The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-10 00:00:00

THE BALTIC.

The latest letters from St. Petersburg, of the 3d,
represent the state of affairs there as bordering upon
positive panic. The authorities were actually for-
tifying St. Petersburg.
A telegraphic communication from Copenhagen,
of April 7, states that on the 6th Admiral Napier
landed and visited the Minister of Marine. On
the 7th the gallant Admiral paid his respects to the
King at Fredriksbcrg. The fleet was still in Kioge
Bay. The whole of the Danish Ministry had re-
signed. The war had brought about the resigna-
tion of the Cabinet.

A letter from Copenhagen, dated April 4, says :
"At nine o'clock to-day a large steaiier, the Wal-
demar, made a trip to the fleet. Several Swedish
gentlemen were on board, and a number of ladies,
English and Danish, besides the Danish and Eng-
lish visitors. The weather was favourable, and the
tour highly satisfactory. On nearing the fleet we
found them occupied with great-gun exercise. The
practice was admirable and it was interesting to
follow the balls, bounding and rebounding over the
surface till they reached their mark. The ships
were passed, and enthusiastically greeted one by
one, the band on board playing "God save the
Queen," in which the passengers joined. The
brave tars were not slow in returning the compli-
ment, their bands sometimes striking up the "Na-
tional Anthem," and " Rule Britannia." We lay
to between the admiral's ship and the St. Jean
d'Acre, and were heartily welcomed. The crews of
these two noble vessels sprung into the rigging,
clustering by hundreds, like bees, and cheered.mag-
nificently. In consequence of the kind invitation
of Captain Keppel, the passengers went on board
the St. Jean d'Acre, and were received with every
attention. The order on board, and the beautiful
fittings of this fine ship, were universally admired.
I need not add that there was a great deal of frater-
nisation. The men were enjoying their meal, and
liberally presented the visitors with specimens ;
the excellent English biscuit wet particularly
admired. Much of the conversation was one-
sided, so many of the visitors not speaking Eng-
lish. One gentleman of my acquaintance had got
amongst a jolly group of tars, who were eagerly
assuring him of their zeal. But he could make
little of it, and in despair exclaimed (the only
English he knew), " God save the Queen," and
"Nicholas," "so and so," herewith trampling the
absent Czar under his feet. This language was at
once intelligible, and my worthy friend became the
object of universal enthusiasm. On Monday and
the following night it blew a hurricane. For-
tunatply the wind was westerly, or there might
have been considerable damage. As it was, the
St. Jean d'Acre lost her andhor, but recovered it
again the following day. The intelligence of the
evacuation of Aland is confirmed.. An Imperial
ukase has been read in the churches, announcing
that the military materiel and the whole garrison
will be removed t' other points, and that the
defence of the islands will be entrusted to the in-
habitants. We think that the latter will not
display over much energy in this direction.
An electric telegraph is immediately to be
established between Hango Point, between
Helsingfors and Albo, and St. Petersburg. This
is a distance of nearly sixty Swedish miles.
The Finnish Guards are on their way to Poland--
a new infraction of the famous oaths of the Em-
peror. 16,000 Russian grenadiers are marching to
Finland. The 12,000 men which are usually gar-
risoned in Finland are now in Osterbotten, under
the command of Lieutenant General Ramsay, who
has lately received two honours—the order of the
white eagle, and an autograph complimentary
letter from the Emperor. The gunboats are ad-
vancin - ti. enmpletion ; ten are being built in Hel-
singfors, and forty in other Finnish harbours.
Remarkable northern lights have excited much
superstitious alarm in Finland. Russian ships
have been heard and seen from Wisby, in Got-
land."