The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-08 00:00:00

THE CRIMEA.

The Lloyd of Vienna of the 3d says :—" Ac-
counts from Varna, 2Gth, state that, according to
leters from the Crimea, fire had broken out four
different times at Sebastopol i . n consequence of the
bombardment, and that it was not extinguished
without great difficulty. Nearly 60 houses had
been buret, and a large storehouse full of pro-
visions had also taken fire. Persons who have
left the place state that the inhabitants are in the
greatest consternation; shells and rockets having
fallen on the houses nearest the walls, they were
obliged to be evacuated. Water was very dear,
but there was no want of provisions.

The Journal de Constantinople, of the 24th ult:,
in giving an account of the progress of the siege of
red-hot shot ; the town
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ho pfio
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e is on fire so that
, says :—" The siege goes on surely; the
the Russians are obliged to push their works for-
ward where they are constantly erecting batteries.
Much mistake has been made
in the estimate of the
value of fort Constantine which is really of little
importance, but a large fort or tower which com-
mands the town must be taken before the latter,
and it will soon be so."

The impartial of Smyrna states that Lord Rag-
lan is said to have intercepted a letter from the
Emperor Nicholas to the Archbishop of Balaklava,
who has taken refuge at Sebastopol.
TURKEY.

, We learn from Mostar that the pacha of that
place is enlisting all, without distinction, capable of
bearing arms. The Porte has, demanded a contri-
bution of 5,000 purses from the pacha of Mostar,
and likewise, it is said, from the pachas of Mace-
donia, Arnaut, and Bosnia, but there is very little
probability that the " purses" will be forthcoming.
THE WAR
ON THE DANUBE.

A letter from Galatz, under date of the 25th
(Lloyd), informs us that the Russians in Bessarabia
are not in a position to assume the offensive, but
are compelled by the comparative smallness of their
numbers to remain strictly on the defensive. All
the marches and countermarches, on both sides of
the Danube, are merely for the purpose of deceiving
the Turks, of whom there are about 30,000 at
Ibraila; and the Turkish troops continue to concen-
trate there. Omer Pacha was expected at Ibraila.
(We hear from another quarter that he is at present
at Rustchuk.) The squadrons of Skender Bey and
Zadik Pacha are already at Ibraila. The belli-
gerents are nearly face to face at Ibraila, only the
river dividing them.
Preparations were being made for the reception
of Prince Ghika. The Secretary of State, atourdza,
and the Minister of Public Instruction, Mauro-
janni, were expected at Galatz from Jassy on the
28th inst., to receive the hospodar on his arrival
from Vienna.

In a communication from Hermanstadt, to one of
thejournals in Vienna, it was announced that Ge-
neral Dannenberg, with 20,000 men, was at Ismail.
The Kalisch correspondent of the Lloyd corrects
this statement, and informs us that General Dan-
nenberg, with the,infantry and artillery of the

4th infanter corps, is at Odessa, and the remainder
of the corps, i. e., the Liprandi division, is at Se-
bastopol. This division was not long since engaged
in the Caucasus, and there suffered terribly. It
took part in the Hungarian war in 1849, and two
years after was paraded before the Czar in Volhynia.
It was also engaged in Lesser Wallachia. The
affair with the English happened immediately upon
the arrival of the division at Sebastopol, and the
Kalisch writer appears to entertain no doubt that
the Russians were completely victorious.