The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-29 00:00:00

'LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1854.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

THE WAR IN THE EAST.
A letter from Belgrade of the 27th, published
in the ill(miteur of yesterday, confirms the news
we gave yesterday respecting the affair at Turtu-
kai. It says—" On the 15th, General Gortscha-
koff attempted to seize on the island of the Danube
situated in front of Turtukai. His troops were
already covering the bridge which they had estab-
lished, when the fire of the Turks succeeded in
breaking down the bridge, which was carried away
by the current with everything then on it. The
loss of the Russians is estimated at nearly 2,000 men
killedas well on the bridge as on the bank. The loss
of the Turks, sheltered behind their entrench-
ments, was almost nothing."
Accounts from Vienna of the 27th state, that
on the 23d 18,000 Russians crossed the Danube
and occupied Gedshid. General Luders had left
Galatz, and had marched to the spot to protect the
operation.
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The Russian General Stakelberg, who was at-
tached to the Russian embassy at Vienna, is about
to leave that city to take part in the war.
A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated last
evening says—There is no doubt of the passage of
the Danube by the Russians in great force.
Besides the division which crossed from Braila,
General Luders passed from Galatz, with the main
army, without meeting any serious opposition, and
with very slight loss.

4,000 Turkish troops are in Prevesa, and as many
in Janina.

THE BALTIC FLEET.

By the International Telegraph, via the Hague,
we learn that Admiral Napier's flag-ship, the Duke
of Wellington, 131, anchored at Kiel yesterday
(Tuesday), and that the whole fleet was then off
the harbour.

The Bulldog steamer, 6, Captain King, was in
port, and the captain had had an interview with
the British vice-consul about the supply of coal to
the steamers.
All was well on board the fleet. Immediate
destination was not known.

A letter from Revel, 17th, states that the roads
near that town are filled with people quitting the
Place with all their most valuable effects. The
greatest agitation prevails. None of the light-
houses
near the port are now lighted.
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A letter from- Revel of the 24th nit., in the
Journal de St. Petersburg, says :—" The roadsted
of Revel, which was covered with ice on the 13th
January, was freed from it in the night of the 22d.
It was again frozen over on the Bth February ; but
since the 21st, a thaw has caused an opening behind
the double battery. On the previous day, a ves-
sel freighted with provisions arrived at Port Baltic,
and its cargo was forwarded to St. Petersburg."
The British Consul, at Cronstadt, has left his
post ; the French Consul is absent on leave.

were presented authorising loans or the imposition
of extraordinary taxes in the towns of Saumur,
Orleans, Alby, and Dunkirk, in the commune of
Aix-la-Chapelle, and in the departments of the
tiers, Maine-et-Loire, Yonne, and Loire-Inferieure.
The Minister of State was then introduced with the
usual ceremony, and, in the name of the Emperor,
read to the Chamber the following message :

" Messieurs les Dtlputes—The Government of the
Emperor and that of her Britannic Majesty had declared
to the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh that if the difference
with the Sublime Porte was not replaced in a purely
diplomatic position, in the same way as if the evacuation
of the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia was not
commenced immediately and terminated by a given day,
they would see themselves forced to consider a negative
reply or silence as a declaration of war. The Cabinet
of St. Petersburgh having decided not to reply to the
communication thus made, the Emperor charges me to
inform you of that determination, which places Russia
with respect to us in a state •f war, the whole responsi-
bility of which appertains to that power."
_

The moment the Hon. Minister concluded, the
loudest acclamations arose from every part of the
Chamber. The President then rose, and after
having formally acknowledged the reception of the
message just delivered, said :

"The Emperor may reckon on the unanimous co-ope-
ration of the Legislative body as on that of the whole of
France."

