The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-04 00:00:00

In Le Nord, of Brussels, we find the following
letter from Odessa :

ODESSA, SEPT. 17.

We are still without detailed news from Sebastopol, but
I ought to mention to you the impression produced in our
districts by the news of the evacuat.on of the southern part
of the city. I cannot conceal from you tb,t in the first
m iment the off ct of this news was immense. The pro-
fouudeat dejection was stamped on every face, and betruyed
real grief. By degrees we have recovered from this momen-
tary depression; and the more we h►ve been able to
ersmiais matters with calmness, the more have tranquillity
and hope returned.
In our case it is the heart that has been strack first; as
MD as reason has resumed her empire we have been able
to reflect that the situation is not so changed ; that it is not
entirely to our dissivantage, and that the honour of our
arms has been in no way compromised. We withdrew
of our own accord to the north aide, from whence we con-
tinue to defend the ruins of Sebastopol ; men, arms, beg-
gige, ammunition—all were conveyed across in the greatest
order, with the greatest dignity. General Osten-Sacken
was the last to pass the bridge. It is with a feverish impa-
tience that we look for further details of this sanguinary
d ty, and of au event that doubtless is about to produce a
great chance in the conduct of the war.
If we regret the prettykoussa and the magnificent bastions
of Sebastopol, bedewed with so much noble blood, we are,
OR the other hand, relieved to • certain extent from the
immense weight that has hitherto oppressed our breasts.
Our brave soldiers will hence be no looker obliged to offer
themselves up as a holocaust, end patiently await, with use-
less heroism, the death that sought them out, often even
beneath the mantlets, and always when least expected.
It was a wholesale slaughter, a butchery, which military
honour commanded them to withstand, and which has
enhanced the remarkable qualities of our soldiers, but the
cessation of which may be considered as a benefit. Our
men will now be able to defend themselves in close fight,
sad to sell their lives at a high cost.

Out of the 10,000 seamen who had undertaken, with their
officers, the heroic defence of Sebrstopol, no more than a
fourth part survive, and some six or seven cfficets. In
order that every one of us may be able to salute in the
streets the survivors, some distinctive mark should
be accorded to them.; it is not until the hand of his.
tory shall have engraved the acts and deeds of those
10.000 heroes that wo shall be ahle to appreciate
their sufferiags and deeds. For the present we are only ae
(minted with, and we ought only to occupy ourselves with,
one thing, the debt of that blood, the voice of which cries
aloud for vengeance, and which renders the Crimea ten
times more dear to us, ten times more worth defending.
We all of us here, and throughout Russia, understand that
the war, the real war, is but ab,ut to commence. We
expect to see it continue for I years, and are prepared
for it. _ .

•These sentiment', of which I am but the interpreter, are
those which prevail in our towns along the coast, and con.
srgtiently the most exposed to the vengeance of our enemies.
These towns ere chit fiy inhabited by merchants, men not
usually warlike, and whose interests suffer most by war.
But here, thank Heaven, the shopmen has not loot his slaw
hood, sad we prise our honour more than our purees.