The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-09 00:00:00

LITTLE WALLA.CHIA.

The following communication has been received
from Vienna, under date of Monday evening :
" The Oest. Con espondenz states that ' Marshal
Paskiewitsch declares that Little Wallachia had
been evacuated solely for stratagetic reasons ; but
that the Russians will soon return to Krajova and
subject to martial law any persons who may have
assisted the Turks. Great Wallachia, according to
the same authority will not be evacuated.
" The journey of Marshal Paskiewitsch to Ka-
lafat and Silistria had been indefinitely postponed.'
" During the last week several conferences have
taken place between Count Buol, the Earl of West-
morland, and M. de Bourquency, at which condi-
tions were agreed upon, to be offered by Austria
to Russia, after the former has occupied Bosnia,
the Herzegovina, and Upper Albania.

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" The conditions were said to be found accept-
able by Baron Meyendorff. They were regarded
as being probably the final attempt of Austria to
restore peace before she declares herself.
" TRIESTE, MAY B.—lt is stated from an authentic
source that the sequestration of the estates of 160
persons in Lombardy, and 29 in Venice, has been
superseded.

THE GREEK INSURRECTION.

The Moniteur has the following :

" ATHENS, May 2.—The Chambers are dissolved.
The insurrection is beaten everywhere in Epirus,
in Thessaly, and also, it is said, in Macedonia.
Nevertheless, the Greek Government is organising
a new attempt. It receives aid and subsidies from
Russia."

RUMOURED ATTACK ON SEBASTOPOL.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 30.—Admiral Boyer
arrived here yesterday.
After the bombardment of Odessa, the united
fleets left to cruise before Sebastopol. The Ban-
shee, which has arrived from Varna, brings no
news.
A rumour is current at Galata that the bombard-
ment of Sebastopol began on the 28th, but the
statement requires confirmation.
The dispute between the French ambassador,
General Baraguay d'Hilliers, and the Porte, re-
specting the contemplated expulsion of certain
Greeks, has been adjusted, and Reschid Pacha has
made excuses. Certain individuals named by the
General will enjoy his protection, these persons
being Catholics and Greeks. The General, being
satisfied with this arrangement, will remain here.
A part of the troops in the camp of Hayder
Pasha have received marching orders for Adri-
anople.

THE BALTIC.
ANTICIPATED COLLISION AT
HELSINGFORS.
The special porrespondent of the Morning Herald
at Stockholm, sends the following important com-
munication by telegraph :
Her Majesty's steam-frigate Leopard, 18, Cap-
tain Giffars, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Plum-
ridge, arrived at Stockholm on the sth inst., and
signalled that the enemy's ships were coming out

of Helsingfors.
The Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir C.
Napier, had made the signal to the fleet—" Make
ready for sea immediately."
STOCKHOLM, MAY 4.—Sweden continues her war-
like preparations. Five fresh batteries of artillery
have been ordered to be put on the war footing.
The national sympathies are decidedly in favour of
the Western Powers. The fleet is at anchor at
Elfsnabben. _ _ .

The writer of a Stockholm letter of May is
says :—Sir Charles Napier and the greater portion
of the fleet are still in Elfsnabben Bay, which, as
your readers already know, is about 54 English
miles from this city. During the last two or three
days the weather was very unfavourable—cold,
rainy, and snowy—so no small steamers ran down
to the ships. To-day there is a change for the bet-
ter, and some steamers are advertised for an excur-
sion to-morrow, " if no intelligence of the depar-
ture of the English fleet arrives in Stockholm."
I may state here, on the authority of a very
old friend of Sir Charles Napier, that the gal-
lant admiral is in excellent health and spirits,
that he spends a considerable portion of the day
in writing and reading despatches, and that at
no period of his life was his mental activity
greater, or his judgment more collected, than at
the present moment. He is eager to commence
the attack on the Russians, but he does not
overlook the difficulties in his way, nor conceal
from himself the fact that lie has a powerful enemy
to meet and conquer. On the 27th ult. the port
of Sundvall, about half way between Stockholm
and the northern extremity of the Gulf of Bothnia,
was quite free from ice ; several northern vessels
had already entered it. On the 24th a Russian
schooner was captured by an English war steamer
off one of the Aland islands, and in sight of the
Russian authorities. Several prizes have been
lately brought to Faro Sund—two by the Porcu-
pine and four by the Magicienne. A Danish and.
Swedish brig, having on board, it is thought, con-
traband of war, have also been lately seized in the
Baltic. Not less than eighty-nine Finnish captains
and seamen have arrived in Stockholm, in order to
make their way home as quickly as they can.
Their vessels were sold in foreign ports previously
to the commencement of hostilities. It is feared
they will be obliged to go a long way round—that
is to say, by Prussia.
The following paragraph appears in a recent
number of a Finnish paper :—" Helsingfors, April
22.—Warm sunny weather, with fugitive clouds,
has broken up the severity of winter. The day
before yesterday people ventured on the ice ; to-
day they take good care not to do so. The masses
of ice are in movement, and by next Friday we may
expect to have open water in our harbours."
Two pilots, who were taken on board the fleet
at Elfsnabben, have been discharged. It was
strongly suspected that one of them was less at-
tached to English than to Russian interests ; and
it was noticed that he was constantly writing letters
and sending them ashore. I may state that Sir
Charles Napier has been warmly advised to be very
careful with reference to his choice of pilots for the
Finnish coast. I believe it is understood that Sir
Charles will not make any movement of importance
before the arrival of the French squadron. The
few English here sadly complain of the high rate of
postage on English newspapers. By the bye,
nearly all the " English" hero are Scotchmen, and
a very respectable and worthy set of men they are
—friendly, warm-hearted, and hospitable. Honour
to whom honour is due.