The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-03 00:00:00

A CHANGE Or POSITION BEFORE

SEBASTOPOL.

A letter received from Paris this morning, con-
tains the following important intelligence :—" It
is thought that a change in the War Department
here is imminent, and that General Canrobert will
Fie recalled from the Crimea to take the place of
Marshal VaiHaut as Minister of War, and, accord-
ing to the same account General Pellissier will, in
all be appointed General Canrobert's
s':,ccessor. With respect to our operations in
the Crimea, it is currently reported that the
armies are to change their position ; that the
works in front of Sebastopol will be entrusted to
the guardianship of the Turks under Omer Pasha
and the Sardinian contingent, who will strongly
fortify themselves against all attacks, and that the
French and English armies will imitate the French
under Bonaparte at the siege of Mantua, quit the
lines before Sebastopol, advance on Simpheropol,
and give battle to the Russians.

Last week the mean temperature at Greenwich was
44 deg., which is 4'5 deg. below the average of the same
week us 38 years. • ' _ ' - •
GALLERY OF GERMAN AUTISM—Amongst the distin-
guished company who, on Monday last, honoured the
private view of the living German Artists' third Exhibi-
tion of the'r Works in London, were the Duke of Pore.
'and, the Marquis of Cholmondeley, Viscount Strang-
ford, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Lanesborousth,
the Earl of Derby, Earl ranville, the Earl of Hare-
wood, the Earl of WickloW, the Earl of Macclesfield,
Earl Grey, the Lord Bishop of Worcester, the Lord
Bishop of Carl;sle, the Lord Bishop of Winchester, Lord
Cranworth, Lord Sndeley, the Right Hon. W. E. Glad-
stone, the Dean of Westminster, the Baron de Cetto, Sir
Charles Lyell.
AT. -A-''''''''. glfrrir —Test niebt Mr. Albert Smith
held a floral festival at the gyptian• ball—that Is to say,
he presented every lady who patronised his entertainment
with a handsome bouquet, gracefully presented at the
termination of the first part.
DESERTIONS FROM THE ARMY, THE MILITIA, AND THE
NAVY.—The monthly return of deserters from the army
and embodied militia, made up to Saturday last, exhibits
a vast increase in the number of defaulters to those of
the preceding month, the deserters from, the regular
forces being 379, and those from the militia 395, making
a total of 774. There is a slight decrease in the number
of deserters, stragglers, and men discharged with dis-
grace from her M n ajesty's ships
.and Tee's during the
past month, the total being 55.
SPECULATIONS ON THE BUDGET.—It has been the gos-
sip of the last ten days that two of the greatest importers
of tea in London, warned by some person connected with
the government of the coming increase in the tea duty,
had taken out of bond an immense quantity of tea
before the increase became publicly known. The
MARSEILLES, MARSEILLES, May 2. flat that the head of one of the firms retfeerrerdemtem.
By the Constantinople letters of the 23d ult.,
One of a member of Parliament, and perhapsli
brought by the Simois, we learn that the first de- brance of the Lawle speculations assisted the story.
clearedaee 0
uhas
t
tachment of Pieclmontese troops arrived there on
the 21st. The French camp at Martak was occu-He says that the public exigency,
of an act of rudece.
pied by 20,000 men, and it is expected that their
numbers will be increased to 80,000. The shocks the defici Pin the revenue, the loan, and the guarded
e d the a gentlemenletter,
w hi
cahl l
seemseged t
ao
vhearvye
ency
and his conviction of the
of earthquake save not ceased at Broussa, andpolicy f the Government, led him to think it very irn-
were even felt at Constantinople, where all the probableo that tea and sugar would escape the imposition
ralmtion
language of the Chancellor,
European inhabitants of Broussa had sought a : of new duty, and be hastened to insure himself against
refuge. ' the vagaries of legislation. The following was his cal-
e received orders to proceed fioin Constantimonth's duty, my only
have upon the amount shall so pay
Soc thousand Turks, of the Imperial Guard, culation :—" If I anticipate a I Y
should have, under
any cir-
nople to join Omer Paella at Balaklava.. ' in anticipation, and as we
..
o pay duty daily, if I pay a month's con-
p service
aeiia,
M. de Lesseps has returned to Constantinople to ' cumstances, t .
anee
I shall only, in fact, lose a fort-
smooth the ditticalties raised in the Divan against interest.sumptioni'.a.dv ,_
100,0001 b., at ls. 6d. per lb. duty is
the canal night's .
the interest on which for fourteen days is
_ loss will be the interest
across the Isthmus of Suez. M. de L ,-.
sops will go on to France. Meanwhile a steam-tuge 141.750 071 s: Bd., while on the other hand, if my fears are
hhaiss
bbreoetnheorr:lctninish_eicla_lo_nisitthteoNthilee.par, correct (and I assumed the increase of duty would at
Prince Ismail of Egypt will join -Mu9tanl a least pave been 6d. per lb.), the profit—or rather the
• ' • • f loss—would be 100,0001 b., at 6d. per lb.,
bitim. 11- saving o n
2,5001. I thought the insurance--viz., 15/.—moderate
According to letters from G I .
Paris Ex:
a atz, the Russians as against such a sum, and I hedged therefore against
allow to the probability.
Austrians. alone the liberty of taking the
in cargoes o grain fr., the Danubian provinces, METROPOLITAN
i COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—Yesterday
and, then, on th " oill
a special Court of Sewers was held at the Court-house,
o con flition that none of their ves-
Greek-street, Soho, Mr. Jebh in the chair, for the pur-
eels shall unload in a jay part of Turkey. pose of hearieg appeals against improvement rates on
MADRID, May 1. Clerkenwell, Whitechapel, Chelsea, Islington, Stc.—to
The Cortes have
Approved of the i
plan sent in for issue warrants against defaulters on district rates—to
the construction `.•l the railway between Seville j receive presentments of nuisances, and to consider the
and Cadiz. Thr, tb. ird basis. of , the constitution i necessity of repairing sewers, gullies] &0,, but no points
. . .
continuedlllld,er di sOxission, Th! arraugeAlegit; •of interest most Borth' 14 4 report - • -

TRIESTE, MAY 2.

The staff and materiel of the sanitary depart-
ment of the Sardinian army, as well as sore.

officers of Engineers, have arrived, hem

FRANCE.
PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The following private telegraphic despatches have
been received :

The Simois, of the Messa
MARSEILLES, May 2.
gdries Imperiales,
whicfl leru vonstantinopie on -Ln6 Lat., has ar-
rived. The news from the Crimea comes down to
the 21st. The Flagstaff and Southern Forts and
the IVlalakhoff Tower have been reduced to silence.
The 4th parallel has been joined to the other works
of the Allies. On the 19th the Russians attempted
several sorties, all of which were repulsed. On the
20th, Omer.Pacha, Lord Raglan, and the French
General Morris, made a strong reconnaissance with
12,000 men in the direction of Baidar. The Rus-
sians refused the combat. The Admiral's vessel,
the Montebello, has thrown about 200 shells into
Sebastopol.
The French have occupied the White Battgries
in Careening Bay. On the 21st Iskender Bey
made a cavalry reconnaissance, which led to no
engagement.
Colonel Egerton was killed in the attack on the
Malakoff Tower,