The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-08 00:00:00

NUISANCES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I am glad to find the Board of Health again
taking official notice of nuisances, with which the coun-
try still abounds ; but I am convineed the abominations
will not be effectually era,dicated by local authorities.
When the Government appoint independent officers,
then, and not till then, will nuisances be abated, much
more put an end to. Since the sanitary laws were
enacted that bag been rendered evident enough.
7th June, 1855. OBSERVER.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.—June 7.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.—ArrivaIp
June 1. Sultana, yawl, Lord Colville, from Torquay ;
Frisk, cutter, Geo. Arkwright, Esq., M.P., Guernsey.
2. Camilla, schooner, F. D. P. Astley, Esq., Black Sea.
3. Fairy, schooner, Wm. Lyon, Esq., Malta. 6. Clay-
more, schooner, Arnhd. Campbell, Esq., Southampton.—
Sailings—June 2. Gipsy Queen, schooner, Sir H. B.
Hoghton, Bart., for Torquay. 4. Ballarina, schooner,
John Davenport, Esq., Mediterranean. 6. Shark,
schooner, Wm. Curling, Esq., Jersey and coast of
France. 7. Sibyl, schooner, F. T. Rufford, Esq., west-
ward ; Sultana, yawl, Lord Colville, Guernsey.—Yachts
at and about the Station—Frisk, Caprice,' Spider, Leda,
Claymore, Titania.—Fitting out in Cowes Harbour—
Cecilia, schooner ; Aurora, cutter ; Julia, cutter.—Lord
Londesborough's yacht, building by Ratsey, is in a very
forward state.—Members at the R. Y. S. House—The
Marquis Conyngharo, Lord Colville, J. Maxse, Esq.,
and, Captain Ponsonby.
Lady Cosway's and Sir J. S. Hippesley's houses have
been taken for the season, as is Harriet Lodge and Oak-
field Lodge.

The office of counsel to the Admiralty, vacated by Mr.
Phinn's appointment as Second Secretary to the Board,
will be filled by Mr. Atherton, Q.C.
MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.—The nuptials of Sir
Erskine Perry, M.P., with Miss Elizabeth Johnstone,
eldest daughter of Sir John V. B. Jcilmstone, Bart.,
M.P., and Lady Johnstone wero solemnised on Wed-
nesday,
THE BRITISH FOREIGN LEGION.—We are requested
by Colonel Kinloch to state that no further applications
for q•iartermastera for the Foreign Legion can• be re-
ceived.

ST. MAIIIeS Yr.O3PITAL. —Earl' MaTIV9TS honoured the
hospital with a visit a fow days since, and has presented
it with the munificent donation of rn guinea-.
Lady Adams and L•ft,
Hotel, for the North ; C.in`nio Kenne.-ly, for Tr,h-old
R. Jacobs. Esq, and nr,.
Griffiths, Esq., and family, o s a tour.
A letter from Bhle states that the soLlier,-;
ing to Sc,..itz',Tland, who claim legacies under the wil'
of the Emperor Napoleon, amount in number to 1,417.
The man employed in cleaning oat the fountains on
the Place de /a Concorde found, two days arc, a pack-
age in that nearest-the Rue Royale, anq on ex-
amination, was friend to contain the bi,dy of a tie•y-Bonn
infant. There were marks on the ho-ly which prove I
that its death been caused by violence.
Sonjeuk-Kale is one of the small fortresses built on
the Caucasian shore, to serve as a station tit. the Rus-
sian flotilla generally cruising about f it the protection
of merchant vessels, and, more particularly, to atch
and keep within propel—bounds the Abases and the
Tcherkasses, who are noted .pirates.
DETENTION OF A RIISSII.N VESSEL AT LIVERPOOL.—
A vessel of '5OO tons, called the Helsingfors, which for-
, merly belonged to the Russian service, has been detained
in the Victoria Dock, Liverpool, and her papers seized.
It is stated that she has been transferred to a Danish
proprietor. The papers have been forwarded to the
Admiralty for examination.
BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.-111IDDLE TEMPLE, June o.
The under-mentioned gentlemen were this day called to
the bar by the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple :
Edward HoWley, - Esq. (eerk.) ; Henry Gillett Gridley,
Esq. ; Henry Rutherfurd, Esq. (cert.) ; Robert Moiti•
mer Montgomery, Esq. ; Andrew Steinmetz, Esq. (cert.);
ansdirJoeshenprhiePs Park,
rkro,
Esq.(cert.)
held his first levee this season at
the Admiralty yesterday afternoon, when the following
officers were in attendance :—Rear-Admirals Henry
hads, F. Patten, C. 0. Hayes
Cfluurnrcyl,asHa.ndr,tate•buu,thrin.oct ; Captains G. K. Wilson, D.
C. F. ,Burnett Gordon, G. Macdonald, G. S. Hand, W.
B. Oliver, H. B. Youn7, T. Harvey, and E. Codi ;
Commanders J. M. Cooke, W. Kirby, W. Burden, H.
Hallett. R. Phillips, and W. M. Dowell; Lieutenants
M. F. O'Reilly and T. James.
ST. MARTIN'S HALL.—Mr. Elton Williams gave his
annual concert at St. Martin's-hall last evening to a
numerous and select audience. The programme was of
ayaried character, and calculated to suite the taste of
all lovers of music, although by no means of. what is
termed a high order. Mr. Williams was unquestion-
ably successful in his undertaking, as was evident by the
warm commendations bestowed upon the several per-
forrnances.