Fresh acclamations greeted the assurance thus given
by the Hon. President. The proceedings then ter-
minated, amidst reiterated cries of Vive i'Empereur!
At three o'clock the Minister proceeded to the
Senate to make the same declaration. It was
greeted there, as in the Legislative Chamber, by a
unanimous assent with the loudest acclamations.
The President then said :

" The Senate gives a formal acknowledgment to the
Minister of State of the communication which he has
just made in the name of the Government, and which it
has listened to with a profound sentiment of most entire
and most devoted co-operation. I think I express the
unanimous feeling of the Senate in adding that it con.
fides fully in the Emperor, who will know how to con-
duct the war with the ability and energy which have so
eminently distinguished the negociations. The commu-
nication of his Excellency the Minister of State shall be
inserted in the minutes of our proceedings, and the ori-
ginal shall be deposited in the archives."
The Senate hailed these words of the President
with unanimous cries of Vim l'Empereur I
It is believed that, notwithstanding the order
issued by the Emperor Nicholas, recalling to their
own country the Russians residing in France,
there are still a considerable number in Paris, and
who, not having property to be confiscated in Rus-
sia, will not leave this country, of which they in
some sort consider themselves natives. The last
Russian Consul, M. d'Ebeling, leaves Paris to-day.
It is said that a contract has been entered into
with the Government for the transport of 2,400
English horses by the Lyons Railroad.
Every ono was taken by surprise immediately
after the proceedings in the Senate on Monday by
the announcement made by the Minister of State
with respect to the declaration of war. The only
sitting of the Legislative Corps announced was in
its bureaux, and the Senate was not summoned at
all. The consequence was that messengers had to
be despatched in every direction for a few members
of both houses ; but, notwithstanding these efforts,
very few members were present in either house
when M. Fould read the passage.

Some doubt is entertained if the French Govern-
ment is quite so well prepared for commencing the
war as has been generally supposed. It appears
that the embarkation of the troops is proceeding
with much less alacrity than could be desired ; and
delays have occurred, not only at Toulon and Mar-
seilles, but in Algeria. Besides this, the troops which
have embarked have been rather unfortunate. The
V6loce and another, which accompanied the Chris-
tophe Colomb, encountered a violent gale in the Gulf
of Lyons, and were obliged to put back to Toulon.
The V6loce is so much damaged that she will have
to be laid up. The troops and officers who were
on board of these two ships have been disembarked,
and are now waiting a passage by some other
means. The French Baltic squadron is also far
from being in a forward state. So badly off is the
Minister of the Marine for ships, that he has been
obliged to detach the Henry IV., and four other
ships from the Levant fleet. They have received
orders to return to Brest forthwith, to be placed
under the command of Admiral Parseval Des-
chesnes "

On Monday evening M. de Hatzfeld, the Prussian
Minister, was received by the Emperor in a private
audience, for the purpose of delivering an autograph
letter from the King of Prussia, which had arrived
in Paris that morning. He remained for an hour
with the Emperor.

A report was current here yesterday and Monday,
which, strange as it may appear, it is right to
mention. It is said that certain members of the
Senate and of the Legislative Corps have conferred
together on the propriety of offering a dictatorial
power to the Emperor during the continuance of the
war. A meeting of members of the two Chambers
took place on Monday evening (the report goes),
at which was discussed the best mode of draw-
ing up a proposition for the suspension of the ordi-
nary, laws, and the establishment of a dictatorship.
Persons who are well informed seem to think that
this project is not without chances of being carried
out.

The committee to inquire into the affair of M. de
Montalembert has at length, after a great number
of sittings, nominated its reporter. It is M. Perrot,
whose opinion has been always considered favour-
able to M. de Montalembert, inasmuch as he is
against granting the required authorisation to pro-
secute.

The fall of English Consols, and the official an-
nouncement of the state of war, produced a general
decline yesterday on the Bourse. The Three per
Cents closed at 62f. 40c. for the end of the month ;
and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 89f. 25c. ;
Orleans Milway Shares, 1,040 f. ; Rouen, 830 f. ;
Havre, 425 f. ; Great Northern, 705 f. ; Strasburg,
680 f. ; New Shares, 505 f. ; Lyons to Paris, 780 f. ;
Lyons to the Mediterranean, 637 f. 50c. ; Western
of France, 555 f. ; Bordeaux to Cette, 510 f. ;
Great Central of France, 400 f. ; Lyons to Geneva,
420 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 492 f. 50e.

