The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-17 00:00:00

ICloefi enrnircr .rictorirmg. !t9-zr qzlitir.Fs fnr
ici case war cannot be kept a.iou ituu; our ue~.r
fatherland."

THE HANSE TOWNS.
The following order, respecting the exportation
~..131 articles contraband of war, was published. at
Hamburg on the 11th inst.:—
"In consequence of the existing state of war between
Turkey, France, and Great Britain on the one hand,
and Russia on the other hand, the Senate has determined
for the protection of the interests of the trade and navi•
gation of this city, to make and publish the following
enactments :
"1. The exportation of articles contraband of war to
the Powers now at war, or to their subjects, is pro-
hibited.
"2. Articles contraband of war consist of arms, ord-
aliee, firearms, and ammunition of every description,
but furthermore particularly powder, balls (kugeln),
rockets, fusees (zUndlcatehen), and all other material
used immediately in war, as also saltpetre, brimstone,
and lead.
"3. The transgression of the present order will be
followed by a confiscation of the articles contraband,
of war, and those who are guilty of such transgres-
tl", or are accessory to it, will be, moreover, punished
With severity.
"Decreed at Lubeck, at a meeting of the Senate, on
e 10th day of April, 1854.
"C. T. 0 VERBECK, Secretary."
"NOTICE.

"In consequence of the war which has broken out
between several of the great European Powers, the
,Council (Rath) feels called upon as a preliminary, to
make the following orders with respect to the intercourse
with the harbours and places of the belligerent States :--
"The exportation of all articles deemed contraband of
Wary or which are understood to be such by the law of
nations and the exiting Hamburg State treaties, as also
110 exportation of ammunition, moreover of powder,
.
11tpetee, brimstone balls (kugeln ), fusees
nil also all description of arms, and generally all such
rticles as can be immediately used in war, is forbidden
:411 the -day of the date of the proclamation equally
tinder the Hamburg and by foreign flags or by land to
tilw States of those Powers now engaged in war.
Whosoever acts in contravention of this order, be it
" owner or master of the vessel, or as exporter of the
goods,, will incur not only the confiscation of the before-
h
Cilled articles, but will also be further punished by a
te4l-37 fine and by imprisonment, according to circum-
:alleeß. In order that a necessary control may be ex-
-1'04(3d over all exportations to the States at war the
articles must be accurately specified, and the super-
FliPtion 'merchandise,' or any similar general desorip-
-1I", will not be admitted.
11" No captain or master of a ship sailing under the
alliburgh flag must violate a blockade, or after such
(blockade) -has been duly notified to him, sail through
clandestinely ; nor must he either carry two sets of
p' papers or bear a foreign flag, so long as he is in
ession of Hamburgh ships' papers (schiffspasse).
0,44 NV he ever may require to know more respecting the
,elera and notices with reference to navigation and trade
ti neutrals, as issued by the belligerent States, must ad-
,„rese themselves to the Department of Commerce (Com-
"'tree Comptoir).
10en in our Assembly of Council, Hamburgh, the
th of April, 1854."

CONSTANTINOPLE.
following telegraphic despatch has been re-
ll'ed from Constantinople, dated April 6 :
`` The whole of the fleet is now in the Black Sea.
c' The new Mufti waR insulted on the 3d.
1' The declaration of war reached Coustanti-
la
0,1118 on the sth.
" The Porte was about to issue a manifesto in
v'()llsequence.
Lord Stratford has addressed to the British
tlisuls a circular condemning the Greek insurrec-
4.
There was nothing new on the Danube up to
tge
Accounts from Constantinople, of the sth inst.,
tt le that Count Zamoiski has at length received
the
Permission
of the Turkish Government to form
14, polish legion. The legion, when organised, will
,lia,!ent into Armenia, and serve against the Rus-
of? in Georgia. Count Zamoiski is the nephew
Prince Adam Czartoriski.

