The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-10 00:00:00

THE BALTIC.

COPENHAGEN, Tuesday, May 9.—The French
fleet, consisting of eleven sail, has reached Elfs-
nabben, or its immediate neighbourhood. The
Austerlitz, French liner, is already there. The
British fleet has been reinforced by Prince Regent
90, and Cumberland 70, both just arrived from
England. The French squadron did not anchor in
Wingo Sound, but proceeded immediately up the
Baltic to join the British fleet.
A letter from Helsingfors, 28th ult., states that
the works of reconstruction of the town of Wasa,
which was destroyed by fire about two years since,
have been suddenly suspended by order of the
Government. This town, which stood on the Strait
of Quarken, which unites the Gulf of Bothnia to
the sea', of that name, is now to be rebuilt on another
site at a greater distance from the coast.
The following is an extract of a letter received
from an officer on board the Duke of Wellington,
flag-ship, dated Stockholm, May 2 :
"The Austerlitz joined us yesterday, and saluted with
17 guns. She is a very fine-looking ship, of immense
beam, and has an enormous gilt figure-head ofNapoleon,
copied from his statue in Paris. Her stern is pretty,
but fantastical; in the centre there is an eagle, with out-
stretched wings, and on each quarter a figure of Fame,
with flowing drapery, blowing a long trumpet. She
steamed completely round and round the fleet before
coming to an anchor, and did it very well. Her rudder
is very much exposed, and is rather too conspicuous a
mark, lam sorry to say the small-pox is growing
worse. The Cumberland has arrived at Kioge Bay.
We were to have sailed yesterday, but the fog would not
let us ; and we are detained from the same cause to-day.
I think the admiral is only waiting for the French to
commence proceedings ; and now they have appeared
we think we shall begin. Where can all our letters be ?
We have had none now for more than a month. It is
rumoured with some confidence that we may expect to
return in October next for the winter."

CONSTANTINOPLE.
Letters from Constantinople state that the ex-
pulsion of Greek subjects from the country had be-
come a source of serious difficulty for the Ministry
of the Sultan. The Greek Catholics, to the num-
ber of about 1,000, had den3anded to be excepted

from the general measure, founding their request
on their well-known sentiments, which they thought
ought certainly to exempt them from any suspicion
of taking any'part in the insurrection, and which
even guaranteed their being opposed to the rising
in Epirus and in Thessaly. In favour of the ex-
ception which they solicited, they had obtained
.
the intervention •of several influential personages
in the diplomatic _corps, and it appears that at
first Reschid Pacha replied in an encouraging
manner to the overtures which were made to him
on the subject. When, however, it was submitted
to the consideration of the Divan, the opinion was
almost unanimous against granting the demand.
Reschid Pacha was, therefore, compelled to dis- 4
pal the hopes which he had at first given rise
to. The conseqUence of this was said to have
been some rather warm discussions with a cer-
tain number of members of the diplomatic corps.
Advices bad been received from the head-quarters
of Omer Pacha to the Ist lilt. which stated that the
Generalissimo had completed his movement of con'
centrati on on Schumla, where the whole of his right
wing was collected, reinforced by the last troops
which were sent from Constantinople, and by those
which he had been-able without risk to withdraw
from certain points of the Danube, which were
not at that time menaced. This part of the Balkans
is therefore sufficiently provided to check the march
of the enemy, and even to gain some successes in
the event of being attacked. As to the Russians
their position was still apparently the same ; theY
were every day receiving fresh re-inforcemeuts, but
they did not show any inclination to advance.
They, appeared to be waiting for more troops in
order to advance against Omer Pacha with a very
considerable force, immense superiority in num'
bers being for them the only means of balancing
the chance of arms. They calculate on doing by lanu
what was done by sea at Siuope ; the position, bow'
ever, is not the same, and they are expected by the
'Turks with confidence. On the 24th ult., the body
of au English soldier was found lying in the street,
at Scutari, having been killed by a stab with a
knife in the abdomen. The murderer had not been.
discovered, but it was suspected that the crime bad
been Committed by some wretched fanatic. As"
counts had been received from Adrianople to the
20th ult. Some French officers were there making
arrangements for establishing the head-quarters e'
the allied-corps &armee which was marching to'
wards that city. Several large Turkish, Greek,
and Armenian houses had been fitted up for the
reception of 'the French and-English officers, and"
quarters were ready for the troops.
The Presse of Vienna has the following from
Constantinople, of the 24th ult. :—" The police
has just discovered a new plot, in which are 0001.
promised some Poles seduced by Russian gold; -
also, 300 Greeks are implicated in this conspiracy'
Three Poles have been arrested, and in their papere
proofs have been found of intelligence with person°
near the person of the Czar. The conspiracy vole
to burst out on the 26th, but the police was aware
of what what was going on,- and the conspirators
were arrested when holding their last meeting."
The Lloyd of Vienna of the 4th says :—" Omer
Pasha has sent a courier to Constantinople to assn. ,re,
the Government that Silistria could hold, out watt'
the arrival of the allied troops, even were they to be
delayed for two months. Gen. de Schilder is at
Kalaradsch. On April 28; he caused Silistria to be
bombarded, but without success. The Russians
have 150 guns. Austria strongly insists on the
Porte proceeding against the Montenegrins as re"
bels, as appears from a correspondence between
Count de Leiningen and the Ministers of the
Porte."

