The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-21 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

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BAROMETER, 30.30.
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LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1865.

THE EXPECTED DESPATCHES.

The vast amount of available stores which have
fallen into the possession of the Allies in the cap-
tured city of Sebastopol, notwithstanding the
energetic and almost desperate attempt of the
garrison to destroy all that they could not suc-
ceed in carrying away, proves beyond the possi-
hility of doubt the cool determination with which
the • Russian Government had planned the de-
struction of Turkey, and the appropriation of the
assets of the " sick man." The mere catalogue
of the captured stores shows that the accumulation
must have been a work of extraordinary labour
and expense, spread over a long succession of years.
At the very time when the late Czan was putting
forward professions of great moderation, while he
was pretending to be the conservator of the peace
of Europe, he was secretly preparing for the hour
when, casting aside the mask, he might exhibit
himself in his true colours, as the greedy and un-
scrupulous invader and conqueror of his neigh-
bour's territories—the despiser of public opinion
—the true executor of the last will of the Firs
PETER.

Notwithstanding the enormous wear and tear
of the weapons and munitions of war, fully 4,000
cannon, generally of heavy calibre, 50,000 can-
non-balls, sundry hollow projectiles, and an
immense quantity of gunpowder, have been re-
covered. There are also 500 anchors, 25,000
kilogrammes of copper, two steam-engines of 30-
horse power, and a considerable number of masts
sawn in two for defensive purposes. The elabo-
rate finish of the docks—only completed after the
arrogant MENSCHIKOFF mission—afforded addi-
tional wed conclusive evidence of the " malice
prepense with which an outlay so extravagant
was choorfully sustained.
It could not by any possibility hare been re-
quired for the protection of the Russian territory.
It must have been prepared for aggressive rather
than foal defensive warfare—one, of which Turkey
would ihave been merely the first victim, but the real

object whereof was to subdue Europe, and subject it
to Cos sack domination—to render, in fact, tht

Autocr Itcy universal. Such facts will sup
ply tbe Lest answers to the insidious

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Although the Indus duly arrived at Mar-
seilles on the 19th instant the official account of
the fall of Sebastopol has not yet been received.
It appears that, although the Indus had left
I3alaklava after the capture of the Malakhoff, and
even the evacuation of the beleaguered city, she
had held no communication with the shore after
twelve o'clock on the Bth instant. Consequently,
nothing more respecting' the great event—for the
full particulars whereof the public is so anxiously
waiting—has been learned than was previously
known by means of the electric telegraph.
The official despatches, containing the full par-
ticulars of the glorious event have, however,
arrived at Marseilles, per the Telegraph steamer,
and were yesterday forwarded at 1 p.m. to
London. It is, therefore, almost certain that we
shall have them in time for our ordinary edition
to-morrow. At whatever time they may arrive
hey shall be communicated to the public without
a moment's delay. We sympathise too deeply
with the natural anxiety that must be
felt by all classes of the community ; more
especially those who have friends or relatives
actually engaged, to allow any procrastination in
communicating this most interesting intelligence.
We shall, therefore, forthwith publish the de-
spatches of General SIMPSON, and any other inte-
resting intelligence from the seat of War, no mat-
ter what may be the hour of theiriVcePtion. The
same spirit that prompted the publication of Lord
RAGLAN'S despatches respecting the Alma, on
Sunday, the Bth October last, induces us to make
the necessary preparation for similar exertions on
occasion.
the, present important and interesting