... From a telegraphic dispatch from Dantsic, dated August 10th, we find that on the 7th, the English and French fleets were drawn up in front of Swea- boro-, and the bombardment of that place was to commence the same afternoon. We trust that any operations attempted in the Baltic, will be successful, but we have no reason to feel disappointed, if our wooden walls are not brought to contend ...

... THE QUEEN INSPECTING THE EOEJES3N LEGION AT SEWNGLIFFE. IN making our readers acquainted with the visit of her Majesty t& inspect the foreign auxiliary legion supplied from the various continental nations, it may be as well, by way of commencement, to give our readers an idea of the nature and 'position of the camp itself. Leaving the beach at Sandgate, a shady lane between parks and fields ...

... A WRITER from this spot, speaking of the varied pastime of th troops, observes:— The health of the men is still excellent, and their spirits do not in the least suffer by the length and wearisome- ness of the siege. The summer is cool, and, as the Russians of late make very few sorties, the nights are passed without much hardship in the trenches. When formed in marching order to descend the ...

... THE Times' correspondent, writing from the seat of war, on July 30th, gives the following picture of the state of affairs there:— Since the sortie of the 23rd inst., nothing of importance has occurred here. The desultory fire to which we are accustomed continues by day, usually swelling into a roar of artillery for a portion of every night. Last night, for instance, the din began at half-past ...

... PLAN OF THE eyes of Europe may now be said to be fixed upon these two prominent places of Russian celebrity in the Baltic, of which we this week publish the annexed plans. Helsingfors stands in a very romantic situation, on a rising shore, near several rocks and immense fragments of granite; near it is Sweaborg, the Gibraltar of the North. This fortress is not less singular in its ...

... MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. THE Right Hon. Lord Leigh has presented the liberal donation of £105 towards rebuilding the museums of the Queen's College, Birmingham. Donations have also been received from Earl Spencer and the Earl of Dartmouth, Lords Northwick and Middle- ton, General Lygon, Sir G. Nicholls, and other friends for the same purpose. At a meeting of the council, held December 7, 1852, the ...

... MARSEILLES is one of the most important commercial cities and seaports of France; it is the grand emporium of the south, and the centre of nine-tenths of the trade of France, with the countries on the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Marseilles engrosses almost the whole trade between France and Algiers, and is the principal seat of the intercourse carried on by steamers with Malta, Alexandria ...

... The following are the latest despatches which have been re- ceived in London lip to the 14th inst. The advices from the Crimea are to the 31st of July. De- spatches leave at nine a.m. The steamers Canadian and Emperor have arrived. The Golden Fleece has left with troops. Advices from Malta, of the 8th inst., announce the arrival at that island of the Charlotte Jane transport, with troops. ...

... VIEW OF SANDGATE. THIS quiet little old-fashioned town, once a great watering-place with the London health-seekers, is likely to become again for a time popular, consequent upon its proximity to the camp of the Foreign Legion at Shorncliffe. It is situated on the sea-shore of Kent, sixty-eight miles from London, and affords almost every variety of scenery, crossing a vast and irregular chain ...

... Monday-Opening of Crumlin Bridge. Friday-Petty Sessions for granting Ale house licences, and transferring licences. ...

... The following summary is from Admiral Dundas's official des- patch to the British government:— Duke of Wellington, before Sweaborg, August 18, 1855. Sir,—I have the honour to report, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that, afitfiv my arrival here on the 6th instant, with the squadron under my orders, I was joined the same evening by Rear-Admiral Penaud, in the ...

... THE subjoined engraving gives an accurate representation of the new trench mortar batteries constructed before Sebastopol. These powerful engines of destruction possess an immense range, wid are capable of throwing shells with the greatest nicety in the approaching bombardment, which ere this may have taken fjlace, they are expected to take a prominent part in the annihila- tion of the Russian ...