The following is •from the correspondent Of
the Morning Chronicle, dated Constantinople,
April 27

" The heights between Scutari and Eadi-Kiew are 0
present a sight such as has never before been known au
the Bosphorus. Four British regiments are there en:
camped, whilst some 5,000 or 6,000 men are quartered
in the adjacent barracks. The 77th and 95th, thai°
Fusiliers, and the 88th (Connaught Rangers) are oP
under canvas. Every day, from nine in the moral
until' two, this undulating plain is covered by•tbe Fe"
ments going through their exercise, with bands playing
and drums rattling. As the eye rests upon this field °:
green, dotted with the white tents of the different rego
ments, and spotted with several thousand red-coats, 37°°
can scarcely imagine that you are in Turkey: The pieta°
is too British—English is spoken all around—and were it
not for Constantinople, which rises to your right, with it
hundred minarets, and for the presence of motley grail'
of Turks and Turkish women in their Eastern CO
tumes, you might well imagine that you were assisting
at a camp in Old England. Yesterday a great number
of Circassians were on the ground, in huge yell°"
A
picked fur caps, and their otherwise peculiar and comb
costume, to the great amusement of the soldiers. Blob'.
bazouk horsemen—those independent irregular rria•
rauders, who, Sin the plea of fighting the Russians, hay°
been ravaging Balgaria—gallop about occasionally an
wretched scraggy ponies, whirling about their lance
and indulging in sundry braggadocios. These men or_
the pest of every country -they pass through. Sony
15,000 to 20,000 of them are at the present moment is
Bulgaria. Omer, Pacha does not know what to do with
them. They will not fight, and they misbehaVe then'-
selves everywhere, and in every way. He has hangeo
some of them, and had others severely beaten, but all to
. .
no purpose.

