The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-08 00:00:00

THE BALTIC FLEET.

The following is from a Copenhagen letter of
April 2 :—" It being publicly known that the
British fleet had arrived from Kiel in Kioge Bay,
the Danish steamer Cimbria, with 400 passengers
on board, went down there on the anniversary of
Nelson's bloodiest battle, 53 years ago,—the battle
of Copenhagan. The weather was fine, nearly
summerlike, with a breeze from the north-west.
We left the harbour of Copenhagen at half-past
11 o'clock, and at 1 o'clock we arrived at the
station of the fleet. It is anchored two miles
off Stevus, in the very bight of Kioge Bay, and
is moored in a semicircle upon a sqtare of 1i
English miles, the Duke of Wellington in the
centre, with Sir Charles Napier's blue flag at the
fore, and next to him, on one side, the St. Jean
d'Acre (the only one of the ships which has its
name written on the stern), then the Royal
George, then the Edinburgh, and then, next to the
land, a very large threedecker, with a red flag—l
believe the Neptune. There are two ships more
with red flags, whose names we were not able to
make out. Nineteen vessels lie there in all, in two
lines, the smaller paddlewheel steamers ahead, and
the larger ships in the second line. We sailed
round the fleet, and the Danes cheered each ship,
especially the Duke, with repeated hurrahs, which
were answered from the fleet with louder cheers,
and froth two of them, the St. Jean d'Acre and the
Neptune, with music. Evidently we should have
been most hospitably received on board the fleet,
but the passengers of the Cimbria being so nume-
rous, the Danes gave a proof of tact and good taste
in withstanding their desire to see the interior of
the ships, which would inevitably have been a great
trouble to the crews, and especially the officers of
the fleet. The Danes, therefore, contented them-
selves with sailing round the fleet, singing the
British Natidnal Anthem, and giving vent to their
delight and sympathy by repeated cheers and
hurrahs to every ship. It was a delightful day and
one of the grandest sights I have ever seen, as we
lay to by the side of the last ship in the fleet—the
Neptune—and looked down along the majestic line
and saw the tremendous set of white teeth from
1,000 cannon mouths siniliug al, us as friendly this
time as they bit us hard 53 years ago. When we
stopped at the " Duke" Sir Charles was most cor-'
dially cheered, and the gallant Admiral appeared
himself on the stern-gallery, his hat in one hand,
and a book in the other, and bowed very civilly to
us. We returned to Copenhagen at 6 o'clock in
the afternoon, and I am convinced that if the fleet
stays here some days longer, these pilgrimages to
Kioge Bay will frequently be repeated in spite of
the remembrances of 1801 and 1807, which some
people here try to refresh and strengthen. The
British Government's declaration of the 28th of
March as to the treatment of the neutral flags
during the present war has greatly and agreeably
astonished everybody here, who were not prepared
for such a degree of liberality in England's-com-
mercial policy. Here is all quiet in politics."
A. letter of the 3d from Copenhagen says :
Last night the capital was frightened from its pro-
priety by an immense cannonade. This extraor-
dinary and continued salute at one o'clock alarmed
everybody, and all kinds of rumours were spread.
It turned out to be a night exercise of the fleet at
Kjoge Bay, and is one of the methods adopted by
Sir Charles Napier to discipline the men. He has
been indefatigable in all sorts of war practice, both
on. deck and on the sea, and the crews have in a
short time obtained great experience in the ma-
nagement of their weapons, and in naval tactics.
The Russian party here hope some great misfortune
will befal our noble fleet, and are praying for a
hurricane.

CONSTANTINOPLE. -D E PARTURE OF THE
FLEET.

Yesterday afternoon, says a Constantinople letter
of the 25th March, the whole of the combined
British and French squadron left their anchorage
at Beycos, in the Bosphorus, and entered the Black
Sea. The large line-of-battle ships were succes-
sively towed out, and by 3 o'clock there only re-
mained in the Bosphorus her Majesty's steam-
frigate Retribution, Hon. Capt. Drummond, and
the French ships Charlemagne and Heron. I learn
from a very good source that a great number of
hand dark-lanterns have been purchased for the
use of the fleet, and a great number of grappling-
irons have been forging for the last few weeks at a
smithy that had been established at Buyukdere.
The precise movement of the fleet is not known.
Admiral Dundas addressed the officers of his ship
before starting, and so did the French admiral.
Sebastopol, the coast of Circassia, and Odessa are
spoken of. It was a fine day yesterday, and a
finer sight could not be witnessed than an immense
fleet of British and French three-deckers in move-
ment towards the mouth of the Black Sea. The
first ships started at about 11 o'clock in the fore-
noon, the rest slowly following—the large sailing
vessels in tow of the steamers, on account of the

utter want of a breeze. The Ottoman fleet has re.

mained behind, and is at anchor at Buyukdere.
The Turkish admirals expressed the wish and de-
manded the permission to accompany the combined
fleets. The British and French admirals, however,
refused, knowing well the difficulty of managing
large sailing vessels in the Euxine at this season,
and foreseeing that the Turkish ships would only
embarrass their operations, as the Ottoman crews all
get sick in rough weather, and British and French
seamen could not be spared to steer their vessels.
The Turkish admirals and officers are greatly hurt
at the refusal. An order arrived last week at
Odessa to shorten the term allowed for the expor-
tation of corn, and to oblige those ships that were
already loading to disgorge their cargo. To enforce
this measure, soldiers were sent on board the ships.
Some British shipmasters cut their cables and im-
mediately made all sail. Several have arrived
here with their ships partly loaded, and Russian
guards on board. Eighteen French officers, quar-
termasters for the army, arrived here by the
Tabor. It is understood now that 10,000 British
troops will be quartered at Constantinople, whilst
the great barracks at Scutari are being
prepared for 12,000 French soldiers: Yesterday,
Colonel Detente, aid-de-camp to General Prim,
returned here from France. General Prim and

his staff, with twelve Spanish guards, will pro-
ceed to Constantinople, simultaneously with the
division of the French army, under Prince Na-
poleon. Colonel Detente is the bearer of two
orders of the grand cordon of Isabella, for Mehemet.
Ali Pacha, the late Minister of War, and Omer
Pacha, the commander-in-chief of the Ottoman
forces on the Danube. Queen Isabella has named
Tefik Pacha, Moustafa, Pacha, and Ismail Pacha,
commanders of the same order. The accounts
from the Danube are, for the moment, not
of special interest. Omer Pacha, on learning
the attempted passage of the Danube near
Turtukai by the Russians, proceeded there with
the bulk of his army. Another attempt on a large
scale is shortly expected. The British and French
troops cannot liasten too quickly towards the scene