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• LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14.

So log as our information from Sebastopol is de-
vivid exclusively from telegraphic reports—Deese-
eerily lasoole In the extreme—it would be rash to
eonjeet•re what may bathe next move of the Russian
army there. Such indications, however, as the.tele-
graph does supply, seem to point to anything rather
than a determined and protracted resistance. The
preparations adverted to by General &meson, in his '1
despatch of the let instant, as seeming to imply an
intention on the part of Prince Oottecnexorr to
concentrate his force. between the sea and the
entrenchments on the Mackenzie heights, might be
interpreted as sigua of a resolution to defied
his position on the north side of the harbour
as long as possible. But the burning of
the mall steamers—the only relics of the Russian
Black Sea fleet—has the appearance of being a pre-
caution adopted, before commencing a retreat, to pre-
vent anything that can be destroyed from falling
into the beads of the Allies. It is, indeed, natural to
expect that Prince OORTCRAKOIF should be anxious
to extricate himself from the Crimes as soon as he can.
To the south he has a numerate, brave, and disciplined
army in front of him ; another of lees force stationelot
Enpatoria threatens his flank; and Yenikale is .-Wd
by a garrison of the Allies. The steamers
of the Allied fleets can in a very short
space of time convey reinforcements to 'Eupato-
ris, or a corps d'armee to Yenitchi, opposite
the termination of the spit of Arabst. In short,
Prince OORTCHAKOIT is hemmed in—caught in •
trap. The observations of the Allied Generals, the
reports of deserters, letters from English officers
prisoners of war in debeatopol—all answer in repre-
senting the Russian army as dispirited. Prince
GORTCHAROWB soldier, do not appear to be in a
mood to make heroic efforts, either to break through
surrounding foes or to die at their posts to the last
man. If this conclusion is correct, it would be the
height of folly in the Allied Commanders to allow
the Reagan army to mope from the Crimea. Its re-
treat ought to be rendered impossible by prompt
movements on their pert, and no overtures for an
armistice, or an evacuation of the Crimea by the Rus-
sians, ought to be listened to. The only terms granted
to Prince Goarcsaxoer should be unconditional sur-
render. Even with nations of a higher civilisation, and
more regard for the honourable observance of com
pacts than the Remises, pledges that soldiers allowed
to go free shall not serve for a limited time against
those who set them at liberty, have rarely been
faithfully kept. Every Russian soldier allowed on
such conditions to quit the Crimea would be found
under arms against us before a month had elapsed.
The services of the Russian soldiers now in the
Crimes, and the use of their arms and warlike stores,
must be wrested from the CzAa.

What course will be pursued by the Russian Go-
vernment under this "heavy blow and greet dis-
couragement," it is impossible to foresee; but the
wisest policy of the Allies will be to assume that it
will resist to the uttermost, and to act upon that
assumption. It is true that some recent occurrences
at St. Petersburg would seem to indicate that dismay
and dissension have penetrated even into the Cabinet.
The dismissal of the Minister of the Interior at such
• crisis suggests the idea that counsels unpalatable to
Majesty may have been offered by him, or that the
blame of recent failures may have been thrown upon
some misconduct on hie part. A Cabinet at
odds within itself, when danger threatens from
foreign foes, is always weak, and apt to be timid. Bat
there can be no greater mistake than undervaluing
the courage of an enemy or his powers of endurance.
We know that the governing class in Russia is cor-
rupt and luxurious in the extreme, but such qualities
an aye the source of a desperate courage. Man
whose sole aim in existence is sensual enjoyment and
uncontrolled power, and who are checked by no prin-
ciples of morality, are exactly the men to set all on
the hazard, like desperate gamblers, when the objects
of their existence are about to be wrested from them.
Many such men there are in the circles of the Rosana
mar, and in the hoar of danger and despondency
their reckless daring will give them an ascendancy
over more timid sad even more prudent characters.
The probability is that every serve will be strained
by the Russian Government to protract its resistance
to the Western Powers.

