The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-30 00:00:00

DESPATCH FROM GENERAL CANROBERT.

The .31oniteur of yesterday has the following :
" The Minister of War has received from General
Canrobert, commander-in-chief of the army of the East,
the following report, bearing date March 17 :
" ' Monsieur le Mar4chal,—l have the honour of re•
counting to you several actions which have taken place
in the trenches, and which arise from the execution of
our various works. On the evening of the 14th we de-
stroyed a first line of ambuscades in front of the open
parallel before the mamelon, in front of Malakhoff Tower,
and. where the Russians have established their new work,
from which place the sharpshooter' of the enemy an-
noyed our workmen, and from which they killed, this
morning, Captain Guilhot, whom we much regret. The
troops to whom this operation was entrusted executed
it with much vigour under the fire of the musketry and
cannon of the place. It was necessary to continue the
operation in the night of the 15th. It was, as the former
one, very vigorously managed. The ambuscades have
been razed. General Bosquet is much pleased with the
energy of the troops who have been employed in these
two encounters, which have been the occasion of many
very honourable individual exploits.
" Generals Niel and Bizot have reconnoitred the
open parallel and have prepared to execute to-night an-
other parallel nearer the mamelon in front of the Mala-
khoff Tower. We are going to set about it to-morrow
night in a place where unfortunately the rock is very
near the surface of the soil, a circumstance with which
we have had to contend everywhere since the commence-
ment of the siege.

" On the left we have continued our works before
the central bastion. On the same nights of the 14th and
15th, notwithstanding a brisk fire of grape and mus-
ketry, we joined the trench, forming an advanced a,:gle
in the direction of this bastion to our old works, by a
new parallel of 400 metres. These operations have cost
us 30 meu killed or wounded. Among the former is
Captain Adin, of the 2d Regiment of the Foreign Le-
gion. On the night of the 15th, the besieged, wishing
probably to make a diversion on our extreme left, and
supposing doubtless also that the works undertaken on
our right absorbed all our attention, directed against
this left a sortie composed of 450 volunteers of dif-
ferent corps. Their attack was supported by a com-
pany of the 10th battalion of Chaseurs and a com-
pany of ViAtigeurs of the 2d Regiment of the Foreign
Legion. This encounter was most brilliant. The as-
sailing party was received by a very sharp fire, and
driven back at the point of the bayonet as far as the
parapet of the entrenchment, leaving 29 men killed or
wounded in our hands, and have covered the space be-
tween the trench and the ambuscades with them. A
great number, however, have been removed by detach-
ments provided with litters. In a word, this small com-
bat must have cost the Russians the third of their force
which was engaged. It has cost us 5 killed and 12
wounded.

" ' During the past week we have tried the, fire of a
little battery constructed by us, but armed and worked
by the English, which commands the great harbour.
"' We have perceived that one of the steam-vessels,
whose fire used greatly to annoy us, the Gromonosetz,
has been reached by our shot.
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" 'We learn to-day that there was scarcely time to
bring it to the front harbour, where it sank. This inci-
dent is not without its effect on the garrison. The port
is truly the line of retreat of the garrison, and the more
threatening our action is on this line, the more restless
and discouraged will the troops become.
" The brigade of the Imperial Guard has been most
admirably constituted. The best soldiers of the army
of the East have there naturally found their place, and a
noble reward.

' I yesterday gave to the Regiment of Zouaves the
colours the Emperor has entrusted to them. His Majesty
the Emperor and yourself may rest well assured that
they will be well guarded. In spite of the excessively
abrupt changes of the climate of the Crimea the list of
sick tends to decrease.

" ' CANROBERT.' "

THE WEATHER IN THE BALTIC.

MEMEL, March 22.—There has been a thaw since the
18th of March, and last night there was only 3 degs. of
frost. like Haff is free of ice as far as the Dange. The
wind has been westerly for the last three days, blowing
rather fresh, but from the Pilot Beacon there is no ice
to be seen seawards. March 23 -No ice to be seen
seawards. Wind E., 3 degs. of warmth.
NYBORG, March 23.—Wind E---A. large quantity of
drift ice in the Belt. Weather stormy with snow squalls.
HAMBURG, March 26. —Weather fine and clear; wind
N.E., moderate ; temperature 3 degs. warmth. The
ebb tide carried past this place yesterday a large quan-
tity of ice from the Upper Elbe, but very much broken.
Some has also passed to-day.
CUXHAVEN, March 25.—The Light Ship which was
driven on shore by the ioe on the 23d of March has
been got off, and has resumed her station off 011endorf.
Vessels will do well to pass to the southward of this
Light vessel.

THE HOP TRADE.--It is stated that frauds of a cha-
racter similar to those recently detected in the wine
business in the docks have transpired in the hop trade.
They have coneistoel in the refiliiog of empty paekage3
stamptd with the name§ of well.4cro*ri piantor,, whose
growths are of choice character, with inferior, and, in-
deed, almost worthless hops, chiefil. the lowest descrip.
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tion of American.