New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-07

svsrv,tne belonging 10 navigation; while during the
SIMMER thew are at sea either On board men-otwar
or merchantmen. in order tn scqnIe perfect Aho"r
edge Of the Baltic aud the Gal ii tlnand'
Among The most respeetable buildings which deserve
MENTION the Admiralty, the Exchange, the CaseTne tss
Protestant Gymnasium, several other sehoois anu
bosritss the Royal Casino, aid the house OF Peter
tLe Great. that H. the building in which he once hAeo
~; o.;5.nce for some length of time. With the ex-
oa,tion az a few oaks. which the renowned Gar Is I
ssd 10 have planted with bis Own hand there are h""
no traces left OF its former garden.
tn 6xed population OF Cr0nstadt is not great,
ut,n We subtract the garrison the sailors, and the
IsIorers in the Arsena hut in the sumner the town
trmiers over 90, eco inhabitants, Of whom not small
nTororticn are foreigners. Of these the most M
merous have hitherto been the English. Inc Town
exsts by tie feet and By the shps OF commerce. and
- therefore quite &c derer;ed sad silent IL winter as Il
is tufv and busting in summer. he town ana haroor
we're osrded by Peter the Great who Laid the iouat
stiors in l7l0 but the town did Lot receive us pres
ent until III
With regard 70 the ioItfcaons, We Viii nr-t men
tou Fort Alexander 1t j. situated the most north
erp cCruer Of tie island. ia constructed al massive
blocks OF Finnish granite, aud Is arTap.ed Tor rSo
/ GUS although il has hitherto had bpt III. ihs
wanting number has doubtless been lately supplied
Tie Autocrat would not certainly allow even such =
deficiency 10 exist long under existing circumstances
In the middle of the fort i sTge yard or r'ther
cuen square, and here i the caSerne or barracks Ar
| RANGED 10 hold CSC soldieTs. The building II bomb
fl.
INT the whole fortress il said TO suffer from ths same
inconvenience as rue fOrtihs atoms az Scvosiopol ne
back walls Of TIE easements have no peSt-hoes; the
embIdsules are very small and, as the smoke IRON
the powder due hpd ecress, Tae hands al tse
puut-suth 1t least, IL the repoit-tIc soon ooh2Vu
to retire or he sufIoc@cd.
The next fortifcatI westward From Fort AleNsndef
is IoTt Peer armed with ~ eun9 anu tie one side %
which dosEates the roads and 1se passage to 81 e
tereburc Fort NenchikOf which was built IN 1911,
couus,-ie one channel. Finally on the right hank
OF tin channel AID opposite Fort Menchikof, lies
Font Risbank, which, when finished, will Piay 251
| eoIhoIs. q,
telIeepce that all the strand batteries which domi-
nate tie channel that leads into the roads, have been
doubled ard all these batteries which together now
lumber $500 guns OF the greatest callber, must be
brouplt 10 silence before Cronstadt itself ever be
attacked Tie intelligence says further that there
stands three corps Of artillery in reserve.
Nv uhsse Of March II, Gelera DOM of the en-.
aircers has been appointed Governor Military OF
CIonsttd t dd interim, and thus replaces the regular
coumandant, General Luecbe.
Tie readers Of this cscription will perceive that
CronstcGt is very redoubtabe fertilization, even to
the allied armada, and this, too without the aid OF
those "iEernal machines, submarine batteries etc,
Which scme time since filled the columns OF the Ger
man journals but which in reality existed any
where except in the brains OF the Russian disposed
BeriIers Many, indeed, arc the changes which hsve
been ruDg nevertheless upon these reports, and Oil
POSSIBLE yersfcatons have been made out ot them.
The most popular of these German Nights
entertainments was the which was 10 blow up
"he whole If Admiral Napiers fleet, without the ne
cessty, the part OF the Russians OF dlschargng
"cun." The Russian engineers had made cavities in
large blocks OF granite filled them with powder, corked
tLtmplaced them, by means of electrical wires in com
munication with gaysnic batteries in Cronstadt and
sunk them in the channel. The British Queen and
2 Lords WILL therefore, doubtless fine day, get
perpxpg news that their fine feet has suddenly van
shed in the Baltic did tie army of Cambyses in the
sands of The desert