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

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 7.—SOM severe storms
had occurred in the waters of the Levant. The
Einporor of Russia had forwarded the decorat ion
of the White Eagle to Ismael Pacha, General-in-
Chief of the Turkish army in Asia, in consideration
.)f the kindly manner he had acted towards the
Russian prisoners at Kars. Three hundred vessels,
laden with grain, coming principally from the ports
of the Danube, had passed through the Bosphorus►
al their way to the Adiiatic, Marseilles, and Eng-
land. The port of Suez presented au animated
tppearance, and a new service of steamers was being
prepared ; those employed on the line from Suez to
Djeddah made the passage in five days. .

SEBASTOPOL.
A letter from the Crimea, dated the 25th ult.!
:and written by a French officer, says :—No project
has been adopted by the Imperial government
for again raising the defensive e orks of Sebastopol,
or for again &ting out a fleet. The vessels of War
suuk in the roadstead and in the port have not •
been got up. The only thing that has been
done has been to endeavour to clear the entrance
so as to allow merchant vessels to pass in an°.
out. The masts and rigging of the line •of-battle
ships have been removed, but the hulls are a°
deeply embedded in the sand that it is impossible
to raise them. Divers who have gone down state
that several of the bulls have almost entirely dig'
appeared in the sand and mud. As regards corn'
coerce, the port of Sebastopol is abandoned for that •
of Kamiesh, which is found much more conveni-
ent. The town of Sebastopol still presents to:.
thing more than a heap of ruins, but among which
may be seen some few houses belonging to wealt.u.,-1
persons who have had them repaired, and some ft)"
monuments which either escaped destruction during
the war or have been repaired since the peace. let
the part which was occupied by the labouring Par
of the population a number of the former inhabi-
tants have returned, but they live in tents and she
erected among the ruins. The public squares and
streets'are still covered with projectiles. The iPre-
sent population is about 4,000, or about one-tenth
of what it was formerly. The rich have againt
taken possession of their houses, but not great
number. Marshal Prince Woronzow is exPeet.ed
here shortly from Odessa. He intends, it is 0111,i
;
to repair his old palace, and to impart by has e,
ample a little life to a place to which he has al way
n.
been much attached. With the excepti"
ther of
post of 30 men, to maintain order, and an°
custom-house officers, there is nothing like a ,0
gar-
rison in the place, which now presents not the
slightest appearance of a fortified town. The Ottli
resource of the poorer classes is to go to work 011
the farms in the neighbourhood. On the northern
side of the port the forts remain in the same state
as during the war, but the garrison is barely large
enough to keep them iu urUei.

NE IT PRUSSIAN NA PAL ARSENAL 111

THE BALTIC.

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BERLIN, Nov. 15.—From the first foundation
of the Prussian navy there has existed but 02:
opinion as to the necessity of having a port in tjj
Baltic, to ho exclusively used as the principal nag''
arsenal and head. quarters of the infant marine "e;
partment. Dantzic has been hitherto the Pa
selected for this object, but its inconveniences are
so great that no one ever seriously thought of ferl33.
ing any other than a temporary establishment there'
The frigates and other large ships cannot get,l
iigher than Neu-Fahrwasser, about 10 miles bela
the town of Dantzic ; the river is narrow, the wa"-t
shallow, the current strong, the throng of rnercbs'i
vessels (principally timber-loading ships) greo/
whilst the roadstead is by no means sheltered fr%
,he winds ; and, to crown the whole, the winter is
very severe, and the pressure of the ice dangere"
for the ships.
The difficulty was to find a harbour in every wt
coming up to the facilities required. Various Pe:
were suggested and places surveyed, but they vir,,,,-d,
ill rejected as not adapted for the purpose intend if
However, the problem has now been satisfaetTatt
solved, and from the energetic manner in wit is
the preliminary steps have been taken thereat
reason to expect that the plan will be carried °we
in earnest, for though attended with considers,, o
expense the Prussian Leg o
islative Chamber! are
navy patriotic, and everything connected with re
navy is in such favour at present, that no feareoo
entertained of their objecting to vote the s'
needed for the execution of the works. god
The locality selected for the new arsenal is ea
en,
Jasmund, and is situated on the island of 1111,50,i0
laying off the coast, just opposite the fortified 'iege
of Stralsund, which is celebrated for the long 'pax
it sustained in the 30 years' war against 1173,01,
stein.* There is a deep bay running into the is' tiaa
surrounded by high land, which affords protee tlie
from all winds. The water is clear and deeP'bilst
anchorage good, and the bay itself spacious, ivst
at its head there is plenty of room for the ;bat-
baoius, and timber yards, and the erection 01 op
teries on the headlands would (the Prussisrioe
cers maintain) make it a second Sweaborc". leas'
preliminary Is f
preliminary works of surveying, making the P'ince
taking soundings, and the like, have longs
„ntl for
been completed, and have only been viaitul add
the royal sanction, which has just been gife°'ao is
, the commencement of the work is to lake Pis jog
the spring of next year. This has been ferl:o'
time the favourite project of Admiral Prince witolb
bert of Prussia, who, ever since his brush oest
the Riff pirates—magnified here into a 01'
brilliant exploit and dashing undertakili4eo
though in any other country he would have of s°
tried by a court-martial for losing the lives the
the
many of his seamen, and rashly endangerill'Or
safety of the steam-frigate Danzic—has riseledfor,
. rfully in the royal favour, and been rewarder of
s prowess with the Grand Cross of the or,a stir
t .e Red Eagle " with the swords," whilst to,, withfv ing crew of the Damic are to be decorate
medals in commemoration of this first hostiledel. d
naval station offdsia tits
is to keep pace with the works going °n fl, on
newly-acquired territory
the North Sea coast, but a number of 31417 tad, ,
elapse before either of them will be colugi3O jiiisli
Prince Adalbert has obtained from "belong"
in the (J-Pugs--13u...8 roes
permission to increase the number of ships of two.
3
ing to the Prussian navy by the purchase1 oto 1"6
new steam frigates of 34 guns each, which
built forthwith in England.
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* It was on this occasion that Wallenstein o:lP—nbtal°
of the memorable words that be was determined t° t°
POsseSilon of Stralsund, " even if it were fast 03.
heaven by chains."—See Schiller's " Ilistori °
Thirty Years' War."

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