The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-18 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

Our latest advices from Vienna estate :—Though
the news of the re-entrance of the Russians into
the Dobrudscha can hardly be called official its
correctness cannot be doubted. It is uncertain
whether 10,000 or 15,000 Russians have crossed
the river, and no one seems to know how many
Turks have been put to the sword. According to
one account Tul tolls has been taken by the t's-
sians • according to another, not only Tultcha but
Matschin has fallen into their hands. The Rus-
sian Government is extremely desirous that hosti-
lities should be suspended while the negotiations
for peace are going on, in order if possible to save
Sebastopol from its impending fate, and it flatters
itself that the present unexpected inroad into the
so imperfectly defended Dobrudscha will induce the
Allies to consent to an armistice. The Russians
are astute, but they have probably deceived them-
selves in this matter. Placed as the Austrians now
are in Wallachia, the Dobrudscha is a kind of
military mousetrap, and the Russians dare not
venture beyond its entrance. Since the treaty of
December was signed, the Cossacks have repeatedly
made forays on the right bank of the Pruth, that
is in Moldavia, and Count Coronini, the Austrian
Commander in that province, who possesses his
Majesty's confidence, and is a thorough soldier,
reported the circumstance to Vienna, instead of
taking the law into his own hAnds, as would have
been the case if the treaty had Iven fulfilled to the
letter.

SOUTSTAMPTON', Jan. 17.—The ship Corioi
this morning with a large number of wood'
for the French troops in the Crimea. Sho
by the Enniskillen steamer. The Royal gar;
Avon and Severn, the former just returns.
Black Sea, and the latter from Brazils, have
up by the Government. The Avon will be
about a fortnight, and the Severn almost inl'
Each of these paddle-wheel steamers will take
eleven hundred troops. The Peninsular an(
Company's screw-steamer, Candid, just retu'
the Black Sea, and now in London river
has been taken up by the Government, an'
ready for sea in about a fortnight. The 0
first-class troop steamer. The Peninsular an'
1 Company's new steamer, Alma, 2,200 tons be;
TURIN, Jan. 13.---The sittings of the Chamber 1 completing at Liverpool, will be ready for oaf'
of Deputies have been suspended, and the debate night, and will probably be chartered by 0'
on the Monastic Institutions Bill has been ad- for war purposes. The housing for 375
r
journed, by the death of the Queen Dowager, the Majesty's gigantic steamer,
board he
news of whose decease a former letter of mine will now in Southampton Docks, has been el
be taken down and more substantial stablin,
have prepared your readers to receive. The This shows that the Himalaya is to be perms'
deceased was the sister of the reigning Duke of ployed in conveying cavalry to the seat of wn'
Tuscany, and espoused the late King or Sardinia, the present time 490 wooden huts have been'
then Prince of Carignano, in the year 1817. She Southampton to the Crimea for the Englii
was greatly beloved by all ranks of her subjects for there. Everything template has been sent
her affability and unbounded charity, and the these houses—felt for covering them, nails to
public mourning may be said to ho real and together, stoves with funnels, windows, with
universal. repair the windows when broken, doors, an'
At the meeting of the ChamLers• yesterday, M. be placed round the huts for the soldiers to
Buoncompagni announced the loss the King and kits upon. These 490 huts will be siifficien
nation had sustained, and proposed 3n adjourn- to
oeahrly 15,000lvsloldoieoros.so, 3,.48 of thesesh hutsB,l
moot for three days. This of course mot with no
Crimea
ebryieatrhis l,
tine, even allowing aayseerre 1
opposition, and the sittings immediately op ticluded.
three weeks to get there as the „t of V° fond
The adhesion of Sardinia to the Western 3Piance steamers, with 348 huts On board, leit. Southo3lloes
has caused quite a ministerial crisis. the 11th December. The CrCenl9 now in Soot" rorl
The convention by which this kingdom notiOes Docks repairing, in order to go to Porternonthitd°os
her concurrence in the treaty of the Western in 1,000 troops for the Crimea, will not be ren"„Jger
Powers is said to embrace two separate acts. One tho 31st instant, as the Messrs. Mares, who are e7Ol
is the formal accession of Sardinia to the Wes-
°
t for the repairs of the Crcesus, are busy in inalOD
tern alliance. The other is a military conven- floats for the Government.
tion by which Piedmont engages to put 14,000
troops at the service of the allies. These troops
are to serve under the orders of Lord Raglan, and
their conveyance thither is to be at the cost of
France and England. The Sardinian Government
is to pay and provision them. But the two powers
are to guarantee a loan of 50 millions of francs to
Sardinia at an interest of 4 per cent.

