The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-11 00:00:00

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ALL the south side of the harbour of lioloolied
L la the pommies of the Allies,—not a slitele Sato
den remains there except as a prisoner. Temallie
war readers to form as clear a conception of the
process by which this important issue hes been
obtained, as the curt telegraphic despatches admit of,
we submit to them a thyme of the operations from
the moment of re-opening the bombardment. The
Preach and English batteries opened their fire st
daybreak on the sth inst. The bombardier/it was
continued all that day and the next withostalmsben.
big. On the night between the sth rug ads. a
Russian two.decker was set on fire by a *elk sad
burnt to the water-edge. On the afteround the 7the
another Remise frigate was set on Are sad deenordt.
A great explosion was based 'anon the Ruda"
works about midnight—supposed. to ban been of
magazine oa the north side. On the morning of the
Bth a great See was observed to be burning about the
middle of the tows of Sebastopol. At noon on the same
day a simultaneous attack was made= the Malakhoff,
the Careenisg Bay Rehm, and the Central Bastion
by the French; en the Roden by the English. The
two first mentioned works were carried by assault,
nod•our gallant Allies made good their position in
the entrenchments of the Malakhoff, but were forced
tocetim from the Careening Bay Redan by the
Leavy fire of the enemy. The attack on the
'Central /testi= proved unsuccessful. The English
carried the salient of the Radon, but were
forced to retire before the enemy's artillery and
his powerful reserves. General Prussian says,
4‘ Our loss was severs:" General Simrsox, "The
casualties, I regret to say, are somewhat heavy." On
the morning of the 9th it was found that the Russians
had evacuated the South Side. During the Freud- I
tug night they had blown up their magazines and set
Are to the town. As soon as their troops were
withdrawn, the bridge connecting the south side of
the harbour with the north was broken up. All the
Remise men-of-war in the harbour were destroyed
daring the night. General SIMPSON states that
they were " burned ;" Sir E. LYONS, that they were
"soak." The Russian navy in the Black See is now
reduced to three small steamers, in the harbour of Se-
bastopel, within range of and exposed to the artillery
of the Allies.
The most torpid imagination may be enabled, even
by this bald and meagre narrative, to °inkjet, up a
lively presentment of the terrors of the sane. For
moms time previous to the attack, we know that the
Russians were availing themselves of their newly-con-
structed floating bridge to convey large reinforcements
of men and artillery across the harbour from the
north. The antagonists mustered their utmost dis-
posable strength on both sides for the death-grapple.
For three days and nights did the Allies continue to
pour an sointermitting storm of shot and shells
upon the doomed fortalioes, from artillery of unpre-
cedented calibre and range. For a time the enemy
continued to reply with a fire almost as heavy and
vigorously sustained. At intervals might be heard
above the roar of artillery the explosions of wags-
eines ; the intermittent flashes of the guns were out-
shone by the blaze of burning hums and ships. At
soon of the fourth day, after a temporary lull, the
assailants rushed to the attack under a salvo from all
their batteries. Next was heard in fierce and rapid
succession the sharp cracks of thousands of rifles. A
deadly hand to hand struggle ensued as soon as the
columns of the assault crowned the crumbllsg walls
and mounds of the defences, and then again theßussian
artillery opened with redoubled roar. The immediate
result appeared doubtful. The Russians, unable to
regain the Malakhoff, . receded from that position ;
the troops which had assaulted the two Roden' and
the Central Bastion retired within their trenches.
There was a brief pause on both aides to recruit ex-
hausted nature. Then arose from within the fortifica-
tions,in rapid succession, the explosions of magazines,
and these volcanic eruptions had scarcely ceased when
the shades of night were lit up by the lurid glare of
a burning town and a burning fleet. At an early
hour of the morning all the southern forts of Sebas-
topol were left untenanted; the broad waters
of the gulf were interposed between the com-
batants of the preceding day, and their surface was
only dotted at rare intervals by a few small steamers,
the fragments of a broken bridge, and the top-masts of
sunken ships. The silence of exhaustion settled down
on the scene of strife, where for four continuous days
the roar of artillery, the crash of explosions, and the
shouts of men preternaturally excited by the awful
contest, bad berated through the hollow mince
with deafening effect.
The universal mind of London was last night
fairly thrown off its balance by the anocrones-
ment of the triumphant issue of the dread
struggle. For a time the rush of the multitude to
obtain early copies of the evening journals bore
a strong similitude to an hirsute. The excitement
spread rapidly droner all the crowded streets.
From every church tower and steeple the bells rang
out the 'larum of victory with deafening clamour-
The French Embassy was the first to illuminate,
and the example was followed in many places. All
this exultation, alter months of anxious expects
tioo, was irresistible. All ranks, all ages, all temps-
:smuts were carried away by the spfiertide of
contagious enthusiasm. By the time these lines
meet the eyes of our readers, the slostrifying
intelligeoce will have produced the same east
through every proclaim of the United Kingdom.
We may my with the post " Now universal
England getteth drank"—at least with mental in-
toxication. But it behoves those upon whom be.
devolved the guiding of the reins of Government to
preserve, amid this whirlwind of teropeetermejnbase.
a tranquil mind and a relentless purpose. ilbe
triumph has been dearly bought by long moot!. et
suffering, heroically endured by our noble am, sod
by a lavish expenditure of life; and It is yet hour
plete. The foe whose insatiable ambition has db•
turbed the peace of Europe must be incapa-
citated front renewing his outrages for a
long period. His navy in the Ermine
has been destroyed ; hie areenat, where was
fabricated and repaired the artillery which enabled
hint to make so protracted a defesee, has been re-
&seed to ruins and wrested from him ; his warlike
stores have been in a great mann wasted and sx-
ploded. The troops which have been drives bask
from the Tchernays, and forced to re-ens the har-
bour of Sebastopol, are doubtless dismayed and dis-
pirited. But he has still a numerous army is the
field, severed by the inlet of Sebastopol. the fortifica-
tions whisk bristle aloag the height, on its Beath