The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-07 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The Invalide Russe publishes the following ex-
tracts from Prince Gortschakoff's diary of the siege
from the 14th to the 18th of August :
"The fire of the enemy before Sebastopol, from the
2d to the 6th (14th-18th) of August, which was very
heavy at times, became almost incessant after nightfall.
The besiegers throw in a great quantity of hollow shells
against the works of the town.

" On the 4th (16th) the fire against the town was
slack.

" On the sth (17th), at 4.30 a.m., the enemy opened
a new cannonade and bombardment. They had suc-
ceeded, for this object, in placing a large number of
mortars in their nearest trenches. The fire of the be-
siegers was directed against the Karabelnaia and the
works which defend that part of the town.
" On our side, despite the violence of this bombard-
ment, the artillery of the town replied with c,nstant
success, and with no less energy than that of the enemy,
and, by its well-directed fire, silenced on the sth (17th)
some of their batteries, and destroyed the embrasures of
others. The serious damage done to our fortifications
was repaired by us as well as possible, although the in-
cessant fire at short range of the besiegers considerably
delays the works.
"Our losses, which were moderate during the first
three days, were considerable on the sth (17th)."
The Invalide publishes the following details :
"Aug. 2 (14th).---The war of mines is carried on in
front of Bastion No, 4. We could hear the enemy'
workmen. The explosion of a counter mine stoppea
thorn. To-day the line of defence of Sebastopol was
stiergthened by two new batteries. The enemy ccon-
tinuedto fertify Quarantine B .y, increased the thick-
ness and height ef the defences of his adva,eced trenches,
and opened two embrasures in the old Volbynia re-
doubt.

"Aug. 3 (15th).—We fired three smoke balls (caiou•

fists) in front of Bastion No. 4, which for a time inter
rooted the enemy's works. They fired two mine:::
which did us oo harm. At 3.53 p.m. lire,/ Plyatolv,
bats soproaoln-d Matt.ry No. 10. within the distends `,"
900 sagenes, and fired shells. The besiegers succeeded
to
of
opening ten embra,ures in their lower trench in front
the old liainsehatka Redoubt against the Nornilo.,
Bf-1,41
" Aug. 4 (16tb).—The enemy succeeded in Plightli
damaging one of-otir haf.teries by an expsion.
A,,g. 5 (17th), 4.30 a.m.—As observed alreadl,".
enemy commenced a violent bombardment, to which
batteries replied with similar vigour. This terrible fur
was kept up for five consecutive hours, after ohich?:
considerab'y s eel, coed. The fire of the besiegers .A
directed against Bast on No. 3, the Kornileff Ba`t:
d
toe three intermediate Bastions, Bastion No. 2, an fp
left half of the second section of the line of defence. A,
the evening the enemy for a moment occupied our Tit
vanced lodgments before Bastion No. 2, but Liente
Loukaschevitch, in commarnd of that portion of our
and of our secret posts, drove them out, and our
lea
resumed its former positions. a al
"Aug. 6 (18th).—The bombardment was renews
daybreak with great vigour."
SPAIN.
The Madrid journals of the 31st ult. have;
rived. They announce that the once famous,.
the
rceldo is about to re-appear. The committee canott
Junta on tariffs, specially charged to make a "Jo,
on cotton tissues, had held several deliberatie to
It is said that the Minister of Finance lliterlistite
present a measure to the Cortes for the delheis
regulation of the debt immediately after
0,
meeting. A letter of the Ist says that tberideidas
cratic party in Galicia had held a meetings! u°fities
de Reis, which was attended by several, aelpw-bal
of the Cortes, for the purpose of discuaaleg,
line of policy it is to follow under existing Cl,OO
stances, and especially in the event of the otber
de la Victoria quitting the government. ,-`ll-Fitne;
provinces, and especially in Valencia awl,: nly'ea
madura, the democratic party has lately.u'Llng
consideral le activity. The government is
a strict watch on the movements of the part% the
is determined to act energetically against iii a all
event of its being guilty of any illegality'. And
Carlist band has appeared near Tarragda,„ the
Marshal O'Donnell's brigade, which was ,°,7fderi
march from Burgos to Madrid, has received s',po'
to occupy Medina Cccli, an important strateg4"
sition. in Aragon.

