The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-13 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

A letter from St. Petersburg of the 3d, in the
Independance of Brussels, says :—" The garrison
of Novo Archangel, the capital of the Russian pos-
sessions in North America, has just been rein-
forced on account of au invasion made last year by
the Kaloschis. This savage tribe, which inhabit
the neighbourhood, surprised the garrison, scaled
the ramparts, and could not be expelled frqm the
church in which they had taken refuge until after
a very sanguinary combat. Since that time the
state of the colony has been satisfactory, and its
commerce with California has much increased."
A letter from St. Petersburg of the 3d says :
" The question of Neuchatel, in its turn, proves how
much the cabinets of St. Petersburg and Vienna
differ in their view of political questions. Count
Buol, for example, in a note communicated to the
great powers, declared that the Prussian govern-
ment could not have the right to act solely against
Switzerland, the stipulations of the protocol of Lon-
don being opposed to her doing so; but Prince Gort-
schakoff, in a note, has directly combated that view,
and has demonstrated that Prussia does possess
the right to act alone against Switzerland ; add-
ing, that as time did not permit the powers
which signed the protocol to meet in conference on
the subject, those powers were obliged to address
their demands separately to Switzerland. Count
Buol, it is said, replied to this note, and partly
adopted the opinion of Russia. The Russian
government is determined to insist in pressing
terms on the evacuation of Greece. The
political motives which caused the occupation of
the Piraeus having disappeared, it is believed that
the moment has arrived at which the Greek
government should be freed from the presence of
foreign troops, as their prolonged stay cannot add
to its prestige in the eyes of its own subjects.
The fear that the English fleet, after having
evacuated the Black Sea, will stop in the waters
of Greece, and continue to exercise its influence in
another form, appears to have greatly con-
tributed to this resolution of Russia."—Another
letter from St. Petersburg of the same date says :
—" At Cronstadt the vessels are still frozen in, but
the greatest activity prevails in the dockyards.
The engine manufactory is occupied day and night,
and all possible resources are employed in trans-
forming sailing vessels into screws. Young men
are being instructed to,fill the place of officers in
the corps of enginemen and stokers formed for the
steam fleet."

