The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-26 00:00:00

THE BRITISH EXPEDITION.

Telegraphic advices dated Varna, June 15, state
that the Duke of Cambridge, with the first division
of the British army, had arrived there on the pre-
ceding day. _ _ _

A telegraphic despatch from the Turkish capital
dated June 15, says :
The division of Prince Napoleon is to embark
for Varna on the 18th. Generals Bosquet and
Allonville were to-tarrive at Adrianople on the
20th. Four thousand French and English troops
were near Sebumla.

Admiral Bruat, with his squadron, is going into
the Black Sea, to take part in some great operation
of the combined fleets.

The army of Asia now numbers 70,000, com-
manded by General Guyon.
Schamyl is close to Tiflis.

STATE OF THE CRIMEA.

The Moniteur de la Flotte quotes a letter from the
Crimea of the 7th inst., announcing that a destruc-
tive fire took place on the 3d at Kherson, a fortress
of Southern Russia, situate at the entrance of the
Dnieper into the Black Sea :

"The fire commenced during the night in the pro-
vision stores, and, as the wind blew from the west with
much violence, it occasioned extensive ravages. A por-
tion of the docks was consumed, and it was feared at
one moment that the entire town would become a prey
to the flames. As there exists at the present a discon-
tent bordering on hostility against the Russians in that
country and throughout the Crimea, it was believed that
the fire had been kindled by the malcontents, the more
so as a mutiny had lately broken out among the troops
of the garrison. Major-General Slinski, the Military
Governor, caused a number of persons to be arrested,
and installed a court-martial, which was to sit perma-
nently. The town was in a state of the greatest desola-
tion The trade of the country was ruined by the war,
and the population, which only lives by maritime in-
dustry, is reduced to the utmost misery. A decided
hatred prevails against the Russian Government, the
author of all those evils, and when an opportunity shall
offer, the entire province will rise in arms against its
oppressors." _ _

Workmen are being employed in putting up an
electric telegraph between Moscow and Odessa.

WITHDRAWAL OF THE RUSSIANS FROM
BUCHAREST.

A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, in the
Moniteur, says :

" Letters from Bucharest of the 20th announca that
every preparation is being made there for the withdrawal
of the Russians ; the day for -their movement is even
fixed for the 27th. The public treasury, the archives,
the functionaries, and the militia will, by superior orders,
follow this movement. The greatest confusion prevails
in the capital of Wallachia. Giurgevo is evacuated.
No accounts have been received from Silistria, but no
one here supposes that the siege can be continued. It
is thought that the Russians expect an offensive move-
ment on the part of Omer Pasha on the right bank of
the Danube."

According to a letter from Jassy, 16th, the ex-
port of barley and oats from Moldavia into Austria
has been prohibited.

ILLNESS OF PRINCE PASKIEWITCH.

In the Narrator, a journal published under Rus-
sian authority at Bucharest, we find the *following
significant apology for the removal of Prince Pas-
kewitch

"We learn," says the Narrator, "by a letter
from Kalarash, that the Field Marshal's health,
which was very bad when he first arrived in that
town, had become much worse when he took up
his quarters on the banks of the Danube. Al-
though we are well aware that the physical con-
stitution of the celebrated Field Marshal is excel-
lent, that it is even exceptionally strong, it is, not-
withstanding quite unable to withstand the un-
healthy influence of the climate in this country. A
fever, attended with many concomitant disorders,
has rapidly increased this state of suffering, so
much so, indeed, that the Prince of Warsaw is
greatly reduced in strength, and, although there
may be as yet no actual grounds for serious alarm,
this situation is not the less on that account to be
regretted."
A letter from Jassy states that Prince Paskie-
witch will not remain in that place more than two
months, and will afterwards proceed to Warsaw.