The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-12 00:00:00

4 11,.a.ii,); ont of these four attacks one a7one appears
tiso bap
entirely failed, that on the Grand Central Biais-
Two Others had at first succeeded, earnely, the
thejaan of the Careening Bay (No. 1), and the Salient
Itott rand Redan (No. 2) ; but these two works eould
e retained. In spite of the partial failures, it must
1480utizitlaa,t,ifod_rognoctuten that the two works were taken by es-
pied for some time. The occupation of the
follew°llconapelled the enemy to evacuate them on the
ip oping, day. The grand assaults, made simultaneously
faeteer-4 °ay on all the front of the siege works,hwere
feh, calculated to produce a deep impression on. t e do-
es of
catre Sebastopol,‘ at the same time that it had a
fiseteet.f effect on the allied army. Acconlieg te. the de-
the Malakhoff was taken, with its supplementary
pre-tit;°_,cninents, into which the defenders could when
mwha.enntai .
tho retire from a bastion or a great work t
of th„ naselces there, if possible. The ulterior progress,
French shows that
,all the defences of Malaktiofl Were carried
the first day,'
asa i!,pcbats then proceeds to examine the hearing
tee, '"Portance of the intelligence contained in the
despatch. It says :
sh‘:rhe despatch relative to the Karabelnaia is very
dEnet; facts only are mentioned, and explanatory
pre.'"B are omitted. But almost all readers having
begs before them or in their mind the plan of
't ea„,t,Pol, it is easy to imagine the affair in its
The e, while waiting for more precise details.
Mamelonsaid• lakhoff commands, as we have before
to th,"e ICarabelnaite fauhourg, and the ground declineshn
toe; Port, which gives us a material advantage. T
4fe.' the Icorniloff bastion, and all the supplementary
,thew beg having been carried by the French on the Sib,
Hell:a4 all the night to fortify themselves thefirree,
on
the Ctks to mount guns and mortars which opened
oQ th''',l7lllle the siege batteries rained shot. an shell
!teeavebs,,aobourg over the beads of our soldiers. The
glett4.`,'Og mutilated and disorganised by the bombard-
terie,"ae French must have advanced towards the in-
kqed °I the fauboure• ; and the Russians, being discou-
1141°Y the loss of their principal fortification, could
Tlieb...aje stood aeainst their irresistible enthusiasm.
dtfe-,""eY blew up 'their mines—a proof of giving up the
assn 11Z
-sand thos mines could not do us much mischief
ves,-;', as the first had given warning of the others.d
otittai Gortschakoff, panic-struck by our boldness an
ellts°greas, hastened to set fire to his steam-vessels, as
Ititele,to the barracks, the arsenal, and the immerse
~.'autuents oi the Russian navy, accomplishing with
hands the work of destruction which the Allies
"elist:iew on those snores. But, according to the third.
!iktedL General Pelissier, which from the hour ned
re',Lne date should be the second, and, according to
veneral La Marmora, the success must have been
kseXcater and more unhoped for than could be be-
kilis-1 It is not only in the Karabelnaia that the Rus-
;!Yelalew,up their works of defence. 'lt was the s'ame,'
• Is• -43 k*eneral-in-Chief, before our left attacks, that
"4443-„Y' the bastions of the town itself. What we base
Set. 'laid as to the great advantages which we should
:eliclslately derive from the commanding position of the
,1141 -„"),°a, by facilitating to us the capture of all the
"coos3g and the port, explains the measures of destioc-
!tile rPted by General Gortschakoff, in despair of bei.n
i'4ee° defend the place any longer. Sebastopol will,
oati °l'e, have fallen by the capture of only one of its
121die°,4',.and after a battle of two days carried. on by our
ewlilehsB In the Faubourg of the Marine, with a fury
rendered them irresistible. This great fortress of
.glii:;°Polmust have, at length, buried itself in its own
Tti
hohheifO. flowing is the language of the Constitu-
i,
hh, o,
'44e411e days past hopes had been excited in
11 the
7to which waited with lively impatience for
e"44147:3 from the Crimea. These hopes have been
Negtrk"Y realised, as a wonderful success crowned on
11'Itt,e;;;the efforts of our heroic army. The allies gained
ei-Nbl•;),:41 of the Malakhoff Tower, where they firmly
taill7'ed themselves. The conseqaences will be ins-
be
kesectsaid General P6lissier, in the despatch in which
Pi141.41-"need this triumph. Immense, certainly, fir
e:its-elhhad the new; of .the.taking of the Malakhoff •
e_inntne known in Paris than a fresh despatch,
Goya by the Government at the Bourse, made
tde f• ie ,l'ue simultaneous destruction of the place and of
t' 44 flee:: Thus are our prognostics realised ; the Rus-
bkr,„" no longer exists except as a souvenir The
steel fused to limit it ; it is now destroyed to its last
hryil4°ll The place also is burnt, before the eyes of the
kibea.' and is now, doubtless, a heap of ruins and of
ee1,21,11e language' of Gen. Pelissier clearly enough
s ',hat the allies may now consider themselves as
cr43, -hters of Sebastopol, and that they can enter %ien
F,yel'e°_°:e into that fortress, which has been for so
