The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-24 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS-(THTS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.
To-day's market was very scantily supplied with all
kinds of English wheat. The attendance of buyers being
small, the demand was in a sluggish state, at Monday's
currency.
The imports of foreign wheat continue good. Selected
samples were steady, at extreme rates ; but low and mid-
dling parcels commanded very little attention.
We were fairly supplied with barley, which moved off
slowly, on former terms.
The malt trade was dull; but we have no change to no.
tice in the quotations.
flour were unaltered in value.
Oats, beans, peas, and
ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.

Wheat.
710

Barley.
80

Malt. Oats. Flour.
1,780 840 1,140
6,280 -
- 16,640 1,230cks
2,870br1

gngLish
Irish ....
Foreiga

34,380 1,860

VirSITECHAPEL.
A steady inquiry for each kind of meat, as follows :
Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 45 8d lamb,
5s 4cl to Ca 4d ; veal, 35 8d to 5s 2d ; pork, 3s 6d to
4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase.

BOROUGH HOP.
Our market is somewhat firmer, and the quotations have
an upward tenancy.

NEw BILL ON ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.—Yesterday a
new bill, in the House of Commons, was printed to alter
and improve the mode of taking evidence in the eccle-
siastical courts of England Ireland. It is proposed that
ecclesiastical courts shall be empowered to summon and
examine witnesses viva voce, either before or after exami-
nation, by deposition or affidavit.
MADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—CertainIy one of
the most interesting groups, and one that attracts more
particular attention, is that which represents the Em-
peror of Russia and the Sultan of Turkey. The tower-
ing height of the Russian Emperor, and the determined
expression of his countenance, gives the idea how little
the Sultan seems able to contend with so powerful an
antazoci9t, the appearance of the latter being mild and
placid in countenance, and considerably less in size.
Both sovereigns are represented in their usual military
costume, decorated with national Honours.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

THE W.A.R.

THE LOSS OF THE TIGER CONFIRMED.
The journal d' Odessa states, on the 12th of May,
that the Tiger, of 1,275 tons burden, and mount-
ing 10 guns, which stranded at seven worsts from
Odessa, was forced to surrender before the Vesuvius
and Niger could come to her assistance.
Her captain (Giffard) lost one leg, a midshipman
both, and five men were wounded. Two hundred
and twenty-six prisoners were taken.
The Russians had two officers wounded and two
soldiers killed.

As the vessel could not be removed she was set
on fire, and sank the same day. Some of her guns
were taken as trophies to Odessa.
We had the following in the Press of Vienna
on the same subject :—" We have received direct
accounts from Odessa relative to the recent events,
and communicate them to our readers without
changing anything. The inhabitants of Odessa are
now in the greatest uneasiness. The Russian
batteries have cannonaded an English war steamer
which, on her return from the mouths of the Sulina,
was driven by stress of weather into the roadstead
of Odessa. Some say it was the Tiger, others the
Niger, and one version is that it was the Retribu-
tion. This vessel made signals of distress and
hoisted the white flag, but the Russians paid no
attention to it and fired red-hot shot at her until
she caught fire. Notwithstanding the shower of
balls the vessel approached the shore, and the crew
were able to land. The vessel is now in the Fort
of Odessa in a very bad condition, and the crew
are prisoners of war. Several line-of-battle ships
and corvettes of the combined fleets have shown
themselves before the port. The inhabitants are
in great alarm, not knowing what may happen.
At the moment I am writing, a vessel with a flag
of truce is approaching the port."

PERSIA.
RUSSIAN ULTIMATUM.

We learn from St. Petersburg, under date of
May 16, that an ultimatum has been sent to Persia,
and a reply demanded within two months.

