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

SOUTH SIDE OF HARBOUR.

Fort Paul
Fort St. Nicholas
Battery between Fort St. Nicholas and Fort

Alexander • 50
Circular Fort at end of Loopholed Wall 5O
Fort Alexander
Quarantine Battery

Total (kaown) 722
There were at the same time iA harbour two

three-deckers, one of 130 and one of 120 guns; three
two-deckers of 84 guns each ; three frigates, two
corvettes, three brigs, two•war steamers, and two
ships of the line not fitted. The number of ships
ha:4 since been increased.
The guns of Fort St. Nicholas are of sufficient
calibre to throw shells or 68-pound solid shot.
The National Gazette of Berlin says :—" We
have received through St. Petersburg news of
Odessa to the 14th September. The day before
there had been celebrated the annual fete in com-
memoration of the foundation of the town. On
the occasion, General Annenkoff, the governor,
harangued the artillerymen of Odessa, conclud-
ing his address with these words My chil-
dren, pray with fervour, serve faithfully, resist
with courage, and, above all, take good aim.'
Salvoes of cannon accompanied these words. The
St. Petersburg journals turn into ridicule the idea
of the expedition to the Crimea, but private letters
state that when the landing became known in the
Russian capital, it produced an extraordinary
feeling of depression in all the circles into which
the news had penetrated. The following are the
names of the Russian generals in the Crimea :
commander-in-chief, General Prince Menschikoff ;
commander of the fleet and of the ports of the
Black Sea, Admiral Borysowicz Beg ' • head of the
stall and adjutant-general, Admiral K.orniloff ; and
military governor of Sebastopol, Admiral Michael
icikolajewitz Stanjakowicz."

THE BALTIC.

FIRING UPON SIR CHARLES NAPIER AT

HELSINGFORS.

NARGEN, OFF REVEL, SEPT. 26.

On, the 23d, Sir Charles and General Jones again
stal.-ted off in the Driver, accompanied by the Ba-
silisk, but this time it was for Helsingfors. On
'returning in the evening we found the forts had
tired two guns at them, and that the enemy have
not been idle since we were last there, but have
erected small batteries on the islands near the en-
trance, and one large battery of about 50 guns on
the island on which the main work is built, at
which place we considered it before to be weak. ,
We have heard nothing yet about the Vulture's
men, whom we expected to find here in exchange
for the prisoners we sent to Abo. It being a bright
sunshiny day, upwards of 100 officers from the
fleet assembled at the village of Nargen, close
to which was a fine grass field, where wickets
were soon pitched, and the people of Revel might
have seen the fine old English game of cricket
played to their heart's content, or otherwise for
the distance is less than between the Isle of Wight
and Portsmouth ; and I fancy the people of that
loyal town would not be pleased to see an enemy
enjoying himself in their favourite island. Besides
cricket there were foot-races and quoits, and pri-
vate little pic-nics among old friends. The people
of the village were very civil to us • and the rela-
tives of the brave fellows who died here in 1809
will thank them when they learn that, instead of
allowing the headboards from the graves to lie
down where the decay at the bottom has caused
them to fall, they have been carefully collected,
and stand reared up against the walls of the little
churchyard, with the names still legible.
We are all looking forward to news from the
East, for we feel as much interested in the doings
of our brave fellows out there as we do in our own
in the Baltic. We envy them, for we know we shall
be eclipsed by them; but there is not a British heart
in the Baltic which would not beat ten times quicker
with enthusiasm to perform as daring doings as they
have before them. There is no denying that an
incalculable amount of injury has been done to
Russian interests by the fleets up here, but there is
also no denying that a great deal more might
have been done, which has been left undone. We
hope a short time will prove with whom the
fault lies—our Commanders, or their orders from
home. Boniarsund was no doubt a gallant little
affair, but unworthy the prowess of such a fleet, in
which all have wished for a more noble enemy to
encounter, and which Sir C. Napier, in his " de-
claration of war," led us so sanguinely to expect ;
but it is too late now to meet with one this year,
we must retrace our steps out of these waters al-
most directly. Revel, with its minarets, steeples,
domes, and fortifications, lies stretching itself along
the shore in smiling security not more than six
miles from us. I say in security, because they
well know we shall do them no harm, though they
are completely at our mercy, for we could set the
whole city in flames in a couple of hours. General
Jones and Lieutenant Cowell, R.E., return home
to-day, via Dantzic. We are glad to find that the
latter officer's wounds are nearly healed. It is
blowing hard to-day.
Another communication from the fleet is as
follows

