The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-17 00:00:00

AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.

The Times gives, by telegraph, the following
summary of an article which appears in the Aus-
trian Correspondence :—" The recent communi-
cation from St. Petersburg on the one hand but
incompletely answers the expectations of Austria ;
while Prussia, on the other hand, thinks it con-
tains materials which may possibly serve as a baSis
for negotiations for peace. This must, however,
depend on the decision of the Western Powers.
This language is, as usual, vague, but certainly
menacing for Russia."
The Morning Chronicle says the substance
of the article is, that as regards the present
phase of the Oriental question, and the
answer brought by Prince Gortschakoff, the
demands of Austria and Pru sia are but im-
perfectly satisfied, but there are some materials
which might possibly serve as the basis for peace
negotiations. These are left to the decision of the
Western Powers. Upon receipt of their answer,
Austria, acting upon her convention with Prussia
and with Turkey, and upon a cordial understanding
with the Western Powers, will take all the
measures requisite for the re-establishment of the
balance of power in Europe, and of the integrity
of Turkey, and of general peace upon a safe basis.
The o riter of a letter from one of her Majesty's
ships in the Black Sea says :—The Vesuvius came
down yesterday from the Danube, bringing a

Russian (Cossack, I have heard) officer, who was
captured by the Firebrand, when they so neatly
dropped upon the little garrison at Sulina, at two
a.m. Captain Parker, who commanded his men,
was the captor of the Muscovite, whose horse was
shot, and who was lugged out of a cask, booted,
spurred, and speared as he was. The unhappy
wretch was sunk in despair and horror at his fate
(as he imagined), for it would seem it has been
sedulously instilled into his mind (and ex nano disce,
tisc.) that we cut the throats of our prisoners, or
put them out of pain in some other still more native
(Russian) manner. They say that his mind is not
yet divested quite of this cheering impression.
His brother-officer and comrades (25 in all, or 24
minus our friend), were fortunate enough to escape
after making a good stand (but a harmless one, for
we had not a man touched). As was " the custom
of Branksome-hall," their steeds " stood saddled in
stable day and night ;" so it was quick work for
the reivers to " mount and ride."

LETTER FROM THE BRITISH CAMP AT
ALYDEN.

" ALYDEI4, JULY 3.—1 have still to date my epistle
from this place, where the Duke's division is now stay-
ing. The light division started from here on Friday
last, June 30th. I saw them off. On the following
morning, the Duke's division, attended by several sat-
tiers, came up. The brigade of Highlanders was the
first to arrive upon the ground at about ten o'clock.
Both the appearance of the men and their order of march-
ing disappointed me extremely, and certainly from such
well-disciplined soldiers and muscular men more might
have been expected. All were, to appearance at least,
quite fagged, and walked with a dejected, listless air ;
while many of them had fallen out of the ranks alto-
gether. The reason to which I ascribe this is, that no
doubt the majority of the men had partaken rather
freely of parting cups with the French soldiers the night
before they started, and nothing tells with such cer-
tainty upon the -vigour and marching order of the men
next day. The brigade of Guards came by another
road ; they arrived, shortly after the Highlanders, and
though heavier men, and, generally speaking, less ath-
letic and less used to marching than their northern
comrades, were decidedly fresher in appearance, Each
brigade was followed by a train of arobas, baggage
mules, and commissariat horses, quite as long and nu-
merous as itself.