CONSTANTINOPLE.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Mav 11.—Our ears have be-
come so accustomed to the firing of salutes, and we
have had so many false alarms within the last few
days, that, yesterday morning, when the guns from
the ships in the harbour were fired, scarcely any-
body felt inclined to stir. The eveningc, before
everybody had made a rush to the terraces
and flat roofs of the houses ; and the same
occurred twice before. However, this time it
was not the wolf's cry, for the Caradoc was
at anchor off Tophana, and all the Turkish
ships of war stationed there had manned
their yards, and were thundering a welcome to his
Royal Highness. In the forenoon the Duke of
Cambridge repaired to the British embassy at Pera,
where he was received by his Excellency Lord
Stratford de Redcliffe. All the persons of note here
had gone to meet him at Tophana. In the after-
noon his Royal Highness proceeded up the Bos-
phorus, and was received at the Imperial palace of
Ferie, immediately adjacent to the Sultan's resi-
dence of Tcheragan, by Ciamil Bey, the in-

troducer of Amliassadors. A similar ceremo-
nial was gone through to that already de-
scribed on the arrival of the Prince Napoleon.
To-day there was a grand reception held by his
Royal Highness at his palace of Ferie, on the Bos-
phorus. All the corps diplomatique repaired there.
The British troops being stationed at Scutari, and
encamped on the Asiatic side, it is to be foreseen
that his Royal Highness will spend most of his
time there. We are looking forward to a grand
review and field-day. Now that Marshal St. Ar-
naud and Lord Raglan ,the two commanders-in-chief,
are here, and the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Napo-
leon, and the whole off their staff, we may expect
an early active moment towards the seat of war.
The French are expected to march up to Adria-
nople from Gallipoli very shortly. Until the artil-
lery and cavalry have arrived, a general movement
of the British troops cannot take place. The City
of London, which arrived here the other day from
Malta, brought Brigadier-General Aitev and
twenty-three staff officers. This steamer likewise
brought a great many horses, and a portion of the
equipage, of the horse artillery. They were
all landed at the barrack of Couleli, on the
Asiatic side of the Bosphorus. A great
number of transports have arrived with
horses and ammunition. They have also
been landed at the barracks of Conleli and Selimie.
The steamers and transports are still detained
here. This has given rise to a general belief
that troops will immediately be sent to Varna—
a most natural, and I should say, true conclu-
sion. The fortifications of the Bosphorus are being
inspected, and it is now said that considerable
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alterations ancliimprovenients will be made in them
Behram Pacha (Colonel Cannon) has arrived
here from Schumla, accompanied by his aide-de-
camp, Colonel Ogilvy, and several TuTkish officers.
They are all sent by Omer Pacha to compliment
Prince Napoleon, the Duke of Cambridge, Lord
Raglan, and Marshal St. Arnaud on their arrival.
Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, who is detained
at home by indisposition, was not present at
the presentation of the corps diplomatique to-day.

The heat is increasing every day, and many per-
sons are suffering from its effects. There is a close-
ness in the atmosphere which causes a dry feverish
sensation, and were it not that the nights are cool
much illness would be the consequence among those
not acclimatized. As yet, however, the real sum-
mer has not commenced. In another month the
climate will be tropical, and the stifled inhabitants
will fly from the capital to their villas on the Bos-
phorus or in the Islands. Pera in June and July is
like London in September ; no one remains but the
shopkeepers, and many of those might be absent
without much loss, so small is traffic at that languid
and sultry season. Whether the events of the war
will have any tendency to change the usual
state of things it is difficult to say, but certainly a
country residence will be more than usually desira-
ble this year, as the town is crowded to suffocation,
and the summer bids fair to be more than usually
sultry. Steamers ply daily between Constantinople
and the villages adjacent, and as the head-quarters
of diplomacy are transferred to the cooler spots,
there is little necessity or inducement to remain
within the limits of the stifling town.

THE COMBINED FLEETS IN THE BLACK

SEA.