THE BRITISH EXPEDITION TO THE

EAST.

A letter from Malta, of March 24th, says, last night,
before dusk, the Christopho Colomb, French Govern-
ment steamer, having on board Liautetant-General
Canrobert, Lieutenant-General Bosquet, Lieutenant-
General Martinprey, 45 officers, 800 soldiers, and 50
horses, and with the French transport Mistral, with 27
soldiers, and 40 horses, in tow, hove in sight, and ran
into the grand harbour-of Valetta, about 6 o'clock. As
she passed St. Elmo, the artillerymen and men of the
3d Buffs and 62d Regiment manned the walls, and
gave a thundering round of cheers, which were
returned by their gallant allies. The French sol-
diers, indeed, continued cheering all the time the
vessels proceeded up the harbour whenever a boat
with a redcoat in in it came in sight, and seemed in
excellent spirits. These vessels left Marseilles on
the 19th, and conveyed the first portion of the French
contingent. It is understood that at least one steamer
will arrive here, in Valetta, on each alternate day till
the whole force has passed. General Canrobert, so well
known as one of the most dashing and energetic leaders
of the armee d'Afrique, landed in the course of the even-
ing, and was received by the authorities with all the re-
spect due to his rank and mission. He went to the
opera—for we have an opera here—and was the object
of much observation. An order has been issued for the
brigade of Guards to parade on the Floriana at 11
o'clock to-day, and the Rifles are also to be present.
General Canrobert and staff will attend ; and, indeed, it
is on their account the review takes place. The steamer
and transport, with all on board, sail at 4 p.m. this
evening. Their destination is Gallipoli ; and Gene-
ral Canrobert says, that not only the French, but the
English army will disembark at that favoured
spot. The Kangaroo, with the 77th Regiment (Colonel
Egerton) on board, arrived this morning from Liverpool.
The men disembark in the course of the day, and take
up their quarters under canvas.
The happy arrival of the Simoom, after a voyage of
16 days from Portsmouth, while it eased the anxiety of
the timid, deprived many of an interesting subject of
censure and speculation; we now learn that her detention
was caused by the utter dislocation of her machinery,
every bit of which came undone, went wrong, or got out
of gear that could by possibility do so. She came into
harbour with the Scotch Fusilier Guards on Saturday
night (18th inst.), and the troops were disembarked the
following day, and landed at their quarters in the
Lazaretto. When one reflects on the passages
made by the Himalaya, the Orinoco, the Cambria,
the Ripon, the Emen, and even by the little Manilla
—by every vessel, in fact, which had not the
honour of flying her Majesty's pendant—and com-
pares them with the voyage of the Simoom,
he cannot but lament that the engineers, mechanics,
and artisans of the Royal dockyards do not learn a lesson
or take a hint from our great public companies. Of
course, it is scarcely fair to compare vessels like those
above-named with a ship like the Simoom, which is a
man-of-war as well as a transport, carries guns, &c.,
but there is no sound reason why the engines of a
man-of-war transport should be always breaking ; nor do
the considerations suggested by a reference to the ex-
press object for which these vessels were built com-
pletely account for the exceedingiy great disparity be-
tween her Majesty's ships and those of the Peninsular
and Oriental and other companies. More than one
screw must be loose to cause all this delay.
The Fusiliers disembarked in excellent order, so have
all the regiments which form this first part of the expe-
ditionary army. The horses were rather fresher than
the men ; for, although the accommodations of the
Simoom were good and spacious, the latter felt the con-
finement, heat, and want of exercise. The Guards,
who occupy the Lazaretto, in spite of the local derange-
ments caused by their "liberty" carousings in acid wine
and fiery brandy on their arrival, enjoy good health,
though the average disease has been rather augmented
by the results of an imprudent use of the time allowed
to them ere they left London to bid goodbye to their
friends.

