The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-09 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS•

A despatch from Marseilles of yesterday states thAi
the packets of the 24th and 30th November, from Co
stantinople, are over due.
The Alps, Indiana, Nubia, and several Vegll.4l
steamers, had left with troops for the Crimea. re
The frigate Constitution, and other transports, a
embarking the division of General des Sallee. v. et
The Laplace, Aigle, and Fonnerre, left for the "'II.
yesterday ; and the St. Louis, and several steam frigates
are about to leave.
The steamer New York left Havre yesterday' for e°P;
stantinople ; she carries out a full cargo of proviej°l:
and stores for the army, 75 carriages for the ambulae"
large stores for the hospitals, and also several portable
forges for the use of the camp.
The 4th Light Infantry in garrison at Marseille
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which belongs to the Ist Brigade of the Bth Divie°l:o'
under orders for the Crimea, had claimed as a favour:"
be led against the enemy, even before there was any lnd
tention of sending out reinforcements. This den3oto
was addressed to General de Sallee, who happened fit
be then on a tour of inspection, and who, being 0110r'
afterwards appointed to the command of this Divisiea,
published the following order of the day : rof
" Soldiers,—Your wishes are granted. The Erne,
has consented that you should share in the noble exP" .
of the glorious Army of the East. Like your heroic
panions in arms you will give proofs of valour in presea„,
of the enemy, and of patience and perseverance in 81311
porting the fatigues and privations of war. March fora 311
with confidence, under the immortal French eagles, ,tio
make the Russians tremble to your rallying cry of
l'Empereur 1 so that France, on your return, may r.„io
with pride on your colours the names of new and bet";
battles, united with those of Austerlitz, Eylau, Moses
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Alma, and Inkerman."
The two war battalions of the 49th Regiment, forod
part of the 9th Division of the Array of the East, sth-0
have just left Toulouse, will arrive at Nismes en
17th and 18th of this month, and wait there for further
orders. The 10th battalion of Foot Chassenrs 1359 r.
rived from the Camp of the South at Marseilles to • eal;
bark for the Crimea. An immense quantity of raunitioe
of war reaches Marseilles, daily. Aeli'
The ships of the line Duperrd, Breslau, and In~he
ble left Cherbourg on the 4th inst. for Brest. Oaf ,01
6th the new screw-liner Prince Jerome, sailed
Lorient for Toulon. On the 7th the steam-corvettes Dl4rl-0.
and Eldorado, and the transport Pintade, detained 1;11.0
trury winds in the roads of Brest, put to sea, the twe
receeding to Toulon and the other to Rochefort. pa
English transport Nubia, coming from London, a
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the American corvette St. Louis, from Spain, arr
at Marseilles on the sth. On the 6th the steam.corvetej
Cameleon arrived at Toulon from Brest, having Par ti
on the 2d with the ship of the line Louis X.V., o",ee
miles N.E. of Cape Palos. The steam-corvette LaPi,6o.
sailed from Toulon on the 6th, and the steam•aviso
nerre on the 7th, both with troops for the Crimea.

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bable that the whole Finland Gulf coast is ice-loco-the
notwithstanding the half-thaw which took place/40e
end of the week, and, consequently, that the InsP;
and her consorts will soon join the admiral at 1-fe'johis
The Worcestershire Chronicle says that Henrik the
Wentworth Hodgetts Foley, Esq., only son
esteemed member of Parliament for the eastern o"rion,
of this county, is to be married next Tuesday to the
Lord
Jane Frances Anne Vivian, daughter of the late 00t
Vivian, Master-General of the Ordnance, and $l3l
distinguished soldier.
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VESSELS LOADING Fort IiErSTRALIA.—OOI3B.-;(.1 e
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terest has been excited by the early departure of ,s'beivg
of the fastest clippers in this trade, quite a flee" neco',
advertised to sail before Christmas. The greatest 9ro of.
la.tion, however, has centred in the probable positoor
the James Baines and Red Jacket, which are to
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from this port within a day or two of each other,iyer It
as the former carries the mail under penalty to dellole
out in 65 days, the Red Jacket will have a fornill_uut i 0
competitor. The ships are equally matched, go %smg
ballast, are well manned and found in stores and P eso
skilfel commanders. Subjoined is a list of all the vall ja
on the berth, which, by the way, are unusually 1011
number ag
Destination.
No. of Vessels. T°11"
0,
Hobart Town 1 ...... 1,6
...... ,68
Geelong ............ ,u,nl
Sydney
2 30#
Adelaide 4 ....... g
..... 18,73
Melbourne l5 ............
Totals
14, with an aggregate register of 14,147 tono. /di
The sailings during the month 207 f ..........................................
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