The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-11 00:00:00

THE BALTIC FLEET.

KIEL, Dec. 7.—The Allied fleet is gone home.
Both English and French ships left this bay y ester-
fay morning, and as the weather has since been
avourable and they started early, it is likely that
they have already made good progress. It is ex-
actly a year this day since Sir Charles Napier
sailed from Kiel. The presence of such a fleet makes
a groat difference to a small town like Kiel, whose
population does not exceed 18,000, as the demand
for provisions greatly increases their cost. The
farmers in the neighbourhood derive a rich har-
vest from the advance in the price of poultry,
butter, and eggs, and while they and the shop-
keepers regret their departure, those who are
neither engaged in agriculture nor trade, and have
to incur the additional cost of living, are rather in-
clined to take quite a different view of the matter.
There is, however, among all ranks, the best feel-
ing towards both officers and crews, and they on
heir part have the greatest consideration for the
nhabitants. This cordiality extends also to the
officers of the Danish navy stationed here, between
whom and the officers of the English and French
vessels there have been interchanges of courtey,
none of which was more marked than that of the
guard ship Hecla getting up her steam and accom-
panying the departing fleet as far as the Great
Belt, and after taking leave of them there, return-
ing to her ordinary anchorage in this hay. I have
reason to know that the greater sobriety of the
men of the British fleet from the improvement in
discipline has in no small degree tended to pro-
duce this effect on the officers of the Danish navy ;
as the instances in which their interference has be-
come necessary, on account. of the turbulence or
misbehaviour of the English when ashore, have so
materially diminished as to render that duty, for-
merly so annoying, now comparatively easy. It
has on this occasion been remarked that the
stragglers (for they cannot be called deserters),
who have been apprehended by the police have
not in general been sailors, but stokers, or others
connected with the engine department ; and this
has been so decided that among both officers and
men the wish is almost universal that there should
be some distinction in their apparel, which wouid
not only serve to point out who are the real of-
fenders, but likewise encourage an esprit de corps
and emulation in both classes which might be ad-
vantageous.

A letter from Naples of the 30th ult., in the
Corriere Mercantile, says :—"The King of the
Two Sicilies continues to make great military pre-
parations. New field-guns have been cast, and
the corps of engineers have bees considerably in-
creased. Orders have also been given to build
several large steam-frigates, and the Lake Averno
is to be transformed into a great military port, by
opening a communication between it and the
sea."

THE LATE BEV. ROBERT MONTGOMERY.

On Saturday last the remains of. the late distinguished
preacher, divine, and poet, were interred in a church at
Brighton ; crowds of people, including ministers of every
religious denomination, attended to witness the mournful
and solemn scene. On a post-mortem examination, it
had been discovered that the brain of the rev. gentleman
WAS much diseased—a circumstance, doubtless, attribu-
table 'to the mental labours and ministerial exertions
which he had undergone.
On the following evening Percy Chapel, Charlotte-
street, was filled to excess, insomuch that several men
and women were carried out in a fainting state, so great
was the desire to hear the funeral sermc i, which was
preached by the Rev. Thomas Dale, vicar of St. Pancras.
The learned preacher eloquently, graphically, and pa-
thetically dilated upon Mr, Montgomery's talents and
labours as a minister of the gospel, e ad on the Chi istian's
hope in the valley and shadow of death, strikingly illus-
trating his positions by the calm and peaceful manner in
which Mr. Montgomery yielded his spirit to God, who
i gave t. Thu sermon was listened to with the most pro-
found attention by the audience, the greater part of
whom shed tears. The chapel was in deep black, as a
mark of esteem for its late minister.

STORM IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND. —The north of
Scotland h.s been visited by a severe snowstorm. It
commenced on Wednesday and continued all the week.
The snow was lying to a considerable depth in the
country, and some of the roads were nearly impassable.
The wind being from the N.W., the shipping on the
coast was not in danger, but a few losses have occurred.