11401 L 4 8 the bulwark of Russian domination in the
kst'vkt.:o. The triumph has been long waited for, but
h',l-11 when it came has been as rapid and terrible asf
itltti:op-the7attliroul • • few hours' interval, the whole 3
ctkWwiltthhinasatonishment and admiration,. will
h.% 410 capture of the MalakoffTower, thedestr.uction of
k. 4 and fleet, and the fail of Sebastopol. It a.glori-
littCru decisive success—it is Russia struck the
la of• 'he most brilliant feat of arms, one of the greatest
•I'Y episodes that modern history has ever had to
France, England, and Sardinia will be
0' °f the part which they have taken in it."
Yr, contemporary then pays the following well-
Qtb, ed tribute to the gallant conduct of the
men who achieved this noble feat of arms :
,N,Z,uour to this heroic army, which, after having
`tiskigtslced in the fatigues and danger, now clues so in
and glory. Honour to those illustrious gene-
Lis! thosevali t officers, and to those brave sol-
e"4:::4°, in the‘ midst of the perils and fatigues of a
kitNiftettchahaveshoienhobly done their duty ! honour to
personify on the soil of the Crimea,
th:sl;rwavery and the patriotism, but also the
°tldruens,oe of Europe and the civilisation of the
tft 10nour to the governments who have known
Nike fe Place such an army at the service of such a
p
(1./' S merely makes the following short ro-
t, .—..
0q 11e
0- ',tag of France floats over the smoking ruins of
Ltikels Pol. The Russian fleet no longer exists ; the
bOf war which had escaped our bombs have been
t,i? the enemy themselves ; the. town is only one.
of conflagration. Thus this great enterprise
kse▪ krtivea Ti valour of our
t„,3, h at its final ddnouement.
a a• 3 in a few hours achieved a success which it
04 ?ear of heroic efforts to prepare. Reflections on
t• 48;irevent are useless; for the glory of France speaks
loudly enough.'
Siecle expresses itself as follows :
kl 1• „se fact of the three simultaneous attacks on the
zo,;-,-ofr, the Redan of Careening Bay, and the Redan
teski 14
-teethe British army, is explaineo by the circune-
ilits%z,st these three fortifications mutually support
te‘itt'o-f.,Ori especially the Redan and Malakhoff, and that )
e"tbell-'eas of the three should, within a short time,
'a 'ate for the check which might possibly be met
El'rea the two others. This calculation has proved
ilkii-61; and fortune, less javourable on that day to the
I,`,t °o° ur worth vals, has caused our flag to float
; the defences ri
yof Sebastopol, now turned against
pq. This affords a just cause for national
tld joy to every French heart, whatever its
ecul-victions. To those who are not quite
iq4 dated in military science,
.t.he words of the
t,th „eBPateh, our strong position at
.Malakoff'
surd pledge of an impending solution, with
tinki,s%,too, the southern. part of Sebastopol, and the
41114,; I the Russian fleet in the Black Sea. Indeed
e~Q't; Scarcely taken up the pen to state our hope of
:11' ve allecess' when a second despatch arrived to con.
Oos It is now 'no longer a hope, but a certainty
of
ss,i4Y that we possess. The tenacious courege of the
teN6cte4,l4'aeconded by the roost powerful artillery ever
lie the 'll any fortified place, has been forced to yield
sea:cientific audacity of the allied. armies. What
040r4 SiXtY years of preparation, has been overthrown
ttitt eleven months. The Russians have destroyed
vo"Yeould not hold. That is the consolation of
'kts4 cltnehed. We may observe, that this spirit of
ktv eti
which, with the aid of a wit ter of unusual
dt: saved Russia, in 1812, in the present instance
etiserives us of a few trophies. Backed by the sea,
te4lle.;" only enemy they have to fear is the tempest,
kiillbtirand England are in no want of what tie-radv
us
tot ila• Sails and steam, which havels i
brought
totaAt WaB requisite for conquest also brings us
ti,PY..qtequisite to enable us to profit by the vie-
-11-4(1
4(1 Today
we
have no room for aught but the exu
I°l tri 'ewe. row we shall have to register
uthehlose ' to-morrow
swrhich that triumph must have
Qs -91' God haslaidsa heavy price upon the glory of
111. grateful Francecen- salute their names, let
ktkt those who have died in fighting for civilisation,
exploits, as Ajax prayed, have been brl •
Ltitninated by the light of day."

nREIVIORNE GARDENS.—THE
L4TE WELLINGTON FETE.

°I 414 TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SUN.
0r,(4, .he 64- 4. 'Alai' feel obliged by your inserting the en-
"er, some misconception having gained ground
l'ebe:llbiect to which, it alludes, and many inquiries
tnade in reference thereto.
am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
403 V CrHOS. B. SIMPSON.
retulrne, Sept. 11, 1855.

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_Yo_u the. thanks.t
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ca''abole to any deftectbiasin the arrangements or
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' 414: dear sir, your faithful servant,
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Dr,
elll°erv:4tered, from the Cape of Good HoPe, had an
11i4,1 %fasveitell Sir Wm. Alolesworth yesterday at the