The Express. — London, England, 1855-08-22 00:00:00

Ze- 'A- --- ~ THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO PARIS. INSPECTION OF THE EXI BEAUX ARTS. EIPILOK OITA MOUS, COMS' PARIS. MONDAT RIMMING. The bill of fare provided for her Majesty's enter tainment to-day was sufficiently varied at once for the royal entertainment, and for the gratification of the public curiosity, which had been sadly disap pointed by the protracted journey of Saturday. The Parisians had on that day given themselves • general holiday, sad were all in the streets at an early hour prepared to shout their heartiest tiros for La Rein. D'AngloGrre, but a sojourn of eight hours on a har vest day in the streets of Paris is so joke, and when, after that, was to be added the closing in of night, which prevented &tithing being distinguished but the scarlet liveries of the royal footmen, it was not wonderful that thtfebrile organisations of our neigh bours should be disagreeably excited, and that much charactetistio grumbliog should transpire, sad some ludicrous mistakes be made in ellering the osatemary ovations. It is said, tee instance, that her Majesty got credit for a peculiar severity of countenance in consequence of being mistaken for one of the ladies of her court, and that the footmen aforesaid were very much cheered at one point through being taken for two very great offioers of the court. It is certainly a pity that the inexorable tide should have inierfered with her Majesty's usual punctuality on so important an occasion, as the people here had made the most laudable exertions to give her a suitable reception, and to show their erase of the high compliment paid to their hospitality. It woe remarked that the de oersted balconies, triumphal arches, and the various other decorations were much more numerous and splendid than had ever been seen before, and that an extraordinary large proportion of them was erected at private expense, and witbost any compulsion or suggestion on the part of the government. The same might be said of the illuminations in the evening, which were so brilliant as almeet to restore the good humour of the crowd, although still, audible murmurs might be heard on every side, very clearly indicative of the chagrin of the gay Parisians at losing their expected sight of their august visitor. It is to be hoped that, previous to her Majesty's departure, some ametsde hortorale may be thought of, as there will then be no tide-tables required to regulate the period of a promenade. You have already been informed that Sunday was strictly preserved to the royal and imperial circles as a day of rest, the value of which could he fully appre ciated by all who had assisted, as the French say, at the ceremonial of the day before; but here again soma disappointment was created, for the chapel of the embassy bad been newl carpeted for au expected royal visit, and the whole English garrison of Paris had been taken with a sudden religious fit, and had determined to go to church to take a stare of homage at their beloved sovereign. The reverend incumbent had prepared an occasional sermon, in which the au spicious occasion was to be dwelt on with due em phasis, but at 10 o'clock in the morning be received a note from Lotd Cowley, summoning him to St. Cloud, to read sirvice in the Queen's private apart ments. As Dr. Hale bad au audience of but twenty four persons to hear him, it may be supposed that there was hardly an opportunity for doing full justice to his original intention. It is understood that it possible her Majesty will attend service next Sunday in the chapel of the embassy. I may here observe that I have had an opportunity, through the courtesy of Mr. Albano, architect to our Board of Works, of , seeing the improvements which have been made io that once dilapidated edifice under his tasteful super intendence. A sufficiently gorgeous presence cham ber, in crimson and gold, has been prepared, and the reception saloons have been beautifully mounted in blue and silver. There is still room for further im provements • but until Mr. Williams, of Lambeth, relaxer a lit tle in hie stern Dodoes of economy, the Ambsseade d'Aegleterre mast be contented with a moderate amount of splendour. To show how much necessity is the mother of invention, I cannot refrain from , mentioning the ingenious expedient by which Mr. Albano converted an old musty carpet into a splendid new one, glowing as if fresh from the loom* of Anbussoo. Plulosophicaliy concluding that the grizzled appeeranee of the carpet was only super ficial, he bad it carefully clipped all over, and the result is a splendid new carpet, hartnonieiug Wand lolly with the grand furniture which it supports. I trust that the proprietors ot old Aubusson carpets will be sufficiently grateful for being made acquelated with this valuable discovery. • I This morning wee devoted to an inspection of the Exposition ot the Beaux Art*, and certainly it would be difficult to find an exhibition more worthy of • oval visit. Here are collected all the triumphs et modem art from every school, gallery, and studio in Dm, admirably arranged, lighted, and