The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-17 00:00:00

TILE SL GE OF SRIBASTOPOL

(Front the Second Edition of the Times,)
CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, APRIL 30.
Our new battery, which is only 700 yards from the
enemy's guns, is nearly completed, and as its armament
is very heavy great resu'ts are expected from its fire.
The observation of this siege ought to produce an im-
mense effect on fortifications, for it has been demon-
strated that earthworks properly constructed are far bet-
ter perhaps than any masonry. The solid mass of stone of
which the Mala.khoff Tower consisted was smashed,

rent up, and split from top to bottom at our very
first day's fire. It is now a heap of •ruins. The
earthwork beneath is as firm as it was the very

firA day we fired at it. As yet we do not know
into how many acts the grand drama of the siege
is to be' divided. It is uncertain whether it is-
to be a melodratne in three act; or a tragedy in

five, or whether it is to be •` a mystery" of infinitesi-
mal length, on the model of our forefathers, who sat
down before a place with a prospect of spending a rea-
sonable portion of a lifetime 'ere it fell. The troops are
tired enough of seeing the drop scene before our embra-
sures ; hut there are renewed rumours to-day that peace
is certain, and that the game has been played out.
Who are the winners it will be for history and

posterity to determine. Whether the news be true or
false, there can be no doubt but t'.at, to the ma-

jority of this army, the news that peace was pro-
claimed would be most welcome, though there would
be few indeed who would leave the Crimea without

some sense of shame, or at least some feeling of regret,
that they never saw the interior of Seba,topol. Instinct
tells the commonest soldier that the city is the stake
. .

