The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-21 00:00:00

drink, nor smoke, passes his lips from sunrise to
sunset. The Paella's boat plies principally for the
service of the Government officials, who have daily
to repair to the Porte and to the Government
offices at Stamboul. Yesterday it was crowded by
these worthies, who monopolise the stern of the
ship, on which a pleasant, well-cushioned, and cap
cious deck-cabin has beenconstructed ; no European)
nor indeed any humble Mahomed an, being permitted
to venture within its precincts. It was a broiling hot
day, and most persons kept below desk, to be shel-
tered from the sun. The Bosphorus is now in its
splendour. The hills of Asia and Europe are ill
full verdure, and the villages and kiosques that lin,
its banks, with their snow-white mosques and
tapering minarets, seem vieing with each other in
beauty. From Buyukdere to the entrance of the
Sea of Marmora, a distance of 18 miles, it is one
panorama, on which the eye dwells with untiring
pleasurot and which, the oftener seen, is the more
magic in its effect ; indeed, it requires to be seen
often, in order to appreciate its manifold and varie-
gated beauties.
The evening proved showery, and we had the,
spectacle of a fine rainbow. It was double, On
seemed to grow out of the garden of the old se-
raglio, stretching across the heavens 6 to the Asiatic
side of the Bosphorus, in two perfect dot b'e arches
—the Iris of peace in the present warlike conjunc-
ture. It is not known what conclusions the Turks)
wh ) are prone to interpret the signs of the heavens,
drew from this spectacle, but it was of striking
effect, and will remain engraved in my recolleeti°n•
The great barrack of Scutari, and the fleet ,e 0
transports lying there at anchor, seemed from
spot to be exactly under its centre, while the water'
glistened from the reflection of its beams.
The British ambassador and the French charge
d'affaires have addressed an official notice tn,
the representatives of all the foreign Powers
Constantinople, announcing that the British an
o
French Admirals have established an effective
blockade at the mouths of the Danube.
We have had no news from Asia for Wl°
weeks. Though the main interest is now concen-
trated on the Danube, it is to be foreseen that the
next accounts from ars will in all probabil
announce the advance of a Russian force in that
direction.

THE BALTIC.
TWO BOATS WITH FORTY MEN SITNA.tr,
By
THE RUSSIANS.
COPENHAGEN, June 20.—Private letters assert
that two boats, containing an officer and forty men'
have been sunk by the Russians at Gamla Carlin;
in West Finland. Its bombardment was CO
quently expected. One thousand Russians and one
hundred Cossacks defend it. g.
The loss at Brahestad is calculated at one
lion, and at Uleaborg at three millions silver row
bles.
BARO SOUND, June 14.—The captains and ()tbee!
commanding officers of the various ships hay° rto
cently received instructions that vessels bound , to
neutral ports, being freighted with coal, are not 4
be deemed having on board articles contraband 4,
war, if it can be proved that their cargoes are 501'1
for the purposes of commerce. In the event, he.y
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ever, of the cargoes being intended for warlike 13.u'„
poses, they will not be allowed to go to their desti°2.
tions. The captains, commanders, and other cow'
manding officers of ie various ships in the fleet, on
falling in with, and boarding any vessel tt7,
freighted and bound to any of the P enemy'sl rey
are to use their discretion in such cases. f 'st
should be of opinion, after due consideration, tuti.,
the cargo of coal is to be applied solely to maned.
facture or commerce, such vessel is to be allow if
to proceed on her voyage. On the other ban", ,0
the coal be intended for the use of the enemy
steamers of war, such vessel is to be taken Pass. es,
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sion of and sent to England for adjudicatiotoi4
These instructions have reference principallY
neutral and British vessels bound to the enemy
ports not, blockaded ; but Russian vessels, h_n°
ever laden, will be captured, under all eirel
stances, until protected by an order in Coln
Should a British or neutral vessel endeavour to
break, or have actually broken, during the on
voyage, an effective blockade, of which she .",taer
received previous notice, such vessel, no nas:
what may be her cargo, will be seized. Neutralts
,_
vessels which have- sailed from neutral Per,
previously to the declaration of war are to ;i°
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apprised that their proceeding on their voyage
Russian ports with articles contraband of vt.
will not be permitted. Neutral vessels, after 41;0
parting from the ports whence they may bah
shipped goods of a contraband nature prior to t°
declaration of war, and subsequently touching du
ing their voyage at ports at which the declaration
of war may have been promulgated before theys
proceeded on their voyage, as also Russian velievii
that may have taken on board cargoes in nen,'
ports, are not to be allowed the indulgence an°de
specified.
