The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-08 00:00:00

THE BALTIC FLEET.

KIEL, HOLSTEIN, Dec. 3.--A. telegraphic message
from the Admiralty arrived yesterday, ordering
forthwith to Sheerness a further portion of the
fleet, comprising the Majestic, 80, Captain J.
Hope, C.B. ; the Cressy, 80, Captain R. L. War-
ren ; and the Euryalus, 50, Captain Ramsay.
The Bulldog paddle-steamer, Captain W. H. Hall,
WAS signalled to get up steam with all possible de-
spatch, and to proceed to Nyborg for three
pilots to navigate the squadron through the
Great Belt. The requisite preparations were made
for proceeding to ses, sails were bent, and the ships
unmoored. They leave Kiel bay this afternoon, or
at daylight to-morrow morning. On arriving home
it is probable they will be despatched to the Crimea
with troops.
The Magicienne steam-frigate, Capt. T. Fisher,
was despatched on the Ist inst. to Elsinore for live
bullocks and vegetables. The Driver paddle steam-
sloop, Commander the Hon. A. A. Cochran; ar-
rived yesterday at noon from a cruise off Dantzio
and Memel. She was ordered to complete without
delay her full supply of fuel, and be ready for sea
forthwith.
The St. Jean d'A.cre and Princess Royal, which
sailed hence on the 25th ult., met with very tem-
pestuous weather, and were compelled to put back
to Wingo Sound, which they left again on the
29th ult.
A court-martial, arising from the following cir-
cumstances, was held yesterday on board the Royal
George, 120, Captain Codrington :
Some few days since, when on shore, Lieutenant-
Colonel Nolloth, Royal Marines, of the Blenheim,
on meeting Captain Codrington, did not pay him
that respect to which, as a Post-Captain of 1836,
that officer considered himself entitled. Captain
Codrington requested Lieutenant-Colonel Nolloth
to state his reasons for not according the courtesy
due to one his superior in rank. The Lieutenant-
Colonel's explanation not being satisfactory to
Captain Codrington, he reported the circumstance
to the Commander-in-Chief, who ordered the Marine
officer to be placed under arrest. Lieut.-Colonel
Nolloth, feeling himself aggrieved, requested that
the matter should be referred to tke decision of
the usual tribunal, and in accordance with that
desire a court-martial was ordered to take place
yesterday on board the Royal George. The Court
was composed of the following officers :—Rear-Ad-
miral Chads, C. 8., president ; Captain James Hope,
C.B. ; Captain R. L. Warren, Captain G. T. Gordon,
Captain R. G. Hewlett, Captain W. Ramsay, and
Captain George Ramsay, Captain Codrington being
the prosecutor.
Evidence in rupport of the charge having been
submitted, the Court, having heard what the pri-
soner had to offer in his defence, after some deli-
beration, decided the charge to be proven, and ad-
judged Lieutenant-Colonel Nolloth to be slightly
admonished.
The Imperieuse, 50, Captain R. Watson, with
the squadron under his orders, is hourly expected.
here. In the course of the present week the re-
maining ships will have taken their departure for
England.

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, Dec. 4.—lf we are to judge by what the
Austrian Correspondence says upon the triple
alliance in its leading Article, thin °Min, there

can be no doubt that the provisions of the treaty I
in question will be hailed with unqualified satis-
faction throughout civilised Europe. The article
of the semi-official journal is ae follows :
"As might have been long since presupposed by the
initiated, the good understanding with the Western
Powers in the complication resulting from the Oriental
question, which the negotiations that have been
carried on till now have confirmed, has now become a
positive international fact, in virtue of a treaty signed on
the 2d inst. by the Imperial Royal Minister for Foreign
Affairs and the Ambassadors of France and England at
this Court. The solidarity of the European interests,
which this treaty confirms ; the union of the will and
power of three great States, which it announces ; the
justified prospect of the adhesion hereto of the old and
approved federal allies of Austria, who will surely not
wish to keep aloof from an alliance the sole object of
which is the reestablishment of peace upon a firm, and
for all parties satisfactory, basis ; all this warrants the
hope that the just and fair demands of Europe will be
responded to without reserve, and that peace will be
thereby restored and secured to our part of the world."

The German Journal of Frankfort, of the 4th,
gives the following text of the resolution proposed
to the Diet by the Commission on the Eastern
question :

"The High Assembly, in acceding by the present de-
claration, in conformity with article 2 of the Federal
Compact and the articles 1,3, 5,6, and 7 of the final
act of the Congress of Vienna, in the name of the Ger-
manic Confederation to the additional article agreed
upon on the 26th ult., between the High Courts of
Vienna and of Berlin, to the treaty of alliance offensive
and defensive of the 20th of April lest, resolve—That
the Germanic Confederation, as a European Power, re-
cognises the four points known as the documents No. 4,
8, &c., as a suitable basis in their essential contents for
proceeding in the path towards a state of right and secure
peace in Europe, but that it particularly appropriates to
itself, and supports the first and second points as regard-
ing German interests. Another resolution will be after-
words proposed by the military Commission."

A letter from Berlin, of the 4th, in the German
Journal of Frankfort, says :—" The treaty con-
cluded between Austria and the Western Powers
is founded in its essential points on the basis of the
notes of August last, and renews the reciprocal en-
gagements with regard to the four points. The
Cabinet of Vienna takes as a starting point the
consideration that it will be impossible to arrive at
a moderate peace without having previously fresh
conferences with France and England. The points
which hale been laid down contain in addition to
the demands of guarantee some particular stipula-
tions, among which is that as a matter of course
Austria will not throw any obstacle in the way of
the movements of the Allied troops in the Princi-
palities. Nothing is agreed upon as regards the
indemnity for the expenses of the war."

The German Journal of Frankfort, under date
of Berlin, 2d, says :—" It is positively stated that
the Diet will, on Thursday next, vote on the pro-
positions of Austria and Prussia on the Eastern
question. The military and political commissions
have presented their reports on the subject."

The Austrian Correspondenz states that in case
of Austria's endeavours to mediate a peace with
Russia not succeeding, she will declare war, and
that France is then pledged to send auxiliary troops
into Italy.

The Council of State of Berne, in its sitting of
the 29th ult., approved of the convention signed
at Basle binding the canton to take five millions
of francs' worth of shares, at par, in the railway
which is to pass through Berne, that amount being
about one-third of the whole cost.