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

officers of tried courage and talent. The worst h,
happened, and the future is not without its bright
side. Who knows ? Perhaps the darling wish°
my heart may be accomplished, and my correspoll.
deuce be dated from Tiflis."
On the sth the same correspondent writes
have received the following news from Georg,ll
Schamyl is awake, and woe to the Russia
A short time since 300 camels laden with 11:
were sent from Erivan to Tiflis, and from thew"
were sent back to Erivan charged with amm
tion. 200 Russian infantry formed the eao°';‘,
On passing through the Dar-Yol the caratw
was attacked by a large force of Schamyl's Peo,
,
ple, and carried off. The escort was cut to pie'',
From Kars, I have no intelligence of importalete
Sickness is unfortunately on the increase.
troops are suffering generally from a species of ',me
fluenza, accompanied with severe chest pains.
deaths from typhus have doubled. Thirty to fo
fatal cases are daily recorded. In a few days Pol
sious in abundance and money will arrive at
and the sanitary condition of the troops will,
properly attended to. The news of Ahmet Paouaej
dismissal from the command in chief was recov
with shouts of joy by the army. They were not
,;,
yet aware of the appointment of Zarif Paella as 7.0
successor. The opposition of Ahmet Pasha
General Guyon's effective measures had of late
doubled. Straggling parties of 300 or 400 irregto
lars are passing through Erzeroum on their Iva/
.4
Ardahan. Some regular cavalry are being ford
here, and when organised will count 4,000 sabre"'
The men will be protected by a species of helmet
in place of the fez cap. , The fez is
perfectly use'bess
re
as a protection from either wet, heat, or a 53tv
cut. The men wounded at Soobattan
were mos e
hacked on the arm, which they had extended oT..
their heads as a protection from the Russiaa,;'
valry sabres. The old-fashioned turban, if '
military-looking, was, at least, by far 0'„70
1g
comfortable, and defied equally the elect
t
and the sabre of an enemy. Zarif Par#
the new muchir (field-marshal), left Erzer°
for Kars on the 2d instant. The garrison
.4
this town, about 5,000 men, will leave for the sag
place as soon as the weather becomes, milder.
present the cold is most severe. I announced an
time since that 25,000 redifs bad left Tokat. P
Sivas for Erzeroum and Kars. This force has -„
detained by the snow, but is expected shortly....,,APr
far as I can calculate, the spring will find at it
an army of 45,000 regulars. General Gunn. ,
forming some battalions of Rifles on the
ceunes" system. At present everything looks Wet,
and money, the "sinew of war," is more abuncl3ll4
A speedy spring will be most welcome, and 7,0
enable the troops to go into camp and escape "ejt
ravages now caused by typhus. Lately, pray"
were offered up in all the mosques for the stic'nor
of England and France. Events will become t,"
more interesting every week, and I propose Ow
ing without delay for head-quarters."

FRANCE.
It is rumoured that a conspiracy has been. dirt)
covered which has ramifications among the sato
in the palar..e of the Tuileries. Several emptne
have been arrested, but as the most rigorous silelio
has been imposed upon all persons likely to b,.11.4
information on the subject, it is difficult to o.bw"
details.
The following telegraphic despatches wore
ceived on Thursday from Paris :
ago
" MARSEILLES, sth. —The Napoleon and the Ssw of
of the line, left Toulon yesterday, carrying 2,400 meals
the 27th Regiment of the line, for Constuntil34 •
The Napoleon will call at Bougie, and take oil board
detachment of 600 men. The English steamer Gallo
is making preparations for the reception of Lord En'S4
and the Duke of Cambridge. The Tabor
letters from. Constantinople of the 25th. A 'OlO
convoy of 6,000 Turks left Constantinople on the too
for Albania. Sanguinary combats have taken qbt
near Janina, but no exact results were known. epl
citadel of Arta still held out against the insu4o,o
Greeks. The Thessalonians have occupied the 00
of Phanaxia. A declaration of the blockade oi!
coast was feared in Greece. The last arrival of CO°
Constantinople was very considerable."
The Darien steam-frigate arrived on Thuitgli
morning at Cherbourg, from Brest, to take on 1)0,60
600 seamen and 500 marines for the OP'
squadron, now arming at Brest.
By decree of the Emperor, dated Thuisdo,Y:ii,
series of general regulations for the Grand Ex 11.16,
tion of agricultural and manufacturing prod uctiTof,
and the works of art of all nations, is approved o
The Exhibition, it is declared, is to open on theta(
of May of next year, and to be closed on the 315
tir
October. It is to be under the direction and
.$l4
veillance of the Imperial Commission nominated ift
the decree of the 24th of December, 1853. ty
each department a commission nominated by ro,
Prefect, is to take all measures calculated to Pio
mote the success of the Exhibition, and to oll(rd
the articles to be exhibited ; sub-committeer3
also if necessary be appointed. As to broil,
Governments—

