The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-03 00:00:00

SWEDEN.

A letter from Stockholm, dated Jan. 26, says :
Sweden and Norway can with little trouble put
50,000 men on the war footing, and such a force
will be of incalculable benefit to England and
France in the approaching campaign in the North ;
for since Russia has been obliged, " for strategical
reasons," to withdraw all her troops from Finland
and send thorn to the South, the first performance
of our united army would of course be the occupa-
tion of that province, where they are quite at home,
and which once the Swedes were wont to call their
own.

APOTRECARIEW HALL.—Natlleg '• ,
passed their examination in the scienee-A
medicine, and received certificates to Prsptar:
day, Feb. 1, 1855 :—John Fletcher Ito"
S. Mary's; Spalding ; John Major C° 004
liampton ; John Seward Holland, Cork, pil
THE BAL MASQUE AT COVENT GAL:I7O'3OS 0
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inimitable Jullien brought a successfultifjA • et 0
by one of those entertainments for 101,',70.'
Pt/4
0,
public are almost solely indebted to P.otor4l
was brilliant in the extreme. Motley go,' {ii
Landers, Turks, Californians, debardeorhs',oo IV
seen in the pursuit of pleasure ; alt;,l-1,11",
gravity of many of their faces, it wroor,tloljc
hail net been very successful in the 014;010,
The truth is, a tel masque with us in 'flits
slow affair. A Cockney, for the W0,0'1190'0,,
transformed even for half an hour int° ft 0 'Po; 4
assumes. He may wear the oostuino em
Cockney Cockney ho is, and a Cockney he will 'A I
who have seen the masked balls St .94`,11' 1
Venice, of Rome, or of Paris, must he;rese;#4
lifelessness which our English imitatiootrtettsi,
us there is no fun—there is no give 5114 111111611
remark, instead of calling forth a wittier of 04
most certainly demand the interventi°Poder
The consequence is that you wander thir ;bee?
bustle, admiring the pictureSqueness ° ered,
and when you have seen these you have Ste or- I
Having said arm much, it is only far f troel
the tel masque: of last night was onef.o cloy
easeful we remember to have witnessed li theipPi
costumes presented greater variety, 3,lete 609,
was perfect in the extreme. An orerderifiserP
died and twenty musicians perfortoeudetaltifiq
iri,g a choice selection cal the most admire a . 0, d
and quadrilles. The new o•alop, entesioe, ,gl,4i
ly rem; !" composed expressry for the ece3tberbe;;lti
mously encerA ; and the National Allt,ooo
"Part ant pour la Syrie," exeitail aet pi
sines quite sufficient to have stertoe"
it been a little nearer to the theatre. 1 ot 01: of°
A RUSSIAN SORTIE. —A correspo" e` eortifoll'd'
tationne/ writes front the Crimea, '"
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liar kind took place in the ni,_;ht ci-, in ..104i,
Russian troop of volunteers had d elay
directed by Uenvral Osten-Sackee:, „. and,
posAl of ready bravo filows. iclre,6l
volley, they rushed forward on our trey:4oo9_r,
into them in spite of the most viisti tllfill,
and being provided with lassos, attxehe our toeilli
.._ Mii........m.,1•,•••• sticks, they endeavoured to seeuir°„t /WV I
r-IiMELANCIIOLY OCCURRENCE.—The beautiful residence awry them off prisoners. They diu 1:;1;CI tf. iii.o. 0
of John Appleton Haven, known as Waldenfield teed in their purpose, for after a clos°,11;.000`7011!
(America), was totally destroyed by fire on the 15th bat in a narrow trench, where the To' fle!. tiro
ult., the most melancholy part of which le the loss of end of the musket, the lassos, and tut , c. 000.
three of his daughters, Mary, Grace, and Sarah, young they retired, leaving in our ,bandao„erloBh9,od
ladies grown, who were smothered in attempting to dead, and two seriously woundcd• bore i-oet
escape from the burning pile. The fire was occasioned geant, a corporal, and two men, of w sisal
by two servant women, who fell asleep, leaving lights , were killed while pursuing the Au°
burning. i trenches towards the town."

What influence such a bold stroke of policy would
have on our neighbours on the other side of the
Sound remains to be seen ; but it is obvious that
the example of Sweden could not fail to arouse the
expression of popular feeling in Denmark, against
which the present liberal government, with their
own anti-Russian predilections, would not attempt
to offer any opposition.

The latest advices from Germany represent the
King of Prussia and his Cabinet a 3 using every
endeavour with the smaller States to thwart Aus-
tria. The latter Power, however, is gaining popu-
larity daily with the people throughout Germany.
The Diet, it was expected, would not fu]lymobilise
the Federal army after all. Prussia finds herself
in a majority, and is determined to act on such,
whatever may be the tone of public feeling. Russia
is reported to have declared that if Prussia resists
the Western Powers, the Czar would support by
arms tho policy of Frederick William and his Go-
vernment.

The news from Athens is to the 26th. At the
demand of the Ottoman Porte, the Greek Govern-
ment has suppreved tho Hellenic vice-consulates
in Turkey, but some difficulties existed as to tho
conclusion of a treaty of commerce. Brigandage
continued on a large scale in Greece.

The news from Sebastopol comes down to the
23d. At that date the scow had ceased in the
Bay of Kamiesh, and the weather had become
fine.

The last intelligence from Erzeroum confirms
tho abandonment of Bayazid by the Russians,
who retreated in the direction of Gomnri..

Accounts from Beyrout of the 12th announce
that reinforcements had been sent to Latakia.