fur which we have been playing, and tells us all that
a pee ce can never endure, if it has indeed been thougLt
of, which would permit Russia to boast that she had
repelled the assaults of the two great Powers of Western
Europe, and would leave to England and France only
the recollection of barren and bloody victories. But,
meantime, the siege ought to be going on, and as far
as our cannon and mortars are concerned it is sus-
pended. What is the principal reason ? Simply, be-
cause Woolwich is not next door to us, and shell and
fuses are not forthcoming. There are no fuses for such
shells as we have, and we have plenty of fuses for shells
which we have not. There are lots of 13-inch shells and
no fuses for them, and there are lots of 10-inch fuses and
no shells for them. Where are the shells that belonged to
the fuses, and where the fuses that belonged to the shells?
Has the Purveyor got them, or the Auditor Genera', or
the Chairman of the Bank of England ? Who sent them
out, or who kept them back ? Who are the traitors, or
the knaves, or the fools ? And if they are all wise men
who manage these things, how is it that we undertake
to reduce, by means of a bombardment, the strongest
place that was ever attacked, and have no means of
carrying on that bombardment after a few days'
tiring? Perhaps it is quite right that this should
be the case, but neither artillerymen, engineers, no:
soldiers think so out here. It may be only just to re-
mark, that it is only in shells of a particular kind,
and in fusees of a certain description, that we are
short, but that very kind of shell, and that very sort of
fusee, are both most useful in the siege. We cannot be de-
ficient in supplies of shot, for I am glad to be able to men-
tion that we have within the last few days lent the French
2,000 shot, with which they are now prosecuting
their attack against the town. It is about six months
since it was known our army would have to re-open fire
(when spring came) against Sebastopol. We have the
largest—the most powerful—the most numerous fleet of
steamers in the world—we have Malta as a half-way
house—a great fortress, in which to accumulate all the
engines and materiel of war—we have Woolwich, the ad-
miration of foreign potentates, and the special wonder of
the late Czar himself, when he visited Englaud, of all he
saw there —and here are our mortars short of shells, and
our shells short of fuses, after a week's practice.
In reference to the actual work done by the railway,
lit appears that so far from its services having been less
than they were estimated, they bave been considerably
greater. On the one day when our allies complained of
some obstruction or impediment or delay in the convey-
ance of their waggons, which they were working by
consent of the English authorities, it is clear that the rail-
way was not to blame, and, as I mentioned the circum-
stanceof 24 French waggons having been detained such
length of time on that occasion, I am bound to stets
that as. it was a Sunday, and the day succeeding being
pay day, it was determined to give men, horses, and
engines a holyday, and, at the request of Sir Colin
Campbell, the use of the line was granted to the French
Brigadier-General Vinoy (of the Carps Bosquet, sta-
( tioned near Bslaklava) for that particular day. The
I French horsed it and worked, and the railway autho-
rities had nothing at all to do with the working of the
line except to find breaksmen for the waggons to pre-
vent accidents.
The supply of ammunition which our authorities relied
upon from the railway has been far exceeded, and
it has not only carried up more than the estimated
quantity of shot and shell, &c., bet a very great
amount of stores and cargo of all kind, in addition, more-
over to throwing obligations broadcast all over the army,
from the generosity, kindness, and zeal of Mr. Beatty,
to promote the comfort of every officer who had any
little impediments to he sent to the front. Up to the
week ending the 28th of April the average amount of
tonnage sent up from Balaklava to the terminus was
240 tons per diem ; and on that day 180 tons of ammu-
nition alone were forwarded by rail towards the batteries,
and deposited at the terminus. But great as this assist-
' ance has been, and all important to the success of the
siege, the services of the railway might be doubled if the
authorities would do what the managers of the railway
have been endeavouring to get them to carry out, viz.,
to send down the men to begin loading the waggons
at six o'clock a.m. instead of at the very comfortable
hour of 8 a.m., and to continue working till 8 p.m., in-
stead of leaving off at 5 p.m. In this way five hours
would be added to our working day. The railway peo-
ple are quite ready to co-operate, and no obstruction
arises from them.
Twenty more labourers have been handed over to the
warehousing department, 50 having recently arrived.
The warm clothing (furs, &c.) is being collected and
packed up, to be sent to Constantinople to be cleaned,
&c., and made fit for re-issue.
The Imperial Guard were marched down to the
trenches on the right of our right attack this evening.
It is now 12 o'clock at night, and there is no firing on
the right, but a very severe cannonade and incessant
musketry have been going on on the left, opposite the
Flagstaff Battery. It is now affirmed that our fire will
not re-open for 10 days at least. Not only is our supply
of shell and fuses insufficient, but we cannot mount the
new guns and complete our new batteries in time.
THURSDAY, April 26.
The whole of General Bosquet's army of observation,
consisting of 45 battalions of infantry, of two regiments
of heavy dragoons, and of two regiments of Cliasseurs
d'Afrique, together with a numerous and well-appointed
field artillery, numbering 60 pieces, were reviewed by
General Canrober't. The spectacle of the review was
magnificent in the extreme.
As soon as General Canrobert had reviewed a couple
of divisions, there was then " an officers' call" of some
16 battalions. The officers formed a square, and Gene-
ral Canrobert riding into the centre addressed them with
much elocutionary emphasis ; but, as he turned round
from time to time, I could riot catch mere than broken
sentences, especially when the General was very low
and very empbatia. However, such as they are, I will
give you the scraps we could hear, and as the s übee-
quent addresses to other assemblies of officers, of which
the re were two more, were little varied, except in terms
of phrase, ex uno disce omnes.
" Messieurs les Officiers—Malheureusement pour moi
mes occupations m'empechent de vous passer en revue plus
soi..vent, mais si je ne vous passe pas en revue avec, 11108
yeux, je le faisla.vec moo cmur. -Jo voii. Fri 3de remercier
nos soldats pour moi, au norn de l'Empereur au nom de la
France' pour lour devotion, leur co urage, leur patience."
The General then dwelt at some length on the priva-
tions they had undergone and the endurance with which
they had supported them, and complimented the i.fficers
on the neatness, cleanliness; nod order of the troops.
Anal marked attention, referring to the state of the sol-
diers, he -aid—
" Apropos, j'ai de bonnet nouvelles h vous annoncer, de
75,000 h 80,000 de ins compatriots qui doiveut arriver dans
12 al5 jours. Il y en a deja 30,000 Ist Constantinople.
Avec cos renforts, Messieurs, nuns pouvious elisrgir nos
operations."
To another division he said, modifying the expression,
and giving it a wider significance—
" Rargir notre comics. Quand on vent entrer dans nue
maison, si l'on trouve la porte ferwee, on entre par la fe-
netre, mais on y entre ; et, Messieurs, je vous dig, on y
entrera, suit par la porte, suit par la fonetre—pour abaisser
i'orgueil de not ennernis. gland dour gran des nations
colume la France et l'Angleterro s'accroehent sur quelque
chose elles ne la lachent pas."
At another time he said—
"La France et l'Angleterre demandent la prise de Se-
bastopol; elle sera prise ! Si nous n'entrons pas par la
porte, nogg l'entrerons per la feuet re."
In conclusion, the General raising his hat, briefly
said " Bonjour, Messieurs," and rode off to review the
rest of the troops.

