The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-14 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Sept. 14.—Wind this riav noon, N.E., mo-
derate breeze and dull hazy weather with rain.
PLYMOUTH, Sept. 13.

Wind N.W.
Arrive I—H.M.S. Alecto from Sheerness, fur the Coast
of Africa.

SHIELDS, Sept. 13.

Wind E.
Sailed—J. C. Richardson for New York.
PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 13.

Wind S.S.W. to W.N.W.
Arrived—Zarab, from Mouhnin ; Thames (s. transport
102), Balaklava.

SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 13.

Wind N.W., fine.
Arrived—Great Western (FL), from Brazils.
FALMOUTH, Sept. 13.

Wind N.
Arrived.—Ariosto frnm Akyab ; Prince Adalbert,
Pinata; Arenas, Akyab, and sailed for Antwerp.
HARTLEPOOL, Sept. 13.

Wind S.W.

Sailed.—Armais from Hong Kong..
PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 13.—The Columba (transport 110)
from Constantinople, was towed by tho Thames (s.) to 30
miles S. of Cape Finisterre, when she parted both hawsers
in a heavy gale from the N.E. on the 9, h inst. The re-
port of the William M. Rogers having touched the ground
under Block House Fort is without foundation.
DOVER, Sept. 14.—The George Woolfe (barque) is
ashore near New Romney, with 11 feet of water in her
hold.

(PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning.

Wind N.E

Arrived.—Prince of Orange, from Bombay ; Robert
Ritson, Calcutta ; Kingston, Puewash ; Mogul Amster-
dam ; Lord Nelson, Calder° ; Hudson, Restigouche ;
Christiana, Quebec.
Sailed.—Wyoming, for Philadelphia; Meander, Ba-
laklava ; Alma, Aden.

QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 12.
Wind, W.S.W. to N.W.
Arrived.—Ganges and Blanch from Callao; Charlotte,
Mauritius.
Sailed.—Fortune, for Havre.

KINGSTOWN, Sept. 12.

Wind N.W.
Arrived—Latlage, from St. John's ; Edinburgh, Dant-
zio ; Annette, Christiana.

THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL.—The following is the
flattering defence of the Russian journal Le Nord for the
evacuation of this fortress:—" The resolution of Prince
Gortschakoff exhibits the energy of a great commander.
It saves Russia from an inextricable position, into which
a false interpretation of the point of honour would have
thrust her. The Russian army concentrated north of
Sebastopol will henceforth have that unity of movement
and action which until now it has wanted. The Sebas-
topol of the south is replaced by the Sebastopol of the
• north--a formidable position, bristling with innumerable
guns—which a compact army henceforward will defend.
Impartial history will speak of the defence of Seba.topol,
as well as of the Attack upon it, by assigning to besiegers
and besieged their due share of self-sacrifice and obsti-
nate courage. It will also do justice to the resolution
of Prince Gortschakoff, who, by making a momentary
sacrifice and avoiding a useless effusion of blood, has
hr-served for Russia an army trained to war by a strug.
gle 01 a year's duration, which for intensity has no
parallel in military annals, and placed that army in a
position which enables him to command the situation."

TEE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL'