"Neither of the brigades took up the ground formerly
occupied by the Light Division, but moved further up
the hill, and eventually camped in a position, to the
picturesque beauty of which it is almost impossible to
do justice in words. The ridge selected is a continua-
tion of the same hill on which Sir George Brown's divi-
sion remained, but it recedes from the lake, and goes
more up the country, joining another ridge about a
mile distant at right angles. All round this part of the
hill there are the most beautiful ravines, glens, and
forest scenery imaginable. On every side rise hills and
forests, intersected here and there with (apparently) well-
cultivated patches of rich meadow land, while in the
back-ground lies the upper lake of Devna, the bold and
rugged shores of which close in the view. The greater
part of the camp is formed along the edge of a steep
and narrow glen, which bears a strong resemblance to
the better parts of the Dargle scenery near Powerscourt.
Also on the edge of this Sappers' Valley,' as it is now
called, from having been occupied by a party of Sap-
pers and Miners for some time, and overlooking the
little brook which runs at the bottom, is fixed the duke's
head-quarters.
" The camp ground of the Guards and Highlanders is
already in excellent order, and its rows of bright white
tents and crowds of busy figures form a strong contrast
with the vacant wasted looking-space where lately the
Light Division were. Than the present aspect of the
latter place, nothing can be more cheerless and lorn.
It reminds one forcibly of a house to let—a winter's
day—a ruined town, or other images equally buoyant
and consolatary to the feelings. All the arbours and
rustic seats which the men had erected for their officers
are dry and withered—all the bowers are deserted, the
ovens fallen in, and the camp fires, which a little time
ago might have been taken as emblems of primitive hos-
pitality, are now merely yawning black holes, with any-
thing but a cheerful significance about them. Dried
leaves, broken bottles, battered cooking tins, huge half
burnt stakes, fowls' heads, fragments of London papers,
and impromptu musket racks, cumber the ground in all
directions. The only living things which now disturb
its solitude are large mysterious-looking land tortoises
and elvish green lizards, which, rustling and creeping
among the withered leaves, impart an air of dull and ne-
cromantic vitality quite in keeping with the whole scene.
"However, in this forlorn condition it is not doomed to
remain long, for the 2d division, under the command of
Sir De Lacy Evans, arrives here to-morrow morning,
(Tuesday.) During the whole of to-day there has been a
heavy gale blowing from the N. E., which has severely'
tried the strength of the tent pitching of this division.
I have not heard of any contretemps yet, though from the
violence of the wind it would not surprise me to hear of
many. Showers of flue sand have been blowing about
in all directions, and somehow or other getting into
everything eatable or drinkable that was in the camp.
"The lakes of Devna have now been put to more
profitable purposes than heretofore, and instead of re-
maining as a great pasturage for bull frogs, a system of
water communication has been established, by means of
which the provisions for the army will be sent by the
lakes from Varna to Devna and Alyden. This project,
by which an immense amount of slow and uncertain
land conveyance will be avoided, has been in contempla-
tion for some time. When the scheme was first men-
tioned to the Turkish authorities it was warmly opposed
by them, on the ground that both lakes were above the
sea, and if once a channel was opened the former would
inevitably drain off, and leave an extensive and un-
healthy marsh. But the English authorities were deter-
mined to ascertain from their own observation whether
the undertaking was feasible or not, and Mr. Spratt, of
the Spitfire, was appointed to survey both lakes- ire
reported that the design was perfectly practicable, and a
canal has accordingly been cut, about a mile long, froth
the sea to the lower lake, and another about half a mile
long from the lower lake to the upper. Greatly to the
surprise of the Turks, the water did not instantly dis-
appear in a rush. To Mr. E. Strickland, Assistant
Commissary-General in charge of the duke's division, and'
one of the most active and energetic members of the
commissariat staff out here, belongs the honour of
having been the first to navigate this hitherto unknown
water .
" It is said that Strickland was sent for one morning,
and asked if he would undertake to send up his provi-
sions by way of the lake, and as there are few things
which that gentleman would not manage to succeed, he
instantly agreed so to do. In a couple of hours more
he procured the ship's boats from the Simoom, and
before five o'clock the same afternoon the first commis'
sariat cargo of provisions was landed at the pier erected
for the purpose at Alyden. With a fair wind the voyage
from here to Varna can easily be performed in tsg°
hours, and a regular communication is thus kept uP'
The whole scheme of cutting the lake and the manner in

