The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-29 00:00:00

THE RUSSIAN LOSSES AT SEBASTOPOL,

The losses of the enemy at the taking of Sebastopol
are much larger than was first calculated. It results-
from information which has reached official quarters,
that the enemy has no less than 20,000 men hors de com,
bat, from the bombardment and final assaults. Twenty
general officers were either killed or wounded. The
losses of tne allies, including French, English, Pied-
montese, and Turks, together with the naval forces, is
oetimated at about 13,000 hors de combat, which is 2,000
less than the original estimate of our casualties.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester will
leave the Ranger's Lodge, in Richmond Park, on Tues-
day next for Brighton, where her Royal Highness will
pass the two or three first weeks of the ensuing month.
The recent guests at the lodge have comprised his Ex-
cellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de
Weyer, the Duchess of Inverness, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Ely, the Countess Brownlow, Count
and Lady Cecil De La Feld, Lady Cowley and Mr.
Greville. It is uncertain whether or not her Royal
Highness will return to Richmond Park later in the
season.
The Earl and Countess of Elgin have left Broom Hall,
Fifeshire, cn a tour of visits in the north of Scotland.
The Earl and Countess of Derby, with their son and
laughter, who had been visiting the Marquis and Mar-
J hione ss of Breadalbane at Taymouth Castle, passed
through Perth on Tuesday last, for Eglinton Castle,
Ayrshire.
Prince Albert of Prussia arrived at the Hague on the
25th.

lowEsTom—Amongst the visitors visiting this fa-
shionable town this week are—The Duke of Wellington,
the Earl of Stradbroke, Sir S. Bignold, M.P., Mayor of
Norwich, Major North, Colonel Wingfield and Mrs. C.
Wingfield.
Sandon Hall, in Staffordshire, the seat of the Earl of
Harrowby, which was burned down about seven years
ago, has been rebuilt, and is so far completed that the
noble earl and his family now occupy it.
TEE LATE MAJOR-GENERAE TORRENS.—A. monument
is about to be erected by a number of ladies and gentle.
men resident in Paris to the memory of the late lamented
General Torrens, who, it may be recollected, died in
the French capital during the Queen's visit, and was
interred by the French with high military honour. He
was a native of Londonderry.
COLONEL CAMPBELL—A paragraph has appeared,
stating that "Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, staff officer
if pensioners at Perth, died on the 17th inst. ;" but we
are happy to be able to contradict the report, the gallant
colonel, we are informed, being at the present moment
in good health and spirits.—Edininirgh. Courant.
The English steam frigate Perseverance arrived yes-
terday at Havre from Southampton. She is to take on
board a number of Russian prisoners, whom she is to
carry to a port in the Baltic.—Galignani of yesterday.
The western part of the Pyrenees every year furnishes
a considerable contingent to emigration, yet it is neither
to Australia nor California, but to the fertile banks of
Ll Plata that they direct their steps. There are at this
moment four merchant vessels fitting out at Bayonne,
which, at an early day, will leave for Monte Video and
Buenos Ayres with 1,200 of these emigrants.
The season of the Italian Opera will commence on
Tuesday next, with the first representation of MOM (It
Nuovo), in which Mdine. Fiorentini and MM. Carrion,
Angeliui, and Everardi will appear. A grand represen-
tation extraordinaire will shortly be given at this theatre
for the benefit of the wounded in the army of the Crimea.
—Paris Paper.

THE 72D DEPOT.—The depot of the 72d Highlanders,
from Permoy, arrived here on Wednesday afternoon
about four o'clock by the Caledonian Railway from
Glasgow. They are now quartered in the castle with
the depot of the 92d Highlanders.—Edinburgh Courant.
THE LATE FEARGIIS O'CONNOR.—A public meeting,
says the Nottingham, Review, will shortly be held in this
town to take the opinion of the inhabitants of the dis-
trict al to the expediency of erecting in Nottingham a
monument to commemorate the memory of the late Mr.
Feargus O'Connor.

