The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-20 00:00:00

PADDLE-WHEEL STEAMERS.

4. Present
Names. Remarks.
Station.
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Kamschatza l6 54‘ Cronstadt jßuilt in America.
Olaf
fors, 1852.
Smi
loi
Grosasclii 6 40 Cronstadt
Grim iaschi
Ruric
Chrabori
Bogatir 6 300 ~
Diana
Hercules
Total B6 319:1 in 10 steamers

Besides the above, 10 small yachts (used by the Impe-
rial family for river purposes and tenders), chiefly of
iron, with horse-power from 100 to 60 ; also a few tugs,
&c., for local use, in various parts of the Baltic, and
the iron post-steatner Vladimir.
SCREW STEAMSHIPS OF THE LINE.
Name. Guns. Horse-power. Present Station.
Orel
Remarks.—On stocks ready for launching. Engines, by
Napier, just seized in Scotland.
Wiburg B4
Constantine - ......
Remarks.—Two old ships rebuilt and converted ; ready
for their machinery, which have just been seized by her
Majesty's Government.

Cronstadi

SCREW-FRIGATES.
Maria
Remarks.— Ready for launching. Engines by Penn, now
in possession of her Majesty's Government.
Ilya of Muronetz.. 41
Remarks.—Just laid down.
Polchan
Remarks.—Launched last year in Archangel; engines on
board, but machinery not complete.

THE MILITARY FORCES OF RUSSIA..
A letter from Hamburgh of the 6th inst. contains the
following account of the ►nilitary forces of Russia in her
Baltic provinces :—" Beginning! with the towns of Abo,
Sweaborg, Helsingfors, Borga, .and Wyborg, in Finland,
I do not underrate their nunaber by estimating it at
52,000 men, :J2,000 of whom can, in case of need, be
speedily concentrated on any point of Finland. Ido not
Include in that number the new battalions, formed at St.
Petersburgh since the guard has left that capital, who,
in a few days, can marsh to this very heart of the Grand
Duchy of Finland. On the southern coast of the Baltic,
where the commercial cities of Revel, Riga, Mittau, and
Narva are situate, the effective force of the Russian army
amounts to 45,000 men, of whom 25,000 may, in the
course of eight or ten days, be. assemble I at one point.
'Diem is besides a c,►rps of art ny of 30,000 men for the
defence of Cronstadt, one-third of which may be detached,
a.►d marched to any part of the coast menaced by the
al lies."

G UIV BOATS AND LAI ND FORCES FOB
THI B 4 LTIC.

There has been a remarkabLe clashing in the accounts
respecting Revel, as to whether there are Russian ships
of war there or not. We ha ve it from good authority
that there are some there ; thact they recently attempted
to show their noses outside ; but, at the sight of our
British cruisers, drew them in again as hastily as a snail
does its horns when your foot approaches it. It is clear
that the Russian ships of war will not meet ours on the
deep water. The Czar has made up his mind to leave
the open sea to the French axed English, trusting that
they will not venture in-shore- to ferret out his men-of
war in their burrows, or attt nupt a lauding. It Iv
seems probable that nothing Arery effectual cared with
e
in the Baltic till the allied scriadrons are sup es.
the means of reaching the en emy in his skulking'
h
ol
Gun-boats and an auxilliary• land army seem to be
wanted. The former are about to be forwarded. This
is well—only let them be in sufficient numbers
re . Wit
and
h
these, and with a- land arm, say-30,000 Fnch
y
10,000 English soldiers, St. Petersburg- would be un-
tenable. St. Petersburg is n.7t, only the seat of govern-
ment—of all the central execur.tive depa trments—it is the
centre towards which convei •ge the St. Petersburg and
Moscow Railway, the great highways to Psw,
angeSmo-
lensk,and Warsaw to the sou ttli-west, and to Archangel
to the berth ; and the three F ;3rstems of
of water
exports
from the Volga
Russia are brought to the sea-board
provinces, the Ural, and Siberia.
St. occupation of
St. Petersburg by tb.o allies would at once humiliate
and paralyse the Czru:.

THE NAVAL CLUP..—The members of the naval club
of 1765, celebrate ti le Queen's birthday by a grand ban-
quet this evening a. t the Thatched-house Tavern. The
immortal Nelson was a patron of this time-honoured in-
stitution, which annually diltributes a large sum pri-
vately amongst 'the widows and orphans of deceased
members of the naval profession.