which it has been performed, and the supplies trans'
mitted, reflect great credit upon all concerned. T°
render the affair complete, our authorities should hire $6
couple or the small but rapid and powerful steamers
which ply upon the Bosphorus between Constantinople
and Scutari. One of these would not only perform the
distance from Varna to Devna in a couple of hours, but
tow besides a dozen of the largest commissariat boate•
On Saturday morning, when the camp arrived, We
received news which excited a sensation of preformd
regret among the troops—a regret which, I a°
sure, will be participated in, not only by Y°.°
readers, but by the mass of the English people'
I mean the death of poor young Captain Butler, the
gallant hero of Silistria. It is difficult to describe the
feelings of sorrow which pervaded all ranks of the eel:
vice out here when the rumour of the melancholy fact
was confirmed in a manner which left no hope of its be-
ing false. The details connected with his death have
been forwarded to his brother, who is on the staff of the
Duke of Cambridge, and from those it appears that he
died more from fatigue and excessive mental and bodily
labour than from the effects of his wounds. He died on
the morning of Thursday, the 23d of June, about two
hours before the retreat of the Russians was discovered.
The whole garrison, which mourned his loss as truly
irreparable, attended his funeral with reversed arms.
He was buried in consecrated ground in a little Greek
cemetery near the town. Mr. Naysmith, his gallant
comrade, performed the last sad office of reading the
service over him. Omer Pacha, who arrived the
day after the funeral, was sincerely affected at the death
of the young officer, and was anxious that his remain°
should repose in the Fort of Acotaba, which he had de'
fended so long and bravely against the enemy. But the,
friends of Mr. Butler judged that it would be better for
the body to remain where it had been first interred, a°
the handsome monument which the Turkish authorities
are about to erect to his memory in Acotaba would
answer all the purposes of his ashes being there.
Few officers who have closed their lives at the early
age of 27 have ever attained a higher reputation for uly
daunted courage and consummate military ability than
the late Captain Butler. With only the most slender
means at his command, alone, and almost unaided,
encountered the whole might of the Russian forces, and'
after a contest of six weeks of the most desperate and
bloody nature, succeeded in utterly defeating the enen3P,
The gallant nature of his struggle and the importance
his victory cannot be overrated, and the high nature 19.1
the rewards which he was certain to have received from
both the Turkish, English, and French Government
used to form a favourite topic of conversation among oil
officers. Now •no earthly rewards can reach him, ae
his friends have only the satisfaction of knowing that he
fell nobly in the discharge of his duty, and has left be.
A
hind him a name which will be fresh in the memory and
admiration of his countrymen when the desolating effect'
of the war he has illustrated have passed away like
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tale that is told. His heroic example has not been witu;
put its moral effect also. With English officers to lead
them, the Turks, after hearing of poor Butler's exploits:
would charge up to the very mouths of the Russian bait
teries, while I believe there is not a single officer out
here who is not burning for an opportunity to distingt!lo;
himself in some such manner as the defender of Silistria.

VARNA, July 4.—The whole of the 2d division left
here yesterday, and commenced their march in the direU;
tion of Devna,. It was not intended that they should
advance even as far as Alyden, and as the day was e,l'
ceeduigly unfavourable to military movements they onlY
marched about five miles to the north of their old can
tonments outside Varna, and about four miles distant frozuf
the camp of the Ist division at Alyden. Their line
,ft.
march was quite different to that taken by the otu—t
troops along the lakes, and led up the country altnee
to the foot of the range of hills which surround the town'
Upon a slope of these and near the village of Cara
the camp is formed. To-day they were to hive adVan°4s

another day's march, to three miles beyondAlyden, and en
route to Devna, but as the weather still continues very
unfavourable and boisterous they will most likely post-
pone any movement until to-morrow. Sir Richard Eng-
land's division is now the only one which remains here,
and they are expecting hourly the order to advance in
the track of the division of Sir De Lacy Evans.
33efore the end of another week not many English
soldiers will be found in Varna, as it is evident
from the arrangements made that an immediate advance
of the whole force is intended. A general depot has been
formed here, which may be taken as an undoubted
symptom of a movement in advance, and in addition to
that the position of the whole force shows clearly what
is intended. The French who are here, to the number
of about 50,000, are on the north of all, and form the
right wing of our advance. With them, as with us,
the Light Division, under General Canrobert, leads
tue Way, the other four divisions follow, moving
..uPoo two parallel lines. With us the Light Division
leads, the divisions of Evans and England form
the right and centre, while the Ist division, of Guards
and Highlanders, is on the left of all. Cavalry and
artillery follow in the rear, with the ball cartridge
brigade and supplies in the rear of all. By this ar-
rangement the whole army advances simultaneously
in parallel lines, with a front which extends over 20
miles of ground. There seems little doubt that the army
is bound for Silistria, in the neighbourhood of which, on
the other side of the Danube the Russians remain in force.
None here can foresee what the plan of the campaign is
likely to be, as every movement, or intended movement,
is preserved with impenetrable secresy until the moment
for putting it in exeeution has arrived. All we know
for certain is, that we are undoubtedly going forward,
and, from the direction, we conjecture our destination
to be Silistria. Where we shall cross the Danube, or
When, are matters for speculation. Of course in the ab-
sence of any positive information regarding our future
movement rumour is very busy. One time we hear that
all the arrangements and details connected with our re-
moval back to England have been definitively made, and
When a couple of hours' circulation has killed that lie, it
revives in a new form, and instead of England our des-
tinarion is Odessa or Sebastopol. On Saturday evening
and Sunday morning the camp at Alyden was quite dis-
turbed with a detailed and circumstantial account of the
re-investment of Silistria by an overpowering force, and
that Omer Pacha, baying been deceived by the retreat
of the enemy, had left the place almost without a garri-
son. Now the rumours are all in favour of an armis-
tice having been concluded between us and the enemy
for three months. This last absurdity has met with
More credit than any of its predecessors. Cer-
tainly, if the Russians ever do mean to make peace now
is their time. If once the armies meet the contest will
be sanguinary • the English and French will be elated
°Y victory, and the Russians maddened by defeat, and
from that time all hope of peace, all chance of seeing
the termination of one of the most desolating wars which
ever ra-ged in Europe, will be over.
There is no news of interest from the fleet ; the
greater part still remains at Baltchik. All the troops
are now in very good health. Provisions of all kinds
seem to get scarcer every day, and but that several good
En and French stores have been established in this
town, I don't know how we should have managed to get
°n• The prices here would astonish economical house-
wives at home. Ten francs for a Dutch cheese, and
3. 6d. a-pound for bacon is the market price. I am
almost afraid to say what is paid for tongues and such
luxuries.
English saddlery, or indeed English leather, manu-
factured in any way, commands its own price, It is a
wonder no enterprising English tradesmen has not set up
a miscellaneous store here before now. He would be
certain to make a fortune in three months.

