The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-22 00:00:00

lussians must have enormous supplies to be able
to throw it away in this manner.
The 9th division of the French army moved to
inkerman on the afternoon of the 4th, in order to
;trengthen the position, as our allies are not at all
.atisfi.ed with the state-of things there. The re-
Sbubt on which the unsuccessful attack was made
`en days ago still remains in the hands of the
;nemy, and they aro pushing up fresh works more
dvanced, so that they are now without doubt be-
;ieging us, and that too in the most active manner.
Generals Canrobort and Bosquet visited Lord
Ita.,,lan at head-quarters on'the 4th, but the result
)f their conference has not transpired. In the after-
.toon of the same day General Canrebert rode round
Inkerman and inspected the position of the
French there.

Sir John Burgoyne, whose recall was commonly
'nuited in camp, I am happy to say, remains with
us, a fact which has given great satisfaction to al‘
most all parties.
Yesterday afternoon two'Poles, deserters, came
'in, over the plain of Balaklava, froM the direction
Tchorgoun. A party of 10 or 12 horsemen were
leen by our picquets advancing towards them,
!mail they got within range, and when fired at, all
but two of the party g Llloped back ; these two kept
Advancing, holding up their' caps, and surrendered
hemselvcs. Their account of themselves was, that

,ne was an officer, the other had been an officer, but
nor some offence had been recently degraded. They
were taken up to Lord Raglan, but it is not yet
known whether they have given any information of
consequence. The arrival of these two deserters
caused a break for a short time in the amusements
which were then doing on, and which had been looked

forward to for sCnne-days with- great expectations.
Phe English, true to their native instincts, had got
up pony races to break the monotoly of camp life—
Ind the "event',' came off yesterday afternoon on the
Karani race-course. There was very excellent run-
ning, and after it was over most of the party ad-
journed to the " Karani gorse," which they drew
very successfully for a dog, who gave them a famous
run from Karani village down to the mouth
of Balaklava harbour, when, finding the sea too
strong for him, he turned tail and ran back again
towars the village, beating off the whole of the

field. The dog—hunts are now fixel. for -every
Tuesday and Friday. I mention these little inci-
dents to show that there is a mirth more cheerful
tone now in the army than tlhire was a few weeks
ago. A month back a man who proposed a dog
hunt, or a race, wored have been looked on by his
brother officers as one who ought to be taken
particular care of by his friends. There was a
general despondency and gloom over 1) officers
and men, but the charming weather we now have
seems to have enlivened every one, and though very
few of the troops ai e .hutted, I fancyi many m pro
might have been had they thought it worth
while going to the trouble of getting up huts,
for the roads are now practicable for almost any-
thing, and a man after going trough the rigours of
winter under. canvass feels himsilf ".stiyed up"

when he gets into a house. I therefoie think tliat
the bulk of tlio wooden houses will remain rotting
on Balaklava wharf all the summer al they have
done all the winter. The health of the troops is
much improving, though there are a good mAny
ca-ies of low fever about Balaklava. The Mel-

bourne,,one of the hospital steamers, came in the
day before yesterday with a great many cases of
fever on board. She larni2ht up a few convale ;-
cents from S3utari, who carried wish them the
germs of the disorder. Sbe is now moored in the
midst of the crowded harbour of Balaklava, and
• may be the means of spreading the contagion. A
sanitary board is much wanted in camp and at
Balakiava, for they will bo perfect,pest-holes when
the warm weather commences. Colonel Harding,
at the latter place, is indefatigable in his endea-
rours to obtain order, and to have the place pro-
perly cleaned, but the accumulation of a winter's
filth renders his task like one of Hercules' labours.
The railway is now open upwards of three miles,
and they send up fuel, provisions, &re., beyond the
village of Kadekoi, a great saving of labour to men
and horses. The main engineering difficulty, viz.,
forming the incline to the summit of the first hill,
will soon be overcome, and from there the difficul-
ties are but few.
There are, of course, all sorts of rumours as to
what is going to be done with regard to the city of
Sebastopol ; the general opinion is that a bombard-
ment will take place within a few days, and that
afterwards the town will be attempted by assault.
The Russians have made it to all appearance im-
pregnable, and it will be a fearful day when it is
stormed. - Some of our engineer officers say now,
that the Russian lines are so extensive, that it is im-
possible, with the strength supposed to.be at pre-
sent in the town, that they can effectually defend
the works.

