The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-13 00:00:00

ment of A ED-UL-MEDJID consent to such deep
humiliation, such unparalleled injustice. And
how could France and England—either by direct
compulsion, . or by the withdrawal of their
assistance, voluntarily rendered—endeavour to
enforce her reluctant consent ? It would be an
act of infamy that would reflect indelible disgrace
on the national escutcheons of France and Eng-
land—a disgrace
_to which the high-minded and
justice-loving peoples of these chivalrous nations,
who are not yet involved in the trammels of
Germanism, would never subject themselves.
But this is not all. It is not merely the
usurpation of the Turkish territory that is re-
quired. The Bosphorus and the Dardanelles
must also be thrown open-r-not only to trading
vessels; but to ships of war, sailing under every
flag—English, French, or Russian. The impreg-
nable forts that protect the heart of the Ottoman
Empire are to be virtually dismantled, and
a powerful fleet may anchor in the Sea
of Marmora, or take up a position com-
manding the Seraglio and Stamboul itself,
there to dictate any terms without the possibility
of resistance ! While Russia has free access at
fill times to the Mediterranean, and has prac-
tically achieved her long-coveted object—an im-
pregnable port on its shores.

Can this be termed equitable ? Can such sug-
gestions be, for an instant, taken into considera-
tion ? Certainly not. Shame to the represen-
tatives of France or England, who could bear
them without indignant repudiation and an im-
mediate suspension of further diplomatic inter-
course with the unconscientious propounders. A
few days must, however, bring matters to a con-
clusion. Parliament will again assemble after
its protracted vacation on the 16th. Not an
hour should be lost by the comwunity in giving
such utterance to the voice of public opinion that
it should necessarily penetrate to the inmost
recesses of the Royal Palaces at Westminster, and
prove that whatever may be the feelings of the
Government, the people of Great Britain are still
sound at heart and determined to act in a manner
befitting their ancient reputation.

VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS
OF THE FRENCH.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Lord Alfred Paget is now in Paris making arrange-
ments for her Majesty's Imperial visitors. The Emperor
and Empress wilt leave Paris on Sunday by railway for
Boulogne. The following personages will have the
honour of accompanying the Imperial visitors :

-LATEST NEWS.

THE CRIMEA.

received here :

Nothing new has taken place at Sebastopol up
to the 6th inst. inclusive.

VIENNA, THURSDAY EVENING.

The garrison of Sebastopol was on short ra-

tions, as the authorities preferred storing up
their supplies in magazines to issuing full ra-

tions.

We have received the follDwing telegraphic de-
spatch from our
nporrespondent at Marseilles :
MARSEILLES, THURSDAY, APRIL 12.
The Hydaspes, which left Constantinople on
the 2d of April, has arrived.
Despatches for the Government left at 11 a.m.
8,000 Egyptians left Constantinoplo on the 2d
for Eupatoria.

BALAKLAVA, Menai 31.

The Russians have constructed two new batte-
ries, and have converted the ambuscades into an
advanced parallel.

The Allies have also constructed two new bat-

remain.

COPENHAGEN, THURSDAY.
The trial of the ex-Ministers before the Su-
preme Court is postponed to the 4th of June.
The Prussian frigate Thetis has arrived
Elsinore, the Sound, and Drogden are free from

ice.

THE BALTIC FLEET.
(By Submarine cvncl British. Telegraph.)
DEAL, FRLIAx MORNII,IO.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.
We have received the following from Trieste in
anticipation of the Overland Mail :

The steamer Calcutta arrived on the 11th of

April, at half-past 3 o'clock p.m., in 124 hours
from Alexandria.

The India mail left Ale= mdria on the 6th inst.,
with intelligence from Cale utta to the 10th, Ma-
dras 14th, Bombay, 18th March.
Mr. Lawrence has gone to Peghawur to nego-
tiete a treaty with Dost Mahommed.
Lord Dalhousie was at the Nielgherries.
The reorganisation of the Military Departments
is complete, and the system works admirably.
All usury laws throughout India have been
abolished.
The natives are petitioning the Council for an
act to prevent polygamy.
Trade in India dull.
Exchange at Calcutta, 2s. ld. A Five per
Cent. Loan has been opened.
No intelligence from China.

