The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-31 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

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BERLIN, Dec. 29.—1 t is stated here by persons
whose position bring them in coEtact with mim-
hors of the Government, that Count Valentin
Esterhazy has met with no very flattering recep-
tion on his return to St. Petersburg. In a letter
from Paris it is affirmed that—

" At this moment in St. Petersburg all the chances 0. f
an attack on Cronstadt are being well weighed ; if it 1.11
found that St. Petersburg is perfectly safe, the propoin•
tions will be rejected ; if, on the contrary, the attack
has any chance of success, matters will be allowed to
come to a Congress, but not to any mere Conference."
The Post Ampt Gazette contains a letter from
Dresden, which says It is rumoured in quar-
ters which ought to be well-informed that Rusals
is disposed to accept the condition of the Black
Sea being made a mare clausum, open only to
trading vessels, on condition that the neutrality
shall commence at Smyrna, and consequently apply
to part of the Egean Sea. Russia bases, it is said,
this condition on the reason that, when once the
Black Sea was declared neutral, the Western
Powers would not have any need of a naval sta-
tion beyond Smyrna, either for their own stifetY
or for that of Turkey."

OMER PACHA'S ARMY.
The Patiic publishes a letter from Constantinople
of the 18th inst., in which it is said
:
"As misfortunes never come singly the rumour
is current among the public that Omer Pacha, on
approaching Kutais, encountered unexpected ob-
stacles, which rendered an attack on that city
almost impossible. It is said to be defended by
numerous garrison, while at the same time a con-
siderable auxiliary corps keeps the field, and
threatens to fall on Omer Pacha's small force."
Other accounts from Constantinople agree with
the earlier intelligence by way of St. Petersburg,
that the Turkish general had fallen back on Redout
Kaleh,

THE BLACK SEA FLEET.
KAZATCH BAY, Dec. 13.—The following ships
are in harbour, viz., her Majesty's ships Royal
Albert, Gladiator, Leopard, Odin, Terrible, High-
flyer, Valorous, Firebrand, Spiteful, Cyclops,
Simoom, Medina, Danube, Brenda ; floating bat-
teries Glatton and Meteor ; store-ship Apollo ;
gun-boats Lynx and Beagle.
The Simoom arrived on the 11th from England.
The Mwgara sailed on the 10th for a cargo of bul-
locks for the fleet.

Mr. Rees, Muter Commander of the Cyclops,
is appointed Harbour Master. Dr. Ryan, super-
numerary surgeon of the Royal Albert, is ap-
pointed to the Spiteful, vice Surgeon Vans. C.
Clarke, invalided, and recommended to remain in
Malta Naval Hospitil for the winter.
The vacancy caused by the death from cholera
of Surgeon Corbett, of the St. Jean d'Acre, has
not yet been filled up, but it is supposed that the
Admiral's patronage will be conferred on either
Assistant-Surgeon Cameron, of the Beagle (senior
on the station), or Assistant-Surgeon Watson, of
the Highfiyer.
A court-martial was held on the 11th on Mr.
Deheny, second master of the Lynx, on a charge of
cowardice during the action against the forts of
Kinbourn. He was found guilty, and sentenced to
be hanged.
Blue at the main was hoisted on board of the
Royal Albert on the morning of the 12th.
A few cases of scurvy have made their appearance
on board of the Royal Albert.
A suit of warm clothing and a pair of boots have
been supplied gratuitously to the marine guard of
the temporary dockyard at Kazatch.
The Banshee sailed a week ago to Varna—she
goes home shortly, as her boilers are very defective.