The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-24 00:00:00

THE BALTIC.

The following are extracts from the letters of a
seaman serving in the Baltic :--
"Her Majesty's ship Belleisle, Bomarsund, Aug. 14.
"Dear Daniel,—Have you noticed that I have shifted
ships ? The reason I ask is, I have not received as yet
anything from you directed to the Belleisle. The last
letter I received was dated July 3. I have sent you my
small account every fortnight, excepting this last. I
missed the opportunity last Tuesday ; the letter-bag was
sent away, and but very few knew it.
"The fighting is still going on here. The Edinburgh
and Amphion are now throwing shell on the top of the
large battery, a battery that is built in front of the
town ; its foundation is a rock along the edge of the
water. The round tower was taken this morning, and
it is reported 40 prisoners with it. This was taken with
very little loss of life on our side ; through the whole of
the affray yesterday we hear of only one being wounded
—that a Frenchman. The affair has been most capitally
managed . guns have been got ashore from the ships,
and have 'been placed under the brow of a hill, where
neither of the forts could get a gun to bear upon
them, although they were a very short distance from
them. It is rumoured here that to-morrow is appointed
for the grand attack on the other forts and the town,
but whether it is true or not remains to be proved ; there
is not a doubt of its being carried ; the Russians have
not the least chance, but they stand to their work well ;
they are out-manoeuvred on every point.
" Our ships lay off, and pitch shell into their forts with
ease and sureness, and the enemy cannot get a gun to
reach them (our ships). They have been throwing shell
from their batteries at intervals throughout the day, I
suppose at our troops. I say I suppose, because I do
not know what they are doing on the other side of the
island, where Admiral Pluinridge has the command. I
can only give you what I see doing here. I hear plenty,
but three-fourths turns out to be false. Do send me a
line, Daniel, for I want to know if you have received
what I have sent. Direct Belleisle ' instead of ' Bus-
cawen.' There are three more forts yet to be taken ;
two of them are round towers, all very strong.
" 15th, 7.30 a.m.—Everything is quiet here at pre-
sent, except a shot now and then from the forts thrown
in the direction of the troops, but it is that sort of
quietness which precedes a storm. It is expected that
the bombardment will begin at 10 a.m., but I shall
have to give this in before that time. You
may expect to hear of its being taken with little
trouble and little loss, for the troops have erected
a battery during the night, and they have their
mortars there already ; this battery will command the
town batteries, and they cannot get a gun to bear on
them, so you see they have not the least chance. The
ships have had but little to do with this affair, except
throwing in a shell now and then to quiet them. I can-
not tell you what is doing in Led Sound, or any other
place, but just where we are lying, and I am afraid not
much of that. I write in haste. Excuse everything ;
I am well and happy. I hope this will find you all the
it
same.—l remain, yours, &c., .
" The mail is detained till to-morrow, so I have a
chance of giving you a little more information. This
has been a warm day here for many ; there has been
a continual pouring in of shot and shell on the top

of the Ruesian fort ; we all expected to have seen
it down before this (it is now 6.30 p.m.) ' • but there
it stands, and there the Russians still fight their
guns manfully. There have been but few ships en'
gaged in the affair, and they only working their pivot
guns. It looks like a miserable piece of work. There
is no doubt that admirals and generals know best, but
the tars have a notion that if some of the heavy ebil°s
had been hawed in, and had given them a few broad-
sides, they would have shaken their masonry for them, but
as it i 3 they have shaken it pretty well. The three bat-
teries that the troops have built ashore are still throwing
in shell upon them. Some people expect great thing:
to be done to-night, but time will show us. As nigh
be expected, there has been some loss of life on our side,
but I cannot tell you what the loss is at
resent.
" 16th, 6-45 a.m.—We have heard of nothing serious
occurring during the night. It is reported that oneof
the round batteries has hoisted a flag of truce, but it needs
confirmation. There are, or were, three round towers,
but one of them was captured and blown up. It,
reported the Russians threw shell into it from the Isel
tort, which we were still engaging, which set fire to ?!
It was on fire some hours before the explosion forts
place. The Russians still fight on manfully ; the for
they are now in must be very strong.
on both
"9 45 a.m.—Shot and shell are still flying I
aat
sides ; the fort still keeps up its fire manfully. oo—
afraid to keep my letter any longer ; there is no chat'
for the fort to hold out much longer."

