The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-26 00:00:00

CONSTANTIN OPLE.

The supplement of the Constantinople Journal
of the 16th, contains the following I,
" The mail which arrived this morning from the Crimea
brings accounts down to 2 o'clock in the afternoon of
the 14th. The following is a summary of our correspon-
dence :—After lasting the whole of the 11th, the fire
grew slack towards evening ; in the night the cannon-
ade was resumed with a.-dour on 'the left, particularly
against the Southern Bastion. At 6 o'clock a.m. on
the 12th, the fire slackened by degrees, and ulti-
mately subsided, when there was a sort of truce for
a few houre,- The Malakkoff tower Awl De bettecies,

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which were observed to be in a ruined stet, Act.,
completely silent. At 10 o'clock a.ra: the firt
recommenced, and lasted the whole day
_,' at fire
ebwever, it was feebly kept up. On the 13th, tueo,
extinguished.
the Quarrntine, in the right of the city, was ow". Ji
gxretiantglyuished. The Southern Bastion
damaged. Forts Constantine, Catherine, and
Quarantine showed no sign of life'. Towards eye!'
iDng we only fired occasional shots. The °Wel
Onivision has left, with Omer Pacba, for Balallh;
the 14th the batteries re-Opened upon the place' Tea
was sileni 017
Egyptian Division is gone to join Omer Pasha. t
French companies d'elite, which were assembled. in,fri3slia
of tbe MalakhoffTower, carried, during the ne.
theo,i, ambuscades on the left, after a most obstinate rd.
The. .tance. All the Russian batteries are greatly clamagete
whenfletehteisasevcabeelltontaekdeaslopelageteh:e, coast, and will c°'"ellt
C°ll-
The following letter has been received. from
stantinople, dated the 16th :
" I have received accounts from Kamiesh of the 14,th'
which, though interesting, afford wit n3uch !nada! ifrt
correspondence. The bombardment' is got' °,olliecligles
and day, walls are thrown down, and our Pr i jos
set firs to the city in various places. The Buss:.
scarcely reply to our fire. The moment.for the sterol
cannot therefore be far distant. The fleets have not
tjleie
opened.
°f te.;
Such is the summary of the situation.
~
Generals appear satisfied with the results as yet obtalue.,_.
but they hardly know bow to explain the silenced. ..
Russians. Can it he the losses they have sustaine Ps
force them to that silence'!
I
"The camp is iu a state of complete organlsati°°' Tl°
hardly a day passes without fresh troops ariving. 0 4
movement of the 'navy is very active. The Prav,o n__,,
who passed the winter at Daoud•Pasha. embarked Ye'l-
terday for the Crimea. Another let ter from Sela4eoP:a
says :--' The fire continued the whole of the-Iltholot,
still with the saute energy. At 6 o'clock pall. it °door,
ened, but it recommenced at night with rebe4iedar t
renewed. et the
Rarticularly to the left of the town, and Pgarn" hie
Flagstaff Bastion. In the mean time the Rll'4's-0800
anchored in' the port constantly pored ebe1,19.0,-aseli-
batteries. At 6 a.m. on the 12th, the nr'',l,-..t a
coed on botn a dts, One would have foil i
ia"-- acrd
truce had been agreed between the heSiegv— 5
rtes Well
besiegers. Tie Ntal khoffotTowL.rand the batteri ,s 10
silento ; but they were in a very bad condition. ''''„ cloy
'el ck the cannonade recommenced, and laste'it e'c'irca-
and bight, but with 1e.,4 violenr.e. A rer°r ttd t"b
lat,l that the Russians had tttacked Eupati liar :'' il
Omer Pasha was to succour the to, n ; but it t's
Part
d turie
outo o
he false. On the 13th, the fire ceased on tlI red,
I the Russians ; the Fragstaff Bastito, much ill)°,o3d
was sitence.l. The North Fort, the QuarBe
eCatherine Forts gave no sign of life. We also fll6Gfor
,hned our fir.. We no lot•ger fire more . tbarltb ise
tilio.i_ .
0.
:itits each piece. Omer Pasha left that Mr tv.inkei
°Luau division for Balak,ava in order to 717,4 ia
the English. Our fleets are drawn tip a're- ttdce
f out d ...‘.'t baBtopol. It is probab e they tie
'4),,tb tea
pal tin the affair. During the night of the 1') od
ealitpanies were sent against the Malakhoff,Towellbeli
huccet_ded in taking off the Russian atubtuu tdesp -
connected the tower with the toy% n. " * ,

