The Press.
London, England, 1855-09-22 00:00:00

THE WAR,

The Crimean telegraph has been very uncommuni-
oative this week, so far, at all events, as the intelli-
gence it may have conveyed is allowed to transpire.
Some hints are, indeed, given that the tidings now
transmitted relate chiefly to preparations for future
movements against the Russians in the field which
it would be indiscreet to publish just yet. On this
account probably the British Government have
allowed many days to elapse without communi-
cating a single despatch from General Simpson,
while even in Paris only a few scraps of news are
allowed to transpire from the Pelissier messages,
and these refer entirely to the condition of Sebastopol
and the relics of stores and munitions found among
the ruins. The following are the published extracts :
Sebastopol, Sept 17.
The enemy have not destroyed their docks, the neigh-
bouring establishments, the barracks, Fort Nicholas, or
Fort Quarantine.
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The commission has commenced the ennmeration of
the materials left. A first general survey has given the
following result :-4,000 guns, 50,000 balls, a few hollow
projectiles, a large quantity of round shot, a large quantity
of powder (notwithstanding all the explosions that have
taken place), 500 anchors, half in excellent condition,
46,000 kilogrammes of copper, two steam-engines of 30-
horse power, a considerable quanty of sawn timber for de-
fence works.
A later despatch, dated Sebastopol, Sept. 18, has
also been received :
The generals and superior officers who have been
wounded are going on as well as possible.
No cause of anxiety in prospect.

Immediately after receiving the intelligence of the
fall of Sebastopol, the Emperor Napoleon charged
the Minister of War to transmit the following
despatch to General Pelissier

Honour to you Honour to our brave army. Congra-
tulate all in my name.

His Imperial Majesty also directed the Minister
to send the following despatch to General
Pelissier :
The Emperor charges you to congratulate the English
army, in his name, on the constant valour and the moral
force which it has displayed during this long and trying
campaign.

The following are Prince Gortschakoff's despatches
respecting the bombardment of Sebastopol of the
Bth, as given in the Journal de St. Petertbourg :-
Bth September, Noon.—The enemy receives nearly
every day new reinforcements. Tbe bombardment con-
tinues with unexampled violence, Our loss has been more
than '2,500 men in the last twenty-four hours.
Ten o'clock.—The troops of your Imperial Majesty
have defended Sebastopol to the last extremity ; but it
was impossible to hold it longer on account of the infernal
fire which was poured on the town. The troops have
passed over to the north side, after completely repelling six
out of seven assaults made by the enemy. It was only at
the Korniloff that we found it impossible to expel them.
The enemy will find in Sebastopol nothing but blood.
stained ruins.

The bombardment lasted three days and a half,
so that the Russian loss during that time, at the
rate cited by Prince Gortschakoff, would have been
8,750 placed hors de combat before the assault, and
by tie artillery projectiles alone of the besiegers.
Le Nord publishes along and laborious letter from
a Frankfort correspondent to prove that the soldiers
of the Russian army in the Crimea have plenty to
eat and drink. A correspondent of the Vienna
Military Gazette, who writes from Odessa on the
bth inst., comes to the point at once in the following
fashion :

The army of Sebastopol is well supplied. Some parti-
cular articles fetch prices almost incredible ; thus, a lemon
is worth a silver rouble (3s. 241. ), but meat is almost given
away, and tobacco is as cheap.
A despatch from General Gortschakoff, dated
Sept,. 11th, in the evening, speaks in the following
terms :

We have blown up a great part of the fortifications of
the southern part of Sebastopol.
The enemy begins to appear in (not very numerous)
groups amidst the ruins of the town.
We have transported to the north part of the place all
the wounded who remained in the southern part after its
evacuation.

On the 15th the Prince reported nothing new in
the Crimea.

The latest official despatches received in Paris are
not important. They only say that the allies are
gradually occupying Sebastopol.

.
Prmce Gortechakoff is supposed to be meditating
another attack on the Tschernaya.

The allies are strengthening their former position
in that quarter, and their cavalry is menacing a
movement into the interior.