THE WEST INDIA MATLS

SOUTHAMPTON, S°
The Royal Mail Compally's steam-shiP 4t05,1134
CaptainWoolley, arrived this morning at
from the West Indies, with the usual o;ifilti
charge of Lieutenant C. Pearson, R.N., It"
agent.
On her homeward voyage the Atrato exr-
eo
strong head winds and much swell.
The latest dates broualit by the Atrat° at
Grey Town, August 4 ; Colon, 8 ; Demerg'rjgclt,
Carthagena 10 ; Jamaica, 11 ; Trinidad, (ire 15;
and Jecmel, 12 ; Porto Rico, 14 ; Barbadoest
and St. Thomas, 22. fpm
The following is the list of passengers,,ell poi°
whence :—Hon. Judge Farquharson, Mire..
and child, Mr. and Mrs. Hesse, Mr, T. P.,,'„0i0,;
Mr. E. J. Davis, and Dr Harvey, from Jaiif,
Sir H. Fletcher, Bart., Grenadier Guards, es'
N. Askins, and Mr.lrish, from Barbadoes ;;'""
Cloke and Beresford, from St. Vincent ; lleso
nington, from Nevis ; Captain Cobb, me
e
Howard, Weiss, Blasy, &c., from Colon ;,,„quest
De Nully Leseur, Kolff, J. Barr, Cayrol, 'OOO
Sespes, Roubeau, and Ferrandou, Miss Pu frot°
&c., from St. Thomas ; six invalided sestneiritifil
her Majesty's ships ; and four distressed
seamen—total 58.
e1(1
r
The Atrato brings on freight $283,37-q ,lilfel
dust and bars, $34,877 platina, $213,361 -s4w
705 serons of cochineal, 43 serons of .lelarifee,l()l
pearls, 23 tierces of coffee, 109 barrels of ne oefg
bags of cocoa, 12 packages of beeswax,
saccades, 76 cases of cigars, 4 cases of for con'
37 bales of sarsaparilla, and a general cargt,
sisting of 42 packages. Total, 2,806 pacliaes
The information respecting her MajestYdss and
of war, at the various West India ielei) at od'
naval stations, at the (late of the most rein
vice (August 11) is as follows :—At Port
~ttef
the 'I ermagant, Imaum, and Eurydice ; theattioP
arrived on the 9th from Havana, and Was r: Tl3l
Boscawen, Argus, and Espiegle, at Httli't3-• to re'
Wolverine sailed on the 9th for Greytownit .010
lieve the Buzzard. The Mariner, at Grenaust'fir
Vestal, at Antigua ; the Arab and Daring
vana ; the Mtdea, at St. Domingo ; the Se°re
at Bermuda. fete
The stations of the Company's steam-81)43;0111
as follow :—The Teviot, Capt. Moir, Spanish pet'
the Clyde, Capt. Heenan, Spanish Main ; thsc,dje'
went, Capt. Reeks, Gulf of Mexico
;• the fr, ce
Capt. Hole at Grenada, broken down ; the ,t.
Capt. Bridges, at Belize. The Tama!) :8
Parker, arrived with the mails of the 2a cl,
16th, and is gone to Windward Islands. ‘,",r3's
Wye, Capt. Powell, had not arrived on the
from the Gulf of Mexico. tbe eta'
The Atrato spoke the following ships on
turn voyage :—Sept. 1, exchanged colours 5100
ship Indian Queen, from Barbadoes to Cork ; jaa.
the barque Caroni, from Trinidad to 14)1,,IIrclete
Sept. 2, exchanged colours with the French —col'
Manapany, from Guadeloupe, and the Charles,o4 ca;
loner, outward bound. Sept. 3, exehaAg' tolu
b
lours with the American ship Brewster,
for
westward.
,',„flaas ,
The Atrato waited seven days at St. am,— pow
the Wye, with the mails from Mexico and Jata
but she did not arrive. froo
The royal mail ship Eagle, with 11?1,1,!it into
Demerara and Trinidad broke down, and r;re for,
Grenada, and there remains. The mails !Vert
warded by a hired vessel. The chief engines
in a very precarious state from yellow fevelroorf
Yellow fever has broken out among the 00:
Barbadoes.at Two officers, of the 69th 11, e„gtese:
(Lieutenants Allen and Dorington), and Lie-of aT
Cave, Ist West India Regiment, eight men Reg`,
Royal Artillery, and eight men of the 6'larrisl'
merit, have died, as also the son of Capt. /Si• too,
,
barrack master. The troops are sent out of Wet;
and are in camp. The mails from Barb.ra",:ijaie
sent on by a hired vessel—those from nl-3^
and Goadaloupt, by a French war-steamer'ot for
Yellow fever was better at St. Thomas; b, of the
cases of small-pox were reported on the vl3.'
sailing of the Atrato.
atecili
From Jamaica we have the story, so rep'i
told„, of trade dull and no prospect of an '`iare
ment. Mining alone seems favourable.
tract the following mining report : Cbg'
" We are gratified to learn that the reports °ls°
ing-cross, the property of the Wheal Jamaica C° writ'
continue exceedingly favourable. The IniPing he.
under date the 27th July, reports as follows :-„-king
" The lode in the bottom of the Winne, su'l
yingut
low bamboo level, is about four feet wide, uoljerbsof
present very trifling, with a good eavine frail
inches thick on the foot-wall. The ground, u"
Aide,
still very hard for sinking. feet ;
" In adit No. 1 the lode is upwards of four( t.aPiig
~
with two rich veins of ore on the hanging and I°°rid,
the remainder of the lode is orey throughout!: will Pro,
ing from present appearances, I expect thelremore
only increase in width, but become awe!"
fitable
oul-Y
th-
" In adit No. 2 we are at present carryingrfe
hanging wall-sile of the lode, which is too lArt: is °l;s
elude in one end. The present end, however' 10,6:to
throughout, and on that account we are 01''',g-,bettvot
nearly all of the lode that is taken. I intew' 0011 Pt,
drive a cross-cut the end, to prove the foLoe richeso
of the lode, which at present appears to be tuwitb s°
" Adit No. 3 remains as last the
reported,
good spots of ore throughout. t sirlce'ritc)
" 'ln the 50 fathom (Williams's) croo'cli feet
inter'ecticn of the lode, we have driven 2 tOO inch
il
;de
it. It consists at present of a branch front oe, °A'S
thick, composed of nitive and yellow coPPer Boost 50
of iron, spars, &c., in a rich body of prian, 00
decomposed porphyry, with a slight under °l'presen4,
whole, as far as we have got into the lode ti
otot
consider it highly promising, the gtrs 6°°
" P.S. Since writing the above, I l's°e„st /9
pleasure in informing you that we have it-Jo OD" most
branch of yellow ore from three to four irOdscl 011 it
William's cross-cut, and which has far exceeordiog'
sanguine expectations. I lose no time in tor
herewith some samples.' "

