The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

LONDON, TUES VAX EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1855,

9oor fellow's breast: All who witnessed the spectacle
were much affected by it,—rnost of all the. dccore himself.
Her Majesty is expected to arrive at Osborne toquorrow
:;,bout noon.

BOULOGNE, 11 15 P.ll.
The gleen has this moment embarked.
All nett.
The scene was truly magnificcnt.

(From the Constitutioanel.)

Paris presents at this moment the most splendid
and the most picturesque of spectacles—all lan-
;tages are spoken here, all costumes borne ; the
whole world is represented here under aspects at
Ince, the most varied and the most elevated. It
would be the image of the tower of Bebel, if an
Admirable order did not preside over this universal
fete of all nations of the globe fraternising in the
bosom of the capital
.of France, where they have
come to glorify industry, the progress of intelli-
gence and of civilisation. For eight days, above
all, it is a marvellous picture, this fairy-like city,
where there is no longer repose, nor silence ; this
city, perpetually decorated with ensigns, where
myriads of population succeed to myriads; as upon
the ocean waves follow waves ; where the noise
and the movement of the crowd spread an in-
cessant life everywhere ; where tastely every
evening the blaze of illuminations, replacing the
rays of the sun, seems to eternalise day by the sup-
pression of night. Thus, under the active and in-
telligent impulse of Prince Napoleon, whom the
Emperor charged with the care of presiding over
the Exhibition of 1855, this magnificent enterprise
realises, surpasses evet4 all- the hopes which it had
' inspired, and an immense success crowns that
great idea, now concentrated by one of the most
characteristic events of contemporary history, the
visit of the Queen of England. This success of
the Exhibition of 1855 is glorious for• France,
which enjoys this triumph ; glorious for the Em-
peror, who conceived the thougkt of this splendid
fete of Industry and Art ; glorious also for the
Prince who has known how to comprehend and
carry into effect this conception of progress and
civilisation, so as at once to make it one of the
most beautiful, the most useful, and the most
popular events of our epoch. The circum-
stances amidst which the Exhibition of 1855 is
produced add moreover to the unexpected eclat of
this pacific concourse of all the discoveries and all
th e conquests of science, opened between all the
nations of the earth, in the midst even of the pre-
occupations of a gigantic and distant war, and on
the morrow of a loan of 750 millions, which will
complete a sum of 1 milliard 500 millions devoted
to the expenses of that war. On witnessing these
signs, so numerous and so manifest, of public and
private prosperity—on seeing all this gold which
flows from thousands of hands to go and vivify
every branch of national activity, who would ima-
gine that France is engaged in a formidable contest
against a powerful nation ? Who should have a
conception of the sacrifices and efforts which this
contest exacts, on seeing this exaltation andthis se-
renity of the populations, which rush with somueh
enthusiasm and happiness from the thresholds of
workshops and manufactories upon the passage of
the Queen of England and the Emperor of the
French ? Who should think it on perceiving them
hasten with so much ardour to all the ceremonies,
to all the solemnities, to all the fetes where they
are able t 3 see these two august sovereigns of two
great nations, long time haughty enemies, now
generous allies' and return afterwards, happy and
cal m, to their labour of every day, as if they had
even derived from this spectacle fresh courage and
renewed confidence? For some timepast the land of
France is the blessed of God ! Everything succeeds
herewith the Emperor, everything succeeds with the
people. Is it not because every thing combines in her
the genius of humanity ;is it not because she carries
on her front the seal of civilisation ; is it not lastly
because she marches at the head of nations, in the
ways of democracy and equality, in the ways of
progress and liberty, which are the paths of the
future, that providence guides her steps and
watches over his destinies ? Whatever may be
thought of monarchical forms, which are as the
vestment of the empire, democracy and equality,
progress and liberty, are at the foundation of her
institutions. Democracy and equality, progress
and liberty—behold the true character of the reign
of the Napoleons. The masses divine it and feel
it ; they divine. and they feel that the Napoleons'
•on the throne, are the people crowned in their per-
sons ; this is what explains their love for the em-
pire and for the Emperor."

