The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-10 00:00:00

SIEGE OF SEBA•IrOPOL.

Mr. Wyld, geographer to the Queen, has just
issued the sixth edition of his map of " The Envi-
rons of Sebastopol, with the Batteries and Ap-
proaches." The fact of the map having gone
through so many editions speaks loudly for its
merits, and the impression thus conveyed is amply
warranted. The positions of the Allied armies are
laid down in it in distinctive colours from drawings
made on the spot, and information received from
Brigadier-General Torrens, Mr. Rochefort, and
English and French officers. They are, therefore,
readily traced, and their accuracy may be confi-
dently relied on. The public is greatly indebted to
Mr. Wyld for bringing out this well-executed map,
which is at once apropos, comprehensive, accurate,
and minute. Even the spot where the wreck of
the Prince occurred is marked, and a useful little
map of Eupatoria, with the late attack, is given.

COUNT DE BRIEY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—ln Saturday's Sun I find the following
observations :

" Belgium herself, not contented with the ominous
neutrality she has so long observed, is destatching new
emissaries to the Court of St. Petersburg. We learn by
a lett,-r from St. Petersburg, of the 24th ult., that
`Count de Briey, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of the King of the Belgians, had, on the
previous day, presented his new credentials to the Em-
peror Alexander.' This is the unkindest cut of all. Well
may England exclaim et-tic Brute,' when she sees the
Sovereign who owes everything t.) her—who was taken
from petty lodgings to espouse the presuinptive heiress
to the British Throne—who has so long been the well-
paid pensioner of the United Kingdom, and whose
nephew is the consort of our dearly-loved Sovereign, pay-
,in such marked onip'inieiit-, to Russia, sending an En-
voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary,
lily to negotiate respecting ' the kingdom of Thuringia,'
should he induce England to waive her just demands.
These are matters that should not be regarded lightly."

Now, Count de Briey, so far from being a new
"e►nissarv," has been resident at St. Petersburg,
in the same capacity, for just two years ; and the
new credentials" were simply the usual diploma-
tic formality upon the accession of a new sove-
reign.—Yours,

J. WRIGHTSON.

AN UNDER SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES —The
vivant Under-Secretaryship of tie Colottial Drpartrnetit,
which ntcesarily remained open until the bill for rtgu-
biting the number of Secrit.ries of State anti I.To,!er-
Secretaries became law, has been confided to Mr. John
'Ball, MP. for Carlow. Mr. Bali 4 now in Ireland,
but returns on Thursday to a!suute the dutiei of his
new ofFe.

THE BALTIC FLEET. —A letter from Elsinore of the
Sd inst. says : —'• Four steam-frigates of the flying squa-
dron arrived and aactiored in the road.; on the 14 inst.,
at noon, but were obliged to return in the afternoon,
some with loss of anchor ar:d chain. Five sail—namely,
the Arrogant, E•k, Tartar, Archer, and Desperate—
came in again yesterday, aril, the Swedish side of the
Sound being clear of ice, they proceeded up to Lands-
crona. Four of the above squadron have arrived in the
aft.

The Military Gazette states that the expeditionary
corps is to remain peo tempoee at Constantinople, with
the French Imperial Guars. This is to he the army of
reserve of the Allies. The Gazette considers the destina-
tion assigned to the Piedinontese contingent as a proof
of deference and esteem on the part of Napuleon 111.
for the Sardinian army.
General Marmora is about to establish his head.
quarters at Genoa, from whence the embarkation cf the
Piedmontese contingent will proceed as rapidly as
possible.
It is said in lit?rary circles in Paris that M. Th.
Gautier is to leave the Pre3Bl, and to became theatrical
critic for the Moniteur, and that his late post on the
Presse will be filled by M. Nestor Roquelan, ex-director
of the Opera.
Letters from Athens contain deplorable accounts of
the progress of brigandage in various parts of Greece.
To such an extent has it proceeded that some foreign
,fieence of a detestable character is suspected to be at
work.

At Weimar, counterfeit autocfraphs of Schiller have
been made use of in a most audacious manner. The heirs
of the poet are amongst the dupes. It seems that the
fraud has for its principal author a boetmaker, who, now
that the affair is in the hands of the law, doubtless wishes
that be had profited by the saying re Mop, &e.
For the second time, the clergy of the convent of St.
Sergius, near Moscow (which passes for one of the
richest convents in Russia), have presented a sum of
money to the Emperor for the plrpose of carrying on th,l
war, their gift on this occasion amounting to nearly a
million francs.

THE MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, April 9.—The Royal
Mail Company's steam-ship Great Western, Captain
Bevis, left this afternoon with the usual monthly mails
for Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, Rio Janeiro, Bahia,
Pernambuco, St. Vincent's, Teneriffe, Madeira, and
Lisbon. She has on board 64 passengers, among whom
are Commander Thurnburn, Captain Stout, and Cheva-
lier Gondini. On freight the Great Western takes
14,3501. in specie, 16,5421. value in jewellery, and a full
general cargo. The Plata, Captain Weller, with the
next West India and Pacific mails, and the Solent, Cap-
tain Jellicho, with the Brazilian and River Plate mails,
may be expected on or about Sunday next. The Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, Capt.
Christian, will leave on the 11th inst. with the mails fi.r
Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar. The Ma-
drid, Captain Cook, with the homeward portion of these
mails, is expected about the 14th inst. The United
States' mail steam-ship St. Loni!,, Captain Wotton, will
leave Southampton ea route for Havre, with French and
English mails on Wednesday.
A private letter from Simpheropol, published in the
Vienna P..eae, and dated March 8, mentions, amongst
other matters, that the city is almost entirely e Inverted
into a place d'armes ; none but soldiers are to be seen.
The high prices of pi °visions are quite beyond the means
of the civil officials, who can only afford to purchase pro-
visions absolutely indi.pensable. The churches are
thronged with igippl'a•its, who pray fervently for peace.
saw a young woman from Sebastopol," coptinue4 the
" who hal been krweling all the morning, praying
-
God to end the war quick ly." Inthemeantimethrtatening
clords are t'athei in; in the horiz in. Our enemies in-
ther with fresh force. The inhatii-
t-nd carrying on war
ndKertch are anxi .us about the
tents of The°dc- - a
fate of their property. But we hope that the will of the
European cabinet'.
TONNAGE OF VESSELS.—YeAter-
Emperor iI I re=dst all the malignant proposals of the
THE NUMBER AND
number and tonnage c vessels.
of the
there were 1,343 built and
fLordslwn
day, a return ordered by the Housef o
ended the sth January last,astipteriynetea(ri
the 31st December last
the tonnage was 320,869. On
to the several ports
registered in the several ports of the British empire, and
there were 35,960 vessels belonging
in
of the United Kingdom, the tonnage of
and imrobeK of 42cr.employed in La ,vbich
.gwaats.
_
tte Wais 6`3,491.