COIPLIMENTAIIY.-A placard issued this week by the
proprietor of one of the Sunderland singing saloons,
invites the public to come and satisfy themselves that
the music is such as " to soothe the savage soul."—Sun-
derland Herald.

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CRIMEAN the
nthsme TeBoh°nntfoehl:mp,
Tim I•ThßßUDDA,—Letters from the Cape of Good
Hope up to the 10th of August bring us no further in-
telligence of her Majesty's sloop Nerbudda. Vessels
bad arrived at the Cape from Mauritius and other places,
where it was supposed she might have gone ; but it
lefDt AzAlgTona
OF BayA
ap-
pears that no tidings had been received of her since she
psai t intelli-
gencenrke,ssowAef
Sebastopol,
sreteroeepcn3e l death,iivs e
tedßf on
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a Junell inecnss
nephew,
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. Attree,y—ion uY Captainn the egseEt se
s youngest
se. a y
Esq.,
nQa FrederickhLlee efa Queen's-
park, nt be-
foreh's-
late Dr. William Attree, of West-hill Lodge. Deceased
entered the army in 1849, and was doubtless well
known to many of our residents and visitors.—Brighton
Gazette.
LIEUTENANT PALMER, 62D e REGIMENT. —The —family
at Withcote Hall, near Oakh hm, ve received inform - tion from the Crimea of the aa
of Lieutenant a
safety Hey-
rick Palmer, of the 62d Regiment, reported as missing.
At present nothing further is known than that he is well
and unwounded, but in the hands of the Russians. It
is surmised that, having
the Redan he
was
enal penetrated with his men into
again took' possession. HL toi quit, it when the enemy
Palmer, of the 47th, was al so at the storming of the
Redan, and came off unscathed.—.. Stamford Mercury.
BANK OF FRANCE.—The
manner in which some of the
recent purchases of gold have been made
of France is understood to have been • by the Bank
offering such a price for it in Paris simply by their
as to induce the
various exchange dealers and others to draw it f
Bank of England through their several correspondents,roi the
the means being raised by the discount of bills ilo d
Thus it seems that no special agents have beena
em-
ployed in the matter, each importer of the gold carrying
it for sale to the Bank of France on his own account,
and receiving notes in payment. When the bills dis.
counted in London shall fall due, the acceptors must
provide funds from Paris to meet hem, and the demand
for the purpose will then have to be met by•that estab-
lishment.
THE MONEY MARKET.—It appears that the entire
total of 700,0001., brought from Australia by the Frances
Ilenty and the Northumberland, has, with the exception
of 52,5001. in sovereigns, been purchased on account of
the Bank of France. In the face of these operations,
and without any knowledge as to the extent to whichs
they are to be continued, it is,
rof
aceoutrese,thweh olimreimediate
y p e
sible to make even a ceniectent. o
All that can be relied
prospects of the money mark
are now paid for by
upon
is, that the purchases, which
the proceeds of discountedbills, must, when these bills
mature, be met in specie, and that the disturbance
occasioned, however serious it may be for the moment,
will, therefore, prove but temporary. The object
contemplated
remains apparently
inexplicable, unless
it may be assumed that a desire exists to create
may be the
an artificial abundance of money for the moment,
in order to stimulate the sending out of sufficient
-
orders for foreign grain to supply
at once the esti
mated deficiency in the harvest.
Whatever
explanation anxiety will be felt to
observe
bserve the result
when the opposite course has to be adopted. Since
March last, while the bullion in the bank of France has
fallen 6,000,0001., its note circulation has been increased
more than 1,000,0001. This has already been remarked
followed
upon as an undesirable feature, and, when it is
by such measures as those now in progress, it assumes a
still less satisfactory aspect. The management of the
institution, however, has always, upon the whole, been
distinguished by great prudence ; and the directors being
actively interested in the commercial welfare of the
country, it may be inferred that they have carefully cal- i
culated their ulterior course.