THE TURKISH ARMY IN THE CRIMEA

' ( Promeorrespond ent of the Times.)
Since I last wrote to you from the Turkish camp
before Sebastopol the failure of the renewed siege
operations, which after the first 48 hours of bom-
bardment w clear to every one who had his eyes open,
has become a' fait accompli, in consequence of which
our plans have been altered.
The first step in this respect seems the return' of the
Turkish troops to Eupatoria. Already before these latter
had left Kamiesch and taken up their position on the heights
along the road leading from Balaklava to the camp, ru-
mours were current that they would not remain long before
Sebastopol ; later it was said that they would advance iu
company of a portion of the English and French armies.
At last on Sunday, the 22d inst., the order came sud-
denly in the afternoon for two regiments of infantry,
the 2d and 4th, and for a battalion of chasseurs, to strike
their tents and to proceed to Kamiesch to be re-embarked
there on the same night.
Omer Pacba himself, with all his staffs fed the way,
and went off the next day with part, of the troops- above
mentioned, on board the French steamer the Megere.
The remainder and the baggage follower; on board the
Terrible, the French' line-of battle-ship Jean Bart, and
an English transport-steamer.
This move was so sudden that the nobody had' the
slightest idea of it until it took place. The reason as-
signed for it was that two divisions of Russian infantry
bad left Sebastopol, and gone in a northern direction,
and that, consequently, an attack on Eupatoria was ex-
pected. The next day the rumours increased so far that
it was reported that an attack had actually taken place,
and some went even to the length of asserting that Eu-
patoria was taken.

When we arrived at Eupatoria the first news we

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heard was that the rumour of nn attack Was indeed
nothing more than rumour, and, strange to Ph a ri.
paEtou
En • •
patoria is as I left it, except that the fortifies-
aii the
tions are now quits completed, and nearly
troops haie pitched their tents outside the towo.
Magi 2S,
The rest from bere
of the Turkish corps, which went .
rpiaa,t.oria to. Sebas. to-
to Seba't s opol, is, with the exception of one regimen:,
cumin; back. The first brigade is every' moment e •
pected. The Egyptians will remain for the pietibte•
Rumour says that French troops will likewise arret
shortly. ''
APRIL don't
Although I sent off a letter yer.terdaY, yet, as I '¢
know when I shall have an opportunity for seodsl,ls_z
another,ciie I take advantage of the departure of tbe ek
t i to add
_.something to my last. Pisbs
badlhe rest of the Turkish troops, which Omar --.1 .
The
left at Sebastopol, are beginning to arri.ce,
Sidon and the Valorous brought the first bate
be
a Turim"
of them. Yesterday several French and as
steamer brought likewise a part of them, infantry
well as artillery. t will
So the only result of this precipitate ma at
haveand been the expenditure of some hundred tons of c,°,l,
a trip to the neighbourhood of Sebastopol for IP
benefit of the Turkish troops.
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HOYLAKE RACE

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(WEDNESDAY.)
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPEL)
HOYLAKE HURDLE RACE.
(2 Miles.)
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Gay1ad..........................................
The Bride "".......•
SHORTS HANDICAP.
(4 Furlongs.)
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3rptic .......................................
Hy acinti; .................. . ..................... .....
Five ran.
TALLYHO WELTER PLATE.
Miles.)
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Titterstone ....................................
Jeu D'Esprit
Massa Mut.go ...............................
FREE HANDICA.P.
(Once Round.)

Success
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Four ran.
POLICE INTELLIGENVE.—(T-815 °lf)
BRCI.BLTEOL.R—KFioNseWp*hEarr—.---Lay.—rTe:nLdAeTlCoV: barged O'SVIII,
having four movements. and five goldAbaTeicall:sett-13La ikP°- to;,
session, the property of Mr. Sang ford, watcu
Broad uay, Bristol, was again placed at the bar' e ero'
seelutc
ewi,ll be recollected that, in February last' to lifer
watches
stolen to the value of 2,000/., and o untilclesatiout
found
_md either of the burglars or the property nopea
Wtebtsitlight since when the prisoner and a Peoln:tovol
ws
oianshe r .
GI residingrnagy.co uern
eadt
in 7 7,
tithelbreorbt-btee:rya. Albert-terrace,
To.Cda:eei'-::acorge:00
but subsequently discharged, were appre'hended, u;dence
foundg7netxlvtehbasttetrh,es fihvoeustneoviveemreenotbstaainndedfoftirorifthhe 134+
He was committed for trial, but adfrnitted to bad'
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CORN EXCHANGE- Tag COO fee
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES FgeornAll4 00
For the week ended ayM 17, 1855, made"
tip froglotlebto d'in'''4
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Pub-
per Imperial Quarter.
W ;EAT. 1 RAUL EY . S OATS. 1 RTE. 1 5111 4'
..•I ,1111
7wl
a-EA4Ta. 3BIAsEILO..II. 26s 11 d , 40s 9,1 2 433 2 rlo4‘i
THE SIOXATIsVEEIKS'arAIERAGIfiorsi •34 S-
O 5.: 315 4d 25s fid 40s Id / 4" 7 It Oh
.-.IT OS • 0
QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LA-- R,e. 63;
Wheat, 96,727; Bar ev, 27.315 ; ries. 17.401 ''',
6,494; Peas, 557 quarters.

