The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-27 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EXPEDITION TO THE

DANUBIAN PROVINCES.

The following is from a letter received from Paris this
morning :—"The French expedition to the Danubian pro-
vinces, noticed on Friday evening last, is, I am assured,
less with the view of testing the sincerity of Austria than
Of exercising a slight pressure on Omer Pacha, who has exhi-
bited for some time past a certain inertness. I have seen
letters from Bucharest, proceeding from an excellent source
which allude to the unwillingness of that commander to
enter on a campaign!in Bessarabia until next spring. That
disposition on the part of a man who has hithertorendered
such good services has occasioned some, surprise. The
Emperor's letter shows what the intentions are with re-
spect to that particular point, and Omar Pasha will, per-
haps, have no other alternative than to advance. The
officer who is expected to take the command of the
two divisions in question is General Baraguay d'Hilliers,
who may find the rather impetuous qualities which un-
fitted him for a diplomatic post at Coastaatinople more
useful as a military chief in Moldavia or Bessarabia.

ADMIRATION OF THE FRENCH AT
BRITISH BRAVERY.

It would be difficult (says a Paris letter) to give a
just idea of the admiration excited on all hands, and
among all classes of the people of Paris, by the heroin
conduct of the English at the battle of the sth ; and,
when lauding them, they in some measure seem to
forget the gallantry of their own soldiers "in their en-
thusiastic praise of their Allies. I say among all
classes," because one paltry and selfish faction, who
would, if it dared, express its affliction at the triumphs
ures .e
of the Allied armies, is forced by shame to unwilling
silence. It is but just to say that none are louder in,
their praise than the Republicans.,. and none mere
eager to do justice to the fine quwlitie.s of the British
troops than those who were, until this noble fellow.
ship of danger and of victory,
. believed to be animatedg
only by animosity against us. The Oharivari itself
contributes to swell the general enthisiasm, and th
British soldier, quite as often as the French,
the foreground as the leading personage in its daily°.
sketches.

The Pliare de la Manche says the entire Baltic squa-
dron, which was to winter at Cherbourg, is to proceed
to Toulon, with the exception of the Austerlitz, which
requires repairs. These splendid vessels are to sail at a
moment's notice for the Mediterranean, on an important
mission. On their return, some of them are to be
converted into screw ships for next year's operations is
the

The Department for War will remove this week
from the temporary office (First Lord of the Treasury's,
Downing-street) to Pembroke-house, Whitehall, which
has recently e
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m
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and the for occupation
leiscepa department.tioaofthe Duke of Newcastle
MEDALS OF TYE BOW, SOOIETY.—The annual me-
dals for 1854 have been awarded as fellows :—Copley
Medal, to Johannes lsluller, of Berlin. Two royal
medals oise to Professor Hofmann, for a paper in
" Royal Transactions" on the Alkaloids ; the other to
Dr. J. D. Hooker, for his botanical investigation. The
Rumford Medal, to Dr. Neil Arnett, for his numerous
economic inventions.—Medical Times and Gazette.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE CRIMEA.—Very
erroneous statements having appeared as to the number
of killed and wounded in the siege of Sebastopol, we
are happy to be able to give the following return from
official reports :—Killed and wounded in the British
army before Sebastopol, from the commencement of the
• to November 1, 1854 : billed,
siege°O officers, 213
wounded, , •
non-commissioned officers and rank and file
57 officers, 572 non-commis
sioned officers and rank and,
file. This is exclusive of the cavalry lose on the 25th,
which was as follows : Killed, 12 officers, 146 non-
commissioned officers and rank and file ; wounded, 15
officers, 163 non-commissioned officers and rank and
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