irk ARRIVAL OF FRENCH TROOPS.
/V" following is dated Gallipoli, March 31 :
Morning the French steam-frigate Christophe
4„,,°.lzbe, towing the transport No. 6, arrived here,
10g on board Generals Canrobert, Bosquet, and
4h",,tunprey, commanding the Ist and 2d division,
tl4', the general staff of the French army respec-
'velY • also 600 men of the chasseurs a pied, with
%%Ile
s,
appers, and 30 horses for the staff. The
kilerals landed at half-past 11, and were received
some
the Pacha of Adrianople, who has been here for
'lee days for that purpose, and the president and
tl,ettibere of the commission sitting en permanence to
tteiljtate transactions between th;foreign armies and
(tii,‘'v,es. The Commandant, or rather Col. d'Anglar
ft; latter is his rank in the Turkish army), who has
iq:clne years been engaged in organising the light
try—with what great success Oltenitza showed
Aame down from Stamboul last night, and was
; present at the landing of the generals. It is a
the that
we, too, have not more officers who know
004. Turkish language and manners. Major
for 'llg'svood Dickson, of the Royal Artillery, who
five years superintended the Turkish laboratory
~.onstantinop le and who also served in the
11.14,) au campaignis the only one we have. He is
W. attached to the general staff of our army, and
14 13111 aria collecting information. The troops
,auillieneed landing at half-past one, but did not
1.11;941d to-day. Another steamer, the Africaine,
benvir transport, has arrived. She has stores on
; also 100 men. All excitement amongst the
tiobsve3 appears to be confined to the younger por-
SIZ The fact of its being Friday (the Turkish
the a3') will in some measure account for this, for
ke -Lurks have not struck me as being the apathetic
boliP,,le, in manner at least, that they are generally
tO:ked• Yesterday Mr. Wrottesly inspected the
The',,u3 see wliat troops could be accommodated.
Deereeks seemed greatly pleased with the pros-
inOf having English soldiers iu their houses; and
the'lle or two houses, too bad to put troops into,
1p people seemed very much disappointed. Mr.
tiCtealey had the tact to call on the Greek arch-
er',P a day or two since, which may have had some
";, The Turks are naturally not quite so
wil-
hOg' eeuause they must entirely vacate any of the
)tiqics Where Christian soldiers are admitted, if they
th,i:to live in the extreme privacy they like. As
or houses are, as a general rule here, not so good,
theß,,4l°Te correctly speaking, much worse, than
1t0431, of their Christian fellow townspeople, it
Vin :q be a pity to inconvenience them. The
Tre-bges of Yeni Keni, about five miles from Old
411e:,and Yeni-shaor and Erin Keni between that
Lee,'" Dardanelles, also the latter town have
tlAt; examined and found capable of accommo-
tl:g about 6,000 men. At Nogara Point, too,
pill is an empty lazaretto, and there are several
so t-ges on the Thracian shore of the Dardanelles ;
ktr„-,at if a division, or even a larger portion of our
piny', arrives before the declaration of war, the men
dee° under cover, such as it will be. If war is
4t ared before the Russian reinforcements arrive
4tt the Danube it is evident that by sending
41144.111ers enough', French and English troops can be
or to the mouth of that river or to Kavarna Bay,
c0,,,-Piewhere thereabouts, in such numbers that,
)1,-:"J'lned with the 40,000 Turks now in that
tillghbourhood, and more than might be brought
11„el.e, the allies would be in superior force to the
ps'''sians, and we may begin the campaign under
I,,p' favourable circumstances. The time for this
cog) however, most probably be past before war is
tl'etnenced, and in a month or six weeks Russia will
ehably have 300,000 men at the seat of war.
wring the autumn the Turks gave all their at-
:4ollth the sea batteries of Varna—which is a pity,
k„the land batteries may be required if we delay
Celt longer. A strong intrenched position on that
if °N of Bulgaria would be most useful to us, for
20°11tnumbered there, we might leave 15,000 or
tti4,1)(40 Turks to defend the positio,n, and ship the
livo"".,of our available forces for the Crimea. This
kiu-.I not, as may at first sightl appear, permit the
te kans to advance further, eavindgidnseoarre2ms,logohOt
tetWatch this position ; for if they
andl fn
to our secure landing-place at any moment,
sztf,,, in a-- on their communications force. For
to Y, then, they would always be obliged either to
Lo the entrenchments, or leave in the neighbour-
sal a force nearly equal to the entire moveable
441,1. of the allies. Schuml ais not tenable against a
the--e,'"uPerior force. Omer Pasha thinks he can beat
arrQ4-'.ußsians singlehauded ; the latter have nowan
bet: of 100,000 disposable men in a straight line
een his right and left flank (a distance, by the.
ate, of about 300 miles). This separation of his
but evidently tends to weaken him. We are going
Dot se
as soon as war begins, and fortify as a de-
taaie I.;r Coals, " the island of the serpents," as it is
at the mouth of the Danube.

GREECE.
ht, A '4l April B.—The Greeks have been beaten
qw.iliiro, where they lost 300 men. The utmost
to cr ton Prevails amongst their leaders, who begin
AiY treason.
Metaxa has arrived at Athens. The English,
littenian, French, and Swedish Ministers did not
44,11.-';the Te Deum, on the 6th, when the anniver-
Tia°l,the independence of Greece was celebrated.
qrsil 4-4,lteqsor reports that the expulsion of the
vatr:',,s Is going on at Constantinople ; but a pri-
alibi' uesPatch states that Poman Catholic Greek
Vets are allowed to remain.
of p e toad the following in the Post-AI-apt Gazette
oth rakfort, under the head Athens, 30th ultimo.
"iceounts from
not Athens of a later date (the ithraention th :irouraAances related,