The Consul-General of France at Leghorn has
communicated some peculiar circumstances ti`3t
have occurred. Several Russian vessels of a lafgo
size have arrived at Leghorn with cargoes of grain'
made application to, and received permission fron?;
the Government of the Grand Duke to prosenle
their voyage under the Tuscan flag, and with the
solitary condition of their appointing to the cow'
mand of the vessels Tuscans as captains, an
ae-
pointmeut very often of a nominal character. PL.
veral of such vessels have proceeded under tP'
Tuscan flag to various ports in Europe—one, acrtti-
ally freighted with a cargo .of marble for his i ~rc,-
perial Majesty the Emperor of All the Busst°
sailed from Leghorn under such conditions for
Petersburg, and has succeeded in getting into en-
d the neutral ports in the Baltic.
Other Russian vessels not only endeavour, bu
often are successful iu the object of procuring,4
purchase, from persons holding them, patents .To
the Jerusalem flag. A short time since one of the
captains of these vessels had the effrontery to g.
to the office of the Consul-General at Leghorn wit:
the view of procuring papers of clearance. Being
refused, he subsequently applied to the Sardinian
authorities at Genoa, and from them was granted
the necessary papers to enable him to prosecute
voyage. The Greek merchant captains, in er°,o
subterfuge,to conceal their nationality, strive to carry into
effect a similar but are seldom sneces:
ful. Not long since, between 20 and 30 ves,sel
of large tonnage, were at anchor near the 31°1
Leghorn, the owners of which determined on lay'
ing them up, but the crews thtreof, with the v'ey,
of procuring employment at Piedmont, have 010
thither.
The ships in company with the Commander-hid"
Chief got up steam on the morning of the 9th, an
having weighed anchor, proceeded out of 1331:1
Sound in line of battle, and subsequently formed
order of sailing in two columns. The Build%
Captain W. H. Hall, employed for some time Pasd.
as a cruiser in the Great and Little Belts, rejeinc
at noon. In the evening, the ships, accompanied
a
by Colonel Caulfield, in his yacht, the MYrs"-;
came to an anchor in the Gulf of Finland, in ahoy.
mid-channel, and opposite to Revel.
On the 10th the Driver and Lightning stearaerirt
returned from the Gulf of Bothnia, having ma':
a minute inspection of the fortifications of BeinaL
sund, the principal of the Aland Isles. The Gorgon];
Commander Cracroft, arrived on the 11th, with
despatches from the British Minister at Stockholm/
and the Resistance, from England, with stores an'
provisions. The squadron, of 12 sail-of-the-lined
under the orders of Rear-Admiral Corry, apposed
in the offing about mid-day, and proceeded to Bar°
Sound (the Belleisle hospital ship, in charge of the
Caesar, 90, Captain Robb, preceding them), where
they anchored for the purpose of completing Pro-
visions and stores from the Resistance.
About half-past five o'clock on the 12th we Pit
under weigh and steamed on towards the " Gibral-
tar of the North" in two lines—one consisting
Hogue, St. Jean d'Acre, and Austerlitz, led by the
Duke of Wellington-• the other consisting °'
Cressy, Princess 'Royal, and Blenheim, led hi
Edinburgh, the Bulldog, Driver, and Es' n3eraldi‘
in company, The Imperieuse, Arrogant, and Basi:
lisk joined us, when we brought up about eight
miles from Sweaborg, although it did not aPPeff
more than half that distance. The Dragon,
ver, and Basilisk, were now sent on to survey t'le
waters close in by the fortress. They went within
800 yards of the shore, in a position where evi-
dently there were no guns to bear upon them'
otherwise the ships must have been fired uP°,ll.
The troops swarmed in great numbers along tue
shore, looking magnificent in their polished cuirao°
and glittering helmets. The steamers did not fire,
unprovoked they could not have done so. The
water has been found quite deep.
The view of Sweaborg and Helsingfors from the
ships was most picturesque. The day was sunny
and warm, and not a ripple disturbed the tow'
quillity of the water. Helsingfors stood before UI
resplendent from the whiteness of its palaces in the
noonday glare. Its principal cathedral, surmounted
by a graceful and lofty dome decorated with up rple,
and crowned by a golden globe, sparkled and
flickered with a lustrous and tremulous light. Its
classical colonnade stood out in bold relief, wkile
its minaret-looking angular towers reflected bright
flashes from their small gilded points.
A three-decker is moored head and stern right
across the harbour's mouth; a long narrow rock,'
island, with an irregular spire, forming a natural
sea wall, runs along the eastern side of the harbour,
over which the tall masts of the ships of the lin°
are showing. To the westward the land is appa-
rently morn broken and irregular, and seems to be
occupied by some of the forts in the sea front. The
town seems to be of vast extent.
Private letters from Copenhagen state that