The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-08 00:00:00

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COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert visited the Crysta
palace at Sydenham yesterday morning. Her Majesty
and his Royal Highness were accompanied by the Prin-
cesses Helena and Louisa, and were attended by the
fon. Mary Seymour, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel
Seymour,
Her Majesty, with Prince Arthur, attended by the
QOO. Matilda Paget, took a drive in the afternoon in an
°Pen landau and four. Lord Alfred Paget and Lord
Charles Fitzroy were in attendance on borAeback.
Prince Albert rode on horseback attended by Colonel
Seymour.
The Queen had a dinner party in the evening at Buck-
tlgham Palace. The company included the Duchess of
-kent, his Excellency the French Ambassador, and the
Countess Wa.ewski, the Marchioness of Breadalbane,
the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, Lady
Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, the Countess
Granville, the Earl of Mulgrave, Col. the Hon. C. B.
Phipps, Sir George Couper, and Admiral Meynell.
The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attend-
ance during dinner, and played the following pieces :
Marche Turque Silas.
Overture, " La Sirene"
Valse " Queen Mab" J. Callcott.
Fantasia, " Der Freischntz" Weber.
Quadrille, " Caledonian"
March of the Coldstream Guards Costa.
Her Majesty's private band attended after dinner in
Buckingham Palace on Thursday evening, and per-
formed the following selection :
Overture, " Zerline"
Solo, Clarinet, Mr. Williams
Selection, " L'Etoile du Nord" .... Meyerbeer.
The Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited the
Duchess of Kent yesterday, at her residence, Clarence
°tlse, St. James's.

1, deputation from Hampstead, headed by Lord
Robert Grosvenor, M.P., had an interview with the
-Carl of Aberdeen and Viscount Palmerston yesterday,
t the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury
Downing-street.
Despatches were sent last evening from the Colonial-
°lnes to the Governors of the North American Pro-
vinces. Despatches were received yesterday from the
Governor of Malta.

It. PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM DROWNING AND SHIP-
EM.—The Royal Patriotic and Industrial Society of
etland having, in furtherance of one of its benevolent
~°b.lects. designed and constructed model cork cushions
4cr boatmenand fishermen, and having also tested various
fether appliances for saving life from shipwreck and
r'wning' a demonstration of the efficiency of the means
of recoends given off Greenwich on the occasion
+l, min
the Highlandwas Society of London assembling there last
Laurie's pAtent life belts, cushions, pillows,
4,u mattresses were used by a number of young men,
4,,"; Jumped with them from the decks of a schooner
th-4 a yacht, placed themselves on the mattresses, which
sreY bestrode, being as much at home as if on terra
t,74a, although one of them could not swim at all. Two
'at cushions, made by the licencees, S. W. Silver and
4°', for the society, as applicable for men-of-war boats,
11-B;%'ered admirably, and, if in the gig of the Conflict,
Behave saved the country the loss of its brave corn-
o'at der. The Highland Society, presided over by Sir
(„ t'orbes, Bart., and supported by the Earl of Perth,
r'nranald, and other distinguished personages, subse-
entlY drank prosperity to the Royal Patriotic and In-
it trial and in the course of the day repeated
4° 3 Proofs of approbation and support by making a liberal
,11.1 Pation to its funds. Among a host of spectators the
3rested tlrB oclassf Greenwich were a numerous and highly in-
'.
ve_co, 13T-uuARD.—We are glad to hear that the pay of a
orrY deserving class of men, the deputed mariners and
riners of the revenue cruisers, has been increased, the
f i4er from is. 9d. to 2s. 3d. per day, and the latter
iq Is. 6d. to ls. 11d, per day. That the a,e of enter-
;lf' boys for cruisers has also been altered, and boys
ch_thed second class may now enter between 13 and 15
83
Bcrand of the first class, between 15 aad 18 years.--vicGawk

THE WAR.
THE FLEETS AT CRONSTADT-RUSSIAN
REPORT.

The Journal de St. Petersbourg, of the 30th of June,
contains the following notice of the Chief of the Police,
published by the Emperor's order, with a view to calm
the minds of the people :
" The enemy's fleet, amounting to 30 sail, appeared
on the 25th of June about 20 miles from Cronstadt. On
the 27th several steam-vessels of war approached the
lighthouse near the island of Cronstadt, but, up to the
present time, the enemy has shown no disposition to at-
tack Cronstadt, where every measure has been taken to
receive them."

