The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-28 00:00:00

THE RrSSIAN NAVY.

ST. PETERSBURG, truly 20.
The following is a statement of the existing naval
forces of Russia, It should be understood that this
list includes only those vessels which are seaworthy
and fit for active service.
The Russian fleet comprises six divisions, as fol-
lows :-1, the Baltic fleet ; 2, the Black Sea fleet ;
3, the naval force stationed in the Amour ; 4, the
fleet in the White Sea; 5, the fleet in the Caspian
Sea; 6, the naval force on the Lake of Aral. This
last force is, of course, the smallest of all, and con-
sists, indeed, of only two small steamers of respec-
tively 40 and 12 horse power; the fleet in the White
Sea is somewhat more powerful, since it includes
two war steamers carrying eight guns each and
fitted with engines of 240 horse power, and three
smaller steamers. The next most important fleet is
that in the Caspian, comprising ten steamers of 850
horse power, and 10 steam transports, four of which
latter are armed with eight guns, and the other six
with six guns each. The naval force in the Amour
River is at the present time rather large. It is
composed of six corvettes, mounting 11 guns each ;
seven schooners, six of six guns each, the other car-
rying four guns ; and 11 steam transports, three of
them screws, and carrying collectively 37 guns.
The fleet of the Black Sea, is, of course, much more
powerful than those just mentioned. The Black
Sea is composed of 42 war steamers, six of which
carry 11 guns each ; three nine guns each ; and the
remainder two or four guns. The Baltic fleet in-
cludes no less than nine ships of the line, of 135,
131, 111, 84, three of 83, 78, and 68 guns ; 14 fri-
gates, one of which mounts 70 guns, and four others
carrying from 45 to 60; six corvettes, armed with
11 to 17 guns each; two gun-boats, of three guns
each ; nine steamers of various sizes, carrying toge.
geth 68 guns; 19 small steamers and five transports,
making a total of 64 sail.
The greater number of these vessels were built in
England, and fitted with English engines, between
the years 1851 and 1861. This list does not include
the recently-built ironclads.

AN UNINTENTIONAL GHOST!—Care apparently
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appearing before the eyes of the audience, the figure of a
carpenter in his shirt sleeves, drinking a pint of ale, was
but too faithfully shadowed forth. The utter unconscious-
ness of the man, who was below the stage, as to what was
passing, made the scene excessively ludicrous.
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