The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-02 00:00:00

SWEDEN.

A letter from Stcckholm of the 22d says "The
war in the Baltic having demonstrated the necessity
for Sweden to have on her coasts strong defensive
points and fortifications, the King nominated last
summer a commission of officers of engineers
charged to study a general plan of defence, the
first works of which should be executed at Tornea,
which forms to the north, in the Gulf of Bothnia,
the frontier of Sweden and Finland ; then extend-
ing all along the coast of the Gulf, they were to
comprise tke towns of Lulea, Pitea, 'Crimea, and
Podesham, and arrive at the island which com-
mands the entrance before Stockholm. It is now
stated that the military commission has given the
strategical plan a much larger development than
was originally intended ; and that the execution of
the works would cause such serious expenses that
the Ministry has not thought right to demand them
from the general Diet of the kingdom during the
present session. But in consequence of an increase
in the estimates of the different chapters of the
budget of the war department, the government
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hopes to be able to have an important balance n
baud, which can be applied to the construction of
the fortifications in question. It is said here that
Russia also is determined to erect fortifications in
the North, as if in answer to those of Sweden-
General de Berg, governor general of the Grand
Duchy of Finland, has, it appears, obtained the
approbation of the Emperor Alexander to a plan
for transforming the isle of Kasko, in the Gulf of
Bothnia, into an important fortress. The port of
Kask, which is very profound, can easily receive
a Russian squadron from Sweaborg, and this place
would thus command all the Gulf of Bothnia."

THE BALTIC.
HAMBURG, Nov. 29.
The winter has approached us this year some-
what earlier than usual, and with the apparent ill'
tention of prolonging its stay with a more fixed de-
termination than was generally expected, is WY
clearly seen from the considerable quantity of snow
which has fallen within the last two days, and the
regularly increasing frosty inclination of the weather
to bind it more firmly upon the ground for some
length of time. Although the frost has not been,
up to the present moment, above 10 degrees Read-
-
rnur in severity, yet there have been large quahne
tities of floating ice gradually accumulatingt to
river, and aided by the snow falling from time
time to form it into greater masses, the nal ga even
may soon become interrupted thereby,
in a few days more entirely stopped, which w ° k
be a very great inconvenience to the and
in
present brisk
state of trade existing here at the moment beyond
what has been experienced for some weeks before.

SPAIN.
A.Madrid letter of the 27th, in the IndepTqance
of Brussels, says :—" Tne Council of Ministers
has just adopted a severe measure against
General Prim. Two evenings ago it decreed his
exile to the Canary Islands. The general, be-
ing informed of the measure, hastened to the
pa!ace, and declared to the Queen that it was very
impolitic to act in that manner with the generals
of the Spanish army, and that she exposed herself
to the danger of a mutiny among her troops. The
Queen sent for Marshal N arvaez, and
why the Council of Ministers badi
adopted
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severe a measure against General Prim. The Mar-
shal replied that the general was a dangerous cha-
racter ; that sooner or later he would • self
at the head of the Prof, put him
ores& tis a party, and in the
end overthrow the Mod '
erados. After many eV
planations a compro •
se was agreed upon.
Gene-
ral Prim i=s
still under the decree of exile, but. In'
stead of being sent to the 0 to
go to Bilboa." -anarys Islands he la