The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-06 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The Emperor of Russia has, on the report of the
Minister of Finance, expressed his gratitude to the
Russo-American Compimy for the excellent mea-
Bares adopted by it to insure the provisioning of
the Russian colonies during the late war, and to
prevent the stagnation of commerce during that
trying period.
A letter from Stockholm, in the Boersenhalle of
Hamburg, says :—" According to letters from Fin-
land, Russia is adopting different measures, which
would seem to imply an intention of forming a
large fortified naval establishment in the island of
Kasko, the northward of Christiansand and Sunds-
wall. Tbis island will be a very desirable place for
such a purpose, as the water there is very deep,
and the navigation of the port is open much longer
than the others of the Gulf of Bothnia."

A letter from Posen, in the Silesia Gazette, says :
—" The fortifications of this place, on which men
have been employed since 1829, are now terminated
as far as regards the immediate enclosure of the
city and the faubourgs. It will require at least 10
years more to complete the works as it is proposed
they shall be."

A letter from Dantzic of the Ist, in the Inde-
pendance of Brussels, says :—" The affair of the
Companions of Dantzic has just been arranged
to general satisfaction. A commission, ap-
pointed for that purpose, has proposed to re-
move the management of all the Caisses de
Secours from the hands of one employe, which
plan was the cause of the dispute, and. to con-
fide to the different trades the management of
their respective funds, on condition that the com-
munal administration of the city shall not be
obliged to render the members any pecuniary as-
sistance. Guarantees to that efleot will be re-
quired. This proposition has received the assent
of the principal authorities."

A letter from Rome, in the Correspondance
Italien'ne, of Turin, says that the address of the
municipality of Bologna to the Papal Government
on tne,subject of the Austrian occupation, is being
secretly circulated in Rome, notwithstanding the
efforts of the Government to keep it secret. The
same letter mentions a duel between two French
officers, one of whom was killed, but it gives no
particulars.

A letter from Scutari of the 20th ult., in the
A gram Gazette, says :—" The Kuciens have not
been made to submit by the expedition of the Mon-
tenegrins, but only punished. Their territory was
devastated, 300 old men, women, and children
massacred, but the virile and armed population
bad withdrawn into the mountains. The Monte-
negrins have withdrawn without leaving any gar-
risons, or taking real possession of the country.
The French consul had done all in his power to
deter Prince Dauilo from undertaking this expe-
dition, and the latter had given counter-orders,
which arrived too late."

AUSTRIAN NAVY.—The Pays says :—" Austria is at
present making very serious efforts to increase her navy.
The first line-of-battle ship (90 guns) which she ever
thought of possessing was put on the stocks at Pole a
few days back, under the name of the Emperor, and
is to have a screw propeller, with an 800-horse power.
Two other ships of the line of the same dimensions are
likewise to be immediately commenced, and according
to orders sent from Vienna are to be urged on as rapidly
as possible. Independently of these first•rate vessels,
two screw-frigates, the Adxia and the Danube, are being
terminated in the yards of Moggia, as well as a screw-
corvette at Venice, which has received the name of the
Vice-Admiral Dandolo, in honour of the admiral of that
name who died lately. At the same time the armament
of a screw-despatch boat, the Prince Eugene, of Savoys -
is so nearly completed that she will be ready for sea la
the beginning of Augubt. To complete these measures
Austria is about to found two maritime arsenals, one at
Fiume, and the other at Lussin. Since the war in the
East all the nations of Europe perceive clearly that. s.
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