,-. Though I have already announced to you the
several arrivals of the different regiments, it will be a°
well to give some history of , the British force in Asia
Minor, from their first embarkation to this date. The
first ship which arrived was the Himalaya, Peninsular
..nd Oriental steamer, which cast anchor at Scutari on
the 14th of April; but she arrived in stormy weather,
ominous of her stormy mission. It was difficult t°
Communicate with her from the shore, and the unforttr
nate staff officers who had to go to Scutari to prepar;
quarters and provisions, and such like, had no small
difficulty in getting across the Bosphorus. It rained
and snowed alternately the whole' day, and the air vra°
bitter cold. These unfortunates found it impossible td
get back from Scutari ; and wet clothes, cabobs, a°
the floor of a khan were their fate for the night.
"The troops continued to arrive in the following 191;
der :—By the Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s steamer
Himalaya, on 14th April, the 33d and 41st Regiments'
on 'Tuesday, 16th, by the Indus, towed by the Cambria,
the 49th Regiment ; and by the Sultan, the 47th R°Std
On the 18th inst. the Giorgiana arrived with horses an
mules, and the Apollo, towed by the Sultan, with tb°
47th Regiment on board. On the 19th, the 88th Rekt
arrived by the Niagara. On the Ist the Orinoco brought
the 7th Royal Fusiliers. On the 23d the City of Londolci
arrived, with Major-General Sir De Lacy Evans and
staff, with 36 horses, • the property of himself, staff, a°
assistant quartermaster-general ; Lieutenant- Colonel
Herbert, Lieutenant-Colonel Cunninghame, Assistant
Adjutant-General Lieutenant-Col. Greene, Sir Richar`:
England and staff; also, the horses of his EDP'
Highness the Duke of Cambridge. On Monday, the
24th, the Emperor arrived, with one company of h
19th Regiment, and the horses of Lord Raglan and staff
and baggage.
" Commissary-General Filder, who arrived on tb°,
23d, remains at Pera. The commissariat arrangetneor
have been very good, and the regiments, as they pour 15'
one after the other, are fed and rationed as regularly °I
in a garrison. Assistant-Commissary Strickland has 10'4`
the, entire management of this truly arduous task, and
he has well fulfilled the honour conferred upon him of
being the first commissariat officer to ration a British
force in Asia Minor, with the assistance of a large staff
of officers serving under him. The medical departmenti
too, is well organised, under Deputy Inspector Genera
of Hospitals Dumbrich. A host of surgeons and assistant'
surgeons have arrived, but have, I am happy to og'
nothing to do as yet."

GREECE.
AUSTRIAN INTERVENTION IN GREECE'

The Moniteur of this day, publishes intelligence
from Trieste, stating that two Austrian ships-of-
war have received orders to proceed to Prevesa/
and to come to an understanding with the cons'
manders of the French and English ships.
General Mamula, commanding in Dalmatia, ig
charged to concert measures with the Pacha of Sou'
taxi, and to place the Austrian troops at his dispos'
tion, for the repression of the disturbances in
nia, and the incursions of the Montenegrins.

GRIVAS KILLING HIS OWN MEN.
When Grivas was reduced to extremities he foul.'"
he must cut his way through the Turks. • But he
had 100 wounded with him, and these, of course,
would fall into the hands of the Sultan's trooPs'
He therefore preferred to kill them himself before-
hand. He administered to them all the last sacra-
meat, and he then gave his sound men orders to
shoot them every one. This was done in the even'
ing of the 10th of April. On the following nig,
he got through, and escaped with his handful °
followers to the Agrapha hills, but incessantly Put'
sued by the Turks. Utterly destitute, he is novt,
it is said, on the eve of returning to Greece.
The New Prussian Gazette says :—" At last the
blockade of Greece has been officially announced to
the Greek Government, and it is said that it well
commence in the course of this week. The 'alubl„s*.
sadors of the Western Powers have officially 7
;
dared to the Government that the admiral of
squadron at anchor in the waters of Dalmatia bf...
received orders to detain the three Russian men-
war that were bought by the Greeks at Trieste,
and which are shortly expected there."
,11)-
The following from Greece, 28th ult., is Pi."-be
lished in the Arouvelliste of Marseilles :—"111;;ri
evening of the 25th, a Turkish steamer arrive' a.
the Piraeus from Constantinople with a note air
dressed by the Sublime Porte to the Greek Geve,rve
ment, in which it is announced that,
days the Greek Government did not give a 83 11
factory reply to the demands made by the Ott
would Du
Minister before he left Athens, Turkey
The
compelled to declare war against Greece.
an,
within n:ti9_
French and English Ministers are said to have a_t
flounced their intention to quit Greece in the event
of a rupture with Turkey."
We read in the Trieste Observer:— ton 31Y
"A Council of Ministers and Generals was re-

