The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-12 00:00:00

ST. PETERSBURG.

In the Journal etersboVrii, of August 4,
we read :—" By an ukase of May 17, last addressed
to the chapter of the imperial and royal orders of
Russia, his Majesty the Emperor has deigned to
confer the order St. `Vladimir, of the 4th class, on
the pilot Saraito Photi, a subject of Greece, for
having in an intrepid manner, in his ship, trans-
ported a detachment of Russian soldiers from
Abkhasia to the Crimea, in despite of the cruisers
of the enemies' fleets.

A letter from St. Petersburg of the 29th ult., in
the Weimar Gazette, says—" The Emperor contem-
plates shortly paying a visit to Warsaw ; but it is
possible that his journey may be delayed, for he hos
to-day received a telegraphic despatch from Revel,
announcing that Admiral Napier expects a consi-
derable number of troops from France. This would
be the third adjournment of au imperial journey
during the present year. Last month the Czar
wished to go to Kiew, to have a conference with
Marshal Paskiewitsch, but was prevented by the
news of the approach of the allied fleets to Cron-
stadt. The Emperor also proposed to go to com-
pliment the King of Prussia on the frontier, but
was prevented by the rumour that Sweden was col-
lecting an army at Carl Fohamcstadt, to operate
against Finland. The Czar, notwithstanding the
reiterated remonstrances of the Empress and the
Grand Duchesses, will not abandon the capital at
the moment of danger. The necessary preparations
for the defence of the city are terminated. 40,000
troops of elite are assembled."

PREPARATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION OF
OMER PACHA AT BUCHAREST.
A Bucharest correspondent writes, dating Aug.
1 :—The exultation of the people here, over the
retreat of the Russians, knows no bounds, and a
spontaneous illumination would have taken place
had not Kantakuzeno, the president of the
administration, formally advised them to save
their candles for better days when peace shall
have been definitively concluded. Kantaku-
zeno goes on in his proclamation to tell the
people that " there's many a slip twixt cup and
lip," and that , Prince Gortschakoff told the
notables when he took leave that "he was only
going away in obedience to his Sovereign's orders,
and that be expected to be back in less than a
month." Until that time the people of Bucharest
would do well to behave themselves loyally and not
show too much enthusiasm for the Turks. No one
must expect to escape the punishment which would
swiftly come upon him if he showed more sympathy
for the Turks than for the Protector of the Princi-
palities, the Supreme Head of the Orthodox Church.
" Cursed be every one who in his blindness forgets
this." Kantakuzeno says he cites the exact
words of Prince Gortschakoff, because the latter
took a pledge of him to make them known in a
formal manner.

Not an armed Russian is now to be found in
Bucharest. The sick and wounded, moreover, have
been removed from the hospitals, with the excep-
tion of some 30 whose cases are desperate. After
the unsuccessful battle of Giurgevo, Prince
Gortschakoff had a two hours' close conference
with General Budberg, and immediately after that
au order was issued to remove all the sick to Foks-
chani and Jassy. These orders were carried out
in the night, so as to conceal the extent and mean-
ing of the movement as far as possible. It was on
the very next day after this conference that Gorts-
chakoff called together the Boyars and officials, and
told them that he had the orders of his Sovereign
to purge Wallachia of the Turks, cost what it
might, and all the same whether any other power
came to their aid or not : he could dispose of
200,000 men, and surely that was sufficient to op-
pose any force that could be collected and brought
against them. On the 16th of July he went to the
camp to try and revive the dejected spirits of
his men, and animate them against the Turks. On
that day the Russians were beaten, and again on
the 23d. Last night 800 Bashi-bazouks encamped
close by Bucharest ; their watchfires could be seen
from our windows. The preparations for receiving
our long-expected deliverers from our " protectors"
most extensive scale. Between the
far as to the dwelling of Prince Kan-
garaetesu,paosn a
Kan-
takuzeno, at which Omer Pacha is expected to
alight, five triumphal arches have been erected.
Omer Pacha has written a letter to Prince Kan-
takuzeno, requiring quarters and provisions for
30,000 men. You can form no conception of the
liveliness of our streets. Bakers and butchers
are over head and ears in business ; carpenters
are hammering at the windows,
fixing up or-
naments there. The streets are being cleaned
up ; in short, all is prepared to give the Turks a
thoroughly festive and handsome reception. To-
morrow a deputation goes to Orner Pacha's head-
quarters, in order to invite him to the city.
The following is the letter referred to in the fore-
going communication :

" Grandlgothete liantakuzeno,—We will not reckon
with you in these stormy times. The Padishah is wil-
ling to look over all that you may have done during the
Russian occupation, and to believe that you have only
acted as you thought best for the interests of the unfor-
tunate country. I stand by the amnesty which I before
announced to you. My troops are marching on Bucha-
rest—provide for their good entertainment. Have ready
healty quarters and wholesome provisions for 12,000
men within the city, and provide also for the victualling
of 20,000 who will form a camp without the gates.
" OmER PACHA, Sirdar."

AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM THE KING
OF PRUSSIA TO QUEEN VICTORIA.
A communication from Berlin of August 9, says
it is asserted that ;;he King of Prussia has re-
cently addressed an autograph letter to her Majesty
Queen Victoria relative to the present crisis. In
this communication, his Prussian Majesty is said
to lay great stress upon the pacific and equitable
dispositions of the Emperor Nicholas, and to appeal
in most impressive language to the natural and
acknowledged desire of her Britannic Majesty
to see peace restored upon terms that may satisfy
the honour and interests of all concerned.
It is possible that this rumour may be correct,
and certainly no Sovereign is better qualified to
give effective expression to benevolent and worthy
sentiments than King Frederick William IV. But
it is problematical, on the other hand, whether
the King's intimate knowledge of our constitu-
tional routine, and of the confidence reposed in,
and deference paid by our wise and patriotic Queen
to the decisions of, her Ministers, backed as they
are by the unanimous will of the nation, would not
deter him from seeking to convey his sentiments to
the British Crown, through any other channel than
that official and responsible centre to which all po-
litical communications must be referred. The
war waged by England against Russia is not a war
of persons or parties, of sympathies or individua-
lities. No Court coterie can arrest its progress,
or give additional impulse to its action. No
Camarilla dare venture to intrigue around or bias

the mind of the illustrious lady who is the apex
of, and not an element apart from, her subjects.
She is interwoven with them heart and mind, as
they are bound to her body and chattels. The war
was long delayed with rare forbearance, and resorted
to with undisguised reluctance by the Crown, Cabi-
net, and country. But, when the hour at length
sounded, the voice of the nation spoke in irresti-
Me terms, and the Queen solemnly ratified the sen-
tence. Nor will this voice be stilled, or this sen-
tence be revoked, until other securities for the
future are given or conquered than such as are to
be found in the mellifluous reply of the Rus-
sian ruler, or in the sympathetic interpreta-
tions of those who confide in his sincerity.
Were the Prussian Government armed with full
powers to negotiate in the sense of those required
0
guarantees—could it furnish tangible securities
that the world's peace shall not be again sacrificed
to those inordinate cravings which are heirlooms in
the house of Remanoff—were it firm, frank, and
even-handed—then there is not a single man
breathing in Great Britain who would not grate-
fully hail its mediation, and gladly trust in it to
carry out the beneficent work. But Prussia has no
such mission. She cannot furnish a single guar-
antee, or assume an atom of responsibility ; nor
can she even retain the confidence of those whom
she would fain convince. Her efforts, therefore,
must remain effete. They can only be valued by
Great Britain as they have been unfortunately es-
timated heretofore—that is, in a sense more hostile
than friendly to a nation which is better disposed
to honour open enemies than to confide in equivocal
allies.

INTENDED MEETING OF THE KINGS
OF DENMARK AND SWEDEN. •
A letter from Hamburg of the Bth, in the Inde-
pendence of Brussels, says
"It is announced from Copenhagen that the King of
Denmark, who embarked on the 4th, accompanied by
the Minister of the Interior, M. de Tillisch, to make an
excursion in the Baltic, intends to proceed also to the
military port of Carlscrona, in Smeden, to have an 'in-
terview with the King of Sweden. This interview of
the two kings acquires great importance in presence of
the efforts, which become more and more pressing, to
break off the treaty of strict armed neutrality into
which they entered at the beginning of the war. It
is generally believed that in the interview of the two
northern sovereigns this system of neutrality will
receive a new consecration. The presence of M. de
Tillisch, whom the King of Denmark has chosen to ac-
company him, and who is a recognised partisan of
❑eutrality, cannot do otherwise than strengthen that
,ptem. A fact, however, occurred at Copenhagen a
few days ago, which has produced some sensation. The
Commander-in-Chief of the Danish artillery, General
Meza, in passing a review of the artillery of the civic
guard, addres,eil to the citizen officers and soldiers corn-
posinv it an extremely warm ad,lress, in which he de-
clared that the day is perhaps near at hand in which the
civic artillery united to that of the army will be called
by the king to the common defence of the Scandinavian
kingdoms."