The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-18 00:00:00

LATEST NE WS.

AN ENGLISH GUN-BOAT FIRED UPON.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 10.
An English gun-boat, having pursued into the
Sea of Azoff some Russian sloops which had cap.
tured Turkish vessels engaged in smuggling salt,
was fired upon by the fort of Yenikale.
The English interdict the approach of Russian
ships to the Isle of Serpents.
The check experienced by the Persians before
Herat is insignificant.

Intelligence from St. Petersburg states that a
considerable corps of Russian troops is concen-
trated on the frontiers of Persia and Turkey, to

give effect, in case of need, to the iniluence of
Russia, if the affairs of Persia and Affghaniatan
should assume a serious character,

The New German Gazette of Berlin says :
"We learn from a good source that the Eng-
lish Government has officially notified to the
Cabinets of Paris, Constantinople, and Vienna,
that the English fleet, now in the Black Sea,
will pass the winter at Sinope. No notifica-
tion to that effect has been made to Russia,
because no doubt the declaration of Lord Strat-
ford de Redcliffe to Baron de Boutenieff, that the
English fleet will remain in the Black Sea until
Russia shall have completely executed the treaty
of peace, is considered sufficient."

A letter from Vienna, in the Cologne actzette,
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says :—" It is certain that the relations between
Russia and Austria have become of a very delicate
character, and that the petty vexations to which
Prince Esterhazy, ambassador at the coronation,
was subjected at the Court of Russia, have contri-
buted to cool those previously existing between
the two courts. It is a fact that since the return
of Prince Esterhazy the sympathies of the high
Austrian aristocracy for Russia have greatly di
minished."

The Paris Correspondent of the Times (Second
Edition), in his letter dated yesterday, says :
"M. An'onini, the Neapolitan Ambassador, is
still here, though he has his passports., There is
no day fixed for his departure ; and he seems to
linger willingly on the scene of his past glories.
While one diplomatic luminary is setting, another
makes his brilliant appearance on the verge of the
horizon. Count Kisseleff, who is now the recog-
nised Ambassador of Russia at the Court of th(
Tuileries, will receive to-morrow and the day altor
the members of the diplomatic corps. He will
then fairly enter on the winter campaign."

The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post
(Second Edition) says :
" I have reason to believe that the assertions of
the Nord, which declare Russia willing to give up
the Island of Serpents and the Bolgrad difficulty,
are not correct. It is, however, possible that the
Cabinet of St. Petersburg may have made propo-
sitions on these disputed articles of the treaty,
which are not likely to be accepted in Paris or
London.

" We get a strange report from Naples by tele•
graph, which says the Government is about to
make a free port of Naples. This is highly im-
probable, for the Customs duties are one of the
chief resources of the revenue. The city was
tranquil on the 12th."

We extract the following from the letter of the
Times' (Second Edition) correspondent at Vienna,
dated Nov. 15 :

" Not only is the Prussian Government opposed
to England, Austria, and Turkey in the Bes-
sarabian frontier question, but Baron von Man-
teuffel is endeavouring to consolidate the friendly
relations which have recently been established
between the Russian and French Cabinets. It is
also related that the Prussian Minister-President
speaks and acts as if the alliance between Russia
and France were a fait accompli.
"Your particular attention is called to the
foregoing information, as it is from an excel-
lent Prussian source, and was communicated
to me with the remark, that it might be well
that the British nation should know who was
its friend and who its foe. My informant ex-
pressly stated that the Prussians as a ❑ation
abhorred the very idea of an alliance with France,
and had a strong bias in favour of England. If
it still asserted that the question of the resump
tion of the Paris Conferences is far from being
settled, and the positive assurance has to-day
been given me that the Emperor Francis Joseph
has expressed himself to the effect, that it will not
be his fault if the stipulations of the Treaty of
Paris are not fulfilled. The animosity of Russia
towards this country increases from day to day,
and Count Buol and his Imperial master are
hated by the Muscovites with a perfect hatred.
Not long since a Russian of rank expressed his
conviction that Count Buol would be insulted,
if not seriously ill-treated, should he ever
venture to appear in the streets of St. Petersburg.
The same person was also of opinion that Sir
Hamilton Seymour ' would be torn to pieces'
(zerrissen) if he went to Russia."

From Spain we learn that the fusion between
the Carlists and the reigning branch of the Spa-
nish Bourbons is advancing towards its conclusion,
but without the concurrence, or, perhaps, the
knowledge of General Narvaez.