The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-08 00:00:00

THE BLACK SEA.

The Corriere Italiano of Vienna, of the 2d, gives
the
followinc, intelligence from Varna of the 26th
A b
division of the alliedfle et has just left
Varna, On the 28th and 29th, the squadron which
has left will be followed by the bulk of the fleet,
with Admirals Hamelin and Bruat, and General
troops, at the head of the French and Turkish
croc7s. The division which hds left Varna, pro-
ceeded in a north western direction, but it is not
I.town whether it has gone to Akermann, Odessa,
coerson, or Sebastopol. It is certain that after the
reislcil of war held lately at Constantinople, it was
v,ed to send all the disposable forces into Ana-
tolia." a, • The above-named journal makes the re-
b:drx that since the fire not a single case of cholera
tnade its appearance at Varna. The same
Cementth appears in two other Vienna journals,
of Which Bladtt and the Soldaten Freund, both
""lch gave it as coming from Russian sources.

THE BALTIC.
.O,4?TURN OF THE FRENCH ARMY.
Journal
:Ito: Nord, which
thartn4t6h
vessels,at ithaos f been
du Havre says :—" By the steamer
has arrived from Cherburg, we
officially announce .l there
_P t
Oetob arrive Which 10 will be English tral:i-
Oth of
a the s,will
Baltic; there between the sth and the
r bringing back to France the army

GR...EAT FIRE rhe AT RUSSISCH-CROTTINGEN.
tMI,• news has been received at Memel of a fire
.Ich broke out on the Ist inst. at Rusiisch-Crot.
twee _
Th' '• and Which was mastered only the day after.
theePrtncipal part cf the town, the Customs, and
co_ houses situated around the market, have be-
roeuir" prey to the flames. Large quantities of
,avehandise, destined for exportation to Prussia,
The
been destroyed.
Governor of Revel has ordered that when,.
a the evening, the inhabitants light up their
apartinewts, the windows should be provided with
the lights
or with thick blinds, in order to prevent
Th.lights from being perceived at a distance.
gt e have despatch from
oekholna received a telegraphic
sod that apprising us that it was confidently
te, at the Fort of Gustaysvaern was blown up
u3r the Russians, but by the British.

RUSSIA.
ii. PREPARATIONS AT CRONSTADT.
zeit letter from St. Petersburg, in the National
had IP
g of August 29, mentions that information
„e_eoeen received there at variance with the views
L: ri_ally prevailing in the European press, that
this L'aking of Bomarsund was to be the close of PRUSSIA.
the 3Y-ear's campaign in the Baltic, According to
MODIFICATION OF THE AUSTRO-PRUS-
i.tatement of this correspondent, much more
tulhoP_cor,tant matter was in store. The Russians, SIAN TREATY.
We read in a Berlin letter. of the sth :—" It is
a.„_„uga at ease for the fortifications of Helsingfors
stated that the .Austro-Prusslan treaty is about to
out of the solid granite, are nevertheless. very
Linen„in it to the Germanic Diet,. and to insert a clause
therel' about Cronstadt and the fleet lying
.
have
The taking of Bomarsund is reported to binding Austria and Prussia to protect each other's
tit`_v , excited as much admiration at the prom M de K• Iff
p- territories. M. isse e , who was the Russian
i:ette and efficacy of the operations as it has Ambassador in Paris, is expected here from Darm-
uspired distrust of the granite fortifications or stadt." In another letter of the same date, the
__granite facing of fortifications. All the naval offs- writer, alluding to the arrival of Count Benkendorff
u.kerli and men absent on leave have been called back with the Russian answer, says it is reported in the
stadt,
their ships ; the same with the garrison of Cron- diplomatic circles of Berlin that the Czar requests
-v"2-I.t, that had been enjoying a little respite. the King of Prussia to make propositions for peace
tinned
changes have been made in the troops sta- which he shall consider equitable to the Western
'l3l_ ed there, who have been in many cases relieved Powers.
freshstationed
regiments, and the flotilla of row-boats The Hanover Gazette gives the following letter
C6loned advantaeously along the coast. This from Berlin, dated the 4th :
Correspondent also mentions tbe fleets having' " The Russian answer to the Prussian note of the
moved out of 'the harbour and Proceeded as far as 113th, was followed by the Russian answer to the Ans.

Irian, note of the SI. The latter arrived at Vienna on
the Ist, the former was received at Berlin on the 31st
uit. The text of the two notes is perfectly identical,
containing Russia's unqualified refusal of the proposals
of the Western Powers. No counter-proposals have
been made by Russia ; so that in the well-informed po-
litical circles of Berlin the situation is considered to be
perfectly clear, and well defined. Russia having con-
sented.to evacuate the Principalities, and to take up a
detEnsive position on her own territory, there is no
longer any casus Belli or casus foelenis, that could war-
rant a joint action, founded on treaties, of Austria and
Prussia against Russia. If, therefore, any journal talks
of dissensions in the Cabinet, touching the true inter-
pretation of the Russian answer, and if the periodical
rumour of a Ministerial crisis be revived on that score,
such assertions must be considered as utterly without
foundation, and of the same kind as were circulated a
few days ago about the affirmat►ve or evasive answer of
Russia."
A Berlin letter, of the 3d, says :

" A note was despatched to-day from this place to the
Western Powers and Austria, communicating to them
the Russian answer to the four propositions. We may
remark that this reply has as yet arrived only at Berlin,
Russia having requested Prussia to act as mediating
power between her and the powers, and to obtain for
the Russian answer a suitable reception. The Prussian
representative of the Germanic Diet, M. de Bismarck
Schonhausen, returned this day from Putbus, and pro-
ceeds to-morrow to Frankfort, the Diet having to hold a
sitting on Thursday next, in which it will come to a
definite decision on the proposition made by Austria to
place on a war footing a part of the Federal contingent.
The new Turkish ambassador, Kiamal-Effendi, had an
audience this day of M. de Manteuffel, to whom be was
presented. Count Benkendorff passed through this
place to day on his way from Putbus. He is going to
his family at Scandau. The military convention, which
has subsisted hitherto between: Prussia, the Grand
Duchy of Baden, and the Duchy of Brunswick, has just
been denounced by these last two States."