classilkii s mailing in their mammal= a complete school of eritisima for enrols who wished to become a connois seur. The two largest miles are devoted to French art, in addition to which Horace Vernet and Ingres have each a room to himself, besides which there is a third room mainly devoted to a collection of the works of De la Roche. The English have a large gallery, containing many well known pictures, amongst which those of Mulready and Mil- Isiis have obtained the greatest popularity amongst the Parisians; the one for his ela borate finish, the other for the novelty and originality of his mode of treatment. Meclise's correct sculptural drawing is too much like their own to attract much notice from the French, and they know too little of the original 'ornery to eater into the rich sylvan beauty of the English landscapes. The Flemings have a large gallery, but these artists have all been trained in France, so that one looks in vain for the worthy summers ot Robens and Vandyke. Spain, Sweden, and Norway have also galleries; and even Brother Jonathan offers his mite to art in the slaps of one war-piece of mediocre pretensions. The however, of all this mass of form, and light, and oolour, set in burnished gold. and hung with a tree eye for position, is almost oppressive in its sae& &mice, and must have been duly appreciated by oar Sovereign sod her illustrious Consort, both of whom are known to be no mean connoisseurs in the fine arta. It was at first intended that the visit should be pri vete, and great exertions were required from your correspondent to obtain the privilege of admis sion, but subiseqoently other councils prevailed, and the general public were permitted to crowd round, sad run after and chase the two most powerful Sovereigns in the world, for the small charge of one franc for each person. Indicatioos of the aporoachiog visit, might be seen from the moment one entered the Champs Elysees. The patrols of the Municipal Guard I Cheval promenaded up and down, and the new police were most numerously represented, and folly employed in restraining within due bounds the public curiosity. They (lid their spiriting admirably and on the whole gently, if we except a wonderful turn for oratory exhibited by each member of the force, and which contrasted somewhat oddly with the dry brevity of their London contemporaries. At the entrance a handsome canopy in crimson velvet and gold had been erected, and the whole of the espla eade was gaily decorated with oriflatunies and trophies tyoeal of the English and French alli ance. The Imperial and Royal party arrived punctually at eleven o'clock, and were received at the entrance by Prince Napoleon, MM. De Mee coy (special commissioner foe the line arts), Lepiay, Arles, Darrow, &a I did not observe any member of the English coeunissice, except Mr. Went worth Dilke, who was not however guest is his official capacity. The ladies at home will be glad to leant that their Quoit won a charming white bow- DEB / .0-Areee e No. 2,,10.] EATASLIMIED 111117. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, eranwaren. Iloodoo. 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I 1 1 9 13 6 SD 0 • 1 0 4 1 a 4 11 N I 6 9 13 4 . INEWSTAF.E r CP - - 9 ET a Ilax3 1' LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1855. (Stamped ld. Additional.) [TWOPENCE. net, a pink silk dress, and a lace mantle. The Em peror, on whole arm she leant, was in plain clothes, as was also Prince Albeit, who escorted the Prioress Royal. The French were quite surprised at the sta ture of her Royal Highness, whom they had expected to see a mere child, and were excessively complimen tary in their remarks on her appearance. The Prince of Wales welted alone, and the party was made up by the leading members of the respective Courts. At the moment of their entrance the band of the Guides struck up the National Anthem, and a general cry of "La Reins "• was raised amongst the company inside, and 'numerous groups of ladies and gentleman might Weisel rushing in every direc tioo. To prevent their too rapid accumulation in the way of the Royal promedade the police resorted to the rattier ingenious artifioe of suddenly clearing the way. in various quarter., se If the Queen was coming. This was of coarse the signal for an immediate rush towards the prohibited district, and in the meantime the august visitors passed unmolested along a different part of the gallery. I must here mention that I was rather disappointed at the appearance of the com pany. Knowing the exquisite taste of the French ladies in the science of lb. toilette, and remembering the brilliant awed' by which I had seen her Majesty greeted on other occasions, I most were.' that I thought the general costume, both male and female, hardly worthy of so remarkable an occasion. How ever, the company was numerous enough, and exhi bited a very laudable vivacity and earnestness, in emulating the British style of loyal salutation. During • visit made under such circumstances anything like a careful inspection of the pictures was of coarse out of •the question, but still her Majesty's quick eye was not long in detect