The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-05 00:00:00

TaBILTRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.— Mr. B. T. SMITH respectfully informs his friends and the l'ablie admirers of Mr. G. V. BROOKE that he has engaged that eminent artiste to perform for Seven Figh ts only, prier te his depar. tnre fer Australia. Mr. G. V. BROOKE will appear THIS EvzsraG, October 4th, In THE STRANGER. Friday, 6th, in OTHELLO. Saturday, 7th, in HAMLET. AM Monday, 9th, in MACBETH; being positively his last appearance. Mr. SMITH has also engaged Mr. E. WRIGHT, the public favourite and celebrated Comedian, to appear in his original Farces every Evening after Mr. G. V. Brooke's performance. The Box-oface is open for booking places daily, from Ten to Five. is consequence of numerous inqniries, early application is solicited. THZATBE ROYAL HATXARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buykatone. THIS EVENING, Oct. 5, Will be performed THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Chippendale , Howe , Rogers, and Cullenford Miss Reynolds and Mrs. Buckingham. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a NEW BALLET. To be followed by THE IRISH LION. Principal character by Mr. Hudson. To conclude with A FISH OUT OF WATER. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directroes, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENDTG, OCT. 5, Will be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED SON. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Murray, Bedford, and Seeley: Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Woolgar. Aftei which, MONSIEUR JACQUE3. To conclude with NORMA. Principal character by Mr. Paul Bedford. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Aileron. THIS EVENING, Ocr. 5, - - be performed THE ILLITSTRIOUS STRANGER. Princi pal character by Mr. P. Honey. To be followed by 'TWAS I. After which, THE NEW WAGS or WINDSOR. To conclude with THE MERRY MILLERS. Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 28. 64.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes Al Is., to be had of Mr. Allcroft„ lb. New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. The SIEGE of SILISTRIA, with an additional Stud and Four HUNDRED SUPERNUMERARIES, is in active preparation. THIS EVENING, The very interesting Equestrian Spectacle called, THE WOOD MAN'S HORSE; or, THE FALSE KNIGHT. After which, a series of those brilliant and unique SCENES In the CIRCLE, the invention and arrangement of Ur. William Cooke. The whole to conclude with a Laughable Farce, called THE 'RISE TUTOR. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. Wm. Cooke, Jun. FIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAT —Morning 54 inin.after 1 11 1 Evening 18 min. eft. 1 To Maw ow —Morning 41 min.after THE WEATHER.—Su x °mot, Ocr. 5. THKEINONITZE, IN THE SHADE. 62—highest since noon on Saturday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 67—this day, at nom. - JoutomrfEß, 29'64. WriciD, S.W.—Rather fresh, with sunshine and cloudy weather, portending rain. I Ct ~~~~ LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1854. INTELLIGENCE FROM THE ARMY I N THE CRIMEA. fiield at the head of 20,000 men, expecting rein forcements ; that the fortted plate of Anapa has been . burnt by the Russians ; that its garrison was marching to the scene of action ; and that a convoy of ammunition, escorted by Cossacks, had been taken and destroyed by an English detach ment. The Banshee, bearer of this news, left the Crimea on the evening of the day before yester day. We understand that despatches have been re ceived this day from the Commander-in-Chief •of the British Army, by the Duke of Newcastle, :at the War Department, which will be published in an Extraordinary Gazette this afternoon. It ap pears that the Russians have blown up or destroyed the fortress of Anapa, and reinforceil Prince Menschikoff with sixteen thousan d men, by way of Kertch and Perecop. Ti.ue Allied Army were entrenched on the 2i:th of September on the river Katcha, and to the east of Sebastopol, in two camps. From this it would appear that Prince Menschikoff felt hixa self so strong that he disputed the advance of the Allied Armies, which were waiting for the arrival of the Reserve then on its way from Varna and Constantinople. The reports hitherto received of the capture of Sebastopol must have originated in the progreso. of the Allies after the storming of the height s of the Alma. When the Allies are reinforced by the Reserve we have no- doubt they will give a good account of their enemies, but the struggle will be bloody , as well as glorious. We shall publish the contents of the Extraor dinary Gazette as early as possible this afternoon.. LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. SUN OFFICE, Half-past 2 o'Clock. Since writing the above, we have received the following, which differs ia some immaterial par ticulars : The occupation of Bala Clava gives the Allies complete command of the approaches to the forts and harbours of Sebastopol, and cuts off the com munication from the east by way of Kertch and. Amapa. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER s, 1854. 'CIRCULAR. BILMORAL, 00T. 2. Her Majesty is Queen, with his Royal Highness the Prince, and the .adies and Gentlemen of the household, attended Divine txrvice, at the parish church at Crathie, yesterday. The hey. A. Anderson officiated. Yesterday morning the intelligence of the victory over the Russians on the Alma reached the Queen, by electric telegraph and express messenger, causing the greatest joy to her Majesty. OCT. 3. Yesterday her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince rode to the Shiel of Altna Guisach, where it was her Majesty's intention to pass the night. Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Desart. The Royal children took riding and walking exercise. Despatches from the Governors of the West India colonies were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Lord Aberdeen, whose mansion, Argyll-house, has been undergoing embellishment and repairs during his absence in the north, is expected to arrive in town at the close of the ensuing week from Balmoral Castle. Lord and Lady Haddo and family, we understand, have arrived at Alexandria, in the Pacha of Egypt's frigate, from Malta, and intend to pass the winter in the East for the improvement of the health of the noble lord. The day before the departure of the Emperor and Empress from Boulogne, their Majesties inspected an allegorical composition in basso relievo, by Mr. Carew, representing union between the fleets of France and Eng land, and graciously expressed their approbation of the work ; and the Emperor desired Colonel Fleury to inti mate to Mr. Carew his regret that in consequence of his immediate departure he could not receive the artist, but that as the work was intended for the Exposition at Paris next year, he would take that opportunity of ex pressing his opinion personally on the subject. The Marquis of Salisbury is expected to leave his seat in the north of Scotland this' week, on his return to Hatfield House, Herts. Lady Molesworth has arrived at Taymouth Castle on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane, from Inverary Castle, the seat of the Duke of Argyll. We (Dublin Evening Mail) understand that the fol lowing distinguished personages are expected at Garbally during the ensuing week :—His Grace the Duke of Leinster, the Duchess of Leinster, Lord and Lady Lurgan, Lord Gough, Hon. C. B. Wandesforde, the Countess of Carrick, and