The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-07 00:00:00

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

MARSEILLES, Sept. 4.—The steamers and sailing
transports which so lately crowded the port of the
Joliette have taken their departure for the Crimea,
laden with troops and military stores, with the
exception of the City of Baltimore (which is
ready for sea, but which is waiting for the clip-
per the Great Republic, to be laden with shot. and
shells, that she may tow . her to Kamiesh), the
Napoleon 111., Waterwitch, the French steamers
Sully, Egyptien, Prophete, the American
-steamer William Penn, the Sardinian steamer
Count de Cavour, and the sailing transports
Great Republic, Queen of Clippers, Astoria, Sala-
din, and Harmonie. The Prophete arrived las t
evening from Constantinople, which she left on the
22d of last month, with 60 invalids. The British
steamer European sailed last evening, having on
board 1,100 men, detachments from the 15th, 32d,
80th, and. 86th regiments of the line, and of the sth,
6th, and 19th battalions of Chasseurs of Vincennes.
She towed the clipper Titan, carrying 1,000 men of
the 6th, 42d, 50th, 57th, and 62d Regts. The soldiers
on deck formed as compact a mass as bees in a hive.
The steam-packet Carmel likewise sailed last even-
ing for Constantinople, taking the mails and 300 of
the 10th Chasseurs of Vincennes. The men jumped
on board with as much élan as if they were about
to advance to the assault of the Malakhoff. Several
Sisters of Charity likewise sailed in the Carmel.
The quay of the Joliette is to-day encumbered with
bombshells of all sizes, which are conveyed there in
carts more quickly than they can be received on
hoard the transports in the dock. I observe, like-
wise, that a vast number of shovels are being
shipped for the army in the Crimea, made up iLt
cases of 25 each.

General Rostolan, commander of the forces, re-
viewed on Sunday the troops arrived here for em-
barkation, consisting of detachments from the Ist,
14'h, 34th, 44th, 66th, 69th, 70th, and 89th Regi-
ments of infantry, and sth, 6th, 10th, and 19th
battalions of (Masseurs of Vincennes. The men
were accoutred in heavy marching order, and ap-
peared to be all well calculated for the service for
which they are intended. After the inspection
General Rostolan proceeded to visit Abd-el-Kader,
who arrived here from Constantinople by the
Thabor on Saturday. This celebrated Arab chief
is much changed in appearance since I saw him
at the grand review in the Plain of Satory, com-
manded by Marshal Magnan. He is now broken
in health, and has suffered so much from violent
pains since his arrival here that he was not able
to continue his journey to Paris until yesterday
morning.
Among the passengers arrived from the East
within the last few days is a young man, a native of
Marseilles, who commanded a brig freighted by
Government to convey stores to Kamiesh. The
brig was wrecked about three months since near
Odessa. The crew were captured by the Russians,
and the captain remained in that town on parole
until ho was lately exchanged. He gives a most
lamentable account of the state of distress to which
all classes in that once flourishing town are now
reduced. Many hitherto opulent families, he says,
are literally starving. The inhabitants are, more-
over, living in constant apprehension of being
bombarded by the Allied fleets. The town is
mined, he adds, and the Russian commander has
orders to destroy it rather than permit it to be oc-
cupied by the Allies.

There have been several sudden deaths in Mar-
seilles within the last week. Among others, Mr.
Leigh, from Liverpool, who died after a very few
hours' indisposition, though assisted by the best
medical advice. His remains were interred in the
Protestant cemetery.