ing the more noticeable pictures, and a short pause was coureausly made to give her an opportunity for observation. To enable her to do so the more con veniently, attendants followed with gorgeously gilt chairs, and even the wheel-chair presented by Prince Albert to the Empress was at hand ; bat the Queen, who is a resolute pedestrian, found no occasion to en it. Another of much smaller dimensioa was also in madness for the Princess Royal, but bet royal high ness, who is now taller than her augur mother, must have smiled at the attention of the court functionaries. Hie Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon walked by her Majesty's side, and gave the necessary explana tion as to the subjects of the various pictures. Amongst the pictures noticed by her Majesty, the most prominent were "The Empress and her C tun," by Winterbalter—certaioly a most graceful bevy of court beauties, and io the cos of the Empress herself admirable in portraitere--and Rosa Botiheur's charming picture of the " Hayfield," which is justly reckoned one of As lions of the Exbibi. tion. The ghastly fidelity of Mailer's " Last Day of the Reign of Terror" also attracted the royal notice. A glance was sufficient for the imam., panorama of Horace Vaunt, but there was no time to do j lance to the minute be..nties of De Coops. For this, and many other genre, another and more leisurely inspection must be afforded. The preareoade was so ingeniously managed that the crowd were seldom able to overtake the imperial party, until the moment of retiring,when they had all collected about tee point of exit. Here, however, the police were not long in clearing a pas sage, down which her Majesty passed, leaning on the Emperor, and bowing repeatedly in acknowledg ment of the cheers of the company. Minty thought that the expression of het Majesty's countenance was grave, but it must be recollected that she had hardly as yet recovered from the fatigues of her journey. Previous to her departure, her Majesty and cortege ascended to the water-colour gallery, and the com pany, who were excluded from this quarter of the building, had an 'admirable view of the whole party as they ascended the stabs. I understood that her Majesty was here treated with some music, but I had not the honour of being present. On leaving the building her Majesty was greeted with loud viVILA, and there were many cries of " Vivo l'Empertur." The departure was by -no means the least attractive portion of the day's proceedings. The bright. consumes of a squadron of Cairaseiere of the Imperils/ Gamed glittered mew* • theoretics toms which had been brought specially from Noddy for the occasion ; the Imperial carriages glittered with gold bees, and tLe noble horses pranced and champed as if conscious of the important duty they were called on to petiole. The whole of the surrounding scenery was in keeping, and an immense crowd cheered as her Majesty entered the carriage. Before leaving, the Emperor expressed his high satis faction with ad the arrangements of the officiate. The whole party drove rapidly to the Elyeee ' which has been most gorgeously renovated for the royal visit, and then partook of a French breakfast. Sub sequently there was a reception of the Ambassadors, after which her Majesty drove off again for a visit to the Sainte Chapelle, during her passage to which she was loudly cheered by the crowds that thronged the streets. origleally Marie Antoiaette's boudoir. Be,. the ornaments are the same as when the untortuoati• Queen occupied them. Beyond this room again is the Prince's bedroom—a pretty room, hung wun rich flowered silk damuk from the looms of Lyons. Beyond the bedroom is the Prince's saloo ' where soars floe pictures and a beautiful clock are the chief ornaments. Then again beyond the Prince's sitting room are two waiting looms, the last of which has walls of beautiful inlaid marbles. whole of the Bth and morning of the 9th were em ployed placing mortars in position. They were anchored 3,500 yards, and a second anchor placed in shore so as to enable them to shift their position 600 yards inwards, so that they might command their owition *wording to the range of the enemy's flre; and daring the nights of the 7th and Bth the French were busy with 2,500 bags of seed. that they had brought over from Nargen, in making a parapet composed of thew bags on the Abraham shoal the first night, and the mortars were landed during the second night. There were also 15 English and 45 French gnu-boats engaged. The style of tacuce consisted in • small division of the gun-boats per forming circles at a pretty smart speed several hun dred ;aids inside the mortars, the French gun boats forming an occasional exception to this mummere by anchoring, fancying they had greater advantages by this. The different captains of frigates and gnu-boats were signalled on b-erd the Duke of Wellington ; and, so as to place them in full possession of the ideas of the Commander-in-Chief, and as well to understand appear to have had some notion that the town of Helaingfors was to follow the same tate as that of Sweaborg, as from some dui . Canoe to the left of