Jacobs, for II eland ;

SHIPWRECK.—LivERFooL, Thursday.—The, Maid en
City, steamer, from Liverpool to Londonderry, ran
ashore last night in a dense fog on the Isle of "May, and
is full of water. The crew and passengers have; all been
saved. It is expectel she will become a total wreck.
THE MAILS.—SOUTHIMPTON, Thursday.—The Ma-
drid, Captain Cook. left this afternoon with the usual
Peninsular mail, 28 passengers, and a general cargo.
Amongst the passengers are Staff Surgeon Saunders.
Assistant Staff Surgeon Shield, Captain Polo and
family. &c. The Malrid takes out specie to the amount
of 47,020/.—viz., for Lisbon, 18,829/. ; Cadiz, 2(5,1911.;
Oporto, 2,0001.
OF.DER OF THE FUSILIER GUARDS TO ALDERSHOT.—
Last evening orders were received by the 2(1 battalion of
Fusilier Guards, and the depot of the Ist battalion quar-
tered in Portman-street Barracks, to hold themselves
ready to proceed to the ca.no at Aldershet on Mende.y.
The Fusiliers will be replaced by the detachments of
Grenadiers now doing duty at the Magazine, Hyde Park,'
and Kensington Palace.
FALL OF A HOUSE, AND PROBABLE Loss oF LIFE--
Yesterday evening, at half-past 5 o'clock, a house under
repair, belonging to Mr. H. Kelly, a cerpenter, in great
Earl-street, Seven-dials, fell with a tree-e aloe= crab,
burying several persons in the ruins. Ihe police of the
F divisions were promptly on the spot. reel, eft ?r. the
most strenuous exertions, they succeeded in Pee:Tinting
Michael Lewis, aged 45 years, and Emma Priet ‘r, age,!
15 years, who were immediately taken t , Giaring-cross
Hospital, where Mr. Hancock and Mr, Con 'ore ,urgeons,
promptly attended. They now remain in a moet pre.
carious state.
DE3TRUCTIVE Frnu.—Last night, shettly heeler, twelve
g''clock, a fire, which at one time threatened a va.t de-
struction of property, broke out upon the prera::es of
sptarrete
to fi n tthoe
N e premises,w4l t
r e e
Mr. L. Brocklebank, tallow molter, No. 127, Alders-
gate-street. The fire was first discovered at the back
t, w le' ilcohtl:fatierri. d fromNw t A
the alarm was at once given, and the firemen quickly
on the, spot, it continued to burn with great fury for
nearly two hours, and was not got under until the whole '
of the melting houses and their valuable contents were
burst out. The cause of the fire is at present unknown.
The premises are believed to be insured.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Majesty the Queen and
his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the I a--
formances at the Royal Italian Opera with their pre-
sence last evening. The Queen and the Prince were ac-
companied by their Serene Highnesses the Princess of
Rohenlohe Langenburg, and the Princess Adelaide of
of Robenlobe, The royal suite consisted of the Duchess
of Wellington, Lord De Tabiey, General the Hon.
Charles Grey, aad Captain the Hon. Dudley De Roe.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and
the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz
also honoure.l the performances with. their presence.
. Their royal highnesses were attended by the Baroness
Angel, Baron Lithe, the Hon. Miss Mitford, and Ma-
jor Purves. The home was crowded with fashionable
company.

74ATES'' NEWS.

THE FLEET BEFORE CRONSTADT.
DANTZIC, JUNE 8.
Tha Bulldog, Captain Gordon, has arrived with

mails.