"They are to be invited to establish, for the ch°-eit
examination, and sending of the productions of t'or
subjects, commissions, of which the formation and
'l°o'
position shall be notified as soon as possible im the
perial Commission, in order that it may immediately
itself in communication with them."
The .Emperor, on the report of the IVliritist,ertbe
Marine, has • decreed - a new organisation 01 pi
" Institution des Matelots-cannoniers "
(11-co'
gunners). Amongst other things the decroo e 113,113
that there shall be two preparatory schc wig/
nd
one Ecole d'Application of Naval Gunn erY74-ty,
that. sailors on leaving them shall rece: ive
;elf
second, or third class certificates according' to 'O,
capacity. The preparatory schools are to be e-tbe
Wished at Brest and Toulon on board vess iiite
roadsted. The decree contains a mass
of 133'
regulations for making the men as perfect as ,0'
sible in naval gunnery, and declares that esr
fixed recompences shall be made to experiellbe,
gunners who may consent to serve in the naTible,
yond the period for which they are legal ly
Prices maintained themselves on our Bo arse De.
terday. The Three per Cents. closed at 63f•
for the end of the month ; and the Fou x-311,05,
Half per Cents. at 89f. 90c.; Orleans Railwa3 r Slifts;os
1,030 f. ; Rouen, 815 f. ; Havre, 410 f. ;
Northern, 720 f.; Strasburg, 692 f: 50c.; New- 61' o
525 f. ; Paris, to Lyons 782 f.. 50c. ; Lyons ii9cey
the editerranean, 652 f. 50c.; Western of :11110n io,
5501. ; Bordeaux to Cette, 505 f. ; Great Cat itr,;ol4
France, 392 f. 50c. ; Lyons to Geneva, 4201; ;
of Credit Mobilier, 485 f.

BELGIUM.
The Moniteur Beige contains the folil .0"
declaration :--
"The undersigned, Minister of Foreign Affri,
siring to assure new facilities to the commervisl maritime relations between Russia and Belgi 00,00
clares--The Russian vessels corning from 111198 iii) ► P the
to those of Belgium, may, without losing, for ireel
goods they had originally on board, the profit of .0
cer
importation, and without beir', required to produ 00
tificates, touch at any intermediary port, either • t° diog
orders or to make commercial operations, or for
!• iO3
and unloading. Brussels, 11th March, 1854.
"H. DE BRO UCH 1311:00
The Moniteur Beige contains a similar dee] aril '0
signed by Count Chreptowitch, Russian IV) Bois,'„;
at Brussels, with respect to Belgian vessels a rric Pr
in Russian ports.

ITALY.
The Parma Gazette, of the Ist, annouriee3 0 (
the extraordinary commissioner and assess° 1101)
the municipality of that city have preFielato a r
address to the Duchess Regent, in which, aft© th B
of
pressing their condolence at the untimely- do, t'for
her Royal consort, as well as their admirat icot
the fortitude with which her Royal
.Highne sa o
in the midst of a domestic calamity of such caaftlo, tude, turned her attention to the exigencies 0•'•
State, they make the most solemn protestat 0100
loyalty and obedience to the infant Duke, IN 11°
just ascended the throne.
A letter from Parma, in the Piedmontese G ra oe or
states that the policy of the Duchess of Parnta ,Sith
raises well, and seems to be in accordance
the favourable judgment pronounced on that; rod,
cess by Chateaubriand when she was still a 4 3"116'
and repeated by the illustrious author in tho ) rot
moires d'Outre-Tomb. The Sardinian Minis' :lea to
Florence has received orders to proceed to Pa r
.TOO
convey personally to the Duchess the expr 104
of sympathy and condolence on the part. o
court which the circumstances call for.

SPAIN. )34'"
Forty thousand artisans filled the streets; , of
~a
celona on the 13th. They were unarme avi ~bei
when summoned to disperse they refused.
isar
itsby
then turned their steps towards the Garcia f rtyc•
in order to join their comrades outside th D '.
VI
The gates were then barred by the trcof '9, the
when pelted with stones by the mob, had r
c'e- the
to their arms. The result was that several
~aiel mob were killed and wounded, after whit 5
dispersed.

THE SHIPPING TRADE OF THE UNITED KING) 9°3.-r—......_L..__.....,__,__
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lift'
Yesterday a return to Parliament, obtained b. Y ' eill:
Ingham, M.P., showed that last year the shipping; tioP
ployed, that entered inwards
numbered 21,6'28 F;r", tb„
:
ships, of 5,055,343 tonnage, whilst of foreign ET tif,s the
.
number was 21,948,• and the tonnage 3,887,7 n . Cl;„ 69
vessels that cleared outwards there were 21,47.8 1
of
ship; and 23,301 foreign. The tonnage of the f°l
wse 4,212,981, and of the latter, 4,234,124. PI 4;
CANADIAN CREDIT.—It is just 20 years. since 1 11,,e„tr ..:
Villa* of Canada first borrowed money of this c 000
6 ''',
The loan was for 20 years, and the time being 11F du
Saturday last, the Ist of April, 1854, the whole at 011 ro ,
was paid in full out of the surplus revenues of tl .26 ,
,Poil
vince. This fact speaks, volume 4 for the Progr"s '''7
colony,--27mg,