The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzroy have left the St.
George's Hotel.
Sir St. Vincent and Lady Whitsbed and the Misses
Whitshed have arrived at St. George's Hotel from
Scotland.
Mr. H. Drummond, M.P., has left St. George's Hotel.
THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.—The diplomatic service
in the last year, ended March, cost the country 381,2681.
The departures from the port of London for the Aus-
tralian colonies during the week have comprised eleven
vessels—five to Port Philip, three to Ade!aide, one t )
Sydney, one to Launceston, and one to New Zealand,
with an aggregate capacity of 6,655 tons, The rates, of
freight exhibit no material alteration.
In the general business of the port of London during
the past week there has been little change. The number
of vessels reported inward was 136, being three more
than in the previOns week. These included 20 with
cargoes of corn, flour, and rice, 8 with sugar, and 1
with 28,259 packages of tea. The total number of ships
&eared outward was 106, including 7 in ballast, showing
an increase of 10.
The letters from the Continent describe a rather. more
favourable appearance of the rates of exchange. At
Paris, Hamburg, and Amsterdam they exhibit general
firmness. The rate of discount at Hamburg has de-
clined to 54 per cent.
The 400,0001. of gold, by the Montmorency, was de- i
livered yesterday, but the amount sold to the bank was
only 4,000/. The greater part of the remainder will be
transmitted to Paris.
The Conference on the Sound dues will meet again at
Copenhagen this week, and negotiations will be con-
tinued with those Governments that have not yet as-
sented.
FALL OF A Housz.—Great excitement prevailed yes. NAPLES.
terday morning, and the whole of Sunday night, A letter from Naples of the sth, published by
throughout the parish of Christ Church, Spitalfields, in
Brussels, giving an account of the
consequence of the fall of a house in Dorset-street, near T
the pari h cshurch. ' A child, 15 months old, named htllioewNinogrdupofofoe
Carlo Terzo steamer, adds the
following postscript :—" As a conscientious cones-
homas McS;ay, was killed by the accident.
pendent, I must add, that information which I
THE SOLICITOR.GENERALSHIP OF NEW SOUTH WALES. have just received forces me to state that this
i —We learn, on the authority of a private letter, and also disaster was caused by malevolence. Before the
of the Sydney newspapers, that Mr. A. Lutwyche, for a voice on board was heard to cry out,
explosion some time a member of the parliamentary corps of this to save themselshould -
ves run
journal, held the office of solicitor-eeneral in Sept. last, ' Those
who
wishaft. Tho ff i therefore, forward or a ar, had been
with a seat in the Legislative Council of New South
Wales as the organ of tlae Government in that house, under arranged beforehand. There were 150 persons on
the short-lived Cowper Administration, to which he was board, of w.hom 40 wore saved by the boats of an
promoted by the Governor-General, acting tinder the non- Eaglish vessel of war. The captain of the steamer
mous advice of the Executive Council. Mr. LUtwyche, who was not on board. Lieutenant Massie and a mid-
was a member of the English bar, about three years ago, shipman, named Benedetti, were blown up with
emigrated to Australia with the view of practising his the rest. The King and every one in this city is
profession in that colony, selecting Sydney as his place convinced that the explosion was wilful. The
of settlement. On the voyage out he suffered shipwreck, concussion caused was so great that
the gas lamps
in which he lost a considerable amount of valuable pro- in the streets nearest the scone were exting
perty and narrowly escaped with his life. By the energy
A general feellD ' of a uished.
and admirable presence of mind displayed by him on gpprehension prevails.
In reference to reported risings •
that occasion, under circumstances of the most imminent in the Neapolitan
rovinces ajournal so
peril, be was chiefly instrumental in preserving not only p
~ me days ago mentioned that
his own life, but those of many of his fellow passengers. , the provincial troops had been or were about to be
Timm. removedirom Naples, The Gazette de Lyon gives

PRUSSIA.
The King of Prussia has conferred the grand
cross of the Red Eagle on the Marquis de Moustier,
minister of France at his court.
A letter from Copenhagen, in the Lithographic
Correspondence of Berlin, says :—" A conference
relative to the Sound dues was held here on the
Bth ; it appears certain that the dues will be sup-
pressed on the reopening of navigation, that is in
April next. It remains to be decided whether the
sums to be paid by the various powers to Denmark
shall be given in one payment or in several."

the following information on the subject :—" The
provincial soldiers, so called, not because they are
recruited in the provinces, since the whole army is
recruited there, but because they are destined to
hold garrison in the most distant parts of the terri-
tory, form a species of disciplinary corps, composed
of men who have been guilty of insubordination
and have been subjected to punishment. They are
charged with the guard over prisoners, and acquit
thethselves well of their task in consequence of the
regulation imposing on any soldier the punishment
of the man whose evasion he may have favoured.
These provincial soldiers are despised by the army
and by the population, and if they have been re-
moved from. Naples it has been in consequence of a
wise precaution, and not from any want of confi-
dence in the army in general."

GREECE.
Ferouk Khan, the Persian Ambassador to
France, on .his putting in to the Pircus in the
Rolland steamer, spoke as follows, in reply to the
compliments addressed to him by the Secretary of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the name of
the King of Greece :

" I am profoundly moved by the friendly sentiments
which you address to me in the name of the King of
Greece, and I shall be certain to give an account of
them to my sovereign. It is impossible for me to be in
this spot, in presence of the Parthenon, an imperishable
monument of art, without recalling to mind the past
grandeur of your nation and of mine, formerly adversa-
ries, and now friends. A new future opens fur them, as
for the rest of the world, and in sending me on au em-
bassy to the noble and powerful Emperor of the French,
the Sovereign, my master, has desired to put himself in
more intimate communication with Europe, for the
welfare of his States."