A MERI CA.
/41:56'
SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. -v271, Car
The United States mail steamship Uniquri, on
tain Adams, has arrived. She left No* ,etiej.
the 9th inst. Her news has therefore been
i 0
pated by the arrival of the Asia. 300°
The Union brings 62 passengers and $-- '
specie for Havre.
On the 12th inst. she signalled with then Ito
can ship Forbes bound eastward,b lat. 41 31390001
62 50 60 ; in lat. 47 30, long. 45 20, Pr'ssed 0,30,
icebergs. On the 18th, in lat. 50, long. 'west'
passed the steamship St. Louis, bound ttdbejtsteo
ward. The Union also passed the trn.i ric,
mail steamship Hermann) bound to Nell °
the Needles.

THE EASTER FAIR AT RIFSI6
a BO
• LEIPSIC, April 20.—From the eomplicatte ocer.
of European politics, and the conseclienarest.l
tainty as to peace or war, as well as the Dow"'
of prices in provisions of every description, 4 {llO,,
was led to form any sanguine expectation; "peroa
result of our Easter fair. Still at averYlrbfl,refr°°
a considerable number of Greeks arriveu.
Moldavia and Wallachia, who made Ire,iacttl,re"
purchases during the Easter week, in ilalt-bein°%'
generally, and especially in silk goods. In ners fq;
time, tho number of pure! asers and se„.i.,ronsii,'
other parts continued to arrive verydell
so that the fair may be said to be verY basinr.
tended. Up to the present moment eand olobne
done in our two great articles of leather 5 of tie.
was exceedingly brisk.. The 0130 eeig of rs°lll
former, with the exception of some Pare,riCeS ,1.1 tO
leather, were all sold immediately, d't r epee" e
equal to those of the last fair. with rr;i, t2,,eri,
cloths and woollen manufactures in ge.lie sirto
was a very good assortment of buckskiliflrong,gb",r
lar fancy stuffs, though the quanta:JO ;
the fair was perhaps inferior to that Trent Plitt-e
which may be ascribed to the high 1
of wool, inducing many manufacturer-,1 let Ott
the amount of their produce to small 00
The prostration of this branch of eolnicsrri"
America caused the number of purchohe-050"
the United States to be much less ths,llio
and this was not without exercising a eendt tb"
fluence on the trade. On the other ,b fit,
number of large purchasers from Rail! mA 00,
land, Bavaria, Frankfort-on-the-Maine, was ate;
burg, and the north of Europe generally •
factory, and most of the large depots are „ boo,'
some few large purchasers have hitherto 1012ieborio0"
it was more for the purpose of depress/nem it
than because they do not want to nnY' fair
therefore, not improbable that the cloth as tbv
not be finished till next week. .As reit' 000
prices I may add that an advance of fr°'ooo "
two dollars per piece on these descriptiono 01
the piece, and 24 newgroschens per ell,
sold in that way, was freely paid for 01° L*
ue;
from 3 to 4 newgroschens per ell more fortho
skins and other fashionable sorts of 04°
the last autumn fair.

