The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-08 00:00:00

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of Ayutla, it probably is, the right wing of the grand El'Ass
1 The result will be in Moldavia, the centre in Bessarabia an' i
4-,... from and the left wing in the Crimea. The followiajo
.. among the allies :—The head'crtl''
ial St. Arnaud and Lord Raglan are still a
top
de English troops occupy positions on the road lice
Paravady, and Shumla. The French are on tbe,,,,1
Varna to Bodbaschi and Bergas. These pesi,`k:edi
near the coast, that all must be aware that the all
are not likely to be employed either on the P311,,'0
GreatiWallachia. The points of attack for thelii,
—l. The coast of the Black Sea from the
Odessa and Cherson. 2. The Crimea, with its ifero
seaports. 3. The fortresses of Anapa and 3-C'9l.°;ii
which must be taken if a regular communicatielid;ft
opened with Schamyl. At present the points to belie I
are -1, the Balkan line, or that of the Danube if Lo
enter Great Wallachia ; and 2, the coast between' 0
Kaleh and Batoum. The position of the ;c0)
Wallachia is supposed to be the following: el)
B4Dannenberg, who has his head-quarters at' n;, D
is in communication with Luders' corps, whieovi:k
entrenched camp near Slobodseja, a place in, ^
about 30 miles west of Hirsova. The right fig'
Liprandi, is falling back on the Sereth..
THE BLACK SEA. 46,
From Constantinople we learn that an ell)„,0
the Crimea is at last resolved upon. It will be ee„,
by Marshal St. Arnaud, who is to take with ll', `"io
men. Flat-bottomed boats for the disembarcatielig
troops were being constructed in the arsenal of O,
nople, under the direction of French naval of6rnf
Charlemagne was to convey a certain number.'
boats to Baltschik, where the combined fleet 15115 ti
anchor. The Mogador was also waiting to talie°ti;
several of these boats. It was believed at ConsPr;
that the Austrians would shortly enter the Prir'''ilo
Dervish Pasha had accordingly been appointed
commissioner at the head-quarters of the Austri_ff
The Polish Count Branicki, who aceompanic'te,
Napoleon to the East-, had returned from Varll:,4
stantinople, and embarked for France. Gen' rl"
buccia, commander of the foreign Legion in the seor,
France, died of cholera on the 19th of last 01
Gallipoli.
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order of positic

.—SIR CHARLES NO
e' RATIONS.
On the 25th ult., theOPE following French vesq. 4
passed the Great Belt :—Tilsit, 90, St. Louis, 90, 511i?d,
line, together with two sailing frigates. Each cr.,:
towed by a steamer. A number of French vesselt,
twelve, are now assembled in or off Kiel harhotir,,
'•ey are for the most part engaged in taking,c`j
le the horses they have on board are landed nt
A French liner is said to have been stralteit.
Passengers who arrived at Stettin, on the 27th .'0
Stockholm, mention having seen a squadron of?
with French troops on board, off Ca,
d also an English steamer with three merchant
s prizes.

