The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-08 00:00:00

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.

(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
IN RE T. L. ATKINSON.
This bankrupt was described as of Queen-street,
Cheapside, linen warehouseman, and to-day was ap-
pointed for consideration of his certificate.
The balance-sheet, prepared by Messrs. Robinson and
Knowles, Basinghall-street, commencing February, 1850,
and ending February, 1853, shows :—Dr. to creditor,
1,1821. ; capital, 1,1211. 11s. Bd. ; profits, 5801. Cre-
ditor : good debts, 461. 3s. 10d. ; property, 254/. ;
losses, 256/. ; trade expenses, 1,1771. 18g. id. ; per-
sonal, 9241.
His Honour said the expenses greatly exceeded the
profits, but there was one thing in the bankrupt's favour,
which was, that he began business with a capital.
Mr. Lawrance said that the failures arose through the
capital being insufficient.
His Honour granted an immediate certificate of the
second class.

TETE COAL TRAM—Several correspondents have lat-
terly asked the reason for suspending the publication in
the official coal list of the number of vessels at market,
sold and unsold. In answer to inquiries made in the
proper quarter, it is stated that the factors have agreed
among themselves to withdraw this information, but on
what ground does not very clearly appear. It is un-
doubted that the quantity of vessels at market indicates
in some degree the nature of the general supply, and
that, therefore, this intelligence is not only of utility to
the trade itself, but more so to the public at large.
Every one remembers the high price of fuel a few months
ago, and the eagerness displayed to ascertain what ships
were coming forward and the probable supply. When
the fleet of colliers increased there was greater activity,
and ultimately the quotations were brought to a satis-
factory level, the market having become fully stocked.
If the coal factors imagine that by withholding this in-
formation they will be enabled to keep the public- unac-
quainted with the number of arrivals and the proportion
of ships sold, they will speedily discover their error,
since the intervention of higher authorities must be sought
to remedy the evil, if the attempt be persevered in.
CRONSTADT.—The following description of Cronstadt,
given in a Berlin journal, although incomplete, may
not be uninteresting at the present moment Cron-
stadt is situated on the island of Kosline, at the eastern
corner of the Finland Gulf. The island, about 1i Eng-
lish miles long and proportionately narrow, is close to
the mouth of the Neva, and may be regarded as the
port of St. Petersburg, whence it is distant about 18
miles (English). The town, which owes its foundation
to Peter the Great, contains about 30,000 inhabitants,
and is intersected by the Peter and Catherina, canals.
On the northern side of the island stand the powerful
Alexander ramparts, constructed of solid granite blocks
and armed with heaviest guns. On the southern flank
of this is the harbour, the channel to which is defended
by the citadel, erected on a rocky foundation, and on
elie opposite side by the Kronslot fortress. Properly
speaNng, there exist three harbours for ships of war
within the island, with docks, arsenals, building-yards,
and so forth; A fourth smaller harbour for mercantile
vessels likewise exists within the defences. The old
Menschikoff palace has long been converted into a
foundry, arsenal, and school for pilots. The Marine
Hospital is arranged for 2,600 patients. In order to
diminish dangers that way' occur from fire, all wooden
constructions have been pulled_down, and all super-
fluous, stores removed." __

L ATE ST 1,10 il EIGN Ic?LE 'IV S.

THE WAR.

ANOTHER BATTLE ON THE

DANUBE.

The Morning Chronicle, in an evening edition
to-day, published the following telegraphic despatch
from its Vienna correspondent :
" The Fremden Blatt announces, under date of
Bucharest, 4th. April, that a great battle was being
fought at Rassova (about midway between Hirsova
and Silistna, in the Dobrutscha). The result was
not known.

" Mustapha Pacha is at the head of 50,000 men.

A telegraphic despatch, dated Berlin last night,
says the English and French Governments entirely
reject the proposals of the Czar brought by Prince
George of Mecklenburg Strelitz.

