The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-11 00:00:00

SARDINIA.

The Sardinian Minister of War has addressed a
circular to the officers of the army, informing them
that, her Britannic Majesty having been pleased
to award a number of medals to the Sardinian
troops that served in the East during the late war,
it is necessary they should send in lists of the men
under their command who may be entitled to the
distinction. None are to be recommended but
those who were in the Crimea before the 9th
September last, stayed there all the time, and
distinguished them elves by good behaviour. All
the officers, all the Royal Carbineers, all the troops
engaged on the 16th August (the battle of the
Tchernaya), or on the BthSepember, are entitled
to a medal ; for the other troops only a certain
number of medals is prescribed, to be distributed
according to merit. A list is annexed to the circu-
lar, showing the number allotted to each corps in
the latter class.

SPAIN.
The Madrid Gazette of the stlt contains a report
from the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Queen,
recommending that the minister plenipotantiary of
Spain at Paris should be raised to the dignity of
Ambassador, in order to place him on a footing
with the major part of the representatives of Eu-
rope, on the occasion of the baptism of the Impe-
rial Prince. The Epoca says :—A deplorable affair
has taken placa at Valencia between an officer of the
staff and the vice-consul of England. The latter was
run through the body with a fencing sword, and
there is little hope of saving him. The officer
was also wounded, but slightly." The Infan to Dona
Atualia, who is to marry Prince Adalbert of Ba-
varia, is to receive, a dowry of -4,000,000 reals in
addition to what her royal father is to give, and to
a magnificent set of diamonds which she received
by lot in the division of her mother's property.
The Queen is also to present her Royal liiiihUeS4

with a magnificent parure in diamonds. The sales
of national property up to the sth amounted to
400,850,039 reals, and that sum was more by
262,989,368 reals than the upset price. Accounts
from Melilla.of the 23d ult, state that an English
vessel, the- Zeinfu, from Liverpool, had fallen into
the hands o£. pirates, who pillaged her, and took
away iuto captivity the captain and the crew of
fourteen sailors. Sidi Muajand, an authority of
the country, had interfered in this matter in con-
junction with the Spanish commander of Melilla.
He had succeeded in obtaining the release of the
prisoners, and a guard has been placed over the
stranded vessel. The district in which the pirates
resided has been fined 6,000 reals. The Moors
implicated in the question assert that the pillage
was an act of revenge addressed to the British
consul of Tangiers, who had placed one of their
chiefs in confinement.

Prince Gortschakoff, Minister of Foreign Affairs
in Russia, passed through Dresden on the sth, on
his way from Berlin to Vienna ; as did, the same
day, the Sardinian General De la Dabormida, on
his way home to Turin.

The Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria, consort
of the Archduke %axles Ferdinand, gave birth to
a prince on the 4th at Seelowitz in Moravia.

AMERICA.

THE CRISIS IN KANSAS.
DESTRUCTION OF. LAWRENCE CON-
FIRMED.
(From, the New York Daily Times of May 27.)
We received last night, the following highly im-
portant telegraphic dispatch :
" Chicago, Monday, May 26.
" The Chicago Tribune publishes an extra, based upon
intelligence brought by three men directly from Law-
rence. They state that a company of mounted men
made their appearance near L'aeyirence on Wednesday,
the 21st ult., where they halted until reinforcements
had increased their number to 400 men. They bore
flags and banners, with various mottoes and devices,
but no United States flag.
"During the forenoon the Committee of Public Safety
of Lawrence despatched a messenger with a note to
Marshal Donaldson, who headed the force, assuring him
that the citizens would make no resistance to any pro-
cess he might wish to serve, and asking protection for
their lives and property. The marshal made no reply,
but at eleven o'clock-he sent a deputy' marshal with a
posse of ten men into the town. The deputy sum-
moned ten of the citizens' to assist in making arrests,
and took G. W. Deitzler and J. W. Smith prisoners.
"The deputy marshal having thus tested the willing-
ness of the citizens to respect his authority, went, with
his posse, to the Free State Hotel and dined, after
which they removed the prisoners without molestation.
" Soon after this Sheriff Janes made his appearance
with 18 men, and demanciid that all the public and pri-
vate arms in the town he given up, giving the people five
minutes to accede to his demand, and threatening, in
case of refusal, to storm the town. He did not attempt to
make any arrests, but said he came for the purpose of
obtaining the arms.

" One piece was given- up in !answer to the de-
mand, but the citizens refused to surrender their private
arms.

" Jones then left, and in half an hour after returned
with an overwhelming force and two pieces of artillery,
with which he commenced cannonading the Free State
Hotel and the Herald of Freedom printing-office.
"The inhabitants commenced leaving the town, and
the informants of the Chicago Tribune also left before
the work of destruction was completed ; but the hotel
was burned, and the press and the type of the Herald
of Freedom destroyed before their departure ; and they
proceeded but about 15 miles when (at eight o'clock in
the evening) they saw a large volume of smoke and a
great light in the direction of Lawrence, and they have
no doubt of the destruCtion of the town.
Another messenger, who left Leavenworth just be-
fore the departure of the boat, says that several men
were killed by Jones' party. It is feared that General
Pomeroy has been hung by the mob.
" Governor Robinson is at Lecompton, in the cus-
tody of the authorities. EX-Governor Reeder is sup-
posed td be in a place orsafety, and is daily expected
in Chicago, by way of Nebraska and lowa.
"Threats have been made to hang Robinson, Brown,
and Deitzler. The Free State men will make a stand
at Topeka, ancl„are,now gathering at that point.
" Ex-Senatoi Atchison is in the territory.
" Ther United States troops are not allowed to move
from their quarters, manyof the soldiers being anxious
to prated the settlers.

" St. Louis, Monday, May 26.
"The' Lexington (Mo.) Express publishes an extra,
which was received here to-day, confirming the report of
the destruction of Lawrence on Wednesday last. When
the messenger left, the artillery was still firing, and the
fire spreading to other portiops of the town, but up to
the time of his departure bttt few lives had been lost.
The Express is a pro-Slavery paper.