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Vol. III.— No. 76.] 
Saturday, June 10, 1854. 
[Gratis. 
THE FIELD OF WAR. 
OUR WOODEN WAXES. 
THE BALTIC FLEET. 
Stockholm, May 20. — Without presuming to anticipate 
event#, I may mention, as the opinion of Swedish naval 
officers of rank and experience, well acquainted with the 
locality, that the first great attack will bo directed to Hel- 
singfors, in order to lake or destroy the Russian ships ot the 
line, lying there under the guns of the fortress. Without 
taking this preliminary step, Sir Charles would run the risk 
of being attacked by them in his rear, if he were to attempt 
Cronstadt or any other place up the Gulf. Prince Oscar 
left Stockholm this morning with all the naval officers of the 
Swedo-Norwegian fleet, under Admiral Crusensljerna, to 
join their ships which are lying at anchor in Elfsnabben 
Roads. They are to get under weigh immediately, and will 
probably watch the operations of Sir Charles Napier.— 
Daily Neivs. 
Hango Roads, May, 27th.— The steam-ships are an- 
chored, with fires bunked up, since arrival here, and 
continue to distil and keep up their complement of fiesli 
water. Some officer of distinction was killed by a shell 
from the Hecla in the recent “ brush.” The gun was laid 
for him, as he formed a conspicuous mark on horseback. 
All the reports confirm the news about numbershaving been 
slain, on the occasion referred to. 
The hero of Ekenaes, Captain Hall, of H.M.S. Hecla, is 
the lion of the day, and Lieutenant Readcrew, of the same 
ship, who was severely wounded in the action, and has been 
sent to Stockholm for medical treatment, is the object of 
universal sympathy. It is not true, as 6ome accounts 
state, that his nose was carried off by the ball. This young 
officer was standing on the paddle-box, and had just put 
down his telescope 'and turned his head, when th6 ball 
struck him, carrying away his eyelid and grazing his 
temples, whilst the eye itself was pressed in ; and It is 
doubtful whether he will recover the use of it again. At 
Ekenaes, Captain Hall completely silenced the Russian 
battery on the beach, and brought off three pieces of cannon 
— the first trophies of the war. 
Copenhagen, June 1. — The Bellisle, said to bo an 
hospital ship, has passed Nyborg. 
The division of the fleet with Sir C. Napier, on leaving 
Hango roads, will proceed along the northern coast of the 
Gulf of Finland to within 20 miles of Helsingfors; Rear- 
Admiral Corry, with the sailing ships at the same lime, 
cruising off Port Baltic, &c., on the southern coast. The 
two divisions of the fleet will continue their respective 
cruises until they arrive in the vicinity of Cronstadt, when 
they will unite and anchor in aline across tho Gulf, thereby 
cutting off the enemy’s communication by sea from St. 
Petersburg. The French fleet are reported as having united 
with the squadron under the orders of Rear-Admiral Corry. 
RUSSIAN PRIZES. 
Stockholm, May 29. — Two vessels, viz., tho Franziska, 
Michelson, of Copenhagen (cargo salt and wine), and 
the Union, v. Barm, of Flensburg (cargo potatoes), cap- 
tured off Riga by the English, have arrived in Farosund, 
Gottland. 
Christian 3 and. — Intelligence has been received, under 
date, Christiansand, June 2, that on the previous day the 
Russian vossol Onni, of Nystadt, laden with salt, which en- 
tered that port on the 7th of May to escape capture, was put 
up to public auction. The French Consul attended, and 
informed the bidders present that the sale would not 
be valid, inasmuch as it would be made after the declara- 
tion of war, and if taken by any of the cruisers of the 
allied fleet the ship would be deemed a lawful prize. On 
heuring this no one made any offer, and the vessel remains 
unsold. 
OUR FRENCH ALLIES. 
Parts.— Whitsunday having been observed as a close 
holiday, not one of the Paris journals appeared on Whit- 
Monday. On Whit-Tuesday, the papers published the 
following order of the day addressed by Admiral Hamelin 
to the squadron in the Black Sea. It is dated the 20th 
ult. : — “The Vice Admiral commanding in chief testifies his 
satisfaction to the squadron at the manner in which it ful- 
filled its duties during tho last cruise, which has not been 
without some lustre for our arms. The imperial port 
of Odessa reduced to ashes, with all that it contained ; 
the enemy challenged in Sebastopol, and not daring to 
come out ; Russian merchant vessels captured at sea 
or in opou roadsteads ; the fifteen forts which Russia 
had held for the last half century on the coast of 
Circassia abandoned by her in expectation of our 
attacks; and lastly, the Russian flag driven from that 
Black Sea where it pretended to be master— such aro tho 
first results obtained by our ships of tho line, or by tho 
steamers ucting under their oegis. Another fact not less re- 
markable has been proved, which is, that tho nineteen sail 
of the line of the two combined squadrons have sailed in 
company for more than a month with perfect ensemble, and 
that, in tho midst of thick and almost continual fogs, they 
ha vo cruised for twenty days off Sebastopol without any 
accident, or without being separated, so constant has been tho 
attention of each to watch tho movements of the admirals, 
and the signals which were made to obtain the above result. 
The vice-admiral commanding-in-chief has hastened to 
point out to the government of the Einporor the fresh claims 
which the squadron has thus acquired to the confidence of 
the country. The present order of the day shall be read to 
the crews assembled for the purpose, and posted up on tho 
mainmast. By order, 
“C. Bouet-Willaumez, 
“ Chef d’Etat Major of the Black Seu Squadron.” 
SAILING OF TROOPS. 
Plymouth, June 7.— On Monday last tho fourth troop 
of the 6th or Enniskillen Dragoons embarked on board tho 
Sutlej at the dockyard. This troop of 57 men and horses 
entered the yard at 8.30 a.in., began to embark at 9.17, 
and at 11 were all on board. At ball-past 11 a.m. tho ship 
sailed for her destination with a fair wind. Yesterday tho 
fifth troop, consisting of 57 men and horses, embarked on 
board the Talavora, even more expeditiously. In the first 
