The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-28 00:00:00

three hours after the surrender they
were placed
on board the men-of-war. In the afternoon the
Governor (General Bodisco), with two colonels
in and
-
the priest, were taken on board, company with
some few French officers.
The Governor, in conversation, had expressed
that their chance of holding out longer had become
quite hopeless, a 10-inch gun turned from their
own mud battery against them, being well handled;
he observed also that the battery from tilt heigh.ta
was brought to play upon him (this was Captain
Ramsay's), and that the French were gradually aa-
vancing and securing their position. The last two
shells that were fired were from Captain Pelham 5
gun on the mud-battery ; they entered the same
embrasure, and set fire to the officers' quarters.

SWEDEN AND THE ALLIES.
COPENHAGEN, August 27.—The Aftonblaclet
affirms that General Baraguay d'Hilliers has offered
the King of Sweden fourten million francs for the
first mouth, and seven for succeeding months, as a
subsidy to he paid on his actively joining the
Western Powers.

ALAND.
DANTZIC, Saturday.—The cholera is very bad at -
Bomarsund. Sixty French soldiers died on the
•
23d. The Balmoral steam-ship has arrived.

PRUSSIA. •
A correspondent writing to a contemporsq r
says :—Certainly Prussia is expecting war, and •
that soon. The palisades of the ditch are set to
all the outworks here. This would not be done
unless there was a probability of an early attack;
The palisades are generally housed or preserved
from the effects of the weather.. If the surmise
should prove correct, and war takes place between
Prussia and the Western Powers, it seems hardypossible for Prussia to escape a revolution or & •
change of Sovereigns. The antagonism of politica r.
feeling is already pushed to the verge of collision.
With one party the King is almost a God.
the King wishes, God wills !" the ra°""a
of the nobles. " I am a noble, aristocrat, all
Royalist," said one of this section, and as
he spoke he held out the ring on his for
finger. "My ancestors carried this crest ill t
Holy Wars. We have been for ages more than tut,
mere companions in arms of the King's family'e
have been friends ! Three genet als of rnY."4.11130
were killed in the Seven Years' War ; one in
war against Napoleon. lam myself a general,
M a_1!"--
I -
all that I have in the world is for my King. 1, _
boy, not yet higher than my walking-stick, is a der
dier already ; he knows the exercise, and can er"d
the manual. One day he will be a general, all
already he has learnt that his life, his honour even
is for his King. What the ing wishes, en
wills ! Upon my estates I have nearly 1,600
and their families. Every man is a soldier. rth
cannot understand why England is at war his •
Russia. One of my men, who was decorated f0r....."
bravery in 1815, and who is now an old man,
to me when he was called on to pay his portico •
the extraordinary tax of 15 millions just raise._
and said, How is this ? • They say we are to go to.
war with England. I don't understand it. Fran'
indeed, would be another affair.' The King„.l.
do as he thinks right.' The King ! Good. o,e, ;
is my tax. What the King wishes, God wills.'
In the army generally there is another feeling&
which is still more likely than the purer loyalty 01
the nobles to hurry Prussia into an injurious w,ar:
Every Prussian soldier desires to have a shot as 4.
Frenchman ! With the commercial classes, .1
mercantile marine, and generally among the tin
yelled yelled and literary men, there exists an opp
to the Government, a feeling which is almost to
•
not absolutely) disloyalty and personal hostility
the King. Among a party of these classes to Prpose the health of the King would be thought la;
Prussian an insult, in a foreigner a mistake. '-uu
Prussian would be turned out of the company se
the foreigner would be requested to drink soul
other toast. A war with England would be a signs':
to these meu to offer the crown of Prussia to some
other member of the Royal family. They kn°l,
that for a time all the strength of an organise'
force would be against them ; but they rely uf)°,2l. - -
the influence of family and connections m
army, and expect that a very short interval WILL
suffice to break up its union and strength.
This brief summary of. the internal political
state of Prussia would be incomplete if 110
notice were taken of the extreme aristocracy ;
and democracy which are found in the ranks of the
two great divisions of the country. But as every ,
one- knows how much these two principles oppose
each other, the object of this letter will be answered
if you are made aware that the aristocratic extreme
is as tyrannical and Russian as the other is vision-
ary and uncertain:
Enough has been said to show you the danger
that menaces society in Prussia. One other element,
and that perhaps the most powerful, must not be
forgotten—the women of Prussia have a bitter and
well-founded hate of France and Frenchmen.

