The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-13 00:00:00

GREECE.

Letters from Athens of the 17th ult. state that
piracy was increasing. Twenty Samiote vessels
had been burnt by an English steam-ship.
Domiciliary visits had been made at the house of
M. Metaxa, ex-Minister of Greece, at Constanti-
nople, at the office of the Bank of Athens, and at
several other places.
M. Deliani, Secretary-General of the Interior,
had been dismissed.

The Moniteur has the following from Athens,
dated the 26th ult. :

"A military commission has been charged to examine
into the use made of certain sums of money furnished for
the service of the insurrection. Spiro Milio having refused
to recognise the competency of this commission, General
Kalergi immediately had him arrested and shipped off
br Napoli. We have received from a companion of
Karatasso some curious information relative to the
Greek expedition intd Macedonia, and its relations with
the religious establishments of Mount Athos. Karatasso
always represented himself to the monks as being sent by
Russia to deliver the Greeks from the Ottoman yoke,
and it is in the name of the Brnperor Nicholas that he
exacted assistance in men, money, and arms, which
were only granted to him through fear. At length his
demands became so extravagant that the monks resolved
to join the Turks to attack him. The great achieve-
ments of this chief amount to nothing more than acts of
pillage. The massacre of 150 Turks in a Christian
church is one of his most brilliant acts. Those unfortu-
nate men vainly called for quarter, and supplicated
Karatasso to accept their ransom, but he was merciless,
and caused them to perish to the very last, under pre-
text that he had no other means of action than terror.

FRANCE.
THE FRENCH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
FOR THE BALTIC.
The Emperor arrived at Boulogne from Paris
shortly after seven o'clock on Tuesday evening, for
the purpose of reviewing the auxiliary army in-
tended for the Baltic, previous to the embarkation
of the first division in British ships. His Majesty,
who was accompanied by a numerous staff,
loudly cheered upon entering the town, and large
crowds of people followed his Majesty to the Hotel
du Nord, where he is at present staying.
At eleven o'clock this morning his Majesty, ac-
companied by General Baraguay d'Hilliers, Gene-
rals d'Hugues and Gresy, Colonel Fleury, and nu-
merous other military officers, proceeded to the ex-
tensive camp now formed at Wimereux, a short dis-
tance from Boulogne, where a very large number
of French soldiers are at present encamped. The
troops were drawn up in lines of regiments in the
separate camps, to receive the Emperor, whose
appearance on the ground was the signal for the
usual military salutes. As his Majesty proceeded
on horseback along the lines, each regiment shouted
" Vive l'Empereur !" in the most enthusiastic and
unanimous style. The inspection having been
brought to a close, his Majesty summoned the
officers of the respective regiments, about imme-
diately to march, towards him, and a circle having
been formed, the Emperor, in the hearing of a large
portion of the troops, and many of the spectators,
delivered with much animation the following ad-
dress :

" Soldiers—Russia having forced us to a war, Franco
has armed five hundred thousand of her children. Eng-
land has called out a considerable number of troops•
To-day our troops and armies, united for the same
cause, dominate in the Baltic as well as in the Black Sea.
I have selected you to be the first to carry our eagles to
those regions of the north. English vessels will convey
you there— a unique fact in history which proves the in;
titnate alliance of the two great nations (peuples ), ana
the firm resolution of the two Governments not to air
stain from any sacrifice to defend the right of the weak,
the liberty of Europe, and the national honour.

"Go, my children ! attentive Europe, openly or
secretly, offers up vows for your triumph ; our country,
proud of a struggle which only threatens the aggressors
accompanies you with its ardent vows ; and I, whose
imperious duties retain still distant from the scene of
events, shall have my eyes upon you, I shall be able to
say : They are worthy sons of the conquerors of AUS'
TERLITZ, of EYLAU, of FRIEDLAND, and of Monows.
" Go, may God protect you!"
Loud and prolonged shouts of " Vive 11301-
pereur 1" and other loyal cries followed this ad-
dress. Several of the non-commissioned officers
were afterwards decorated, and stepped forward
to receive medals from the hands of the Emperor.
The 12th battalion of Chasseurs, the 2d light in-
fantry regiment, the 3d regiment of the line, and
the 48th and 51st regiments, then departed in
excellent style, in full marching order, before
the Emperor and his staff, and proceeded en'
route for Calais, the place of their embarka-
tion. The enthusiasm of the the troops, with
their evident anxiety to be employed in " the de-
fence of the weak, the liberty of Europe, and the
honour of their country," imparted a large amount
of interest to the proceedings of the day, which, in
other respects, were not characterised by any of
those more exciting features usually connected with
reviews and military movements. His Majesty re-
turned from the review just at the moment when
the steamer from Folkstone had steamed up to the
jetty, and the numerous passengers (210 in number)
and crew gave him a warm and truly English cheer.
The whole number of troops to be embarked on
Friday from Calais is 9,300 infantry ; there are
also a number of the horses of the staff. Admiral
Berkeley has, in concert with the French Vice-Admi-
ral Lapierro, made all the necessary arrangements for
carrying out the embarkation. The troops will
embark in English ships, but the artillery and
heavy ordnance will, it is expected, be conveyed bY
ships of the French navy. The present division
will be formed into two brigades, under General
d'Hugues and General Gresy; the whole force un-
der the command of General Baraguay d'Hilliere,
General Renault, and General Niel of the En-
gineers. Nothing has transpired with respect to
the destination of the forces in the Baltic, though
the report that it is intended to take military pos-
session of the island of Aland, as a point d'appui
fr is very generally received. The whole
strength°tifie' of the division intended for service in the
Baltic, including some English marines, will be
equal to 25,000.
A large flotilla of steamers and small vessels will
arrive at Calais on Thursday evening, to carry the
troops on board her Majesty's ships Royal William
120; Hannibal, 91; Algiers, 91; ,St. Vincent, 102.
The squadron of French ships for the transport of
artillery and stores will consist of two of 100 gulls,
two of 90, two frigates, and some smaller vessels-
The hour of embarkation is fixed for nine o'clock
on Friday, and it is stated that by four o'clock all
the troops will have been put on board.
The Boulonnais are sadly put out that the ern;
barkation is not to take place from Boulogne, and
that Calais has been selected in preference to thls
port. There is considerable difficulty in making
the " overland journey" from Boulogne to Calejn•
while conveyance by water is out of the question.
It was expected that the south-Eastern Comply
would have run one of their steamers on the oaf,
don, but it appears that the 'pare portion of-Ore
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