The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-29 00:00:00

MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. i LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
Mr. HUTCHINS presented a petition from Lea
mington in favour of ocean penny postage.
EASTER RECESS.

Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that on Tuesday, the
11th ultimo, he should move that the house at its rising
do adjourn until Monday, the 24th of April, and after
the recess he should moye that on Mondays orders of
the day should take precedence of notices of motion.

THE WAR IN THE EAST,

A letter from Belgrade of the 27th, published
in the Moniteur of yesterday, confirms the news
we gave yesterday respecting the affair at Turtu-
kai. It says—" On the 15th, General Gortscha-
koff attempted to seize on the island of the Danube
situated in front of Turtukai. His troops were
already covering the bridge which they had estab-
lished, when the fire of the Turks succeeded in
breaking down the bridge, which was carried away
by the current with everything then on it. The
loss of the Russians is estimated at nearly 2,000 men
killedas well on the bridge as on the bank. The loss
of the Turks, sheltered behind their entrench-
ments, was almost nothing."
Accounts from Vienna of the 27th state, that
on the 23d 18,000 Russians crossed the Danube
and occupied Gedshid. General Luders had left
Galatz, and had marched to the spot to protect the
operation.
The Russian General Stakelberg, who was at-
tached to the Russian embassy at Vienna, is about
to leave that city to take part in the war.
A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated last
evening says—There is no doubt of the passage of
the Danube by the Russians in great force.
Besides the division which crossed from Braila,
General Luders passed from Galatz, with the main
army, without meeting any serious opposition, and
with very slight loss.
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4,000 Turkish troops are in Prevesa, and as many
in Janina.

THE BALTIC FLEET.

By the International Telegraph, via the Hague,
we learn that Admiral Napier's flag-ship, the Duke
of Wellington, 131, anchored at Kiel yesterday
(Tuesday), and that the whole fleet was then off
the harbour.

The Bulldog steamer, 6, Captain King, was in
port, and the captain had had an interview with
the British vice-consul about the supply of coal to
the steamers.

All was well on board the fleet. Immediate
destination was not known.

A letter from Revel, 17th, states that the roads
near that town are filled with people quitting the
place with all their most valuable effects. The
greatest agitation prevails. None of the light,
houses near the port are now lighted.
A letter from Revel of the 24th tilt., in the
Journal de St. Petersburg, says :—" Tho roadsted
of Revel, which was covered with ice on the .13th
January, was freed from it in the night of the 22d.
It was again frozen over on the Bth February ; but
since the 21st, a thaw has caused an opening behind
the double battery. On the previous day, a ves-
sel freighted with provisions arrived at Port Baltic,
and its cargo was forwarded to St. Petersburg."
The British Consul, at Cronstadt, has left his
post ; the French Consul is absent on leave.

THE GERMAN POWERS.
The Cologne Gazette states from Vienna that the
negotiations between the Austrian and Prussian
Cabinets are rendered difficult by the great irrita-
tion of the former against Russia, to which Prussia
is said to incline more than is agreeable to Austria.
According to the correspondent of the Cologne
Gazette, the determination of the Russian Govern-
ment that its armies shall cross the Danube has
given great dissatisfaction to that of A ustria, although
every assurance has been given that in all the ope-
rations of Russia the political and commercial inte-
rests of Austria shall be respected.
The Grand Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha has re-
turned to Gotha, from Berlin. The object of his
visit was, says the Hamburg News, to persuade the
King of Prussia to join the alliance of the Western
Powers, his Royal Highness feeling that if such a
step were not adopted, Prussia would become iso-
lated from the other German Powers.
A letter from Berlin, of the 25th, in the Cologne
Gazette, says :—" The discussions in the committee
on the loan bill are still continuing. The commit-
tee asked for explanations, and particularly as re-
gards the negotiations with Austria. M. de Man-
teuffel did not refuse to give them. Yesterday he
appeared before the committee, but his explana-
tions were not considered satisfactory. The mem-
bers of the Right proposed that the explanations
should not be made public. This was supported
by the Government, but the committee has not
consented to it. The Government having admitted
that it has no immediate need of the loan, the com-
mittee is of opinion that it will be right, to await
the development of the situation, which will enable
the Government to give more precise explanations,
and the Chamber to act with a full knowledge of
facts."