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lENERAL SIR GEORGE BROWN ON THE
CAPTURE OF SEBASTOPOL

Tha dime" to General Sir George Brows, by his
feilettureemes is Elgin, to which we refund the other
day, ease off ea Tuesday with great last. Nearly 300 of
the most inflesuld noblemen and gentlemen in the earth of
Sestlesd were proud. Provost Gnat, the thief magistrate
of the Evegh, performed the duties of chateau; and
Omens& the eempany were His Highness the Priaei
Edword of San Weimar, the Duke of Riehmosd, the Earl
@Mane, Adminl Duff, Sir Alexander P. Cumming, Mr.
Oasemin Braes, II P., the Hoe. T. C Bruer. the Hos.
Lewis Great, Cassel Marshall, Captain Maitland, dte.
After the usual preliminary toasts, the CHAIRMAN gun
the health of Sir George Brown, in acknowledging which
the gallant Gemmel said—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
I rime, I amen you, with great diffidence, because,
positively, my friend here did appear to me to greatly over-
ra's mad emigrants my services. (' No, no.") I assure
you, gentlemse, I have dose nothing more than carry oat
the erases and isetrnedoss twinned to me by a meek abler
sees; ea& if I had felled to do so, I should have failed Is
ay duty. And more time that, I should have &Ueda
my duty to the mat had and considerate friend I ever
bad num earth. (C►un.) Lord Reglan—(epplause)—
was always so kind sad eonsiderate to everybody
and particularly so to me, be took me so much into his
eosadence, and tneted me to such a way that I would
have bees something warm than a coward if I had not
done my best to obey hie commands. I think, however,
ratlines, I may do better if I leave number one alone,
gad believe that through me you wish to pay a compliment
to the army at large. Osetlease, las truly say that their
con►tany and endurance ban bees, and are above all
pnise—(hear, and loud applause)—only, indeed, to be
equalled by their conduct before the enemy, for British
troops have sever behaved better than they have done in
this sempaign. (Great applause.) I hope the news we
have heard this evening of the fall of Sebastopol will prove
of great importanes, and that we shall be able to do some-
titles decisive, for hitherto we ban bees dghting with one
arm tied. We lan set bees able to mon the army because
we depended upon our ships for every ounce of provi-
slime, ever mend of Wags, sad every truss of hay
we mosumed. It was impossible to move the army to
pass the Teheran& and march epos the Russians without
Navin at least ninety thoesaad ass upon the plateau to
sesta& our pecitios there. We maid not leave our
ground and esionsess 'amoral there to go out and attack
, them; they would not only have got sir goat, hot they
would have obtained possession of peat. of ear position
which we sever Gould have gazed from them. They
would hen established themselves upon the high grouted
fa the way they peeviouly established themselves open
the low grimed, and the esseeqeence would have bees
that we should have hoes besieged, instead of tembithi
thane, is our own harbour. (Hear.) We have sow got
passed= of the south side (then seems no reason to
doubt)—we have sow got pomades of the south side of
the hasboar—which is, in fast, all the town, and oar
troops will be able with a mall forge to maintain the road
to }fatheads's Farm. We eon MU the Teheran', and
we shall be able to fight our enemy upon open ground,
whereas before we could only fight them through
the town. (Chasm) I may say that till now we wen tied
by the leg. The dunks army, it must be remembered,
has frequsully bees very superior is number to ours—
mind you the Roseau have sot bees acting is regard to
their army as we have been doing to ours, or as any other
State in Europe has been doing ; for, while we have been
Improving our civil institutions nudely, eg►d they have
bees paying no attention to anything but their army.
Russia is the most gigantic military power ever sass Nan
earth. She has an artillery quelled. Jost let me
siestas, that while we and the French brought up our
i siege troths, erasistiog of the usual four-inch mortars,
why, sir, these follows brought against us guns which