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(Frogs the Times of this clay.)
be iu
es it hough souse time must elapse before we can Tf,
posseseion of information sufficiently minute to esP;7ed
all the causes of the late signal triumph cf the a:of
armies, and more especially of the precipitate retreat],
the, Russian garrison from the south keel:, of SehaEtoulesit,
yet some facts have already reached us from other.cl.4
tens which throw additional light on this remarkable
the
abrupt termination of the siege. It is clear 11.0,11100
telegraphic despatches of the allied Generals, sun elks
from the report of Prince Gortschakoff, that where and
enemy withdrew bodily in the night of the Sth 00l
eth of September from the town of •Sebastopolhoe
the Karabelnaia suburb he cannot be said to (it
been driven out of his place by direct filreeifee
would have been more honourable to the Russians
00
had) ; but the evacuation was resolved upttnetrce
of
moral and physical inability to continue the deiel,el
the fortreis, and probably in pursuance of a pre-ae7lo
strategical plan. The position of the town and et
t,
Rueeien army alter the fall of the Malakhoff Tower see
very 1)3'1, but it was not quite desperate, nor tier,
daeger of an immediate character. Marshal
the line
to whetu we are happy to give on this occasion tb
he has so gloriously earned at the head of the -..er7de
army, reports that " the multiplicity of the works °'s„.4
fence and the material means applied to them far Op
anything hitherto seen in the history of war." Meter
repeatedly been asserted by the Russians that evens tie
the fall of any of the great outworks of Seeastopeiroo
besiegers would find every street converted into P tau
and every house into a battery. Nor was this boo
unfounded one ; such was actually the state of thePasf
yet no attempt was made to prolong the resistaeme;it,
the garrison in these last intreuchments. wee
klieff Tower was the key of the position, and is
0,1
occupied by the French troops, but some days d
have elapsed before this work could have We,
decisive fire against the other parts of the town•llye
the other torts and bastions remained at nightfall:lo,e
Bth in the bands of the Russians. The Menberle
it,ei is but the outwork of the Karabelnaia the
and no part of the town, properly so cal'ed, °bed
west of the Great Ravine and Artillery Learbesrio'
been entered by toe allied troops. General De S. end
attack on the Central Bastion failed altogethered ale
the Garden Battery, the Flagstaff Battery, 11%00
Quarantine Battery still protected all this portion igee
works. In tact, by a peculiarity which distinel the
the result of this siege' from all others in histetb°
allies took the place at last without entering it, talks
Russians were across the water 24 hours before the
allies had parsed beyond the walls. Even alt°1:00
French flag was waving from the commanding elf sot
of the lelealaleheff Tower the victorious troops
appear to have advanced beyond that position, PAO.
because they would have had to storm the sews
of the enemy's defences, and partly because• it wee:t,el
peed that the Russians had extensively lulu nisch
ground from which they had been driven with -n the
bloodshed. At that moment, then, at nightfall rt.
Bth of September, it cannot be said that Prised urte
schakeff was compelled to fly with precipitation lrolato
scene of this terrible contest ; but, as he edePted We')
course without hesitation, we must look for the 1%00
of his conduce to some other facts which have CO
our knowledge.
else.
We have reason to believe that even before the O
of July Prince Gortscbakeff bad repotted to the P'eaußitll,
3overroneet that his position in Sebastopol was "'We
becoming altogether untenable, and that a great e
must be made at any price to relieve the pliseees°r
‘
he must abandon it. It is easy to conjecture tue•see
increasing exhaustion of the garrison, the euorenel/difo"
iniceasieg consumption of the scores of war, tbenc4illi,
culty of obtaining water and wholesome food, esP-ses°'
since the destruction of the supplies from tbealee
Anti, the discontent and despondency of the 'Lee
and the steady anproach of the works of the be"Of
whose vertical fire fell with terrific force upon the I biS
all contributed to make the Russian General feettoo
position to be most forlorn and hopeless. under votes
circumstances a council of war was held at St. Fritee
burg, and the opinion of the highest military entriepe
was taken by the Emperor. After coneideree
bate, and some difference of opinion (fur we 11;etter
stand that Prince Paekiewitch and General .00,
Sacken opposed the measure taken by tee unkicridid
their colleagues), it was determined to attack the, -peel
forces on the lines of the Tchernaya. Cenfieleu"nie re'
were entertained that the fortune of that day w° Cate'
pair the disasters of the Alma and Inkermato o%loo'
pal the inva ling army to raise the ...lege. The bee Ase
the 16th of August, in which our brae Sardinian bf
bore so conspicuous a part, and which was decidet.the .
the uncompromising valour of three divisions eo ter
French army, had been anticipated with the deeP efebe
terest at St. Petersburg and in mail other pares utre
empire It ended in a calamitous defeat. Withipseell,
hours the whole strength of the Russian relieving Babe'
with its reinforcements, was overthrown, and
lieve that the enemy lost on that occasion no lso
8,000 men, either by the artillery of our gen fero
the bayonet, or in the waters of the Tchernaro of
the canal. We must be permitted to PaY tP del
all the faults committed by the Russian commas
in this war the attack on the Tchernaya °
"co et
far the most extravagant. It had no eh e
success. It was utterly defeated in three hour° e;
small fraction—not one-fourth—of the allied armies
and so confident were the British troops., wk.% itoe
brought up in reserve, of the result of such an attar