A Berlin letter, of the 25th, states that the King
of Prussia had passed a tranquil night, and that
there was no increase of fever or of the swelling of
the face caused by his recent accident.
M. de Severin, Russian Ambassador at Munich,
gave a brilliant fete on the evening of the 22d, to
which 400 persons were invited. The French and
English Ambassadors were not among the number,
but those of Prussia, Austria, and Hanover were
present.

- A Vienna letter of the 23d states that the 6th
corps d'arniee of Austria has just been placed on a
war footing.

THE GREEK INSURRECTION.

The Nouvelliste of Marseilles says :
"A letter from the Piraeus of the 17th mentions the
expected arrival of two Envoys Extraordinary from
France and England with the last propositions of those
powers to the Greek Government. It is stated that
King Otho will leave Athens and proceed to the Morea,
in order not to receive these diplomatists. The Greek
Government only exists by name in the provinces. No
one pays any taxes, and when the coliector arrives the
tax-payer is found cleaning his arms, and he replies to
the demand of the functionary by saying—' What do
you come for ; we have given everything to the insur-
rection, and we are preparing to join it.' "

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The Journal de Constantinople is equally formal
in its accusation against the Greek Government.
It says :

" In the conspiracy which was discovered some time
since at Constantinople, having for object to excite the
Christian population of the empire, 46 Greek captains
were found to be engaged. They were in frequent rela-
tion with their countrymen at Athens, and the Russian
agents who were scattered over the Danubian principali-
ties and Rounaelia. They had for chiefs at Constanti-
nople M. Caimacam, a superior employd in the Russian
post office at Constantinople, and Baron (Eisner, who
was arrested with some of his accomplices. From the ex-
amination into the affair, which is now almost brought to
a close, it appears that these chiefs were in direct corres-
pondence with Menschikoff, to whom they announced
that the insurrection in Greece and among the Christian
populations of the Turkish empire would break out and be-
come general as soon as the Russians should have crossed
the Danube. The insurgents were then to massacre
the Mussulmans and the Catholics of the European pro-
vinces of Turkey. From the arrival of Prince Menschi-
koff at Constantinople up to the moment of the discovery
of the conspiracy these wretches were incessantly en-.
gaged in exciting the people to revolt, holding out to
thew all kinds of lying promises in order to bring them
over to their views. All these efforts have failed before
the intelligence of the people, who, confident in the
solicitude of the Imperial Government, know that their
welfare can only be increased by their respect
to the laws and their submission and devotedness
to the Imperial authority. The anarchists have
only found companions worthy of them in the
prisons and the bagnes of Greece, among the officers of
the army of that kingdom and in the aides-de-camp of
the King. Our correspondent at Athens writes us under
date of the Bth that the army itself, which was on the
frontier, marched over to the insurgents with their band
and with the royal flag flying at their head. This is not
an evil ; for, as the veil of hypocrisy has fallen, Europe
will see whether the Greek Government is not connected
with these acts of turpitude. The repression will not be
more difficult and will be more general : and the guilty
will receive a lesson which will benefit them now and
hereafter."

THE lONIAN ISLANDS.
The lonian Parliament was prorogued on the
18th to that day month. A message from the
Lord High Commissioner, addressed to the Presi-
dent of tho Legislative Assembly, explains the
motive which has led to this step, stating that an
address was now lying upon the table of that body
for further consideration, containing allusions to
foreign politics, with which the Assembly has
constitutionally no right to interfere. " This ad-
dress," says the Lord High Commissioner, " is to
be read to me as a representative of the
uen
in a public sitting. If I receive it in silence, I
shall be considered as concurring in its spirit. If
I oppose it, and I can only do so by reiterating the
advice already given in the name of her Majesty,
against any participation in the movements of
Epirus (with the assurance, however, that her
Majesty, together with her allies, will exercise her
influence to secure a stable and satisfactory posi-
tion to the Christian subjects of the Porte; and to
place their rights under the guarantee of Europe),
I shall find myself in collision with the Assembly,
in a matter relating to questions of much delicacy,
which will be constantly arising under different
forms."

FRANCE.
FRENCH DECLARATION OF WAR.

The following is a fuller account of the proceed-
ings in the Legislative Body and in the Senate
than we were enabled to give yesterday :
The Legislative Body met on Monday at two
o'clock—M. Billault in the chair. M. Lequien
presented the report of the committee appointed to
exanaiue the accounts Qf 1851. eircsral local bills