MILITARY EXPEDITION FOR THE BALTIC.
Admiral Berkeley arrived at Calais, yesterday, at one
o'clock, with his suite, on board the Vivid, Captain
Srnithett.

The French Admiral Lapierre has also reached here
by the 2h. 10m. train from Paris. These commanders
will take superintendence of the arrangements of the
troops to be embarked for the Baltic service.

CONSTANTINOPLE.

A letter of the 25th of June, from the Turkish capital
says :—M. de Mauduit arrived here by the French
postal steamer from France. He is about to proceed
to the interior of Circassia on a special mission ; and
Mr. Lloyd, who has beew here for the last five weeks,
leaves shortly on a similar expedition. Horace Vernet,
the eminent artist, has arrived here. He is attached to
the staff of Marshal St. Arnaud, and will follow the
army in order to illustrate coming events. M. de
Tannyon, an eminent photographer, is attached in a like
capacity. Since the departure of the British and
French armies, Constantinople has assumed a very peace-
able appearance, and its general aspect may be said
to be decidedly less attractive. The summer heat,
which has now set in with a vengeance, drives all
those who possibly can to seek the cool breezes of the
Bosphorus, or the invigorating air of the Prince's Islands.
Buyukdere, Therapia, Yenikoi, Arnaudkoi, and all the
pretty villages that line its banks, are alive with visitors.
The French and Austrian Ambassadors have repaired to
their country residences, with all the personnel of the
legations ; and to-morrow Lord Stratford de Redcliffe
returns to Therapia. The Ramazan, the monthly fast
of the Moslem, is drawing to a close ; and to-morrow the
festival of the Bairam will be celebrated, and the
unfortunate devotees be enabled to resume their
daily meals. The observance of the Ramazan is
not so strictly attended to by the upper classes,
who do not scruple to take their cup of coffee and
pipe on the sly ; but the poorer orders, who stand most
in need of support, are most exact in its observance ;
and yon may see, towards the close of evening, many a
poor Kaiktchi in his boat, the picture of exhaustion,
eagerly glancing towards the sinking sun, and awaiting
the signal-gun which announces to thirty million of
Mussulmans that they may eat, drink, and smoke Not
a drop of water has passed that man's mouth from early
sunrise to sunset ; and it is matter of astonishment how
he can ply the oar through the heat of the day, and
under the scorching rays of an eastern sun. It is
evident, from the march of the combined forces,
that some great blow is contemplated. All eyes are
now directed towards the Danube, on whose banks
a decisive engagement may shortly be expected.
On Saturday last an experiment was made at the Sweet
Waters of Europe of Mr. Hale's rockets, before a select
Turkish committee. A considerable number of Turkish
notabilities were on the ground. The firing was most
successful, and fully demonstrated the superiority of Mr.
Hale's rocket over all previous inventions. Mr. Hale
is about to receive a large order from the Turkish Go-
vernment. On Monday another experiment was made
before General Scarlett and Mr. Lloyd, who is proceed-
ing to Circassia on a special mission from her Majesty's
Guvernment, and they both expressed their cpinion that
they would be a powerful arm for the combined armies.

RUSSIAN TREATMENT OF THE
WALLACHIANS.
Letters from Bucharest. or the 2d, represent that con-
siderable anxiety exists there for the public safety. The
Russians have destroyed the government which they
found in the Principalities. They are now making pre-
parations for leaving the country and takirg with them
the Wallachian militia, which is the natural instrument
for the maintenance of order and authority. Of course
the principal citizens will have to irnproviFe a govern-
ment and raise an armed force for the protection of life
and property, but they think it hard that they should be
compelled to do this while their own little army is car-
ried off to fight for the Czar in a quarrel with which they
have nothing to do, if not to fight against them. The
Russian governor, General Budberg, has been applied
to more than once on the subject, but his uniform answer
is an off-hand assurance that there is no prospect of an
evacuation of the country by the Russians. Meanwhile
the people see the troops leaving, and know that the
general's carriage and horses have for several days stood
ready for his departure. We read in the Patrie
"It is known that since the occupation of the Danubian
provinces by the Russian troops a great number of the in-
habitants of Wallachia and Moldavia have been condemned
to imprisonment by the permanently established courts-
martial for contraventions, frequently very slight, of the
decrees issued by the Russian military authorities. A re-
cent decision of the general-in-chief of the army of occupa-
tion has just decided that in consequence of the new direc-
tion given to the movements of the army all ale individuals
detained in the prisons of Wallachia and Moldavia should
be transferred to places of confinement in the interior
of Russia. This order was carried into immediate execu-
tion ; two columns of these unfortunate people having
already set out for Moscow and Kiew. Among them are
several Wallachian landowners, condemned for not having
paid within the fixed del,Ly'the arbitrary contributions
leviei by the Russian generals. These prisoners have left
on foot under escort of detachment] of Cossacks. Their
families could not accompany them, but have been autho-
rised to follow them."

