The Sun. — 1855-03-15 (London, England)

THE CRIMEA.  By way of Germany, Constantinople letters of the Ist March have been received. They publish accounts of the attack made by the French, in the night between the 23d and 24th February, upon the redoubts erected by the lussians in front of the left flank of the fortifications of Sebastopol, and in some nneasure explain the contradiction existing between: the despatch of Prince Menschikoff relative to that affair, and the despatches from French quarters. The latter represented the French as having stormed the redoubts, and completely defeated the Russians ; Prince Menschikoff's despatch, an the other hand, stated that the French had been repulsed with a loss of 600 men. It appears that the French did take the redoubts by storm, but then found themselves exposed to a murderous fire from the batteries, and even from the guns of souls) Russian vessels anchored in the port. The position was not tenable, and having destroyed the re doubts they had taken they withdrew with aboult 400 men hors de combat, of which number 100 wer a killed. The Moniteur de la Flotte publishes letters from different parts ol` the coast of the Crimea. The following is an ex tract from one dated Eupatoria, Feb. 22  "I have just heel% on shore, and am delighted at what I have seen. The Vxzrkish soldiers at Eupatoria are tall strong men, well i;Lothed, and well equipped. Almost all of them have itniuskets with percussion locks ; the Egyptians alone ha ve flints. Every man, in addition to his arms, carricw either a shovel or a pickaxe to work at the fortific stions, and I can assure you that they make good use them. When the Russians came to visit us on the I.7th, there were not near as many guns mounted as the re are now. Their attack has had the advantage of shoe ring the garrison their weak points, and they have availed themselves of the information, as now the place is out of danger of any regular attack. The storehouses are L eing filled by degrees, and everything is being organise, i in the most satisfactory manner. When our small detach n tents of marines first took possession of Eupatoria, tA'ley found there a number of camels and arabas (small. carts of the country). A short time age, when it was wiiched to transport some materiel, these animals and carts 'mere looked fur, but no trace of them could be discovered.. After some little time, however, it was found that thee Tartars of the town had eaten the camels, and that the 'Turks, not to be behindhand with them, had burnt them arabas to warm themselves and cook their victuals." The following is darts sd ICantch Bay, Feb. 24 :-" Au act of courage arid humanity was performed here a few days ago which deserves notice. In the morning of the 19th a merchant yeses 31, the Nomad. of Marseilles, laden with military stores and baring on board some ,  soldiers as passengers, went on shore in the west point of the bay._ As the wind was blowing hard and a high sea running, little hopes were entertained of saving the vessel, and the situation of the crew and passengers whose strength was exhausted excited serious alarm, but they were all saved through the gallant conduct of Lieut. Morel and a body of seamen of th• Caffarelli. who in spite of the roughness of the sea, and the cold of 4 degrees below zero (26 Fahr.) dashed into the sea, and taking the men in their arms brought them alll one by one in safety to land."  Another letter of the same date, from Kamiesh Bay, says : " Between the 13th and the 23d instant, 149 sailing ships and 3 steamers, all merchant vessels, have entered the port of Kamiesh, and 57 sailing vessels and 8 steamers have left it. 54,000 kilos. of provisions have been landed from 78 steam-vessels, freighted by the war department. We have now in the bay 9 sail of the line, 4 frigates, 4 steam-corvettes, and 200 other vessels, among which are some very large steam transports. In the night of the 17th the wind blew from the north, and there was a heavy sea both in the bay and the port. The Psyche parted a chain cable, and for a time was in some danger, but timely assistance was rendered, and she at tera Ards weathered it out. On the following morning the wind had lulled, and the sra gone down. This is one great advantage of this port. On the slightest change in the wind, the water almost immediately becomes smo•tb."