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THE FIELDOF WAR. 
OUR WOODEN WALLS. 
THE BALTIC FLEET. 
•« »«-» 
| he advaa <* squadron, con- 
Roval cL™ H e ’ S in 5 u r gb ' St - Jean d ’Acre, Princess 
Koyai, Ceesai, Hogue, Blenheim, Cressy, Austerlilz (French’! 
S; and Arrogant ’ and steam.frigates 
f, , do r» I)nver ' and Dragon, are cruising off Helsingfors 
^cfdT ,n * ad K y ° r tW ° ° ff Cron8tadt . where some ad' 
Sth/ r ! ga 5 av , e r f Iread y beei >- Admiral Plumridge 
with the Leopard, Valorous, and Vulture, has been awav 
Bothnia^ 8 t" 1,16 co f mmander * in -Chief for the Gulf ot 
Bothnia , no news of them sinco they left. Admiral 
Corry, with 12 line-of- battle ships and two or three steam- 
dVa 8 tolv S, in 8 - C ^ U Vk 8 ’ GothIand ( now ordered up imme- 
diately tojorn the Comraander-in-Chief). The Amphion 
Con^ct, Cruiser, and Archer are in the Gulf of P Ri.r a ’ 
Reid ‘ d, wia5 aSlli8k M * SlOCkhoIin ’ and P^elope off Hango 
Fleet' heaUhv e Th C n ° K f tr0 “l eas,er ’y wind * with rain, 
fleet Healthy. The Neptune had several cases of small- 
pox ; none now. Also Breslau, French line-of- baUleTh p 
had smallpox; now ended. French fleet, cn route ex- 
pected to join us in a week or so. Austerlilz a noble 
ofTaUlT shinsT d We "‘ 7 e CaD C ° Unt 13 Rusaian line - 
ot battle ships and several steamers in Helsingfors A 
Saturday, June 24, 1854. 
?he a hMbour d >' t0 be drawnacro8s tbe narr «w entrance >to 
m „ BARO SOUND, June 14. 
English Fleet has received, during the past three 
weeks, various reinforcements. At the present time there 
are in the waters of the Baltic six sailing and 13 screw 
steamships of the line, four screw and 12 paddle-wheel steam 
frigates, four screw and four paddle-wheel steam sloops, and 
one steam gunboat ; in all 44 sail, carrying 22,850 men, 
with an armament of 2,022 guns. 
The French Fleet, under the orders of Vice-Admiral 
Parseval Deschenes, comprises six line-of-battle ships and 
jwAi tM| ™ * an a ff8 re g ate complement of 6,300 men 
and 704 guns. These united maritime forces of England 
and France therefore amount to 64 sail, armed with 2 720 
guns, and supplied with 29,150 seamen and marines. 
Early in the morning of the 8th last., tho Dauntless, 33 
Captain Ryder, anchored in Baro Sound. This steamer 
had been cruising for some time previously in the Gulf of 
Finland, reconnoitering the ports of Helsingfors and Revel. 
Her boilers are in such a defective state, and her machinery 
so much out of order, that her being sent home is a matter 
of necessity, and she left in the evening with invalids 
and Russian prisoners, en route for England, touching at 
Faro Sound to coal, and taking thence under her charge 
several prizes for adjudication. 
Tho ships in company with the Commander-in-Chiof got 
up steam on the morning of the 9th, and having weighed 
anchor, proceeded out of Baro Sound in line of battle, “and 
subsequently formed order of sailing in two columns. The 
Bulldog, Captain W. H. Hall, employed for some time past 
[Gratis. 
In ^he evening ‘slf ^ ^ UtUe BeI,8 > Reined a ‘ noon. 
F?nian ? ? 5 the sh ]P 9 ' camo ^ an anchor in tho Gulf of 
Fmland, in about mid-channel, and opposite to Revel. 
with Commander Cracroft, arrived on tho 11th, 
Tn 1 the P 1? • f fr ° ra , the Brlti8h Minister at Stockholm, 
sions h H e,fr0t ? England, with stores and provi- 
rRear-AdSc 0n ’ ‘ ° f the lin °’ Undor the ^ders 
2 ,v o / m,ral , C J ° rPy ’ a PP enred ^ the offing about mid- 
day, and proceeded to Baro Sound (the Bolloisle hospital 
them \ n f ,arg ,l ° f tho k Cffi9ar . 90. Capt. Robb, pieceding 
tliem), where they anchored for tho purpose of complotin| 
provisions and stores from the Resistance. P ® 
n Q ? arl ^, 0n .!. he R lorniD g of tb « 12th inst.', tho ships in com- 
pany with the Commander-In-Chief, and consisting of tho 
Auete ?u WaHmgton, St. Jean d’Acre, Princess Royal, 
W Ed, “ bur 8 b » Blenheim, Hogue, all screw 
hne-of-battlo ships ; Driver, Bulldog, and Basilisk, paddlo 
steamers proceeded further up tho Gulf of Finland, and 
anchored abreast of the port of Helsingfors, and about eight 
miles off the shore. Hero they were joined by the 
Jmperieuse and Arrogant screw steam frigates. The three 
padd e steamers were despatched inland to take soundings, 
which occupied several hours. The enemy’s fleet inside the 
harbour amounts to eight line-of-battle ships and four frigates 
or corvettes. In addition to the flag of the Grand Duke 
Constantine Commander-in-Chiof of the garrison and fleet 
two admirals’ flags are hoisted at the mizens of two three- 
deckers. 
The ships with the exception of tho ImpSrieuse and 
Arrogant, who remain for the purpose of blockading 
Helsingfors and Revel, weighed at 4 a.m. of the next da/, 
Fig. 1. A caiioc 
with the sail, show- 
ing- the manner in 
which it is usually set. 
The canoe always sails 
with the same side to 
the wind. The mast 
rakes forward, and the 
heel of the yard rests 
in the angle of the 
raised ledge a. In 
tacking, the mast is 
raked iii the opposite 
direction, by hauling 
on the stay b, and 
cheeking the stay c 
(these stays run 
through holes in the 
points of the canoe, 
and are belayed on the 
stage), and the sail 
is slued round, with- 
out lowering, and set 
on the other end, 
making the same end 
of the canoe stem and 
stern alternately. The 
mast is entirely sup- 
ported by the stays, 
b c d e. The sheet 
is usually carried 
over and belayed on 
the weather side. 
Fig. 2. Mast head, 
f halliards. 
Fig 3 and 4 show 
the raised and carved 
ledge, g , in the angle 
of which the yard 
rests at a ; A, the hole. 
Double and single 
canoes are rigged 
exactly the same. 
CANOE OF THE ISLE OF PINES.— Drawn by T. II. Wilson. 
