The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-30 00:00:00

THE CAPTURE OF BONIARSUND.

We take the following from the Gazette de Foss
of the 25th :

"The capture of Bomarsund is an event of great im-
portance, because it took place under the very eyes of
the Russians, who could do nothing better than remain
shut up behind the batteries of Cronstadt ; and it is
also important, because it is destined to exercise a pow-
erful influence both over the Finlanders and the Swedes.
The four conditions of peace are independent of military
operations, and will not prevent the prosecution of hos-
tilities. This course is perfectly consistent with the law
of nations. It is a mistake to assert the contrary. The
efforts of the. Russian party can only have one
.result,
and that is, to pralonz a crisis which it is the interest of
Germany to terminate by all the means in its power."
The Spener Gazette of the 27th has the follow-
ing
:
"According to information which h!is reached us
from a good source, there is no doubt that since the cap-
ture of Bomarsund the position of Sweden towards the
Western Powers is completely changed. At this mo-
ment very active negociations are going on at Stock-
holm between that government and the representatives
of the Western Powers, • and these negotiations
are on the point of being brought to a conclu-
sion. Sweden will accede to the treaty of alliance
offensive and defensive concluded between France
and England; she will furnish an army of 50,000 men to
co-operate in the conquest of Finland, which will be gua-
ranteed to her ; she will put her fleet at the disposal of
the Western Powers, and England will conclude with her
a treaty for granting subsidies. Sweden at first, it is said,
hesitated on account of the doubtful position of Denmark
in her rear, but that hesitation has been removed by
explanations given by the new English Ambassador at
the Court of Sweden, and by the facts which have been
unveiled—facts which when known will produce great
astonishment.'

VIENNA, Aug. 1 is said to have
yesterday w
displayed unusual warmthduring the conference
He enumerated
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sacrifices
corTul 25.—Count
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" Camp at Jemi Bazar.
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much
"Aug. 6, 1854.
in order to prevent the encroachments of
fitheetshewPhriicihssiAanusTriinaishteard.
loss
madewhich he
and
the " menPMe , and ave Count Arnim to understand that
last we have had great .
of life by cholera, &c. ; 20 or 30 of a day have perished,
t iasftethrehoepiningiotank ofen allill that that
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I
few rally ; but lam certain that if we were ordered to the stipulations contained in the treaty of April
advance against the enemy the sickness would soon dis- 20 were, under present circumstances, insufficient.
appear.
Many of the men are badly behaved, and get It is believed that Count Arnim will go again to
intoxicated ; but I think it proceeds from inaction; and Berlin. Prince Alexander Gortscliakoff has re-
a reckless anticipation (too often realised) of the death ceived some intimation relative to the probable
'h
of '
of a dog—added to which is the scarcity of water for fate of the Austrian note. It is likely that no
direct answer will be given, but that Austria will
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not
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tesil:eri in:
dgi
eetrilebtaor
ebveerd.esilrend to give
course explamations. relative to her
go to it. A dam or reservoir l y real intentions and wishes.
haveci plenty,r officerewas The armaments here are on a greater scale than
only a little more sociable. No pal agent o
officers and men, so that we couldw if
of the last week 100 guns
one momeht, sudden were sent out of tile arsenal, and
.yest.erday.ordeis
by the late duty
I,°Arpose ; indeed, lie is
inasmuchß u s si a co ti!clh
abetterserve
as inituhree
injured
re than
horses, Lorda as warranted
Cardigan,
were given to prepare eight cavalry batteries (64
he was on, where, out of the small
force,'7o horses were unfit for duty on return to camp, guns) with all possible speed.
BUCHAREST, 22d. Nothing of importance.
partially insane, and is by There is little chance of Moldavia, being speedily
through ta-virel,i)tihrreer,,;nalitlrx:sliiif
f—jtii;
evacuated. The victories gained iu Asia were
thought by many to be
officers and men detested. It is reprted that he will celebrated by the Russians on the 16th at Foks- I
be super,eded, a,nd go home to hek Inspector-Generali W
of chani, and the firing gave rise to a report that a
Cavalry, and that General Time well
mw take up his battle had been fought at Bosco, in allachia.
hin • ,
if
command. It will be fortunate for so and also
vOu the 20th the united fleets had out left for
There is little leve lost between ' arna.
fiirotuunnsaltoewfoprairiaslesh.e is only fit for St. James's Park or
Prince Deni'doff who lately arrived hero from
him and the Irish regiments—he hates Irishmen or any, ' '
• as attache
thing Irish : hut I must say that the Irish deserve great St. Petersburg, will rewain
cradit for their soldier-like quakikies, never caring much.. Sian embassy, which, appointment he has already
for any hardship, but bustle on very like the French. , filled at Turin.
1
11 e Kiamel Effendi, the ambassador of thw porn at
"The Duke o teal:abridge is ill and cannot go veitl

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of Berlin,

The ex-diplomatist, General Count Ficquelmont,
has just publishel a work entitled Russian Politics
and the Danubian Principalities, in which he re-
cants his former heresy relative to its not being to
the advantage of Austria to oppose Russia in the
Oriental question. The book in question is often
as discursive as it is abstract, but it contains one
most important passage, to which both statesmen
and military men in the west of Europe will do well
to direct their attention. . The Austrian General,
who is' of opinion that Russia is likely to prove
more dangerous in Asia than in Europe, says :
" Russia is in possession of the fortress and province
of Akhaltzik, which is only 150 French miles from the
Mediterranean —in the neighbourhood of Aleppo He
who is in possession of the chain of mountains (irobahly
the Tchisheghi Dagh is meant) is master of all the prin-
cipal positions. At his pleasure he can pass down the
Tigris and Euphrates to the Persian Gulf, or from the
other side advance to the Black Sea or the Mediterra-
nean: A line of defence might easily be formed between
the Euphrates and the Mediterranean against an attack
from Syria. The whole territory lies within au equicru-
ral triangle, of which, if Akhaltzik is taken as the ver-
tex, the one side reaches to the mouth of the Euphrates,
and the other to the Dardanelles."