On Friday Lieutenant-General James Ferguson, C. 8.,
commanding the forces, attended by his staff and a
number of officers in garrison, inspected the 28th Regi-
ment, the 33d, and the Rifles, on the Floriana parade-
ground, at 4 o'clock p.m., and expressed his satisfaction
at the appearance and discipline of the whole' of the
brigade. On Monday, the 20th, Lieutenant-General
Ferguson inspected a brigade (not of the expedi-
tionary army), consisting of the 3d Buffs (Lieut.-Col.
Van Straubenzee,) the 41st Regiment (Col. Carpenter),
the 68th Regiment, Durham Light Infantry (Lieut.-Col.
Smyth), on the Floriana parade ground, at 11 o'clock.
The appearance of the men was excellent, and the steadi-
ness of the line and column marching and advance unex-
ceptionable. Brigadier-General Bentinck, attended by
his aides-de-camp, the military secretary, Colonel Drum-
mond, Col. Hay, Col. Codrington, and a number of other
officers were present, but there was a scanty attendance
of natives, probably because events of this kind are
not publicly announced in Malta. It is said that the
brigade of Guards will be inspected by the General
on Thursday, the 23d, and very great curiosity is ex-
pressed by the Maltese to see all these " plenty big
men" together. In fact, there is little doubt but that
all the regiments will undergo minute inspection ere
they leave for service, and that they will have as much
drill and exercise as the nature of the ground will admit.
The island is so swarmingly populous—the surface of
it is so cut up with roads, garden walls, stone enclo-
sures, drainage courses—and the houses so numerous,
that there are few open spaces left sufficient to ma-
noeuvre a company in, except the Floriana and St.
Clement's, and even these are of exceedingly moderate
dimensions. Except a march along a hot and dusty
road, or the drill of the barrack-yard, there is little
opportunity for the commanding officer of a regiment
to get his men through much work.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, March 29.—Wind this day at Noon, W. ;
light breeze, and fine clear weather.
DOVER, March 28.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—St. Pa-
trick, from Papal.
PORTSMOUTH, March 28.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—
H.M.'s st James Watt, from Plymouth. Sailed—York-
town, for New York ; H.M.'s steamers St. George, Heels,
and Prince Regent, for the Baltic ; st Magicienne,
Spithead.
PLYMOUTH, March 28.—Wind, W.S.W. Sailed—Betsy,
for Oporto.

Feimounr, March 28.—Wind, N. Arrived—Freya,
from Dram ; Jantina Annechina, Galatz. Sailed—Elbe,
for Carthagena ; Alexandrina, Salonica.
STOCKTON, March 28.—Wind, W. Arrived—Nymph,
from Mandal.

BRIDGEWATER, March 28.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—
Ocean, from Hambnrgh.
SWANSEA, March 28.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Esther
Francis, for Madeira.

SHIELDS, March 28.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Bel-
mont, from Faro. Sailed—Demerara, for New York;
Friends, Quebec ; Harrison, do. ; Catherine Ewing, Malta ;
Halcyon, Genoa; Whitwell Grange, Carthagena.
HULL, March 28.—Wind, W. N. W. Arrived —Carol ine,
from St. Michael's ; Lightning, do ; St. Kiernan (s), Rot-
terdam ; Zephyrus, Dantzic.
LOWESTOFT, March 28.—Wind, variable. Arrived-
-14% dia Jane, from London, for Sunderland, with loss of
bowsprit.
HARWICH, March 28.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—
H.M.'s st Rosamond.