the town, a large white painted sign was put up outside a long red building with the words, " Lunatic Aeylum," in plain Baldish. The thing looked like a begging petition to spars this. The admiral never in tended destroying the town, although they hardly deserved this immunity, for some forts had fired upon some of our boats, depriving themselves of any right to expect any privilege of protection under the plea of being a quiet town. On the evening of the 12th the Wee Pet yacht, with some officers of the Cossackon board, and Prince Leioingen amongst them, much to the annoyance of the admiral, stood in towards the forts about 9, and had a regular brick fire opened upon her with shot red hot and shell, and bursting and hitting near her without any results— /Dore than they deserved. It appears that while both admirals were reconnoitring tram Miolo the destruc tion they had caned, they had a smart fire from Bak- Rolmen opened upou them. Theltassiana appear much more plucky on these trumpery =estops than when defending their stronghold against the enemy. Both fleets started early on the 13th for Nargen, and reached the old anchorage of Nargen about noon, when immediate preparations were ni..de for coaling and provisioning the different ships. We received the news that the Cottenham transport had struck on a rock shortly after leaving Faro, and the Geyser, taking the Belleisle hospital ship in tow, proceeded to Faro for the purpose of mewing that ship. Admiral Seymour proceeds to take command of the Cronstadt division of the fleet, relieving Ad miral Baynes, who proceeds to the Gulf of Bothnia, the Cummanchr-in-Chief remaining at this as head quarters. Report sends the Basilisk to England ; the Magicienne is off to Cronstadt, and the Dragon will form one of the Gulf of Bothnia squadron. 'Mar three R4alspatttoents are those of the Prises of Wales and the Princess Royal—all very simply bat prettily decorated. THE BOMBARDMENT OF SWEABO RG. (FROM VARIOUS CORRZSPONDENTS). OFF BWEABORo, avower 8. We have been busy all day in getting the mortar vessels in position. The Euryslus, Magicienne, Vulture, and Dragon were placed outside the mortar tar* at • distance of about 4,220 yards from the hart fff Sweaborg. The miserable remains of the Russian fleet consist of one line-of-battle ship moored across the entrance, a frigate, and the smaller vessels inside, all dismantled. Arrangements are bring now made fur hauling the mortar vessels closer in when it Demme. dark, and then opening fire on the town and batteries. The French are to land gaits on Oterhall Island, to play on the town of Helsiegtors, while our vessels keep up a heavy fins against the works of Sweaborg. Toe Russians have heat a large earth work on Bak-Hohneo, close to which is a mortar battery, which they have not bad time to finish, and, luckily in our present position, they have no guns mounted there. In the evening the masters of Burps las, Ainphion, Vulture, and Magicienne were sent in to haul the mortar vessels into position, ready to open fire on Sweaborg in the morning. August 9.—At 7.30 a.m., the signal was ask to cotumence action, when the mortar vends opened a very heavy fire on the tows, which was kept up welL The threadecker moored across the harbour had been set fire to, and her gun dismounted, but they succeeded in patting the tire out, and mounted another gun. At 11.30 in the forenoon a shell buret in one of the nise,azioes, and exploded it, dismounting all the guns ' and in an instant it wes in • perfect bless. The Admiralty boom was the next victim, having been set fire to at 12 o'clock, the gun-boats doing their work well. At 7.20 the gun-beats were recalled, most of them having fired away ell their powder and shot. At 10.57 the rocket boats from all the snips opened fire, which had a magnificent appearance, at the same time volumes of flames bursting out of the windows of the Admi ralty-house and the embrasures of the destroyed bat tery. The only accident that took place during the day was two men wounded in the Vulture's boat by the explosion of • rocket. The bombardment is being well kept up. Since 9 p.m. the Russians have not fired a shot. August 10.—At daylight this morning we per ceived that the enemy had during the night hauled the three-decker well up the Harland, and at 3.30 a.m. we opened fire on them from mortar and gun-boats. Alter firing for an hour and a half we observed an other grand explosion, when the Russians opened fire but without effect, and appeared to be slackening their fire. The French are now towing some of their mortar vessels in against Helsiogfors, and the Com mander-in-Chief expresses his high pitmen) with the way in which the fire has been kept up, as &leo of the material damage dose to the stronghold of the north. The islands Vairgon, Gustafirrard, and But Svarto are in flames. Our Are is still kept up, though several of the mortars have been disabled from the constant fire. The Havoc split hers in two pieces, and the others are gulled in the breech. At 8 p.m. the Merlin got on shore, but luckily out of range; the Geyser was sent to he; assimilates. bet had not at midnigb& suaseeded is getting her off. The boats from Buryalus, Vulture, and Megicienne are com pleting the mortar vessels and gunboats with powder, shot, and shell, ready for a heavy day's firing to morrow, and it is said all our vessels are going. August 10.