'ea 4513
THE GOVERNORS OF COLONIES
THEIR SALARIES.
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• GolePittif
Tie following is a-list of the names of the ;di t
and Lieutenant-Governors of our colonies, ::14.'wevtem
salaries, as shown in a recently izsued Paul nno.
paper : Xiiv"
ead, Govrnor of Canada .......... nno
Colenel Sir H
G. Le Mercehant, Lieutenant-Govern°' 3,1 r
fNova Scotia ....................................... 000
Hoon. J. H. T. Manners Sutton, Lieutenant-G°'
'nor of Now Brunswick ........................... 000
Mr. 1). Daly, Lieutenant-Governor of frince
ward's................. _ . .................. 01fth
Mr. C. Darling, Governor of.. Ne........ undland ........ •
Colnel Murray, Governor of Bermuda ............ '
Mr. Douglas, Governor of Vaniouver's Island (Pala
by the Hudson's Bay Company) ........ ..... 1700
. •••• Sty-
Sir H. Barkly, K.C.8., Governor of Jam rn'6,
Mr. Inglis, President of the Council Of G°T
meat of the Turks of Caicos Islands ..............
Mr. Stevenson, Superintendent of Honduras ;ibt;
Mr. C. H. J. Cuyler, Presiding Magistrate 01 10uv
Bay Islands .................................... • •
Sir A..Bannerman Governor of the Bahamas •••:;., 000
Sir W. M. G. Colebrooke,' C 8., Governor of 13"".
bail o, Band the' Windward Islands ............... 1,500
Mr. E. J. Eyre, Governor of St. Vincent . ........ .
Mr. Keate, Li •utenant-Governor of Grensd3.",;•....
Mr. Shortland, Lieutenant-Governor of Toblv
'".
Mr. P,,wer, Lieutenant-Governor of St. Ltlelo‘a
Mr. Ker B. Hamilton, Governor of Antig":„..
• the Leeward Islands
Mr. Rush worth Governor of Alontserrat ..
Mr. Robinson, Lieutenant-Governor of St- -5-`s•
Mr. Seymour, Governor of Nevis ............ .. ......... 401
Mr. C. Kortright, Governor of the Virgin .
4,
Major Bl.tckall, Governor of Dominica ........ .
• „ 5,01,
Mr. Wodehouse,'Governor of Guiana (Blit01), .
Captain Elliott, R.N.. Governor of Trinidaa „.
General Sir R. Gardiner Governor of Gibralt..9;tote A
Colonel Sir W. Reid, K.C.B , Governor of the 4411,"
Sir J. Young, Lora High Commissioner 01
.„
lonian Isla t ds, ................................... 4,-•60.04
Sir G. Grey, K.C.8., Governor of the Car °I• ••• 10rt490
Hope .................................................. ••:„.
Lieutenant-Governor General Jackson, .........
Mr. Pit,e,- the Lieutenant-Governor of Natal •••
. •••'▪
• Mr. Hay, the Governor of St. Helena, ....... •• ierro $,OOOl
Lieutenant-Colonel Hill Governor of •• nit
Le0ne...................... : .............
. . ..
G ..
ul" *•
Lieut. Colonel O'Connor, Govern ..a•••
The Governor of the Gold Coast (vacant) •••••;;:fslo
Sir W. 'l'. Denison, Governor of New South " . ••40
(to be increased; as proposed, to 7 ,COOL) ..........
..... 4?"
Sir H. E. F. Young, Governor of Van Die
oath
Land ......
Sir R. G. I%l'Donnell, C. 8., Governor of :os
Aus traria ....................... ....... .• • ,r 0
Captain Sir. G. Hatham, Governor of Victo,,r7erts
Mr. A. E. Kennedy, Governor of western
Australia ................ .................. ••f
Net •
gr
Colonel Gore T. Browne, C. 8., Governor o A
Ze, la .............................................. daro
Mr. J.
I.lli Lanese g..i.t
..
....
..... G..
... v..e.r.n..0..r
..c.. f•t"
Dla
Sir H. G. Wiud, Governor Ceylonen ......r
Leat-Goverlfpe

Lieutenant•Colohel Caine, Liei
Hong Kong, 2,(00/. (the Governor, Sir j;
ring, receives 4,0001. as Chief Superi.ht.h.h.a.
.......... ro)
Trade in China) .............
Mr.Mr J. Scott, Lieutenant-G:0.v.;;;;.0..f . 619
. G. Ronnie Governor of the F lklandlst a
Captain Sir J.'Hindmarsh, Governora Of.
c.;O
PACKET SERVICE OF THE POST OFFICE 9s:t nt'
—The estimate for the P.,st-office dePartTielest
service) for the year 1855-56 was publishe"„t;cl "i 7;
It shows that the sum required to be /" Tearoio,
755,2391,, against 812,8261. voted ler the Tod
-00(3„3
55. The packet service between liolyhea' tap ifreori
stown costs 25,0001. ; between SouthaOP ;pa
Channel Islands, 4,000/. ; between DeT,,ericaterOr;
and Ostend, 15,5001. ; for the service 01
Gibraltar, 20,5001. ; for the service b4.-17'oen ' • fool
pool, Halifax, Boston, and New yak,
for the service to the West Indies, ,4,.13:0$1010„5
the extension of the West Indies contract 17, off to AY
I3uenua Ayres, 30,0001. ; for the conve3T3'ne- aocl.or
the west coast of South America, 25,0001' ; indj
west, coast of Africa, 22,0001, ; for the
or
Australian service; 145,414/,for °
mails betwevo Adeu and Bcaubay, 24,7004