The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-06 00:00:00

" The following has been received via Semlin

" The weather was favourable for siege ope-

" ' The 9th French division was arriving.' "

" VIENNA, FRIDAY,

" The following telegraphic intelligence, re-
ceived by the Vienna Presse from Bucharest, re-

quires confirmation :

" ' Prince Stirbey is raising an auxiliary corps

of 10,000 Wallachians, to assist the Turks in

their operations against the Russians.' "

" VIENNA, FRIDAY EVENING.
" The following is reliable intelligence from
the Crimea of the 26th of December :

" ' The Russians are taking up a position on
the Alma, in order to ward off any attack upon
Sebastopol from the north—probably a precau-

tionary measure against the Turks at Eupatoria.'

CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 28.
Admirals Dundas and Hamelin have left Con,

stantinople for England.
The Britannia and Trafalgar have left for Eng.
land.

The cargo of No. 119 British transport was

burnt in port.

VERONA, JAN. 3.

The theatres at Verona and Brescia have been
closed on account of disturbances having taken

place during the performances.

FRANCE.

The Emperor yesterday presided at the Council
of State at the Palace of the Tuileries. The object
of the sitting was to examine a bill relative to the
creation of a dotation to the army for substitutes
and for military pensions. The sitting lasted until
half-past five.
Baron do Bourqueney, Minister of France at
Vienna, is charged, says the Moniteur, to present
to the Emperor of Austria, in the name of the Em-
peror Napoleon, the grand cordon of the Legion of
Honour.
A letter from Batoum of the sth ult., in the
Moniteur, says :—" The Russians, 2,000 strong in
infantry and 300 cavalry, have made an attempt on
Redoubt Kalb. It has been vigorously repulsed
after some cannon shots, by the garrison of the
place, supported by 650 men, whom the Mansour,
Tunisian • steam corvette, had landed the same
morning."
The Moniteur says :—" The situation of Greece,
as well as the relations of the Greek Government
with Turkey, have improved considerably during
the last few months of the past year. The speech
of Kin' Otho at the opening of the chambers is a
proof a it, as Greece declares by the mmith of her
sovereign that her interests are in accord with her
duties at the present crisis. In addition everything
leads to the belief that a negotiation commenced
by the two protecting Powers to remove the ob-
stacles which stood in the way of an arrangement
between the Porte and the Cabinet of Athens will
before long be satisfactorily concluded. In order
to guarantee the re-establishment of their relations,
the two Governments are on the point of concluding,
a treaty of commerce, as well as a convention rela-
tive to the suppression of brigandage, which, by
desolating their frontiers, has so often been a cause
of conflict between them."
An Imperial decree, issued on the recommenda-
tion of the Minister of War, fixes the salary of the
Prefect of the department of Algiers at 25,000 f. a
year, and that of the Prefect of Oran and Constan-
tina at 20,000 f. each. The salaries had been since
January 18, 1852, 20,000 f. and 16,000 f. respec-
tively, but these sums were found insufficient for
the heavy expenses incidental to those stations.
M. Sibour, who has just been appointed bishop
coadjutor to the Archbishop of Paris, is, says the
Amt de la Religion, to have the title of Bishop of
Tripoli in part ibus infidelium.
We read in the Constitutionnel

I"A letter, written on the 22d by our correspondent
in the Crimea, informs us that instead of the vigorous
attack which was expected on the 18th by way of celebrat-
rraNteidchionlAths,etßheursesiwanascsaemepn
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t iaosinwcpehleeircboh the Russian Government
affects in the religious observances of their orthodox
faith abroad. This religious manifestation was not dis-
turbed. Our correspondent adds that since the depar-
ture of the division of General Liprandi for Bakshi-
Serai and Simpheropol, in anticipation of a movement on
the side of Eupatoria, no more masses of Russians had
been seen. They kept in their positions on the Belbeck,
but were busily occupied in digging up the ground both
in the town and in the country. Their works near the
town, although formidable, are not so strong as they ap-
pear on account of the want of connection between them
The French batteries, says our correspondent, are all
armed, but the English works, unfortunately, do not
advance with all the celerity that could be desired. The
telegraphic announcement of the accession of Austria
had produced a great effect. For two days before our
letter was sent off, the weather bad become fine, and
the sun shone brightly, which was a great blessing after
the frightful deluge of rain that had fallen. The Eng-
lish cavalry, with a body of French infantry, had just
returned into camp, after making a reoonnaissance on
the side of the Tchernaya. They had seen nothing be-
yond a post of from 200 to 300 men, who, on the ap-
proach of the Allies, had promptly retired toward the
mountains."
The same journal says :

"In addition to the news which we receive by our
letters from the Crimea, we learn from Constantinople
that the Turks have already had a serious engagement
with the Cossacks in the neighbourhood of Eupatoria,
but all that is yet known of the affair is that the Turks
put the Cossacks entirely to the rout and took from them
600 horses, 450 of which were sent to the head-quarters
of the Allies. Omer Pacha was expected at Varna on
the 23d. The vessels which had conveyed the first body
of Turkish troops to the Crimea had returned to take on
board the remainder as they arrived. There has been
lately a slight return of the cholera, which appears to
t, have exclusively attacked the young soldiers who had re-
cently arrived. The malady was again on the decline,
and in 15 days had only made 200 victims. What most
prevail are affections of dysentery, which attack the
English more than the French, but notwithstanding the
number of sick the mortality was not considerable.
Prince Napoleon was recovering slowly. He had had
frequent returns of irritation of the digestive organs
which retarded his convalescence. It was thought that
he persisted in his intention of returning to the Crimea.
Captain Roux, one of his aides-de-camp, who had been
sent o n a special mission to General Canrobert, returned
to Con otantinople on the 25th."

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