THE BALTIC.
The following is from the Times correspondent,
dated Finland, July 10 :
" My last advices, dated the 30th ult., apprised you of
the main portion of the Anglo-French fleet having pro-
ceeded up the Gulf of Finland to within a few miles of
the island of Cronstadt, the in-shore squadron of six
Steamers being at anchor within three miles of the shore.
"On the let inst., the Lightning, Captain Sullivan,
conveyed such captains and commanders as chose to
avail themselves of the opportunity to Tolboukin
Lighthouse where they landed. This lighthouse is
situate about two miles to the westward of the islet
of Cronstadt. From its summit a good view of
the enemy's ports was obtained, and of the po-
sition of their fleet at anchor, under protection
Of the batteries. In the narrow channel leadinc, to the
harbour, six line-of-battle ships are moored head and
stern. Inside these the remaining portion of the Cron-
stadt division of the fleet is at anchor. The strength of
the fortifications is immense, and they appear to be per-
fectly impregnable by sea.
"The Driver, Commander the Hon. A. A. Cochrane,
proceeded on this date to Danzig with despatches from
the Commander-in-Chief, for transmission overland to
the English Government. A merchant steamer, carry-
ing the Rostock flag, arrived from England, freighted
with provisions for the French division of the fleet.
" Prior to the departure of the allied squadrons from
/3aro Sound, a few fatal cases of cholera had occurred
in the fleet. While at anchor off Cronstadt the disease
extended itself to most of the ships, and several deaths
occurred daily. The French screw line-of-battle ship
Austerlitz suffered more than any other ship. The
Duke of Wellington lost 15 of her crew ; other ships four
or five, &c., in proportion to the number of those on
board. Fresh cases occuring daily, it was deemed ad-
!isable to remove the fleet to a more open position in
the Gulf of Finland, and the signal " prepare for sail-
ing to-morrow" was hoisted on board the flag-ship of
the Commander-in-Chief.