BOMBARDMENT OF STVEABORG.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A WARRINGTON ENGINEER.
To-day (Thursday, the 9th of August) we have
given the Russian bears hard and dry. At this
time, 9 p.m., Sweaborg is partially on fire. I will
as briefly as possible describe our ship's share in
these transactions. First, early in the morning we
up steam and went, in company with the Cossack
and Arrogant, among some islands. We and the
Arrogant grounded for a short time, but the slow
speed we wore going enabled us to get off with
comparatively little troub:e. There was a body of
infantry belonging to the enemy about 800 yards
from us, under cover of a wood. We stopped about
four, and then got orders to open fire. The affair
was horrible—the whizzing of the rockets and shells
quite stunning. Au officer on board told me he
watched the first shell from the Cossack. It fell
amongst a party of the enemy ; he thinks it killed
scampered under cover,
and wounded 10. They
and had not the courage to fire a shot. In
the meantime tho fleet commenced operations.
In the night the French had erected a bat-
tery of mortars ou a rock. At a quarter to eight
bang goes a large gun, as a signal I suppose, for
immediately it was followed by all the mortar-
vessels which had been placed in position before.
Toe Russians spiritedly returned the fire. Our
gun-boats then steamed in, and two 60 gun-ships.
They set fire to a building about 10 o'clock ; in
half an hour after a magazine blew up. Attempts
to describe it fully would be sure to fail.; but about
seven this evening the fire got a firm hold of the
place, and the heavens are now illuminated by it.
We keep throwing a few shell in it, and it seems con-
stantly to increase. Our ship has thrown 175 shells
to-day, beside shot and rockets. You may see the
shell burst in the air, and the cannon shot plough
up the water. There is a large white building
on fire, supposed to be the governor's house.
The worst for them is, that if once a fire is com-
menced, the shipping fire there so hotly that it is
next to impossible to stop near it. Our range is
longer than theirs. They must have lost a large
number of men. To-night they fire very seldom.
There is a considerable town, Helsingfors, about 5
miles from here. The admiral can harm it if he
likes. Ido not know yet whether he will. There
is a Russian liner about three miles away, under a
large battery—it will be destroyed if not unmoored.
I wish you were here and could see what is going
on. I had quite forgot to mention that about 12
o'clock I was looking out of the ship, when sud-
denly I felt almost lifted off my feet by the windage
of our own shot—a large cannon being fired just
above me. lam in capital spirits.—Warrington
Guardian.
The following is an extract from a letter received
fsom Mr. John William, C. G. Officer on board
H.M.S. Edinburgh :
We commenced
cNomarngieenn,ceodff
the bombardment
August,mlb3atlridment o 1855.
n
Thurs-
day the 9th inst., at 7.30 a in. It was chiefly car-
ried on by the mortar and gun vessels, in all about
31 or 32 in number. The shells thrown. were 13
inch diameter, those Isf the French 10-inch ; dis-
tance from the batteries three to four thousand
yards. The mortar vessels were moored with
cables of 480 fathoms long, in and out, so as to
enable them to haul out or in as circumstances re-
quired. By this means they baffled the Russian
gunners. The gun-boats kept up steam,
stood
in within proper range, fired their bow guns, then
rounded their sterns and fired the stern guns,
stood out and re-loaded. There was most excel-
lent practice ; it was both rapid and precise. There
were several dreadful explosions of magazines, and
consequently hundreds of the Russians must have
been blown into the air. There was an awful de-
struction in the vicinage of the arsenal and dockyard,
in the latter of which several war ships of large di-
mensions were burned on the stocks. The conflagra-
tion was terrificly grand, and when we came away
to-day the flames were still progressing. The boats
from the fleet, 22 in number, went in on the two
nights succeeding the bombardment, armed with
241 b. rockets, with which they plied the place,
doing a vast amount of damage. Our captain, went
into action in our gun-boat, armed with a Lancas-
ter gun, the shots from which reached a three-
decker at the entrance of the harbour, but she was
too far inside and under the cover of very heavy
batteries to attempt to cut her out. During the
time that our gun-boats and mortar vessels were
engaged, two of our line-of-battle ships and one
frigate attacked another battery on the opposite
side of the island, but they sustained such a
severe fire of red-hot shot from the enemy that
they were obliged to haul off different times