The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-15 00:00:00

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LAIEST

THE BALTIC.

HAMBUF.GH, APRIL 14.—Admiral Napier having
received a report from Admiral Plumridge that
eighteen Russian ships of war, anchored at Hel-
singfors, wished to gain the port of Revel (Cron-
stadt ?), is making ready to attack them.
COPENHAGEN, APRIL 14.—The British frigate
Amphion, 34, Captain A. C. Key, is ashore near
Dragoe. All attempts to get her off have hitherto
proved fruitless.

- The French liner Austerlitz, 100, has arrived al
Kioge Bay.

THE DANUBE.

Letters from Bucharest of the 6th state that the
Russians have not crossed Trajan's Wall, and have
not made any other movement in advance.
Nothing is yet known as to the occupation of
Tchernowda, which was to precede a passage
of the Danube, near Rossowa. The rumour of a
battle near Rossowa is devoid of all foundation.
It is stated from Orsowa, under date of the Ist,
that the Turks had made a reconnaissance as
far as Maglavitza to ascertain if the Russians
had really retired from their positions before
Kalafat. It was directed by Ismail Pacha, who
was accompanied by the French officers Dupuis
and Mercier, the Irish cavalry officer O'Reilly, and
the Piedmontese General Gardin. It led to some
slight skirmishes. The Turks found that the
Russians had largo forces between Golentza and
Maglavitza ; and the latter place 15,000 men with
16 guns. At Kalafat, rediffs and other forces were
constantly arriving. At Belgrade, a notification
has been published that all Prussian subjects and
persons belonging to the Germanic Confederation
must cause themselves to be inscribed at the mu-
nicipality, under pain of exposing themselves to
serious inconveniences. The Austrian Government
has, it is said, given to the Servian Government the
assurance that the Austrian troops will not occupy
the Principalities if tranquillity should continue
to prevail.
It is not at all improbable, writes the Paris cor-
respondent of the Times yesterday evening, that
there may be some serious foundation for the
rumours which have been in circulation for the last
two or three days, of hostile encounters on the
Danube, and of their being to the advantage of the
Turks ; and even the report of something hav-
ing occurred at Odessa may not turn out so
devoid of foundation as was imagined. Our
accounts from Constantinople of the sth, state
that the city was illuminated, and that the rejoicings
took place in consequence of victories reported to
have been gained by the Turkish army on the Danube
It is also said that Omer Pasha had set out for the
Dobrudscha, for the purpose of directing in person
operations on a large scale, and that the Russians
had been obliged to re-cross the Danube. These and
other details relating to the theatre of war you will
no doubt have to a date more recent than from
Paris, and therefore I think it superfluous to en-
ter into details which must have reached Vienna
before this. Accounts from Odessa of the Ist state
that on that day the combined fleets were seen
and so great was the terror that the inhabitants
were preparing to quit the city for the interior.
An army of 20,000 Russians was stationed in and
near Odessa, which was otherwise well fortified
and prepared for defence.

ST. PETERSEURG.
The Journal de St. Petersboury of the sth con
tains the following :

To Aide-de-Camp General Count Woronsoff.
"Prince Michael Semeno viten —Having received
your report on your giving up to General of Cavalry
de Read, of the Adminis►ration of the Caucasus, and
of the command of the brave troops there collected,
I fully appreciate the sentiments with which you have
left that country, and not less than you I regret it—
' knowing that an urgent necessity could alone oblige you
to quit temporarily, under present circumstances, a ca-
reer to which you have devoted nine years of indefat
gable activity, not less signalised by your feats of arm,
than by your administrative acts. The useful enter-
prises already executed by you should be a consolation to
you ; but, notwithstanding your bad health, you have
prepared local measures for meeting the events which
are now being developed, and you have drawn up pru-
dent instructions, which have convinced-me that all your.
views are in conformity with my intentions. In repeat-
ing to you the assurance of my most sincere gratitude
for your brilliant services, and for your exemplary abne-
gation, I cordially desire that, after the re-establishment
of your strength, you will soon return to the Caucasus,
for the welfare of that province, and the interest of the
country.---I remain for ever, your affectionate
" St. Petersburg, March 29." "NICHOLAS.
"To Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gortschakoff.
" Prince Michael Dmitrievitch— By the brilliant pas-
sage of the Danube, effected on the 23d ult., you have
crowned the Russian arms with new glory. The troops
under your command in person effected in three points
the passage to the right bank of the river, and took by
assault several redoubts of the enemy. Alarmed
at our bold attack, the Turks fled, and aban-
doned to us without striking a blow the fortresses of
Tultscha and Matchin, which had been defended
by garrisons of fifteen thousand men. Seeing in this ex-
ploit a pledge of our future successes against the enemies
of the holy religion and of the country, I charge you to
express my most sincere gratitude to our brave troops
and to their valiant chiefs ; and at the same time confer-
ring on you, in testimony of my cordial gratitude for
your distinguished services, my portrait enriched with
diamonds, to be worn at your button-hole. I remain
unchangeably your affectionate
" St. Petersburg, 3d April."

" NICHOLAS.

The Russian government having ordered that all
soldiers who had received unlimited furloughs
should immediately return to the service, the Chief
of the Police of Warsaw published a proclamation
on the Bth, declaring that inhabitants giving refuge
to a soldier of this class attempting to conceal
himself, shall be severely punished if he does not
immediately denounce him.
The last imperial ukase ordains the calling in of
more reserves. It is estimated that this measure
will increase the army by 120,000 men.