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

SECOND DESPATCH.

PARIS, MONDAY AFTERNOON, 4.12.
The following despatch from General Pelissier
has been posted at the Bourse:—
" CRIMEA, SEPT. 9, 8 A.M.
" To-day I have ascertained that the enemy
has sunk his steam-vessels.
" The work of destruction continues under the
fire of our mortars. As mines are successively
sprung at different points, it is my duty to defer
entering the place, which h?,s the appearance. of
a great furnace.

" Prince Gortschakoff, being closely pressed by
our fire, has demanded an armistice to carry off
his wounded. The bridge near Fort St. Paul has
been destroyed by the enemy.
" I am engaged in ascertaining the amount of
our loss, and I shall forward the result as soon as
I know it exactly.

"Everything is going on well.
"We are watching the movements of the

enemy on the Tchernaya."

DESPATCH FROM ADMIRAL BRUAT.

PARIS, TUESDAY, SEPT. 11, 7 A.M.

The Minister of Marine has received the fol-
lowing telegraphic despatch from Vice-Admiral
Bruat

" CRIMEA, SEPT. 9, 10.15 A.M.

" The assault upon the Malakhoff Tower was
made yesterday at noon, and later on the Great
Redan and on the Central Bastion.

"A gale from the north kept the ships at

anchor.

" The mortar-boats, to be enabled to fire, were
obliged to enter Streletzka Bay.
" They fired 600 shells against the Quarantine
Bastion and Fort Alexander.

" The six English mortar-boats, also at anchor
in Streletzka Bay, fired about the same number
of shells.

" Last night violent explosions and vast confla-
grations made us suppose that the Russians were
evacuating the town.
" To-day we ascertained that the Russian ves-
sels had been sunk.

" The bridge was covered with troops retreat-
ing to the north side.
" After 8 o'clock the bridge was destroyed.
" Only a few steamers remain in the port,
anchored near Fort Catherine.

" I approached this morning the Quarantine
batteries on board the Brandon, and ascertained
myself that they are now evacuated.

" They have just blown up.
" Our soldiers have ]eft their trenches and
spread themselves in isolated groups on the Yam-

parts of the town, which appears to be completely

abandoned."

DESPATCH FROM GENERAL LA
MARMORA.

TURIN, MONDAY.

General La Marmora writes that the Russians
have withdrawn from the town, after setting it
on fire, blown up all the public buildings and
works of defence, and sunk their last ship.
The Sardinians have lost forty men in the
trenches.

It was General Bosquet's corps d'armee which
captured the Malakhoff.

PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF'S DESPATCH.
BERLIN, MONDAY NIGHT.
A despatch from Prince Gortschakoff of the
9th, at noon, says :

" The enemy receives constantly reinforcements
of fresh troops. The bombardment is fiercely
violent.

" 10 AT NIGHT.—The garrison of Sebastopol,
after sustaining an infernal fire (feu, d'enfer), re-
pulsed six assaults, but could not drive the
enemy from the Korniloff Bastion (the Malakhoff
Tower). Our brave troops, who resisted to the
last extremity, are now crossing over to the
Northern part of Sebastopol.
" The enemy found nothing in the Southern
part but blood-stained ruins.

"On the 9th of September the passage of the
garrison from the Southern to the Northern part
was accomplished with extraordinary success, our
loss on that occasion being but 100 men.

"We left, I regret to say, nearly 500 men
grievously wounded on the Southern side."

MARSEILLES, SEPT. 10.

The Jourdain, which left Constantinople cn
the 3d inst., has arrived. The advices from the
Crimea are to the Ist September.

Despatches leave at 1 p.m.
The screw steam-frigate Christophe Colombe,
from Constantinople, has arrived.
She brings 160 invalids.

BERLIN, MONDAY.

The elections of the Second Chamber are fixed
for primary electors, on the 27th Sept. ; for
Deputies, for the 10th October.

