The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-15 00:00:00

Vienna this main.

VIENNA, 'Tarr. 13.
Eight Russian battalions passed the Danube,
and dispersed the Turks at Matschin.
Prince Menschikoff has demanded a reinforce.

ment of 40,000 men.
35,000 infantry and 500 cavalry have been
sent to Bessarabia.

We aro informed, on good authority, that the
Swedish Minister in London has intimated to our
Cabinet the desire of his Government to giv• in
its adhesion to the treaty of the 2d December,

MARSEILLES, SATURDAY, JAN. 13.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 4.—From the Crimea
no news of importance.' The north wind has
begun to blow again, and the ground is drying
fast.

Five more ships laden with troops have passed
here on their way to Balaklava.
The first of a series of French cavalry brigades
will arrive here on the 6th from Adrianople.
The brigade of Cuirassiers under General Dorton
will follow.

A son of Reschid Pacha has been appointed
Director of the Mint, and Kiamil Pacha Minister
of Justice. Ali Pacha unites the Foreign Affairs
with the presidency of the Tanzimat Commission.

A powerful " effendi," with twenty Mussul•
mans, have been exiled for having presented peti-
:dons against reform to Prince Napoleon.

General Canrobert distributed decorations on

the 31st December.

The last accounts from the Crimea announce

that half of the Turkish corps had arrired a

Eupatoria. Omer Pacha was expected. Tho cold
weather had commenced with the new year in the

Crimea.

The Sultan has issued a firman, in which his
Highness thanks th army of Omer Paella, for its
conduct on the Danube, and expresses a hope
that it will continue the same in the campaign
which is about to open in the Crimea. Mahmoud

Paella and Ismail Pacha hare left for Varna,
The Ist regiment of Hussars and the 7th Dra-

goons were waiting at Constantinople to embark
for the Crimea. Considerable agitation prevails
here in consequence of the expected arrival of the
Imperial Guard. The railway terminus is thronged
with people.

BUCHAREST, JAN. 1.
Tho Russians are employing a great number of
men in fortifying the northern or loft bank .of the
Danube from Reni, which is situate at the mouth
of the Pruth, to Kilia. At Reni considerable
forces are concentrated, and the park of artillery
there consists of upwards of
.100 large guns. The
entrance of the port of Reni is guarded by strong
batteries and palissades, and provided with an
enormous chain. Prince Gortschakoff has made
frequent visits to this section of the Danube, as
well as to the Porte on the Pruth.

[The above intelligence stands in direct relation
with our announcement on Friday.]

Letters from Frankfort, of the 10th, mention
a very incisive note, addressed by M. Drouin do
Lhuys to the Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs,
in reply to the Prussian note of Dec. 19. The
note, which is dated Dec. 27, rejects the idea of
a separate alliance with Prussia, boldly depicts
the position in which the Court of Berlin has
placed itself, and leaves Prussia no means of
French alliance, except adhesion to the treaty of
Dec. 2.

It may be confidently stated, the assertions of
some German and other papers notwithstanding,
that Prussia has not yet adhered to the treaty of
Dec. 2. The few signs -which by the sanguine
might have been taken to indicate a tendency to
such an adhesion ten days ago, have vanished since
Prince Gortschakoff's communication to Count
Buol of the 6th inst.