AUSTRIA
VIENNA, AUGUST 24.
Yesterday's Official Vienna Gazette contained the
appointment of Baron Edward de Bach, till now
governor of Upper Austria, and brother of his Ex-
cellency the Minister of the Interior, to the post •
of Austrian civil commissioner for the Danubian
principalities. Baron E. de Bach has made his
diplomatic visits here to-day ;he proceeds to the
head-quarters of Baron Hess forthwith; and by the
sth of September, the day on which the Austrian
troops are to enter Bucharest, he will most probably
have reached the capital of Wallachia. In the
absence of intelligence from the seat of war of a
more stirring and exciting nature, we have to con-
tend with a species of news evidently disseminated
for the most malicious purposes by the common
enemies, id est, by the minions of Russia and the,
revolutionary party respectively.
The following telegraphic despatches have been
received here :
" ORSOVA, August 22.
" The birthday of his Majesty the Emperor
Francis Joseph was festfrely celebrated on the 181
at Rustchuk. Omer Pacha, with his whole staff
and all the foreign officers, gorgeously attired:
attended the solemnisation in the Consulate's chapel'
during which a salute of 21 guns was fired from tp.!
fortress. A grand parade of the troops also toox
place in honour of the day. At Rustchuk the ellot
lera has broken out among the Turkish troops.
Giurgevo and Nicopoli the disarling and incorpo-
ration of the Bashi-banuks in the new corps orgs'
nised by the French has led to several sanguiLlart‘
scenes. The rebels were overpowered in U
O
places. Trade on the Lower Danube is vv.'
lively."
before
yesterday the last of the ships destined for the el;
ey
pedition of the Crimea left here for Varna. I:_bnf,
had 12,000 Turkish troops and 2,000 FrenT.
board. Horses, cannon, and munitions were -14'ts
wise shipped, and number of flat-bottomed .1;?:re
were taken. Prince Napoleon, who has been of
since the 10th, has returned really on aceouLlyish
sickness—he is suffering from fever. perk
Pacha has to-day left on a diplomatic missiont
Bucharest. The cholera is decreasing in Censillrigy
nople and Varna ; and -at Gallipoli-it has enl -
disappeared. In the Dardanelles it is incre.:
in violence. By the use of so many traders hire
transport ships, trade has suffered here and W,cet
there is abundance of money, there is a br
scarcity of goods. ',sand
" CONSTANTINOPLE, -August 14.—Sixty the ;
men embarked at Varna from the 18th to the:4u_ of
their destination is Sebastopol. The naunitioir_.s •
the Anglo-French, with the exception of the 70.5
the wine stores, and some camp utensils, were sa_. ur,
from the conflagration at Varna. Some noll;rop
jugs have been noticeable in the French
lately." tir•
" ALEXANDRIA, August 16.—The vicero.,
n
ly
rived here on the 12th ; the town was brilliatati;
illuminAted. On the 14th he set out for Cons
tinople." ounce-
CC TRIESTE, August 24.—According to ann _
meats from Constantinople of the 14th, t.heelros.
not a single three-masted vessel now in rtO be .
phorus. The point where the landing 15,_ the
made is a profound secret, known only to
admirals and principal commanders. Th,e_
wstrisu
of the approaching entrance of the Ai; _ith
troops into the Principalities was receivea
satisfaction in the Turkish metropolis. The o,heAler:
to
prevails there, but it is not of au epidemical '''';ho
ratter. Intelligence from Smyrna reaches
16th. There is an average of from three to' is
cases of cholera per day. The richer inhab_r_fuo
are leaving the town. The Austrian frigate v,cm_vo
has arrive here. Several bands of pirates rithso
been seized at Lorvio. We learn from Varna. 10
the loss of the French by the conflagration Isi_reo
than that of the English, the whole of whose sroh..
of provisions are destroyed. According to
genes from Beyrut of the 14th inst., on theL of
the Emir Beschir Achmet was named Kaimax2l4.'
the Maronites."

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MADRID, Aua. 24.—The Captain-
SPAIN. ~J
-..-
Guipuscoa has given orders to dissolve the Junwi'-ci,
triu
.°Bf the Province.
' -Nary . broaci''
za aez has applied for passports to go a ,
~,,,jii
'Jose
/3 i Concha has set out for the Havana. ~,,kel
The reports of a Ministerial crisis still continu
A Madrid letter of the 21st says : General.
_Ol/
" Well-informed persons pretend tbat the clueliti°,l,}
which appears to divide most seriously the roernberso
the present Cabinet is that of the departure of
Chratina. Aland ell the ILialstere ir•IN4 r--'-"' --