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY EVEZ,TING.

- - -
The great and absorbing topic of the day is the
taking of the Malakhoff, and almost to a certainty
that of Sebastopol. The following despatch was
received this morning from General Pelissier :
"CRIMEA, Ssrr. 9, 8 Ear.
" I have ascertained this day that the enemy has sunk
his steamers. His work of destruction bas continued
under the fire of our shells. Minos exploding succes-
sively and on many points impose on me the duty of
postponing my entry into the place, which presents only
one vast scene of conflagration. Nevertheless, hemmed
is close by our fire, Prince Gortschakoff demands an
armistice, in order to remove his wounded near the Fort
St. Paul, the bridge having, as a measure of precaution,
been destroyed by his orders. I am collecting the
status of our loss, and you shall have the numbers so
soon as they are made known to me. Everything goes
on well. We are watching the Tchernaya."
It may be necessary to observe that there is a
hiatus between this despatch and that published in
the Moniteur of this morning announcing the tak-
ing of the Malakhoff. From the one just quoted
it is clear that the south part of Sebastopol is in
our power, as the General states the only reason
why he does not enter is on account of the mines
exploding in various directions. From another
expression of the despatch referring to Prince
Gortschakoff being hemmed in by our fire, it is
not improbable that he will have been made pri-
soner with the garrison. There are, however, two
despatches between that published in the Moniteur
this morning and the one just given. These de-
spatches were not received up to 3 o'clock. They
will no doubt give details as to what occurred
after the taking of the Malakhoff, the repulse of the
English and that of General de Salles. I under-
stand that the Minister-at-War has declared that
Sebastopol may be considered as taken. This
last despatch has been a great relief, as
much anxiety was felt this morning as to the
French being able to keep their position.
The effect produced by this news it is hardly
necessary to allude to. After all our patience, all
we have endured, and all we have lost, to find at
last our efforts crowned with success, our flag
floating on the Malakhoff Tower, and on the
smoking walls of Sebastopol, the destruction of the
Russian fleet by the bands of the vanquished them-
selves, Sebastopol an immense furnace, and Prince
Gortschakoff forced to pray for an armistice to
remove his dead and wounded from Fort St. Paul,
the last and now useless defence of the faubourg of
Karabelnaia. Our vast undertaking, on the reali-
sation of which so many different opinions have
been expressed, approaches its consummation, and
a few hours have crowned the success obtained by
a year of the most heroic efforts. The naval and
military power of Russia in the East has found at
last its surest "

A supplement to the Monitettr is published. It
contains the delayed despatch, which sufficiently
explains what was uncertain.' It is in these
terms :
"GENERAL PELISSIER TO THE MINISTER OF WAR.
" Redoubt Brancion, Sep+. 9, 3 a.m.
"Karabelnaia and the south part of Sebastopol no
longer exist. The enemy, seeing our solid occupation at
Malakhoff, decided on evacuating the place, after hav-
ing laid it in ruins, and blown up, by mining, almost all
the defences. Having passed the night in the midst of
my troops, I can assure you that e,ll has been blown
np at Karabelnaia, and from what I have been enabled
to see it must be the same in front of our attacks on
the left. This immense success does the greatest ho-
nour to our troops. I will give you the details of our
losses of the day, which, after so many obstinate com-
bats, cannot be otherwise than serious. To-morrow I
shall be able to give you exactly the result of this great
day, of which Generals Bosquet and MacMabon have
in great part the honour. All is quiet on the Tchernaya.
We are keeping a look out there."

The guns of the Invalides will, no doubt, fire a
grand salute to-morrow morning.

BOURSE, SEPT. 10.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash. ft. C. End of Month.
4} per Cents 92 50 93f. —c.
3 per Cents 67 15 67 65
Credit Mobilier l6lO Roman
Credit Foncier 535 Austrian
Belgian Fives 94i Spanish Throes
Piedmontese B5 Home Debt
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