THE MEDITERRANEA.N.
MALTA, MARCH 14.

The news of the Emperor's death has caused a
perfect commotion in Valetta, where it is regarded
as good news and as an event which may change
the whole face of affairs.

According to our letters from the camp the good
people of England have gone to the extreme in send-
ing out things. The place is now oterstocked, and
caPital clothing is going begging ; everything is to
be had. In fact, it would not be a bad spccu!ation
to buy up there and send home ; one would realise
a large profit. Eight Russian sailors (deserters)
came over on the night of the 28th ult. ; one was
shot crossing over by our troops. About forty have
deserted between the 19th and 29th : they all say
provisions are short in Sebastopol, but their reports
are received with very great caution.
Our accounts from Naples state that the Czar's
death has caused a great sensation there, and so.
nervous are the authorities that several arrests have
been made in consequence of persons speaking the
news.

The Teneriffe has just come in from the Levant.
The Calcutta has arrived with six hundred Lanca-
shire militia on board, sixty women, and sixty-
eight children ; she steamed off to Corfu at 5 p.m.
The Vectis came in from Marseilles this morning ;
she met with a very heavy gale during the night
and lost two boats ; she went on with tlae Indian.
mail at 5 p.m. The last two days several Dutch
garnets have come iu freighted with mules ; one
this morning had 55 mules on board, and all had
come Cafe, although they had met with severe wea-
ther ou their passage. We aro still in almost daily
receipt of stores and ammunition for the army.
The Ordnance department Las formed warehouies.
in almost every part of the island, and are con-
stantly employed in storing the things received, or
issuing fresh supplies for the camp. I told you
sometime since this place would become a large
barrack, and it is fast doing so ; a regiment comes
or goes and makes no stir. Every third person
you meet is military, and everything savours of
warfare. Even our ladies are becoming military,
at least in their talk, and instead of the shape of a
bonnet or cut of a mantle, the merits of this or
that general are discussed. The Calcutta, after
dropping the militia regiment at Corfu is to take
on the 48th to the Crimea. The 91st is still here,
the authorities not being yet able to spare a tran-
sport largo enough to take them all, as is intended,
to Athens, and to bring back the 3d Rogt. (Buffs.)

THE VIENNA CONFERENCES.

VIENNA, MARCH 18.

Nothing of a reliable nature had transpired with
respect to the results arrived at by the meeting
yesterday. To-day there are all sorts of rumours
afloat. Certain political wiseacres are seen stalk-
ing or lounging about the club-rooms and else-
where, shaking their heads, and grinning at their
own conceits. They have got a notion that things
must be going wrong, simply because even they,
the would-be well informed, are kept in the dark.
These "paragons of intelligence" are all wrong;
the proceedings of the Conferences are going on
very satisfactorily indeed. After the first meeting
a protocol was drawn up, and signed by the mem-
bers of the Conference, embodying the general prin-
ciples—that is, the interpretation of the " Four
Points of Guarantee" which form the basis of the
present negotiations. The said protocol also set
forth the agreement that had been come to to dis-
cuss the "Four Points" seriatim,. Accordingly,
the deliberations which took place yesterday had
solely reference to the "First Point of Guarantee"—
id est, the
.future conjoint protectorate of the prin-
cipalities by the great Powers. Thediscussion of this
point was, notwithstanding the Conference sat up
wards of three hours, left unfinished, and adjourned
to the next meeting. Matters are progressing in a
way which fully justifies the hopes of a pacific issue.
The plenipotentiaries of Russia manifest the most
conciliatory and honourable spirit. Russia thus
appears earnestly desirous to met the views and
wishes of the Western Powers and Austria to
restore to Europe the blessings of peace, upon a
firm and lasting basis, with as little delay as
possible. As regards the attitude of Austria at
these Conferences, nothing can be more satisfactory.
Her truly enlightened representatives entirely sup-
port the views of France and England, which are,.
rn point, of fact, equally as much the views of
Austria as of the West. All the world must ad-
mit that the Austrian alliance of the West is of
the most vital importatice at this moment to the
general interests of Europe ; and to doubt or
to question its sincerity, except upon indis-
putable grounds, appears hardly defensible. But,
in justification of the opinions held. at Ber-
lin concerning Austria, it may be as well
to state that even here there are not those
wanting who pretend to know that ever since
the demise of the Emperor Nicholas a change
has :come over the views and intention g of the Em-