The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-10 00:00:00

A CAMPAIGN ON THE DANU'jjE.

The Austrian Gasetts is informed., 'from Mists, that
• esmpalgm so the Danube sad Froth is e•peeted there.
Y. Wands, • French mines?, is so his way to Galati, to
inspect the roods is Eastern noldavis, end make a new one
from oasts to Jassy. The local authorities have received
orders to place the rosis in their districts in the best pos-
sible state, end French agents are making greet purchases
slam the Danube for the supply of as army. The departure
of 16,000 Turks from Salmis for Matchin and Tultahe is
also mentioned as probably composted with the movements
which the Allies are said to project.

THR BALTIC.

(7101 i 00111

HIEL:.JiLT.4.

The Imperieuse (51), Capt. Watson, arrived here
last night from Portsmouth, having taken Sheerness
en rotas, from whence she towed the mortar vessels
Pickle, Porpoise, and Drake, all of which are now
anchored in this bay. She had a transport with
coals alongside early in the morning, and every ex-
ertion is making to have her ready for sea this even-
ing, so that she may at once resume her cruising-
ground up the Baltic, which her untoward collision
with the Tartar had for a time compelled her to
abandon. She is a beautiful ship, and in the highest
order. The mortar vessels which accompany her
will be a very acceptable addition to the force under
the command of Admiral Dundee, and as other vessels
of the same description, both French and English,
have within these few days paved Elsinore and Co-
penhagen, and others are now in sight at the entrance
of this bay, there will soon be ready for ac-
tive service • flotilla which will be most useful
in the shallow waters of the coasts of Bothnia
and Finland. We have heard, however, to-day,
through Stockholm, that the town of Nystadt, at the
opening of the Gulf of Bothnia, had been bombarded
and destroyed ; and although we have not yet received
any further particulars, still the meagre communica-
tion by telegraph is such as to convey the idea that in
all that had been attempted the allied fleets had been
completely seocessfal. There is, without doubt, •
despatch already on the way through Dantzic from
the Admiral, by which you will learn all the details,
not only of this operation, but also of the affair which
the Amphion, Captain Key, has had off Sweaborg,
where, in examining the newly-erected works, she
appears to have ventured into too shallow water, and
had drawn upon herself a fierce attack from the nearest
fort, by which she had sustained the loss of one man
killed and two wounded; but in return had, by a
shell, blown up a powder magazine, which had beta
productive of so much damage otherwise to the enemy
that they had permitted her to withdraw without
further molestation. What is most singular, however,
in this transaction is, that there were at the time five
Russian steamers in the harbour, which took no part
in the affair ; from which it is inferred that explosive
machines have likewise been sunk in that neighbour-
hood, and that the Russians had in consequence re-
mained at their moorings, that they might not be
exposed to the peril which they had intended for
others.

The population of the surrounding districts of this
country is at present to a considerable extent congre-
gated in this town, on account of its being the season
of one of their great annual fairs, which is chiefly
devoted to the sale and ruche's of horses, in the
breeding of which Holstein ha. long been famous.
On this occasion the show has not been large, but the
demand has been great; and, although I cannot hear
that any purchases have been made on English ac-
count, the French, I find, who are aware of the qua-
lity of the animals, have been ready buyers of all
that were useful, at prices varying from 301. to 401.
each, which is a great advance on the rates hitherto
paid for them in this quarter. This, however, is not
the only instance in which the English have not
made use of the advantage? which they ought to have
derived from their recent increased intercourse with
this place ; but, if the war should be pro-
longed, they may hereafter know that they
can often procure on the spot many sup-
plies which they bring here for their ships,
from other quarters, at a much higher coat and of
greatly inferior quality. The advantages of the rail-
ways, which facilitate the transport of goods from the
North Sea to the Baltic acmes this peninsula, appear
likewise to be altogether overlooked, and the exis-
tence of water communication from Topping to Kiel

by the Eider and canal seems scarcely to be known,
so that it is not only not used for the rapid convey-
ance 'of stores when urgently needed, but vowels both
to and from Russian ports have, since the commence-
mecca of hostilities, been enabled to reach their deal.
nation by that route, as there were no cruisers at
either end to watch or arrest their progres; and this,
too, when British steamers of every claw were at
anchor in the immediate vicinity. It is to be hoped
that in future they will know better, and that they li
will profit by experience. A great portion :of the
trade of north Germany, Holland, and Belgium, with
the Baltic, is carried on through that channel ; but
mercantile men in England seem to know as little on
the subject as the government, for the passage of any
English vessel that way is an incident of rare occur-
rence, although their intercourse both with Tonning
and Biel is constant and extensive.