our French and Sardinian allies that while the eetive
was going on our men did not even stand to their sole
The battle of the Tchernaya was, in fact, a deePeeise
effort, and from the moment of that defeat we are 700
fled that Prince Gortschakoff had resolved to desist "fel
so fatal arid hopeless a struggle as soon as a succe,to
attack of the enemy on the works of Sebastopol
el'iled
him an excuse to retreat. He began to prepare,
bridge across the Great Harbour—a work, be 1.09
served, which does credit to the skill and energy el eie
dockyard workmen. The harbour of SebastoPfna to
believe to be at least 700 or 800 yards acroes• Pre
lay such a bridge of rafts, sufficiently strong 4)40
vide a secure means of retreat fir a defeated erol.
a remarkable proof of the resources of the ark vole
Teis bridge afforded Prince G. rtscbakoff the 69e
means ef saving his army. Had it been destroy
chance shell he would probably have been reeln:goelt
capitulate, for his communications with the Po-e, ee
might have been intercepted by the Who. Bettie rr
doubt, his extreme anxiety to avail himself 0' -0001"
source within the few hours of darkness which I°ll t be
the capture of the Malakboff Tower; and it re,eseei of
j
inferred that an attempt to prolong the reAs" and
Sebastopol by holding the -ec ind litre of deblecrtette
the forts of the town w :old have expoied the RuSee Ttees',
the danger of having their resits
of escape e"tiresi,
off. Whatever may have been the effects of the e°ebotle
tion which raged during the night succeeding the 0 lee
and on the following day, it is impossible tbeatkotia
hours can have sufficed to destroy the evernierei
masonry of such a place as Sebastopol, The -g11,00:1
heavy stores of war must remain, though the /Wl)4
were blown up, and accordingly we learn froln.nateeiv
Pelissier's despatch that an immense amount 017-
has fallen into our bands.
tbet"o
These consi lerations appear to us to prove -00elL
Ruotiaos evecua ed the southern side of Se_abesateiee2
this precipitate manner principal:), on stretegire" "e
—that is to say, they acknowledged, from the P. ralel/P
defeats they had sustained, that they could loteePtal,(lr
the defence of the place without risking the "'
etruction of their army in the Crimea, and tbelo Fer
drew from the fortress in the hope of saving et) oecee.4
°o
tion of their troops. It this view be correct, Ourlol.o-
,
is due not only to those invincible columns eebell-0 Prot
crowned the unbreached rampart of the Komi' tee,s
of
tion en the Bth of September, but also to the
40
measures which have marked the successful
the campaign—the destruction of the supplies o
itoser
of Azoff, the increased difficulty of throwiogn,7ool:l;
[Dents into the Crimea, and the vicinity Of the TO re ergepo
which cut off the last chances of relief. We thereL°ol,o"o
from these facts that not only is Sebastepol till iSe •
city, for its defence might perhaps have been .11,eakr°0
prat acted, but that the Russian forces in the Criteeet
beaten errny, and that the main cause of the '" tee °I,
their moral and physical ivability to encouterrose'e•
perier troops of the allies. It is said that see, esitPes
WO" .
(tiers bear adversity, privations, and even de etit P
more stoical indifference than any other troets,:old
believe it to be impossible that any army B'wof dePlf
sustalued such a series of losses, of hardshiPee
Pro of!
tions, and of humiliations, without being, or, je
discouraged and demorali-ed. The enthuse aoseet
Russia,' army is supplied by the brandy bottle' 0;4
discipline is maintained by the stick ; but °colter be;
resources which can give troops courage of
beater., or restore confidence in a retreat.
this stet/i0
A further inference to be drawn fromipAiri"ol
things is, that it Prince Goitschakoff from hise bo.belf,
to maintain his position in Sebastopol, wberd
still enormous means of defence he will flu °wry
a. fortiori, less able to hold his position in anY,„totfleer
of the Crimea against an enemy flushed
c anmanding superior facilities of transport•
to restos
patron of the North Forts may enable him but tad
with /leo olio
troop fer a few days after the late struggle is quit
works are of inferior strength to those he "ale! Sev/e
they do not comprise the resources of an. e.treooll.
town ; they are supplied with water by webs tesererefeie
take the final destruction of the Russian roof o',lo
Prince Gortschakoff's orders to be a further 100 yee°o
intention to pursue his retreat ; otherwise' odeer,ool
might have been sheltered for a short ticoe,nekstioe
ieese
large northern batteries. But from tel / ,tootie
we conclude that the present object of the Ler..., ; sonti •
tb
rale is mainly to save the remains of their:ft.:oo4l;r
n.0114'
strategical question which remains to
iblig:ir'e
the skill and vigour of the respective be tee
tiler the allied forces will not prevent that ey't/

BATTLE OF TCLIERNLYI•

been iisti‘i
A serviceable map of this battle has just ~ rOI 1111
by Dlr. Edward Stanford, Charing Cross, s" :OS%
we ba" pre..oitr-
whose productions, by the way,
bad occasion to notice with approbation. The /314;
positions of the opposing forces, French, Sarde'd tb
tish, and Russian are accurately laid down? °red, ff
various columns, redoubts ,tc ,_ distinctly colt clo,
as at once to catch the eye,' and render perfecwf Or
the written descriptions hich have apPlarety°, j
battle. The map Has sketched by Capt, Nvolse.-iii 0),,
Joint try, and Lieut. Brine, Royal Engineers, nklle.:
the, 0 1;
consequently be depended on. The route of
we may add, from Mackenzie's Farm to Bala 004
OP
their celebrated flank march, is also laid d°/7-
coloured. e it
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A BONAPARTE IN CORI.- -The Cork Exanzio'
he GA
is understood that Prince Napoleon will enter tPrid
hour of that port in a day or two, and it oil'
that he is to be invited to a public dinner in ;"