Lady Lucy Butler, Robert Fowler, Esq., and the Misses Fowler, Earl of Annesley, Sir Philip Crampton, Bart., Hon. Richard Handcock and the Misses Handcock, Mr. Crosbie, Hon. Skeffing ton Daly, Mx. and Mrs. Pakenham, &c. Cardinal Angelo Mai's library is likely to be brought to the hammer. It is valued at 16,0001. _ _ V M. de Kisseleff, ex-ambassador of Russia at Paris, has ust taken for a year an hotel in the Rue Ducale, at Brussels. The Bishop of Lincoln has instituted the Rev. Henry Ashington, M.A., late rector of Kirby•le-Thorpe, near Sleaford, to the rectory ofßrauncewell, with the rectories of Duneby and Alnwick annexed, Lincolnshire, vice the Rev. Charles Cotterell, M.A., on the nomination of the Marquis of Bristol. The vice-principalship of St. Mark's College, Chelsea, will become vacant at Christmas, by the resignation of the Rev. T. Williams, M.A. The appointment is worth 2001. a year, with rooms and commons. The Rev. John Barrow, M.A., fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, has been presented to the rectory of Gatcombe, near Newport, Isle of Wight, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. William Thompson, D.D. ; patrons, the University of Oxford. MAHARAJAH DHULERP SINGH.—His Highness Maha rajah Dhuleep Singh, Prince of Lahore, who Is at pre sent the guest of the Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, at Hickleton-hall, Yorkshire, paid a visit to Doncaster, in company with the Peesident of the Board of Control, on Saturday last. His Highness who was attired in the Eastern costume and mounted on a splendid Arab charger, after a brief stay at the Royal Hotel was intro duced to the bench of magistrates at the petty sessions at the Guildhall, where ho remained some time witness- ing the administration of justice. His Highness was also introduced to the board of guardians, and was sub- sequently conducted through the markets and the prin cipal thoroughfares of the town. The object of the Prince appeared to be to make himself acquainted with the institutions, manners, and customs of our country, and he paid maked attention to all he saw. DEPARTURE OF THE AMERICAN MAILS.—The United States Mail Steam-ship Baltic, Capt. James Cornstock, sailed from the Mersey, for New York yesterday fore noon, with the usual mails for the Western Continent, 208 passengers, and a full cargo of valuable merchan dise on freight. REOPENING OF THE EDGWARE-ROAD.—The repairs of this road having been completed, this important thorough fare has been reopened for traffic. 'The road has been paved with granite blocks as far as Burwood-place, and as the road has been opened, it does not appear to be intended to substitute any further portion of the rnaca dathised road for the stone paving at present. ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY.—The Earl of Ducie, Lord Panmure, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Sir R. P. Glyn, Bart., C. W. Grenfell, Esq., M.P., David Bailin), Esq., John Baily, jun., Esq., A. W. JMffray, Esq., and J. R. Jaffray, Esq., have become vice-presi dents of this Royal and noble charity. THE AUSTRALIAN MAlL.—Yesterday the mail for Ne ff South Wales, Australia, Van Diemen 's Land, and New Zealand, was made up and despatched, via Southamp ton, by the contract mail packet Argo. This was one of the heaviest mails that has been despatched, there be ing no less than 420 packages and bags filled with letters and newspapers ; the average weight of each being about 1 cwt., gives the total weight of this mail at fully 20 tons. This is the first despatch at the reduced rate of postage, via., 6d. the half-ounce. SOLDIERS' FRIEND SOCIE/Y.—WAR IN THE EAST.— Last evening a crowded meeting was held in Exeter Hall, in connection with this society. The meeting was convened for the purpose of taking leave of six Scripture Readers, who were about proceeding to the East under the auspices of the society, in order to act in conjunction with the regimental chaplains, as missionaries among the soldiers now stationed there. The meeting was presided over by the Rev. Dr. Marsh, Hon. Canon of Worcester Cathedral, who was accompanied on the platform by the Hon. Major Powys ; the Rev. Mr. Wright, chaplain of Artillery, Woolwich ; the Rev. Mr. Chalmers, the Rev. Mr. J. T. Brown, and a number of other gentlemen in terested in the movement. AUSTRALIAN EMIGRANT SHIPS.—A magnificent de jeuner was given on board the new clipper ships James Baines and Champion of the Seas, now loading in the Coburg dock, Liverpool, yesterday afternoon, under the presidency of Mr. Thomas M. Mackay, Mr. James Baines (both owners) occupying the vice-chair. The promoters, probably thinking that the affair was only possessed of local interest, confined the invitations (usually accorded to metropolitan correspondents in a shipping port) to the local press, so that we regret to be unable to furnish a report of the speeches on the occa sion, which we learn contained much interesting statis tical matter, but from persons present we learn that the dejeuner was of the most magnificent description, and worthy of the respectable firm who own the ships. Mr. John Moore, of Upper St. Martin's-lane, who, for thirty years, was the publisher of various illustrations of the Turf, and of our national sports and recreations, died on Monday. Mr. Moore died at the age of 59, of choleraic diarrhoea. THE I',ILLITIA. — The Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk (the Earl of Stradbroke) has addressed a circular to his De puty-Lieutenants impressing upon them the propriety of filling up the militia regiments to the complement re quired by law, and requesting them to render th e i r b es t assistance, in compliance with the directions of the 17th and 18th Vic., cap. 105, towards that object, in the hope that the deficiency may be provided for by the close of the year. The 2d Regiment of Somerset Militia have been, for the last few days, in course of training at Bath, and are under orders to proceed to Cork for per manent duty. REVENUE ACCOUNTS.—One of the members of the Board of Customs having, in his recent inspection of the outports, recommended that the lockers at the several outports should keep regular books . of receipt s a nd de liveries, in order that the supervising office rs may be enabled to ascertain by inspection from time to time the duties performed by each locker, the Board have directed that the lockers at the outports keep journals of the work daily performed by them in the same manner as is n tickets, done by the landing office rs in London, and they have issued CRYSTAL a PALACE general order October t b to ; admissionalelrt4h.e7ports4.—Shilling ty g ill t n ot s h ed a aa t syo: effect. Admis sion at the doors, 5 547 ; total, 6,518. COLOGNE MINING COMPANY. —At a meeting of this company, held yesterday afternoon, it was announced that 6,0001. had been subscribed towards the 10,0001. required to continue the works. It has been agreed that the directors shall proceed with the money in hand, on the understanding that a further sum of 2,0001. at least shall be raised as speedily as possible. NEW CHURCH AT DEPTITORD.—On Monday last the first stone of St. John's Church, Deptford, was laid by the Archdeacon of Middlesex. The church will be a handsome gothic structure of large dimensions, beautifully situated on a hill adjoining the Lewisham road. A number of the clergy and gentry of the neigh bourhood were assembled on the occasion. Arch deacon Sinclair stated that one munificent individual had placed 10,0001. at his disposal to build a church, • parsonage, and schools in the parish of Deptford, and that to meet this contribution he had been presented by another liberal friend of the Church (Mr. James Lucas) with an elegant villa and garden for a parsonage, and also with commodious sites for the church and for schools. BRISTOL, Oct. 4.