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Cronborg. The Sound presented itself covered with an immense number of shipping, and the shores of Sweden displayed the Town of Hel- singborg, which afforded us a most brilliant spectacle, the sun reverberating its rays on the windows, by which, the houses assumed the appearance of one continued blaze. To this magnificent view, the clearness of the calm evening very materially contributed, the objects approaching nearer in semblance than in rea­ lity. At this moment the bells of Cronborg chimed nine. The flag of the guard ship was hauled down, and a solitary shot bade farewell to the setting sun. We left our post, and walked on towards the town. Elsineur is the second town in our island, and if the spectator were to calculate on the activity and bustle visible in every corner of it, he would estimate its number of inhabitants at many thousands. The fact, however, is, they scarcely exceed five. It needs little penetration to discover to _ whom this town chiefly owes its prosperity. . d 2