The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-31 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

" At this moment in St. Petersburg all the chances of
an attack on Cronstadt are being well weighed ; if it is
found that St. Petersburg is perfectly safe, the proposi-
tions will be rejected ; if, on the contrary, the attack
has any chance of success, matters will be allowed to
come to a Congress, but not to any mere Conference."
The Post Ampt Gazette contains a letter from
Dresden, which says :—" It is rumoured in quar-
ters which ought to be well-informed that Russia
is disposed to accept the condition of the Black
Sea being made a mare elausum, open only to
trading vessels, on condition that the neutrality
shall commence at Smyrna, and consequently apply
to part of the Egean Sea. Russia bases, it is said,
this condition on the reason that, when once the
Black Sea was declared neutral, the Western
Powers would not have any need of a naval sta-
tion beyond Smyrna, either for their own safety
or for that of Turkey."

OMER PACHA'S ARMY.
The Patrie publishes a letter from Constantinople
of the 18th inst., in which it is said :
"As misfortunes never come singly the rumour
is current among the public that Omer Paths, on
approaching Kutais, encountered unexpected ob-
stacles, which rendered an attack on that city
almost impossible. It is said to be defended by a
numerous garrison, while at the same time a con-
siderable auxiliary corps keeps the field, and
threatens to fall on Oiner.Pacha's small force."
Other accounts from Constantinople agree with
the earlier intelligence by way of St. Petersburg,
that the Turkish general had fallen back on Redout

THE BLACK SEA FLEET.
KAZATCH BAY, Dec. 13.—The following ships
are in harbour, viz., her Majesty's ships Royal
Albert, Gladiator, Leopard, Odin, Terrible, High-
flyer, Valorous, Firebrand, Spiteful, Cyclops,
Simoom, Medina, Danube, Brenda ; floating bat-
teries Glatton and Meteor ; store-ship • Apollo ;
gun-boats Lynx and Beagle.
The Simoom arrived on the 11th from England.
The Maagara sailed on the 10th fora cargo of bul-
locks for the fleet.

Mr. Rees, Master Commander of the Cyclops,
is appointed Harbour Master. Dr. Ryan, super-
numerary surgeon of the Royal Albert, is ap-
pointed to the Spiteful, vice Surgeon Vans. C.
Clarke, invalided, and recommended to remain in
Malta Naval Hospital for the winter.
The vacancy caused by the death from cholera
of Surgeon Corbett, of the St. Jean d'Acre, hiss
not yet been filled up, but it is supposed that the
Admiral's patronage will be conferred on either
Assistant-Surgeon Cameron, of the Beagle (senior
ou the station), or Assistant-Surgeon Watson, of
the Highflyer.
A court-martial was held on the 11th on Mr.
Deheny, second master of the Lynx, on a charge of
cowardice during the action against the forts of
Kinbourn. He was found guilty, and sentenced to
be hanged.
Blue at the main was hoisted on board of the
Royal Albert on the morning of the 12th.
A few cases of scurvy have made their appearance
on board of the Royal Albert.
A suit of warm clothing and a pair of boots have
been supplied gratuitously to the marine guard of
the temporary dockyard at Kazatch.
The Banshee saflea a week ago to Varna—she
goes home shortly, as her boilers are very defective.

THE MURDER IN THE MINORIES.

Latest Particulars.---(This Day.)

Yesterday (Sunday) morning a crowd of idle Persona
of both sexes assembled in front of the late residence of
the murderer, dorrigan, and several police constables of
the H division were in attendance, in Selby-street East,
Waterloo-town, to preserve order among the curious,
who were anxious to catch a glimpse of the visitors to
the four unfortunate children who have been left in the
care of Mrs. How, the sister cf the deceased woman.
On Saturday afternoon, shortly before one o'clock,
Mrs. How proceeded to the House of Detention, Clerk-
' enwell, with the articles the prisoner directed her to
bring to the gaol. She had the eldest girl with her, bat
she was not admit ed to the prison, as the father and
brother of Corrigan bad just visited him in the cell, and,
in accordance with the prison regu'ations, she was di•
rected by the turnkey to attend at twelve o'clock to-day.
The clothes were taken from her, and subsequently they
were handed to the prisoner.
The interview between Corrigan and his 'father and
brother in the cell was of a painful character. The pri-
soner exclaimed, "Oh, father !" and at the same moment
he embraced his aged parent with deep emotion, and in
a paroxysm of grief he shook hands with his brother and
pressed him to his bosom. The meeting; was of short
duration, and in a few minutes the prison's was again in
the care of a keeper.
It seems that since his incarceration in 'lei gaol he hae
been several times employed in writing to his friends,
and yesterday morning he attended Diyine worship in
the prison.

