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

THE BALTIC.

STOCKHOLM, May 16.—The combined Swedish
and Norwegian fleets, comprising two line of
battle ships, four frigates, and one corvette, ar-
rived yesterday at Elfsnabben. The King went
aboard, when ho witnessed great manifestation of
hostile feelings on the part of the crews against
Russia. Fresh orders were given for repairs of
gun-boats and large numbers of new ones were or-
dered to be made ready in the dockyards. The
British fleet at Hango, near Helsingtors.
HAMBURG, May 16.—The English fleet has en-
countered in the Baltic some terrible storms, but
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 port 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 p,ea,sed to ap-
point General Lord Raglan to be commander of the
forces to be employed in Turkey in support of her ally,
his Imperial Maj sty the Sultan, and his Lordship
having arrived, all reports, &c., will be made to him
through the channels prescribed by her Majesty's regu-
lations.

" The Commander of the Forces avails himself of the
earliest opportunity to impress upon the army the neces-
sity of maintaining the strictest discipline, of respecting
persons and property, and the laws and usages of the
country they have been sent to aid and defend, and par-
ticularly of avoiding to enter mosques, churches, and
the private dwellings of a people whose habits are pecu-
liar, and unlike those of the other nations of Europe.
"Lord Raglan fully relies upon the general and other
officers of his army to afford him their surport 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 ari;iy will be for the first 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
matters of history, and the alliance which has now been
formed will, the Commander of the forces trusts, be of
long duration, as well as productive of the must im-
portant consequences.
" Lord Raglan is aware, from personalconimunication
with the distinguished officer who is appointed to coin-
wand the French army, Marshal St. Arnaud, and many
of the superior officers, that every disposition exists
throughout their ranks to cultivate the best under-
standing v, ith the British army, and to co-operate most
warmly with it ; and he entertains no doubt that her
Mjesty'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 :,,re 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 most atro-
cious falsehoods. Lately it was stated that the
French authorities anti Turkish commission at
Gallipoli had had serious differences, whereas the
fact is, that Cabonli Effendi and Mohun Pasha,
who speak the French language fluently, have
throughout arranged so wisely, that the greatest
unanimity exists among all parties. Again, it has
been set forts that the Greek population is ready, at
any given moment, to rise in favour of Russia.
Nothing can be more untrue. The subjects of the
Sultan who are of the Eastern Church know well
what that faith has already suffered at the hands of
Russia; and theyfeel that, politically speaking, they
are better off under the Sultan, especially now that
Englandand 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 Nicholos 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 oven to Chris-
tians than 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 pastoral visit I
tabioh be has just completed through a portion of his

r diocese, has never ceased exhorting all Christians to ob-
serve obedience and submission to the ' mighty Sul an
Abil-ul Medjid,' who watches over them (he proclaims)
as over his own children, and whose every moment is
engaged in planning for them greater happiness. During
the great ceremonies of Saturday evening and Sunday
the most fervent prayers were offered by the worthy
prelate for the preservation of the Sultan, the success of
his arms, and for God's blessing upon all his works ;
and the vast crowd of worshippers which 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 direction of a military commission, to superin-
tend supplies for the army of a good quality at the
lowest possible 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.