The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-29 00:00:00

TURKEY AND ASIA.

Advices from Constantinople, of the 18th May,
state that the Ottoman corps at Kars almost en-
tirely diapersed on the approach of the Russians
on the sth of May. A part formed into guerilla
bands, the rest were sent to Erzeroum.
Mr. Brandt, the English consul, has quitted
Erzerourn for Batoum. .

Selim Pacha's corps is in a satisfactory position
at Batouin.

CONSTERNATION IN RUSSIA.

The Patrie says :—" The last letters from dif-
ferent Russian provinces announce that marked
agitation prevailed both in St. Petersburg and se-
veral of the neighbouring towns. Trade was suf-
fering intensely, and misery was on the increase.
A recent fact strikingly illustrates both the fears of
the Russian Government and its method of pro-
ceeding. A tradesman of the capital having failed,
closed his shop, situated in one of the most fre-
quented quarters of the city. This circumstance,
apparently so ordinary, excited a sensation, and
the Government arrested the tradesman and trans-
ported him at once to Siberia for having failed at
such a time, and thus betrayed the uneasy state of
trade. The police found upon inquiry that the
immediate cause of the failure was a claim made
by a nobleman for a sum of money due to him.
This nobleman was fined 15,000 roubles, and or-
dered to leave St. Petersburg and reside on his
property."
The following is from Bremen of the 13th
News received from the Baltic, and which we
consider authentic, says that the vast merchant
quarter of the city of Riga has just been levelled
to the ground by order of the military authorities,
who fear a landing of the Anglo-French forces. It
adds that all the working part of the citizens, even
women, children, and old men, were set to work
and made to dig trenches, and throw up mounds
of earth at the gates of the city. As the workmen
were not able to make gunboats, they have pressed
those of Revel and Libau. Our readers will not
be surprised when we add that the same letter
describes the inhabitants of Riga as struck with
consternation."

THE BALTIC.
BOMBARDMENT OF HANGO.

The Moniteur of this day (Monday) says:--
" Advices from Copenhagen of the 28th state—
Three steam-frigates have destroyed the detached
forts at Hango Point. The English had three
killed and some wounded.
" The loss of the Russians is considerable.

" The Magicionne, which brings this news, left
Admiral Napier on the 23d before Hango. It was
said that he was going to attack the principal
forts."

A letter from Narva (Russia) of the 16th, in the
Boersenhallc of Hamburg, says :—" We have not
as yet seen the English fleet. The ice has not as
yet completely disappeared from the Gulf."
We extract the subjoined from a letter from the
Baltic fleet of May 16 :

" The introduction of steam into the service has done
another great thing besides giving us a power of moving
at will—l mean placing a fleet like this completely inde-
pendent of the shore for water. This is done, not by
means of Grant's galley, but by connecting one of the
boilers with Grant's condenser, which turns into pure
water the surplus steam. When using one boiler for the
purpose of distilling alone, such a ship as the Duke
of Wellington can distil 62 tons in 24 hours, and
she has several times supplied other ships. We are
very much surprised in reading some newspapers from
home, to find there is something like dissatisfaction at
our suppOsed tardy movements. Do the writers think
that we are not as anxious to commence as they are
only to hear of active work ? Or would they like us
to rush madly about like a bull at a gate, doing more
damage to ourselves than the enemy ? or, like the same
animal committing devastation in a crockery-shop, pour
down upon the poor defenceless Finns and Esthonians,
death, misery, and ruin ? for up to the present time
they, if enemy at all, would be the only parties we could
have got at, all the securely-fortified places being pro-
tected by old winter; but in less than six days after
you receive this you will hear that the sound of our
cannon has rattled over the waters of the Gulf of Fin-
land, from Dago to Hango."
A correspondent, who writes from Gottske Sando
says :
" I expect in a few days we shall commence opera-
tions against Hango Head, at the entrance of the Gulf
of Finland. • Ttie battery there is not heavy ; it com-
mands the entire of the Gulf."
Another letter, dated May 15, 56 miles west of
D4ger Orst, says :
" We are now exercising manoeuvres, and awaiting
the arrival of the St. George and Nile, also the French
fleet, after which, I believe, we go into the Gulf of
Finland to commence operations."

THE FRENCH AT KIEL.-FRENCH TROOPS

FOR FINLAND.

KIEL, May 24.—The presence of the French fleet
in Kiel Bay attracts great numbers of visitors from
all parts. Each day one particular ship is Open to
the public, while all the rest are inaccessible.
Yesterday was the turn of the Dugeusclin of 90
guns. Lieut.-General von Krogh,- commanding
the Danish garrison at Kiel, paid a visit to the
French Admiral Parseval-Deschesues, and was
saluted with 15 guns from the flag-ship, which
was duly returned by the Danish paddle-wheel
frigate Holzer Danske. Presently after, a signal
was made to the Duguesclin, " prepare to receive
the Danish General en petite tenue, and he came
alongside in the Danish frigate's eight-oared cut-
ter. The officers of the flag-ship, l'lnflexible,
gave a ball last night to the inhabitants of
Kiel. Colonel Hodges, the British Consul-
General here, went over to Kiel yesterday, but did
not stay for the ball, and returned by the evening
train. Th e French officers labour under the impression
that thee will eventually have. to contend with
Prussia, and indeed the Prussians appear to be
rather afraid of losing their dearly-bought infant
navy, if one may judge from the nervous anxiety
they evince to ensure their safety. Their ships
have been all recalled from their foreign stations,
and the frigate Gefion has been dismantled at
Danzig, and is to be laid up under the pretence of
examining her thorougly after her cruise in the
Mediterranean. It has caused great astonishment
that the French fleet, instead of anchoring in the
outer roads at Buelk (as Sir Charles Napier did)
has come into the inner harbour of Kiel, particu-
larly as this was attended with great trouble and
expense, for all the liners being sailing ships, each
had to be towed in by a steamer. This has given
rise to the rumour that they intend retaining pos-
session of Kiel as a station, which, with the force
at their command (1,100 guns and 12,000 men)
would be by no means difficult. Of this how-
ever you may be pretty certain that they will remain
at Kiel for the present. Negotiations have been
opened with the railroad company for carrying the
French troops acrss the Isthmus en route for the
Gulf of Finland. It is now 'proposed to forward
them by steam from Cherbo'urg to Gluckstadt, at
the mouth of the Elbe, and thence by railroad to
Kiel, where they would re-embark for the north.
Amongst the ships of the French squadron in Kiel
Bay is a heavy frigate, painted quite black, with-
out the usual white streak along the battery of the
main deck. This has given rise to the report that
she is the Belle Poule, which, it will be remem-
bered, brought home from St. Helena the remains
of Napoleon, under the command of the Princede
Joinville, and that she is therefore doomed to be
perpetually in mourning. Such, however, is not
the case, though it has found its way into several
German papers. The hoax originated amongst the
sailors of the Jemappes, who for fun thus hum-
bugged some of their German, yisiton. its the