The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-03 00:00:00

KINBOURN AND NICOLAIEFF.

A letter from Kinbourn, of the 19th ult., after
diving *ii account of the attack on that place,
says

" The Emperor Alexander was proceeding to Odessa
when the fleet of the Allies appeared before that place.
He returned at once to Nico'aiLff, and sent the Grand
Duke Constantine to Kiubourn. The Grand Duke ar-
rived just in time to witness the bombardment. During
the night ono of his aides de.carnp passed the Dnieper
to exhort the garrison to hold firm ; hut the warmth of
the fire from the allied vessels soon brought about the
.urrender of the p►ace. The Grand Duke then ordered
the fortifications of Otchakoff t') be blown up."
The Journal de Constantinople gives the follow-
ing details relative to the Gulf of Kherson and
Nicolaieff

"The Gulf of Sherson is a vast basin, with shores lined
with sand-banks, which advance far into the sea, and
restrict exceedingly the navigable portion. This basin
is terminated on the east by a bay, somewhat like that
of Sebastopol, and which is nothing else than the mouth
Hof the Dnieper. It is at the bottom of this bay that lies
the town of Kherson. On the northern shore, in turn-
ing towards Otchakoff, is the nst2uth of the Bug. It is
by that river, which is very wide and very deep at its
mouth, that vessels go up between
precipitous banks to
the point at which the Ingul joins it, and where Nico-
laieff is built. A tolerably just and correct idea of the
situation of the port of Nicolaieff on the Bug may be
formed by considering how London is placed on the
Thames, far up in the interior of the country. The p-isi-
tion of Nicolaieff, it will thus be seen, is a formidable
one. Being placed about 20 nsile
is from theses, on the right
bank of the Boug, Nicolaieff s, since the capture of
Sebastopol, the most powerful arsenal of Russia in the
south. The Russian Government has expended there
upwards of 1,500 millions of francs to realise the idea
of Prince Pote,nkin, whose strong desire it was to esta-
blish there the real maritime citadel of Russia in the
Black Sea ; Nicolaieff possesses 12 dockyard,, 6 for
ships of the line, and 6 for smaller vessels ; also im-
mense arsenals, and almost exhaustless materials for
shin-building. It employs 600 workmen in orlinary
times, and 12,000 on occasions of emergency. At pre•
sent the number, according to German accounts, is not
less than 21,000."

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.

The Prince and Princess do Chimay arrived in
Paris yesterday, where they intend to remain a
week It is their intention to pass the winter
partly at Brussels and partly at Chimay, with their
family.
After high mass on Sunday last, in all the
churches of Toulouse, the pastoral letter of the
Archbishop of that diocese was read from the altar,
enjoining prayers to be offered up for the health of
the Empress, and for her happy deliverance.
General Troche, on Wednesday evening, arrived
at Lyons, where ie intends remaining some days
with his wife's family. The other wounded gene-
rals had not then left Marseilles.

Admiral Hamelin, Minister of Marine, has just
given orders for such extensive works of construc-
tion and armament on the port of Rochefort, as
will ensure to the working population of that place
full employment during the coming winter.
The Duke de Brabant on leaving Valenciennes,
when returning from his visit to Paris, presented
M. Petiet, chief engineer of the traffic on the
Northern Railway, the cross of Officer of the Order
of Leopold, and to M. Matsias, haulage-engineer
on the same line, that of Knight of the Order.
The Minister of Marine has addressed the follow-
ing circular to the Admiral commanding the Medi-
terranean squadron, to the Maritime Prefects, the
Colonial Governors, the Rear-Admiral command-
ing the naval station of the Levant, and the marines
of the corps of observation in Greece :
"I have to inform you that, by a special decision of
the 29th Sept. last, I have applied to such sailors and
marines as, having served in a campaign or a naval ex-
pedition have had a limb amputated, the same benevo-
lent dispositions that have been accorded to the land
forces who may wish to return to their homes and re-
ceive there the pension which they claim. On receiving
a proper notice, I shall prescribe, under the seal of
valides,' the payment of a relief from the funds of that
establishment, the amount of which will vary in tbe fol-
lowing prop; rticns, according to the rank possesec: Ly
the sailors ur marines—namely, 150 fr., 140'r., and 125 ft.
for petty officers according to their respective grades,
and 100:-. for common sailors and marines. It is per-