The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-21 00:00:00

(From the Moniteur.)

Their Excellencies the Ministers, the Presi-
dent of the Legislative Corps and the President
of the Council of State, had the honour of being
presented to-day, at three o'clock, in the Palace
of St. Cloud, to her Majesty the Queen of Eng-
land and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, by
his Majesty the Emperor. His Excellency the
President of the Senate, being absent from Paris,
was not able to be present at this presentation.

PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.

Her Majesty has passed the whole of the day
privately at St. Cloud. We stated yesterday that
she would come to Paris at 11 in the morning to
attend Divine service at the chapel of the British
embassy, and this was the arrangement, but last,
night Dr. Hall, the chaplain, received a command
to proceed to St. Cloud this morning to read
prayers and preach before the Queen there. Pro-
bably the unexpectedly late hour at which her
Majesty arrived at St. Cloud last night rendered
this change in the arrangements necessary for her
convenience. The performances on the occasion
of the Queen's visit to the Grand Opera, on Tues-
day, will commence with selections from Verdi,
Ealevy, and Meyerbeer, in which all the principal
singers of the company will appear. There will
afterwards be a ballet, at the conclusion of which
"God save the Queen" will be sung by the whole
strength of the company. No augmentation in
the price of places will be made, but this is a fact
of small importance to the public, inasmuch as
every seat has been long since taken.
At the Opera Comique the stalls usually charged
6fr. will cost 25fr.

THE BOMBARDMENT OF
SWEABORG.
( From tide Special Correspondent of tide Times. )
DANTZIC, AUG. 17.

The Vulture (6), Captain Glasse, arrived in the road+
at abon t 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. She brings the
weekly mail■ from Nargen, to which place the Allied
squadr on returned on the 13th inst.

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On the 7th August, at 9.30 a.m., signal was made
from the flagship, "Outward and leewardmost ships
wale..." The fleet, consisting of 9 British line-of battle
• I 3 steam-frigates and sloops, 16 mortar-vessels,
and an i qual number of gun-boats, sailed from Nargen,
and aft er a pleasant run of five hours, anchored at a
distance of about 5,000 yards from the fortress of
Sweabo'rg. In the course of the same evening the
Frenc't fleet joined, and immediately commenced throw-
ing up • It mortar battery on the island of Langorn, situate
some '2,000 yards to the north of the cluster of five
i•dane la which form the principal part of the fortress of
Swea ,borg. During the Bth both fleets were busily
empl eyed preparing for action ; the mortar vessels were
tow( d into position, about 3,7C0 yards from the fortress,
with i 400 fathoms each of cable to " haul and veer on,'
• /11 cumetances might require. This arrangement'
Pros 'e d of the greatest advantage, and much credit is
due to the originator of this excellent idea. The
line-( if-battle ships remained in the same order
they had at first anchored in. The steamers Ma.
• ,nne, Vulture, and Euryalus took up a position
in r ear of the mortar vessels, for the purpose of
beir g ready to give them and the gun-boats any
mai stance they might require. The Lightning and
cult were ordered to hold themselves in readiness
to tow out any gun or mortar vessels that might be in-
ju or otherwise rendered incapable of remaining
1( fingerer under fire ; in fact, every possible arrangement
h
wing been made, which prudence and foresight could
6 ct gg 'est, the signal was made from the flagship at 7.15
th t morning of the 9th, "Gun and mortar vessel-
open I Ire with shell." At 7.30 a.m. the first mortar eas
fired a nd taken up along the whole line, the gun-boats
runnini, in to within 3,000 garde, and getting their range.