—The Seringapatatn, 1,000 tons bur den, the property of Messrs. Miles and Kington, mer chants, of Bristol, went down the river this afternoon for Kingroad, where Sir Geo. Grey, the newly-appointed Go vernor of the Cape of Good Hope, who has been staying for some days at Clifton, accompanied by his suite, will embark for his destination. The Seringapatam will likewise take out with her a mail for the Cape and 105 passengers for the Cape and Melbourne, and is expected to make a rapid voyage. Mr. G. P. Whittall, one of the Bristol merchants, has recently made a sale of the steamer Bournabat to the English Admiralty agent at Constantinople, for the use of the allied fleets. She is now in the Black Sea with the expedition against the Crimea. This vessel was built by the late firm of Acra man, Morgan, and Co., and was purchased in 1846 of the assignees of that firm by Mr. Whittall, and sent to his friends at Smyrna, to be employed as a conveyance from that port to the country residences of the merchants of the place. The efficiency of the engines and building of the vessel have been well tested. CRIME IN DUBLIN. Yesterday a Parliamentary paper was issued, sho;vin,g that in the last five years the prosecutions for crime, in Dublin City, numbered 4,505 cases. - In 1842 the number was 1,049 ; in 1850, 821 ; in 1851, 865 ; in 1852. 861; and laid year: 908. WAR DEPARTMENT, OCTOBER 5. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle has this day received a Letter, of which the following is a copy, enclosing, by direction of the Earl of Cla rendon, a copy of a Telegraphic Despatch from Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, her Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople : Foreign Office, October 5, 1854, 104 a.m. Sal—l am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to transmit to you herewith, for the information of the Duke of Newcastle, a Copy of the Telepraphic Despatch from Viscount Stratford de Redoliffe, dated September 30, 9i P .M., and purporting to have been forwarded from Bucharest by her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General, on Septem ber 30, 3 p.m., and. containing accounts from the Crimea.—l am, dze., E. HAMMOND. Colonel Mundy, &c. Translation of the exact copy of a telegraphic despatch, received October 5, 10 a.m., and transmitted by the agent of England in Wal lachia, at Bucharest, the 30th of September, 1854, 3 p.m. Lord Stratford, Constantinople, to Lord Claren don, Minister of Foreign Affairs, London. September 30, at 9} p.m. The Allied Armies established their basis of operations at Bala Clava on the morning of the 28th, and were preparing to march without delay upon Sebastopol. The Agamemnon and other vessels-of-war of the Allies were in the Port of Bala Clava. There were facilities there for dis embarking the battering train. It is stated that Prince Menschikoff was in the STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE. [This was written before the receipt of the pre- ceding.] The capture of Sebastopol has not as yet been officially announced either at London or Paris, and althourgh there is no reason to doubt the fact that the stronghold of Russia in the Crimea has passe?.. from her possession into that of the Allies, considerable anxiety is very naturally entertained ' to obtain an indisputable confirmation of the pleasing intelligence, and also to learn the full particulars of some matters still involved in mystery. As we explained in our impression of yesterday, there are persons who, for their own private purposes, are desirous of keeping the public mind in suspense by discrediting the accounts already reoeived, and depreciating the value of the triumphs that had unquestionably been ob tained. The only wish of the worthy Bears is to produce a fall in public securities, so that, in place of being obliged to pay, they might have large "di f ferences" to receive. They are strenu ously supported by the habitual grumblers and fault-finders—persons who are never satisfied un less when disparaging the exertions and censur ing the conduct of every public man. These " croakers " would prefer the verification of their glocriny vaticinations to the most important advan tages that could be achieved by the Allied armies—the pleasure of being enabled to say—" I i told you so," to the most brilliant triumphs of their countrymen. Both these classes are at present busily en gaged casting doubt on the great event that has crowned the efforts of our gallant forces and their equally gallant coadjutors in the Crimea, in suggest ing that the absence of a direct communication from our own Ambassador proves the inaccuracy, if not the total falsehood, of the statements that have been circulated on high, although not ac tually official, authority. A little consideration will, however, satisfy any disinterested person that we could scarcely have received this official account be- fore this very day, or possibly to-morrow. It must not be forgotten that in every instance private accounts of each remarkable event had been ro- ceived and widely circulated long before the offi• cial intelligence. There are persons on the look out, who forward to their correspondents any important results. Nothing of any magnitude has occurred without vague rumours having been circu lated for several days previously, at leas t four or five. We also know that official information has in each instance taken at least nine or ten days before being communicated to the public. It was not until the 25th ultimo that the tidings of the landing of the Expedition on the 14th was an kounced, the Secretary-at-War himself having only received the account at a late hour on Sun day night ; and ?yet the safe disembarkation of the troops was known on the previous Wednesday evening. Here, then, was a delay of five days before the fact generally credited received official corroboration ; and it was twelve days before the landing on the 14th was announced, and ten days (flora the 16th to the 25th inclusive) before the official publication took place. Again, on the 27th ultimo, it was positively announced that " the Russian Embassy had re ceived a despatch of the 22d from the Crimea, of which all that was known was that it contained news unfavourable to the Russians." There can now be but little doubt that this related to the defeat at Alma, and, indeed, rumours of such a defeat were generally circulated at the same time. It thus appears that the intelligence was known at Vienna within five days from the time of de spatch, while the Duke of NEWCASTLE did not receive the official account from Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE until a late hour at night cm the 30th, nor that from Lord RAGLAN until the Ist inst.; or, in other words, eleven and twelve days respectively, from the time of the glorious victory, they were intended to communicate. From these unquestionable facts, then, we argue : Ist. That there is nothing very extraordinary in the capture of Sebastopol being known at Vienna, and, therefore, at Paris and London on the Ist October, or even the 30th September. 