The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-20 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The following are Prince Gortschakoff's de-
spatches of the Bth, translated from the Journal
de St. Petersbourg, and more textual than the
earlier telegraphic advices :
" Bth September, Noon—The enemy receives
nearly every day new reinforcements. The bom-
bardment continues with unexampled violence.
Our less has been more than 2,500 men in the last
24 hours."

" 10 o'clock.—The troops of your Imperial Ma-
jesty have defended Sebastopol to the last extre-
mity ; but it was impossible to hold it longer on
account of the infernal fire which was poured on
the town. The troops have passed over to the
north side, after repelling six out of seven assaults
made by the enemy. It was only at the Korniloff
that we found it impossible to expel them. The
enemy will find in Sebastopol nothing but blood-
stained ruins."

The bombardment lasted three days and a half,
so that the Russian loss during that time, at the
rate cited by Prince Gortschakoff, would have been
8,750 placed hors de combat before the assault, and
by the artillery projectiles alone of the besiegers.
The Russian loss in defending the fortifications
against the seven attacks on the Bth may be very
moderately estimated at 8,000 more—a serious
diminution of the Russian force to be added to the
recent losses on the Tchernaya ; a consideration
that would weigh when the question of a with-
drawal, such as the Prince is said to have ordered,
presented itself.
A letter from Warsaw of the 13th, in the Danube
of Vienna, says :—" The festival of the Emperor's
fete was saddened here by the news of the taking
of Malakhoff and its consequences. As soon as
Marshal Paskiewitch received the intelligence, he
despatched his aide-de-camp, Orloff Demidoff, to
Sebastopol. It is certain that a great many more
troops are to be sent to the Crimea besides the
Guards ; especially the militia of the Empire. A
field ambulance has been sent over from Warsaw.

The Frelnden Blatt states from Warsaw,ou what
it believes to be good authority, that " the Russian
rear-guard abandoned Fort St. Nicholas on the night
between the 9th and 10th. On the 10th, General
Pelissier sent some detachments into the tow n,which
consists of 480 houses. On the 11th, the Karabel-
naia suburb was occupied by a French corps. The
main body of the army will enter the town as soon
as the barricades have been removed, and when a
bridge of boats has been thrown over the War
Port. The immense loss sustained by the Rus-
sians in the six assaults, and the fear of a diver-
sion on the Tchernaya, induced Prince Gortscha-
koff to retreat into the maritime forts and into the
Northern citadel, to occupy the heights of the Bel-
bek, and to send a corps of observation in the di-
rection of the Tchernaya. The Russian position
is strong, but it will be difficult for the army to
winter on the plateau. From the preparations
which are making at Perekop we are induced to
believe that the Russians mean to defend the Cri-
mea even after having lost Sebastopol."
The Cologne Gazette has a letter from St. Peters-
burg stating that the stores of the Government of
Kherson aro completely exhausted, as merchant
vessels have ceased to bring corn from the fertile
countries of the Don by the Sea of Azoff. The
forage for the animals employed in transport must
now be brought from Perekop, and even the water
they require, for there is no forage in the Crimea,
and the springs are dried up. The Salgir has be-
come quite a little rivulet. The crop of potatoes
has also failed, and the price risen more than three-
fold. Vegetation is everywhere withered, and the
price of corn is constantly on the rise at Simphe-
ropol.
A letter froth Odessa, in the Military Gazette of
Vienna, states that " the Russians in Bakshi-Serai
are barring all the mountain defiles, breaking down
the bridges, and destroying the communications
with Balaklava, which indicates that they are ex-
pecting the Allies will commence a campaign in the
interior of the Crimea."

Le Nord publishes a long and laborious letter
from a Frankfort correspondent, to prove that the
soldiers of the Russian army in the Crimea have
plenty to eat and drink. A correspondent of the
Vienna Military Gazette comes to the point at once
in the following fashion:—" Odessa, Sept. 5.
The army of Sebastopol is well supplied. Some
particular articles fetch prices almost incredible—
thus, a lemon is worth a silver rouble (3s. 2d.), but
meat is almost given away, and tobacco is as cheap."
AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, SEPT. 16.—The Vienna Presse of this
morning has a Paris letter of the 12th, in which
it is affirmed that a courier had, on the preceding
day, left the French capital with despatches for
M. de Bourqueney, who was directed to request
the Imperial Cabinet to urge Russia to accept the
four points with the interpretation given to them
by the Western Powers during the Vienna Con-
ferences. Inquiry has been made on the subject,
and the information received is, that until now
neither of the Western Powers has expressed any
desire to renew the negotiations for peace. It is
generally rumoured that the Emperor Francis
Joseph will come to Vienna for a day, in order to
preside at a grand council, but people in office say
that there is no truth in the report.
Little is here known of the intentions of the
Emperor, but the diplomatic world is inclined to
believe that the success of the allies " will lead to
some change in the policy of Austria." The only
effect which the fall of the enemy's stronghold will
produce here is, that another attempt will
be made to induce Prussia and the Bund to take
a step forwards.
It is expected that the Earl of Westmoreland
will soon return to his post.
On the 14th, at 2 p.m., the Lloyd steamer Fer-
dinand 1., with 150 passengers and goods on board,
went up the Danube to Galatz without meeting
with any impediment.
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British Government was satisfied with the way n
whisk his Majesty had kept his promise to remain
neutral. The British Government has neveren-
tertained any idea of encroaching on the Sovereign
rights of the King, and his Majesty is at liberty
to dismiss his Ministers whenever he may think
proper. It is related that Kalergi will enter the
French service, and be sent to Constantinople.