The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-23 00:00:00

if NI SUN, LO:NDON, FRIDAY NvinNING, NovEmnieft !gag.

An avenging Dnrrir will nerve his arm, NEmEsrs
will add power to every blow. The Standard of
the White Eagle will proudly wave over the heads
of the soldiers, while those who have been forced
to serve in the ranks of the adversary will flock
with enthusiasm to the side of their brethren ar-
rayed under the flag which once floated in
the vanguard of every army opposed to Russia,
but which has too long been concealed from the
,sight of a heroic nation and of its tyrannical op-
pressors.

Never was there an occasion better suited for
the announcement of the glad tidings than that
so happily selected. It was on a flay classed
among those of national mourning for Poland—on
the anniversary of the death of that high-minded
Nobleman—" whose untiring devotion to the
Polish cause shed some rays of light through the
darkness of twenty-five years of all but hopeless
exile.'' This exquisite and eloquent tribute—so
justly paid to the memory of his departed friend
by Captain CHARLES SCULCZEWSKI—was as true
as it was beautiful. It was, indeed, a
striking coincidence that the first important
step towards the realisation of the projects for
which that man—whose name has become a house-
hold word throughout the broad and fertile plains
of Poland—whose enduring monument is erected
in every Polish heart—laboured so indefatigably,
should have been taken on the day consecrated to
his memory. Even in his glorious and honoured
grave, the name of Lord DUDLEY STUART will
once more strike terror into the hearts of despots,
and vibrate through the veins of the oppressed.
There is one remarkable feature in the present
arrangement, which proves beyond the possibility
of doubt the spirit by which the " Cossacks of the
Sultan" are actuated—that they are stimulated by
no mercenary feelings, and are not willing to
barter their blood for money. At the special re-
quest of General Count ZAMOYSKI "no bounty
is to be proffered to the men about to join the
division." The Poles " are expected to volunteer"
—and they will do so. They demand only the
ordinary necessaries, and rejoice that they can
give this striking instance of enthusiastic devo-
tion. Of the complete success of the experiment
we have not the slightest doubt. It is the first
step in a course that will lead to the honour and
welfare of the parties concerned, and make rege-
nerated Poland arise, Phoenix-like, from her
ashes—more glorious than she had been in her
palmy days, when she was justly regarded as the
bulwark and protection of Europe against barba-
rian invaders.
THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE

DOVER, FRIDAY, 11. A.M.
Hir Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has
just arrived from Calais, and is landing at the quay,
under a Royal salute from the heights.
His Royal Highness will proceed to London by
the 12 o'clock train.

ARRIVAL OF THE KING OF

SARDINIA.

His Majesty Victor Emmanuel, King of Sar-
dinia, arrived at Marseilles, yesterday.
At 9.30 a.m. the Carlo Alberto frigate, with his
Majesty on board, hove in sight of Marseilles, and
exchanged salutes with the cannon of the fort.
The King made his entrance into the town in a
hussar uniform, accompanied by a numerous staff.
A large crowd bad assembled to witness his arrival.
All the Sardinians resident at Marseilles crowded
round the carriage of their King. His Majesty
was loudly cheered along his passage through
the streetis. Troops of the line were drawn along
the quay for his reception. The Prefect and
General in command proceeded on board the
frigate to welcome his Majesty. The different
vessels in the port were gaily decorated, as were
many of the houses in the streets through which
the cortege had to pass.
His Majesty left at noon for Paris.

The suite of the King of Sardinia consists of the
following personages :
Count Cavour, President of the Council ; the
Chevalier Massimo d'Azeglio, Aide-de-Camp of the
King and ex-Minister ; the Duke Pasqua, Prefect
of the Palace ; Baron Nigra, Superintendent of the
King's Household ; Major-General Count Morozzo
de la Rocca, first Aide-de-Camp of the King ;
Major-General Marquis d'Angrogna, Aide-de-Camp
of the King ; Major-General Chevalier Carderina,
Aide-de-Camp of the King ; Count Cigala, Colonel
of Cavalry ; the Chevalier Persano, Captain of the
Navy, Commander of the Port of Genoa ; Count
de Robillant, Captain of Artillery, Officer of Ord-
nance of the King; Count Valperga Barone, Officer
of Ordnance of the King; Professor Riberi, First
Physician of the King.

We learn from Lyons that great preparations
were being made at that city to receive his Majesty.
It was expected he would sleep at Lyons, and leave
early on Friday for Paris.

Success of Gen. Canrobert's Mission to
Sweden—Rumours of Peace.