MALTA, May 16.—The Vulcan steam troop-ship,
and the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam
vessel Euxine, which arrived last night from Con-
stantinople, bring dates from that city to the 10th,
and from the fleets blockading Sebastopol to the
sth of May, from which the following intelligence
is gleaned
On the evening of the 25th of April the several
Russian prisoners taken in the merchant vessels
captured by the English and French vessels of war
were put on board a Sardinian brig and sent to
Odessa, from the offing of which, at daylight on
the 26th, both fleets took their departure, to the
no small delight of the inhabitants of the town,
who could not be brought to give credit for the
moderation which, under the circumstances of the
case, has been shown in sparing it as the English
and French admirals have done. Next morning a
strange steamer was reported, but at a great dis-
tance, whereupon the Arethusa and Sampson were
sent in chase, and though, after a while, th• steamer

disappeared, still they-ha'd the satisfaction of find-
ing that they had come up in time to oblige her to
abandon an English merchant brig which she had
just previously captured, and was towing for a
Russian port. Three prizes were taken that morn-
ing by the English ; and in order that the force
might not appear too imposing on reaching Sebas-
topol, for which the fleets were steering—and by
way of enticing the enemy.out of his strongholds—
the Queen and Marengo, ships of the line, received
orders to part company from the rest. On the 28th
the offing of Sebastopol was reached ; and on the
26th, cruising closer in, with a strong breeze,
the Sampson and the Arethusa (the light infantry
of the British fleet) were sent in to reconnoitre,
and on their return reported one three-decker, ten
other sail of the line, four frigates, and four or
five steamers afloat. uring the day the Tiger and
Fury joined, having been back to Odessa for a
reconnoitre, and steamed round by the coast of the
Crimea, without falling in with a single vessel.
At about five p.m. on the 29th, when the fleets
were about 25 miles distant from the port of Se-
bastopol, a steamer was seen, and coming from
that direction, which left no doubt of her being a
Russian. The Tiger was ordered down upon her,
when she soon went round, and stood back again
to port, into which she got by dusk, the Tiger
having chased her nearly within shot of the bat-
teries, followed at a distance by the Inflexible and
Tauban, to guard against it being any decoy or
snare, which no doubt was the case, since from
the Tiger's deck five steamers were observed to
have their steam up, and the four frigates had
run up their topsails ready for a start. The ap-
pearance of the Inflexible and Vauban in the dis-
tance no doubt spoiled the sport, and induced
them to weigh the odds as to the result, if they
(the Russians) put out to sea. It is to be hoped
the next decoy will be a little bolder, and venture
out a few miles further ; for the mere nabbing of
transports and merchant craft is not altogether the
work which either the English or French seamen
would prefer. On the sth of May the Agamemnon

was taking in at sea a quantity of gunpowder for
the Circassians, and would leave on that or the
following day with a small steam squadron, under
the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons,
composed of the Sampson, Retribution, Firebrand,
Charlemagne, Vauban, and Mogador ; proceeding
in the first place to Kaffa, in the Crimea, to destroy
a small dockyard thereat, and where it is hoped
several steamers will be found and taken ; after carry-
ing out which service, this steam squadron will pro-
ceed. to the coast of Circassia, there land the ammu-
nition, and endeavour to destroy by cannonading and
bombardment the forts which the enemy still holds.
If this be found impracticable without a land force,
this is to be supplied, on application, without delay,
from the nearest Turkish garrison or station. The
Terrible, which joined Admiral Dundas from Con-
stantinople on the sth of May, brought several
Circassian chiefs, who will accompany the expedi-
tion. They speak most confidently of the earnest
desire of the majority of their fellow-countrymen
to rid themselves of the Russians. On the same
day there was some great-gun exercise at Sebasto-
pol, creating much noise and smoke.
The hills close to Sebastopol were tipped with
snow, and those at a great distance had a good thick
coating. Very cold weather continued to prevail,
with stronger breezes than one would prefer in the
vicinity of an enemy's coast.

THE DANUBE.
REPORTED FALL OF SILISTRIA.

On the 16th inst. the last Russians left Little
Wallachia.