2d. That there is not only nothing extraordi nary in not having received the official news, but that we could not reasonably expect to have had it before this time. On the first point, it is stated that the second defeat had been sustained by the Russians at Kalantai, on the 22d instant; and there have been - various accounts of the destruction of Fort Con stantine, some reporting it to have taken place on the 23d, and others on the 24th, while the surrender of Sebastopol itself was fixed to have taken place on the 25th. Now, judging from what had previously occurred, there would be nothing extraordinary in hearing at Vienna on the 30th what had occurred at Sebastopol on the 25th. Besides, it seems tolerably certain that private parties would send off the news the mo ment the matter had been virtually decided, when the capture of the chief forts protecting the entrance into the harbour, and the participation of the Allied Fleets rendered the result an absolute cer- tainty. Here, then, there would be six or seven days (inclusive) for the receipt of the intelligence. No such very extraordinary performance when we p f r a e n v i o e u x s t l r y aor b d e i e n n a accomplished.extraordinary oven t that 11 dook t e o s, w l h ve a l t e h a a r d n o materially accelerated the accounts.iae proceeding It was first deliv ere d b y a French frigate from tho Crimea t o Constantinople another th a t h ad near l y arrived to at Varna. A considerable delay, that should be calculated on under ordinary circumstances, was thus averted, and we could scarcely look for better authority than that of the officers and men actu ally present at the glorious events described, in forming their brethren in the same service of what had taken place. But that was not all. A " Tatar" arrived at Varna in due course with despatches to Oita "t au. The Turkish General was absent, but the messenger told hi story, which completely corroborated that of the crew of the French frigate, there being barely such diScrepancy as to the minor details, while there was a complete agreement as to the salient points, as would induce any person accustomed to the investigation of evidence to yield greater credence to accounts received from two independent and perfectly trustworthy sources. The " congratulation,s" of FRANCIS JOSEPH may also be considered as " Confirmation strong as proofs of Holy Writ." So that, on the whole, we believe that implicit reliance may be placed on the great fact—" The Capture of Sebastopol." On the second point we must recollect that the contest had not been completely terminated. The accounts received were to the effect that " MEN SCHIKOFF had retired to the inner part of the harbour, and had declared that he would blow up the rest of the fleet if the attack was continued ; and that the Allied commanders had given him, six hours for reflection, and entreated him to surrender in the name of humanity." Now, the officials: despatches from the command ing officers would certainly not be despatched un til the victory was complete, and everything brought to a conclusion. We cannot, therefore, suppose that they were transmitted from the Crimea until the 26th, and probably at a late hour in the day. We could not, therefore, fairly look for their arrival before this evening, or pos sibly to-morrow -; and that supposing that they were communicated as rapidly as the news of the battle of Alma, and that there had been no mis hap which might have detained them for hours, if not days. On the whole, then, we still feel unabated con fidence as to the glorious result ; and we trust the public will believe that we have ample grounds for our conviction. The magnitude and importance of the events in the Euxine have diverted public attention for the time being from the Baltic. We would, however, remark that the season has not as yet terminated, and that it is by no means impossible that the CZAR may have to deplore almost as severe a blow in the North as he has already sus tained in the South, and that Sweaborg, or. pos- sibly Cronstadt itself, may share the fate Ol Sebastopol before the termination of 1854. The ice has not as yet set in. There is still a month during which the fleet may operate, and we should not feel greatly surprised if "gallant old CHARLEY" yet " left his card" at some of the Northern strongholds of the AIITCCRAT. The prestige that formerly attached to the granite fortifications has been completely overthrown— first, by the speedy capitulation of Bomarsund ; and, secondly, by the no less summary capture of Sebas • topol. The superiority of "wooden" over "stone" walls has been; i early 1 emonstrated ; and, late as it is, there every reason to hope that our recent experience will not be altogether fruitless. It is true that we had land forces both at Bomarsund and Sebastopol—that the attacks on these for tresses were conducted simultaneously by land and by water. It is no less certain that the French troops had returned homewards, and it was there fore supposed that no great exploit would be at tempted in the absence of our faithful and effi cient allies. But there is now every reason to believe that the combined navies of France and England could alone have succeeded in both seas, and it is there fore by no means improbable that a determined effort will be made in the Gulf of Finland to cripple th.. 3 " left" arm of the CZAR, now that his " right" has been paralysed. We have taken a most important post, the strength of which had been loudly vaunted. Much treasure and labour had been expended iu rendering Bomarsund " impregnable," making it, in fact, a second Sebas topol, from which the Capital of Sweden might be perpetually menaced, as Constantinople was threatened from the stronghold in the Crimea— and yet its destruction was effected almost with out loss ! It was scarcely attacked before the success of the assailants was certain, and the mag nitude of the triumph was enhanced by the fact that it was accomplished almost without the loss of a single life on the part of the victors. When we consider these unquestionable facts, and look to the position of the fleet at the Isle of Nargen, and also the circumstance that the French ships had been recalled, it seems more than pro bable that " something is in the wind," and the Gulf of Finland will not, late as it is, be permitted to escape with impunity. The Baltic has already witnessed many British triumphs. It may, ere many days have elapsed, behold another that will cast all preceding ones into the shade, and reflect equal honour on the united Union-Jack and Tri colour to that which has been so nobly earned in the Euxine. But even should our sanguine anticipations not be realised, should the frost set in without the destruction of another Russian stronghold, we should not be too exigeante or querulous at the disappointment. We must recollect that we have. kept the powerful fleet of the AUTOCRAT skulking beneath the batteries, where they were only safe, because the shallowness of the water prevented our men-of-war from " getting at them ;" and also because we had not the peculiar class of gun boats required for such operations—that during the entire season of 1854 the Russian eagles had never once been displayed on what had previ ously been regarded as a Russian lake—that the entire coast lay at our mercy, and that if life and property were spared it was owing to the forbearance and humanity, rather than to the weakness or timidity, of the armaments of the Maritime Powers—that we likewise captured with almost incredulous facility one place reputed to be of immense strength, and that the value and im portance of the exploit was only depreciated from the singular ease with which it was accomplished. Besides, the mission of the Baltic