The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-27 00:00:00

THE PR I NCIPALITIES.

A letter from Bucharest states that the municipal
council of that city has voted 7,000 ducats
(80,000 fr.) for an electric telegraph from Bucharest
to Cronstadt,,in Transylvania.
According to a despatch from Bucharest, of the
19th inst., the vanguard of the army in the Crimea
is commanded by Prince Napoleon. On the 14th
his head-quarters were at Saks. Here there were
some Cossack pickets, who made off in the direction
of Simferopol on the approach of the allied troops.
THE BALTIC FLEET.

RUMOURED ATTACK ON REVEL.
DANTZIC, Sept. 15.—The belief gains strength
here that an attack on Revel will be made before
the ice closes the naval campaign for this year.

By the Holyrood, which arrived yesterday at Sheer-
ness, and left Revel Bay on the 12th instant, we
have received the following interesting intelli-
gence :—The squadron under Admiral Plumridge
there then consisted of the St. George, Royal
George, Neptune, Cressy, Csar, Monarch, Nile,
Princess Royal, Dragon, the French ship Tage,
and another French line-of-battle-ship. Admiral
Plumridge was on board the Neptune with his
flag. The boats of the fleet had been engaged
laying down buoys, taking bearings and distances
preparatory to an attack being made on Revel.
They were only waiting for Sir Charles Napier.
Look-out was being kept at the mastheads of all
the tauntest ships for the gallant Admiral with his
squadron, which was hourly expected. The Cressy
was anchored within two miles of Revel, inside
Nargen Island. The fleet were anchored in line
four miles distant• from the forts at Revel, waiting
orders for advancing within shot-range of the guns
of the fleet. The Nargen Islanders reported that
there were 70,000 infantry and 8,000 cavalry en-
camped in and around Revel to protect the place.
About three weeks since the whole army was reviewed
by the Emperor, who, according to the Nargen Island-
ers, addressed them himself, urging them to keep the
enemy from their shores, or perish in the attempt
to do so. The Nargen Islanders, it is reported, do
all they possibly dare to barter with the fleet, and
are very faithful in all their transactions. They
seem to have the greatest confidence in the English
officers and seamen. Each ship's company has sunk
a well in Nargen Island, where they get very ex-
cellent water for their use, and an abundant
supply.

A
;mall Russian cutter was seen sailing about in
the bay. The Cressy's cutter, armed, was sent in
to cut her off; she did so, and brought her out under
the fire of the fort. The Admiral finding she was
merely used for pleasure, and not wishing to•spoil
the recreation of the harmless natives, she
was released. The crew in the Russian sailing
cutter were dreadfully alarmed, fearing the shot
would tell where not intended. The blue-jackets
enjoyed the sport, seeing the shots playing duck'
and drake around them. Mr. Henry Ommanney,
naval cadet, has come home invalided, having had
a severe attack of cholera. There are also 14
sailors and 4 marines invalided home from Admi-
ral Plumridge's squadron. There were only a few
cases of cholera under treatment in the whole fleet
—not more than ,one death a day in the whole fleet.
Some of the invalids state that, had it not been for
the kindness of the commander in giving some of
the invalids preserved fresh meats and wines from
his owu private stores, they would have suffered
very much, as they only had salt provisions sent on
board fur them, and no hospital stores or sur-
geon was on board the ilolyrood.

RUSSIA.

THE RUSSIAN FLEET IN THE BALTIC.

The Russian fleet in the Baltic comprises the
following sailing ships, together with three steamers
of 400-horse power, mounting eight guns each, two
steamers of 120-horse power, mounting four onus
each, and one steam corvette of 20 guns and 450-
horse power. They are stationed at Helsingfors
and Cronstadt in the following proportions :

AT HELSINGFORS (9.)
Guns.
Russia
St. Georgo the Conqueror 112
Pultava, B4
Prochor B4
Vladimir

GunB.

Brienne
Arses
Ezekiel
Andrew

Total guns

780
'A D T (21.)

AT CRONS
Guns.
Emperor Peterl
Ist
21(
* ~ 1.
84

Guns.
Finland 74
Katzbach
Ingermanland
Cult]]
Parnyat Azofa 74
Sisoo the Groat
Villajash
Natron-menga
Fere-champenaise
Michael

Emgerten
Krasnoe..
Ganule
Volga
Empress Alexandria
Narva. 74
Beresina
Borodino
Smolensko.

Total guns

1,688

Total.-30 sailing ships, with an aggregate arma-
ment of 2,468 guns, and six steamers mounting
collectively 56 guns.

That portion of the Russian fleet which is in the
harbour of Belsingfors has commenced preparations
for the winter season. The ships have unbent their
sails and struck their topmasts. In a month from
the present time they will be frozen in.