,
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—Papers from Adetain',,givii
Auxtra2ia, have been brought by the overland 'RA'
the Gth of C'etober, eight days later than those pre'neie;
received. Ba3iness is still reported as extremelf;erilt
and, although, the imports had been moderate 54.0A'
the period, till) markets continued overstocked. „alO
of GovernmL3ut land had been held, at which toy
been received. Flour is quoted at 281. 10a. 13%11
Burra L'urra shares, 1581. each. Money, 10 to libel,
cent. on freL 'bold property ; 20 per cent, on 16.19;
and for small loans. TEe Adelaide City and g°r"ig
way was rnak:.;ng satisfactory progress. Labour if;
ported as beiril in good supply, and, although ',lO Ohs
convenience appeared likely to result from t."`i.ottg"
being an immediate demand for it, it was still til tio0:
that the land fund, which is available for enligr•ol'Oti.
should be expe:nded as it accrues, so that a cow,l"
/
stream of arriv ale may be kept up. 11.1,
THE IRON TEADE.—WOLVERHAMPTON, ,r
p'-
The adjour eel meeting of the Staffordshire t
masters was Veld at the Swan Hotel, in thifi
tb
this morning for the purpose of re-consideriva'spl'
subject moo ':ed at the trade assembly last Wrcarli etic
namely, the propriety of reducing tho make $,
iron. Mr. Philip Williams occupied the cbaltilor
about four-fib Me of the trade were represented• of fee
was a goner it concurrence as to the necessit3Vdosfra
clueing the n Lake, but in consequence of some half OA"
!ambers of the trade having sufficient orciv'tikte;
hand to last them through the quarter—it w;',9l.,bAt tb
too, that fe cling existed on the part of buyers 'ep Te
proposed an angeruent was a combination to IseilP,
the price of )igs—it was consequently found ira, P°t Slig
to come to : ply formal re solution on the
meeting ace, irdingly adjourned with the undo's° 04e '
that the pro; ,used arrangement will in effect hetoecr
out. To tars we may add, that since the trac'e„
Lng last wet k several furnaces have been blo-igi;,
The embarrassments of a mine agent in thig
te
iourhood, Awed Owen, have led to balikruP,:lcf
petition was opened in the court at Birwing";ro
:.erday by Id Hodgson, at the instance, wev,otlieto
formed, of ti so Midland Waggon Company,,,eoSe
Lam. The d eELi;s amount to about 18,0001.'
are put down Pit 5,0001.

SPAIN.

MADRID, Jan. 11.—In the sitting of the com-
mittee on the budget, M. Sevillano, the Mini-
ster of Finance, had given a most lament-
able account of the situation of the public
finances, and had declared that, if before the
end of January the Cortes should not have
discussed the budget, made all possible reduc-
tions in the expenses, and given the Cabinet the
resources for governing the country, he would re-
sign. Ho added that he did not doubt that his
successor, whoever he might be, would do the same
in a week: M. Madoz also made a speech, in which
he said that, if the Government did not do some-
thing to strengthen the principle of authority, and
to make the people understand that liberty could
not be made the pretext for universal smuggling
and the abandonment of all duties, ti'e Progressista,
and Liberal parties would be obliged to give up
their positions to reaction and dictatorship.

THE
SANDWICH ISLANDS.
The advices brought by the American mail from
this quarter come down to the 9th. _Nov.
The following vessels of war bad arrived at
Honolulu about the middle of October :—The Eng-
lish corvette Amphitrite, and the French corvette
L'Artemise, both from California. The Trinco-
malee was still in port. These three vessels were
awaiting orders ; but it was thought they were ex
Pocting the arrival of ten o:r twelve Russian
whalers, whieh were daily looks )d for to refit, aud