Fleet was not solely offensive. It was likewise intended to pro tect the Neutral Powers abutting on the Baltic— to guard Sweden, and Norway, and Denmark from any aggression on the part of the infuriated despot who would be well disposed to regard their neutrality as a serious offence, which he would gladly avenge if he had the power of so doing. Nay, more, it was necessary to protect the shores and the commerce of " the United King dom" from insult or injury. If through any mischance, any unexpected casualty, the Russian Fleet was enabled to show in the Northern Ocean, there would have been no end to the reproaches showered upon the devoted head of the " reck less" Admiral who had exposed Great Bri tain to such humiliation. We believe that we could have succeeded in destroying the Russian strongholds in the Gulf of Finland as well as at the Isles of Aland. We believe that we may yet inflict " a heavy blow and great dis couragement" on the AUTOCRAT in his most vul nerable quarter ; but we shall patiently await the progress of events, certain that everything that can prudently be attempted will be fully accom plished, and not depreciating the well-tried courage of our Admiral because he has tempered it largely with the discretion of which ho was erroneously supposed to be deficient. Might not the Hannibal, Algiers, Cressy, and other steamers, be sent at once to reinforce the Baltic fleet with some thousand soldiers ? They would reach the Gulf of Finland in teu days or a fortnight, at most, in spite of all weathers. DUTY.—No man's spirits were ever hurt by doing his duty. On the contrary, one good action, one tempta tion resisted and overcome, one sacrifice of desire or in terest purely fur conscience sake, will prove a cordial for weak and low spirits beyond what either indulgence, or diversion, or company can do for them. And a suc cession and course of such action and self-denials, spring ing from a religious principle, and manfully maintained, is the best possible course that can be followed as a remedy for sinkings and oppressions of this kind,— Pracy. DESTRUCTIVE AGENTS OF W.A.R. The authorities hai'D been some time experiment ing upon a new inVention in warfare, which, though simple and apparently inBignificailt, is of essential importance to one arm of the service. We allude to a new percussion-cap, which is a decided im provement upon the old make. In the ordinary cap the detonating powder is placed in direct com munication with the nipple, which exposes it to the damp from the atmosphere and from the vapours of the barrel after being discharged. The powder is protected in the new cap by a metallic lining, which keeps it perfectly dry ; and were it immersed in water for several days its explosive power could not be diminished in the slightest de gree. Therein lies its grea t advantage as compared to the old cap ; for many a soldier has missed fire from his cap being damp, and, as a consequence, has been greatly inconvenienced. The detonating material of the new cap is placed in a recess of the lining, and forms a slight convexity over the per foration of the nipple, which prevents the latter being stopped up, secures a perfect central fire, and, as the powder is completely insulated, no corrosion can ever take place, which is ordinarily one of the great inconveniences of guns fired by the percussion-cap. Our soldiers will now be sup plied with a sure and effective aid iu their field duties, which will pllce them upon a par with the elite of those who comprise the continental armies ; and in the case of the Riflemen the use of the new cap will be essentially effective and advantageous. The Government have adopted the improved cap, the inventor of which is a Mr. C. Armstrong, of Birmingham. THE SCOTTISH .HOSPITAL. Yesterday, the Quarterly General Court of the gover nors of this charity was held at the hall of the Scottish Corporation, Crane-court, Fleet-street ; Dr. Webster in the chair. The secretary, Major ADAIR, read the minutes of the preceding Quarterly Court, which were received and confirmed in due form. He Shen announced that a banner had been presented, bearing the badge of the Scottish Hospital, by a number of gentlemen from amongst the supporters of the society, viz. :—Sir Johnohn Forbes, James Boyd, Esq. (Fur nival's Inn), Grant, Esq., of Wood-street ; Robert Hepburn, Esq., Thomas Macgregor, Esq., William Morison, Esq., G. G. Sandeman, Esq., George Smith, Esq., Hugh Stuart, Esq., and Jas. Adair, Esq. A vote of thanks was given to the donors, and the record of the proceedings was officially signed by the chairman in the usual way. From the other statements read, it appeared that a meeting of the Relief Committee was held on the 13th of September, when the cases of 195 petitioners were con sidered, exclusively of the select list of 130 pensioners. The accounts showed that 328 persons had been relieved by small sums, amounting, in the aggregate, to 1501. The accounts laid before the committee on Wednes day, the 7th of September, were also read ; from which it appeared that the donations received for the quarter, amounted to 554. 1 .. 15s. ; the annual subscriptions, 3541. Bs. ; the receipts from the produce of the Cale donian Ball, 3121. 3s 6d. ; the receipts from interest on stock, &c., 9841. lls. 6d. ; total, 2,2051. 18s. This was expended in the following manner :—By ehatity, 1,7581.; passages, 71.125. 9d.; salaries, &c., 2831. Bs. 6d; repairs, 1041. 2s. 10d. ; other expenses, 1721. 15s. Bd. ; total, 2,3261. Ps. Balance in the Bank of England, 3321. 19s. 3d. The usual payments for the current expenses of the quarter were then ordered. The item amounted to 921. 18s. 6d. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chair, and the proceedings terminated. SEWERAGE OF LONDON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—As I perceive that you are taking a lively in• terest in the growing nuisances from the sewers, arising from the system of trapping now extensively carried out, I take the liberty of submitting to you a scheme which I proposed to the Metropolitan Commissioners in 1849, when a plausible invitation was given for suggestions to clear up the difficulties which then beset them, and which promise to go on ad infinitum, notwithstanding the high names and theoretic pretensions of the schemers who enjoy the favours of the persons in power. The system which I propounded in 1849, and which I have since submitted in extenso to influential persons, is extremely simple, easily understood, and, I flatter my self, compatible with practicability and economy—its principal feature being an unlimited command of water wherewith to flood the sewers, accompanied with e f fective ventilation. _ _ The basis of the project was to sink a shaft at the sum mit level of a district to the level of the Thames, with which to communicate by a tunnel in the London clay, so as to bring an inexhaustible supply of water to the bottom of said shaft ; to erect an engine, and pump up the water partly upon the street and partly into the sewers, which torrent of water could be guided through the sewers at pleasure. The boilers of said engine to be fed with air from the sewers, whereby the atmospheric air would enter the gratings, and, together with the effluvia of the sewers, be discharged up the engine chimney. The advantage of a large supply of water would be incalculable to the inhabitants, as well as valuable in the event of fires. In order to give full effect to this apparatus, the en gine must be worked immediately after high water, in which case the refuse of the sewers