—At 3 a.m. the mortar vessels and gun boats opened fire, and kept it up during the day, and added fuel to the fire by causing another explosion in the fsrtifications. The rocket boats also, that opened fire after 11 p.m., also did a great deal of destruction. Some of the boats went close in and saw the town quite plain in one masa of fire. August 11.—At 4 a.m. the signal was made to / cram firing, and all the mortar vessels and gun-boats hauled out and prepared to leave. Nothing has taken place worthy of notice since. August 12.—1 n the afterncon the admiral issued a general memorandum, which was read to each ship's company on the quarter-deck, thanking the officers and men for their services during the bombardment, as also for the great destruction we have done. In the evening a yacht called the Wee Pet was under weigh and got too close to the Flagstaff Batteries; the Russians opened fire on her, but she luckily got out unhurt though the shot were falling all round her. August 12—At 430 a.m., the fleet got under weigh for Nergen. The only accident that took place was to the Vulture, which, in taking the &otos in tow, carried away her foretop gallant mar, and at 12.30 we all anchored in Herrn Roads, where we remain as if nothing had occurred. August 13.—The weather is very unsettled, and there is nothing of importance going on. August 14.—The Megicienne is just ordered to Croustade, aid the Vulture takes the important despatches of the victory at Sweaborg to atomic ; the Basilisk goes home at once, taking some of the mortar vessels in tow; her engines are very detective, and therefore she is no use out here. The Vulture brings Major Green and Captain Green, Commander Haggard, lately first lieutenant of Arrogant, a Mr. Forbes, and last not least Mr. Carmichael, reporter to the Illustrated Loaders Itiews. the palmy' abrupt termination of the bombardment, without following it up by assault, it was pointed out to theta clearly to be • bombardment, where as great amount of dem reedy° missiles were to be lodged into the fortress of Sweaborg and cause as much pos sible damage on their side, as we were to secure to ourselves the least possible sacrifice of life on our part. Thus then every one was on the qui vice at half-past seven on the morning of the 9th. The sig ■al was made from the flag-ship, and repeated by Euryalus to open fire, and shortly after the Pickle mortar fired, followed in quick succession by the others, the shell almost immediately falling in pro minent points of the fortress. The gunboats took their appointed positions op in steaming rapidly round a given point and delivering their shot and shell at the nearest point to the torts ; but little was observed by the eye, although no doubt masses of fire were being lodged from the bursting shells in different parts. The following is the order of the day mentioned by our Correspondent: About 10.16 fires burst forth in the centre of the principal island, Vargoo, and about noon a shell lodged in one of the magazines of the forte of East Seam, which gave rise to one of the most beautiful sights it is possible to conceive. First, the bursting of the shell, followed immediately by violent explosions in regular periodic succession, and more like a volcanic eruption than anything else I can fancy. Instead of lava, there were guns and their rammers, shot, shell, rafters, stone, and every conceivable thing that entered into the compo sition of a fort, vomited forth in most ter rific confusion, and splashing the water round an extensive circle. Volumes of smoke and flame fol lowed, and the whole thing appeared obliterated. The damage done here to life must have been very great. In the meantime the crews of the mortar vessels and gun-boats were gaining fresh stimulus from such splendid results, aided by the bursts of applause that rang through the fleet. The enemy's return fire was tame and insipid : a few guns at a time, and not nearly ranging us. At this time the Arrogant, Cossack, and Cruiser opened fire upon bodies of troops on the Island of Drunisio with consider able havoc ; and, on the other hand, the Cornwallis, Hastings, and Amphion tackled the forts on Sand hamo with much lees success; they got hulled fifteen times, with 8 men mounded, and in return only dis mounted one of the enemy's guns. Towards the latter part of the day, the enemy's shot from the two-decker at Langorn fell pretty near the nearest circle of gun boats, and the higher guns on Bak-Holmen reached the gunboats near the French battery, who, by the way, were firing with great zeal and alacrity. As the gunboats were flitting about in such rapid cycles, they must have distracted much the enemy's range. Some of the mortars were temporarily disabled, from pivots and gear giving way, and during the day one wee split in two halves, one halt going overboard without doing any damage. The temporary disabilities were