MOVEMENTS OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY.
A letter from Posen of the 29th ult., published in the
Frankfort Post Gazette, says :7-Within the last few days
the entire 2d corps d'armee of infantry, that have hitherto
been stationed midway between the north and the south
scene of war, has moved southwards, and a portion of
it already stands on the frontier of Moldavia and on the
Zbrucz. It is being followed now by two divisions of
the Grenadier corps and a portion of the Ist corps
d'armee of infantry ; the 2d corps d'
armee of cavalry
is approaching the south from the interior of Russia.te
In this way nearly all the active corps d'armee of h
Russian Empire are concentrated on the southern
in
fantry,
and ; for, of the six corps d'armee of
and the three corps d'armee of cavalry, which
constitute the so-called active army, five corps
d'armec of infantry, and all three of cavalry, are
already on the southern theatre of war ; and, beside
these, there are a portion of the Grenadier corps and
numerous detachments of irregular cavalry, Cossacks.
The only troops that have remained behind in the north
are the Guards of the Finland corps, a poition of the
Grenadiers, and the let corps d'artn6e. The troops
marching southwards take t!,eir route partly via War-
saw and Lublin, partly through Lithuania and Voihy-
nia ; they concentrate on the Zbrucz and in the neigh-
bourhood of Kaminiec-Podolski, at a spot which is ex-
tremely favourable fur all strategetical operations. The
army concentrated at this spot for the general reserve, '
which, located in a semi-circular line, can be despatched
in any direction along commodious roads to the assistance
of either army in the south ; at the same time it covers
the communications and basis of the operations of the
three armies against Austria. Finally, the troops stand-
ing on the Zbrucz can easily be converted into an active
army against Austria ; they would rest on Zamosk and
Kaminiec, and possess good lines of operation, one of
which along the valley of the Dniester and that of the
Sau would cover Galicia and Poland ; the other falling
off towards the Cissa would threaten Hungary and com-
pel an army in Transylvania to change its front. The
southern theatre of war is by far more favourable to
Russia than the northern. The whole country from
the Wolga and the foot of the Caucasus no to the
Dniester, is steppes, a boundless plain, where the
cavalry, in which the Russian army is more than strong,
can operate more effectively than infantry. In addition
to her four corps d'armee of cavalry, Russia possesses
60,000 irregular cavalry.

marks banco, or nearly 80,000/. The cargo is to be
N NEWS. ! lauded here, and sent to Russia by land. The captain
is a German, a native of Blankenese, on the Elbe.

RUSSIAN NEWS FROM THE DANUBE.
(From the Invalide Russe.)
Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gortschakoff, who,
since Marshal the Prince of Warsaw, Count Paskiewitch,
received a contusion, has taken the command of all the
troops placed under the direction of his Highness in the
Danubian Principalities and the south of Russia, gives
an account of the following facts :
On the 30th of May (11th of June) the Turks formed
the project of passing the Danube at Rustchuk, with a
view to take possession of the islands situated opposite
that fortress. A great number of the enemy's barques,
filled with troops, and escorted by gun-sloops, sailedfrom
the right bank towards the island of Radomar, and the
ramparts of the fortress, as well as the batteries, opened
at the same time a deadly fire. Major-General Pasch-
koosky, to whom the defence of the island had been in-
trusted, received the enemy with discharges from mus-
kets and carbines. The enemy made two successive
attempts to land upon the island at different points, but
were repulsed each time with loss.
During tbis time the Turks have definitively evacuated
Lesser Wallachia, and demolished the fortifications of
Kalafat.
The siege works have been continued before Silistria,
upon our left flank, against the advanced fort of the
enemy. In spite of the successful mining operations, and
the new breaching batteries lately constructed, the Turks
continue to maintain themselves obstinately behind their
intrenchments, actively repairing their damaged works,
making occasional sorties, and even strengthening their
defences by new fortifications. This siege has unfortu-
nately cost us a fresh victim. Aide-de-Camp Gen. Schil-
tiers, who personally directed the works with indefatigable
activity, was wounded, on the Ist of June, while in-
specting the trenches. A shell which burst fractured
his right leg, and he was compelled to submit to ampu-
tation below the knee. This operation was very suc-
cessfully performed. The same shell caused a contusion
to Major-General de Meyer, chief of the sth division of
artillery.
In order to keep a watch upon the routes by which
the garrison of Silistria expected the arrival of reinforce-
ments and provisions, detachments were sent several
times towards the village of Kalopetri, under the com-
mand of Lieutenant-General Pawloff and Major-General
Prince Beboutoff. But the Turks did not show them-
selves anywhere in considerable force. Our advanced
patrols had only to disperse some weak detachments of
the enemy.
Nothing particular has taken place upon the other
points of the theatre of the war.

