The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-06 00:00:00

according to which the military commandant had
received orders from England to make all neces-
sary arrangements at the arsenal fur the establish-
ment of a reserve of artillery and ammunition
which was about to be forwarded from English
ports.
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Against this statement is to be set another made
from Paris by a correspondent of the Brussels
Incle_pendance—namely, that the British Cabinet
has formally decided not to send troops to the
Levant, and has notified to the French Govern-
ment that it will leave the question to the decision
of Parliament.

A letter from Orsova states that the Danube was
so full of floating ice as to completely interrupt its
navigation, even by transport barges.
Sickness and want are making fearful ravages in
the camp at Kalafat. It is said that not.mere than
one-third of the troops are in health. The number
of the troops returned to Widdin, since the com-
mencement of winter, is between 10,000 and
12,000.

By the completion of the telegraph to Orsova.
Vienna is brought much nearer the Danubian
Principalities : only 5 or 6 hours are now required
to transmit despatches from Kalafat to Vienna.
The communication with Shumla has lately been
greatly interrupted by fearful storms and heavy
falls of snows. 24,000 men are still stationed in.
Lesser Wallachia. The numerous English volun-
teers who have arrived during the last seven weeks
are stationed at Wiyin, Rutschuk, and Matschin.
Their uniforms are often very droll, but they
enter into all the pleasures of the war, from hunt-
ing to the digging of entrenchments, with. the
greatest zest.
From Odessa, Dec. 14, we learn that 800 Turkish
prisoners of war are collected there, and that a
cartel for an exchange was spoken of.
FRANCE.

Among the rumours that circulated yesterday
afternoon in Paris was one, taken from a German
paper, that the Russians had obtained possession
of Batoum. Another report was to the effect that
the French Government is about to order a levy of
150,000 men, and that the decree will soon appear
in the MOniteur. It war be declared, an addition
will, no doubt, be made to the army ; and, in the
meantime, there is no discontinuance of prepara-
tion for such an emergency.
The Momiteur publishes a decree on the proposi-
tion of the Minister of the Interior, appointing an
official costume for the members of the Councils-
General of the departments.
The ball on Wednesday night at the Tuileries
was very brilliant. The men were either in uni-
form or Court dress. About 5,000 persons received
invitations.

The arrival of the mail from England continues
to be irregular. The evening papers and letters
due on Wednesday were not delivered till yester-
day morning, and yesterday at a late hour the
evening papers, but not the morning.
A further fall took place in the price of public
securities at the Bourse to-day. Several defaulters
was declared, and various rumours were circulated
unfavourable to the Turkish arms in Asia, and,
amongst others that the Russians had captured
Batoum. The Three per Cents. opened at 711.
85c., and fell to 71f. 30c. ; they closed at 71f. 40c.
for the end of the month. The Four-and-Half per
Cents. closed at 99f. 75c. ; Orleans Railway shares,
1,130 f. ; Rouen, I,ooof, ; Havre, 475 f. ; Great
Northern, 825 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 770 f. ;
Paris and Lyons, 867 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Medi-
terranean, 720 f. ; Western of France, 6501. ; Bor-
deaux and Cette, 590 f. ; Great Central, 492 f. 50c. ;
Lyons and Geneva, 4901. ; Shares of the Bank of
Credit Mobilier, 68 Of.

DENMARK, SWEDEN, AND
NORWAY.
A telegraphic despatch from Hamburg announces
that, on the 27th of December, King Oscar of
Sweden and Norway communicated to the Swedish
Diet, in secret committee, the text of a treaty con-
cluded between him and Denmark, with a view to
assure their respective neutrality in case of a Euro-
pean war.

Russia has been endeavouring to draw, not only
Denmark, but Sweden and Norway also, within
her grasp, to serve as bulwarks in case of a
European conflagration. Russia has failed in her
object. The Governments of Denmark and Nor-
way and Sweden had addressed an identical Note
to all the Courts of Europe, containing a declara-
tion of strict neutrality in the case of a European
war consequent upon the complications of the
Eastern question.
This Note is drawn up in clear and precise
terms.

The Note commences by establishing that these
complications in the Ea,tern question have imposed
upon the Governments of Sweden and Norway, and
Denmark the obligation of devoting their serious
attention to the consequences that might result
therefrom ; and that, therefore, they considered it
a duty to make known to all the Governments
with which they desire to continue the maintenance
of friendly relations, the line of policy which they
propose to follow in case of a European war.
The cordial friendship which unites the Sove-
reigns and the people of the two States, as well as
the community of interests and political principles,
have induced the Danish and Swedish Governments
to hold counsel together, and they have agreed
on the measures to be adopted eventually, so as to
establish a common action, of a nature to facili-
tate by its identity the application of the system
agreed upon, which consists in the most strict neu-
trality.
In conformity with the resolutions thus agreed
upon in common the two Governments have no, '
tilled to the different European Governments,
each respectively, the general rules which they
propose to apply, which are as follows :
Abstention during the struggle that may take place
from all participation, direct or indirect, in favour of one
belligerent party to the detriment of another.

ATlmission into Swedish, Danish and Norwegian ports
of the men-of-war and merchantmen of those same belli-
gerent parties, each of the two Governments reserving
to itself, however, the right of prohibiting the entrance
of the said vessels into certain ports, or into certain
basins of those ports, an interdiction which will naturally
be extended to the vessels of all the belligerent parties.
Permission to said vessels to provide themselves at
the ports of the two monarchies with all goods and
merchandise they might stand in need of, with the ex-
ception of articles regarded as contraband of war.
Exclusion from the entrance and from the sale, in the
said ports, of war prizes, &c.
Such are the principal points of the neutrality
declared in this Note. The Sovereigns of Denmark
and Sweden and Norway, on the other hand,
claim for the vessels of their respective States the
right of the continuance of enjoying safety and
every facility in their commercial relations with the
belligerent Powers, under the obligation of sub-
mitting to the rules of the law of nations in special
cases of blockade, arm.