renown. The arrival of his Majesty at C'lier- 
I bou ‘-8 very probable, but it ia not in our power as vet to 
confirm tins pleasing intelligence, wliicf, wo hope will prove 
I toiiect. At all events, wo arc assured that the Minister of 
i T°V h ° 8tI T iron - A,W « *Wt stay in our 
| port the fleet will separate; one division will continue „t 
| Cherbouig, and the other will winter at Brest. With respect 
1 to the troops we cannot say whether they will remain in our 
gun isoii until the next campaign, or, what, is more probable 
be quartered m the difforo.it towns of the interior, leaving at 
Ctarbourgoll tho mat, rid of the artiUciy, and the ip 
A Berlin letter of tho 10th, iu the Post Ampt Gasetu of 
Frank fort, says — “ Marsha 1 Baraguay d’Hilliors, who baa 
J.H . amved here from Dautzie, received at that city tho 
Maishals baton, from tho hands of nu aide-de-camp to tho 
Emperor. M. Moustier. tho French, Ambassador, has paid a 
long visit to the Marshal, who is accompaniod by Gon. Niel 
Colonels St. Loynl and do Roohehouot, Intendout Potit, and* 
Captaiu Molm, uido-de-canip." 
SAILING OF TROOPS. 
The hired steam transport Vifredo, Costello commander, is 
ordered to bo docked at Portsmouth before taking in her 
Owoii meUta t<n ' 10 lluvlng 1,0011 ngromul ou tho 
Tho detachments from tho 02nd HigUla.ido.-H aro undor 
S^!TVT th0T °' V0r - ‘ W a ’ K " tl,OMO of t,u * 88th, 
J8th .U,l, and other reginmuta, to Mtrongthon tho garrison 
at Windsor, on the departure of the 48th Foot forth? East 
1,1 J ddl ^“ the troo P" that tho hired steam transport 
2 800 Wr f °i ° l V t0 , B1 , ack Swl - «1‘« " ill also take out 
2,800 Urrels of beef and pork, several tons of broad and 
biscuit, and 300 dozen of port wmu for tho use of the siek 
troops at Varna. It is reported that u portion of tho 48th 
regiment will embark m tho V ifredo. 
Tho Mangorton hired transport, No. 17, has arrived at 
I ortsmouth to embark stores, &c., fur tho Black Sea. 
TBoopsoif 
order was received on Saturday ’night bv Colonel 
Ellis, C.B., Commandant of the Woolwich division of Royal 
Marines, to have m readiness a dotachmont consisting of 
sixty-ono non oommiaaioncd officera and men of the division 
teproceedn.uned.atelv to Slieorness for embarkation iu tho 
Algmis 91, screw steamship, Captain Charles Talbot for i 
InThoVlack's^ 7, Ti h ‘ “5 tie casualtica ftnd dwtl.-vftcaucio.-i 
the Black Se.i. I lie order was promptly attended to, and 
yesterday foronoon tho uon-commiasionod officera and men 
marched from then- barracks, bonded by their bund, to tho 
dockyard-station of the North Kent Railway. Uu entering 
the carriages, tho band played •• Rule Britannia,” and lh? 
detachment left the station for Sheoraoss amid tho cheers of 
a groat number of sfrangora, which woro warmly responded 
to by cheers and waving of ehuooa of the detachment. 
♦I.? SSff 0 ”j' V ! ■ lMub - a 1 rk at , th0Hamo time a detachment of 
the Chatham division of Royal Murines, and call at Plymouth 
on her way to the Mediterranean and Black Sea, to m.ibark 
detachments from these divisions of Royal Marinos, and tho 
entire number of Marines embarked in her for tho service of 
the shipH and steamers on that station will bo upwurds of 
200 non-commissioned officers and men. 
SOLDIERS' WIVES AND FAMILIES 
nnH- 0 !*? u lottor from » private soldior 
published m tho Salis bury Journal , tho writer says : - Q u ly 
MARKET IN THE CAMP AT TCHOURUK-SU. 
