The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-25 00:00:00

THE BALTIC FLEET.

KIEL, April 20.—The arrival of the Baltic fleet
in our quiet port, though not possessing the charm
of novelty—as Admiral Napier paid us two visits
last year—has suddenly changed the dull monoto-
nous physiognomy of our little town into the bus-
tle, life, and excitement of a seaport of the first class.
The ships have anchored in the same relative positions
in which they arrived. Nearest the town lie the Nile,
91, with the flag of the commander-in-chief, and the
three-decker Royal George, behind which float the
line-of-battle ships Exmouth, with the flag of Rear-
Admiral Seymour (the second in command), Caesar,
Cressy, Colossus, James Watt, and Majestic, together
with the steam block ships Blenheim, Edinburgh,
Hogue, and Ajax, and the paddle-wheel steamers
Vulture, Bulldog, and Merlin. The latter beauti-
ful little craft is doing duty as the pioneer of the
fleet, and is commanded by a full captain of great
experience (Captain B. Sulivan, last year in com-
mand of the Lightning up the Baltic), to which in
the ordinary way she would not be entitied, but
only to a lieutenant, or at the utmost a commander.
Last evening a few favoured officers and men ob-
tained leave of absence to come on shore for twelve
hours, but to-day the town literally swarms with
sailors and marines.

It is impossible to state at present how long the
fleet will remain here, as it of course mainly de-
pends on the state of the ice up the Baltic, and
more especially in the Gulfs of Finland and
Bothnia.

Admirals Dundas and Seymour paid a visit to-
day to the Governor of Kiel. The former will go
on board the Bulldog this evening, to start to-
morrow morning at daybreak for Copenhagen, on
particular service.
In order to distinguish better the ships under
the immediate command of Admiral Dundas from
the second division (Rear-Admiral Seymour), the
Commander-in-Chief has hoisted the ,white flag, to
which he is properly not yet entitled, being only a
Rear-Admiral of the Blue. However, as he stands
at the top of his list, and the next admiral above
him that dies will make him Rear-Admiral of the
White, it is after all only anticipating the natural
course of events ; while there cannot be a question
as to the expediency of the measure, which will
prevent by and bye much confusion and possibly
accidents from not properly answering signals.
To-day there was still a good deal of ice seen
floating about out at sea, from the look-out tower
on Bellevue.

The demolition of the sea fort of Frederiksort at
the entrance of our bay, which was ordered to take
place this spring, is now countermanded, and, in
the uncertain state of Danish politics, it is consi-
dered even desirable to mount on the ramparts a
few more guns of heavy calibre, which will be sent
forthwith from the arsenal at Copenhagen.

The Press of Vienna speaks of a fresh insurrec-
tion, which is said to have broken out in Epirus,
and states that there had been a collision between
the Turkish soldiers and the insurgents on the sth.
Letters from Janina of the sth, from Aita of the
sth, and Prevesa the 6th, make no mention of
these events. A letter from Prevesa speaks only
of signals of alarm which are said to have been
made on the evening of the 14th in the fortress of
Arta, and in consequenpe of which four companies
of Turkish regular troops quitted the fortress under
pretence of arresting some deserters who had passed
the Greek frontier. The Trieste Observer contains
a letter from Prevesa which relates the same fact.

We learn (says the New Rotterdern, Gazette) that
serious representations have been addressed to the
Dutch Government by France and England on the
subject of the transit of arms for Russia, which, in
consequence of their passage being prohibited by
Prussia, now takes place by the Netherlands. It
is apparently, in consequence of this application of
the allied powers, that the Staats Courant finds it
necessary to reproduce the notice published in 1854,
relative to the transport of articles contraband of
war on board merchant vessels.

Accounts from Erzeroum of the 29th ult., state
that the famous Kurdish chief, Izzedin-Cheir-Bey,
whose death was erroneously mentioned some time
since, has surrendered at discretion to the Chef-de-
Bataillon, Mahmoud-Bey, who had been sent to
him by General Williams. He was afterwards
sent to Moussoul, where he will be kept uhder the
responsibility of the Pacha, and the surveillance of
the English Consul. By the submission of this
Chief the pacification of Kurdistan is secured.

We read in the Netv Vierina Gazette, of the 18th,
that a battery of field-pieces, with which gun-cotton
only is to be used, left Vienna on that day for
Gallicia. This is the sixth battery with that kind
of ammunition sent to that province. Other bat-
teries of the same kind are being prepared in the
arsenal of the capital.

A letter from Florence, in the Gazetta delle Alpi,
of the 20th, announces that the Austrian troops
garrisoned there were preparing for departure, and
were expected to leave the country within a few
days.

Disturbances still continue at Carrara. A body
of 200 men, with four guns, has been sent there,
and several fresh arrests have taken place.

Earl Dundonald is so positive that he could destroy
Cronstadt, Sweaborg, Helaingfors, and Sebastopol, at
the moderate expense of 1,000,0001., that he is ready,
with the sanction of the Government, to place his plans
before spirited individuals in the City, under whose
superintendence the money may be disbursed.
INAUGURATION OP THE PARIS UNIVERSAL DEEM-
TION.—We understand that the Imperial Commission
have invited the President and Vice-President of the
Board of Trade, the Commissioners for the Exhibition
of 1851, the Jurors, the Lord M,yor and Aldermen of
London, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the Lord Provost
of Edinburgh, the Chairman and Vice-President of the
East India Company, the President of the Ro3al So-
ciety, the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers,
the Chairman of Council of the Society of Arts, and the
Chairman and Secretaries of the Local Committees of
the Paris Exhibition to be present at the inauguration by
the Zanieror, o 4 the. Ist of May. - _