The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-23 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL

BERLIN, THURSDAY, FEB. 22.

We learn from St. Petersburg, that under date
of the 12th inst. Prince Menschikoff had sent the
following despatch to his Government :
On the 30th we succeeded in discovering sub-
terraneous works of the French leading towards
the fortifications. With the aid of artillery we
destroyed, on the 2d, a portion of the enemy's
gallery.
On the Gth the French, trying the same means,
attempted our countermines.

The attempt turned to their own disadvantage.
On the Bth the play of a new mine enabled us
still more to destroy the enemy's works.
Meantime our artillery successfully replied to
the fire of the besiegers.
As night detachments of volunteers continually
harass the enemy in their trenches, and, by
obliging them to beat to arias, compel them to
suspend their works.

VIENNA, THURSDAY, FEB. 22.
The Vienna Press(' publishes the following,
dated Constantinople, February 15 :
It is reported that Lord Raglan has tendered
his resignation.

On tie 12th Generxl Pelissier sent a message

to Paris stating that no successful attempt could
be made on Sebastopol for a month to come.

The inclination of Persia in favour of Russia
becomes daily more evident.
Turkey and Greece have not yet come to an

understanding.
Count Rechberg has arrived from Verona to
replace Baron nokesch, who will attend the con-
ferences as Austrian plenipotentiary.

MADRID, FEB. 20.

The Cortez hive authorised the Government
to issue Bonds sifficient to produce five hunelred

millions of effective receipt.

FRANCE.
PARIS, THURSDAY.

Lord John Russell sets out to-day for Berlin.
To-day M. Berryar was received as a member
the Academy.
The general badget of receipts aid expenditure
for the year 1853 was presented to-day to the Legis-
lative Corps. It shows an excess of receipts of
4, 640, 486 f.

The Moniteur publishes the despatches from
Kamiesh of the 10th, Balaklava 12th, and Yarna
10th, the contests of which appeared in our first
editiox yesterday.. _

The Monitetn: also publishes the following :
CORFU, FEB. 10.
Sir Henry Ward is appointed Governor of the
Island of Ceylon. His successor has not yet been
designated.
The Cureatone, Austrian war steamer, put in
here yesterday for coals. Baron Koller, the new
Austrian Minister at Constantinople, was on board.
The Moniteur says The Minister of Exter-
nal Relations of New Granada has replied to the
communication made to him by the Minister of
the Emperor relative to the principles of maritime
law adopted by France and Great Britaia during
the present war, that his Government had received
the proclamation of those principles with the most
cordial satisfaction, and would issue orders imme-
diately for all the citizens of the republic to ob-
serve the lae of tb meat strict neutrality."
" The Emperor, says the Montteur, " arts.
...used the Minister of War to give him
an account of the situation of the central stores
of clothing, did not think them sufficiently sup-
plied for present necessities, and especially for what
will be required by the incorporation of the contin-
gent of 1854. His Majesty, consequently, autho-
rised the Administration of War to purchase in
England and Belgium 700,000 yards of cloth of
the kind adopted for the service of the French
army. The orders given have been supplied.
According to a decree just published for the for-
mation of the second foreign legion, it is to be
composed of two regiments ; the effective strength
of each regiment will be 2,553 men and officers,
but to this force will be added a battalion of rifle-
men 1,648 strong, which will make the total strength
of the legion 6,724.

- The Pleuru's, screw line-of-battle ship, left
Algiers on the 14th for the East, with 1,287 of the
100th regiment of the line. The let battalion of
the same regiment left a few days before, on board
the frigate Asmodee.
The Sultan has presented Reschid Paella, with
the Palace in which the late Kosrew has just died.

BOURSE, FEB. 22.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash. fr. c. End of Month.
4} per Cents 95 50 95f. 50c.
3 per Cents 66 45 66 50
Credit Mobilier 735 Roman
Credit Foncier — Austrian
Belgian Fives..... ... --Spanish Threes
Piedmontese ........ 84 Home Debt

RAILWAYS—FOR CASH.
f
fr. c. r. c.
Orleans
.1,177 50 Lyons . ~.
1022 50
Western..... ....... .. 666 25 Rouen
Cette
Mediterranean ...... 900 Havre 560
Northern ...... ...... 840 Cherburg