The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-08 00:00:00

855.

spring is the period when these corps will com-
mence their movements.
It seems still to be the opinion of military men
here, that, notwithstanding the various dates fixed
for the resumption of hostilities, or, more properly
the assault of Sebastopol, it h very doubtful whe•
thor any serious operation can be undertaken until
a marked change in the weather takes placo, and
this cannot be expected before spring. This opinion
accords generally with letters received in official
quarters.

- The Moniteur contains the following report to
the Emperor from the Minister of Marine :
" Sire—Captain Jehenne, of the Henri IY., had been
proposed by Admiral Hamelin, previously to the hurri-
cane of the 14th Nov., for promotion to the rank of
Rear-Admiral. The skill, energy, and devotedness of
that officer were baffled by the fury of the elements ; but
the navy and the army were witnesses of the presence of
mind and vigonr which he displayed in endeavouring to
save from wrecl the vessels which your Majesty had con-
fided to him. In returning to him his sword, the Court-
martial unanimously declared that no one was more
worthy than he of your Majesty's favours. The Em-
peror, in his elevated sense of justice, could not allow
that a rank acquired by brilliant services should be lost
in a struggle with a dreadful tempet,t, against which no
!Inman power could c'intend I obey your orders in
submitting to your Majesty a decree, conferring on Cap-
tain Jehenne the rank of Rear-Admiral.--I ant, ,
" THEODORE Ducos."

The report is followed by a decree ordering the
promotion thus recommended.
The following order of the day has been published
by General Caurobert on the occasion of the sortie
made by the Russians on the 15th ult. :
" In the night of the 15th a Russian column of about
500 men attacked the third parallel, guarded by the 24
battalion of the 74th of the line. The efforts of the as-
sailants were sustained by the grenadier company, Capt.
Bouton, and the Ist company, Capt. Castlenau. Both
these fficera were killed at the head of their men,
giving to alt an example of bravery which was well acted
on. A section of the third company.f volunteers under
the orders of Lieut. Boutet and Sergeant Haguais, hur-
ried to the scene of action, and took a glorious part in
the contest, which ands to the distinguished services
which the volunteers have already performed before Se-
bastopol. It was the same with a company of the 95th
Regiment (late 20th Light Infantry). Chef de Bataillon
de Roumejour, of the 74th, who stood en the parapet,
calling on hi. men to support the honour of the French
flag, gave proof of remarkable bravery. He was seri-
ously wounded. All the troops engaged showed the
most brilliant energy, and this combat will add still
mere to the high reputation which the 74th has acquired
since the commencement of the siege."
The General-in-Chief, at the conclusion of the order of
the day, states that he has, in the name of the Emperor,
conferred the rank of officer in the Legion of Honour
on M. Agard de Roumejoux, chef de bataillon of the
74th, and of chevaliers on Captain G. T. Landois, Sub-
Lieutenant J. A. Brachet, and Corporal J. Guillemin,
of the same regiment, and given the military medal to
12 non-commissioned officers and privates in the 74th
and 95th regiments.

The following extract, from a private letter,
written by a French officer, draws a gloomy pic-
ture of the British camp :

"The English army is no longer an army. It only
bears the name. Of the 56,000 men NS hich the British Go-
vernment sent to the East there remains at this moment
not more than from 10,000 to 11,000, and even those
are not all able to carry arms. I must add that
there are, moreover, about 10,000 in the hospitals of
Constantinople, and 1,000 in the ambulances at Bala-
klava ; the remainder are gone to their long home.
A sad result of the two principal vices in the
English army—the officers, with few exceptions,
have forgotten how to conduct a campaign,
and the administration for the supply of provisions
is absolutely null. Several transports had been laden at
Vexice and Trieste with planks for constructing wooden
huts for the troops. When they arrived at Balaklava
the English had no horses to carry them to the camp.
The timber lay in the mud until the snow fell, when the
soldiers burned it to warm themselves. The following
is the result of the neglected state of the English army.
The French have nearly completed their siege works :
Taeir trenches have been carried to within a
a few yards of the walls of the town. The English, on
the contrary, are far behind, and a few days since their
General informed General Canrobert that his effective
force was not sufficient to continue their works. Some
days previously the French had been compelled to occupy
the batteries erected by the English at their extreme
right, which command the mouth of the Tchernaya and
the high road to Simpheropol, which they were no
longer able to defend. General Canrobert has given
orders to the third division to continue the English
trenches."

Another letter of the 24tle ult. says :
"The Russians make frequent sorties, which are
al ways repulsed, and cost them a number of men. An
aide-de-camp of the Envoror Nicholas was killed during
a sortie made ori the 23d. That sortie revealed a curious
fact :—The Russians have become hunters of men.
They ensnare their victims with the lasso. On that
occasion they captured a French officer, whom they
carried off from among his Men."

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