at
to 4, al ; lamb, 5s 2d to 6s fid ; Veal, 3s 8d t° Doi
3fosillodw7 4s 4d —Beef,
2cadrtcoses. 4dicet; 1,:1:43:114:111:1‘,Pog„
l'is full
o prices
iT LE , AND: LVAADETNETL.K—The
16.—T0-day's mar ruled D,',; toP
B:37Bpelioef,
fwroimth
3s 4(1
to
on4ds t4htie3;
stmrozdtettressoor; rat,
lud • Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 6d ; Veal, alit'
3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs, to sink the °mils. i Toea so,' -
OMFORD, May 16.—The general aukdeo3..=l, 0;
on higher terms. Beef, from 3s 2d to Om; '
IV,
to 5s Od; Lamb, 5s 6d to 6s 10d; Veal, ,1,,s
Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 2d 81ba Quarter 0.,'
20s to 25s each. per
.

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LLOYD'S SHIPPING-11° Diit,f;l3l A';'..
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LONDON, May 17.—Wind and weather .
N.W. ; strong breeze, and fine weather. ,v_ ArlVl'te°
PORTSMOUTH, May 16.—Wind, N. • 7 mil
North Sea, from New York: for Hamburg; Mii,i, fig,
(transport, No. 165), Malta. Sailed—Wallae do, I;
dras and Calcutta ; H.M.S. Oden, westwar; .01,
• ea'°' fdt
manthus, do. A rig a i
SOUTHAMPTON, May 16.—W;nd, N.
--.„Tai,..-3-' ,
(s.s. transport), for Portsmouth. Saile"--"..-- ~,,bier .
Geelong.d...P..oo.
rive , di ' •
PLYMOUTH, May 16.—Wind, N.W. Ar- (0.0• P
Sailed from the Coast a Africa ; Candace „,„ for'
—H.M.S. Cruiser, for the eastward. : ea..-AP 3,
DARTMOUTH, May 16 —Wind, N•E• Arr'l Ow '
f 6
ward, from the Mauritius. (4100
OFF DOVER.—Princess Louisa, from the •-' , 1301',
Hope. rt,o%telll
OFF FOLKSTONE.—Wm. and Mary, from 1° of ilit, 9' '
FALMOUTH, May 16.- The Triton (barck,ll% 1, 0:s- hat
from Cardiff, for Lisbon, was abandoned, .0111 Rate '-
1,00014:11,0;,
N., 12 W., being leaky, and with 6 feat of lyi fot
hold ; crew saved and landed here.
SWANSEA, May 16 —Wind, N.E. Sailed""" coria
Singapore ; Andromache, Sierra Leone ; Aull'' 40'"
L, uisa, do.
SHIELDS, May 16.—Sailed—Vandalia,
Zone, do. ,: for --14elt
0 Vir
STOCKTON.—Arrived—Opher, from Chine! 1.0% Pof!
ST. ÜBES, 'nay 3.—The Marne, from I,eg"°-(11 0
don, has finished her repairs, and is nearly res
. ,_,,

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL) asoroll.
Wind, N.N.W.
Arrived—Trafalgar,
Charleston ; Sultana, Porto Rico ; Clown, 11. re'
Atlantic, Callao • Triumph, Para ; BEnigr`katini .14r
frLoiVmEDB-Pernooerrift,rTah;uorseltinfieibl,.....:gitritiooll,ll:t
leans ; Catharina7Moss H e an Dv
••H • M • SYs P oil,
ley, New Orleans. SOP
Sailed—Fortune, for Hobart Town; 16,
seilles; Delfthaven, Corfu.
QuEvraT 10;
owNt Ill'in
("-
Wind, variable. Sweet' .0
Arrived—Moselle, from Matanzas ; Mary 111)1 l
I'AP r bei
Cruswier, Honduras. gall ftie A 0
folTinhdeei7edil(l)iffaniCaWpearCd Ward, from
Liverpo°l'yesterday, r° f:
affgtl4lj4-13..r
cargo (salt) had dissolved, and was seen 0 16,
pi
3 p.m. 1 10,
ICINCOr°

Wind, N.N.E.
Arrived—Hoseford, from Santamder.

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opening the season in the grounds of :ii'beuat'l
fgvei tii3o
return, hawever, to their old accustereLeotati°,l3lor ter
exhibitions in June and July. The e-rpointecl_ 001,1
society appear not to have been disaPAike, w2;00 fiEcii
weather, although anything but F‘ri6 talle° tjlat, ot
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previously em
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strangerS a,
the attentiewberevrooe
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to theirri yard °hoe"
gularly acute p olio a authorities sctlell'euper- Jr
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code
vigilance after one ,of war great v.' •atee ~,ee
up, rub their e:ies, and assume an
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, letely e,beir n',,otairleaa which is doing c on tinues to"ebe
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