The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-09 00:00:00

COALS FOR THE BLACK SEA. FLEET.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Dec. 7.—We have been ♦ery
brisk on the Tyne for some tine past in sending out
large stooks of the best coal for tae use of our army in
the Crimea and the supply of the fleet. Every available
vessel has been engaged on amount of the govern-
ment, and above 501. a keel has been paid for freight
to Constantinople. It seems that the quantity that is
now on its passage out Is considered sufficient, as the
government agent has been advised to charter no more
vessels at present.
The Admiralty is engaging all the available screw
colliers to take out stores to the Crimea. They are stout
bold vessels, made to encounter rough weather, and are
well suited to the purpose. The Baron Von Humboldt,
the Earl of Durham, and the Hesperus, three powerful
new iron screw vessels, just finished by Mr. T. D. Mar-
shall, a large builder on this river, have just been seoured
by the government to take out the plant belonging to
Messrs. Peto and Brassey for snaking the railway from
Balaklava to the English lines. These vessels are also
fitting out to embark 120 navvies for the same employ-
ment.

LATEST NEWS.

the Crimea, however, make known to us
that the condition of the town is far from being
enviable. One fact is beyond doubt, and that is
that the 40,000 Russian soldiers and the 10,000
inhabitants of Sebastopol have only provisions for
three months. The 56,000 men of the 4th and
6:11 corps have hitherto subsisted from day to day
on what they have received from Perekop. If the
" steppes of the Taurida which separate those troops
from Perekop should be no longer practicable for
six or eight weeks, the existence of the Russian
army will be seriously endangered. According to
letters from Odessa, a convoy of 1,400 waggons
laden with provisions, is said to have been com-
pletely destroyed by the tempest which did so
much mischief to the Allies."

THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN OF OMER
PACHA.
A letter from Vienna, of the 4th, in the Cologne
Gazette, says :—" The Turkish ambassador, Arif
Effendi, had a long conference yesterday with the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and took occasion to
communicate some details relative to the plan of
campaign of Omer Pacha, which plan appears to
have of late undergone some important modifica-
tions. In particular, it is said that Odessa is to
be first attacked and taken possession of, as being
of great importance for the ulterior operations of
the Allies. In diplomatic circles no great hopes of
peace are entertained from the resumption of
the conferences at Vienna, because, on the one
hand, Russia has only declared herself ready
to accept the four points under reserve, and because,
on the other, the military operations are not to be
interrupted. There was again yesterday a council
of war held at the palace."

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
Admiral Hamelin has returned to France, and
has relinquished the command in chief of the
French fleet in the Black Sea.
We read in the Moniteur de la Flotte

"Admiral Hamelin, having been elevated to the
highest dignity in the Imperial navy, returns to France,
with his staff, and resigns the command of the French
naval forces in the Black Sea to Vice-Admiral Bruat.
The squadrons of the ocean and the Mediterranean
are now united under the name of Mediteranean
Squadron.' Rear-Admiral Charner is second in
command. Rear-Admiral Bonet Willaumez, Chief
of the Staff of Admiral Hamelin, returns with
him to France. Rear-Admiral Rigault de Genouilly
remains, until further orders, detached on shore, in com-
mand of the seamen landed before Sebastopol, and at the
disposal of the General-in-Chief of the Army of the East.
Rear-Admiral Lngeol continues under the orders of Vice-
Admiral Bruat, and is charged with the administration
of the fleet at Constantinople."
The Salut Public contains the following from
Marseilles of the 4th December :
"The losses sustained by the Allies, in consequence of
the hurricanes of the 14th and 19th November, are esti-
mated at 45,000,000 f. Fortunately the greater part of
the vessels were insured at Marseilles, London, Liver-
pool, and Southampton."
A rumour was circulating in Paris to-day to the
effect that the Prussian Court had agreed to accede
to the alliance of Austria, England, and France.
The news is probably premature, although it is
known that for the last week the new treaty h,as
occupied the anxious attention of the Prussian
King and his advisers.
By recent decrees, M. Forth Rouen, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in
Greece, has been nominated Minister to the Court
of Saxony, and M. Mercier, at present Minister at
Dresden, has been appointed to Athens ; the Mar-
quis de Ferriere la Vayer, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Duke of Saxe
Weimar, has been nominated Minister in Wurtem-
berg, in the room of Count de- Bearn, named a
senator; the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, first
secretary of the embassy at Rome, has been nomi-
nated Minister Plenipotentiary in Saxe Weimar ;
and M. de Montherot, first secretary at Madrid,
has been nominated Minister Plenipotentiary to the
Court of Hesse, in the room of Viscomte de Seru-
rier, allowed to retire. Other decrees order several
changes in the post of first secretaries of legation.
M. Poujade, political agent and consul-general at
Bucharest, has been nominated Consul-General and
Charge de Affaires at Tunis, in the room of M. Be-
clard, consul-general at Tunis, who succeeds him
at Bucharest.
A winter division is being formed in Algeria, un-
der the orders of General Brunet.

BOURSE, YESTERDAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash. fr. e. End of Month.
4; per Cents 96 50 96f. 25c.
3 per Cents 7l 90 72 15
Credit Mobilier 756 Roman
Credit Foncier 550 Austrian '
Belgian Fives. .....
Piedmontese — Home Debt
RAILWAYS—FOIL CASH.
fr. c.
Orleans l,lBO Lyons ''
Western 635 Rouen
Cette ' — Strasburg , 759
Mediterranean 862 50 Havre 530
Northern