The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-13 00:00:00

TEE SORTIE AT SEBASTOPOL.

ST. PETERSBURG, JAN. 4.—The Invalide Rase
contains Prince•Menschikoff's account of a success-
ful sortie from Sebastopol, made on the 21st. The
prince says : _

- A detachment of volunteers, led by Lieutenantsßernleff
and Astapolt, of the navy, and Lieut. Bentner, of the regi-
ment of Moscow, attacked the left flank of the English
trenches with so much impetuosity that the soldiers guard-
ing the work were overthrown, and a great number of
them bayoneted (passe au fit de la. baionette.) On this
occasion we took 3 office-a and 33 men prisoners. On
ourside, Lieut. Bentner who had volunteered for the third

time, and Ensigns Grigorenko and Vornonoff, with 22
men, were wounded, and we lost four men killed. At
the same time, in order to divide the attention of the
enemy, another sortie was led by Captain Ilinsky, of the
Imperial Navy, against the Turkish trenches. The detach-
ment was perceived by the enemy, and returned to the
fortress without having sustained any important loss.

According to the Lithographic News Sheet of Berlin,
Major de Stutterheim and several other officers of the
old army of Schleswig-Holstein have signified to the
English Government that they were disposed to enter
the foreign legion forming in England.
THE MURDERER BARTHEIMIY.—It is said that the
execution of this criminal will take place on Monday
week.

The Courrier de Bourges states that the wines of the
Cher, particularly those of the vintage of 1853, experi-
enced. a sensible decline in price at the last market.' Ihe
fall is stated to be about one-fifth on the previous prices.

SHEERNESS, Jan. 12.—The new boiler-house is now
completely roofed in, and is quite ready for the erection
of the furnaces, shafts, and flues. It presents an ex-
tremely light sand elegant, and at the same time a very
substantial, appearance. The whole building is divided
longitudinally into three compartments. The centre area
between the upright standards which carry the roof is 45
feet wide, and is being covered with an excellent wood
pavement of oak blocks. No further settlement of the
side walls has taken place, and not the slightest crack is
perceptible in any portion of the brickwork, which ap.
pears to be executed in an extremely sound manner.
These walls, which contain nearly 70 rods of work, were
carried up in the short space-of 14 days, and were built
on a solid bed of concrete. The above rapidity fully ac-
counts for the small settlement ; but the contractor's su-
perintendent justly remarked at the time that it would
find its bearing in a few days, and then remain firm as a
rock, and such really appears to be the case. One of
the greafeet improvements latelyintrodcoumcemdeinnctiongthaits
yard is the granite tram-road, which,
the -great In:sin, finishes at the entrance doors at the
south end :of the new boiler-house. The pitching be-
tween the tranivyays is three feet wide, and each tram-
stone is two feet wide and one deep, and buried in 18
inches of solid concrete. These works have been per-
formed by Messrs. J. end C. Rigby, contractors for the
Ifolyhead Harbour works, under the immediate superin-
tendence of their. engineer, Mr. W. Caldwell. The via-
tualling department, under the superintendence of
Thomas Jiockings, Esq., is still undergoing many alte-
rations, which, when completed, will add very materially
to the comforts of those ships' companies billeted upon
it; at present, however, only a _portion of the Royal
George's and Cressy's not on leave, or that have re-
turned, are there. A plan is being laid down, by erecting
cranes or sheers in parts of the docks for lifting the
boilers in and out. A quantity of masts are leaving for
Chatham. A sale will take place at this yard on Thurs.
day, the 25th inst., of fathom wood, which, as usual, no I •
doubt will be fairly attended.