The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-10 00:00:00

military substitutes.

OPERATIONS ON THE DNIEPER.
NICOLAIEFF, OCT. 30, 9.10 P. m.
Since yesterday the number of the enemy's
vessels near Kinbourn Spit has further diminished,
and is now reduced to 53.

These vessels continue to take troops on board,
and wei-leinirk-that there are not nearly so many
tents at the camp upon the Spit.
These signs seem to indicate an early departure
of the Allies from this point, if not altogether, at
least with the greater part of their effective forces.
The vessels which are laden, and those which
have quitted the fleet, have alike sailed west-
wards.

NICOLAIEFF, Oar. 31, 10.50 P.M.

The camp on the Spit of Kinbourn, between
the suburb and the fortress, has been broken up
by the enemy.

It is still impossible to determine exactly the
strength of the garrison they hare loft in Kin-

bourn.

Their light vessels, though in smaller number,
continue at their anchorage in the Bay of Ocza-
kat, or cruise in the Liman, entering the embou-
chure of the Bong and Dnieper, and taking
soundings, but without ascending very far up
those rivers, or even to the points they reached
when they first appeared.

The fleet, the number of which is again slightly
decreased since yesterday, is moored in the same
position.

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EvErazina.
The Minister of Marine has received the follow•
ing despatch from Admiral Bruat
4 4 MONTEBELLO, 27th Oct.
" Monsieur le Ministre—l have already had the
honour of informing your Excellency that soon
after the surrender of Kinbourn I sent to the
eastward of the Spit all the gun-boats and mortar
ttesseli which formed part of the expedition.
Rear-Admiral Pellion, under whose orders I had
placed these vessels, divided them intotwo columns.
He himself took the command of that which was
to go up the Bong and sent the other column,
principally composed of gun-boats, under the com-
mand of M. de Kersauson, his first aide-de-camp,
to reconnoitre the mouths of the Dnieper. After
having advanced as far as the point of Volojsk,
Rear-Admiral Pellion returned on board the
Asmodee to direct the movements which were
going on in the roadstead of Kinbourn, leaving the
flotilla at the disposal of Sir Houston Stewart. The
arrangements made by that officer led to a very
advantageous result. While the divisions of gun-
boats guarded the entrances of the Boug and of the
Dnieper, the small boats reconnoitered all the chan-
nels, which as high up as Stanisloff form a number
of well wooded islets divided in every direction by
the branches of the Dnieper. After five days' re-
search, the allied flotilla succeeded in capturing
and bringing to Kinbouru au immense raft of tim-
ber intended for the arsenal of Nicolaieff. This
raft, which is composed of oak and elm, is 854 feet
long, 60 wide, and 6 deep, it is a valuable prize for
the allied navies, and a very serious loss for the
enemy. BRIIAT."
Tho Moniteur contains a decree, founded on a
report from the Minister of War, granting a con-
cession of 600 hectares (about 1,500 acres) of land
in the subdivision of Oran to M. J. J. Dupuy,
landed proprietor of Sorges (Dordogne), and M. J.
Dupuy, his brother, physician at the Civil Hospital
of Oran, on the usual conditions imposed on
colonists in Algeria.
The diplomatic difficulties between Piedmont
and Tuscany are nearly arranged. M. Buel has
thought proper to give certain explanations on the
dictatorial language of the Cabinet of Vienna,
which the Sardinian Government has equally
thought proper to accept. Probably M. Sauli will
return, and Tuscany will send a Minister to Turin,
A Russian spy has been arrested in Paris, and
impprtant papers have been discovered in his pos-
session*,
The Moniteur de la Flotte publishes the follow-
ing from Kinbourn, of the 25th ult. :
" The repairs of the fortress are going on with
great activity, and the troops which are to form its
garrison will soon be permanently resident there.
By a decision of the Admiral Commanding-in-
Chief, Captain Paris, on the 23d, assumed the chief
command of the army at Kinbourn and of the naval
division before the port. He will hoist his flag on
board the Vautour. Captain Paris will still retain
the command of the Fleurus, line-of-battle-ship,
Rwhaticahillowt. will be
According t
commandedo
thead
interim Captain
order of
Admiral
Bruat, the naval force of Kinbourn will be com-
posed of the three floating batteries, Devastation,
Lave, and Tonnante ; four Ist class gun. boats,
Fleche, Alarms, Grenade, and Flame ; two smaller
gun-boats, Bourrasque, and Rafale ; the mortar-
vessel Vautour ' • the steam-corvette Milan ; the
small steamer Lucifer, and the corvette-transport
Provincale."

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RUSSIA.

The Invalide Rusge, of Nov. 1, publishes
extracts from the journal of military operations
(from Oct. 14 to Oct. 20) transmitted by Aide-de-
Camp General Prince Gortschakoff. The only point
of interest in them is, that the Russians by the fire
of the Allies on the northern forts of Sebastopol
had, from the 14th to the 20th, 2 men killed and 22
wounded.

The Invalide also gives an account of a reconnais-
sance made by General Wrangel in the direction
of Kamysch-Bouroun and Saraimine, owing to his
having heard that the Allies had received reinforce-
ments to the amount of 10,000 men at Kertch ;

and it says that the result of it was the discovery
that the statement was erroneous. It is added
that at Theodosia two of the enemy's steamers had
attempted to approach the town, but had retired
on being fired at from a battery.
The German Journal of Frankfort extracts the
following from a letter from Odessa of the 22d
Oct. :—" Since the Allies have been in the posses-
sion of Kinbourn, the communication by means of
coasting craft between Nicolaieff, Ozchakoff, and
Odessa has entirely ceased. In the month of
September, and up to the interruption of the com-
munications, there left Nicolaieff for Kherson 10
vessels laden with corn, and five in ballast. From
Kherson to Nicolaieff sailed 35 sea vessels and 7
river barges, laden with salt, wood, and coals. No
idea can be formed of the activity displayed at
Nicolaieff since the arrival of the Emperor. The
administration of the navy publishes large con-
tracts for timber for ship-building to be delivered
at Nicolaieff.