The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-10 00:00:00

THE BLOCKADE IN THE

BLACK SEA.

We have been favoured with the following from
the Admiralty :

" Admiralty, 10th January, 1855.
"SlR,—With reference to the last paragraph of
my letter of the Bth Nov. last, stating that the
French and English Admirals in the Black Sea
have received orders from their respective Govern-
ments to extend the blockade of the mouths of the
Danube to all the ports in the Black Sea, and in the
Sea of Azoff, which still remains in the possession
of the enemy ; I am commanded by my Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you,
in order that the same may be made known to the
mercantile community, that the Governments of
England and France have further decided that the
blockade in question shall take place on and after
the first of February next ; and that due notice
will be given in the London Gazette of the blockade
of the particular ports, as soon as the same shall
have been effected.-1 am, &c.,
(Signed) " W. A. B. HAMILTON.
"To the Secretary at Lloyd's."

GENERAL CANROBERT AND THE TRI.RD
BATTALION OF CHASSEUBS.

The following letter has been addressed by Gen.
Canrcbert to Commandant Tinier, of the 3d batty,•
lion of Foot Chasseurs

" Commandant—An omission which I much regret
occurred in my report of the Battle of Inkerman. I
find that I did not mention the third battalion of Foot
Chasseurs as fighting in the, first line in that day which
was so honourable, for our arms, and in which.its vigor-
ous attitude and its gallantry were justly remarked.
hereby repair- this omission in rendering homage to the
fine conduct of the third battalion of Foot Chasseurs by
the present letter, which will form part of the archives
of the corps.

CANROBEET,

THE FRENCH GUN-BOATS.

We learn from Toulon that orders have been received
to hasten as much as possible the completion of the gun-
boats which are building there, and which are said
to be intended for the sea of Azoff. As the Govern-
ment has placed at the disposal of the naval engineer
charged with the direction of the works an unlimited
supply of men and materiel it is expected that those
boats will be teady for the month of April. The same
engineer having submitted to the Government a plan for
a new description of transport for cavalry the plan has
been approved of, and be -has received orders to build
one. It is probable Lhat orders will be given at the
other ports for the construction of transport ships on the
same plan. The gun-boats building at Toulon differ
materially from all hitherto constructed. Although they
require but a slight depth of water, they will carry a
formidable artillery, and can be directed against for-
tresses which are now almost unassailable from the
difficulty of placing large ships near enough for their
guns to bear with effect upon solid masonry.

The Ocean, of Brest, announces the departure on the
7th and Bth inst., of the two war battalions of the 30th
regiment of Infantry for Lyons, whence they are to pro-
ceed to the seat of war.

How THE ZOUAVES DO THEIR WORK.—At night we
had. some glorious salvos, caused, it is said, by witty and
adventurous Zouavesa Two of them go out on the ex-
pedition, with five or six muskets strapped to their backs.
As it is quite dark, th3y are enabled to creep round the
Russian s,ntr:es and get close to the walls, when they
as rapidly as possible fire their weapons. Immediately
the Russian artillerymen fly to their guns; a storming is
expected, and off goes every gun that bears in the direc-
tion of the French works. As soon as the Zouaves have
alarmed one extremity they rush to the other, and again
musketry, rapid musketry is heard, and again the artil-
lery set to work and fire with all possible zeal for some
20 minutes, when, hearing nothing more of the foe, they
consider that agoodly number has been repulsed,
whereas'
the two Zouaves have quietly retreated to their tents,
and had a hearty laugh with their comrades over the
linhbub they have created in the renowned Sebastopol.
THE LATE ACCIDENT AT THE LEEDS CENTRAL STA-
TlON.—Nothing further has transpired to explain satis-
factorily the cause of the accident which occurred at
the Leeds Central Station on Wednesday evening last.
The pcints where the carriages got off the line hear no
indications of violence, such as would be produced by
concussion with a train going even at the most mode-
rate speed, and nothing has been found near the spot
likely to cause an obstruction. It has been ascertained
that the carriage which went over the viaduct, and which
was a composite carriage, with first and second class
compartments, fell with the emptyend downwards, which
was the reason the passengers in the opposite division
escaped comparatively uninjured. The portion of the
carriage which struck the ground first was reduced to
splinters; the centre compartment, in which Mr.
Hall, Recorder of Doncaster, and Deputy-Recorder of
Leeds, was travelling, was also much smashed. Mr. Hall,
notwithstanding the numerous and severe injuries he
sustained, is progressing satisfactorily, and there is at
present every reason to hope he will recover.
A GENEROUS NOTARY.—The Courtier' of Douai, has
the following:—"A lady, of Soignies, feeling some time
ago that her end was approaching, summoned M. Pie-
tail; al notary at Mons, and directed him to have a will
made
y which she would leave him all she had. He
thanked her, but said he could not accept her generosity,
slie offered she wO
and reminded her Of 1
ger tithce her
her duty to herfarnily. She, however,
insisted, and dechr
uel(d
a complete stranlgiv that if he would not accept what
property to a M. M—,
quite determined, and bein
aL ii
odied:,e the will made as
hers, he at length consented tun Finding
distantrelativethat she waso f
Immediatelydn after
o Of whom
she wished. Shortly after she
:lel declared
he assembled the heirs of the deoea
were rich, and two resided in England •'
to them that he had only consented andto'acce
otficitlegaey
in order that they might not be deprivedp thereupon tore up the will in their presence, and hanctie
over to them the fortune of the deceased, amountin, etdo
100,000 f. This generous notary has died within the'last
few days, and this is the first time his noble act has been
made public."