The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-21 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, Dec. 18.—Some idea may be formed of
the extremes to which the Russian organs here and
caotloVienna
bandied
from one to the other an absurd report of the Allies
being occupied in re-embarking their battering
carryacts
atnhdeifracwthi, ldbyatthteemirpts to give false
having
train, and thence preparing to abandon or post-
pone operations against Sebastopol.
The remarks openly made on Friday night in
the British Parliament, upon the brutal murder of
British wounded soldiers by Russians, has stung
the Russian party to the quick, and none show
themselves more vexed than that portion of Ger-
man diplomacy who rank as Russia's German
subjects.
Their Majesties gave the usual full-dress banquet
this afternoon at Potsdam, in honour of the Em-
peror Nicholas's name-day. The members of
the Royal
family Ministers, and high Court func-
tionaries, with the whole of the Russian Legation,
of both sexes, were invited.
The banquet given yesterday by M. de Budberg,
in the state apartments of the Russian Legation,
is said to have been unusually splendid.

FRANCE.
PARIS, WEDNESDAY. .._
The Moniteur states that despatches have been 1 'lles of
are the days fixed for the departure from 11, arsei
received from Sebastopol of the 13th.
Nothing important had taken place since the to
the French packets in the Mediterranean, communicated
GENERAL POST -OFFICE, Dec., 1854.—The following
the Pestmaster-General by the French Post-office,
date of previous intelligence- The weather had and printed for general information :—ltalian liee—Ge-
improved.
non, Leghorn, Civita Vechia, Naples, Messina, and Malta,
TheAlFonraitnecuer also contains the following article: leave Marseilles every Monday, due on return every Wed-
"AllonBsYt ar an-
will be deeply affected by the nesday. Levant Line (OrdinGarayl
thanks which England has just voted by acclama- Smyrna, Mytelene, Dardanelles,
tion to General Canrobert and our army, to A.dmi-
ral Hamelin and our for their valiant Co-avy,turn every Saturday. Levant Line (Supplementary).—
operation and their cordial assistance in the war Messina, Piraeus, Gallipoli, and Constantinople ; leave
tinople ;; leave Marseilles every Thursday, due on re-
of the East. Marseilles every Monday, due on return every Tuesday.
4‘ To this •
important and hitherto unexampledlip—oli,Maanldtac,
Mar-
manifestation man. nof the sentiments entertained by a in alternate week, commencing
eines on Thursday every
great the 21st inst , due en return Sunday in every alternate
sEriyptian Line.—Malta and Alexandria ; leave Mar-
People towards its loyal ally France has week. Algiers Ling.—Algiers, leaves Marseilles, sth,
already replied by its admiration of the brilliant 10th, 15th 20th, 25th, and 30t of each month, due on
valour of the ,
English army and fleet. France return 2d, 7th, 12th, 17th, 22d, and 27th of each month.
has warmly applauded the eulogiums which Oran Line.—Oran, leaves Marseilles 3d, 13th, and 23d
our generals-in-chief, after the battles of Alma, of each month, due on return Ist, 11th, and 21st of each
Balaklava, and Inkerman bestowed on the intre- month. Tunis Line.—Stora, Bona, and Tunis, leaves
nations, like the two armies, have done each other
pidity of Lord Raglan and his troops. The two Ldeuteterosn,
Marseilles Bth, 18th, and 28th of each month,
sth, 15th, and 25th of each month.
packets,
must
the most frank, the most cordial justice. While &c., intended to be forwarded by these
date of
two clear days before the
their soldiers and seamen vie with each other in hd e posted ifnr Londonm
Marseilles Thusa letter for the packet
each other in generosity, each giving the other the
courage and devotion,the two nations appear torival ptr'opc'eeding to the Italian coastard :Ar,,lta, leaving
on the
return
eine, on I,l,nClay, niu,L be po,ted in Londun
greatest share of the glory acquired in common.
Nothing is better Calculated to cement their al- ordinary Levant line, leavinb. Marseilles o
the evening of the preceding Friday ;and letnte;huOforlsrdtaby:
liance that the exchange of these noble sentiments, I must be posted in London on the evening of
preced-
nothing can. better assure to them the sympathies ! ing Monday.

RANKIN PACKETS.