The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-02 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

THE BALTIC.

The following are the latest telegraphic despatches
from the Baltic :

DANTZIC, Friday Morning.—The Bulldog reports
this morning that the Finnish coast had been re-
connoitred by several steamers from the fleet.
On Sunday, the 16th inst., General Baraguay
d'Hilliers and Vice-Admiral Napier went up to
Hango. In their sight the Russians blew up the
fortifications, and retreated to Abo, where there are
15,000 troops.
Abo will be attacked by the allies.
The French forces have not yet left Bomarsund.
General Baraguay d'Hilliers, General Jones, and
Admiral Parseval-Deschenes have had a look into
Helsingfors.
Rear-Admiral H. B. Martin, C. 8., with a small
squadron, has gone up the Gulf of Bothnia.

The French have lost 600 men by cholera.

Telegraphic advices from Stockholm state that
the Russians are raising a new battalion of rifles in
Finland, to supply the loss of the garrison of Bo-
marsund.

Aland is declared infected with cholera, and a
quarantine is imposed on all arrivals thence.

ENGAGEMENT WITH RUSSIAN GUN-
BOATS.

The Odin, 16, paddle, Captain Scott ; Gorgon,
6, paddle, Commander Cracroft ; Driver, 6, paddle,
Lieut. Commander Hon. A. C. Hobart ; and
Lightning, 13, paddle, Captain Sullivan, engaged
eighteen Russian gun-boats, carrying about fifty
men each, and four steamers, at Abo, on the 18th
August, without loss.

BOMARSUND.
The Moniteur, publishes the following :

" BOMARSIIND, Aug. 20.
" It appears from the plans found in the fortress that
Russia entertained most extensive projects with respect
to the future of Bomarsund. The defensive works of
this place were intended to receive additions which would
have made it the most formidable position in the Baltic,
and have rendered them superior in strength to those of
Sweaborg and Cronstadt. This discovery, while proving
the importance of the service rendered to maritime Ger-
many as well as the Scandinavian states, by the capture
of Bomarsund, also proves that the dangers of Russian
ambition are not less great for the north than for the
south, and that if it had been allowed time to develope
itself in a few years, the Sound would have been no more
in safety than the Bosphorus."
A correspondent, describing the place after the
action, says :--
" I could not shut my eyes to the sight, and my ears
to the sounds of woe from the poor Russian women—
many with babies in their arms—whose husbands had
either fallen or were now on their way to England or
France, prisoners of war. That monster Nicholas had
pressed these men, and they were actually locked into the
fort I have just been over, to fight until they perished.
These women are now without homes or means of any
kind whatever. Tile French they fear to approach, but
cling to the English as protectors, and all the English
here seem proud of the distinction. I saw some of our
sturdy fellows dividing their rations with them, and
sheltering them from the sun.
" I sat beside one poor creature who seemed over-
whelmed with grief ; her husband had his arm blown off.
I intended to give her some pieces of silver, and placed
some before her. They were all allowed to see their
husbands before leaving for England. The officers were
allowed to take their wives with them ; indeed, the
English are very kind."

CONSTANTINOPLE.

RECEPTION OF THE NEW VICEROY.

Accounts from Constantinople, of the 21st ult.,
state that Said Pacha, the new Viceroy of Egypt,
had arrived there, and hail a very flattering recep-
tion. He was accompanied only by Mehemet Ali,
his brother ; Talat Bey, his Divan Effendi ; and
Koenig Bey, his private Secretary. The tribute
which he brought with him to present on his ac•
cession, without taking into account the presents,
is estimated at 20 millions of piastres. About a
third of this sum has been furnished by the family
of Said Pacha, and the principal functionaries, and
the remainder has been advanced by the commer-
cial houses at Alexandria. A council was formed
before his departure to manage the affairs of the
Government during his absence.