VESSELS CAPTURED UNDER THE RUSSIAN FLAG.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XII, Issue 842, 24 July 1855, Page 2 (Supplement)

VESSELS CAPTURED UNDER THE RUSSIAN FLAG.

Return of all vessels captured under the Russian flag, with the names of the capturing ship and its con.mandin{» officer, the date of adjudication, the amount of gross proceeds oi the costs, charges, and expenses incurred, and the amount of the balance for distribution :—: — 105 vessels appear to have bfeen captured up to the 10th of Junuary, 1 855 ; one-vessel of- war destroyed by the Cuckoo steam vessel, pronounced by the Admiralty Couit to have had a crew of 60 persons. Ihe first vessel taken as a prize appears to have been captured under the Danish colours, by the Alban, oa the 21st of April, 1851. with a cargo of salt, 400 tons.

Notice given ot distribution on the Bth December, 1854, after waiting three months for appeal. The most valuable prize appears to have been captured by the Gorgon, Captain Cumming, viz. — Ida, 20 tons, 19th April, 1854; sentence of condemnation 29th June, 1854, and no notice as yet given for distribution.

What the Americans Say of otna Commissariat. — The following is extracted from a letter received by a late mail from New York :— " By the way, in my gossiping, I should like to make a remark on one thing, that is, the complaints made in English papers respecting Americans treating the all-engrossing war with so much coolness. The reason is this :— When the Mexican war took place, which was decidedly a great accomplishment, considering the immense distance to be traTelled, the force employed, and the trouble of getting the commissariat across leagues and leagues of desert, the British, papers excelled themselves in sneers and remarks about the strong and the weak ; taunting the United States • that she had selected an enemy to fight with, because she knew she could crush her.' Now, it is in the nature of mankind, and, lam afraid, ,of the Anglo-Saxon race in particular, to' recollect such things ; hence the cool manner with which the affair is treated, and the sneers thrown out by American papers with respect to the war in the East, which, I think, are richly deserved with respect to the commissariat department ; for while the Americans, with hundreds of miles of desert to cross, always had_ plenty to eat, and good surgical attendance, the English, with an open sea, a magnificent fleet, and some of the best doctors in the world, are fairly starved to death, and, when wounded, left to rot. Alas ! my unfortunate countrymen, it is murder." Accounts from Smyrna announce the arrival there of Meyer, the new civil superintendent of the English hospital, with a large staff of medical men and the female nurses. Things are much improved since their arrival, and every thing is proceeding very satisfac- ; torily. .. .

Toceeds ot vessel and cargo . . . . Ixpensrs of the Marshal [er Majesty's Proctor r,OT« 1U V 265 15 10 77 0 9

Proceeds of ship £830 0 0 Sargo 9,163 0 0 Paid out to the Marshal 624 0 0 Ditto to her Majesty's Proctor.. 100 6 0

Amount of gross proceeds £300. 0 0 Amount paid to Marshal 99 8 5 Ditto to her Majesty's Proctor.. 45 18 7 Expenses 145 7 0 Balance for Captain, Officers,} Crew and share to Green- f ,» i, n wich Hospital, by Act 10 j 10 * " u Geo. 4, cap. 26, sec. 17. / 300 0 0

To shovr expenses as contrasted with proceeds of prize, vi 2., the Victor, captured by the Euryalus on. the 16th April, 1854.