The whole fleet was lying five miles west of

Cronstadt:

Admiral r)undas reconnoitres daily.

DANTZId, THURSDAY.
To-day her Majesty's ship Bulldog, Captain
Gordon, arrived with mails from the fleet. ,
The British and French fleets were on the 4th
instant close to Cronstadt.

The Russian ships were nearly all dismantled
in harbour ; only three steamers were serviceable.

Admiral Saunders Dundas has been in the Merlin

to get a nearer view of the fortifications and to

satisfy himself as to the propriety of an attack
it is said that be thinks it impracticable. New
works have been added since last year.
Sixteen Russian merchantmen, most of them
loaded with timber, have been captured and de-
stroyed near Cronstadt, and others run ashore
and burned.

VIENNA, JurrE 6.

The official Correspondence, in reporting the
close of the diplomatic conferences, states that
the Russian plenipotentiaries took the Austrian
proposition into consideration, and that Austria
is still ardently striving to effect a mediation upon
the bases of peace laid down.
Letters from Vienna state that Generals Craw-
ford and Letung, appointed military commis-
sioners of Great Britain and France' at the head-
quarters of Baron Hess, are about to return home,
their presence in Austria no longer answering any
useful purpose.

ST. PETERSBURG, June fith.—General Gortscha-
koff writes from SebastOpol, dated the 3d, that
nothing important had taken place up to that date,
either before Sebastopol or in other parts of the
Crimea. "On the 30th May," says the General,
" the Allied fleet hauled off from Genitchi, and the
Russian authorities hoped to be able to save a part
of the supplies which had been set fire to on that
pint. The same day the enemy's steamers passed
before one of the ports near Arabat, and burnt a
merchant vessel and some boats." According to
the same despatch, the corps of General Wrangel,
who was charged to watch Eupatoria, had not
quitted its position near Arguim, and the Allied
troops had made no movement into the interior of
the Peninsula of Kertch.

BERLIN, June 6.—Despatches from St. Peters-
burg of the 2d state that General Rudiger has given
orders that no merchant vessel, now in the Russian
ports on the coast of the Baltic, shall put out to
sea. The cause of this measure is that the English
cruisers have captured fivemerchant vessels, bufnt
one, and sunk another.
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 2,L—Riza Pacha has just
been dismissed, and Mehemet Ruchdi appointed
Seraskier in his place. Derbohor Pacha, General
of the Imperial Guard is dismissed and replaced by
Selim Pacha. The position of the Capitan Pacha
appears to be threatened.
VIENNA, June 6.—According to a report which
is current, the publication of a document relative
to sending a part of the Austrian troops on fur-
lough is expected. The number spoken .of is
150,000 men.

MADRID, June 6.—Marshal Espartero is gone to
Aranjuez to-clay to lay before her Majesty the re-
signation of MM. Madoz, Lujan, Luzuriaga,
Arruirre, and Santa Cruz. It is supposed that
MM. Bruil, Martinez, Zabala, Fuentrandres, and
Eltielvas will be their sucee';stors.

HAMBURG, Thursday.—The collective body of
citizens have rejected, by an overwhelming ma-
jority, the new constitution priposed by the Senate.
TURKEY.

for accounts from Constantinople are to the
23th ult. The camp of Maslak will he renewed,
:Jul occupied by a reserve of 45,000 men, a part of
,7hom arrived on the 27th. It is thought that
Pacha has been reconciled to Mehemet
Pacba.,- who ;s said to have received 500,000 piastres
from the Sultan as an ,indemnity. A lazaretto
-vas being fOrmed at the Dardanelles ; 1,500
wooden barracks have been ordered for the pur-
pose. Advices from Smyrna state that shocks of
earthquake have lately been felt there, but
without cau•,ing anv damage. Despatches from
Trebisond of the 23d state that the Russian
General Bassiliew, with a numerous suite, had
arrived at Tabriz to notify to the Shah of Persia
the accession of Alexander 11,, and to endeavour
to persuade the Shah to maintain his policy of
neutrality. The Russian corps encamped near
Alexandropol has been reinforced by two regi-
ments of cavalry, but it is thought that the hostile
armies will still remain on the defensive. A letter
from Damascus of the 17th states that the recruits,
forming part of the Anglo-Turkish Legion, having
disturbed the tranquillity of the city by provoking
the inhabitants, complaints were made to General
Williams by the Pacha in such strong terms, tlit
the general immediately waited upon him to enter
into explanations."