would descend with the ebb tide, and never more reach so high up the river. I flatter myself that I speak practically when I assert that, under such a system as this,'the perpetual removal of the filth would have a much less injurious effect upon the water of the Thames, whilst this principle of venti lation would place the sewers in a healthy and unobjec tionable state. As to the grand projects which have now for years engaged the public attention, they are, in my opinion, . not only impracticable , but require such a profusion of money and time that they will never be accomplished, w hilst my plan would take effect upon the existing sewers, and could be carried out in a definite time. Let any one acquainted with the city of London imagine such an establishment as the above planted in the neighbourhood of the Charter House, he will see that it would command an immense area of descending sewers, whilst the time and cost of accomplishing it are brought within the scope of the most ordinary calcu , lation. MATTS. DUNN, Government Mine Inspector Newcastle upon-Tyne, Sept. 27. IRISH LAND TONTINE. —An Irish land tontine is pro. posed for certain estates in that country, valued at 180,0001., and yielding a rental of 7,500/., which is ex pected to increase. It is to consist of 1,800 shares of 1001. each, and the interests of the holders are to depend upon any lives they may respectively nominate (either their own or others), the persons so nominated not being less than 70 years of age. When only 20 lives remain the estates are to be sold and the proceeds divided among the shareholders represented by them, or the dis tribution may be made at any earlier period if required by four-fifths of th e personsinterested. A sum not exceed ing 1,2001. per annum is to be reserved for management, and the net rental is to be invested in Consols, or such other securities as may be agreed upon, and to be dis tributed in 1860 and 1861, and after that annually until the final disposal of the property. At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. W. A. Park, of Manchester, held on Monday, a 'statement was pre sented, showing liabilities for 73,2621. against assets for 58,2381., and the estate was agreed to be wound up under trustees. The bills of Messrs. James M'llenry and Co., of Liverpool, returned yesterday ; but the amount of their liabilities, which are believed to be very large, has not been stated. The difficulties of this house have occa sioned less surprise than those of Mr. Oliver, since during the last five months they have be en reported to have re turned about 100,0001., or 130,000/., of draughts drawn upon them from New York by a Mr. J. B. Bitching, who was supposed on that side to act as their agent. The reason given for the dishonour of these draughts was, that they had been drawn without in structions. Messrs. M`Henry and Co. are understood to have speculated largely in cotton and corn as well as other produce, and were represented as having made 98,000/. by their grain transactions during last autumn and spring. It became generally known yesterday afternoon that the bills of Mr. Edward Oliver, a n extensive merchant and shipowner of Liverpool, }Ave been returned. The position of his house, however, is of such importance that the strongest efforts are in progress to avert a per manent stoppage. Its liabilities are stated at 700,0001., while the value of the assets, chiefly in ships, is asserted to be over 1,000,000/. Meetings of some of the banks and the leading firms have taken place, and a committee has been appointed to ascertain the correctness of these figures. Should it clearly appear that the hoped-for surplus exists and merely requires time for rerlisation: sufficient aid, it is understood, will be at once afforded to prevent a final suspension. Should that event not be averted, it is feared other houses will fall. Whatever may be the view taken, it is to be anxiously hoped that nothing will be sacrified through panic justare at a moment when all the evils of a long period of pr gra dually disappearing, and every prospect is presented of an easier and more healthful state of business than has pre va.iled for many months. The Claudia, with the India and China mails, and the Argo, with the Australian mails, left Southampton water yesterday. The Indiana steamer also left Southampton yesterday for New York. WRECK OF THE MINERVA.—LegaI proceedings conses quent on the loss of the Minerva steamer, the property of the Cork Company, have been instituted by parties who had goods on board. A trial will take place in November, before a special jury. MURDER IN CLARE. —An occurrence of the most painful nature occurred on Friday last, the 29th uit., at Core, near Feakle. It appears from the facts that have reached us that two boys, named Laurence Grogan and John Twaddle, each aged hen e en Grogan ears, wrested uar relled about some trifling matter, w out of Twaddle's hands the spade with which he bad been digging. Twaddle immediately went to his father's house, brought out a gun, and shot Grogan at the distance of 20 yards. The unfortunate lad died almost instantly. Twaddle was arrested on the same evening: THE CRIMEA• CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 25. At the battle of the Alma, on the 20th of Sep tember, the Russians numbered 45,000 men, and 100 cannon. The English had 1,895 rank and file, 96 officers, 114 sergeants, and 23 drummers killed and wounded. The loss of the French was 1,400 men and 60 officers. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 4. The Trieste Zeitung says that the reported fall of Sebastopol is false. The Allies had sent to Varna for cavalry. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY -EVENING. Advices from Odessa of the 29th September state that fighting continued uninterruptedly in the Crimea from the 25th to the departure of the courier on the 27th. The allies were on the rivers Belbek and Mer ;erewady, ten wersts from Sebastopol. The English Levant steamer took 340 wounded Russians from Eupatoria to Odessa on the 28th. Si allied steamers had captured prizes off )dessa. The Turkish troops at Bucharest fired guns on ;he 2d to celebrate the victory of the Alma. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY. " The Russian Embassy last night published a despatch of the 26th of September, in which it is said that Prince Menschikoff had met with no impediment in advancing from Sebastopol along the road to Bakchiserai, and that no attack had been made on Sebastopol. " This intelligence was telegraphed from St. Petersburg on the 2d. " It is not doubted here that the despatch was forwarded by Menschikoff on the 20th, and not on the 26th. The journey from Sebastopol to St. Petersburg, via Moscow, takes seven days. "It is now 10 o'clock, and the Turkish Em- bassy has received no news from Omer Pasha confirming the taking of Sebastopol." THE WAR IN ASIA. TREBISONDE, SEPT. 16. General Andronikoff, with a superior force, had 'ortified himself at Urzugheti. The condition of the Ottoman army on the Tschuruk-su was unsa- ,sfactory. The Governor of Kars remains active. The Russian outposts had advanced to Untschi. kilissar again, interrupting the communications with Persia. A second caravan, with 3,000 hopes, had been .ntercepted. Schamyl has abandoned the attack upon Tiflis, appearing resolved to co-operate with the allies on the Circassian coast. THE PR INCIPALITIES. JASSY, OCT. 2. Baron Hess arrived to-day, with 8 squadrons of cavalry, 6 battalions of infantry, and 3 bat- aeries . The population received the Austrian troops joyfully everywhere. The Emperor of Russil and the Hereditary Grand Duke were positively soon expected at Warsaw. THE BLACK. SEA. The Freinden Blatt has the following Russian despatch with respect to the vaunted repulse of the English troops, which is doubtless false, as it ob viously manifests an ill-suppressed but particular spite against their English antagonists : " BUCHAREST, Sept. 28.