REVEL, Sept. 26.—The principal portion of the
Baltic fleet, comprising nine English and two
French sail of the line (five of them having steam
power), have been at anchor off the south-east
coast of the island of Nargen for a period of two
months. The steam-frigates Imperieuse, 50,
Euryalus, 50, Arrogant, 50, Magicienne, 16, toge-
ther with the Rosamond, 6, steam-sloop;have been
employed in the meanwhile cruising of Sweaborg,
watching the movements of the enemy, and effec-
tively blockading their ports filth° Gulf of Finland.
From the circumstance of this squadron being
detached from the main body of the fleet, the
officers and seamen belonging to it have been de-
prived of the usual facilities of communicating with
their friends in England. Only two opportunities
have been afforded them of forwarding letters
by the overland route. Even on these occa-
sions great delay in their transmission has oc-
curred, as they were forwarded to Ledsund,
where they failed to reach until after the de-
parture of the steamer from Dantzic, and were
consequently detained on board the flag-ship for an
entire week. With respect to the receipt of letters
from England a similar inconvenience has arisen.
In both instances had a proper consideration been
shown towards the officers and crews serving on
board the ships off Nargen, what is generally and
very naturally felt as a hardship might, by proper
arrangements being adopted, have been easily
avoided, at least as regards the regular transmission
via Dantzic of letters to England, simply by the
steamer despatched on the Tuesday of each week
from the Aland Isles being ordered to touch at
Nargen, on her way to Dantsic, to receive the mails
fromßear-Admiral Plumridge's squadron. It is true
that some delay would thus be caused in the mails
arriving at Dantzic, amounting however only to a few
hours. But since all despatches of an urgent nature
from the Commander-in-Chief of the Anglo-French
fleet are sent to England by the nearest overland
routes, and by special messengers, no inconvenience
to the service could possibly arise by according to
the ships (16 in number) engaged on a most im-
portant service in the Gulf of Finland the same
regular opportunities with respect to the transmis-
sion of their letters to England, or elsewhere, as
allowed to those who happen to be constantly in
company with the Commander-in-Chief.

DENMARK AND SWEDEN.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 28.—Another remarkable
and characteristic event has taken place here.
Numberless meetings have been held in the
islands and all over Jutland, and an address to
the King has been circulating, and received in
a short time 20,000 signatures, expressing the
warmest attachment to the constitution and de-
manding a new Ministry. Representatives of the
petitioners have been appointed by each county,
often by each parish, to meet in Copenhagen and
present the address to his Majesty, and explain to
him the feelings of those by whom it was signed.
Accordingly, upwards of seventy deputies have
arrived here. Arrangements were making to pre-
sent the address, even a day was named, when
the Ministry took the alarm, and have persuaded
the King to take the strangest of all strange
steps. Ells Majesty has refused to see the
deputation, and will not receive their address.
Meantime the deputation have determined on re-
maining in town till the commencement of Parlia-
ment, when they will present to the national re-
presentatives the petition which his Majesty has
refused to accept. To-night there is a great ban-
quet in their honour, given to them by the citizens
in the Casino theatre.
The French ships have passed out northwards.
The Cuckoo, Lieut. Murray, has anchored in the
roads. Two prizes, both Danish, a smack and a
ship called the Fortuna, of Arnis, have anchored
off Frederikshaven.
In Sweden it is believed that the neutrality credit
of 21 million dollars banco, demanded by the King,
will with difficulty pass the Parliament, if it should
not be rejected altogether, at least by the two re-
presentative chambers, the burghers and yeomen.
The House of Yeomen will certainly throw it out.

PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, Oct. I.—A letter from Berlin of the
above date, says—" It is impossible to describe the
sensation produced at this place by the receipt of
the telegraphic despatches announcing the splendid
successes of the Allies, first in the Alma, and then
at Sebastopol. If this news be completely con-
firmed, then truly do the standards of all regiments
and colours of all ships concerned merit to be en-
graved with the old words of Caesar :—‘ We came,
we saw, and conquered.' It must be repeated, the
sensation is beyond all words intense ; and it may
be simply added that nine-tenths of the popula-
tion participate in the feeling of joy which must
animate the breast of every Frenchman and En-
glishman, as well as those of our valiant Turkish
allies."
The Nation*/ Zeit*ng gives out a supplement

! containing divers despatches, all of which tend
ito confirm the news of immense successes, if not
1 of a total and final victory.

RUSSIA.
MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMY.

The Lloyd has received a letter of the 27th of
September from Kalisch, in which the writer says
that the change in the position of the Russian
armies in general, and of that in Poland in parti-
cular, must be considered " a warlike demonstra-
tion against Austria." The same opinion pre-
vails in Austria, and the threatening movements
of the Russian troops in Poland are, perhaps,
the reason why Austria has just displayed such
extreme anxiety to secure, in case of attack,
the assistance of Prussia and the other German
States. It was at first supposed that all the
troops which had quitted Warsaw had been sent
to Volhynia ; but it is now discovered that they
are on their way to Radom, about half-way be-
tween Warsaw and Sandomierz, on the frontiers of
Galicia, where they will pass the winter in an in-
trenched camp. As the troops quit Warsaw they
are reviewed by Prince Paskiewitch. Generals
Kryloff and Wrangel command the forces concen-
trated at Kielce, which is at no great distance from
the Galician frontier. The vanguard of the corps
at Kielce is standing at Pintschoff and Olkusch,
which lie on either side of Cracow. Very recently
the Russian Grenadier corps and the Ist Infantry
division have been pushed forward towards the
Vistula, where they are forming intrenched works
at important strategic points.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, SEPT. 30.

The Cologne Gazette has the following, under
date of Vienna, 29th ult. :—" It is now posi-
tively stated on good authority that the ne-
gotiations which have taken place between the
Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin, on the subject of
the propositions to be made to the Diet on the
Eastern question, have arrived at a satisfactory
result, the Austrian Cabinet being definitively
satisfied with the declarations made by Prussia.
It is said that the note which signifies the as-
sent of Austria was sent yesterday to Berlin.
The Prussian views and principles, which have
consequently now acquired preponderance, are, it
is said, summed up in the following points :
Prussia engages to admit as the bases of eventual
negotiationsfor peace the four demands of guarantee
of the Western Powers, and to maintain and sup-
port them morally with Russia. Prussia will also
employ all her military force to prevent Russia,
from making any new hostile invasion of the prin-
cipalities, and to defend, conformably to the treaty
of April, and in concert with the whole of Ger-
many, the Austrian territory against any attack
from Russia.
Yesterday (28th) afternoon it was whispered
that two forts had been taken by the Allies, and in
the evening several Greek firms, which are noto-
rious for their caution, bought up all kinds of
stock at an advance of and 1 per cent. At ten
o'clock this morning neither Count Buol, Lord
Westmoreland, nor M. de Bourqueney had re-
ceived any direct intelligence confirming the re-
port; but nevertheless a telegraphic despatch has
reached this city, in which mention is made not
only of the fall of Fort Constantine, but of a pitched
battle, and the subsequent surrender of Sebastopol.
HALF-PAST 1 O'CLOCK.—The following has just
been received as official : _ _

" On the 22d Prince Menschikoff was attacked on the
plain of Kalantai by the allies, and totally beaten, after
a sanguinary battle, which lasted some hours. The
fugitive Russians were pursued to the intrenchments
before Sebastopol. On the 23d Sebastopol fell into the
hands of the allied forces."