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENC‘
In the absen.TceAol‘flaAnlyCthAin MlAikeßaKetEisTeSb.
owes,
pro
we Cl°
ihsaivmerbeuotrfperwovrieznoanrsk,s to mgake. Our market gen 014
but it is
be so, for the demand-is small,j
and there is as, If
tion on the part of seller, to parcel out their g°„° iegiti'
stocks are kept down, and bu•4iuess confined to l'e„ tool
mate channels, there is some hope that thing! 030 be ie.
out satisfactorily ; but if our market is again t° boa
undated with cargo after cargo, as hash eretofore
ALEWIVES Out
the case, the result to all partiemust be ruin°us" the
into active demand for th t
e coun ry, as the sPring
rings will not bear carriage. eta
BEEF (duty,
BUTTER (duty, 91.
151. is a top pricey,' per cat.)—New butter has Oben
at 15d. Another time 18d. would readiiy have flair.
worth 565. per hia°lll 2i. per barrel)—Are likely to her,
given for this article, but in the present state of e
11'0 i#
.0 -t
9'4
well
Itttleti6nue?lin.,r,
13EANDV (duty, 6s. per gallon)—ls worth 18.4.
prig'
BREAD (duty, 6s. per cwt.)—We can quote no
for this article. baprerreLbarrel of 200 lbs.)--Stni
ketCOENMEAL (duty, ls. per barrel) The lots in theill3r
must he sold according to quality. 70'
CANDLES (duty, 2-. 6d. per b.,x. 56 lbs )—Tgll°'°'
to 9d. Composition,lsl(l. to 16d.
' h ColoniAl,
COFFEE (duty, 11. per cwt. on Brit's..
foreign prohibited)—The little offering brings 3u3'