The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-10 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, Oct. 7. —The consecration of the co-
lumnar monument raised in the garden of the In-
valides will take place in the presence of the King
upon the 18th of October. The monument is raised
to the memory of all soldiers who fell during the
revolutionary excesses of 1848 and 1849.
Letters from Kiel announce that portions of the
French fleet, which still remains in the Baltic, have
received orders to remain for the time being at
Kiel, and that the impression is that they will
winter in that commodious harbour. If this be
true, a portion of the British fleet will naturally
join, so as to be ready at the first cockcrow of
spring to return to the Gulf.

Other intelligence, emanating from well-informed
quarters, announces that the United States Go-
vernment, with very laudable discretion, and iu
consideration of the complications at present exist-
ing, has notified its intention to Denmark that it
will not press the question of the Sound duties un-
til the crisis has passed over. If this be true, the
Washington Cabinet deserves great credit. This
intelligence will not be satisfactory, on the other
hand, to certain parties in Germany, who de-
sired to avail themselves of the American pres-
sure, and the pressure of the times, to forward
their own views upon this point, partly as a
drag upon Denmark in favour of Russia, and
partly as a portion of their project to obtain pos-
session of Kiel and Holstein.

According to reports current yesterday, the re-
ply of the Austrian Cabinet to the Prussian
despatch of the 21st ult. has not tended to fulfil
the hopes or favour the views of this Government.
On the contrary, it is said that the language of
Austria is firm and decided, and exhibits every in-
tention to adhere to an independent and vigorous
policy, worthy of the position of so great a nation.
If all this be true, approachment at Frankfort be-
comes the more improbable ; and if the points of
contention be debated there, the taro great German
Powers will stand opposed to each other, not only
as regards the " point of view," but the means of
arriving thereat.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, OCT. 5.

The Presse says :—" In our diplomatic circles the
hope is still entertained that the Russian Cabinet
will not let the opportunity slip, presented by the an-
swer it is about to make to the Austrian note of Sep-
tember 12 in reply to Russia's refusal of August 26,
of making some communication respecting the condi-
tions on which Russia is willing to take part in the
negotiations for peace. It is believed such commu-
nication may arrive here about the middle of this
month, and many cannot conceive that Russia will be
so blind to her interests as to reject disdainfully the op-
portunity thus presented of coming to an arrangement.
On the other hand it is not to be lost sight of, that if Rus-
sia does really intend making proposals of this sort, they
must contain the acceptance to a considerable extent of the
guarantees required by Austria and the Western Powers.
For that Austria is resolved to maintain the most important
points of the demands they have made, may be gathered
from the fact, that Lieutenant-Colonel Lowenthal has
set out with despatches for the Abstrian internuncio,
Baron Bruck, in Constantinople, the contents of which
relate to the administration of the Principalities. It is
rumoured also that the Protectorate question is to be
settled quite independent of the negotiations for peace,
and now without delay."
The Wanderer of Vienna says :—" We can assert
from good authority that the news of Baron de Hess
having been ordered to this city for the sth of October
is quite devoid of any good foundation."
The New Prussian Gazette, under date of Vienna, 2d,
says :—" Prince Gortschakoff had a conference with
Count Buol to-day, and is said to have made very im-
portant overtures."
The Nuremberg Correspondent contains a letter from
Vienna, of the 3d, which says :—" We can affirm from
a very good source that a new note from the Austrian
cabinet expresses a desire to see the question of the pro-
tectorate of the Principalities treated altogether by it-
self, and quite independently of the other questions set
forth in the convention of April 20."
The Hamburg News, under date of Vienna, 4th,
says :—" The relations between Austria and Russia
assume every day a more serious character, and
a rupture is considered in the best-informed circles
to be inevitable. The reply of Russia to the Aus-
trian note of the 12th September will exercise a de-
cisive influence on this point ; but it will not pro-
bably be couched in very pacific terms, as it is al-
ready known that a Commission, composed of
Austrian, French, English, and Turkish plenipo-
tentiaries, will shortly assemble at Constantinople
to deliberate on the question of protection, taking
for basis the propositions agreed upon at Vienna
between the Austrian Cabinet and the Plenipoten-
tiaries of the Western Powers. This fact is of great
importance ; for, in the first place, it proves the
firm resolution of Austria to conscientiously
fulfil the duties which are imposed on her by her
position as a great European power ; and in the
second place, it shows that the understanding be-
tween the Western Powers and Austria has not been
up to this time disturbed. As to a fresh meeting
of the Conference, it is true that it was in contem-
plation, but no understanding could be come to as
to the conditions on which it was to take place."
The despatch from Constantinople of the 30t h
in last night's Lloyd, gave occasion to the editor to
add a very interesting note in reference to Bala-
klava, where, as we are informed, the allies have
landed their cannon. The substance of the note is
as follows :

"The high road of Balaklava runs from thence to the
inner haven of Sebastopol, entering this town at its
weakest point. In the south of Sebastopol there are no
forts ; but the magazines, the hospital, the barracks,
the docks, &c. If the allies get possession of the heights
to the south, they can destroy the Russian fleet with
ease. The only resource will be to attempt to force its
way out of the harbours. All the most important forts
are to the north, viz., Forts Constantine, Catherina,
Alexander, Nicholas, and St. Paul, as well as the field for-
tresses and the batteries. The success of this diversion
in the south will enormously facilitate the attack in
the north, and lead to the fall of Sebastopol. The town
of Balaklava is indebted for its existence to a very
small arid crooked-shaped bay running into the land. It
corresponds with the larger bay of Sebastopol, on the
northern side of the Heracleotic Chersonesus, and is the
only good harbour on the almost unbroken extent of the
southern coast, being deep, without cliffs, and without
any sandbank at its mouth. The heights and rocks
on either side are from four to five times higher than the
rugged rocks of the creeks of Sebastopol, and in the
harbour behind these heights the ships lie in the most
perfect security. Balaklava enjoys the same advantages
of geographical position as Sebastopol, but is inferior
because of the smallness of its harbour, where there is
room for only a few ships."