The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-20 00:00:00

THE DANUBE.

A letter from Calatzoitle47l7confirms the ar-
rival of Omer Bey with 150 men at Sulina, and the
fact of his having taken possession of thwt town
and of the Delta of the Danube. The Austrians in
Sulina had received orders to depart, but as these
instructions arrived some days alter the entry of
the Turks, the arrival of Orner Bey.bad excited
much astonishment amongst the Austrian officers.

• SARDINIA.
Count Cavour gave a grand dinner at Turin
on the 15th, on the occasion of the birth-
day of King Victor Emmanuel 11. Anson;
the guests wcro the iminners of the Bar-
&Dian Cabinet pill of the diplomatic 1 oly, the
President of the Chamber of Deputies, the Minister
of the Royal Household, General Dabormida, &c.
Towards the close of `the banquet, sir J. Hudson,
the senior member of the diplomatic body, pro-
posed the health of the King, to which Count

Cavour responded by proposing it e hoallh of the
Sovereigns and Princes allies of hi Majesty.

THE BALTIC.

HAMBURG, March 18. —Tne la-t?st intelligence
foal]. Srockhelm statcs ihat the weather has been
extremely cold, and the navigation intertupted ;
but the finest weather prevailed in other parts of
the Baltic, and the same influence is experienced
her•.

Accounts from the Swedish capital, of the 12th
inst., stag: that the Committee of the Reichstag,
appointed to report on the Government raillvaf
scheme, had completed f)eir,report satisfactorily te
all parties, and Colonel Eicson's plans and Pro"
posals for the direction of the various lines have
been generally sanctioned by the committee. The
report recommends that the means for carrying out
these lies shell be raised by foreign loans, upon
the most reasonable terms to be obtained.
Tie Ostsce Zeitung mentions the probability of
Riga being speedily dismantled of all her forlitra"
tion3, with the exception of the citadel, and the
of demolition is to be uadertaken by private
coatraet.)rs, on account of the Russian Govern-
ment.

Lord Wolehorpe, who had been absent from St.
Peteriburg for a short time, had rcnurned to the
anblssy.

SPAIN.

The Madrid Gazette of the 15th denies that
as stated in some of the papers, orders h'
been given to sel,.ct by lot 80 captains of ill"
fantry for the army of Cuba, owing to Owl)
not teing a suffici,nt number of volunteers t°
till up vacancies. The Gazette declares the number,
of vacancies did not amount to one-tenth that
number. M. Sorela, late Spanish Minister to
Ale)Cc.?, had had a long conference with the
ter of Foreign Affairs ; he had expressed the °V,
nion that the Mexican Government would soon
fLorn its own excesses. The Leon Espanol na3int'Lllls
that no explanations the Mexican envoy, M. In,
fragua, can make, and no excuses he can offer, will
suffice to calm the indignation of the Spaniar'
against the Mexicans, but that Mexico must glie
solid satisfaction.

The (la Nord says :—" The prevailing
animosity against England lately cued a sad Mid
unfortunate scene at Moscow. Profesor Schevr
r,?ff, of the Univerity of that city, having loudlY
blamed Sir Robert Peel's speech on Rag-
sia, by saying that he had calumniated 6
country which had afforded him hospitah*",
concluded by calling him an ungrateful fellow'
Count Bohrynski, wo was present, took Sir R•
Peel's part, d,lrion,tratit?.g that his reproach°
against Russia were we!l founded. M. Schtvyreff,
becoming excited, struck Count Bohrynski op the
face ; the latter infutiated., rushed on th-3 profesor'
and struck him with such violence that he di4.tWo
(Lays aft,,T."