FRANCE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.
The following telegraphic despatches were re-
ceived during the day:—
" MARSEILLES, 12th.—The Hydaspe steam-
packet has just arrived with accounts from Con-
stantinople to the 2d. The Ottoman Government
has decided that, for the future, Christians may
have rank in the Turkish army up to that of colo-
nel inclusively. General Herbillon is to have the
command of the camp which is being formed on the
shores of the Bosphorus. Accouits from Sebasto-
pol had been received to tb e 30th tilt. Conferences
have taken place between the generals and admirals.
The Russians have made some more sorties, but
all were repulsed. The tiro continues, particularly
on the side •of the Quarantine and the Malakoff
Tower. SErieral fires have broken out in Sebasto-
pol. The Russians are fortifying themselves on
the side of the fort of the Swernaia, and arming
fresh batteries."

THE STYNS LONDON• FRIDAY OVENING: A.PRIL, Is, I. 51;

VIENNA, FRIDAY, 9 A.M.
The following authentic intelligence has been

According to a telegraphic despatch from the
Crimea, dated April 1, the Allied armies were
quite ready to open their fire on Sebastopol.
The Generals probably only awaited the arrival
of despatches from home before beginning the
bombardment, which might be expected to take
place any day during the ensuing week.
The Generals wished to spars the town and
public buildingst.
The Russians. still shelled the Allied camp and
batteries, but the guns of the Allies were nearly

silent.
The fire of rxtusketry on both sides was active
every night.
The weather was fine and dry.
Two fires had occurred in Balaklava, a circum-
stance which excited supicions of treachery.
The Russians were concentrating themselves
towards Baidar.

teries.
The firing has been slack. It was said posi-
tively that the bombardment would commence
on the 3d of April.
The weather was not so fine ; it was very cold.
Of seven Russian admirals at Sebastopol, at
the commencement of the siege, two only now

Her Majesty's steamer Driver, with Pelter and
Ruby gun-boats in tow, has sailed for the Baltic.

TRIESTE., 11th, Evening.—Accounts have been
received 1:rom Constantinople to the 2d. The
Piedmontese commissioners charged with the pre-
parations for the reception of the Sardinian army
have been presented to the Grand Vizir. They
have also been received with distinction by the
Corps Diplomatique. It is announced that the
Christie ns will in a short time be relieved from the
personal tax to which they have been hitherto sub-
jected, and that they will be admitted to the rank
of colonel, which will give them the rank of second
functionaries in the State. Letters from Athens
of the 6th state that M. Condurioti had left for
Constantinople, with all the staff of the Greek Le-
gation. M. B, ilzaris will, it is said, be charged by
the Governmen t to proceed to St. Petersburg to
compliment the, new Czar.
VIENNA, 11t1 le- —The instructions expected from
St. Petersburg by the Russian Plenipotentiaries
have not yet arrived. The news given by the
journals of Vie nna, that the 10th meeting of the
Conference we.s to, take place is, therefore, un-
founded. Ali Pachs has had a private audience
of the Emperor. We have received news from
gebastopol of the 3d.. There have been combats
every day on the Tchernaya, hut as yet nothing de-
cisive. The Emperor of Austria has amnestied
586 prisoners, and 311 persons condemned for
political offerices have ha d their sentences mitigated.
The Emperor yesterd sy received the replies
of the Duke of Saxe Mei ning,en to the letters of
recall of the Marquis de ,ci'erriere-le-Vayer, and to
the letters of credence of the Prince de Latour
d'Auvergne. The Emper r also received a letter
ills which the Duke of Saxe Meiningen notifies to
his Majesty the death of h is daughter-in-law the
Hereditary Princess Frederic m-Louisa-Wilhelmina-
Marianne-Ch arlotte, daughti 3r of Prince Albert of
Prussia.'
Fifty of the Cent Garden: are to accompany their
Majesties to England.
A decree in the illonitevv• promotes General of
Division. H. P. D'Artois, mit amber of the Commit-
tee of Fortificatio.,is, to the rank of Grand Officer
in the Legion of honour.
We read in the lionitevir —" We have already