The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-22 00:00:00

SEBASTOPOL.

The Gazette du Midi contains the following letter
from Sebastopol :
" Although apparently the situation of things has not
changed during the last three weeks, in reality we have
singuarly increased our chances cf success. The ex-
perience of the 18th June has shown us that in order to
attempt a second attack on the Malakoff with any chance
of succe,s, the following conditions must be fulfilled :-
4. To approach as close as possible to the enemy's works
in order to remain as short a time as possible under
the fire of their artillery ; 2. To be able to reach the
enemy's batteries which take us in the flank ; and 3, to
paralyse the action of the vessels in the port by an over-
wheltning fire on that point. At the present time, tliese
conditions are nearly fulfilled. Our works have brought
us close to the place. The new batteries which have
.)eett erected have considerably impeded the flank fire f
the enemy, and as to the vessels, our heavy mortars
of the Careening tacit.e will compel them to keep
their distance. Before the corstructiort of this last-
name I hatt• ry these vessels were sheltered by a
bend of the ground, and they could only be reached
by shdls. In order to protect themselves from these
ttrojectiles the decks of the vessels were covered with a
think layer of earth, but that is now unavailing. The
sanitary state of the army is daily iolproving. G-ener a
dN Jonqui, re die' a few days since at the ambulat.ce at
head-quarters. Colonel de 13 ndeville, of the let volti-
' genres of the guard, has also died of his wounds. Ac
e.uot• bad been received at Kamiesh from the Sea of
Aeoff to the 3d. At Petrowskoi, near 11-rdiaiisk, the
itues-ians had raised a considerable work with 16 em-
brasures, which has been c pletely destroyed by ti e
Allie.. Near Arahat the Milan and Mouette seize
180 tons of coal, which they took co: board in spite of the
presence of a number of Cos ache. In the attempt made
by these two vessels to burn the vessels sunk in the pass

• f Yeidtchi, Lieutenant Lalletuan I, who crimmanded
the Monet,te, Wag killed. His body was carried off by
the Englis,l officers and men of the Wan, to spite of a
%ery warn fire of musketry from the Russians."
BALAKLAVA.

The Journal de Constantinople contains the fol-
lowing letter from Balaklava of the 4th :—" A
considerable number of labourers, who have been
employed on the railroad, and, ab,.ve all, soul'
navvies, have just embarked for Kouslon, near
Heraclea, to dig up coal. Konslon, si►uated close
to the sea, fel niches excellent coal, although some-
what. fibrous and very hard. It is obtainable,
however, at a very moderate price. S:•me fisher-
men with their nets have been obtained from Tre-
hizonde, and by their means great quanti!ies of
good fish are obtained for the camps. Blasting
works are now being carried on at B4laklava to
enable the road to be widened, leading on to the
quay. Another road, which is to be macadamised.
is in (lb 'use of construction, which will branch off
in several directions. You can hardly imagine the
strange Babel which the workmen make. Amongst
them are Armenians, Albauiat.s, Croats, Jews,
Kurds, and even Persians ; all the Turkish pro-
vinres are represented,fand..all are allowed to we,tr
their national costume. I leave you to guess what
a motley and curious assemblage of garments and
colours are to be s en. The railway is at work
night and day ; and, notwithstanding this, carts
are confirm tlly backwards and forwards from the
harbour to th, camp, just as if the railway did not
exist."