The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-16 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The Russian Invalid has the following relative
to the affair of the so-called redoubt. It is a some-
what extended version of the first telegraghic bul-
letia of "victory" :
" Prince Menschikoff reports that on the night of the
21st-22d February we erected a redoubt before the left
flank of our fortifications at Sebastopol, upon the flank
of Mount Sapun, which forms the right side of the
Dockyard-creek, in ordtr to create new impediments to
the progress of the besiegers' works. This operation
was effected to rapidly that the enemy could offer
no opposition, and did not open a fire of mus-
ketry against our rifles until daybreak, although be had
remained under arms the whole night. Two days later,
in the night of the 24th-25th, he attacked the redoubt
with a strong force, but was brilliantly driven back by the
regiments of Volbynia and Selinginsk, the former, 27th
line, belonging to the sth, and the latter, 21st line, to the
4th corps, under General Chrustscheff, formerly colonel
of the 27t1i. According to the statements of prisoners,
the enemy lost 600 killed and wounde,,,ratid among them
340 Zouaves. We had sixty-seven kited, of whom seven
were subaltern officers, and 205 wounded or contused.
During the last few days the enemy's. siege operations
have been insignificant. They have abandoned their
mining works. Since the strong reconnaissance made
by Lieutenant-General Chruleff on the 17th against
Eupatoria, nothing of moment has occurred in that
neighbourhood."

FRANCE.
PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.

Intelligence was received this morning in Paris
that the bombardment of Sebastopol was being
carried on with the utmost vigour. It appears that
a new description of rocket has been used with the
most perfect success—so much 'so that many
portions of the town had been burned down by
their intervention ; and when the despatch left
there were many other houses still burning. It is
further stated that several Russian officers had de-
serted over to the French camp, and their descrip-
tion of the suffering.; of the besieged is appalling.
The news of the Emperor's death had reached Se-
bastopol on the 6th.
There has been a stupid story afloat as to the
dying instructions of the Czar Nicholas to his
eldest son, exhorting him to make peace on auy
terms. It is so absurd, and bears the impress of
falsehood so palpably upon its face, that I am almost
ashamed to mention it.

The Moniteur extracts from the Frankfort Jour-
nal the following communication from Vienna
" The Emperor Francis Joseph has sent the Archduke
William to St. Petersburg to present his compliments of
condolence to the Empress-Mother and the new Emperor,
and to felicitate his Majesty Alexander 11. on his acces-
sion to the throne.

"These, however, are merely the acts of etiquette usual
between princes, and by no means a proof of any modifi-
cation of policy on the part of the Court of Vienna. Its
political programme is still that fixed by its adhesion to
the bases of peace agreed to on the Bth of August by the
Western Powers, and also by the conclusion of the treaty
of alliance of the 2d December. It is to defend the im-
mutable interests of Austria and Germany, the most
sacred principles of right and European equilibrium,
that Austria, at great expense, long since took sword in
hand, and stands armed and ready.
" It would be superfluous to prove that there eau be
no thought of the conclusion of peace till some-
thing decisive has occurred in the Crimea. If it
should be in favour of Russia, and that Power should
then wish either to withdraw her former concessions or
modify them so as to render them illusory, the duty of
Austria would be that of energetic opposition to such
purposes."

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