The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-26 00:00:00

oheerved yesterday in the walLtAll goes on.' weil—vi„
la France !"

Another letter of the same date, written at 2
p.m., says

" The bombardment continues with more vi gout than
ever. It is probable, after the results all- eady ob
tained, that this last will be decisive. The IVlalakhoff
Tower, and the fortified height of the Mamelos, have
not replied with the energy expected from them. The
resistance of the Russians has been weak on this side.
These symptoms of apparent feebleness have occasioned
a degree of mistrust in the attack. You are aware that
the Russians were in the habit of firing ten shots for our
one. The position of the Malakhoff Tower being the mos
menacing for the Allied army we can scarcely compre-
hend the weakness with which it was defended. It is
thought that the approaches to that position are mined,
and this causes us to be prudentin the attack. Itisalmost
certain that the assault on the tower will not be
immediately made, but that all our efforts will be
directed against the Flagstaff Bastion, as they have been
for some hours. By taking that position we should
have the chance of takingby assault the first enceinte,
behind which wo should have shelter from the fire of the
.711alaklioff Tower, which would tho.'t be completely
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we could command the whole of Sebastopol, and it
would he an affair of six days at most to reduce the
t town. Our Generals have the greatest confidence in the
bayonet charges of our soldiers—and these are what will
decide the taking of Sebastopol."
A third letter, dated the 10th, at a later hour in
the evening, says :
" Tse principal effort cf the bombardment is made
on the right, for it is necessary that we should carry
the position of the 111a,inelon, and the works of the
Malakhoff Tower or of the Flagstaff Bastion. After
half an hour's firing on both sides, three Russian
batteries have been completely silenced. The night
is coming on, and the fire still continues. I give
up all idea of attempting to describe to you the spec.
tacle presented to our eyes. The city is on fire in
several parts, and I cannot better compare these pro-
jectiles which cross each other in the air, and describe
thousands of curves within each other, than to the spouts
of flame from some gigantic firework. At daybreak the
fire will be still more energetic if possible. At 4 p.m.
the fire slackened in order to ascertain the results. It
appears from the official reports of the Engineers that
two large breaches have been effected in the crenel-
lated wall of the town. The advanced works of the
Malakhoff
Tower h
ave b
de
have been utterly dismantled in spite
of the batteriesh fend it, and of which nine
guns have been dismounted: The tower itself is in a
very bad condition. These results being ascertained,
the fire recommences with vigour, and continues to the
moment at which I close this letter. I hope that my
next epistle will be dated from Sebastopol itself."

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Mails for her Majesty's land forces in Greece, Turkey,
and the Crimea, the fleet and vessels engaged in the
transport service in the Black Sea, and the medical star
and sick and wounded in the hospitals at Scutari and.
Smyrna, will be despatched to-morrow evening via Mar-
seilles. Letters, &c., must be prepaid.
The paddlewheel steam-ship Hecla, 6, Commander
H. S. Hawker, from Gibraltar, which arrived in Ply.
mouth Sound on Tuesday morning, went into Mumma
in the afternoon, to have defects made good.
The steam-sloop Hecate, 6, Commander H. C. Glyn,
from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday,
bound for the coast of Africa.