threw into my own camp shot of no lees weight
that eighty-six pounds, while the size of their shells
also out-matehed ours. In this country of ours
' we have fostered the spirit of freedom of opinion; bar
there is cue disadvantage attendant on this. You
meet with people sometimes who think they know every-
thing. (" Hess, hear," sad laughter.) There area good
many w►o fancy they know other people's business better
, that t►emseives. (Rear, bur.) The cusequence of this
feeling is, that we have had more great generals and &dal-
/ rale at OS dubs sad cofee•honsee than we had in the
army sad navy. (" Heat," and laughter.) It would be no
very dithealt natter, however, to show that every movement
. which has been made by that Eastern army there has brie
good names for. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") The gallant
general Lavin maimed the reasons which led to the
various move cute of the army, said—l have now
' only to »peat my very grateful thanks for the honour you
have sow demise—as hunt whirl I weld Dever forget,
' ens were I a younger man thee I am. (Loud cheers.)
Amulet the other Masts was " The Allied Cieneras," in
pepesing whisk
The Doke Of RICIBIOND said—Gentlemen, I trust that
pils will set esasider that I am intruding too moth ulna
peersilime when I rise is obedience to the Provost le
pews as wit toast. Gentleman, I was teased is Wel•
Ilegesn's Selesel, and I foal It right to obey all lawful
unmade; and though I am well aware that thee* are many
gentlemen here who wined perform the task better than I
can do, yet I an assure you there is no mat la Ude
great empire who feels more deeply than I de. OM my
present toast deserves the approbation and heartiest
sheen you can give it. (Hear, hear.) During a lesser
war, we were unfortunately opposed to the army el
Frame; yet the utmost respect existed between the
°Sean sod soldiers of the contending armies as air
George Brown will agate with me in snag. (" Hear,"
from Sir George) In the day of battle we did oar duty to
oar sonatry and sonnies, bet the moment the WIN was
at ea sod, the °them sad soldiers mailed together le seek
an extent, that at last the Deke of Wellington wse align!
to forbid them massuicatlng. I say this to prove to yen
that war ema be sordid as is rather a better way that the
present war has been. ("Hear," and applause.) Te the
°Seas in sesmand of Sebastopol--1 cannot call It a siege,
for it is no siege adage you invest tie place it full—l give
full credit. I think their dehisce of that fortress has he..
most plain. Is this war there has been—and I feu
we shall still km of more—there has been s sad loos of
life ; but Ido hope sad trust that the result of the Ros-
eau evacuating Sebastopol will lead to a pease which
will be lasting. Let me my, however, that I for one will
never cosiest to a peaked-up masers. (" Roar, hear," and
applause.) I say that the allies have shed too much
valuable blood is the Crimea to allow any diplomatist to
saanoure a peace. (" Roar," and continued upkeep.)
I say that we ought to obtain these gumtrees whir*
shall mean to the civilised world the great haulage of
peace; sad I eoesider that any man who would agree to a
natehet up ONIOSTS will deserve the reprobation of his
fellow mu. Gentlemen, I propose to you the Meet of the
Allied Gourds, gad beg to assure you that the only regret
whisk !have felt fa, that I have been c o old to than in the
danger. (Rear.) Nothing would have given me greater
pleasure thou to have essemasded a battallea la Sir George
Brown's Divides ; sad I am sure that though Sir George
might have got better Kdesee, be would, at all nests,
have felt that he had set a mere malous one. I sew oak
you to drink to "The health of Geserab Peilmier, amp.
us, Marmon, and Omer Pasta ;" and I hope sad kith
that as their eolotre are now gravies la Sebastopol, the
Buries deg will en long be swept frees the CMIIIIII. (Loma
applause.)
The wet toast was "The health of the limb= if Par-
liament far theCantly and Burgh," acknowledged by Uttar
Colosimo Magas, M.P.
The iseetimg, whale was a very estleuiestle ten 1111111. a
cot, termiaated abut 10 'Week.