BALTIC

THE FLEET.
efi
One of the grandest spectacles ever with s
As or past ages is that afforded at the.!
eornent by the allied fleets under Aeloi,ss
;harles Napier and Admiral Parseval-DescheJ
anchor in Baro Sound. This sound is proteewk:
Inge circular breakwater, formed by nature of
,30',
rocky islands. Upon one of these, is erected it;
famous Renskar Lighthouse, and from the suitor
tinctly discerned the Russian fleet at HelsingfoLi
small specks upon the ocean point out the EllrY
Cruiser (English men-of-war), blockading they
arsenal, and Sidding defiance to their fleet. 111-
war in Baro Sound are anchored in three divisi°6l.
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Duke, Neptune, Edinburgh, all flagships, at the f.
the three lines, the French admiral forming
In relation to the efficiency and high state of „V,
of the fleet there are not two opinions. The 014.
concur in saying that they are well manned, ant' cre/,
already," for any service that the brave and distiltt,
Charles may ask of them. The men are kept rad,
exercise, and while at one moment all hands are,;,
aloft in their evolutions of furling and reeds
lowering topmasts, topgallantmasts, yards, Sa.a
strait the signal is run up by the Duke of VII to.
"Man and arm boats," and twenty minutes Pave 1'
•ed when 180 boats, fully armed and eggl'^,
requisite for attack, are pulling away "';',,d4;
island, with Admiral Chads at their head, hlativei
in sham attacks upon forts and batteries that fleet,,.
rapidly raised by the engineers attached to the `,"zge,
this manoeuvring takes place within sight of the",
and the telegraph on the heights is continually
making signals to Helsingfors. °f'
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There has been an uninterrupted succeoln
-oe
weather here since the return of the fleet from
stadt demonstration, and in the calm of the evel)?0,
splendid sight to observe Baro Sound dotted
denomination of boat, from the huge pinnance tolllrl
dingy, rowing on the glassy water from ship riectW
landing on some of the entangled islands to CO'. At
water, &c.
Helsingfors and Cronstadt are impregnable, itialic
be approached unless with the sacrifice of six or 13/14
of-battle ships. The people of England should Pitc!,eal;
tally impressed with this fact, and the questie,g.slo4„t
is the conquest of either of these places worth Oh', tot
of 6,000 men ? Between the islands on which t`'
of Sweaborg are built a single ship alone 01403
from the casemates directed upon this point are
;!0;
of 340 guns of large calibre. igifir
A powerful army landing and encircling Ile 0713 e
considered the only fessible plan of operation.he fleet
C. Napier menaced Cronstadt, every man ill
unless
the madness of attempting to force a passage,
ri
by land forces to distract the enemy 4-
J
The cholera is fast disappearing.. 'The AilS.e.,rmit
period had 150 cases on board. The Majestic "AV
to recruit the health of the crew. A very si°'-.1,00,4`
ture regarding the disease is, that the screw6—'igi
have been attacked by the epidemic, the
enjoying perfect immunity. Diluted sulphuqbe
camphor mixture is a favourite remedy. .oas
ventilation of the engine-rooms becomes a serlevtie'
deration, and should enforce itself upon the 0'4,5 0,
scientific men. To keep engineers and sttiar9
atmosphere the temperature of which is 123
nothing but a lingering process of parboilin%e r°`
they stand it so well passes comprehension. .1- .1
is making great havoc at St. Petersburg!), d'10;)
DANTZIC, AUGUST 3.—General BaraganY, atri(l
with 7,000 men he the British ships of war, hat'," jet
the coast of Sweden, on Monday, and the rennoto+
immediately expected at Gothland. General'
d'Hilliers bad an interview with the king ° to
yesterday. His Majesty declared his willingness.fliej
with the western allies on certain conditions.,,,e
division of the French troops arrived there on 1..1' 4
July. A few cases of cholera had occurred. A let
BoMARSUND, ALAND ISLANDS, JULY
this date says : "On the 18th the screw squadr°,l_lafid
Charles and the French and English sailing in 117
ships left Baro Sound. In a most intricate aitore4
passage the Ajax got ashore, and the Magirledirtji
Both came off without injury. At 4 p.m. the
Blenheim, Hogue, Ajax, Amphion and Alban 'lOll
the forts of Bomarsund, and took up our Petdi
within range of the batteries. We had only root 17)
our anchor, when a puff of white smoke and thetbe
shot screaming and rending the air ploughed 'IQ oa
close to the Edinburgh from a masked batter
Another and another from a long fort, and one ° ben
tello towers—bang, bang—ricochetting at 'V
direction at the Edinburgh and Amplion;
short. Another shot from masked battery fell
rio,o;
of the Blenheim ; another came ricochetting 3tly,
up the water just ahead of the Hogue. Prese',,i ostrtr
bang, and a shell from a mortar fell short and -a ee
air. (The Russians evidently do not unders? 1:
ting of fuses.) The Admiral made signal ril e 11„.(.;
we shifted our berths and got out of range of .
express orders for to do nothing—not
~, 1
rso
void it—but wait for the troops. Bow De
g large casernated battery and OIL,
towers in commanding positions, of great stre„t
said. The scenery is lovely, and we are only alln-tlitY
length from granite rocks on each side of us, es-jaa''t
pine. We can see through our glasses the Itn', Oaf
riding about ; soldiers wheeling about, artillei
long gray coats : women walking, and soldlld
''aging in the sun (West India heat here), arse, 0:41
They will* catch it, but we shall not Ile lGr
The squadron under Sir Charles and
are now in Led Sound ; Admiral Corry is ol',
invalided per Dauntless. Phunridgc has hoisted d
in the Neptune, no, and Commodore Martin, la; 01,
Nile, has taken command of the flying et:110,01;P
hoisted his pennant on board the Leopard, 16. -1
to say the cholera has abated. "