soon put to rights, under the superintendence of Mr. Ward, inspector of machinery, who went to them in the Volcano (smithy ship). At 7.20 p.m. the gun-boats were re called, and boats held in readiness from all the ships with rockets, to proceed under cover of night. The flames in various parts of the town was splendid and the house of the main guard were perfectly red hot, flames extending in ill directions round it. The rocket flotilla, under Captains Caldwell rad Hell, flag-captains, opened fire at a quarter to 10, and continued with great vigour till 1.30 next morn ing; the effect from these rockets was violently to increase the conflagration. The mortars eon-' I tinued uninterruptedly during the night. An accident happened to one of the Vulture's boats, by the hieing line giving way, the rocket being dis charged into the bows of the boat, blowing it to pieces, and burning two men—one to a very dan gerous extent. At 4 a.m. on the 10th the gun-boats again joined with renewed vigour, and as they ex pended their supplies of ammunition, proceeded to the Dragoo, who had every thing in readiness to supply them. The second day's firing was almost a re petition of the first. The boat-building sheds were utterly consumed, as well as the arsenals, and the three- decker behind bad to be hauled out of the way; she had been so severely handled. The two-decker at Langorn had several shots in her hall. The only prominent building left was the church, which had escaped almost scatbless. One or two round shot had gone through the base. The crowds of Russians of both sexes who had congregated at the heights of the town of Helsingfors had disappeared, and only a few scattered people here and there were now observed. The French had now raised a pole with their tricolor at top, and fought without a casu alty, although only 2,600 yards from the forte. The rocketing we. continued during the second night, but had to withdraw from the precision of the enemy'. fire, the night being too light. Although shot and shell ranged amongst the boats, no accident occurred. Oo the morning of the 11th the firing was signalled to cease. and a total finish of the bombard ment. It wee found that eight of the mortars were disabled ; two split in halves. Some of the French vents had fused, thereby permanently dis abling them, and it wag settled generally that a great triumph had been achieved. We had per wonders ; we had reduced to ashes a &st eins fortress, and that without • single casualty, excepting a few that might occur on any exer cising occasion ; and although they had got well our range, and some few shot struck some of the gun - boats and their rigging, by the admirable tactics not a life was lost. It would be difficult to form any estimate of the amount of life lost by the enemy, but on a quiet reconnoitering by Captain &divan after all was over, not one of the three islands had escaped. Their hospitals, store houses, arsenals, and everything that made any ap pearance, were buret down. Their ships were mauled, and although the place was not taken, they must have been sadly prostrated, for their de fence was indeed paltry. Two great practical lessons will have been taught—the first, to the Hussies& The blow is heavy, and they must feel it. To an there will be many practical hints as to the working of mortars, particularly after forty hours' concept nervier. The ball appears to be at our feet, and all that is wanted is an extension upon the principle of ' burning Sweaborg. Let the mortars and their gear be of stronger construction and much in creased in numbers, and let the gun-boats be proportionately increased; and, shauld the war unfortunately last till a third year in the Baltic, Cronstadt must tremble. Many fancy it would have a hi t td cr be ec tte stad r er:ecte.seirfytb:nperezritforblmowthheadir own opinion levelled on that point. The different admirals were clinging both day and night about the lines, and the du:ferret captains doing likewise. Indeed, the greatest zeal and excitement were displayed by every one; as a sight to an amateur, it was most splendid. They GENERAL MEMORANDUM. Duke of W.-Ilsogtoo, off Bereaborg, August 12. The Comm.nder•in•Chief is anxious, on the present oc casion, to convey to Rear Admiral SW Michael Seymour. K.C.8., to the Captain of the Fleet, and to all the captains, officers, seamen, and marines of the squadron, especially to the Royal Marine Artillery and those employed in the gun boat., mortar boat*, and boat. of the ►quadr.m, his sense of the .salons and creditable manner in w►ien they have exe cuted the various services allotted to them, by which a very important success has teen obtained, and severe injury in dicted upon the naval resuurces of the enemy. The Commander-in-Chid congratulates all upon the suc cess of their eff wts, and will not (sit to represent to the Lords Counnissionete of the Admiralty the services which have been rendered. R. 8. DUNDAII. Commander-in-Chief. CONTRABAND OF WAR AT HAMBURG. (MOM OUR OWX CORRESPONDENT.) HAMBURG, AUGUST 19. It cannot be denied that the merchants of Ham burg are practical men of business, and know how to indemnity