THE CHOLERA IN ST. PETERSBURG.
On the morning of the 2d (14th) inst. there were
68 patients, and 5 fresh cases occurred ; there were
5 cures and 1 death, leaving 68 cases under treat-
ment: On the 3d (10th) three more were attacked,
2 were cured, and none died. On the 4th, 2 more
attacks, 9 cures, and 1 death, leaving 61 persons

The reports of the engineers to the Minister of
Finance in Russia announce that the production
of the gold and silver mines continues to be con-
siderable. On the 19th, a convoy of 11 waggons,
laden with 17 ponds of gold, and 100 of silver bars,
passed through NigniSovogorod, on their way to
St. Petersburg, being a total value of about two
millions of francs.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Sept. 23.—An article entitled the
" Present State of the Oriental Question," which
has appeared in the Augsburg Gazette, deserves no-
tice, as it evidently gives the opinions of the States
represented at the Bamberg Conference on the
Oriental question. After observing that if the expe-
dition against Sebastopol should succeed the Western
Powers will in the spring still more positively insist
" on the moral and political humiliation of Russia,"
the Bavarian writer proceeds to say that the object
of Germany must be " by its resolute attitude to
force both parties to peace." We are told that the
word " force"is employed advisedly, as the Western
Powers well know that the Oriental question cannot
be settled in the way they wish unless Austria goes
1 to war, and that she will not do unless she receives
(From, the Pays.) • 1 the positive assurance of the support of Prussia and'
"The Illoniteur rectified yesterday with official infor- ! the rest of Germany. The journalist is further of
'nation what had been inexact in the first telegraphic opinion that, oven if Sebastopol and the whole of
despatch relative to the landing in the Crimea. It is ' the Crimea should fall into the bands of the allies,
not at Euputoria that the landing took place, but half " Russia will return to the charge next spring
i:
allies from the peninsula."
way between that town and Sebastopol. What had
given rise to the premature news of the descent on with redoubled force, and eject the Turks and their
!
Eupatoria was that on the 13th three regiments had i
-a
landed and taken possession of this last•named
Place on the road to Simpheropol, on the 17th,
peach.. lt is affirmed here th t a slight skirmish took
The rest of the operation was effected the next '
! after which the entire road was in the possession of
day at a point named Old Fort, seven leagues distant
from Sebss'opol. Thus, the first result henceforward the allies. Such reports as these must, however,
forms part of the .history of the present struggle. The be received with extreme reserve. Fifteen ships
first act of the great. enterprise which holds Europe and ' are said to be blockading the port of Sebastopol. On
the nor Id in suspense has realised all our hopes. We have the 16th the news of the landing in the Crimea
talze„ footing in the Crimea in the midst of a population reached Odessa, and a tremendous sensation was
more fricutlly to us than hostile. We arrive there as produced.
liberator ,with the prestige of our force and of our past
triumphs, with the irresistible power .- of. an many . ,ef -_/i7i•altcfort,
A Vienna letter of the 21st,
statesAliat,an the 16th
choscri men, accompanied with all the resources of mo- French ambassadors at Vienna communicated to
dery science. We have to do with enemies whom our
from
presence ha: terrified, and who feel the demoralisation of ' f.i n
thetli eEJnoguhrsnha
all
Ids
We governments, .declaring .
that they were the Austrian Cabinet despatches their respec-
ts year ofsuccessive defeats. The termination of such a 1
satis-
situation cannot be doubtful ; in the opinion of all special
men, the landing was the greatest difficulty. That obstacle the answer of the Emperor of Russia to the four
fled with the decision of Austria, not to regard
being surmounted, the heroism of our soldiers will do the propositions as a casus belli.
rest. This sentiment of our fOrce, we may affirm without The following telegraphic despatches were re-
any fear of contradiction, is felt both in France and ceived hero this afternoon :
in Europe. It
,is likewise comprehended that there' " TURIN, Sept 4 20.—The two *ell-known incur.

- - -
BERLIN, Sept. 24.--The National Zeitung to-day
publishes a synopsis of the Austrian Note of the
14th inst., which is of so remarkable and interest-
ing a nature that I cannot refrain from sending it
to you. The editor has prefaced it with some few
words, which so entirely express my own views
that the most expedient course will be to trans-
late them as they stand. After premising that the
Note is dated September 14, and is addressed to
the Austrian representatives in all the States of
the German Confederation, except the two Meek-
lenburgs, they being the only Governments that
did not join the treaty of alliance of April 20,
he says :

" This document is skilfully enough calculated on the
one hand to define and retain the perfectly neutral
position that the Austrian Cabinet now observes in
the war commenced against Russia ; on the other
hand, to keep public opinion, in so far as it had in•
dulged in the assumption that Austria was very much
of accord with the Western Powers and hostilely
disposed against Russia, in that way of thinking ;
further, to preserve an external appearance of per-
fect identity of feeling with Prussia much more than
seems actually to exist ; at the same time to draw
Prussia towards herself by a conciliatory acquiescence in
the wishes of her Cabinet, and to make Austria, in con-
trast to the backward, inactive, expectant attitude of
Prussia, appear as the active, combative representative,
and supporter of interests which are not simply German
and European, but are averred to be the only real Ger-
man interests, par excellence, that are brought into ques-
tion."

The New Prussian Gazette states, under the head
of Vienria, that the Austrian Cabinet has sent to
St. Petersburg, in reply to the note of Count NC3-
selrode of the 26th ult., a note in which Austria
again insists on the fourropositions.