The Widdin correspondent of the Lloyd writes,
that Sami. Pasha has received official intelligence
of the fall of Silistria.

A private letter states that Silistria on the 20th,
was still in the hands of the Turks.
The Presse of Vienna has the following :
" Omer Pacha has caused to be published at
Schmnla a bulletin on the affair which took place
on the 28th ult. near Nicopolis. According to this
document, Sali Pacha, after having passed the
Danube on the 28th at Nicopolis, demolished the
works of the tete de pont of the Russians, took two
pieces of cannon, beat and pursued the enemy as far
as Tournow, and occupied Islas. These accounts are
confirmed by our private information, but never-
theless a bulletin was published at Bucharest on
the 30th ult., in which it was announced that a
victory had been gained over the Turks, and a Te
Deum was even sung on the occasion of it. A letter
from Orsova confirms the details of the affair which
took place on the 10th near Giurgevo. Said Pacha
crossed the Danube at the head of 1,500 men, at-
tacked and destroyed the enemy's batteries, and

drove back the Russians as far as Giurgevo. The
Turks took two pieces of cannon from the batteries.
Said Paella, after having set fire to a quantity of
timber and other materials, collected for the pur-
pose of constructing a bridge, recrossed to the other
side of the river."

Tile same journal says :—" We have to-day re-
ceived a letter from our correspondent on the Lower
Danube, which announces that another very obsti-
nate and sanguinary engagement took place on the
12th, near Oltenitza-Tourtoukai. 800 irregular
troops crossed the Danube for the mere pleasure of
fighting, 'and attacked the quarantine post. The
combat lasted some time without success, and the
Turks at length retired with the loss of 200 killed
and wounded, after taking several pieces of cannon
from the Russians."

SCIIIMILA, May 5.—" The only news of any im-
portance is that the Russians have suffered a
defeat in a small engagement which has just taken
place in Little Wallachia. In withdrawing from
that country the Russians naturally stationed a
rear-guard on this side of Krajova, to cover their
retreat, guard their hospitals, and observe the
movements of the tro(lps at Kalafat. On the
28th of April, Skender Bey (Count Ilinski)
was reconnoitring at the head of a regiment
of Ottoman cavalry, when he met, near Radovan,
a body of the enemy's cavalry, superior in num-
ber. He did not hesitate to attack them. Skender
Bey is a very brave and intelligent officer. The
Ottoman cavalry, when well commanded, are good.
In this engagement the Turks proved the victors.
They captured sixty horses and made twelve
prisoners The exact number of killed and
wounded is not known. On the Turkish side the
loss was not considerable. Skender Bey will be
promoted and decorated. On the 2d of May a re-
connoissance was made on the left bank of the
Danube by a body of 300 Arnauts. They sur-
prised an entrenched outpost of the Russians, who
at that time still maintained their line of obser-
vation on the Danube, in front of Nicopoli. The
300 Arnauts had to contend with four of the
enemy's battalions and a battery. They fought
with great desperation. Only fifteen were made
prisoners ; the rest seem to have been cut
down. Transylvanian papers say that the army
which entered the Dobrudscha on the 23d of March
is composed of the troops of the sth corps d'armee,
and of one division of the 3d. The corps d'armee
of General Luders has only three brigades of in-
fantry with the army of the Danube ; add to this
the 7th division of the 3d corps d'armee, and you
have a total of five brigades of forty battalions,
besides four regiments of cavalry and some Cos-
sacks, who must also have crossed. Thus you have
in the Dobrudscha a total of 30,000 or 32,000 men.
Up to the present we can form no idea of what the
Russians are about. You will do well to contra-
dict all accounts of other engagements on the
Lower Danube, as none have taken place there
since the 23d of March. Hirsova, Tultscha, and
Matschin are not strong places, but open towns, in
front of which a few earthen outwarks have been
thrown up. It is therefore no matter of astonish-
ment that the few Turkish battalions 'stationed
there evacuated them on the 23d March."