THE RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE BOMBARD.
MENT OF BOMARSIJND.
(From the St. Petersburg Journal.)
The General in command of the troops stationed in
Finland announces, under date of the 13th of June,
that the enemy has made an unsuccessful attempt against
the fortress of Aland, but was successfully repulsed.
On the 9th, at 5 in the afternoon, three of the enemy's
vessels (two steam-frigates of 48 guns and a steam cor-
vette) approached the fort and opened a violent can-
nonade against it. The fort responded from both tiers,
and afterwards the strand battery, armed with four
light pieces of artillery from the garrison of Aland, and
temporarily erected to the south of the fort, as also two
companies of riflemen who supported it, by their well-
directed fire, turned the action of the enemy from the
fort, and at the same time a cannon-ball from the bat-
tery broke the wheel of a steamboat. The enemy
then, abandoning the fort, turned to the strand battery,
This battery stood the enemy's fire without interrup-
tion until eight at night, and the positioa was only
quitted after the destruction of the parapets. As for the
riflemen, who were spread along the shore to the right
and left of the battery, they continued their fire without
giving way, and the enemy's vessels had abandoned the
battery to attack the fort again. Profiting by the
enormous calibre of his guns, the enemy cast anchor at
1,000 sagenes (about one mile and one-third) from our
fortifications, and threw bombs of three poods (1081 b.),
balls of 961 b. and 681 b., and Congreve rockets. The
commandant of the fort, Colonel Bodisco, deeming it
unnecessary to lose ammunition uselessly in responding
to the enemy at so great a distance, suspended his
fire for some time ; but when the enemy's vessels
came nearer with the view of making a breaCh in
the rampart, we opened afresh against him with red-
bot balls, which set fire to one of his frigates ; the
other had its poop damaged by a shot from the tower.
In consequence the enemy was obliged to give over the
combat, and retired between one and two in the morn-
ing. Notwithstanding the violence of the cannonade,
which had lasted more than nine hours, he had not suc-
ceeded in doing any serious damage in the fortress.
Our loss in this affair has been very inconsiderable.
The temporary battery had not a single man killed, and
only 12 wounded. In the fort itself, Surgeon Brovko-
vitch, second medical officer of the military hospital of
Aland, the secretary of Sorokine College, and the auditor
of the battalion of the line of Finland No. 10, besides
two men, were killed, and three men were wounded.
The thick smoke which the wind carried from the vessels
in the direction of the battery did not allow of our calcu-
lating even approximately the loss of the enemy, but in
all probability it must have been important.
In his report of this success, the commandant of
Aland bears testimony to the rare intrepidity and cool-
ness during the action of the entire garrison entrusted
to him, and in particular to the sagacity of the mea-
sures and the obstinate defence of Lieutenant-Colonel
de Fuhrujelin, who commanded the strand battery, and
the riflemen. Further, he names as most distinguished
the Lieutenant-C lonel of Artillery Grankine ; Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Tanielander ; Major de Klingstett and
Captain De Granborg, both of the battalion of the line
of Finland No. 10 ; Captain Kransold, Captain Schestoff
(particularly) ; also Captain Famine, of the regiment of
the Cossacks of the Don ; and Adjutant Wickberg, who
carried the orders of the commandant.