The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-16 00:00:00

sunk.

. BERLIN, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15.
A Russian despatch brings news from Sebas-

topol to the Bth Nov.

The siege operations continued.

The damage done is quickly repaired.
The French are entrenching their left.

Nothing important had taken place since the sth,

MALTA, Nov.ll.
The Miranda, Jura, and Queen of the South

have sailed.

THE CRIMEA.
THE FRENCH PRISONERS.

Letters have been received from M. de Lagondie
and M. de Dampieire, taken prisoners by the Rus-
sians in the Crimea—the former on the eve of the
battle of the Alma, and the latter during the ope-
rations of the siege of Sebastopol. Both speak
highly of the attention shown them. After being
extremely well treated during their detention in
Sebastopol, they were conveyed, by order of the
Emperor, to St. Petersburg. There, by his Majesty's
directions, they were shown all that is curious in
the capital, and were even taken to the theatre.
They were then supplied with fur pelisses, and with
provisions of all , kinds, and were removed to Yar-
roslaw, which is to serve as a depot fOr the French
prisoners.

" Admiral Sir E. Lyons was watching Anapa,
Tamana, and the Sea of Azoff.

" Admiral Bruat had landed on the 26th,
near Balta, where he had been very well received
by the inhabitants.
_

" Russian reinforcements continue to pass

Perekop.

" The weather was beautiful in the Crimea; bu

in the offing the sea had been very heavy, and
many ships bad been obliged to put out to sea.
"Admirals Hamelin and Dundas were in the

Bay of Kateha.
" The Sinai met at sea the brigade of General
Mayran, on its way from Athens to the Crimea,
and 2,000 Zouaves, who had been embarked in
Algeria."

The following despatch, dated yesterday evening,
has been forwarded by our correspondent at
Vienna. It is difficult to decide whether it re-
lates to the battle of the sth inst., the character

and result of which are already known to us
through General Canrobert's and Lord Raglan's
despatches, as well as the Russian bulletins, or to
a more recent battle, of which this is the first
mention. It will be observed, however, that the
Russian loss-9,000 men—is the precise number
already assigned to them in the battle of the sth.
Our correspondent's message is as follows:
" A despatch of the 11th from Balaklava has
been received this evening (15th), according to
which another great battle has been fo-aglit.
" The Russians are said to have lost 9,000

MOD.

" The loss of the Allies was also great, but they tory to being despatched to the East. Large quan-
remained masters of the field." tities of projectiles, gunpowder, and shells of a
large size have been sent from the arsenal of Per-
pignan to Port-Vendres to be embarked for Galli-
poli.
M. de Persigny has just received frem the Sul-
tan the insignia of the grand cross of the order of
the 11tecijidie, first class.
General Yusuf, who was on the eve of returning
to Africa, has had so serious a fall that it is feared
lie will be unable to travel for some time.
It was rumoured yesterday, among the garrison
of Paris, that the 2d and 20th battalions of Foot
Chasseurs had received orders to hold themselves
in readiness to join the army of the East. This
announcement caused the greatest enthusiasm
among the officers and soldiers. The effective
force of each battalion is to be raised immediately
to 1,300 or 1,400 men.
The detachments which marched from the camps
of Aix in the course of the last fortnight belong to
the following regiments :-7th, 20th, 21st, 26th,
39th, 42d, 46th, 74th of the line ; sth, 7th, 20th
light infantry ; and the 3d and 6th companies of
the Bth Engineers. All these troops, with the ex-
ception of the last, who were ordered to Lyons,
have left for Toulon or Marseilles, and embarked
for the East.
In consequence of the number of gun-boats
ordered by Government at Havre, the Minister of
Marine has authorised Mr. Normand, the contrac-
tor, to retain in his dockyard all the workmen in-
cluded in the last levy of carpenters.
A number of floating batteries are in progress of
construction at Brest. About 20,000 kilogrammes
of iron plates, intended for those batteries, have
already arrived there, and more are expected
shortly.
Directions have been given to the military ope-
ratives of the different regiments to suspend for a
time whatever work they have on hand, in order to
finish off, with as little delay as possible, a supply
of great coats for the army of the East.
It is stated on good authority that the Legisla-
tive Corps will be soon convoked. for the purpose
of having a proposition submitted to it for raising
a loan, and for a levy of men. The amount of the
lban is said to be 500,000,000 f. or even 600,000,000 f.,
and the levy about 200,000 men.
The Three per Cents. closed to-day at 72f. 25c.
for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half
per Cents, at 96f.; Orleans Railway shares, 1,175 f.;
Western of France, 653 f. 75c. ; Cette, 605 f. ;
Mediterranean, Of. ; Northern, 851 f. 250. ; Lyons,
1,005 f.; Rouen, Of.; Strasburg, 790 f.; Havre, 540 f.;
Cherbutg, 610 f.; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 7301.

THE BALTIC.

Kim, HOLSTEIN, Nov. 11.—By a private letter
received yesterday from St. Petersburg, I am in-
formed that the winter has set in with its usual
severity. The barometer had fallen within a few
degrees of zero, from which it might be interred
that the Neva will speedily be covered with ice,
and the Russian fleet frozen in both at Cronstadt
and Helsingfors. Even at this port, several de-
grees to the southward of the Gulf of Finland, hard.
frosts have occurred during the last two nights.
Snow fell for several hours yesterday. The tem-
perature at 4 a.m. was 2i deg. of Fahrenheit. The
wind shifted to N.N.W. in the afternoon ; a clear
sky supervened, and another severe frost set in.
Should the present state of the weather continue,
of which there is great probability, the final depar-
ture of the fleet for England will be accelerated as
a matter of necessity. You may therefore not feel
surprised if it should arrive home by the end of
the present month ; but it is positively determined.
that it shall not quit its present anchorage until it,
is certain that the enemy's ships are precluded by
natural causes from leaving their harbours, of
which fact information will be forwarded by the
officer in command of the squadron blockading the
port of Revel, and those to the northward and east-
ward thereof.

Notwithstanding the vigilance of our cruisers,
intelligence has arrived, on which dependence may
be placed, that two merchant vessels, freighted.
with cargoes for the Russian market, have reached
St. Petersburg. On the other hand, others who
have attempted to do so have been captured, and.
have been detained as prizes, in the proceeds of
which the captors alone will share.
Since my despatch hence of the 9th inst., :there
is nothing to report with respect to the proceedings
of the fleet, except that on the forenoon of yester-
day the Driver steam sloop was despatched on
particular service, and that the crews of the vari-
ous ships, in Accordance with the usual routine,
were exercised at general quarters, at which in
every particular they have attained great profs•
ciency.