The sailing transport Kent, Captain Vincent V.
Howes, embarked 24 men and 52 horses, 11th Hussars,
at Devonport on Tuesday, and sailed the same afternoon
for the Crimea.
We learn by electric telegraph from Plymouth, that
the screw steamer Earl of Durham, Captain E. Thomas,
from the Crimea, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday
afternoon. She left Balakiava, March 25 ; Constanti-
nople, 30th • Ma.lta, 4th ; and Gibraltar, 18th ; and
spoke, on the 20th, 100 miles, east of ape St. Vin-
cent, the transport Bride, No. 27, from Malta for Lon-
don. The screw steam-ship Victoria, bound for Ply-
mouth, was coaling at Gibraltar. The Earl of Durham
is chartered by the North of Europe Company for the
railway expedition, and two of her consorts are hourly
expected at Plymouth—viz., the Hesperus, which left
Gibraltar on the 12th inst., and the Samuel Long, which
was coaling there on the 18th. The barque Meteor,
from Hull, with passengers for Quebec, was off Ply-
mouth, all well, on Tuesday.
The Russell, 60, screw block-ship, Captain F. Scott,
arrived at Spithead yesterday morning and joined the
fleet. The Arthur the Great transport will embark her
troops and sail for the Cape of Good Hope this day. The
Carysfort, 26-gun frigate, which has been at Sconce
Point for some time as a berthing hulk for the artificers
employed upon the new works of defence there, has re-
turned to Portsmouth harbour. The Malacca, 17,
Captain Farquhar, remains in No. 2 Dock, refitting.
The Sampson and Polyphemus steam-vessels are refit-
ting in No. 3 and 4 Docks. The Bellerophon, 78,
Captain Lord George Pa.ulet, is still returning stores
alengside the dockyard. The Aolus shell magazine is
all atannt in the fitting baEin and taking in ballast, &c.,
prior to being reported for service. The Lancashire
Witch transport is expected at Portsmouth to-day to
embark cavalry for the East, consisting of two officers,
66 men, and 130 horses, of the Ist Dragoons, and 3 men
and 6 horses of the 6th Dragoons.
The ships Onward and Lady Russell were towed out of
Kingstown harbour on Tuesday. The wind, however,
not being favourable for the passage down Channel, both
vessels came to anchor outside. The Zebra has not yet
completed her stores, nor finished taking in her cargo.
She will carry out 400 tons of peat charcoal, to be ap-
plied to sanitary purposes in the Crimean camp.
The following appointments have been made :
Commander—Walter Reid, to the Sanspareil.
Lieutenant—Herbert W. Wilberforce, from the Tra-
falgar to the Hastings.
Assistant-Surgeons—David Conrtenay has been con-
firmed to the Driter ; Benjamin Crabbe has been con-
firmed to the Miranda.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon—John Lomax-, to the Ho-
ratio.
Naval Cadets—F. D. Foster, to the Pembroke ; W.
G. R. Gipps, to the Retribution.
Midshipman:-.The Hon. B. Vivian, to the Duke of
Wellington flagship, as supernumerary for disposal.
The Household Brigade on actual service in the
Crimea, consisting of the 3d battalion of the Grenadiers,
the Ist battalion of the Coldstreams, and the Ist bat-
talion of the Scots Fusilier Guards, is, it is stated, to be.
augmented by a battalion of ten companies of 100 men
each. The Ist battalion of the Grenadiers, quartered in
the Tower, it is believed will be that selected, the defi-
ciency in its numerical strength to be made up by volun-
teers from the 2d battalion of Grenadiers, the 2d batta-
lion of Coldstreams, the 2d battalion of Scots Fusiliers,
and from regiments of the line and militia. The four
battalions quartered in the metropolis can now muster
upwards of 1,600 disciplined men, in addition to nearly
400 recruits at drill. The 96thl Regiment, of Foot,
quartered at Chichester, which recently arrived from
Bengal, will, as soon as augmented, relieve the 94th.
Regiment at Windsor, which corps will proceed to the
seat of war. The 96th Foot is now scarcely 300 strong,
a large number having volunteered for other regiments
serving in India previous to the regiment embarking for
Europe. The 51st King's Own Light Infantry is to be
completed to 1,200 strong, for immediate service in the
Crimea.
The 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons, which was ac-
tively engaged in the Affghanistan campaign, and now
quartered in Manchester, the 7th Hussars, which regie
ment returned from Canada in 1843, quartered at pre-
sent in York, and the 16th Royal Lancers, the heroes of
Affghanistan and the Punjab, stationed in Cahir (Ire-
land), are each ordered to be increased to 10 troops of 80
men each, exclusive of farriers and trumpeters, and to be
held in readiness to proceed on foreign service.
Captain Lord Walter Butler, who is at present in Lon-
don, has received a month's extension of his leave of ab-
sence, in consequence of ill health.
A large draught of the 2d Queen's Royal Regiment,
consisting of six officers and 192 men, left Waterford on
Monday for Cork, whence they will embark to join the
service companies at the Cape of Good Hope.