The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-28 00:00:00

THE WEATHER IN THE BALTIC.

Subjoined are the latest advices received in re-
ference to the state of the navigation in the Baltic :
PITEA, April B.—lt blew a heavy gale at west in the
night of the 6th April, which damaged the ice, already
not strong, very considerably.
ABO, April 7.—The ice between the bridges has partly
broken up, and the ice at sea is expected to disappear
earlier than usual, to which the gale and rain of last
night will contribute eneeedingly.
REVEL, April 14.—There is no change in the state of
the roadstead, but the ice is very rotten, and, should a
favourable wind spring up, will soon drift away. Wind
to-day W.N.W. light, temperature 2 degs. warmth.
BOLDEEAA, April 20, a.m.—As an open space has
formed in the ice in the roadstead, it is expected, with a
continuance of the westerly wind, that the ships in the
ice will get free. Twelve vessels have arrived, and 24
are still in the ice. Wind W.S.W., Noon.—The
greater part of the vessels in the ice are now at a dis-
tance of four miles, and fast therein, and only a few have
got free. P.m.—During the night the sea channel has
broken through. The ♦essels are still fast in the ice,
and have all drifted far from the roads, with the excep-
tion of the Caroline.
PILLAu, April 21.—The summer sea marks were laid
out yesterday.

TLACK SEA.
°MAU, April 14 HE
. B—Two British and one French
war steamers have been in the roads since yester-
day.

The following is from the letter of an officer
dated April 14 :

"These Russians tell us that there are 50,000 artil-
lerymen at Sebastopol, and that they are practising at a
target in the harbour day and night, in hourly expecta-
tion of seeing us there. Of course,' it would be mad-
ness to lead the ships into such certain destruction. They
say, also, that there are 60,000 soldiers at Odessa, and
that they are placing heavy guns in the mole battery,
and otherwise working hard at strengthening the bat-
teries there. Thus,
if their ships (apparently b
but 12 or
14 of the line) won't come out of Sebastopol, it is not
easy to see what there is for the fleets to do. The posts still
held on the coast of Circassia are sufficiently formidable to
give trouble. I see by Chesney that Anapa. resisted 8 Rus-
sian line-of-battle ships, 5 frigates, and 11 smaller vessels,
with a land force of 6000 men and a reinforcement
from the army of the Caucasus, from the 18th of May to
the Bth of June, 1828. Souchourn-Kale is also said to
he formidable. Therefore, if we cripple six or seven of
our large ships by exposing therm to a contest with
powerful land forts, we lose our numerical superiority,
and in these days th it is no trifle. Modern improve•
meats in gunnery teed to equalise matters, and to refl•
der mere bravery loss decisive. The people of 14 ulaud

will he impatient if something is not done, but without
t'te counis of Cie A dmital..,( I don't see what
Lhey can do. If 1 had the management I would show
the whole force all the Circassian coast, in the
hopes of exciting the mountaineers to action ; en passant
r would take anything tolerably easy, but I would not
be decoyed into anything very serious, or likely to
cripple large ships. I would then extend a strict
blockade from Sebastopol towards Odessa, keep
tug a few flying steamers about the mouths 0;
.he Danube, and about Kan, and Kertch, in the
Crimea. Thus, the Russians would be completely shu
iip, and unable to communicate with their armies ol
forts on either side by sea. They made so much use ut
~he sea in 1828 and 1829 that it is pretty clear they can
!lot now safely cross the Balkan deprived of that :Oven
age. They even seem to have great hesitation in ad-
vancing on the right bank of the Danube; for they de
'tot appear to have advanced fur the last ten days beyon';
their first landing places in the Dobrudecha, Toultscha,
Nlatschin, and Isakeha. Thus, the presence of the fleets
is invaluable, even if they never have the chance of firing
, shot, and are reduced to tedious blockading, The Rus-
sian frigates at Sebastopol got under way with uncow-
mon smartness (just while the Fury was laying out her
hawser), and sailed beautifully ; so that it won't do to
hold the enemy too cheap, and to be outnumbered by
crippling your ships, and coming down to or under their
;lumber."