THE SIEGE OF BOMARSITND.
The following are among the last teleg,ra"
phic despatches received from the Baltic. Tile
Moniteur says : " Despatches from Adl3:dral
Parseval, of August 15, written a fevr ininu
after the surrender of Bomarsund, fully e°l't
the telegraphic despatch which the Governreen
received from Dantzic. Scarcely bad the squadra°
recommenced their fire at full range to second talil:
labour of the army, when a flag of truce was ss
played, and the fortress surrendered. The forts
was very much injured by the cannon balls. 1171
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Russian prisoners, forming one-half of the garrilro
were about to be embarked on board the CleeP,..4.3her
and the Syrene, to be taken to Brest, and the pd-
-1,000
,000 prisoners remained at the disposal of
that
miral Napier. Admiral Parseval announces
he will send his report by the next mall."
BOMARSUND, Aug. 17. General Baran:
d'Hilliers and the Hon. Mr. Grey left Alan" il;
mediately after the capitulation for Stockolvet
order, it is supposed, to induce the Swedes to J°l
the allies. (011'
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 21.—Many Russians were oke
focated in the Bomarsund casemates by the to
off
of their own fire. After the surrender there eurea
great rejoicings in Aland, and prayers were
in the churches for Queen Victoria and the no
peror Louis Napoleon. The fortress was follethr.
contain ammunition and provisions for one e°'
We find the following in a letter from C°Pe
hagen, Aug. 19 : c,.010'
"On the 13th and 14th, a Swedish steamer, the to
vall, carried a large number of visitors from the Ca'2l„,/pdt
the scene of action. Near Degerby the vessel gotagr"
but was assisted off by the crew of the French frigoot
Vengeance, 60 guns, who spent 15 hours in inceove.
labour, three times supplied them with fresh Lii,e9
and materials, and at last relieved them with;tion•
and provisions, refusing any kind of comPetlV
They regarded us as friends and brother, 00
a letter, and would willingly have got ear, viioug,
land off the rocks--for we have been agrowu ,heza.
enough—if we would only have permitted 'chip*
At Bomarsund they found more than forty war,',. for
with their broadsides to the fortresses, prepel7/0.
the next day's battle. The moment was salutede
Not a cry was heard on either side. They Ltea
each ship as they passed, the admirals among the
hat ja
were saluted in return merely by taking off the "'
profound silence. tlo
" Another Swedish steamer, the Plink, earrie of
French Colonel Blanchard, and the English Secretletei
Legation, Grey, to the fleet on the same day' Cow
visited the French fieldworks, which were beieg,oob9
tinually bombarded, and picked up somepteces of
'-'
yet warm.
" Privileges of export from St. Petersburg all
nt buC
have been demanded by several Swedish inercbsty,s'
have very properly been refused by her befsie
vernment. '

FRANCE. iteo
" The Minister of War," says the MO, on'
" has made an appeal to the sisters of SaiaL.: the
cent-de-Paul to go and attend to the soldierslution
hospitals of the army of the East. The apPlle'3ooo
has been listened to, as 25 of these holy cc°
are about to embark at Marseilles in the next 03;,,b6
packet, and 25 others will follow soon after•
worthy superior has intimated that most Pr°b,
she will be able to extend the number to 100. 401‘
It was stated yesterday at the Bourse that
ligence had been received by the French Gcrivemal
ment that, notwiths'anding what has been ea..
u
relative to the necessity of further delay, t,-p, -
pedition for the Crimea left Varna on the 14th' in
The cholera has of late decreased rapidl/ii
Paris. The official bulletin, of yesterday, OP:it."
speaks of 28 new cases for all the hospitals
teen men and fourteen women.
/
The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at ;pit
for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a.' of
per Cents. at 991. 90e. ; and the New -1--tll:init
73f. Orleans Railway Shares, 1,222 f. 50c. ; IrAf,;
970 f. ; Havre 570 f. ; Great Northern,
Strasburg, 792f.' 50c. ; New Shares, 626 f• isodr
Paris and Lyons, 962 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the roy, ;
terranean, 870 f. ; Western of France, 6471„al aE
Bordeaux and Cette, 627 f. 50e. ; Great Cell46f.
France, 517 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva, u
Bank of Credit Mobilier, 717 f. 50c.

