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

THE DANUBR

A letter from Braildw of the 5th,.-in the liatoni-
icur, says :--77 •
" On: the Ist an Austrian traain,r, vessel left this port for
Trieste; with a cargo of maize for the firm of Gabee4vitch.
On the 2(1 a steamer arrived from. Vienna'with goo a for
Galatz, "being ono of the tugs which t,y, vessels. 'be ween
the latter port and Giurgevo. iThe'quarahtine;•ivhi was
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suppressed at 'the beginning of, the , .
War, , has no only
thres emploN's—o, director, a physician, and, a cler ; and
the relation between the two banks of the Dann e•are
conse4nently perfectly free, witbont being' 'Objected o any,
sanitary formalities. At Galatz tbf. gus,rantine.est blish
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most has also been,closed. The raising of the block de of
the•moutbs of the DantibeJaas caused great satisfac •on.in
the Principalities; but it is feared that the Russian utho-
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rities at Reui May throw embarrasanientS ie'the way of the
free navigation of the river.. trptii this moment the have
said, in answer to inquiries, that they have not received
instructions to enable them to re-assure commercial men
on the subject." • • .
9.11, the other hand, the Pays- contains a fetter_
from Vienna, which nays : . i
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" The navigation of the Danube continuos 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 dail enter
er hy:th Salina passage, but on arriving at TshatJ, at a
short distance from Tultscha, the Russian flotilla stops
them All without distinction. Thirty 4ve been thus de-
,tained, and among them are several Austrian vessel 4. Such
conduct is at variance with the note of Prince Gort.s4akoff.
Thus, without the permission of Russia, vessels annot
reach the ports of the Principalities."
It would seem, therefore, that while vess Is are
allowed to come down the Danube, and earr away
their loading of corn, the' passa4e up the r ver is
interdicted by the Russians to those which klesire
to ascend the stream. ,

FRANCE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, FRIDAY EVE NG.
The following private telegraphic desiatches
hay been received to-day : L
VIENNA, sth.—M. Drouyn de l'llnysi• rretich
Minister of Foreign Affairs, will arrive hbre to-
morrow. A despatch from General Caniobert,
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, alcalde of Madrid, against
the bill on the National Guard. The sitting was a
very stormy one.
Colonel de Olberg, attached to the mission of
General de Wedeli, has arrived in Paris from

The illoniteur contains decrees confirming three
promotions and 18 nominations in the Legion of
Honour, and the granting of 36 military medals,
made by General Canrobert among .tho 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.
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'Colonel 'Renatit, of the staff, a.ide-de-camP to the
Prince Jerome, has been nominated Tow-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.
' General of Division Dtichaussoy has been ap-
pointed to the command of the 16th militry divi-
sion at Rennes, in the room of General Gue,i-Viller,
appointed to the command of the 2d .corp 4 of the
army.of the North. .
General Vivian, the Commanderiin-Chief of the
Turkish contingent' in 'the English service,, has just
sailed from Marseilles, in the Euphrate, for Con-
stantinople. About 500 French soldiers bfloncrk?ing
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to different corps sailed in the same vessel.: .-
A letter from Sebastopol of the 24th ult, in the
ltionliteui• de l'Armee, gives 'tbe,-followint details
of the affair of the night of the 22d ult. :--
"1 hasten to communicate to you some details pf a sharp
affair which took place the night before last. Th Russians
with a force far superior to ours attacked our rench on
on the right 'in front of the hillock near the alakhoff
tower, of which they had decided onegaining po ession at
any price, in order to make use of it against us but they
did not take into account the bravery of our tro PA. Two
strong RusSian columns, numbeiing together 10, 00 men,
advanced to attack the parallel and the head•o4 the sap.
A desperate combat, which lasted several hours, took place,
and is which musket shots, bayonets, . butt-buds, and
even stones were called into play. •Three imes the
enemy gave way, and three times they ralli and re-
turned to the charge. At length they app areal dis-
poied to retire, when, as if suddenly changin their in-
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tentiOn, they rushed to the right,. uttering the most
savage yells, in order to cross the ravine ofc• arabolnia.
They had doubtless been informed that the • t portion
of the English parallel which
,toilloii ours was n t strongly
guarded. They, 'in fa t, Hero enabled to en r it, but
were in a very c.ihmi time thrown oust. by our llies, who
at.t.ackdd them with their accustomed bravery. The Rus-
aaise then danitively retired, leaving the grow d in front
Of our trenches covered with their dead-, who they are
to-day engaged in burying. About 400 were c untecl yes-
terday, and to this number must be :added t 1 1084 whom,

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nceording, {Moir ,m=ton.), the P.ti7,iar! off

,i4ez "
ground. wholo put
coal6at, eaallot ok.nlea at less han fano ti ".
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:On our side w-p hav,, 44d :111f1 ': tueU.kill!d mid quoetud6o men killed afid VP'un ire
three effieers killed, three, wounded and two missing; for
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wounded. The E::glislk had
have had one chef de bataillon of the engineers a3ll five,
'officers of infantry -killed; mad several, I think
wounded. Colonel Janin, of the Ist Zotiaves, reos
a' ball through cheek:aria '' tWO lot
the
stones On- -the head. The regiments which
Most active part in this combat- were the
!Cent of the Zouaves 'and the 82d of -the .line. - , The atbet
of the night of the 22d bore a verfstreng analogy t 0
of Inkermann, although-it was not on so large a se";
the Russian columns were several battalions of volatile s
who were made to believe that they were about to striosull
decisive blow. It is, iorct., than urobable that 08 rend
will rather tend to cool their zeal:, There were also
„,8-0
sailors and Smile Greeks', all of When' suffered severe":

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- Bounstfai,ll, G.—CLOSING PRICE
Cash. fr. c. End of Montn• '
4i per Cents ...... 94 25 —f. —c.
,3 per Cents 69 90 69f. 95c.
Credit Mobilier Bl7 50 Roman .... .. : ........
Credit Foncier 540
.Austrian .. .....
Belgian Fives .. 94 Spanish Threes......
Piedmontese 'B6 Home Debt , ... . .... .
- RAILWATS—/08, CASH. . - -- fr. c'
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Tr. C.
1070 05
Orleans
660630 —_, _
s.Rouentras
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a. . . ...
Western
COtte
Mediterranean 995 Havre - 5 O 5O
Northern .. .....

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DENMARK. tw
The session of the Danish Diet Was closed Ona
2d inst. by royal letters patent, which the
minister of thd crown read in the assembly.

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The Trieste Gazette contains a letter fro°ao
charest of the Ist, which says :.---" expre_r, f
b,ter
arrived here from Galatz, stating thatrieutn'„be,
sels have received permission to leave the PO-

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A. letter from Bucharest, of the 24th ult.,
Constitutionnel, says :--" M. 13eclard, the
Consul-General of Prance, has arrived here. 85,
General Divan, convoked by the Hosp9do;oo
sembled on the 20th -under the presidency C''.„ or
Archbishop,and has nominated four burao-ieet
committees on finauces,. administration, t
and the ',The principal affair whic°,
occupy its„ attention. lin be. the ,state
finances."

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