—0 n the 20th the allied troops attacked the Russians, who had taken up a strongly fortified position on the left bank of the Alma. Tile left wing of the allies, commanded by Lord Raglan in person, was repulsed by the Russians, with a great display of bravery (braveur), whereupon the French di. vision renewed the attack. After an obstinate contest of three hours' duration, the battle was decided in favour of the allies by a charge with the bayonet. The Russians retreated with great loss to the entrenchments before Sebastopol, and the allies succeeded in occupying the heights. The loss of the allies was not less considerable, and is estimated at between 3,000 and 4,000 men." The Austrian Correspondence has the following despatch : " CZERNOWITZ, Oct. I.—Advices fromiOdessa, of the 25th September, announce that up to the 20th idem several conflicts have taken place in the Crimea, in which the artillery of the allied fleets was at times en abled to take part. Prince Menschikoff has abandoned his position on the Alma, and withdrawn towards the heights of the small river Katcha. The troops under General Chomnteff have formed a junction with those under Prince Menschikoff." The Soldaten Freund contains some information which serves to render what has recently occurred in the Crimea more comprehensible. As has been above said, the Russian commander had his head quartws at Duvankai, and on the 18 th he despat ched the following news by way of Cherson to Odessa: — The Russian right wing was leaning ou Bakshi Sergi, and the left was near Uzkuju, a place on the coast between Bourluk and Mamachai'. Kalantai, where the battle was fought on the 22d, is a little to the north-east of Mamachai. The Russian pickets on the left wing were on the left bank of the river Alma. The object of Prince Menschikoff in occupying this position with two divisions (30,000 men) " was to protect the weakest side of Sebastopol." From the heights near the place where theßjetschkaTscherna (Black River) falls into the port of Sebastopol along to Fort Constantine, there is a chain of redoubts Indeed, from Uzkuju to Fort Constantine the Rus sians have fortified every important point. 15,000 Russians were originally stationed in the rayon be tween Balaklava and Cape Chersonese, but 10,000 of them were advancing to the Alma. ' Attention is particularly called to the fact that Sebastopol has only supplies for three months. The ships' crews have already been put on two-third rations. The Austrian Correspondence contains a letter from Odessa, followed by a telegraphic despatch. The former is dated the 22d, and the latter the 25th ult. It appears from the letter that imme diately after the landing at Eupatoria was generally known to have taken place, General Chumotoff, the military governor of Kertch, marched from thence with 6,000 infantry and one regiment of Cossacks, towards Simpheropol, in order to antici pate the occupation of this capital by the enemy. The telegraphic despatch completes the intelligence by informing us that General Chumotoff had suc ceeded in joining Prince Menschikoff, who had aban doned his position near the Alma, and retired to the heights along the little River Katcha. This is evidently the Russian version of the defeat suf fered by the Russians in their fortified camp near the Alma. The correspondent likewise informs us that the number of Russians concen 7 trated in and near Sebastopol was about 60,000. The Russian war-steamer Tam an arrived at Odessa on the 21st ult. from Sebastopol, the pas sage from thence having occupied three days. She had four Turkish prisoners on board ; and it was said that she had destroyed two Turkish transport ships. The reason why the Russian steamers have so often escaped our cruisers appears to be attribut able to their using an excellent anthracite,. the smoke of which is of a light grey, very tine, and transparent ; they are therefore, of course, less likely to be seen by an enemy. A letter from Odessa, of the 22d ult., in the Lloyd's of Vienna, says that two great fires had broken out in the town, and had destroyed the de pots of goods in the ports. On that day a merch an t ves sel arrived from Galatz. Being the first that had arrived for four months, she was received with great pleasure. The Danube was completely fre e between Galatz and Salina ; the Russians only re tained a point near Isatcha to unite the territory of Bessarabia with an isle of the Danube. RUSSIA. Letters from Warsaw, of the 2;tii ult., con firm the account previously given of considerable movements of Russian troops in Poland. The s peedy arrival in the capital of that kingdom of the heredi tary Grand Duke and hilts etaff in order to take the command of the Imperial Guard who are on t march for Warsaw may be considered as positive. The third division of the Imperial Guard is marching on Revel to be in garrison there. The head-quar ters of the guard will be established at Warsaw, and from the arrangements making it appears evi dent that the Grand Duke will make a long sojourn in that 'city. Since the 25th the railway has been daily conveying to the Austrian frontiers of Cracow detachments of the two divisions of grenadiers who have been quartered in Warsaw and its neighbour hood during the summer. Three regiments, how ever, will not quit the capital until the arrival of _the Imperial Guard, and four battalions will be quartered at Lowicz. Adjutant-General Murianeff who commanded the division of grenadiers, has been appointed to the command of the army in Finland, and is replaced in his former command by General de Moller. General Kokosewaki, who commanded in Finland, is called to St. Petersburg, and General Sirmolaw is appointed commandant of the fortress Alexander, at Warsaw, in the room of General Schitow, who i s or d ere d t o join the active army on the Pruth. These letters of the 27th po sitively state that Marshal Paskiewitch had given orders to the civil and military authorities of the Government of Kielce to prepare quarters without delay for eight regiments of infantry, two cavalry, and three batteries artillery about to arrive in that Government near the Austrian frontiers. The au thorities have been 'ordered to cause the delivery by the landowners of the necessary supplies of men and horses. There is much talk at Warsaw of the speedy arrival of the Emperor Nicholas. Several arrangements are bein g made which would seem to indicate his arrival, but high military personages think that at the present moment the presence of the Emperor would be more necessary at the centre of Government than at Warsaw. The young Count Orloff, son of the Adjutant-General of the Emperor, whose death from the wound he received. before Silistria has been frequently reported, has arrived at Warsaw with his mother, from Kiev,. The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from. St. Petersburg of the 26th ult,, - which says f--" This day a telegraphic despatch has arrived here from Moscow, stating that the Russians had with‘frawn on the 20th towards Sebastopol, after a sanguinary engagement." IVlercantile men have arrived in Prussia recently from Kazan and other remote inland parts of Alms sia. According to their assertions, the public is 1 tept. in a profound state of ignorance regarding all t hat is passing. No man dares open his lips to ask es 'en a simple question upon political or military su jects. The only intelligence that is diffused is through the _Russian Invalid, which scarcely pen e.