The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-17 00:00:00

THE CRIMEA.

The Odessa correspondent of the Military GazEtte
of Vienna thus writes on the 30th ult.; touching
the situation of Sebastopol :

" By our most intelligent military men it is univer-
sally admitted that if the allies push forward as energeti-
cally as they have hitherto done, the south side of Sebas-
topol must in the end inevitably fall. The garrison's
heroic self-sacrifice and contempt of death delay, but
cannot avert the steady progress of the besiegers, who
day by day gain ground upon them. All the various
reports of the French and English journals about inter-
rupted communication between the north and south side,
terrible epidemics which rage among the besieged,
15,000 sick in Sebastopol, want of provisions and am-
munition, and so on, are nothing but idle inventions.
Letters from the interior of Sebastopol assure us that
the connection between north and south is unimpaired,
that food and ammunition are abundant, the magazines
on the north side alone containing supplies sufficient to
serve 300,000 men for a year. The hospitals, in the days
of greatest slaughter, have never contained more than
9,000 men. For sanitary reasons, however, Prince Gorts-
chakoff had just given orders to remove all the sick from
the hospitals in the northern forts and to take them into
the interior of the Crimea. There are only about 1,200
sick and wounded who are too ill for removal. The
cholera, which is making such ravages among the
allies, has nt.ver appeared among us in an epidemic
form. At the same time it is seen that the position of
the garrison on the left line of defence, from Bastion 1
to Bastion 5 (from the west of Careening Bay to the
Flag-staff inclusive), will not long be tenable, But
more than one sanguinary struggle will probably pre-
cede its abandonment. The defenders have resolutely
devoted themselves to death, and trusting in God wait
with calm expectation till their time comes. Hence the
indifference, one might almost say the joviality, with
which they play at cards and dice on the bastion while
shot and seell are falling around, so that as soon as
one is struck down he is quietly removed, and the game
without more ado goes on as before. Thus, after the
last unsuccessfully attempted storming, Prince Gort-
schakoff visited the bastions, asking— How goes it,
children ?" As God wills,' answered the soldiers.
The garrison of Sebastopol numbers at this moment
from 60,000 to 65,000 men. In addition, there are two
battalions of Black Sea Infantry, four battalions of
Rifles, and two sotnias of Cossacks. The artillery and
seamen are not included in this statement."

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.

The Emperor yesterday, after the official re-
ceptions, was pleased to allow a number of
foreigners of distinction to be presented to
him by the Papal Nuncio, the English Am-
bassador, the Belgian, Neapolitan, Prussian,
Austrian, Saxon, Portuguese, Sardinian, Ame-
rican, Dutch, and Spanish Ministers, and by
the Charges d'Affaires of Tuscany and Greece.
The Emperor afterwards received Mr. W. Filmore,
ex-President of the United States, and also Baron
de Gratty, and also Major Chevalier Bowens de
Bauwens, Commissioner and Deputy-Commissioner
at the Exhibition for the Argentine Confederation.
An Imperial decree appears in the Moniteur, by
which the Emperor names the following as mem-
bers of the Municipal Council of Paris :—MM.
Count d'Argout, Governor of the Bank of France ;
Bayvet, auditor of the same establishment; F.
Barrot, Billaud, Boulatignier, Count de Breteuil,
Chaix d'Ast,Ange, Delangle, E. Delacroix, De-
niere, Devhick, Ambroise, Firmin Didot, Bubarle,
Dumas,, Dutilleul, Eck, Fouche, Lepelletier,
Foucher, Fremen, Herman, Lamy, Lo Dagre, Le-
gendre, Moreau, Marquis de Pastoret, Pecourt,
Polouze, Perier, Rouland, De Royer, Segalas,
Thayer, Thibaut, Thierry, Tronchon, and Tarin.
The Moniteur contains decrees making further
promotions and nominations in the Legion of

