The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-30

the old and new town. Tho latter IL hano.ooey ou,t
Petersburg fs hon AZ the sea bathing ~ pre- einenty
used BY fetersburgers, and the town owes lts RAPID
growth 10 them it Is natural that the bathing establish
nent, in whose saloon quantity Of ARTIFICIAL mineral
water il swallowed each morning. should o. a,ranG.din
elegant STYLE IN return for y Lne Po shcmsyes
a. ornndc toilette three times day. through tnce Nsi
ers the grand Sybaritic barracks elsns.cs nss
lost great feature namely, the extraordinary cheap
ness which oI merly distinguished Il; for the Peters
burger considers everything bad which does not eosta
Of the town are asteluy laid out and many elegant
villas adern the esplanade. From inc gai1ens pau
"an BE- y enioyed When We scaled it. we found stu
dents frcm Iorpat singing the quartz o. ~ r
which had lost of its beauty at tn o'@nce from
the Rhine.
The Gull Of Finland is about fifty miles woo between
sweaborg and Reve and the first named p!a.e y the
centre Of a perfect archipelago-abcut twenty little
Islands being marked down the charts The ncw town
of Heingors built upon the coast and since It came
the hands Of the Russians nearly hy yesr- ago. no
pains have been spared to perfect its fortl ons II Is
an important station and the loss o property by
its bombar dment must have been immense. Further
than this do how the operation VIII be adyan-
tageous the Allies. II is true that they command
Reve and that both places in what nay b termed
the Narrows the Gulf but it is also tre that in ano-
Their month or six weeks after the bonoarcment they
must either retire. be closed in by the e and become
The victims OF land attack in flank and ty the Rus
slams and Fins
The isles Of sweaborg granite and limestone rocks,
navigation in the vicinity particularly dangerous
TIE greatest depth of water is fifty fthom, shcaing to
1--WE. The interior Of the country abounds n iorss Even
the high roads commanded by cannon.
The climate is very unpleasant to Strangers and 10
seems clear that Revel is to be attacked, the work
should have Immediately after the reduction Of
Helsingors When Napier went to the Baltic, the gar
son sweaborg strengthened by the addition Of
10 COO men, and all the women chrea ordered
away from the coast.
Helsingrs the port in the Gull for large ships,
and sweaborg considered Gibraltar TO defend it.
Russian feet locked in there last winter by the
ice. Altogether, it is a very nasty place to get
into; and if the Allies have got Helsingiors, they
cannot keep it. They expect sympathy from the
Fns although many OF them do speak the Russian
language they are very much in love with Alexander,
who has studied FINNISH and promised them profess
sorshp of that language in the University OF ST. Peters,
burg.
Revel the place at which the guns OF he Alice will
probably be next pointed is the capital OF The Russian
government Esthonia and is situated in 30 degrees
90 minutes Latitude and "a degrees IS minutes east
longitude on the Gulf OF Finland 1t Il very strongly
fortified and in 1924 the harbor capable Of
cevipg the Russian Baltic feet. The hes. part Of the
city il that called the Dom, distinct portion, the
west side of the city, and commanding extensive view
of the Most of the houses Of the mobility in
this part There in all about 800 houses and Is 900
inhabitants, large proportion of whom Germans.
There public and private schools, gym
nasium founded by ustavus Adolphus, in 1881 naval
and military hospital, &C. The manufactures cotton
goods, hats stockings, leather gunpowder, starch,
needless earthenware looking glasses &c. Jhore is also
and bell foundry Revel has very consdera-
he trade which Is chiefly in the hands Of opulent Ger
houses. Above 100 merchantmen annually arrive
in the Of the season. and leave before the winter
sets in