The Paris correspondent of the Times (Second
Edition) in his letter dated yesterday says :
" The intelligence which has reached me to-day,
and which I consider to proceed from a good source,
not only confirms what I mentioned in my letter of
yesterday relative to Sweden, but is of a still more
satisfactory kind. It is affirmed in quarters likely
to be well informed that General Canrober: has
completely realised all the hopes excited by his
mission to Stockholm ; and some, in their ardent
satisfaction, even declare that the result has sur-
passed all expectation. Without going so far, I
believe it may at last be positively affirmed that
Sweden has engaged to adhere to the alliance of
France, England, and Sardinia ; and not only this,
but Denmark has declared that she will follow the
example of Sweden, and accept for herself the same
engagement. This is not all. I learn also that
Prussia, acting on her own spontaneous movement,
has positively made propositions of peace to Russia ;
that these propositions have been made through the
instrumentality of Count Munster, who was formerly
and fora considerable time Military Commissioner or
Plenipotentiary at the Coureof Stockholm, who fol-
lowed tho Czar to the Crimea to submit them to him.
It is not said that these propositions have been
accepted or taken into serious consideration by
the Czar ; but they are described as precise and
pressing, and it is added that even should the Em-
peror refuse they will be pressed on him again and
again more energetically and without relaxation.
This resolve of Prussia is, of course, to be traced
to the panic inspired by the success of General
Canrobert's mission, the promised adhesion of
Denmark, the possibility of the occupation of
Courland by the allies, and an anticipated
rising of Poland. Her situation must be diffi-
cult indeed. The hour of danger which has
been so often predicted is at last arriving, that
agotdthuaednegc.er which she might have warded off long
bzyarlnoafnindependent
and dignified atti-
c thosease
of the absolute
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propositions
absurd, and she will have no what she will do. To pretend to maintain
neutrality under such cir umsta
to declare for Russia or for the • •
allies. Of Austria
alternativens butia openly simply
I have not heard a word i this •
n affair ; having
completed her abatement by her abject submission
to Papal domination, she is hardly worth being
mentioned among nations who
have any pretension
to self-respect.

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The Duchess of Grafton and the Earl of Euston b
left town for Wakefield Lodge, near Stoney Stratford.ave
Lady Mary Phipps has gone to Windsor. The Duke of
Colonial Office, to act temporarily as his
Grmafrt.onLcaobmo
private secre-
tary. euschtoer
'We understand that the following appointments have
been made at the War Department :—Seymour Thellu-
son' Esq., to be private Secretary to Colonel Mundy ;
and William de Burgh, Esq., private Secretary to Mr.
F. Peel, M.P.
THE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.—The Dublin Evening
Post says that letters have been received in town, in
which it is stated that the tenders for contracts for beef
and pork are still under the consideration of the Ad-
miralty.

4,4

TRE BALTIC FLEET IN

The following official communication from the
First Lord of the Admiralty has been received by
the Commissioners of Cork-harbour :
" Adrnira'ty, Nov. 16.
"Sir,—l have receive-I your letter of the 14th inst.,
and you rnus!-. tee, upon refLetion, 11.1. t the stations of
her 3,l7,ksty's ~:hips must be deteelrliaed l•y. the demand:,
of the strvwe, and that it would not be conAstent ,with
my duty to give any assurance that vessels would be
stationed at any port merely on the repiest of the inha-
bitants of the neighbourhood.

"I am, sir, your obedient servant,
" CHARLES WOOD

" The Mayor of Cork."
This brief reply to the Cork memorial appears to
have created an unnecessary amount of local indig-
nation, some of which finds vent in such terms as
these :_.

" With a sense of shame at the degraded position of
our country, and the suppliant posture which our highest
and best citizens are compelled to assume in all com-
munications with the English Gevernment, we direct
attention to the curt, almost insolent, letter of Sir
Charles Wood in answer to the memorial respecting the
wintering of the Baltic fleet in Cork harbour."

LATEST NEW'

The Induß, which lia.A arrive,' at Marseilles

brLgs the following heads of ii2:!eUigecei4 :
"It was reported at Constantinople on the
12th, on the strength of news from Asia, that
the siege of Kars was raised, and that the Rus-
sians were falling back on Tiflis.

" Omer Paella had arrived within 20 leape3

of Kutais.

" Selim Pacha had left Trebizonde with Egyp-
tian cavalry and artillery for Kars.
"From the Crimea it was reported that Gene-
ral Vivian had arrived at Kertch ; that the Rus-
sian General Wrangel, with reinforcements, was
threatening the straits of Yenikale. The allies
had 30,000 men to oppose him, and more troops
were expected. The camp of huts established at
Yeuikale is arranged for 15,000 men.
" The export of grain from the Ottoman Em-
pire is officially prohibited, and free import
allowed for three mouths.

" The French squadron of Admiral Bruat had
arrived at Constantinople from the Crimea, having
on board two brigades of infantry and artillery,
and the equipage of the Imperial Guard. Eight
regiments of infantry were to return to France,
viz. !—The 20th, 39th, 50th, 82d, 86th, 90th,
97th, and 100th." •

TRIESTE, Nov. 21.

A despatch, dated Constantinople, Nov. 12,
states that General Vivian, closely pressed by the
Russians under General Wrangel, had applied to

head-quarters for cavalry reinforcements.

KONIGSBERG, Nov. 22.

