The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-04 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY, 6 P.M.
We have received the following private tele-
graphic despatches:—
" MARSEILLES, 2d, Evening. The Hellespont
steamer arrived this evening; she brings the de-
spatches of the Euphrate, which had left Constantinople
on the 20th, but bad put into Malta damaged. Ac-
counts from the Crimea announce that a body of
Cossacks had taken Eupatoria, but it had been retaken
by the allies. Prince Menschikoff having declared that
he would burn Sebastopol rather than surrender,
General Canrobert replied to hint that the whole of the
garrison should be put to the sword."
" BERLIN, 2d, Evening--St. Petersburg, 2d (Russian
despatch given under all reserve.)—Prince Menschikoff
writes under date of the evening of the 27th, that since
the affair of the '2sth no movement has been undertaken
against Gen. Liprandi. The fire against the fortress was
weaker on the 26th and 27th than on previous days. The
Russian batteries returned it with success. The attack
from the fleet has not been renewed."

Other despatches have been received from Trieste,
Vienna, and Warsaw, but they are merely repeti-
tions of what has been already given. One states
that the son of Osman Pacha has been kilted, but
does not state when or where.

The Debuts has a long article on Spain which
contains some statements of a nature to excite
serious uneasiness as to the pacification of parties
in that country. The article begins with a com-
►nentary on the address of Salazar, one of the
Spanish Ministers, to the people of the Basque pro-
vinces. This address has been much censured, as
containing passages little calculated to command
respect for, the throne, and some astonishment has
been expressed that after such a publication M.
Salazar should have remained in the Spanish Ca-
binet. The Debats says that he has been kept
there by Espartero, whose entire confidence he
possesses, and thus Espartero is identified by the
Debats with all that can be regarded as offensive to
the Queen in the address of M. Salazar.

All the ships of the French Baltic squadron have
returned to France, with the exception of the Aus-
terlitz, which was obliged by stress of weather to
put into Sheerness,.
_

- Private telegrapic despatches from Marseilles,
dated last night, announce that letters from the
squadrons confirm what had been already known of
the silencing, on the 17th, of the batteries of
Sebastopol on the sea side. It appears that this
duty was performed by the French squadron, while
the English division, under Admiral Lyons, did the
same by Fort Constantine. 25 men on board the
Charlemagne were killed and wounded, and the
same number on board the Ville-de-Paris. The
practice of both at the distance of 600 feet was
magnificent. Of the several forts in the direction
of the sea that of the Quarantine is the only one
that kept up a fire on the 18th. The fire of the
Allies on the land side was equally vigorous, though
interrupted for a space, on the side of the French,
by the explosion of two of the magazines which
contained the daily supply of powder. On th.e 17th
the English fired 5,000 cannon halls.

The Three per Cents. closed to-day at 75f.
40c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-
Half per Cents. at 98f. 25c. ; Orleans Railway
Shares, .1,205 ; Rouen, 976 f. 25c. ; Havre, 562 f. ;
Great Northern, 875 f. ; Strasburg, 8421. 50c. ;
New Shares, 651 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 1,051 f.
25c- ; Lyons and Mediterranean, 880 f. ; Western
of France, 667 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 617 f.
50c. ; Great Central of France, 530 f. ; Lyons and
Geneva, 5351. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 780 f.

THE MEDITERRANEAN.
MARSEILLES, Nov. 2.
Yesterday being the Festival of All Saints was
observed as a strict holyday here, except by the
Wa'r Department. At an early hour 600 irien of
the 20th Regiment of the Line marched to the port
of the Joliette, and embarked in the new screw
steamer the Byzantine, of 1,200 tons, chartered by
the Government to convey troops and stores to the
Crimea. The Byzantine belongs to the company of
Leon Gay, and is the first ship which has cleared
out from Marseilles direct for Balaklava. She
took on board, in addition to the troops, 3,000,000
of ball cartridges and 20 chests of a projectile
lately invented at Metz, and which produces an
immense effect at the enormous distance of 7,200
yards. They arrived at Marseilles under charge
of an officer of artillery from Metz, who will make
a trial of them against the Russians at Sebastopol,
should that fortress hold out until their arrival.
The officer who invented those rocliets was not
aware of the great effect until they were tried in
presence of a military commission appopted for
that purpose. When the Emperor was informed
of the new invention he commanded that a con-
siderable quantity should be manufactured for the
siege of Sebastopol ; but it appears that there is a
certain difficulty in preparing them, and that even
when all hands in the laboratory at Metz were em-
ployednight and daythey could only produce 40 in the
24 hours. After the Byzantin sailed the American
steamer William Penn shortly followed, likewise
chartered by the Government, and carrying detach-
ments of the sth and 74th Regiments, amounting to
384 men. The Marseilles steamer Avenir sailed in
the afternoon with 600 of the light infantry,
Those men will be a seasonable reinforcement
for the army in the Crimea. The weather is
delightfully fine, and promises then a quick and
prosperous passage.
The Tharsis, private steamer, sailed on Tuesday
with 300 troops for Constantinople. The Egyptus
sails to-day for the same destination, carrying the
mails, 300 troops, and a full cargo of provision
for the army. The private steamer Prophet
will sail on Saturday for Gallipoli and Constanti-
nople with troops and stores. Four hundred men,
who are to be incorporated with the Ist Regiment
of Cha.sseurs d'Atrique, on service in the Crimea,
have arrived at Marseilles for embarkation.
After five months suffering the town of Mar-
seilles has been declared, free from cholera, and
clean bills of health were issued for the first time
yesterday. _

No news has been yet heard of the mail steamer
Euphrate, which sailed from Constantinople on the
20th ult. It is known, however, that she was at
Messina on the 25th.

A letter from Algiers of the 30th ult. announces
that a decided advantage had been gained in the
south by Major Du Barail over the Cherif of Ouaigla
and the tribe of the Ouled-Amlakrona, who had
traitorously attacked a small detachment of French
cavalry, and killed Serjeant-Major de Bois Guil-
bert. The Arabs were surprised at their encamp-
ment, and dispersed, with the loss of 80 killed,
10,000 sheep, 800 camels, and an immense quantity
of booty captured. This success was the more for-
tunate, as the Cherif Mahomed ben Abd Allah had
obtained possession of Nigouca, and threatened to
resume his authority iu the oases of Ouargla.