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

RUSSIA.

A letter from St. Petersburg of the 3d, in the
lndependance 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 an 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 from 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 Pirreus 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 1111 the place of officers in
the corps of enginemen and stokers formed for the
steam fleet."

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

NAPLES.
an account of the
the
blowing Nord u
p of
ofß A letter from Naples of the sth, published by
giving
o steamer, adds the
following postscript
As a conscientious corres-
pondent, :—"
I must add, that information which I
have just received forces me to state that this
disaster was caused by malevolence. Before the
explosion a voice on board was beard to cry out,
the Carlo
Those who wish to save themselves should run
forward or aft. The affair, therefore, had been
arranged beforehand. There were 150 persons on
board, of wkom 40 were saved by the boats of an
English vessel of war. The captain of the steamer
was not on board. Lieutenant Massie and a mid-
shipman, named Benedetti, were blown up with
the rest. The King and every one in this city is
convinced that the explosion was wilful. The
concussion caused was so great that the gas lamps
in the streets nearest the scone were extinguished.
A general feeling of apprehension prevails."
In reference Co reported risings in the Neapolitan
provinces, a journal some days ago mentioned that
the provincial troops had been or were about to be
removed from Naples. Tile Gazette de Lyon gives