cony
the
sten,

Au
Th
tin
adi
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their request
311 they thought
a any suspicion
on, and which
to the rising
Tour of the ex-
. had obtained
tial personages
,ppears that at
ai encouraging
e made to hill'
was submitted
the opinion was
g the demand•
npelled to dis-
first given rise
is said to have
ins with a cer-
plomatic corps.
head-quarters
stated that the
ivernent of con-
hole of his right
the last troops
e, and by those
k to withdraw*
e, which were
b of the Balkans
heck the march
me successes in
) the Russians
;he same ; they
forcemeuts, but
a to advance.
more troops in
ha with a Teri
riority in mini-
is of balancing
in doing by land
a position, how'
expected by the
ult., the body
ig in the street,
a stab with s
3r had not been
t the crime bad
d fanatic. AC'
rianople to the
re there making
lead-quarters of
s marching to-
Purkish, Greek,
;ted up for the
.sh officers, and

following {NO
—" The police
which are cool'
Russian gold ;
this conspiracy'.
I in their papers
ce with persons
conspiracy w 25
olice was aware
the conspirators
ast meeting."
says Omer
inople to assure..
I hold out until
were they to be
le Schilder is et
1 Silistria to be
The Russians
insists on the
tenegrins as re'
deuce between
inisters of the

rrespondent Of
Constantinople►

Cadi-Kiew are at
7e been known on
its are there en•
en are quartered
and 95th, the
Rangers) are all
in the morning.
ered by the regi'
th bands playing
Ton this field of
he different regi'
nd red-coats, You
-key: The picture
and—and were it
,ur right, with its
of motley groups
air Eastern coo-
ou were assisting
' a great number
in huge yallovf
uliar and comical
soldiers. Bashi'
t irregular Ma.
e Russians, have
occasionally on
)ut their lances,

These men are
through. Some
•eseut moment is
what to do with
misbehave them'
He has hanged
beaten, but all t°

ed to you tl3O
nts, it will be ae
sh force in .Aslib
this date. The
ilaya, Peninsular
)or at Scutari on
stormy weather,
was difficuipt t°
and the unfortir
cutari to prepare
had no srnal!
orus. It rained
and the air sca°
it impossible n
.hes, cabobs,
ie night.
the following or-
-11 Co.'s steamer
41st Regiments;
by the Catnbrial
1, the 47th Reel
with horses o'l'
Sultan, with the
, the 88th Bet
Orinoco brought
3 City of London
racy Evans imd
imself, staff, an
utenant• Colonel
ame, Assistant
one, Sir Richard
3 of his 1t0941
)n Monday, the
company of th
Raglan and stall

arrived on tie:
rn at arrangeen::
as they pour
1 as regularly 0
ickland has boci
duous task, and
ed upon him of
ation a Britisa
of a large Bta!
cal departn3e
Spector Genera
us and assistant'
L happy to VIP

LV GREECE'
es intelligence
Tian ships-op
d to Preveset
with the cozy
hips.
Dalmatia, is
Pacha of Sol.'
at his disposr
antes in Alba'

aegrins.

g MEN.
cities he forty"
Lrks. • But he
se, of course,
Itan's troops.
imself before-
the last spar,
nen orders "
e in the eve,e;
lowing nirr
is handful 0'
essantly Put'
a, he is no°2
Treece.
" At last the
announced fici
that it vr
The arab?
officially ae"
hniral of the
Dalmatia
gsian mew°f
g at Trieste,

ulr
ic lt., is
5 b.-
er arrived icll..
a note a
reek Govern:
f within fi"
give a sat's-
the Ottoman
woul beereeee. 'rh
I to have an-
in the event

was TPFentli