The negotiations between Austria and Prussia
are not yet closed, but Prussia has joined in a pro-
tocol signed on Monday at Vienna between Eng-
land, France, and Austria.
A despatch from St. Petersburg of the 31st ult.
says :—" All discharged soldiers are invited by im-
perial order to return to active service, and are
promised good pay, pensions, and decorations."
Accounts from Bucharest, 31st ultimo, in the
Wanderer of Vienna, contain the following :
" Since the resumption of warlike operations events
have been mentioned which were not before known. It
is for instance now stated that, from the 13th to the
23d, engagements took place every day near Oltenitza,
at the mouth of the Argis. The Russians had endea-
voured to throw a raft bridge over the Danube, but the
Turkish batteries prevented the operation. Several
boats were sunk, and many men perished. On the 3d
a sanguinary contest took place between Sistow and
Simnitza, which lasted the whole day, and ended by
the retreat of the Russians. The Turks forced the
passage of the Danube, and occupied Simnitza, and also
effected the passage at the mouth of the Aluta. Ac-
counts were every moment expected from Krajowa, for
it is certain that hostilities had commenced all along the
line. The combat of the 23d was resumed on the 24th,
but nothing had been heard of the result ; if, how-
ever, it had been favourable to the Russians, they would
not have failed to publish an official bulletin. Fighting
was still going on near Isatchka and Matchin ; the ar.
mies of General Luders and other disposable troops
were marching on Babadagh. The Russian troops, com-
manded by General Bukanolf, were before Kustendje.
Mustapha Pacha was concentrating his troops at Kra-
jowa, and advancing against the Russians in three lines
on the side of the rampart of Trajan, General Gortscha-
koff was expected at Kalaradsche."
THE BALTIC FLEET.

The following is from a Copenhagen letter• of
April 2 :—" It being publicly known that the
British fleet had arrived from Kiel in Kioge Bay,
the Danish steamer Cimbria, with 400 passengers
on board, went down there on the anniversary of
Nelson's bloodiest battle, 53 years ago,—the battle
of Copenhagan. The weather was fine, nearly
summerlike, with a breeze from the north-west.
We left the harbour of Copenhagen at half-past
11 o'clock, and at 1 o'clock we arrived at the
station of the fleet. It is anchored two miles
off Stevus; in the very bight of Kioge Bay, and
is moored in a semicircle upon a square of
English miles, the Duke of Wellington in the
centre, with Sir Charles Napier's blue flag at the
fore, and next to him, on one side, the St. Jean
d'Acre (the on& one of the ships which has its
name written on the stern), then the Royal
George, then the Edinburgh, and then, next to the
land, a very large threedecker, with a red flag—l
believe the Neptune. There are two ships more
with red flags, whose names we were not able to
make out. Nineteen vessels lie there in all, in two
lines, the smaller paddlewheel steamers ahead, and
the larger ships in the second line. We sailed
round the fleet, and the Danes cheered each ship,
especially the Duke, with repeated hurrahs, which
were answered from the fleet with louder cheers,
and from two of them, the St. Jean d'Acre and the
Neptune, with music. Evidently we should have
been most hospitably received on board the fleet,
but the passengers of the Cimbria being so nume-
rous, the Danes gave a proof of tact and good taste
in withstanding their desire to see the interior of
the ships, which would inevitably have been a great
trouble to the crews, and especially the officers of
the fleet. The Danes, therefore, contented them-
selves with sailing round the fleet, singing the
British National Anthem, and giving vent to their
delight and sympathy by repeated cheers and
hurrahs to every ship. It was a delightful day and
one of the grandest sights I have ever seen, as we
lay to by the side of the.iast ship in the fleet—the
Neptune—and looked down along the majestic line
and saw the tremendous set of white teeth from
1,000 cannon mouths smiling at us as friendly this
time as they bit us hard 53 years ago. When we
stopped at the " Duke" Sir Charles was most cor-
dially cheered, and the gallant Admiral appeared
himself on the stern-gallery, his hat in one hand,
and a book in the other, and bowed very civilly to
us. We returned to Copenhagen at 6 o'clock in
the afternoon, and lam convinced that if the fleet
stays here some days lonaer, these pilgrimages to
Kioge Bay will frequently be repeated in spite of
the remembrances of 1801 and 1807, which some
people here try to refresh and strengthen. The
British Government's declaration of the 28th of
March as to the treatment of the neutral flags
during the present war has greatly and agreeably
astonished everybody here, who were not prepared
for such a degree of liberality in England's com-
mercial policy. Here is all quiet in politics."
A letter of the 3d from Copenhagen says
Last night the capital was frightened from its pro-
priety by an immense cannonade. This extraor-
dinary and continued salute at one o'clock alarmed
everybody, and all kinds of rumours were spread.
It turned out to be a night exercise of the fleet at
Kjoge Bay, and is one of the methods adopted by
Sir Charles Napier to discipline the men. He has
been indefatigable in all sorts of war practice, both
on deck and on the sea, and the crews have in a
short time obtained great experience in the ma-
nagement of their weapons, and in naval tactics.
The Russian party here hope some great misfortune
will befal our noble fleet, and are praying for a
hurricane.

