The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-25 00:00:00

CONSTANTINOPLE.

Advices have been received at Vienna from Con-
stantinople to the 15th May.
The English troops are ready to leave, but the
French have not yet wholly arrived.
New notes for 80,000,000 piastres have been
issued.

A decree, prohibiting exciting political conversa-
tions, had been read in the mosques.
Russia is concentrating considerable forces in
Asia.

The English and French Governments have each
made a contract to take 3,000 tons per month of
coal from the pits at Koslou, near Heraclia. The
coal is to be put on board at a price of 19s. 6d. per
ton, and will be of the greatest service to the steam
fleet in the Black Sea. An examination of the
quality of the mineral was made some time since,
when it was pronounced satisfactory. Rear-
Admiral Boxer is about to visit the mines, which
are situate about 30. miles from Heraclia, about
half-way between Swope and the Bosphorus.
A return of the Turkish army in Europe has just
been made, and presented to the commanders of
the English and French armies. Of regular infantry
there are 126 battalions, of chasseurs four batta-
lions, cavalry
.64 squadrons, artillery 224 guns.
The irregular infantry are 13,745 in number, the
cavalry 14,355. The battalions consist of 700 men,
the squadrons of from 100 to 145. The number of
the artillery is estimated at 4,000. There are be-
sides two battalions of engineers, each battalion
composed of two companies, each 300 strong.

ST. PETERSBURG.
A. letter from St. Petersburg of the 15th, in a
Vienna journal, says The Emperor has been
suffering for the last three days. Yesterday he in-
tended to hold a review, but his indisposition pre-
vented him. The hereditary Grand-Duke will
inspect Cronstadt, Helsingfors, and Revel, in a
day or two. Tne wife of the Imperial Prince
Alexander, Mme. Marie,Priucesse of Hesse, is
about to proceed with her eldest son, the Grand-
Duke Nicholas-Alexandrovig, to Hesse-Darmstadt,
on account of the state of his health."
A private letter from St. Petersburg states that
Count Nesselrode has been recently insulted by the
people of that capital. On passing through the
streets in his carriage he was hissed, hooted, and
menaced, and was forced to take refuge in the
house of a friend. He was accused by the people of
being the cause of the war, of not having taken suf-
ficient care to provide against its casualties, and of
having shown indifference and negligence. But
whatever be the cause, the symptoms of popular
indignation were not to be mistaken. The letter
which relates these facts, it is said, proceeds from a
Russian lady of high rank, who recounted them to
a friend, with the deepest sorrow, as indicative of
future troubles. It is probable that the inhabitants
of St. Petersburg have already begun to feel more
severely than the peasants of the interior the evils
which war brings with it. They are nearer to those
parts which are most exposed to hostilities, and
they must be among the first to suffer. But it is
certain that much fermentation prevails in the capi-
tal of the Russian Empire.
The Invalide Busse publishes the following re-
script from the Czar
"TO THE INHABITANTS or OUR WELL-BELOVED AND
LOYAL TOWN OF ODESSA.
" The Anglo-French fleets, entering the. Black Sea,
attacked some days ago the peaceful city of Odessa,
open to the commerce of Europe. General Baron
d'Osten-Sacken, in speaking of the brilliant courage
with which the attempts of thes eliiikeemw ise i
yhaysehirmbeesnd
!•u
re-
pulsed
sby the military forces, has
that, in the midst of the danger which menaced the in-
habitants, public tranquillity was not disturbed a single
moment, and that the people executed. with exemplary
zeal all the orders of the local authorities. Strict obe-
dience to duty, as prescribed by our holy religion, and
devotedness to the throne, animate all our well-beloved
and faithful subjects. At Odessa, that sentiment, so
worthy of praise, has been manifested to its full extent
under the thunder of the enenpr s cannon. The firm-
ness and self-denial of the inhabitants of that town could
not fail to attract our attention, and we feel pleasure in
expressing on this occasion to all classes of the popula
tion our special kind feeling.
(Signed)
"St. Petersburg, May 8.

"NICHOLAS.

THE DANUBE.
The Cassel Gazette contains a letter from Vienna,
May 19, which says :—"
It is not true that Prince
Paskiewitsch, to please Austria, has ordered the
dissolution of the free corps of Wallachia. On the
contrary, the organisation of these volunteers is
urged on more actively than before. The intelli-
gence from the theatre of war in Asia announces
that the Russians have taken up positions near the
frontiers of Tschori and Chasapin, but they have
not again entered the Turkish territory."
The Press of Vienna says :—" Intelligence from
the Danube announces that General Liprandi
arrived on the 10th at Bucharest, and, after
having announced in an official manner the
complete evacuation of Lesser Wallachia, left
at once for the head quarters of Prince Paskiewitch.
Other letters from Bucharest, of the 11th, state
that the Russians have commenced bombarding