SPAIN. froi!
We have received (says the Debats) ne„ or,
Madrid of the 17th ; they are grave, and 0' "f otl
afflicting kind. The following is the letter 0
correspondent tp.
°,3379,ArPtTite:tigei
"We had hoped to see order re-established, tb,i°
Government resume in all the provinces of SP ofsP
authority which is indispensable to the prot.e,.,tie°lll;
interests and all rights. Our hopes are
The union which is necessary amongst all
at bottom desire the same thing,
The members of the Cabinet themselves are TO,' by r
faccord, and the provincial juntas are divid' have. pr‘,
is nearlY bri°-0-er,
ound hatred, or at least by rivalities which boo reit
duced the most fatal disoords. The Governro°%geed,,o"
ceived despatches from Catalonia, which 130.1eiv-
great disquietude. That manufacturing
province has become the place of resort o'f g`" 'bo
her of political refugees of all countries. Theestss nt
for the most part ardent and furious revolationit
do not hesitate to excite the grossest and of
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passions in order to arrive at the destruction °f feet e
Governbei o°7
order, and elevate on its ruins a
which they would make the most depl°l-3 deeverio
At Cadiz the junta is dissolved and reneW,,eity tt,
day. The difficulties are so great in tbe pity
the best and most devoted citizens hesitate to ° noel 0,
the administration, and retire the moment tbel the pb~
the resistance they will have to encounter, 513;000 701,
sions they will have to combat and, as the „it ',A
collected in its hands all power ;and all auth°Aribtja; Ve9lo
lows that neither exists, and that the town is vie Of
to the first occupant. The most perverse aro asete
these cases the most audacious. There is ceeeeri eltir
at Cadiz a centre of disorder which increases
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ment, and which cannot fail to extend to the nbc;broisei,
hood. At Malaga a revolutionery rnovemeut,,,ot 10°00
out, the character and object of which are ,3 10 oof
All that is known is that, at the momentousto goal to
left, the streets were paraded by nurser
was cailn
armed men, and that the national guard I;ste, flife‘
arms. The rioters hoWever, seemed to dorm. Alge eot
A-b nel
be likely soon to be Masters of the town' cover era'
things are wove. The authority of the Central
rcitice Pod
has been shaken off. The town and the rspsimotor
pose to destroy the ties which bind them h., flret:a tbs
to declare themselves independent. As t pres°loo;
quence of this independence, they have euEncliy 1.0 4?
import duties on English goods ; and
to the
lusia is already inundated with them to IP_ of 1_ go
Spanish manufactures and of the corawerlded
countries. A terrible calamity has been aded
many misfortunes. The cholera has iveereim to sre
southern provinces, and rages cruelly thAijoe
rito
populations of Cadiz, Seville,'Malaga, ant, the ,terthein
decimated, and nothing announces toadistric, tir"
visitation is about to decline. In soro° thes-400,
have even encountered the typhus, 0, ra%
plagues have caused, and cause, frightibostia.t
The Junta of Saragossa attacks 'Queer' fro,llo,
direct terms ; the Government has receive;ed alroo4
formal demand that she shall be impFo the clewioea
boldest of its members dare scarcely reJect, 0re,°0441,
as ill timed and impolitic. Clubs are beinr2estatoto
everywhere on themodel of those which were acitber
in Paris after the revolution of FebruarY•
ti'd are either
it
the Government are discussed in them, a opstrAt'l
approved cf. or blamed. If blamed, a re?, sent 1101' lif'
immediately drawn lir,
to the Duke de la Victoria or his colleagueese; are "Sil
Ministers cede, and thus one regentt
ow pas 1,0
down all the barriers which p 13°Teontlilii
nd a deputation co.eroio
The revolutionary flood, however, rises inn eat ;11,d0;;
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it begins to be feared that the Goveri_lus of ot s;
unable to struggle against it. The enviro A
are striken with terror. Is it necessary
business is suspended ? Numerous han..,enaollb. die
besides expect el, and in the midst of these. tote 'TV
orders the new Ministers are divided v'Pcincigerated o°'
most ardent make war on the most ire,c- ed rt 01).
Minister of Finance, M. Collado, who orferiarge Oretir°
rantees to the capitalists of Madrid byt° te
at
and his incontestable probity, has been obliged"
too il'cl,tlrd
on account of his being accused of being in his set
General O'Donnell will soon follow him t Ora' tlO
ment. The same report is addressed,_ bin; pro
amongst his colleagues are some who ha%:tboroog Ocr
at sucka moment every man who is not
,00 t_Dloorl
gressist ought to abandon any participa:,ende 901.0
ty
vernment. It is said that General by
vpart....oid
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Minister of Marine, is already destined 3: of 1'
replace General O'Donnell in the IVlinistero,. Tavaci%tx,
The Government, in consideratione.l.„_ pas fici,
having been first to join the insurrei
0ta11'17019,00
ferred on it the title of Her Vic, 411(1
pality that of Excellent.

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