The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-17 00:00:00

TURKEY.

CiONSTAIN TLNO PLE, Feb. s.—Gen. Guyon (Kur-
chid Paella), well known as the leading staff officer
of the army of Anatolia, arrived from Trebizond
yesterday morning.
The loss by the fire is ♦ery severe, and is com-
puted at the sum of 300,000 f. A great number of
individuals have been taken up.
The Jean Bart, Frenek three-decker, arrived a
couple of days ago from Sebastopol, on her way to
Toulon ; but owing to the pressing demands of the
service she was ordered back with 600 men on
board. The Turkish steam-frigate Mahbir-i-Niridi
has also been ordered to take up troops, and I am
told the Friedland, Valmy, and Ville de Paris,
French line- of-battle ships, are all under orders for
Sebastopol with troops.
A most exciting scene took place a few days ago,
when 860 Armenian and Turkish porters wore en-
gaged to proceed to Balaklava, to aid in unloading
the traneporte, and to work at the tramway. The
agent sent down for the purpose offered 41. ss. per
month, and a biscuit ration for each man. These
conditions were jumped at by all the porters of the
place. Several thousand healthy sturdy fellows
came forward, and those who were rejected ex-
pressed such sincere regret that it was heartrending
to hear them.

RUSSIA.
A letter from Hamburg of the 13th inst. says :
" Letters from Poland, which were received here
yesterday and to-day, agree in stating that, since
the beginning of the month, various movements
have taken place among the Russian troops in that
kingdom. Prince Gortschak-off, whose army had
been much weakened by the successive. departure of
various corps for Odessa, had received reinforce-
ments from Volhynia and Podolia. It was sup-
posed that the two divisions which had loft Lublin
and Zamosc were destined to replace the different
regiments which will leave those provinces to join
Prince Gortschakoff's army in Bessarabia.
" The Russian Government is turning the win-
ter to account, which in this country facilitates the
means of transport, by sending stores of every
description to Odessa, and thence by Perekop to
the Crimea; Caravans of hundreds or sledges are
sent from all points of the Empire, and especially
from Moscow, with provisions and clothing for the
arm y.
" The Minister of Marine at St. Petersburg has
received a detailed report from Councillor Kryloff,
sent, in November last, to Sebastopol to organize
the service of the hospitals and military ambulances.
This report states that a marked improvement was
visible in the sanitary condition of the garrison.
The barracks were in a good condition, and the
sick and wounded in the hospitals received every
care and attention.
"The famous surgeon, Giragoff, who, with a
body of volunteer surgeons, had left St. Petersburg
for the Crimea in November, was rendering signal
services to the wounded. The reports of the Ge-
nerals to the Government speak in the highest
terms of the devotion with which M, Giragoff ful-

ills his mission, and of the acts of benevolence ren-
dered by the Sisters of Charity sent out by the
Gra,ud Duchess Helena at her own expense to the
Crimea."

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ITALY.

ROME, FEB. 10.—Volunteers for the British fo-
reign levies continue to present themselves at the
British consulate, and frequently come from places
at some distance, on the erroneous supposition that
they will be immediately enlisted. Great is their
disappointment on discovering that '.the consul has
no instructions to that effect. The French have
hitherto profited by the military aspirations of such
as have been willing to serve in their foreign legion,
and letters have been received from some Romans
in that corps who have taken part in the actions in
the Crimea ; but, owing to a lingering remembrance
of the French invasion in 1849, the disbanded sol-
diers, who then crossed bayonets with Oudinot's
troops, have still too much antipathy to the ban-
ners of France to wish to serve under them, and
would infinitely prefer those of England. Six
more French hospital surgeons are on the point of
leaving Rome, their services being more required
now in the East than by the diminished garrison
here. •

The Swiss colonel of Artillery, Ellgor, has been
appointed, with the rank of brigadier-general, to
the command of the second military division of the
Roman army, with head-quarters at Ancona.

The Carnival has commenced this afternoon with
the usual senatorial procession down the Corso.
The national debt of the Roman States amounts
in round numbers to 73,000,000 scudi (15,000,0001.)
almost entirely contracted since the reign of
Pius VII.

HOLLAND.—Dutch newspapers confirm an an-
nouncement that the Government of Holland is
preparing to send an extraordinary embassy to the
Emperor of Japan, in order to take advantage of
his friendly disposition towards Europeans.

BERLIN, Feb. 14.—The report of the Crown
havine, decided to withdraw the bill for redesignat-
ing the two Chambers, before it should come to a
third reading, has not yet been confirmed. Nor
does it appear that the project for forbidding the
export aq well as the transit of munitions and
contraband of war is likely to be carried into
effect.