The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-16 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

REPULSE OF THE RUSSIANS
BY THE ALLIES.

WAR DEPARTMENT, JULY 16.

Lord Panmure has received information that
a Russian sortie took place against the French
rifle pits, in front of the Malakhoff, on Saturday
night, which was gallantly repulsed.
The army is healthy.

MARSEILLES, SATURDAY, JULY 14.
The Caire which left Constantinople on the sth
instant, has arrived.
Despatches leave at 8 p.m.
The news from the Crimea is to the 4th.
It was announced
_that 40,000 Russians were
advancing on Baidar.

The Paris papers of yesterday publish the fol-
lowing telegraphic despatches, confirmatory of the
intelligence we published on Saturday :

"An authentic report announces that on the sth
inst. the English bombarded and set fire to Lovisa,
a small town in the duchy of Finland, on the gulf
of the same name, situated at about 60 kilometres
from llelsingfors. The town was completely de-
stroyed."

HAMBURG, JULY 14.

The town of Lovisa, in Finland, was born
barded and destroyed by the English on the sth

instant."

THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.

(From a Correspondent of the Times.)

LIGHT DIVISION, BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, July 3.

Since my communication of the 30th ult., the
siege operations have tardily progressed in their
usual monotonous and wearying routine; all the in-
formation, therefore, I can give you will consist
principally of the arrangements consequent on the
death of Lord Raglan and the other casualties that
have recently occurred here.
Major-General Barnard succeeds General Penn e-
father in the command of the Second Division.

Major-General Codrington gets the Light Divi-
sion, vice Sir George Brown.
Colonel Van Straubenze (the Buffs) takes com-
mand of the First Brigade, Light Division.
Colonel the Hon. A. Spencer, 44th Regiment,
takes command of the First Brigade, Fourth Divi-
sion, with the pay and allowance of colonel on the
staff, until her Majesty's pleasure is known.
Colonel Barlow, 14th Regiment, will for the pre-
sent take command of the First Brigade, Third
Division.

The 3d and 31st Regiments join the Second
Division.

The 72d joins the First Division.
The 13th Regiment is attached to the Fourth
Division, but will for the present remain for duty
at Balaklava.

Captain R. Luard, 77th Regiment, is placed on
the staff of the army to act as Deputy-Assistant-
Adjutant-General or Deputy-Assistant-Quarter-
master-General, as his services may be' required.
He is, for the present, attached to head-quarters.
The following officers proceed to England on the
recommendation of a medical board :—Major Pack
and Lieutenant Malan, 7th Fusiliers ; Captain
Quayle, 33(1 Regiment ; Lieutenant Chamberlayne,
13th Light Dragoons; and Lieutenant Stewart, 3d
Regiment ; and the undermentioned have also ob-
tained leave to return home on their private affairs
—Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. S. Jocelyn, Scots Fusi-
lier Guards ; Lieutenants Johnstone, 33d Regt.,
and Lukin, 17th ; and Veterinary-Surgeon Withers,
R.A.

The following are the most interesting portions
of the General Orders that were published last
night :

"Head-quarters, before Sebastopol, July 2.
" The funeral procession of the late Field Marshal
Lord Raglan, G.C.13., will move from head-quarters to
Kazatch-bay at 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 3d July.
"The Brigade of Guards will furnish a guard of honour
of 100 men with regimental colour at head-quarters.
Detachments of 50 men in review order, with one field
officer, one captain, and one subaltern from each regi-
ment, will line the road from the British to the French
head-quarters.
"Toe detachments from each division will be cora-
manded by a Bvigadier-General.
" The cavalry division will furnish guards of honour
of two squadrons on the right and left of the line.
" Two field-pieces will be stationed as a guard of
honour on the left of the line.

"A salute of 19 guns will be fired when the proces-
sion moves off.
"The troops not on duty will be under arms at 4
o'clock p.m., and will remain in camp under the command
of a Brigadier-General of each division, with whom one
Major of Brigade and one divisional staff officer at
at least will remain.
" The troops and staff at Balaklava will remain at
their posts.
"The escort to Saititch will consist of four squadrons
of Cavalry, one troop of Horse Artillery and a field
battery, the whole under tl4e command of Lieet.-Colonel
R.H.A., and of detachments of the allied forces
who hare offered to attend.

"The mourners to take place in the procession will be
relatives and friends of the late Field Marshal, general
I, officers of divisions with their staffs, staff at head-quart•