The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-25 00:00:00

THE BALTIC.

COPENHAGEN, Monday Evening, July 24.—The
Queen Hortense is at Elsinore. General Baraguay
d'Hiiliers and staff have arrived at Copenbagen.
The Bulldog and Gladiator hrve come in.
An English squadron, consisting of several liners
and transports, is in Kioge Bay.
Napier's fleet is off the Aland Islands.
The Moniteur also learns by advices of the 22nd
from Copenhagen that the Stromboli was at Elsi-
nore with two transports, and that Commodore
Grey had entered the Cattegat. The passage had
been a very good one,

CONTEMPLATED ATTACK ON ALAND-
CO-OPERATION OF SWEDEN EXPECTED.

BARD SOUND, July 17.—Since the return of the
Anglo-French fleet to Baro Sound there is but
little to communicate respecting it. An important
circumstance, however, relative to its future ope-
rations is generally accredited. This refers to an
attack on Aland, in the Gulf of Bothnia, which was
contemplated some three months since, but not
carried into effect, owing to the want of troops to
co-operate with the maritime forces. Information
having been received by the last mail from England
that several thousands of English and French troops
are ordered to the Baltic, it may be stated, with no
small degree of confidence as to its correctness, that
on their arrival the reduction and consequent occu-
pation of Bomarsund, the most strongly fortified
of the Aland Isles, will be effected. It is assumed,
not upon slight grounds, that on taking possession
of this important position the Swedes will speedily
unite with the Allied Powers. Indeed, it is stated
upon good authority that they are only wt,iting
for a decisive blow being struck to send a large
body of troops to act in concert with the allies.
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ORGANISATION (?F ENGLISH ARMED

BOATS.

According to a letter from the fleet, of the lith
inst., the following regulations have recently been
established for the organisation of the armed boats
of the fleet :

The flotilla is to consist of from 80 to 90 boats,
to be divided into three squadrons, each squadron
to comprise three divisions. The number of boats
in a squadron will vary from 25 to 30, 15 of which
are to be furnished with howitzers. In each divi-
sion there are to be from 12 to 15 boats, in one-half
of which howitzers are to be placed.
The entire flotilla is to be placed under the com-
mand of a senior officer, appointed by the Com-
Mander-in-Qhief, each squadron under the com-
mand of the flag-ship of the squadron,. and each
division under the orders of the senior commander
of the particular division to which the boats be-
long. - - - -

On the whole being ordered to assemble, whether
it be for the purpose of exercise or landing, the
boats of each ship are to proceed in a body in tow
of each other. The commanding officer to lead in
the barges, followed by the pinnaces, cutters, and
launches in succession ; the captains commanding
squadrons being in their respective gigs, each ac-
companied by a light boat to carry orders.
In each boat supplied with a howitzer two extra
men, in whom confidence can be placed, are to be
employed, the one to take charge of the powder
magazine, the other as captain of the gun. A pro-
portion of marines, under a captain of the corps,
will be sent away in the boats on every occasion
that they are manned and armed.
A reserve squadron will be formed by the boats
of the paddle and screw steam-sloops.
On the crews being landed, the launches are to
haul off from the shore to their anchors by the stern,
so as to be ready for embarking men or covering
a retreat. _ _

For the purpose of exercise, the boats (manned
and armed) of the various ships assembled on the
14th inst. alongside the flagships of their respec-
tive squadrons, being furnished with scaling lad-
ders, blank cartridges, &c., and were manoeuvred
in accordance with the above regulations. They
which they opened fire from their guns.
proceeded towards the island of Renskar, on ap-
proachingthey formed into companies, az:cording
stations, in line, and attacked the
front and left faces of the lighthouse by escalade,
the first division of each squadron forming on the
C It
ont ll
beach, and then throwing out the marines of the
leading boats as skirmishers on the front face, in
leading boats, and who were armed
ordelarentdobinocaogtir the storming party, led by the sea-
thiliseses and Colt's revolvers. These having
the ladder men in placing the scaling lad!
damwseiesrtinshs,tocetfduhte storming commenced, the marines follow-
ing, and then the seamen. The second division
having done the same on the left face, the men em-
barked. The other squadrons having gone through
similar exercises in succession, the seamen and
marines returned to their boats, and pulled oft to
their respective ships.

MOVEMENTS OF THE BRITISH FLEET.

The movements in the fleetdiTrin-gth—e past week,
says a letter
are as follow : 17th inst. from Baro Sound,
o,nthieev ofen thein
g of the 10th the Gorgon arrived
from Dantzic, with despatches for the Commander-
in-Chief. From some cause not yet explained, she
did not bring the overland mail despatched from
England on the previous Tuesday, and which must
haVe arrived at Dantzic prior to her departure
from that port. The few officers in the fleet who
have their letters forwarded in the Admiral's bag
alone received intelligence from their friends and
relatives ; tee others have to wait for similar con-
solation until the 18th inst.
The Locust is detached from tip) fleet on parti-
cular service, having under her orders, the Zephyr
and Otter steam gunboats.
The Penelope returned from Faro Sound on the
11th, with four collier brigs deeply laden. Sound-
ings in the
by the masters and second masters of several ships,
by
of the Warren Rock were taken
which have led to the discovery of some shoals not
previously
known. The Lightning sailed to the
eastward. The Basilisk, having towed into the
fair way two
colliers, anchored in the offing as a
beacon to ships coming into Baro Sound. The
Bulldog left for Copenhagen on. the 13th, and the
Majestic, 80, Captain Jas. Hope, for a cruise off
Gottska Sand°. In this ship the cholera has pre-
vailed to a great extent, and it has been necessary
to detach her for a time, in the hope that its
further progress may be arrested. In the other
ships it is
disappearing rapidly, no fresh cases
having occurred for several days.
The Anaphion; 36, Captain A. C. Key, arrived in
Baro Sound on the morning of the 17th, after an
absence front the fleets of several weeks during which
period she has been cruising off Memel, and cap-
tured several of the enemy's vessels. The Dra-
gon, Captain Wilcox, rejoined the same date,
and the Nicolai, chartered steamer, came in from
Dantzic, freighted with live bullocks, and with the
mails from England of the 4th and 11th instant.
The Cuckoo, steam gun-boat, was ordered to get
up Steam at slow speed in the afternoon, and was
despatched on particular service. The various
ships of the English fleet shifted topsails and
courses by signal, in which exercise the Neptune
was the smartest, a general signal to that effect
being hoisted on board the Duke of Wellington.
Rear-Admiral Plunaridge in the Leopard, with the
Valorous and Odin, is cruising among the Aland
Isles. On leaving Baro Sound the allied squadron
will proceed up the Gulf of Bothnia, reconnoitring
Borearsund.
PS.--=-The signal " Prepare for sailing to-mor-
row"has just been made, most probably to cruise
off the entrance of the Gulf of Bothnia until the
arrival
of the French troops. The Dauntless, 33,
Captain Ryder, is daily expected to arrive from