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Inspector Gernon has been to a great number of shops
in the cutlery trade, and from what tra:sspired on Satur-
„,day afternoon there seems but very lit tle doubt that the
fatal knife with which the murder was committed was
purchased at the warehouse of Messrs. Davis and Son,
69, Leadenhali-street, City. The knife is precisely simi-
lar to those kept in stock, except that the one taken from
Corrigan has no maker's name.
It is a remarkable fact that this is the shop where
Blakesley (who was executed for the murder in East.
cheap, some years since) purchased the butcher's knife
shortly before that dreadful tragedy was perpetrated by
him.

This morning, a number of benevolent persons com•
nienced a subscription in behalf of the four poor children.
Mrs. Burton and Mrs. Fearon, who sustained such
serious injuries on the arms and hands in the struggle
for the knife, are still in a weakly condition, and the
former is yet under the care ot,,Mr. Cooke, the surgeon.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

SOUTHWARK.

THIEVES AND RECEIVERS.-2102/LaS William Skelton,
a young man in the employ of Mr. Keightley, whole-
sale fruit dealer in the Borough-market, was brought
before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with stealing: a bushel of
nuts, and Thomas Evans, a fruiterer, in the same market,
charged with receiving the same, well knowing them to
be stolen.

Charles Skelton, son of the prosecutor, stated that
he was minding his father's premises about Rix o'clock
this morning, when he saw the prisoner Skelton take out
a bushel of nuts and carry them into Evans' shop next
door, who received them. As soon as his father came
to business witness told him what had occurred, when he
called a police-constable and gave them both into
custody.
Mr. A'Beckett asked what business Evans was ?

Witness replied that he was a retail fruiterer, and had,
carried on business next door to us for some time, Lat-
terly, however, his father suspected that he had received
goods from Skelton, and he was directed to watch them
both.

Serjeant Lamb, 459 A, stated that be was on duty
this morning in the Borough-market a little after sir
o'clock, when he was called by last witness, who told
him that he had seen Skelton steal a bushel of nuts from
the shop and take them to Evans' shop. When the
prosecutor came to business he ,took Skelton into cus-
tody for stealing the nuts. Ile' acknowledged having
he was charged
on telling bins
done so, and it was his first time. He afterwards took
Evans into custody, and
with receiving a bushel of nuts from Skelton, he denied
all know] edge of him or the nuts.
Mr. A' Beckett committed both of them fur trial.

AyroINTmENTS—Capt. Charles Eden is ap•
pointed
!roller of the Coast Guard. Capt. Lore
oFEiculAoLnip
is appointed paid Aide-de-Camp to the
CC.l3ap"tain the Bor. Frederic C. Pelham,C B is
QPauuecient: ..
appointed unpaid. Aide-de Camp to the Queen. Mr. A.
Courcey. Second
pike 15 appointed First Class Clerk, and Mr. J. Do
Class Clerk in the Comptroller of Vic-
tualling Department of the Admiralty, at Somerset-
h oil se. %server.
ENTERPRISE.—The Dub/in. Mercantile Adver-
tiser says :—" We have learned with much satisfaction
that our enterprising fellow-citizen, Mr. Michael Smith,
of Copper-Alley, has entered into a contlAct with the
government of his Imperial Majesty Nar,oleon, fcr the
supply of several hundred tierces—abwat a tbousai d w
believe—of Irish beef, to be deliveval at the poita o
Brest or Cherbourg, within a defin'Ae period. This even
is a novel one iii the commercial !aistory of our city::

BERLIN, Dec. 29.—1 t is stated here by persons
whose position bring them in contact with mem-
bers of the Government, that Count Valentin
Esterhazy has met with no very flattering recep-
tion on his return to St. Petersburg. In a letter
from Paris it is affirmed that—