The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-07 00:00:00

THE DANUBE.

A letter from Brailow of the sth, in the 16Toni•
eur, says :

"On the Ist an Austrian trading vessel left this port for
Trieste, with a cargo of maize for the Svm of Gabcewitch.
On the 2d a steamer arrived from Vienna with goods for
Galatz, being one of the tugs which tow vessels between
the latter port and Giurgevo. The quarantine, which was
suppressed at the beginning of the war, has now only
three employes—a director, a physician, and a clerk ; and
the relation between the two banks of the Danube are
consequently perfectly free, without being subjected to any
sanitary formalities. At Galatz the quarantine establish-
ment has also been closed. The raising of the blockade of
the mouths of the Danube has caused great satisfaction in
the Principalities; but it is feared that the Russian autho-
rities at Reni may throw embarrassments in the way of the
free navigation of the river. Up to this moment they have
said, in answer to inquiries, that they have not received
instructions to enable them to re-assure commercial men
on the subject."
, On the other hand, the Pays contains a letter
from Vienna, which says :
" The navigation of the Danube continues to be sub-
jected to obstacles. Prince Gortschakoff had written from '
Kischeneff to the Austrian Consul that Austrian vessels
might come to Galatz and to Brailow to load and convey'
to Trieste and Venice the corn which had been purchased
in those provinces by Austrian subjects previous to the
prohibition. Vessels under every neutral flag daily enter
by the Salina passage, but on arriving at Tshatal, at a
short distance from Tultscha, the Russian flotilla stops
them 01 without distinction. Thirty have been thus de-
tained, and among them are several Austrian vessels. Such
conduct is at variance with the note of Prince Gortschakoff.
Thus, without the permission of Russia, vessels cannot
reach the ports of the Principalities."
It would seem, therefore, that while vessels are
allowed to come down the Danube, and carry away
their loading of corn, the passage up the river is
interdicted by the Russians to thou) which desire
to ascend the stream.

FRANCE.

(FROI'd OUP. OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS,. FRIDAY EVENING.
The following private telegraphic despatches
have been received to-day :
VIENNA, sth.-111. Drouyn de French
Minister of Foreign Affairs, will arrive here to-
morrow. A despatch from General Canrobert,
dated the 29th, announces that the Allied armies
will, on April 3, commence offensive operations
against the Russians in the field.
MADRID, sth.—The Cortes yesterday evening
rejected by a majority of 163 to 50 the amendment
proposed by M. Vargas' alcable of Madrid, against
the bill on the National Guard. The sitting was a
very stormy one.
Colonel de Olherg, attached to the mission of
General do Wedell, has arrived in Paris from
Brussels. -

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The Itloniteur contains decrees confirming three
promotions and 18 nominations in the Legion of
Honour, and the granting of 36 military medals,
made by General Oanrobert among the army of
the East • as also a decree confirming the nomina-
tion of three medical officers as Knights in the
Order of the Legion of Honour.

Colonel Reliant, of the staff, aide-de-camp to the
Prince Jerome, has been nominated Town-Major
of the garrison of Paris, in the room of Colonel de
Villiers, recently nominated chief of the staff of the
10th division of the army of the East. t
General of Division Duchaussoy has been ap-
pointed to the command of the 16th military divi-
sion at Rennes, in the room of General Gues-Viller,
appointed to the command of the 2d corps of the
army of the North.
General Vivian, the Commander-in-Chief of the
Turkish contingent in the English service, has just
sailed from Marseilles, in the Euphrate, for Con-
stantinople. About 500 French soldiers belonging
to different corps sailed in the same vessel.
A letter from Sebastopol of the 24th nit., In the
.3foniteur de l'Armee, gives the following details
of the affair of the night of the 22d
" I hasten to communicate to you some detailsof a sharp
affair which took place the night before last. The Russians
with a force far superior to ours attacked our trench on
on the right in front of the hillock near the Malakhoff
tower, c" which they had decided on gaining possession at
any price, in order, to make use of it against us, but they
did not take into account the bravery of our troops. Two
strong Russian columns, numbering together 10,000 men,
advanced to attack the parallel and the head of the sap.
A desperate combat, which lasted several hours, took place,
and ie which musket shots, bayonets, butt-ends, and
even stones were called into play. Three times the
enemy gave way, and three times they rallied and re-
turned to the charge. At length they appeared dis-
posed to retire, when, as' if suddenly changing their in-
tention, they rushed to the right, utteriog the must
savage yells, in order to cross the ravine of Karabelnia.
They had doubtless been informed that the right portion
of the English parallel which joined ours was not strongly
guarded. They, in fact., were enabled to enter it, but
were in a very short time thrown out by our Allies, who
attacked them with their accustomed bravery. The Rus-
sians then definitively retired, leaving the ground in front
of our trenches covered with their deal, whom they are
to-day engaged in burying. About 400 were counted yes-
terday, and to this number must be added those whom,

according to their custom, the Russians carried off the
of the enemy pot her f,,,'",),'
:a:p.it be r,ck0n.,..13t. lo,s than from 1,;,00 1,01)loo
;ode we h., had 100 Luau killed and about 2
wounded. The Eiglish had GO men killed and NVOUndt;
three efficers killed, three wounded and two missing.
have had one chef de bataillon of the engineers and foe,
officers of infantry killed, and several, I think five,
wounded. Colonel Janin, of the Ist Zonaves, receive'
a ball through his cheek and two severe contusions from
stones on the head. The regiments which took the
most active part in this combat were the 3d 2:0.
went of the Zonaves and the 82d of the line. The tool'
of the night of the 220 bore a very strong analogy to O.?
of Inkerrnann, although it was not on so large a scale. 111
the Russian columns were several battalions of volunteers,,
who were made to believe that they were about to strike:
decisive blow. It is more than probable that the re",.
will rather tend to cool their zeal. There were also SO,
sailors and some Greeks, all of whomsuffged. severely.

BOURSE, .LP gird 6.—CLOSING PRIcES.
Cash. fr. c. End of month.
4i per Cents 94 25 —f. —c.
3 per Cents 69 90 69f. 95e.
Credit Mobilier Bl7 50 Roman
Credit Fonder 540 Austrian
Belgian Fives. ..... .. 94 Spanish Threes
Piedrnontese B6 Horns Debt

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RAILWAYcS-10ft CASH.
rr.
ft. c.
Orleans 1175 Lyons •• 1070
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Western 660 --Rouen
Cette 630 Strasburg . -
Mediterranean 995 Havre 560 "-
Northern

DENMARK.
The session of the Danish Diet was closed on thfr
2d inst. by royal letters patent, which the Bo"
minister of the crown read in the assembly.

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The Trieste Gazette contains a letter from Bu'
charest of the Ist, which says :—" An express hail
arrived here from Galatz, stating that neutral yes'
sels have received permission to leave the Danube.

A letter from Bucharest, of the 24th ult., in the
iyo nstitu tionnel , says :—" M. Bedard, the ne,7.
Consul-General of France, has arrived here. Tile
General Divan, convoked by the Hospodar, 95'
sembled on the 20th under the presidency of the
Archbishop, and has nominated four bureaux or
committees on finances, administration, justice;
and the militia. The principal affair which will
occupy its attention will be the state of tee
finances."