The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-20 00:00:00

THE BALTIC.

STOCKHOLM, May 16.—Tue combined Swedish
ind Norwegian fleets, comprising two line of
battle ships, four frigates, and one corvette, ar-
ayed yesterday at Elfsnabben. The King went
tboard, when he; witnessed great manifestation of
ammstile feelings on the part of the crews against
Russia. Fresh orders were given for repairs of
4un-boats and large numbers of new ones were or-
lered to be made ready in the dockyards. The
British fleet at Hango, near Helsiugtors.
HAMBURG, May 16.—The English fleet has en-
oouutered in the Baltic some terrible storms, bum
it has manfully weathered them all. We hear of
no casualties having happened to it. But the
Swedish steamer, the Swiuska Lejonet, was lost in
the port of Ystadt. The English cruisers now
search every ship leaving the tort of Lubeck.

CONSTANTINOPLE.
LORD RAGLAN AND HIS ARMY.

The following is the General Order issued by
Lord Raglan on his arrival at Constantinople
"The Queen having been graciously Reased to ap
point General Lord Raglan to be commander of thr
forces to be employed in Turkey iu support 4,f her ally,
.us Imperial Maj!.sty the Su tan, and his Lordship
lavirg arrived, all reports, & ~ will be made to hiu.
~iirough the channels prescribed by her Majesty's regu

The Commander of the Forces avails himself of tilt.
earliest opportunity to impress upon the army the neces-
,ity of maintaining the strictest discipline, of respecting
:iersons and property, 'acrd the laws and usages of the
country they have been bent to aid and defend, and par-
ticularly of avoiding to enter mosques, churches, and
the private dwellings of a people whose habits are pecu
iar, and unlike those of the other nations of Europe.
" Lord Raglan fully relies upon the general and other
.fficers of his army t) afford him their support in the
repression of disorder ; and he confidently hopes that the
troops themselves, anxious to maintain the character
they have acquired elsewhere, will endeavour to become
the example of obedience to order and of attention to
discipline, without which success is impossible, and
their presence would be an evil instead of an advantage
to those whose cause their Sovereign had deemed it
proper to espouse.

<< The army will be for the fir,t time with an ally to
whom it has been the lot of the British nation to be op-
posed in the field for many centuries. The gallantry
and high military qualities of the French army are
'natters of history, and the alliance which has now been
formed will, the Commander •( the forces trusts ,be of
long duration, as well as productive of the most im-
portant consequences.

" Lord Raglan is aware, from personalcommunication
with the distine.uished officer who is appointed to cow-
'nand the French army, Marshal St. Arnaud, and many
if the superior officers, that every disposition exists
throughout their ranks to cultivate the best under-
standing w ith the British army, and to co-operate most
warmly with it ; and he entertains no doubt that her
Majesty's troops are actuated by the same spirit, and
that the first ambition of each army will be to acquire
the confidence and good opinion of the other.'
A letter, dated Scutari Barracks, May 6, says :
—" As yet our men have behaved uniformly well,
and are daily becoming more and more friendly
with the natives. It is necessary, once again, to
warn the public at home against believing reports
from Constantinople. Russian and Greek emis-
saries are constantly putting forth the must atro-
cious falsehoods. Lately it was stated that the
French authorities and Turkish commission at
Gallipoli had had serious differences, whereas the
fact is, that Cabouli Effendi and Molina Pasha,
who speak the French lanivage fluently, have
throughout arranged so wisely, that the greatest
unanimity exists among all parties. Again, it has
been set forh that the Greek population is ready, at
any given moment, to rise in favour of Russia.
Nothing can be more untrue. Tile subjects of the
Sultan who are of the Eastern Church know well
what that faith has already suffered at the hands of
Russia; and they feel that, politically speaking, they
are better off under the Sultan, especially now that
Euglandand Fiance have bound themselves to pro-
tect them against oppression' and to secure to them a
just administration of the laws of the laud. At
the outset some portion of the Greeks were carried
away by a momentary excitement. They knew '
little of the matter in question, and thought that
a new Byzantine empire was about to be theirs ;
but a little quiet examination has taught them
better things, and the vow of .I`.llcliolos that, with
the consent of Russia Greece shall never be ex-
tended, has convinced them that a merciful and
honest Sultan is a far better friend even to Chris-
tians that; a cruel and double-dealing Czar. The
following extract from a letter dated Adrianople,
24th April, will show how little inclination there
is on the part of the Greeks to rise against the
Sultan :

"The Greek Archbishop Cyril, during a pastorll visit
4hich he has just completed through a portion of his

diocese, has never cea.4ed exhorting ail Clliri,,tinos to ob-
serve obedience and submission to the 'mighty Sul an
Abd-ul Medjid,' who watches over then proclanns)
as over his own children, and whoQe every mcment is
engaged in planning for them greater happiness. D'iritiLr
the great c, remonies of Satarday eve, ing and Su day
the most fervent prayers were offered by the worthy
prelate for the preserv4tion of the Sultan, the success or
ins arms, and for God's blessing upon all his works ;
and the vast crowd of worshippers wh;ch filled the spa-
cious cathedral responded to the prayer with a pro-
longed and hearty Amen."
It cannot be said that great sickness exists in our
army, but the influence of adulterated wines and
spirits is beginning to show itself by an increase of
patients in the hospitals. A soldier landed in
Turkey is to the Government a useful article, and
his health ought to be carefully guarded. Why,
then, is not something done to keep him from the
deadly effects of poisonous wines and spirits, which,
in spite of present precautions, find their way into
the canteens ? A little energy on the part of the
authorities would soon produce a change for the
better. Give a good income to some man of cha-
racter and capacity, whose, duty it shall be, under
the directi:'n of a military commission, to superin-
tend supplies for the army of a good quality at the
lowest fy:ssible price, and a blessing of incalculable
value will result to the soldier, and thousands of
pounds would be gained by the Government by the
diminution of sickness. A small profit upon each
article sold would speedily pay all expenses. • The
experiment has been tried in India with every suc-
cess, and surely it must be practicable when we
are within 15 days of England.