The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-09 00:00:00

THE BALTIC.

The following is extracted from a letter from
Kiel, dated Feb. 5 :
You have already been informed that Russia has
been making vast preparations against the at-
tacks which aro expected to be made by the
Allied fleets and armies in the spring ; that every
fort has been strengthened, and every point where
a landing might be attempted has been carefully
examined with a view to its more complete de-
fence, and that arrangements have been made for
the formation of entrenched camps along various
parts of the coast, and for the rapid collection of
troops from all quarters to such points as may be
assailed. Lines of telegraph are now forming along
the shores of the Gulfs, and every precaution
will be adopted to prevent the possibility of sur-
prise. A step in advance is now contemplated.
They have plucked up courage from our back-
wardness last year, and attack, not defence, has
become their theme. They now intend more
fully to equip their ships, so as to fit them
for seeking an encounter with the Allied forces.
Contracts have been advertised for immense sup-
lies of kemp, canvas, oak timber, and plank, and
revery other description of naval stores, the whole to
be delivered, under heavy penalties, 'before the end
of March, and there is such a degree of activity
displayed throughout the whole operations of the
Government as has never before been witnessed, so
as to teach the Allies, if indeed they require the
lessen, that they have neither a weak nor ai idle
foe to cope with. Let us hope that England will
now have a fair chance of showing that on her
proper element her sons will know how to main-
tain that superiority which their fathers gained iu
every quarter of the globe.
The Russian Vice-Consul at this port has just
been raised to the higher office of Consul, and the
Czar has sent him the Cross of the Commander of
the Order of St. Stanislaus, in token of his appro-
bation of his zealous services.

A sharp shock of earthquake was felt at Constan-
tinople on the night of the 23d, but no damage was
occasioned. A grand dinner and soiree were given
on the 25th at tho English Embassy, to which all
the Turkish Ministers and the Corps Diplomatique,
without exception, were invited. For the first
tune ladies were not excluded from a dinner at
which Turkish functionaries were present.

sions,
The Cologne Gazette states that two French divi-
enter the Principalities, where, in conjunction with
as long since announced, will now positively
the Turks, they are to occupy those strategic points
which ars net sufficiently secured against surprise
by the Russians.

It is now stated from Turin that the French
Government have applied for permission for a
corps cl'arWe to pass through the Piedmontese

territory, by the Simplon road, into Lombardy,
and thence through Austria, to the seat of war on
the Danube. We suppose that in such a case the
Swiss Government, through whose territories the
troops would have t• pass, will be consulted.
Hitherto the neutrality of the republic has been
guarded almost with ostentation.

The German Journal of Frank
.fort contains a
letter from Vienna of the 3d, which says :—The
Imperial decree of Nov. 2, which ordered the
whole of the army to be placed on a war footing by
the end of January, has been punctually executed.
At present all the reserves have arrived at their
several corps. In consequence of the new arrange-
ments, each regiment has been raised from 4,600
melt to 8,000.

The Lithographic Correspondence of Berlin, of
the 4th, says :—" It is positively stated that the
Duke of Coburg has refused the mission which was
proposed to him, to the Western Powers, in the
interest of Prussia. It is thought likely that the
prince will return in a few days to his own States.

A despatch from Verona, under date of the 3d,
announces that the authorities of that place have
discovered another plot of the Mazzinian party,
and twenty persons have been apprehended. No
particulars are given.

Baron Koller, the newly appointed Ambassador
for Austria at Constantinople, left Trieste on the
4th inst.

The bill forbidding non-Prussion paper currency
under 10 thalers, ou and after the 31st December
next, passed the Second Chamber on the 6th inst.

MARKET NE VVS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

Since Monday, the arrivals of English wheat up to our
market coastwise and by land carriage, have been on a very
limited scale, and the show of samples to-day, was trifling.
For most kinds, we had only a moderate inquiry. In the
quotations, scarcely any change took place from Monday.
Foreign wheats were mostly held for money; but the
business doing in that grain was limited, at about station-
ary prices.
Floating cargoes were steady, but not dearer.
Malting barley was in fair request at full prices ; but
grinding and distilling sorts met a slow sale.
In the value of malt we have no report to make.
There was a decided improvement in the oat trade, and
good sound lower was rather dearer.
Beans, peas, and flour as last advised.

ARRIVALS THIS WRBK.
i Wheat. Barley. Malt.
1,210 3,230 3,410
5,590 , —

English ..
Irish ....
Foreign ..

Oati.

Fl onr ,
670

SMITHFIELD.