The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-15 00:00:00

FRENCH ACCOUNT.

The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the sub-
stance of a deipatch from Rear-Admiral Rigault de
Gen ;uilly, in command of the French squadron in
Canton river :

" The landing of the allied forces took place on
;be 28th of December.

"In consequence of the small numl er of men
which Rear-Artmiral Iligault, de Genouilly had at
disposal (*bout 900 men) a post of honour—that is
to say, the head of one of the columns of attack—
was allotted to the French troops by Rear-Admiral
Seymour, commander of the English forces.
" This mark of sympathy greatly pleased our
sailors and soldiers.

" English and French marched with equal order
against the walls of Canton.

On the 28th, after some skirmishes with the
Chinese troops, Fort Lin was captured.
"M. Martin des Palheres, Sergoant-Major of the
Marines, had the honour of being the first to plant
the French flag on the walls.
"On the 29th the attacking columns advanced
against the walls of the town.

"The second mate of theaapriciense,
wits first in the bre-tch and planted our colours on
a watchhouse on thy walls. He was closely and
bravely supported by a gunner of the same cor-
♦ette named Laurier.

"Every man, adds Rear• Admiral Rigault de
Genouilly, rivalled the zeal of our intrepid allies,
and did his duty to maintain the honour of the
arms of the Emperor, which was maintained in all
its brightness.
The Admiral speaks favourably of Captain
Collier and of Lieutenants Vautre and Veriot.
" The despatch concludes as follows :
`" Canton is at the mercy of the allied forces.
The north forts seem to havebeen abandoned. The
flag* of France and England are hoisted on the
five story pagoda. Our loss is small for an attack-
ing force. lam acting in concert with Admiral
Seymour and General Straubenzee to make sure
the results of tho victory obtained by the arms of
England and of France. The fire from the allied
fleet was excellent, and contributed in no small
degree to the success.' "
TEIE T.

IRANSIT THROUGH EGYPT.
ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 5.
Her Majesty's trsop-ship Urgent, with the 92d
Highlanders, en, ronte for Bombay, arrived here
on the 30th ult. The original intention of Govern-
ment appears to have been that the regiment
should be conveyed from Suez by the Adjdatio, but
the steamer, as mentioned in a former letter was
,
taken up to carry forward the London mails of
Dec. 10, together with a detachment of the 69,h,
thus replacing the regular mail boat, the Alma,
which was disabled by
an accident to ber machinery
in her homeward passage from Calcutta and
Ceylon.

.thfs'ocinderrp
occurred to independently of the mischance that after-
wards cu
having put back to the Adjdaha herself, the boat
Aden leaky after having pro-
ceeded some
300
port, might have led
diles on her journey from that
to rather en, barrassing results ;
but, fortunately, the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's steamer '
from Kurralhee Oriental is on her way back to Suez
her Majesty's b wuhtil. her she has already conveyed
Regiment, and instructions
have been received from the home government for
th* embarkation of the 92d by the Oriental. She
is expected at Suez
al), ut the 12th inst., and it may
be hoped that the r
delay in Egypt. I.zirnents will not undergo much
will tend to
show e't'e several accidents however,
that
as long as this route is used
for the conveyance of
_troops it will be absolutely
necessary to have a
se
on the Red Sea to provide
number of transports
e against contingencies.
The actual trvid
transit through Egypt can at all times
be effected with perfect
connected with the moving; and all arrangements
of the trolps across the
Isthmus are superintended
by colonel Pocklington,
who, with two other oflicers
Major Collingwood and Captain the Queen's army,
been deputed to Egypt by the Mayeock, have
British Government
for that express purpose, Whiel
India Company's a‘rent likewise e the consul and East
Cons en the subject from their possess instruc-
rer respective Govern-
ments. There is moreover, ason to hope that the
journey to Suez will soon be
by rail. A large increase ht:rforated throughout
been made in the
number of men engaged on the
works at the ex-
tremity of the line near Suez,
and I am informed
that the Viceroy promises that
in a few weeks the
rails will b© laid down to the shores of the Red
Sea.

The telegraphic announcement of the arrival at
the Calcutta and
ChinaSe z of
themails, njustd an,
been withreceived
attributedcinal to the violent
She arrived
yesterday afternoon, but there has again been a
telegraphic unications, which,
storms of wind and rain experienced through the
past week. The winter. up to the present has been
of extraordinary F evexity---such,
sat: 301 'lle nfsoiroinn former occasions,
indeed, as sadly
to belie the otherwise
.well-merited reputation of
the Egyptian
.winter climate. The mild and
genial weather which, as a rule, generally prevails
during the present season has, in fact, this year
given place to a continued succession of gales and
storms, with the thermometer on more than one
occasion at a most unusal proximity to the freezing
point.
The United States' corvette Constellation, after
a sojourn here of about ten days, has taken her de-
parture for Messma. It was at one time thought
that she would first steer for the coast of Syria, in
order to give the support of her presence to the
American Consul-General, who left for Jaffa a few
days ago for the purpose of making an investigation
into the circumstances attending an outrage of a
root ruffianly nature, of which an American mis-
sionary stationed at Jaffa and his family have lately
been the victims. This gentleman's house was
broken into during the night, he himself stunned
by a blow on the head, his son-in-law killed out-
right, and his wife and daughter subjected to the
grossest indignities at the hands of the assassins.