The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-01 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

THE CRIMEA.
MARSEILLES, TIIFSDAY, MAY 1.

The Caire, which left Constantinople on the

19th of April, has arrived.
Despatches leave at 9 a.m.

General Forey has arrived here.
BALAKLAVA, APRIL 17' .

General Bigot was buried yesterday.

On Sunday, 15th, Magazine No 1. of the right
attack exploded ; one man was killed and five

wounded.

On Saturday, 14th, the French fired three

mines under the Flagstaff Battery with partial

success. The Russian 3, fearing an assault, opened

a furious cannonade along the whole line.
The French lost six officers and 300 men dur-

ing a sortie on Friday night (13ai). The Russian

loss was enormous.

Every night a man-of-war fires broadsides
against the town.

The Russians receive provisions daily ; they
are constructing immense works to .the north and

Our sailors have lost 116 in killed and wounded.
Two Polish deserters announce that there are
100,000 Russians in the vicinity of Sebastopol,
and 60,000 have arrived from Simpheropol.
Two Russian ships were burnt yesterday (16th).
The fire is slacker on both sides to-day."

PARIS, TUESDAY.

The Moniteur publishes the following :

Telegraphic despatches from the Crimea, dated
April 28, announce that the besiegers have mo-
mentarily suspended their fire, so as not to exhaust
their ammunition, awaiting reinforcements, which
were hourly expected.

BERLIN, MONDAY.

A despatch from St. Petersburg, dated the
29th, says Prince Gortschakoff, under date of the
24th April, writes from Sebastopol :

The fire of the enemy continues, but is slacker.
The damage done to the fortifications and the

Losses of our garrison are also less in proportion.

RUSSIA.

We have received the St. Petersburg journals of
the 22d April.
An Imperial ukase declares the government of
St. Petersburg to be under martial law, under the
command of General Rudiger. Another ukase
places the governments of Courland and Livonia
under martial law under General Siewers ; and
Esthonia also, under General Grabbe.
The Imvalide Russe of the 22d April publishes
the following from the Crimea :
. "We have already published a telegraphic despatch,
announcing the bombardment of Sebastopol on the 9th
and 10th. Under date of the 30th March (11th April,)
Prince Gortschakoff has sent the following details :
" From the 25th to 28th March (6th to 9th April)
the operations of the enemy continued the same, that
is to say, by their approaches they advanced slowly to-
wards the Kamtschatka lunette, and on other points
they constrixted batteries in the approaches already
existing ; as regards their fire, it was very weak, and
directed almost exclusively against our works of coun-
ter-approach of Volhynia, Seliughinsk, and Kaints-
chatka.
"On the 26th of March (7th of April) they attempted
by mining galleries to approach nearer bastion No. 4,
but their subterraneous works were not of great import-
ance. To oppose them we opened new mines on our
side.

" On the 27th March (Bth of April), during the night,
we confined our labours to repairing the damage done
to our works, to deepening our trenches, and to increas-
ing the thickness of the epauiements and the height of
the traverses.
" The enemy worked in their trenches beyond the
cemetery and opened embrasures in the new grand
epaulement. When the mist cleared it was observed
that the enemy had prolonged their trenches against the
salient angle of Bastion No. 3.
" During the day the fire of musketry was not dis-
continued along the whole line of the fortifications.
" On the 28th of March (9th of April), at half-past five
in the mo►ning, the enemy opened a tremendous can-
nonade from all their batteries (250 guns in all), which
continued till evening.
" Ou this occaßion 20,000 projectiles were thrown
into the town. During the night the enemy carried on
a brisk bombardment.

" On the same day the enemy's fleet got up its steam,
but did not weigh anchor owing to tho heavy sea run-'
nine.
" On the 29th March (10th April), in the morning,
the enemy renewed the cannonade. Their object was
evidently to dismount the guns of our fortifications.
" On our side we replied with success ; we did great
damage to many of their battei ies, and in less than four
hours we silenced 50 of their guns. To judge from this
circumstance their loss must have been considerable.

"On the same morning of the 29th (10th) the enemy's
vessels again got up their steam at an early hour, stood
out to sea, and then drew up in front of the bay beyond
range, but did not open fire ; in the evening the large
ships formed in two lines, the frigates and steamers
formed a third line, and the whole fleet cast anchor. In
these two days we had 4 officers and 141 men killed, and
15 officers and 673 men wounded.

" Among the killed are the brave and worthy Com-
mandant of Battery, the Captain of corvette Schernia-
kine, and the midshipman Povalo-Schveikosky, who gave
great promise.
" Among the seriously wounded are three distin-
guished naval officers, Lieutenant Lyoff (since dead),
Lieutenant Zavalischine, and Lieutenant Krasso sky ;
also Lieutenant-Colonel of Artillery Rosenthal, and
Major Volotskoi of the infantry regiment Brziesc-Li-
tevski, both of them very brave and intelligent officers.
" the days of the 28th and 29th of March (9th and
10th April) the enemy dismountei some of our guns and
gun-carriages, but they were immediately replaced by
others ; all the damage (moreover, small) done to our
epaulementl and batteries was also successfully repaired.
" In the night, between the 29th and 30th March (10th
and 11th April) the enemy again bombarded the town
with great vivacity, but without doing us much harm.
On the 30th March (11th April) six chosen companies
of French made a bold attack upon our positions (loge-
ments) in advance of Bastion No. 5. They got tempo-
rary possession of them, and immediately set to woritto
convert them into trenches, but we drove them out with
grape. Two hand-to-hand combats followed with sword
and bayonet, after which our sharp,,hooters reoccupied
the positions.
" In the morning of the same day the enemy opened
a most violent cannonade from all their pieces, which
slackened after a short time, but was renewed with
great vivacity towards evening.
" Our garrison behaves in the most heroic manner.
Our loss on the 30th March (10th April) has not yet been
exactly ascertained."
The Journal de St. Petersbourg of the 22d April
says—
" Yesterday (Saturday) at half-past 10 a.m. the
cannon of the fortress announced to the inhabitants of
the capital that the navigation of the Neavo was open."