"On the morning of the 2d inst., the in-shore squad-
ron weighed in succession, followed by the rest of
the fleet. By 10 a.m., the various ships had left
Cronstadt roads, and most of them anchored in the
evening 4 miles distant from the island of Seskar. The
Imperieuse, 50, proceeded in a northerly direction, tak-
ing under her orders the Lightning, Magicienne, Bull-
deg, and Desperate. The Lightning, Magicienne, and
Desperate united with the main body of the fleet the
next morning, the Imperieuse and Bulldog coming to
anchor off the northern side of the gulf. The Bazilisk, 6,
,Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, joined company on the 4th,
laden with live cattle, and a heavy mail for the fleet. In
the afternoon the Commander-in-Chief ordered by sig-
nal the various ships to be ready for sea the next morning.
" At 4 a.m. of the sth steam was got up, and by
° km. the various ships were under weigh, proceeding
at slow speed in a westerly direction, the English divi-
sion in two columns, the French division in one column.
Topsails and courses were shifted by way of exercise,
and a few evolutions performed.
ooI" When abreast of the southern -side of the Island
fogla.nd, one of the crew of the Hogue fell over-
ard, and was drowned, although every possible
effort was made to save him. A French man-of-
War steamer came up with the fleet in the afternoon,
and the merchant steamer Nicolai the First, of Leith,
last from Elsinore deeply laden with provisions and
tthres, and her upper deck completely covered from stem
o stern with live bullocks, vegetables, &e. A contract
having been entered into with the merchants of Danzig, a good supply of live cattle is furnished weekly to every
ahiP in the fleet, arid the issue of salt meat is seldom
necessary.
„At 4 a.m. of the 6th the' combined squadrons were
abreast off Sweaborg, to the westward of which Rear-
l'Admiral Corry, with the weather division of the fleet,
i':,s,..ait. anchor. Here the Commander-in-Chief, in his
the aml3, parted company, standing in for Sweaborg,
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A 41m pmt
tens. and of the fleet devolving pro on Rear-
SO Chads, who was ordered to proceed to Baro
n A
-n., where tale greater portion of the various ships
anchored in the afternoon, followed by the Duke of
Wellington and Rear-Admiral Corry's squadron.
Admiral" The Duguesclin, flag-ship of the French Rear-
, when off the entrance of Baro Sound, got
Rear-
on shore on the Warren Rock. The English and
rencli steamers, the barges and pinnaces of the various
repaired
provided with anchors, hawsers, &c., immediately
L'epaired to her assistance. Her gins, provisions, stores,
'l', co were removed, in order to lighten her. Afer 24
atttioura' constant exertions, under the superintendence of
Master of the Fleet, the Duguesclin was floated off,
Was towed into the Sound by a steamer, and
Wit it is supposed, having sustained any serious
b_inihrY• The cause of this ship getting on the Warren
-.ock is accounted for in the following manner:—
th" The Russians, in order to render as they thought
enavigation of the gulf of Finland a matter of difficulty
the English fleet, removed all the buoys denoting the
Ithe Commander-in-Chief taking the ships under his coin-
.l,hind into any of the roadsteads, &c., Capt. Sullivan, in
the Lightning, bad made a survey of the many rocks
arid shoals with which the entrance to Baro Sound is
rTrrounded, and laid down buoys to mark the channels
t
ar";ough which the combined squadrons may proceed with
,a, LAY' But while the feet was on its way to Cron-
atii,na,dertt, it would appear that the enemy, ever on the
, had shifted the buoys to other positions--
e one placed in the vicinity of the Warren shoal
being removed considerably to the westward. In con-
4nettnce of this, the Duguesclin grounded on it.
v " Most of the steam ships getting short of fuel,
LheY are occupied in competing their stock of coal,
',Lc- The Penelope has gone to Faro Sound, to
'°v, some colliers which are at that anchorage.
The R
England "eawen, 70, Captain Glanville, sailed for
on the 2d instant, en route for the West Indies,
as_ fiag-ship of the Commander-in-Chief on that station.
great portion of her crew, prior to her departure, were
transferred to the ships in the Baltic. An opinion is
fleet,ertained by those holding prominent positions in the
rather that the sailing ships thereof are not required, or not adapted to these seas, on account of the
intricacy
renders it of
the navigation, which, generally speaking,
it dangerous for them to proceed under canvass,
thereby rendering it necessary for the paddle steamers
to takeY tnena in tow h
otherwise advantageo'usry employed,
nuptlhoeyseed steamers might be
The future proce d' gs of the *fleet are kept a pro-
found secret. The
urneeetxruo'grade movement from Cron
stadt was most
Was made with the eisPwecotfed ; but most probably
the epidemic which prevailed inarresting the progress of_
which up to the present date t most of the ships, and
many instances assumed a mildehe 7th'
although it has in
form, has not yet ceased
ravages. Some fatal capsieasooen board the Majestic and
°Yal George have taken withuiffn the last two days.
The former ship has, it is stated
greater extent than any other in tl suffered . from it to a
anye
of
tnhgebesahilflineget.
ships.As
Yet it has not extended itself to
"The steam gun-boat Cuckoo, Lieutenant Murray.
arrived at Ban) Sound on the evening of the Bth,
from t
Ltr2• he Gulph of Bothnia, but brought no f
i_l).orta n c e . The Locu-t joined company wniteliwsthne
).7 for the first time on the previous day. The Cum-
91rhold, 70,, Captain G. H. Seymour, is to proceed home
' 44 purpose of being paid off, It is stated that four

screw line-of-battle ships are to be detached from the
Baltic to reinforce the Black Sea squadron.
The Gorgon, Commander Cracroft, arrived from Dan-
zig at noon of the 10th, with deQpatches for the Com-
mander-in-Chief, and letters fer the officers.
" The combined fleets will leave Baro Sound in a few
days to reconnoitre, it is supposed, off Revel and Port
Baltic.