THE CZAR IN DAN GP ,e. 40
WE extract the following-- extraordinarYttoOtt)
from a leading article in the Times of wets
short while back, while the allied fleets ‘,l-
before Cronstadt, an English yacht belonging' Yak
Lichfield and Euston, with Lord Clasen` 3e5 „
board,' ventured somewhat too near the r„" 0"01,
pla,ce. Suddenly a puff of steam was seen °T,'"otiV
sea,r.
cpt
'4an
with etti:ehh eei a)Aoenßar%d-
Russian
Archduke
set aloinuaftknsteinnAmtcadte!l
IlnsittlisearOßtanath:eto:::af,nhweelol:eatrtstehteai:eltf
inieAcnoertnio..lld,;_driie,cir.
y‘hvaciisfeh,toa;ln dtOl
the satisfaction of an easy
yacht. She is, in point of fact, stated to havei- -04.yrti
most hiiinifient danger of capture. The Czar, 0,7,00
destined to be foiled in his anticipated little
triumph over thewelia,t,
he haS already been foiled in his hopes of 131, 71:6iPat'
one. -An English war steamer, seeing the dAnreed
the yacht was exposed, advanced with .all eP
relief. Shortly she obtained such a position t
(' Ot'lel'
lish yvveltt was safe; and the only uestion tliat;o-11
for discussion was one between the tvr° acleto ,1
steamers—the one under English, the other VA
sian colours. Could the English but hiwc,aiaetl,l
valuable freight. which that little yacht 0911,—,400
the Captain but have• known that by cAPll,,e "
sending her to the bottom, peace would have 1-1111;4i
to Europe, and. probably a million of hum3noot
and last, be saved, we have no doubt that. he- effete/ c'it
carried one or other of the alternatives inttad
though his own destruction, that of his shiP,
soul on board of her had been the inevitable `litt• leipgil
As it was, he saw nothing before him but a relieir
pery steamer—he had carried his pUrpose WlOl
English yacht into effect—and remembered 0%d!)
certainly had been issued, to the effect tio",,00),;
ship, upon the mere heroic impulse of
should be thrust into the lien's mouth. Wie
that this was so, and that when the ling/fist' rt•
ilig
his orders for putting the he.td, of his stea,T4l4
did so with the feeling that he bad very sit,"„'et,elV
charged the duty w ith which he had been ''11• 05t,Vi
tle did he suppose at the' moment that he h 4" gi °,e
the greatest opportunity for obtaining Wl° silll
which had ever, been thrown in the way no joq
The wonder of it is that all this time vre
ith: a fable nor with the result of a dr4t-Lr111.4:/
-but with sober and serious fact. The be,'1
rehthike'Constantine, and the Arci (.
a t
er day as near capture and transmission °or
it is possible to be without having actualkr!l'a WTI ink
catastrophe. Such is life and history--,t'c': 00 9.tle,i'J-
tine of chances and improbabilities! ,Whgt 0f.A,41.7
• err,ft€
Russian war-; and to think, in all sobers the v
that it might really have come to puss hi"' VIP
a little English steamer known who were L'ttindt,
tie Ruoian Attu the other day Croce