The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-28 00:00:00

THE BALTIC.

COPENHAGEN, June 23.—Accounts have now
been received of the celebration of the Constitution
in more than fifty places, and the number of per-
sons attending these meetings in Denmark Proper
has been stated at about 200,000. Nowhere dare
any friend of the Ministry show himself. In the
Parliament they had one vote—in the Folk-motes
none !

The number of ships in commission in Denmark,
and at present cruising about the coasts, is 18,
with 80 officers and 2,500 men.

The first iron boat ever built in Denmark is now
under construction in Copenhagen, by Messrs.
Baumgarten and Burmeister ; it is a transport,
ordered by the royal navy.
The English gunboat Otter has now been re-
paired at Elsinore, and has started for the fleet.
Danish vessels continue to be captured, and a
great sensation is produced among the mercantile
classes. The three last taken, off Riga, for break-
ing the blockade, are said here to have been so
much the more innocent, as no blockade had ex-
isted at Riga for three weeks previously, during
which period upwards of 20 vessels of different na-
tions had entered Riga harbour. Then, all of a
sudden, vessels were seized far out at sea, and de-
clared prizes, for " breaking the blockade." All
these statements will, of course, be entered into by
the admiralty courts, which will take care to
make compensation it any injustice has been com-
mitted.

The Christiana Pogten, of the 20th, contains
the following letter• from Heparanda, dated
June 8 :

" The Leopard and another English frigate anchored
in Tornea roads on the morning of the Bth, and sent out
ten well-manned boats, some of them carrying cannon.
The strong current was against them, so that it was
not till seven in the evening that seven came in and
landed at the custom-house quay. Here the com-
mander of the boat squadron caused to be read a
proclamation by Admiral Plumridge, in the Swedish
language, announcing that he will not injure the life
or property of peaceful private individuals, and warning
the inhabitants against joining the Russian troops, in
which case they will be treated as foes. He also ad-
vised the removal of women and children. After this had
been read, a detachment of forty men was left as a guard
on the quay ; while another troop, with the English
flag at their head, marched to the town and back again
without anything happening. The barrack of the Cos-
sacks had been previously taken down, so that the town
contained nothing which belonged to the Emperor' (to
me the words of the proclamation)."
The detachment was still on shore when the
above letter was sent off.

According to the Russian Invalid, 100 armed
citizens joined the Russian troops at Gamla Carleby
in driving back the English boats. If so, there
has no doubt been a corresponding punishment.
The Aftonbladet, of the 17th, says :

"Aland people who come over to the Swedish coast
are very careful what they say as to political matters,
and lose no opportunity of praising the bravery of the
Finnish sharp-shooters against the English. They
prophesy that the latter will suffer severely whenever
they land, but declare that these same Finlanders are
Swedish at heart, and will conduct themselves in a very
different manner if the Swedes should occupy the
country."

It is said that the mate who fell at Gamla
Carleby was named Montagu, and tho midshipman
who shared the same fate was Mr. Althorpe.
By this time fill. whole Swedo-Norwegian fleet is
probably dismantled and in harbour. The Norwe-
gian ships passed. the Sound some time since. If
this should have any political meaning, it is not.
necessarily a proof that Sweden will not act ; for
the Swedish fleet, which daily costs large sums, is
of no use to the Western Powers. They want
Swedish soldiers and Swedish gunboats ; but they
can do without either, if they will only decide on
acting with energy, and will send troops. English
gunboats are daily arriving.
A letter from Hamburg of the 22d, in the Inde-
pendance of Brussels, says :
" After the affairs of Uleaborg, Brahestadt, and Gam-
la-Carleby, Vice-Admiral Plumridge caused a new coup
de main to be executed by the two frigates, the Leopard
and the Valorous, against the not very populous locality
of Beni. The dockyard and all the materials which it
contained were given up to the flames. However, at
Kemi only small vessels are constructed. The same
fate was, it is said, reserved to the town of Tomes ;
but on the strong remonstrances of the Swedish autho-
rities of the vicinity, and on their statement that Tomes
contained a great quantity of merchandise belonging to
Swedes, which would have inevitably perished, the town
was spared.'