The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-17 00:00:00

another day's march, to three miles beyond Alyden, and en
Polite to Devon., hut as the weather sti l continues very
unfav ouraLle boisterouA the) will like v
pone any movement until to-morrow. Sir Richard Eng-
land's division is now the -only one which remains here,
ant thepare expecting hourly the order to a:ivanee in
the track of the division of Sir De Lacy Evans.
Before the end of another week not many English
soldiers will be found in Varna, as it is evident

from the arrangements made that an immediate advance
of the whole force is intended. A general depot has been
formed here, which may be taken as an undoubted
eYmptOm of a movement in advance, and in addition to
that the position of the whole force shows clearly what
is intended. The French who are here, to the number
of about 50,000, are on the north of all, and form the
right wing of our advance. With them, as with us,
the Light Division, under General Canrobert, leads
the way, the other four divisions follow, moving
upon two parallel lines. With us the Light Division
leads, the divisions of Evans and England form
the right and centre, while the Ist division, of Guards
and Highlanders, is on the left 'of all. Cavalry and
artillery follOw in the rear, with the ball cartridge
brigade and supplies in the rear of all. By this ar-
rangement the whole army advances simultanewa3ly
in parallel lines, with a front which extends over 20
miles of ground. There seems little doubt that the army
is bound for Silistria, in the neighbourhood of which, on
the other side of the Danube the Russians remain in force.
None here can foresee what the plan of the campaign is
likely to be, as every movement, or intended movement,
is preserved with impenetrable secresy until the moment
for putting it in exeeution has arrived. All we know
for certain is, that we are undoubtedly going forward,
and, from the direction, we conjecture our destination
to be Silistria. Where we 'shall cross the Danube, or
When, are matters for speculation. Of course in the ab-
sence of any positive information regarding our future
movement rumour is very busy. One time we hear that
all the arrangements and details connected with our re-
moval back to England have been definitively made, and
When a couple of hours' circulation has killed that lie, it
revives in a new fOrm, and instead of England our des-
tinarion is Odessa or Sebastopol. On Saturday evening
and Sunday morning the camp at Alyden was quite dis-
turbed with a detailed and circumstantial account of the
re-investment of Silistria by an overpowering force, and
that Omer Paella, having been deceived by the retreat
of the enemy, had left the place almost without a garri-
son. Now the rumours are all in favour of an armis-
tice having been concluded between us and the enemy
for three months. This last absurdity has met with
More credit than any of its predecessors. Cer-
tainly, if the Russians ever do mean to make peace now
is their time. If once the armies meet the contest will
by
Sanguinary ; the English and French will be elated
al victory, and the Russians maddened by defeat, and
from that time all hope of peace, all chance of seeing
the termination of one of the most desolating wars which
ever raged in Europe, will be over.
There news of interest from the fleet ; the
greater part still remains at Baltchik. All the troops
are now in very good health. Provisions of all kinds
English
to get scarcer every day, and but that several good
Anglish and French stores have been established in this
town, I don't know how we should have managed to get
cli• The prices here would astonish economical house-
wives at home. Ten francs for a Dutch cheese, and
a!i. 6d. a-pound for bacon is the market price. I am
almost afraid to say what is paid for tongues and such '
lnxuries.
„ English saddlery, or indeed English leather, manu-
.i_oantured in any way, commands its own price. It is a '
nderno enterprising English tradesmen has not set up
a miscellaneous store here before now. He would be
certain to make a fortune in three months.

THE BALTIC.
The following is from the Times correspondent,
dated Finland, July 10 :
" My last advices, dated the 30th ult., apprised you of
the main portion of the Anglo-French fleet having pro-
ceeded up the Gulf of Finland to within a few miles of
the island of Cronstadt, the in-shore squadron of six
steamers being at anchor within three miles of the shore.
" On the Ist inst., the Lightning, Captain Sullivan,
conveyed such captains and commanders as chose to
avail themselves of the opportunity to Tolboukin
Lighthouse, where they landed. This lighthouse is
Situate about two miles to the westward of the islet
of Cronstadt. From its summit a good view of
the enemy's ports was obtained, and of the po-
sition of their fleet at anchor, under protection
of the batteries. In the narrow channel leading to the
harbour, six line-of-battle ships are moored head and
stern. Inside these the remaining portion of the Cron-
stadt division of the fleet is at anchor. The strength of
the fortificatiOns- is immense, and they appear to be per-
fectly impregnable by sea.
"The Driver, Commander the Hon. A. A. Cochrane,
proceeded on this date to Danzig with despatches-from
the Commander-in-Chief, for transmission overland to
the English Government. A merchant steamer, carry-
the Rostock flag, arrived from England, freighted
with Provisions for the French division of the fleet.
"Prior to the departure of the allied squadrons from
Baro Sound, a few fatal cases of cholera had occurred
in the fleet. While at anchor off Cronstadt the disease
.extended itself to most of the ships, and several deaths
occurred- daily.. The French screw line-of-battle ship
Austerlitz suffered more than any other ship. The
Duke of Wellington lost 15 of her crew ; other ships four
bra fide, &c., in proportion to the number of those on
board. Fresh cases occuring daily; it was deemed ad-
visableO remove the fleet to a more open position in
the'Gulf of Finland, and the signal " prepare for sail-
ing to-morrow" was hoisted on board the flag-ship of
the Cora hander-in-Chief.