themselves for the loss of their former di rect trade with Russia, by carrying it on indirectly, bat to a much greater extent. In consequence of the war a new market has been opened fur many articles, especially lead, sulphur, and saltpetre, and very considerable purchases have been made ever since the winter for Russian account. One single boom that I oould name confesses to having sent no less than 19,000 bags of saltpetre to Reside since March. Allow me to call the attention of your readers to the fact that the greatest supplies of these articles, comprised in the generic name of "contraband of war;' for the use of the Russian army, are now sent from this city, which is carrying on a most thriving trade, the articles bring sent by the railroad through Berlin. Hitherto the British and Fi each govern ments have taken no steps to prevent it. Is it be cause they are unacquainted with the fact? Whilst the British consul-general is enjoying the pleasure of sea-bathing at Traverufinde, and the French ambassador's house in town is shut up whilst his excellency is breathing the fresh air at his country villa at Blankenese, these things are carried on publicly. The British merchants residing here are prohibited by the Queen's procla mation from holding any commercial intercourse with Russia, it being pronounced high treason to do so; but their next-door neighbours profit doubly by the prohibition, and I may therefore be permitted to ask the gut stion, is there no way of stopping it? Could not a ship of war be placed at the mouth of the Elbe, to overhaul ships arriving with cottrabaud of war? Germany talks so much of her neutrality—is this a proof of it P The commercial paper, the Borsenhalle, gives in its yesteiday's number the usual weekly report of the markets of this city, from which I would lay before your readers the following short extracts relatieg to the above-mentioned three articles,which undoubtedly come under the denomination of contraband of war: sulphur.—During the put week about 2 000 tusks have been sold to be sent to the interior, at successively rising quotations of about 26 per cent. Some percale have also changed hands for shipment, by which our stocks have aeon greatly reduced, and holden insist on a still further advance. Saltpetre.—The imports this week consist of 1,891 bags of East India, the greater part of which was already sold on delivery. There are tint few parcels at present in the hands of Importers, which are held at very high prices. Of refined there Is nose in the marks, and the demand is so great for delivery that no contrasts can be made to deliver at an earlier period than the end of September. Chili saltpetre is not to be had, but some gavels are expected shortly, which may be purchased on delivery after their arrival. Lead.—This article is i■ great demand at rising p•ime. Oor whole stock consists of 30,000ibs. of English and 40,0001b5. of Belgian, for which 20 marls Banco is demanded. Inland may be had on delivery, but higher prices moat be paid. During the past week the sales eonspri.rd 60,0001 he. of Belgian, at 18 mark• Banco; 26,000i1ia. of Engii.h, at 20 marks Banoo; end 61,000itis of Spanish, price not known. About 60,000ibe. of lead in sheets changed hands, at 19 lurks Banco. out it is not to be bought now at tint prior. On the whole, the market for lead II very firm, end looking up. THE QUEEN'S APARTMENTS AT ST. CLOUD. The suite of apartments now occupied by her Majesty and the Prince Consort at St. Cloud, and messaged for their reception under the daily superin. laslesee of their imperial host and hostess, consist of it beautiful set of rooms which the historical mo dest Ray remember were decorated and tarnished smearding to the taste of Marie Antoinette, not long before the Revolution swept her royal husband from the throne, and sent her to the Coaciergerie. By special permission of the Emperor, I have been allowed access to these interesting apartments. From the great courtyard, they are reached by the left entrance, up a fine staircase, ornamented with statues and has-reliefs. Tursiog at the top of this staircase to the righ., the visitor at once enters the suite. The view from the windows commands Paris on one side, and the sloping lawn from the private gsrdens to the lighthouse built by Napoleon the First on the other. The first two rooms are those devoted to the ladies in waiting. They are fine square apartments, ornamented with rich draperies and painted panel*. At the present moment the richly sculptured walls are further enriched by some of the fieset pictures from the Louvre, removed hither by order of the Emperor, to do honour to his royal guests. Here are some fins Ruben., Vandyke*. Tabors*, 'Ahrens, • Salvator Rosa, Tadashi, &c. Beyond these rooms is her Majesty's private drawing room. 