The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-02 00:00:00

THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL,

SOUTHAMPTON, Ocr. 1.

The committee appointed by a public meeting to
oseduct the celebration in Southampton of the captors of
Sebastopol, fluid this day (Monday) for that purpose.
Printed programmes have been issued for 'rural days put,
signed by Sampson Payne, Esq., the mayor of the town,
describing the satire and order of the intended rejoicings.
After forty-sight hours incessant rain, a sunshiny and
cloadlees sky was welcomed this morning with delight by
the townspeople, and at an early hour great preparations
ware making all over the town to celebrate becomingly the
crowning act of a lengthened and heroic siege. Kindred. of
Bags and garlanded banners have been waving to-day over
the houses, from the windows and across the Atreus of the
town, and from the 'hips sad yachts in the harbour. Among
them were conspicuous the English, French, Sardinian, and
Turkish flags. The banners had inscribed on them the
same of every viotory gained over the Russians on the
Danube, in the Crimes, end in the Sea of Asoff. The
beautiful and decorated Bonthomgoes illgireosse bee but
crowded Irk Is dm people of the sulfated of thinikrl6l7•

imjsuburbe the whole of the day. Although it was only
proposed to suspend !twiner from two o'clock in the alter.
noon, many of the tradesmen closed the whole of the day.
At sight o'clock in the morals' the church bells
commenced staging j ,yously. Large quantities of bread

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wore sold to poor people at balf•prios during the morning,
aad a thousand bans were given away to poor children. At
midday the gone front the platform fired a royal salato.

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At 2 o'clock ia the afternoon the town band commenced
playieg and promenading the streets. At 3 o'clock old
English sports took place on Boethampton•eommon. The
Ulanfinations commence at 7 o'clock and the fireworks at 9
o'clock this evening. Over the Bar•gate are painted the
word, " Sebastopol " on one side, and the word, " laker-
mann, Alma, and Balakleve," on the other. These words

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are to be illuminated with variegated lamps, and under•
moth them will be crowns, stars, and the initial
letters of royal pereoaages in gas.
The Admiralty office is to be illuminated with a crown
sad what, and all over the tows are gigantic N.'s and
V.'s, the laitiale of Napoleon and Victoria, sad monster
English, Imperial, and Sardinian crowns, besides royal
stare, ermesents, and imperial eagles, which are all to be
brilliantly illuminated to-night. Numerous transparencies
ere also pupating for exhibition this evening, cionehting of
the portraits of the Sovereign sapped in the war against
Russia, of mottoes and sentiments exprruive of joy at the
recent triumph, and wishes for the lasting union of Franca
and England. The French consul's house will be niagnill-
costly illuminated with gu, and ornamented with laurels
sad evergreens. Madame Coto's, the Vauxhall pyrotech-
aist, has arrived here to superintend the fireworks. There
ate to be rockets of drooping and tailed stars, shells of bril-
liant stars, mines and flights of unclasps', royal salutes,
tourbillone, Saxon wheel rockets, coloured fires, nests of
serpents, mints of crackers and snakes, and a pyrotechnic
piece representing the st.rming of Sebastopol, showing the
✓oyal star of England surronaded with laurel wreaths, bat-
teries of Boman candles, and Sights of rockets, mines,
and shells.