The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-18 00:00:00

' THE BALTIC.

COPENHAGEN, July 11. To-day's post has
brought no further intelligence respecting the
second bombardment of Bomarsund. There would
appear, therefore, to have been some mistake or
exaggeration. Its capture cannot be difficult, and
cannot be far off, for the French landing troops will
doubtless be quartered there.
The Swedish Parliament—that is, the House of
Burgesses, and the House of Yeomen, the only
two which have any independence, the two upper
houses being mere court tools—have made a deter-
mined effort to free their country from the despotic
reactionary and Russianising Cabinet now in power.
The Burgesses have demanded the dismissal of
Palmstjerna, Reuterdahl, and Gripenstedt ; the
Yeomen that of Sparre and Palmstjerna, and also
(without even a division) of Reuterdahl, Fahrteus,
and Gripenstedt. This is an important event, but
it is doubtful whether it will lead to any immediate
change. Notwithstanding such a vote of want of
confidence, it is expected that the Swedish Minis-
ters, like their comrades in Denmark, will not go
out. Many of the speeches were bitter in the ex-
treme. The most eloquent and remarkable was
that of the Yeoman Sahlstriim, who gave a lively
picture of the despotism and degradation which
now overwhelm a nation of the noblest origin, and
with the noblest capabilities. The Valorous has
been at Gefle ; and while there, its officers were
invited to a dinner by a number of the citizens.
Finland has now reached another stage of Russi-
fication. On its seizure, highwayman fashion, by
Alexander, that Czar guaranteed its privilege not
to subject it to any conscription colonised militia.
Instead thereof, it had to furnish and keep
two regiments of recruited soldiers. But, as
we know, all Russian oaths and treaties are not
worth the paper they are written upon. An
ukase has just appeared, announcing that Fin-
land has made such immense moral and material
progress, that its time has now come to be
blessed with this new military conscription, and
that, as a beginning, two battalions of sharpshooters
shall 1-e immediately established, one in the Abo-
Bjorneborg district, and the other in Vassa-Ulea-
borg, all at the expense of the Finlanders them-
selves. If the West does not know what Finland
is good for, the Autocrat does. These two batta-
lions are expressly stated to be only "a beginning,"
and unfortunate Finland may therefore expect to
be drained of blood and money quite openly, at
the caprice of its robbers. These troops will be
sent to Poland, or the Crimea, or somewhere where
their fidelity will be unquestioned, while Cossacks
and other bandits will take their place.
King Frederick had made a triumphant entry
into his newly-purchased palace of Jfegerspris,
which is to be restored to its ancient splendour.
His Majesty is so much the more popular in its
neighbourhood, as lie has freed all the peasants
attached to the domain from every remaining feudal
tie, hereby carrying into effect the object aimed at
by the peasant league, which will, however, make
this change compulsory, instead of the result of
voluntary conviction and mutual advantage.
The following is an extract of a letter, dated her
Majesty's ship --, Barosund, July 10 :

"We sailed from Cronstadt on the Ist inst. The
reasons for our retrograde movement were of course not
-communicated ; but, as cholera was somewhat in-
creasing, it was attributed to that pest. The French
screS, liner Austerlitz has been the greatest sufferer ;
she is said to have lost thirty men altogether. But,
since we left Cronstadt, the cases have much di-
minished. On the 2d, the Imperieuse and four other
steamers were detached to look at Viborg, arid see if any
shipping lay there. The town stands at the northern
extremity of a narrow inlet, about thirty miles long, with
a very intricate passage. The steamers worked up within
about three miles of the town, but as they could only see
afew boats near the shore, they were not molested. It is
extraordinary that none of our vessels have been able to
fall in with or discover any of the Russian armed row-boats,
of which we heard so much boasting. They seem to keep
as snug as their large vessels. On the 3d the detached
steamers rejoined, and we all proceeded to Barosund, which
we reached on the 6th, leaving orders in passing Sveaborg
for Admiral Corry's squadron to follow. The whole fleet
reached the anchorage in perfect safety, except a French
line-of-battle ship in tow of a steamer. This vessel struck
upon a rock somewhat heavily, as she was going five
knots. All the boats of the fleet were immediately
ordered to her assistance, and succeeded, after she was
lightened of her principal heavy guns, in getting her off
in about twelve hours, with scarcely any damage, except
a few sheets of copper ripped off from the bottom. The
whole fleet is now assembled here, with the exception of
Plumridge's squadron and a few steamers on blockade
duty."
The above extract accounts for, and sets at rest,
the reports emanating from St. Petersburg, and
propagated and amplified with pious zeal, by Rus-
sian friendly continental journals, of the loss and
capture of sundry vessels of the Baltic fleet.
An English naval officer is reported to have re-
turned home in all haste from Memel, by land in
order to take the command of the shallow-going
gun boats destined for the Baltic. The Dauntless
left Copenhagen Roads on the 11th, taking a
southerly course.

FR ANCE.