The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-22 00:00:00

ITALY.

On the 14th' the Himalaya sailed from Genoa
for the Crimea, having on board the contingents of
the regiments of the garrison of that city, that is,
the grenadiers of the 9th and 10th regiment of the
Guards and the Rifles. A banquet was offered to
the officers previous to their departure. All their
comrades and an immense concourse of the popu-
lation accompanied them to the place of embarka-
tion.
A letter from Varna, of the Ist inst., in the
Piemonte of the 16th, says
"It is evidently the intention of the Allies to estab-
lish themselves strongly at Yenikale, where a large force
is being concentrated. The attack against the Russian
centre will proceed from Skelia, on the 'Tchernaya,
Eu-
patoria, and Kertch. The army on the Belbek is divid-
ed into three corps. The weakest is composed of the
army of reserve, the marines, the dismounted Cossacks,
and the Greek volunteers, who constitute the garrison
of the extensive works of fortification on the north of
Sebastopol. The second corps, under the orders of
General Osten-Sacken, is stationed behind Mackenzie,
and the third, under those of General Liprandi, is near
Kerman. The reserves at lluvankoi are under the
immediate command of Prince Gortschakoff, whose
position enables him to afford immediate assist-
ance to those three corps. It is probable that the 16
battalions detached to Yenikale will attempt a coup de
main on Arabat, Marshal Peiiesier having heard that the
Russians were sending off their provisions to Genitchi
by the spit of Arabat. General Wrangel had been ob-
liged to leave his camp, near Kertch, on account of the
scarcity of water, and had transferred his head-quarters
ten hours' march into the interior to Arghini or Argin.
The force under the command of that General is divided
between Arabat and Caffa, and consists of about 12,000
infantry, with the regiment of dragoons of the Prince of
Hesse, and the hussars of Saxe Weimar, at Arghini.
Eight detachments of Cossacks had arrived at Genitchi.
The corps of army of the allies at Kertch is to be in-
creased to 30,000 men."

THE BALTIC.
The Independance Beige contains the following
intelligence from the Baltic :-
1" HAMBURG, Oct. 16.—Independently of the division
of nine English gun-boats, numbers 2,3, 4,5, 15, 16,
17, 23, and 26, coming from the Baltic, which bad al-
ready reached Elsinore on their way home, 2 steam-tran-
sports, the one marked 22, and the ether having served
as a magazine for the military clothing of the fleet, ar-
rived on the 14th in that harbour. The frigate Perse-
verance, which conveyed to Libau 410 Russian prisoners,
sailed on this last day from Elsinore, for England. If
to the above 12 vessels we add those which have already
left the Baltic to return to the Western ports, no less
than 68 ships of war of all sizes, belonging to the allied
fleets, have either returned or are now on their way back
to England and France. The Commissariat neverthe-
less continues to forward twice a week, from Elsinore to
the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia, large quantities of
provisions for the English fleet, on board of which,
according to the last returns, there are still 10,150
marines and sailors, The French squadron, under Rear-
Admiral Penaud, regularly receives fresh provisions from
Sweden, contractors from that country having agreed to
forward supplies to all the stations of that squadron in
the Baltic. The latest commercial letters from Courland
mention that the entire Baltic coast of that province,
from Polangen to Windau, bad been evacuated by the
Russian troops on the approach of the bad season.
This circumstance proves that the Russian commanders
are without apprehension of any attack in that quarter
for the present. Pickets of Cossacks and Bashkirs, how
ever, are to be seen here and there on the coast. On
the 6th there were still three English ships of war in
observation near the isles of -Aland, whose principal
mission appeared to be to intercept all communication
between Sweden and Finland. During the bad •
weather, and in the night small vessels of this last coun-
try occasionally eluded the vigilance of the English
cruizers and landed in the port of Abo cargoes of salt and
colonial articles, of which Finland has been in total want
since the month of June. The organisation and arma-
ment of the 20 battalions of riflemen levied in Finland,
by order of the Emperor Nicholas, are spoken of in high
terms cf praise. Those troops are said to have rendered
important services along the coast during the campaign.
Part of them will be shortly sent home for the winter.
Most of the employes in the civil administrations hold
commissions in those battalions. The Civil Governor of
Uleaborg, M. Lavonius, and the Governor of Wasa, M.
Rechenberg, whose districts were particularly ill-treated
by the English cruisers, have been ennobled by the Em-
peror as a recompenee for their loyalty and activity.
Their names have been inscribed by the Marshal in the
Book of the Finnish Nobility."