SUNDERLAND, March 28.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—
Stafford, from Hamburgh ; Generous, do. ; Caroline,
Christiansand. Sailed—Auckland, for Quebec; Juno,
Carthagena.
CALCUTTA, Feb. 18.—The Harry (brig), from South
Australia, arrived at this port, reports having been chased
by pirates off Cape Nicobar, Jan. 9.
GEELONG, Jan. 2.—The Statesman took fire off Point
Henry on the morning of Dec. 26 (supposed from spon-
taneous combustion of some wool shipped in a damp state),
and was scuttled ; she has since been raised, and her
cargo (2,500 bales of wool, and other produce) disposed of
by auction.
MAURITIUS, Jan. 6.—The Moultan, from Swansea, with
patent fuel, arrived here with part of cargo thrown over-
board, having been on shore on the reef of Grand River.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 10.30 a.m.
Wind, W. ; fresh breeze, and fine.
Arrived—Andes, from Boston; Shamrock, steamer, from
Havro ; Teresa, from Cienfuegos.
The brig Eagle, of Halifax, was passed a derelict on the
3d of March, in lat. 40, long. 61. The Martha King, from
Wilmington for Liverpool, was passed on the 3d of March,
in lat. 40, long. 61. The Martha Kin,f, from Wilmington,
for Liverpool, was passed on the 3d ofMarch, lat 41, long.
26, with loss of sails, bulwarks, pumps choked, and 1,200
barrels of tar thrown overboard. The steamer Washington,
from Southampton, arrived at New York on the 16th inst.
The steamer Arabia, from Liverpool, had arrived at
Boston.

Accounts from Portland Bay, Australia, via Boston, state
that the fine new ship New Zealander, which had arrived
at Portland Bay on the 30th November, with 660 emi-
grants from Liverpool, was on fire on the 16th December,
and expected to be a total loss.

(BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.12 a.m.
Wind, W. ; tide, low water ' • fine.
Arrived, 28th—Maria Jose, from Pernambuco; Provi-
dence, Terceira •, William Pitt, Cuba.
Arrived, 29th.—Dolphin, from St. Michael's; Berta
Hendrika, Palermo ; Antwerpen (s.), Antwerp ; Albion
(s.), Boulogne.
Sailed.--Belgium (s.). for Ostend; City of London (s.),
Dunkirk ; Ottillia, Port Phillip.

DEAL, Wednesday, 0.45 a.m.
Wind, N.W. ; fine.
Passed.—Spartan, from Jamaica, for London, 50 days
out; Barrack, Demerara, for London ; Vancouver, of Bos-
ton, China, for London; Orwell, Ballina, for London;
British Queen, Berdianski, for London ; Manuel, barque,
Havannah, for London ; Electric, for Cadiz ; Tom Bow-
line, for Port Phillip.
Sailed.—Admiral, Barhampore, Anne, and Maitland,
all for river.
Remains.—Diego de Leon, from Trinidad de Cuba, for
London.
Report of the barque Spartan—March 11, spoke the ship
Caronema, of Liverpool, lat. 45.40 N., long. 29, 13 W. ;
March 20, Childs Harold, lat. 48.40 N., long. 6.50 W. ;
March 24, brigantine Baldur, lat. 49.0 N., long. 33.50 W.;
March 25, barque Woodbine, bound to New York, lat.
49.30 N., long. GO W.

AN IMPERIAL BORQUET.—A bouquet to be offered by
the Horticultural Society of Toulouse to the Empress
was exhibited there on Sunday at the Capitol in the
Salle du Trone, where a vast crowd went to see it. Not
less than 10,000 violets and 300 camelias have been em-
ployed in this gigantic bouquet, which is 21 feet in dia-
meter by 3 feet high. It is composed of a dome of
violets surrounded by a circle of camelias, garlands of
these last running down the dome, on which are to be
seen the initials of her Majesty in orange flowers. A
blue riband, also having the cipher of her Majesty, ties
the stem of the bouquet. This beautiful object left Tou-
louse on Monday, and was to be presented to her
Majesty on Wednesday by M. Duplan, member of the
Legislative Body, president of the Horticultural Society
of the Haute Garonne.

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