The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-10 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

A letter from St. Petersburg, of the Ist, says :
—" A considerable amount of discussion has taken
place during the last few days between the Minister
of Foreign Affairs and the English legation, on
three important questions—the recall of the Eng-
lish fleet fi om the Black Sea, the evacuation of
Greece, and the Anglo-Persian difficulty. Lord
Wodehouse, who displayed much more moderation
in these negotiations than was expected, annbuticed
to Prince Gortschakoff that the English fleet will
have evacuated the internal waters of Turkey by
the period fixed by the protocol of the 6th January,
that is to say the 30th March. This declaration
was made without any reserve, so that it is not
possible to doubt that it will be acted on. Prince
Gortschakoff declarad, in his turn, that Russia was
ready to admit English consuls into the Black Sea:
Lord Wodehouse is, no doubt, convinced that
Russia is occupied with other things than schemes
of conquest and territorial aggrandisement, and
that she considers the development of her internal
resources as the most urgent of her existing duties.
He has communicated that conviction to his Go-
vernment."

EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY.

The Colombo, with the heavy portion of the East
India and C dna mails, was telegraphed off Hurst
Castle at 9.55.

THE AFRICAN MAIL.

PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY MORNING.

The African mail steamship Ethiope, Captain
Barnwell, arrived here at midnight, with the mails
from the West Coast of Africa and Teueriffe. Her
dates are—Old Calabar, Dec. 29 ; Cameroons,
Dec. 30 ; Fernando Po, Jan. 4 ; Bonny, Jan. 5 ;
Lagos, Jan% ; Accra, Jan. 8 ; Sierra Leone, lan.
20 ; Bathurst, Jan. 23 ; Teneriffe, Jan. 30 ; and
Madeira, Feb. 1. She brings 2174 oz. of gold, and
a cargo including four tons of ivory, 371 casks of
palm oil, 60 cases of cayenne, 41. cases of arrow
root, 89 bags of cochineal ; pine apples, bees wax,
and sundries.
The coast continues in an unsettled state. Trade
is dull at Liberia, and brisk at the Cameroons.
Her Majesty's ships Scourge, Elecla, and Myr-
midon, were at Sierra Leone ; the Firefly, Prome-
theus, and Bloodhound, were at Lagos ; the Me-
dusa at Bathurst ; and the Trident and the Eclipse
at Madeira.
The African mail packet Niger was at Liberia on
Jan. 15. The Canda;e left Madeira at 10 a.m. on
Jan. 31. The merchant ship Fanny was at Old
Calabar ; the barque Lord Elgin, at Bonny ; the
brig Dromo, at Accra ; the brigs Thomas Snooks
and Africanus, at Cape Coast Castle ; the ships
Madras and the Gentoo, at Sierra Leone ; and the
barques Governor M‘Donald, Emily, and Eliza-
beth, at Bathurst.
In 38 N. lat., the Ethiope experienced for 36
hours a strong gale from south-west to north-east,
iu which she lost a topsail and split her jib.

TIM MILITARY OUTRAGE AT THE CEIATHAM POST-
OFFICE.---The postmaster, Mr. J. Dadd, who was So
severely injured in the attack made on him by a party
ofsoldiers belonging to the Provisional Battalion, was
yesterday afternoon sufficiently recovered to attend at
the Brigade-Major's-office, Chatham Barracks, for the
purpose of identifying those men who are in custody on
suspicion of being concerned in the outrage. It is now
known that there were 10 men engaged in the attack on
the post-office, some of whom were dressed iu private
clothes, which no doubt led to their being mistaken for
civilians; seven men have been placed in close confine-
ment on suspicion of having taken part in the outrage,
and of these tour have been identified by Mr. Randall,
of the Mitre Hotel, and two women who witnessed the
affair. One of the soldiers now in custody has also been
recognised as the man who stabbed the sailor, Franklin,
in the groin. There are still three soldiers at large who
were mixed up in the outrage, but steps have been taken
to apprehend them. The men in custody belong to the
52d Light Infautry and the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers.
During the night pickets patrolled the streets to appre-
hend any soldiers found out of barracks. Another in-
vetigation by the military authorities is ordered to take
place this morning at the Brigade-office, Cihatham Bar-
racks, at 10 o'clock.