" On the morning of the 2d inst., the in-shore squad-
.l)en weighed in succession, followed by the rest of
the -fleet. By 10 a‘m., the various ships had le ft
Cronstadt roads; and most of them anchored in the
evening 4 miles distant from the island of Seskar. The
Imperieuse 50, proceeded in a northerly direction, tak-
ing under her orders the Lightning, Magicienne, Bull-
dog, and Desperate. The Lightning, Magicienne, and
Desperate united with the main body of the fleet the
next morning, the Imperieuse and Bulldog coming to
anchor off the northern side of the gulf. The Bazilisk, 6,
Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, joined company on the 4th,
laden with live cattle, and a heavy mail for the fleet. In
the afternoon the Commander-in-Chief ordered by sig-
nal the various ships to be ready for sea the next morning.
"At 4 a.m. of the sth steam was got up, and by
6 aan. the various ships were under weigh, -proceeding
at slow speed in a westerly direction, the English divi-
sion in two columns, the French division in one column.
Topsails and courses were shifted by way of exercise,
and a few evolutions performed.
" When abreast, of the southern side of the Island
of riogland, one of the crew of the Hogue fell over-
board, and was drowned, although every possible
effort was made to save him. A French man-of-
War steamer came up with the fleet in the afternoon,
and the merchant steamer Nicolai the First, of Leith,
last from Elsinore, deeply laden with provisions and
stores, and her upper deck completely covered from stem
hto stern with live bullocks, vegetables, &c. A contract
aving been entered into with the merchants of Danzig,
good supply of live cattle is furnished weekly to every
°hip in the fleet, and the issue of salt meat is seldom
necessary.
" At off.m. of the 6th the combined squadrons were
abreast Sweaborg, to the westward of which Rear-
Admiral Corry, with the weather division of the fleet,
was at anchor. Here the Commander-in-Chief, in his
g"sbin, parted company, standing in for Sweaborg,
the command of the fleet devolving pro tem. on Rear-
•A-cliniral Chad; who was ordered to proceed to Baro
Sound, where the greater portion of the various ships
anchored in the afternoon, followed by the Duke -of
Wellington and Rear-Admiral Corry's squadron.
" The Duguesclin, flag-ship of the French Rear-
Admiral, when off the entrance of Baro Sound, got
. -on shore on the Warren Rock. The English and
-French steamers, the barges and pinnaces of the various
chips, provided with anchors, hawsers, &c., immediately
repaired to her assistance. Her guns, provisions, stores,
e were removed, in order to lighten her. Afer 24
hours constant exertions, under the superintendence of
RuaMaster of the Fleet, the Duguesclin was floated off,
was towed into the Sound by a steamer, and
without, it is supposed, having sustained any serious
injury, The cause of this ship getting on the Warren
Rock is accounted for in the following manner
"The Russians, in order to render as they thought
the navigation of the gulf of Finland a matter of difficulty
to the English fleet, removed all the buoys denoting the
channel to the various harbours therein. But prior to
. the Commander-in-Chief taking the ships under his com-
mand into any of the roadsteads, &c., Capt. Sullivan, in
the Lightning, had made a survey of the many rocks
and shoals with which the entrance to Baro Sound is
surrounded, and laid down buoys to mark the channels
through which the combined squadrons may proceed with
safety. But while the fleet was on its way to Cron-
atadt, it would appear that the enemy, ever on the
alert, had shifted the buoys to other positions—
the one placed in the vicinity of the Warren shoal
being removed considerably to the westward. In con-
sequence of this, the Duguesclin grounded on it.
" Most of the steam ships getting short of fuel,
the are occupied in competing their stock of coal,
The The Penelope has gone to Faro Sound, to
T‘ow some colliers which are at that anchorage.
Boscrtwen 70, Captain Glanville, sailed for
England on the '2d instant, en route for the West Indies,
as flag ship of the Commander-in-Chief on that station.
A great portion of her crew, prior to her departure, were
transferred to the ships in the Baltic. An opinion is
entertained by those holding prominent positions in the
flit, that the sailing ships thereof are not required, or
ether not adapted to these seas, on account of the
intricacy of the navigation, which, generally speaking,
renders it dangerous for them to proceed under canvass,
1:14 rehy rendering it necessary for the paddle steamers
to take them in tow, when these steamers might be
otherwise“ advantageously employed.
pro-
found future proceedings of the fleet are kept a
tswecret. The retrograde movement from Cron
as most unexpected but most probably
was made with the •
the epidemic Whiel: view of arresting the progress of
which up to the prevailed in most of the ships, and
many instances presentassumed
date, the 7th, although it has in
its ravages. Some frnatedla milder form, has not yet ceased
orm,
• Royal George have take cases on board the Majestic and
The former ship has, it!l place within the last two days.
tshtated, suffered from it to a
greater extent than an
yet it has not extended itselef tor io the English fleet. As
"The steam gun-boat any
of the sailing ships.
arrived at Baro Sound cuckoo,til Lieutenant Murray,
evening of the Bth,
from the Gulph of Bothniajoibnueetd brought no news of
importance. The Locust
fleet for the first timeGon_the_ previouseornd day The
berland, 70, Captain Seymour is to
Cum-
fox the purpose of being paid off, is stated that four
proceed home