Remain the question how the Government is likely
to be seconded or supported by the nation. To keep
mint rush an event as the fall of Sebastopol is be-
yond the power even of a Russian Government.
Already the trembling traders of St. Petersburg and
Moscow, and the peasants throughout the Empire,
are whispering in each other's ears the news
of the evacuation of Sebastopol, and ex-
changing significant remarks on the impunity
with which the Anglo-French fleet has
scoured the Baltic, and destroyed the stores
accumulated in Sweaborg. In all that part
of the Empire inhabited by "the old Russian.,"
the people are filled with terror and oonsternation.
Superstition reigns paramount among them ; they
have been taught from their infancy to regard their
Munoz as an earthly god, to believe that their
nation was favoured and protected by Heaven, and
that no mere human power could prevail against
them. Recent events, by giving the lie to this food
belief, will have inspired them with abject dismay.
On the other hand, the news from the Crimea will
be received with exultation throughout Western and
Southern Russia, which are inhabited by " the White
Raesiana" They hate the Muscovites with a deadly
hatred ; and among themselves they do not call them
Moms, but designate them by a word of almost
the same sound, which implies " hungry dogs,"or
"bandoge." " The White Remises," and many of
the Cossack tribes, are always on the watch for an
opportunity to rebel. The many favours conferred
upon them—exemption from taxation, the con-
scription, and so forth—have not reconciled these
vases to the domination of the Hummel%
and the exigencies of the war having compelled
the Government at St. Petersburg to suspend
their privileges, a spirit of mutioy—breaking oat
at intervals, and in various localities, into acts of
insubordination—has come to pervade the pentane
of the south and west. There is, therefore, cart
men to believe that the detersdnaties of
the CZAWe Government to maintain a is/sat
stets& towards the Western Powers will fail
for want of mean. The populations upon which
it leans will break down beneath it like a fragile
reed; the weapon upon which it has relied will
crumble in its grasp. It will be left standing
alone and impotent in the presence of its vista& I Sir Edward North Bazt°26 But, bla presented
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the =Wisest sawed 6111. to the Wee Ram Chunk Die-
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PARIS, Flaua Moasure.
The following despatch from General Pelimier
fast arrived :
" The French wounded amount to about 4,500.
"Amongst them are 240 officers, received into the
Widessis.
"It Is believed that the killed will not exceed a
third of this number."

Our correspondent adds :
"Credit Mobilier Bonds have been reduced one
half."

F, Szrr. 9.

Aide-de•oamp General Bibikoff has been diemiaesd
from the post of Minister of the Interior. Bergin'
Stephanowitch Lanskoy, acting privy councillor and
a member of the department of civil affairs, is ap-
pointed in his stead.

&lON OVZ OWN

s BERLIN, TZMISDAY, Barr. 18.
Telegraphic account' from Bt. Petersburg Whew
us that the Cm intends leaving the capital on the
13th inst. for Moscow and Warsaw.
He will be attended by Count Nesselrode, and
it is thought hers will arrange an interview with
the King of Prussia.

OPERATIONS IN THE SEA OF AZOFF.

The iseatide Rune contains the following intelli-
genes from the Sea of Asoff:
"Between the 16th and 18th of August, the
enemy's eteam-Yeteele appeared before Chukchi, and
cannonaded the town.

"On the 18th seven steam-♦essels, accompanied
by several floating batteries, arrived near the village
of Ouskoni. One of the batteries entered the
strait, but being warmly received by the fire of our
cannon, she was compelled to retire.
"On the 21st and 22nd, twelve of the enemy's
boats which were in the bay of Genitohi fired upon
the town and camp, but without doing any injury.
"On the 23rd, six of the enemy's steam-vessels,
which were in the bay, weighed anchor and sailed in
the direction of Kertch."

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