The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-23 00:00:00

TURKEY.

The Independance Beige quotes the following
letter, dated Constantinople, 7th inst. :
" Yesterday the Porte sent orders to Omer Pasha to
embark for the Crimea with the greatest part of his
troops. Several steamers and transports were at the
same time ordered to Yarna and Baltchik, to take on
board those reinforcements and to convey them to their
destination. Ismail Pasha, appointed some time ago
General-in-Chief of the army is Asia, will return to
Roumelia, to assume the command of the remainder of
the army of the Danube, with the title of Caimacan, or
substitute of the Generalissimo. The successor of Ismail
Pasha in Asia is not yet known, but everybody wonders
that so important a post should be allowed to con-
tinue so long vacant, particularly at the present
me-
reent, when an able and energetic chief is re-
' quired to arrest the entire disorganisation of the Asiatic
army. The departure of Omer Paella for the Crimea has
produced a great sensation here. It is doubly significant.
It proves, first, that the war is to be continued during
the winter on an extensive scale, and, next, that the
Allies reckon at last on the co-operation of Austria.
Otherwise it would be highly imprudent to weaken to
that degree the army of the Danube and leave Constan-
tinople open to an invasion. At the moment Prince Na-
poleon was preparing to embark for the Crimea he ex-
perienced a relapse, which has confined him to his bed
for the last two days. His physician, Dr. Levy, Inspec-
tor-General of the medical service of the army, opposed
his departure, which was fixed for yesterday. The Prince
feels the greatest anxiety to return to his division, from
an exaggerated idea of the bad effect produced by his
absence from the seat of war. General Lannes des
Montebello, aide-de-camp of the Emperor Napoleon,
arrived here the day before yesterday with despatches
for the Prince and General Canroberr, and left the next
morning for the Crimea. The Duke of Cambridge is to
repair one of these days to the English Embassy to re-
ceive the visit of the Sultan, who has manifested a desire
to pay him the same honour he had shown to Prince
Napoleon. Immediately afterwards his Royal Highness
will return to his hotel, having declined to accept the
apartment offered to him by Lord Radcliffe in the Em-
bassy."

THE MEDITERRANEAN.
MARSEILLES, DEC. 20.—The weather is extremely
severe. We have constant gales from the N.W.,
with occasional torrents of rain. The sun is
rarely visible ; still the embarkation of troops
and stores for the Crimea proceeds without inter-
mission. There is one fact, however, which
must strike everybody who carefully attends to
those operations, which is the manifest superiority
of the captains and officers of British steamers
in affording facilities for the quick embarkation
of troops over our French Allies, even in their
own ports. The frigate Constitution, for example,
and the large transport Chanderrw„cror, which have
lain for several days iu the port of the Joliette, have
not yet embarked their cargoes, while several Bri-
tish steamers have arrived, received troops, and
sailed within the same period. General Rostolan,
the Commander-in-Chief, is nevertheless inelefati-
,.iable. The Packet Company of the Messageries
leoperiales, likewise, have aided the good work
by despatching various steamer§ extraordinary
for Constantinople. The mail steamer Thabor,
which should have sailed for Constantinople on
Monday, with 200 of the 4th Regimeat of Light
Infantry, detachments from various other regimen ts,
and six horses, was detained by bad weather until
Tuesday. The Tap sailed last night for Constanti-
nople with troops and 20 English surgeons. The
steamer France, just launched at Toulon, has
arrived. She is chartered by the Government, and
will take troops and 1,000 tons of stores to the