The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-20 00:00:00

THE BALTIC.

iYhe King of Prussia arrived at Stettin on the
4.144 th- -On the following day his Majesty passed
i'.4e troops of the garrison in review, and left at
Jalf-past one for Konigsberg. On the 10th of
ilac the King and the Prince Royal of Sweden
:eft,_ Stockholm for the island of Gothland on board
tite admiral's ship the Charles XII., which escorted
e-Norwegian-Norwegia,n squadron. His Majesty in-
t 4
or
to disembark at Slita, and to go afterwards
oWisby ; his return to Stockholm is announced
glr the 18th or 19th. Since 1487 no King of
'3vveden has visited Gothland.

tA.RO SOUND, June 14.—T0 obtain a clue to the
'ea' nature of any intended hostile operations
or the Anglo-French fleet is a matter of diffi-
elllty. Those supposed to be well informed on the
B,llbject anticipate that the present campaign will
terminate without the occurrence of any starting
!l'ents, and that ulterior proceedings will be
deferred until the next season, a strict blockade
°f the enemy's ports being enforced in the interim.
three
English fleet has received during the past
weeks various reinforcements. At the pre-
%fit time there are in the waters of the Baltic six
Ong and 13 screw steamships of the line, 4 screw
411(112 paddle wheel steam frigates, 4 screw and 4
1/. tithe wheel steam slcops, and 1 steam gunboat; in
au 44 sail, carrying 22,850 men, with an armament
uf 2,022 guns. The French fleet, under the orders
°I Vice-Admiral Deschenes, comprises six line of
battle ships and four frigates, with an aggregate
e°loplenient of 6,300 men, and 704 guns. These
united maritime forces of England and France
therefore amount to 54 sail, armed with 2,726
1111 s, and supplied with 29,150 seamen and marines.
3 Early in the morning of the Bth inst., the Dauntless,
2) Captain Ryder, anchored in Baro Sound. This
"earner had been cruizing for some time pre-
Vlously in the Gulf of Finland, reconnoitering the
Ports of Helsingfors and Revel. Her boilers are
In such a defective state, and her machinery
So much out of order, that her being sent home is
a matter of necessity, and she left in the evening
nth invalids and Russian prisoners, en route for
41ogland, touching at Faro Sound to coal, and
taking.., thence under her charge several prizes for
adjudication. The Conflict steamer, Captain Cum-
wing, arrived from Dantzic with despatches for
the
Commander in Chief and letters for the officers
of the fleet.

LETTERS FROM BRAHESTAD AND
ULEABORG.
11nAREsTAD, May 31.—Yesterday morning three
British steam frigates appeared in th. offing, and
ttnehored in our roads about noon. At four p.m.
about 200 men were landed, who immediately went
to business inKlownright earnest, destroying every-
ng that comes under the denomination of " con-
traband
41
of war." They set fire to the ship-building
Yards, all the deals and planks lying near the beach
ready for shipment, the tar magazine, and five
ships lying at anchor in the harbour, so that in
4Short time the whole place was in a blaze. In
the ship yards were five large ships of about
'POO tons, just ready for launching, which were
aISO totally consumed. In the tar magazines were
.32,000 barrels of tar and pitch, and about 1,000
loads of planks ; they were all burned, as well as
;!,,,Swedish brig, the latter of course unintentionally.
The damage is calculated at about 350,000 silver
roubles. The town itself was uninjured, but the in-
habitants were so frightened that they ran away as
fast as they could, taking with them their goods and
?bagels. At ten o'clock at night the three steamers
left the roadstead, steering in a northerlydirection,
60 that it is to be feared they have gone to pay
tleaborg a similar hostile visit.
IaT,RABORG, June 3.—Early in the morning of the
31st of May, a courier arrived here with the intelli-
gence that a division of the British fleet had arrived
B.t Brahestad, and set fire to the dockyard and mi-
litary stores. On the same day, several English
ra en of war entered the outer roads, distant eight
Swedish
miles, but gradually came in nearer, and
captured a schooner bound to Haparanda, and
601310 small craft, and took them away with them.
tn.. consequence of this a panic seized the inha-
bitants, many of them quitting the town im-
lnediately, and all of them making preparations
for effecting a hasty retreat if needful. The ge-
neral feeling was depressed, for it was known that
the thirty Cossacks stationed here could offer no re-
sistance to the overwhelming force of the British.
In the afternoon of the Ist June four British steam
frigates came in. When they were about a mile
from the shore, a boat containing four merchants
of this place, and bearing a flag of truce, went off
to ask them to spare the town. It was signified
to them that all private property would be re-
spected, and only contraband of war destroyed.
At 11 o'clock at night—still daylight in this high
latitude (65 deg.)—a party of about 50 men landed
from the ships, whilst about 300 it en remained
in the boats which were all armed with swivels.
The Cossacks had all disappeared, and have up to
the present moment not yet returned. After ex-
amining all the government buildings and a great
fart of the private warehouses, they obtained a
quantity of provisions, which they sent off to their
ships, payinc, for them, however, the full market
value. They then set fire to the dockyards, in which
were eight new ships of considerable size, and just
ready to launch, four other ships at anchor in the
harbour, the tar magazines with a stock of no less
than eighteen thousand barrels of tar, and a con-
siderable stock of pitch, besides immense stores of
ship-building timber, deals, and spars. The fire is not
out yet, and the four steam-frigates are lying in
the same position, about a mile from the shore.
The damage is considered fully equal to that sus-
tained at Brahestad—viz., at from three to four
hundred thousand silver roubles. Fortunately for
the safety of the town, the wind was blowing off
shore, and a smart rain fell in the night, so that
With the exception of a few warehouses and some
Private timber stores, as well as a coal depot,
private property suffered but little. It remains to
be seen whether the flying squadron will pay a visit
to Ijo, and burn the stores there, which are very
extensive, and equally if not more valuable than
those destroyed at this place.

FR A_NCE.
The Moniteur de la Flotte announces that the
Minister of Marine had decided that two naval en-
gineers should proceed to England to visit the
establishments of the ports of Great Britain and
the steam-engine manufactories, in order to study
the different methods adopted in them, and to in-
troduce into France the most recent improvements
accomplished inEngland. The Minister has chosen
for that purpose two engineers who have already
executed important works M. Moll, Under Direc-
tor of the Imperial establishment of Indret, and
M. Maugin, an engineer attached to the port of
Cherbourg.
A. battery of artillery and a company of engi-
neers quartered at Vincennes received the route on
Saturday night to march for Boulogne on Sunday
morning. In the hurry of packing up traps to
obey this sudden order a superior officer was asked,
Where are we going to afterwards," and he
answered, " I know ; we are going to Sweden."
The weather was fine on Saturday, and the day
held up without rain until 7 o'clock, when a heavy
shower fell. Hopes were entertained that it was
about to change. Sunday morning, however,
Opened in the same manner as so many of the pre-
vious ones, and the rain, not very heavy, but inces-