The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-02 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

A ukase of the Emperor Alexander, just pub-
lished, grants fresh privileges to the tradesmen and
manufacturers established at Sebastopol, Eupato-
ria, and Yalta. It permits them to exercise their
callings in all the other towns of the Crimea, and
releases them from the payment of certain corpora-
tion dues during the continuance of the war.
The last accounts received from Finland, are to
the 16th. The young heir presumptive to the
throne of Russia, the Grand Duke Nicholas, has
been named Chancellor of the University of Hel-
singfors. At Abo, Helsingfors, and all the towns
on the coast, from Wiborg to Tornea, measures
have been taken to render the navigation in- their
neighbourhood impossible to the allied fleets. The
inhabitants have also formed themselves into rifle
corps, armed with double-barreled weapons.

POLAND. •
A letter from Warsaw of the 25th ult., in the
Danube, says :
"The number of men obtained in the kingdom of Poland
by the four levies made since the commencement of the
war is estimated at 60,000. The levy in the eastern
part of the empire, which was termitated on the 15th,
took ten men out of every 1,000 inhabitants. In timcs
of peace—for example, in 1850—only two men in 1,000
were called on to serve, and Poland only gave 4,980
recruits, 514 of them being Jews. But in the annual
levies of 1852 and 1853, as many as seven men is 1,000
were taken. This proves that the Russian armies do
not exist only on paper, as some persons pretend ; and,
besides, the period of service is very long in Russia.
It is not doubted that when the militia shall be organ-
ised—that is to say, in the month of May—Ru,sia will
have 2,600,000 men under arms. As was to be fore-
seen, the death of the Emperor Nicholas has strength-
ened the national sentiment and increased the religious
fanaticism of the Russian people. The proof of this
that very warlike addresses are sent from every quarter
to the Emperor, The corps of the Guards and Grrena•

diers ar.) very anxious for war ; and the soldirrs',,,i:
genera openly express their sentiments in the sad-
sense."

PRUSSIA. ~e
• A letter from Berlin, in the Hanover Gazett
says The missions of MM. Wedell and Ijsedelli
vrere closed by the death of the Emperor Nicholeh
and that event caused the former to return ino3,e;
diately to Berlin to seek for new instructions. ""
it was at that moment difficult to know the effecteo',
which the death would produce, it was decided to let
the negotiations drop for a -moment, and M. ae
Wedell only returned to Paris to take leave of the
Emperor Napoleon as required by etiquette. The
negotiations between
Paris and Berlin were, hp,.
ever, not broken off, but only adjourned—the ac"
quired results being maintained,
the protocol 0, and the Prussian
Government consenting to sign
December, but the question of participation o.`
Prussia in the Conferences remaininu in suspense.
Since then, the affair has entered into a new phase'
which appears to be that of indefinite adjournuleut:
Less importance is now attached to the negotiatl°,ll;
from the fact that the hesitation caused by td„;
death of the Emperor Nicholas has been increaseut
by the Pacific hopes given by the Conference 3
Vienna."