CONSTANTINOPLE.-DEPARTURE OF THE
FLEET.
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Yesterday afternoon, says ;Constantinople letter
of the 25th March, the whole of the combined
British and French squadron left their anchorage
at Beycos, in the Bosphorus, and entered the Black
Sea. The large line-of-battle ships were succes-
sively towed out, and by 3 o'clock there only re-
mained in the Bosphorus her Majesty's steam-
frigate Retribution, Hon. Capt. Drummond, and
the French ships Charlemagne and Heron. I learn
from a very good source that a great number of
hand dark-lanterns have been purchased for the
use of the fleet, and a great number of grappling-
irons have been forging for the last few weeks at a
smithy that had been established at Buyukdere.
The precise movement of the fleet is not known.
Admiral Dandas addressed the officers of his ship
before starting, and so did the French admiral.
Sebastopol, the coast of Circassia, and Odessa are
spoken of. It was a fine day yesterday, and a
finer sight could not be witnessed than an immense
fleet of British and French three-deckers in move-
ment towards the mouth of the Black Sea. The
first ships started at about 11 o'clock in the fore-
noon, the rest slowly following—the large sailing
vessels in tow of the steamers, on account of the
utter want of a breeze. The Ottoman fleet has re-

named behind, and is at anchor at Buyukdere.
The Turkish admirals expressed the wish and de-
manded the permission to accompany the combined
fleets. The British and French admirals, however,
refused, knowing well the difficulty of managing
large sailing vessels in the Euxine at this season,
and foreseeing that the Turkish ships would only
embarrass their operations, as the Ottoman crews all
get sick in rough weather, and British and French
seamen could not be spared to steer their vessels.
The Turkish admirals and officers are greatly hurt
at the refusal. An order arrived last week at
Odessa to shorten the term allowed for the expor-
tation of corn, and to oblige those ships that were
already loading to disgorge their cargo. To enforce
this measure, soldiers were sent on board the ships.
Some British shipmasters cut their cables and im-
mediately made all sail. Several have arrived
here with their ships partly loaded, and Russian
guards on board. Eighteen French officers, quar-
termasters for the army, arrived here by the
Tabor. It is understood now that 10,000 British
troops will be quartered at Constantinople, whilst
the great barracks at Scutari are being
prepared for 12,000 French soldiers. Yesterday,
Colonel Detente, aid-de-camp to General Prim,
returned here from France. General Prim and
his staff, with twelve Spanish guards, will pro-
ceed to Constantinople, simultaneously with the
division of the French army, under Prince Na-
poleon. Colonel D6tente is the bearer of two
orders of the grand cordon of Isabella, for Mehemet
Ali Pacha, the late Minister of War, and Omer
Pacha, the commander-in-chief of the Ottoman
forces on the Danube. Queen Isabella has named
Tefik Pacha, Moustafa Pacha, and Ismail Pacha,
commanders of the same order. The accounts
from the Danube are, for the moment, not
of special interest. Omer Pacha, on learning
the attempted passage of the Danube near
Turtukai by the Russians, proceeded there with
the 144 of his army. Another attempt ou a large
scale is shortly expected. ThQ IritiSlz aid French
troops cannot hasten too quickly towards the wens