Honour, on the occasion of the Fete Napoleon.
Among the former we' find as Commanders—M.
Boolean, senator ; M. Chevreau, prefect of the
Loire Inferieure, and M. de Mentqne, prefect of
the Gironde ; and as officers the Count de Segur
d'Aguesseau, M. tie Bourgoing, prefect of the
Seine-et-Marne • Baron Mercier, member of the
Council-General of the Orne, and M. Verdi, the
composer of the " Vepres Siciliennes," &c. The
number of Knights nominated amounts to 74.
The Dioniteur says :—" The Emperor, in his so-
licitude for all that concerns the interests of the
army, has desired to ameliorate the position of the
widows and orphans of those who die in combat-
ing ; and, in consequence, by order of his Majesty,
a bill has been presented to the Council of State
for doubling the amount of the pensions to widows
and orphans of soldiers of all grades killed by the
enemy, or who die in the war. The bill in ques-
tion will be presented to the Legislative Body at
its next session, but the Minister of War has been
authorised to augment provisionally such pensions
with the funds of which he disposes, and which
some from national subscriptions. '
" The Prefect of the Police has published an or-
donnance relative to the measures of order to be
observed on the entry of the Qtieen of England.
From three o'clock no carriages will be allowed to
pass along any of the streets through which the
cortege will pass from the Strasburg terminus to
St. Cloud ' - the different deputations belonging to
the city of Paris who have demanded permission
to join the cortege will have places assigned them ;.
the deputations from the communes of the ban-
lieue are to assemble, headed by' their banneril/2 in
the grand avenue of the Champs Elysees, where
places will be reserveal for them. The ordonnance
concludes with the usual interdiztion against erect-
ing scaffoldings, climbing on trees or lampposts, &c.
At the end of the grand banquet given on Tues-
day at the Hotel de Ville, in honour of the Em--
peror's fete, when the dessert was placed on the
table, M. Haussmann, the Prefect of the Seine,
proposed the health of the Emperor in the follow-
ing terms :

Gentletnen,-7ln the name of the Municipal Body of
Paris, I have the honour of proposing the health of the
Emperor Napoleon 111. Every year that passes over
seems to add to the bonds of confidence and devotedness
which so closely unite the country t 3 the Emperor.
(Loud marks of assent.) As for us, gentlemen in pro-
portion as we advance in the accomplishment of vast
designs conceived by his Majesty, in order to make Paris
a capital worthy of France, we are more and more deeply
penetrated with gratitude for the august initiative, the
happy effects of which excite at once the pride of our
tellow-citizens and the astonishment of foreigners.
(Loud applause.) Vive l'Empereur.
After a unanimous burst of acclamation the Pre-
fect continued :

"Gentlemen,—We unite to the Emperor in our senti-
ments, and we never separate from him in the expression
of our wishes, her Majesty the Empress, his august and
gracious companion, Vive rlmperatrice."
This toast, which was delivered in an emphatic
manner, was followed by unanimous cries of Vise
l'Empereur ! Vise l'lmperatrice !
" For some dais paid," says the Courrier de la Drome,
from 1,500 to 2,000 soldiers have been daily conveyed
from Lyons to Marseilles. These troops form part of
the contingent of from 20,000 to 30,000 men who are
before the end of the month to embark at the Southern
ports for the East. It is said that these troops are in-
tendedjfor the camps of Maslak and of Varna, but every-
thing of course will be subordinate to the grand military
action which is every day expected at Sebastopol."
" The sawing-mills of the Doubs and Jura," says the
Salut Public of Lyons, " are at present busily employed
in preparing a large quantity of planks for the army of
the East, probably in anticipation of a further supply of
wooden huts for the winter. One of the Rhone steamer,
carried to Marseilles on Tuesday a full cargo of planks
ready arranged to be carried out to the East. The
same day, 1,200 barrels of gunpowder were forwarded
from Lyons to Marseilles by railway, and as much bad
been sent there two days before. As to bombs and other
projectiles the quantities lately.despatched from Lyons
have been immense."

BOURSE, AUG. 16.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash. fr. e. End of Month.
q per Cents 95 —95 f. —c.
3 per Cents 67 25 67 55
Credit Mobilier 1200 Roman —
Credit Fonder 550 Austrian
Belgian Fives. ..... ~ 95 Spanish Threes —
f!iedmontese - - Home Debt —
RAILWA YE—FOR CASH.
fr. c. fr. 0
Orleans 1230 --• Lyons 1225
Western B3O Rouen
Cotte
Mediterranean 1320 Havre 7Ol 25
Northern