The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-02 00:00:00

THE BALTIC FLEET.

DANTZIC, Sept. 28.—The Bulldog, 6, Commander
A. C. Gordon, left Nargen last Tuesday evening,
and encountered a very heavy gale during her
passage to this anchorage. _

The news from the fleet is, like the fleet itself,
becoming less and less every week. All the high-
pressure block-ships have already left for England,
so that out of the whole fleet which was employed
at the bombardment of Sweaborg some six weeks
since only about one-half is now present in the
Baltic. The season is evidently breaking up very
fast, and the heavy and sudden storms so prevalent
in northern climates at this time of the year render
it extremely dangerous for the larger vessels to
remain much longer, especially in a sea like the
Baltic, where, with the greatest care and circum-
spection, accidents are, even in good weather, per-
fectly unavoidable.

The Hastings ran on shore last week at Ny-
ground, in the vicinity of Baltic Port, but was got
off again without having sustained any damage.
She has since left for England with invalids.

EGYPT.
ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 21.
The Viceroy of Egypt, Said Pasha, who, on the
Bth inst., left for France in his steam-yacht Faid
Gehaad, very unexpectedly came back to Alexan-
dria two days afterwards. It appears that it had
been blowing hard at sea ; his Highness became
very sea-sick, and, disgusted with his condition,
he gave up at once his visit to Europe and re-
turned, vowing that so long as he could possibly
help it he would not go to sea again. The French
consul, who accompanied Said Pasha, was very
much annoyed at his behaviour, especially as he
had officially written to France announcing his
approaching arrival there ; and the Viceroy's con-
duct does appear very pusillanimous, for he ought
to be accustomed to the sea, having been for about
15 years Admiral-in-Chief of the Egyptian fleet.
The day after Said Pasha's return, having re-
covered his usual spirits, ho at once took to sol-
diering again, and is now encamped in the desert
about five miles to the eastward of the town, with
about 12,099 of all descriptions of troops ; and to-
, morrow lie is to make them go through some parti-
cularly gra,nd. manoeuvres.
One of the Pasha's civil officers employed in the
police, having inadvertently said, when his High-
ness returned into port,' that the Viceroy had gone
and taken Sebastopol, and come back, the Pasha
hearing it seat for the man, and told him that if
he had not the power to take Sebastopol, he had
the power to administer to him 500 lashes, which
the officer incontinently received.
The principal reason of the misunderstanding
which is growing up between the Viceroy of Egypt
and the Sultan is, that the latter wishes to bring
down Egypt to a level with any of the other pasha-
lies of the Ottoman Empire, such as Beyrout,
Damascus, &c. ; while Said Pasha is endeavouring
to make himself too independent of the Porte, and
flatters himself in -Hie belief that, after paying his
tribute, Egypt and its resources are completely at
his command.

A letter from Mosul, dated the 13th of August,
states that the Kurds and Nestorians have been
fighting, and that the latter have gained the ad-
vantage.

Four hundred Armenian families have emigrated
into the Russian territory from Van, fearing the
impending conscription, by order of! the Sultan,
from among the Christians.

The Greek firm of A. Riga Giro has suspended
payments. The Greek merchants of Alexandria
exerted themselves to prop up the house for their
general credit, but it was of no avail.

_ .
Cholera has quite disappeared. Thermometer
75 degrees.

PERSIA.

TEHERAN, Aug. 19.—M. Bourre, French Pleni-
potentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the Court
of Persia, has concluded a treaty of commerce
between that country and France, on terms more
favourable to the latter Power than those of the
treaty existing between England and Persia. Two
days after the signature of the treaty it was ratified
by the Shah, who presented to M. Bourre the
grand cordon, with his portrait in diamonds—the
highest distinction he can bestow. The secretary
of the French Embassy received the order of the
Lion and Sun. France is said to have three con-
suls at Persia—at Teheran, Tabriz, and Bushire ;
Persia three in France or French colonies—at
Paris, Marseilles, and the Island of Bourbon.