- trates beyond the circle of great towns. The peopla only hear through their priests that victory upom victory continues to be gained in Asia, for which:. Ts Deums are ordered to be chanted half a dozen. times over. It is believed by the masses that the.' , Russian armies are still on their way to Stamboul, that the allied forces are destroyed by cholera, the fleets skulking behind some Turkish promontory, whilst those who ever heard of the Crimea deem it to be the predestined grave and prison -house of all who shall dare tread upon the soil where the heir. Wladimir first preached and converted.. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Oct. I.—The Austrian Government is:, preparing a note for Russia, the sense of which is. said to be, that if the St. Petersburg Cabinet per sists in refusing to give the four guarantees de manded, it will be considered a casus hall% Now that the allies are eminently successful in the Cri mea, the German Powers will probably insist on Russia's accepting "the four conditions," in order to save the Emperor Nicholas from a still greater humiliation ; but the English and French Govern ments are far too clear-sighted not to. see through such a political trick. The Emperor's journey to. Hungary has been entirely put off. The Emperoar Nicholas does not go to Wars4w. It is related here that the bait held out by the Russian agent, Colonel Kovalewsky, to Prince Daniel of Montenegro, was that a kingdom should be formed for him of some of the frontier pro vinces when Turkey was reduced to submission. All the additional intelligence which has reached. this place since yesterday, directly and indirectly, from the field of battle near Sebastopol, amounts to , this :—" The people here still disbelieve the re-; ported surrender of the fortress, notwithstanding Omer Pacha's despatch of yesterday, and notwith standing all the despatches and arguments of the. Lloyd." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Oct. 2.—The extraordinary supplement published by the National early yesterday after-i, noon, containing divers telegraphic despatches, all confirming the total defeat of Prince Mensohikofr on the Alma, and for the most part insisting upon the surrender of Sebastopol itself, produced the most, profound, and upon nine-tenths of the population. the most joyful impression. For the haughty, intem perate, and unskilful Prince Menschikoff, who has. proved himself as utterly incapable in the field as. upon the waters and in the Cabinet, no pity what- . ever is felt, even by the Russian devotees. Thii battle on the Alma, at which the despatchers' received by the Russian legation admit that he wasi compelled to abandon the field, and " to retire,,, after a combat against superior numbers," is con sidered by strategists here as a further proof of Prince Menschikoff's failure in strategical and tactical skill. He is condemned, and was con demned beforehand, for taking up a position. parallel to Sebastopol—a position which crippled his left flank movements, and exposed that flank - .. and its reserves to the guns of the fleets ; whilst it. proportionately favoured the right flank movemen of the allies, which enabled the latter to extend their own left, and operate upon and probably tur a. the Russian right, and, as would seem to have bee n. the case, oblige them to fall back without fighting ; or, if defeated, cut them off frOm all resources b' at to crowd for protection under the guns of their oiN rn entrenchments on the heights immediately col 1,- tiguous to Sebastopol. The position which tb to Russians ought to have taken up, it is said, aft. er having with unparalleled laxity permitted ti io allies to land unmolested, should have been dia gonal that is, with their left leaning towari lsi Sebastopol, their right stretching northward, s,, and their front towards the sea. By this theiiv flanks and rear would have been secured, theiii • communications with the north and east would have been kept open ; and the allies would have been compelled to bring up their right shoul ders, to change their order of battle, and to move with great caution, lest their own left flank and. the landing-place should be turned and left open. to assault. Such a position, appuye by its left on Sebastopol, would have enabled the Russians to fall back, if defeated, in any direction they pleased ; and, if successful, to have made a rush upon Old Fort and Eupatoria, so as to cut off or embarrass. retreat ; whereas the position they took up exposed. them, if routed (as they have been routed), to crowd. together into a gradually decreasing front, whilst. that of the allies continued to extend, and me naced the fugitives with being enveloped if they. stood their ground on the Katcha or Belbek rivu lets ; or, to avoid this, to fly into their last en trenchments. FRANCE. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) WDDNESD.A.Y EVBNING. Not the slightest intelligence has yet reached ms relative to the fate of Sebastopol. Indeed doubts are now thrown on the authenticity of the news.. The instant I receive news of any importance you, shallve it, "via electric." Till then your readers musilr ave patience. There is nothing of much moment in the French journals. They are few in, number, and consist only of a summary of the ac counts which have arrived from different source& relative to events in the Crimea. The fact I communicated yesterday of the Em peror of Austria's personal congratulations being conveyed to the Emperor Napoleon is confirmed in. the Moniteur of to-day in the following manner : "His Majesty the Emperor of Austria has charged Baron de Hubner to convey to the Emperor of the French his sincere congratulations for the brilliant suc cess of his arms in the Crimea, and to add that he most heartily joins in all the hopes connected with it." The Emperor of Austria and his Government, must have consider the Czar to be utterly helpless, or they would not have dared , to take such a step. Tho following p r i va t e te l egra phic despat c h es have been recei ve d " VIENNA, Oct. 3.—The official news, relative to the fall of Sebastopol, is hourly expected. " It is rumoured that Prince Menschikoff has sur rendered on condition of being allowed to retire freely." "MADRID, Ist.—Serious disturbances have broken out at Malaga, Logrono, and Jaen. A republican conspi racy ha s been discovered. It is said that the Infante Don Henry has been sent to the Balearic Islands. The Queen has returned to the Prado. The bulletin of the cholera g ives 6 new cases and 4 deaths." The German journals which arrived this morn ing contain some information from the Crimea, which was omitted in the accounts sent to Paris by private telegraphic despatch from Vienna; and which is of interest, as it enables us to form a bet ter judgment as to the probability of the news of the fall of Sebastopol. I give the articles of the German journals as they appear, although some of the facts are alr-acly known, for in their entire state they will prevent confusion. It will be seen that the procedings of the allied armies up to the 23d ult. were known at Bucharest two days before the arrival of the courier with despatch es from Constantinople for Omer Paella, At that time the fall of Sebastopol was re.