An order of the day, issued by the Minister of
War, dated the Gth of November, has been pub-
lished. It orders that, for the purpose of obtain-
ing greater unity in its operations, the maritime
administration of Nicolaieff shall be submitted to

the government of General Luders, to whom, in
this particular instance, Prince Gortschakoff will

be subordinate.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 20.

The Emperor has ordered tho consideration by
his Council of a plan, his own, of another levee en,
masse to take place throughout the empire, and
form the third ban.

BERLIN, THURSDAY EVENING.

M. de Manteuffel has had two or three long in-
terviews with the 13.1r0n de Budberg, the Russian

Ambassador.

These interviews are said to bo for the settle-
ment of new bases of negotiation, to emanate from

Russia.

The Baron do Budberg will lay them before the
Czar on his almost immediate visit to St. Peters-
burg.

The levy of recruits in Poland is conducted
with the greatest vigour.

The frontier is so hermetically closed, to pre-
vent the flight of men who are liable to be levied,
that commerce itself is almost put an end to.

ATHENS, Nov. 16.

M. Tricoupi will not accept office, and does no

come to Athens.

THE CZAR'S RETURN TO ST, PETERS-

BURG.

The Emperor Alexander arrived at St. Peters
burg ou Monday night.

In the Invalide Russe we find a few additional de-
tailsof interest relativo to the Emperor's movements
in the Crimea. It will be seen from the following
that his Imperial Majesty was at one moment in
the close neighbourhood of the allied troops :
On the 11th his Imperial Majesty inspected the troops
near the Belbek and Youkhara-Karales, and was per-
fectly satisfied with their condition.

In the morning of the same day some of the enemy's
battalions, together with artillery, appeared anew on the
crest of the hills whick divide the valley of the Belbek
from that of the Baidar. Our outposts drew near with
their reserves, but on the departure of the enemy soon
afterwards, resumed their usual positions,

On Nov. 12 the Emperor inspected the troops upon
the river Katcha, and near the village of Tasch-Basty,
and found them like all the other positions of the army
in a perfect condition.

After this inspection the Emperor left for St. Peters-
burg, by way of Moscow.

Up to the night of the 12th nothing new had taken
place in the Crimea.

OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA.

(From a Special Correspondent of the Morning Herald.)
BALAKLA.VA, Nov. 9.
Wednesday, the 7th instant, passed away without
the expected attack of the Russians being made,
though on that very day they were plainly seen in
great and unusual force opposite Inkerman, formed
in five divisions, each en grande tenue ; and, more-
•ver, some personage of very exalted rank was evi-
dently present—possibly, as it is rumoured, the
Emperor himself. The threatening news there-
fore, brought by the Russian picket, who some days
since deserted en masse to the Sardinians, seems to
have had some solid foundation ; but as so many
Muscovites then came over to the allies the enemy,
seeing that his secret must have been divulged
by them, and thus all likelihood of a surprise on
the 7th prevented, may at the last moment have
changed his mind, and prudently deferred the
day of battle originally fixed upon. The weather
is still fine, and very favourable for military opera-
tions, though daily becoming more chilly in the
morning and evening, while in mid-day we expe-
rience a heat and dust that remind us feelingly 0.,*
summer. Not a drop of rain has yet fallen here
since the week just after the evacuation of Sebas-
topol, to which rain attention was (in connection
with huts and roads) called at the time, and when,
indeed, the weather at any hour was far more cold
and Ripping than it has ever proved since. But
our November sun is now the brightest of the
bright, and a cloud in the Crimea is yet a rarity.
This seems unseasonable.

Wednesday next will be the anniversary of the
great storm at Balaklava, when the Prince was un-
fortunately wrecked. It is now said that storm of
1854 was the worst experienced in the Crimea during
the last 40 years, so that it is fairly to be hoped
we shall now have no recurrence of so awful
a calamity. For the benefit of " anxious owners,"
I will subjoin to this letter a list of the vessels now
at Balaklava, so far as I can obtain their names by
a pull through the harbour. These vessels are so
closely packed. in some of the tiers that passage be-
tween being impossible, I must necessarily fail to
obtain all their names. The transports are generally
reported, though too briefly, to the telegraph
office, but the movements of other merchant ship-
ping are often not obtainable without the greatest
difficulty. I am not aware that there is yet any
harbour-master's office ashore, where a list of ar-
rivals and sailings Is publicly exhibited. Speaking
of offices, I may here incidentally touch upon that
of the post at Balaklava, although I have ie one of
my recent despatches referred on other points to that
establishment. It seems there is yet no resident
postmaster at Balaklava, owing to that officer in
the Crimea (Mr. Mellish or Mr. Angell) being ne-
cessarily so much engaged in the chief office at
General Simpson's head-quarters, two leagues dis-
tant from Balaklava. But the Government ought
not to be niggardly, to be penny wise ai.d pound
foolish, in matters connected with letters, and, I
must add, with newspapers. The postal staff
must, by and bye, be increased. Cases are con-
tinually occurring where the postmaster himself is
asked for by over-puactilious parties, who seemed
dissatisfied, and sometimes very unreasonably,