'lite chief picture in this splendid apartment, rich with the beautiful tapestry of Brum* is a splendid Correggio. The walls are white, with flowers carved in wood with exquisite delicacy, and gilt. They are the remains of the decorations of the time of poor Marie Antoinette. The curtains are white watered silk, trimmed with red and gold. Beyond the drawing-room is her Majesty's study. The most remarkable piece of furniture in this apart ment is the splendid bureau made for Louis XVI. It is a rematkable specimen of the art-workmanship of the time, the designs in marqnsterie being beau tifully finished. The central ornament at the back of it is a little clock let into the design. It contain fourteen or fifteen se cret drawers. Beyond the study is the Queen's boudoir —a beautiful room, the walls of which are white, and relieved by the gilt sculpture of the last century. The hangings are of blue, and the furni ture includes two commodes, which are said to be perfect specimens of the Parisian artistic upholstery. Beyond the boudoir is the Queen's bath room, ex quisitely lined throughout with pink silk, covered with muslin. This room leads to the state bed-room, which lain the angle of the wing. The principal object of interest in this apartment is, of course, the state bed. It consists of four white columns, richly gilt,suppeeting at the top, amid elaborately sculp tured dodges. the royal arms. At the Mad at she bad are the royal initials. The hoagie's see et pie geese silk, lined within with park. severed with alb sr lets. Beyond this bedroom is the Prince's draelaressee, Ida& was NAROEN, Aim. 14. You will have heard from the French despatches that the bombardment of Bweaborg has taken place, and will form not only the event of the second year in the Baltic, but will place on record a new way of attacking granite batteries, so much under discussion of late, with complete success. Any panegyric of words to describe the different exciting scenes that occurred one after the other is unneceesery. Suffice it to say, from the day of fixing the vessels in posi tion tilt the finish there has been s continued stream of excitement, and the coolness of the most apathetic has given way under the stirring events. The large ships, the Duke of Wellington, Exmouth, Edinburgh, and Pembroke, with hospital ship, Belle'sle, were anchored on the Sweaborg side of Melko, and the twenty-one mortar vessels in an aro extending between Oiler-Lohuse Rock and Lsgbara Island. There were 16 English, with French, mortar vessels, the former having only one mortar 13 inches; the letter two 101 inches. The French had also five mortars and one long gnu landed on the island of Abraham, which made French and English much alike in point of numbers. As covering vessels, depots, and securing immediate medical oasis tangs, were anchored outside this aro and well out of the enemy's range Euryalus (senior officer). Dragon, Magicienne, and Vul ture, two French transports, one with the French admirers flag, and the Zola., the collier, with shot and shell. The Arrogant, Cossack, end Cruiser, were outside the island of Melko, near Drums* on the extreme left, and the Cornwallis, Hastings, and Amphion, on the extreme right, both to attack and distract the attention of the enemy in these different points from the great centre that was to be bombarded. The Merlin, Primus' Alice, Geyser, Loma, and Valeta°, wets all en the move. The THE DNEIPER. A letter from Odessa, of the 18th, in the Patric. Ms: For the last two renntlw, 600 workmen, under the direc tion of engineer users, among whom +ere several Germans, bad been Gaily employed in constructing fortifi cations on the two *ldes of the bay of K'nburn, and the Dneiper three earth fntta have also been raised, and which are wilted to the other works establiahed alone the Tender, between the bay sad the sea. Four batteries, each armed with Sit,' heavy gone, have also been son ' etre Ited close to the village of Pokrowelt..je. All these forulleatiooe together wool° form • very strong obaacle to the latedlag of as enemy's force, should loco a movement be attempted by the allies. The two small islands at the estrum et the bay of Kinburn have also b. en placed is a reopeasebte state of defence. The fortress of Oichakow is new soiled with 241 AUDI, and that of Kinburn has at least US. Botteries coastrueted close to the sea are mounted wish hit gams of the largest calibre. FATAL MISADVENTURE WITH FIREARMS. —On Monday an bequest was held at Eiton, Lauciahire„ on the body of John Smith, • labourer to Gorge Booth, bricklayer of that place. Os Saturday evsniog Smith went to Booth'a hews to receive his weges, sod armlet there pretended to steal • deed bird, belonging to J *epb Booth, his master's /OD' The youth took the bird from him, sod then going into the hoses, locked the dow. Smith lounged about the window, being intoxicated at the time, end ultimately Joseph Booth pointed a gun at him, end pulled the trigger, not knowieg the piece was loaded. Ti. gun had been leveed with Iiio„ 7 shot, by Booth's brother, who bed re cently been on a visit, and Booth wee in ignorance of this. The charge took effect upon Smith, who instantly toll lite less- Smith was GO years of age. Tie jury found a verdict if " a teadostal death," and the coroner, at the suggestion of the J OfY. reprimanded the brothers, taloa. si ag an opstiLa that the elder brother, who left the gun loaded, wieners to blame %boa the yonsior on, who find it. -