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

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
A courier from Marseilles'arrived at the British
embassy to-day. lie is said to be the bearer of the
official despatches from Lord Raglan, giving an
account of the unfortunate affair of the 25th, in
which the cavalry were so much cut up. The par-
ticulars have not been allowed to transpire here,
and it is probable that it will be through the
columns of the London papers that we shall learn
them.

For some days past we have been complaining
here of the absence of telegraphic despatches. To-
day we are overwhelmed with them, but, unhap-
pily, they are not of a nature to allay the anxiety
or gratify the curiosity of the public. Indeed, they
appear to be summed up in the fact announced
by the despatch from St. Petersburg, of the oth,
that up to the 3d Sebastopol was not stormed.
The following have been received during the
day
" MARSEILLES, Nov. 9.—The Thabor, which left
Constantir.ople on the 30th, is in sight. She is forty
hours behind her time, in consequence, doubtless, of the
bad weather. Admiral Mathieu and the Archbishop of
Mentz embarked to-day for Rome. The troops fur the
camp of the south will commence their march towards
Lyons to-morrow."

" TRIESTE, Nov. 9.—Accounts have been received
from Constantinople to the 30th. On the 26th the born-
bardment of Sebastopol continued with great vigour,
and with severe losses on both sides. The Poles and the
Tartars in Sebastopol had attempted an insurrection
in order to lead to the surrender of the place, but it
had been put down by force. The English were still en-
deavouring to burn the Russian vessels in the port of Se-
bastopol. General Canrobert had sent to Constantinople
for thirty guns of very large calibre. The Porte is said
to be forming a fresh army of 50,000 men to c,.rry on
the war in Asia. 2,400 Egyptian troops had arrived at
Constantinople, and 8,000 men were expected from
Alexandria. The Russians had taken up their
winter quarters near Kars. Reinforcements for the
Crimea continued to arrive at Constantinople.
General Luders, it is said, commanded the Russian troops
which made a sortie and attacked the Turkish position
near Balaklava. Letters from Trebizond, of the 20th,
state that the cholera was raging in the camp of Ciurkou.
On the 18th the new Turkish staff arrived at Kars, and
reinforcements were sent to Batourn. The Bashi-
bazouks continued to infest the road to Erzeroum.
They had entrenched themselves there, and bad refused
to give up the assassins of Captain Begliaut. The
cholera appeared to be diminishing in the Piraeus on
the 3d. The French troops had not been attacked by
it. The Greek Parliament house has been burnt ; the
fire was supposed to have been the act of an incen-
diary."
" ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 9.—Prince Menschikoff
writes from Sebastopol, under date of the evening of the
31, that the siege continued without any visible result ;
that the fire of the English batteries was more feeble
than on the previous days ; and that the damage caused
to the Russians by the batteries of the Allies was slight,
and was immediately repaired."

The llloniteur publishes the following:—
"Baron de Piava, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of his Most Faithful Majesty the King
of Portugal and of the Algarves, had the honour of being
received, on Sunday last, at the Palace of St. Cloud, by
the Empress, and to present to her Majesty, in the nal"