The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-10 00:00:00

TIM LATE ATTACK ON SITEABORI.

The Emperor of ii,usSia'has addressed to General
Berg the following letter :
" Your distinguished and assiduous services for the
throne has shown itself by new exemplary activity since
the time when the chief government of Finland was en-
trusted to you through our confidence. By the quick
and efficacious measures which you have taken for the
security of this our dear and faithful principality, you
have shown'your circumspection, your untiring assidui':y,
and military experience. The unsucces,ful attack of the
powerful Anglo. French fleet against Sweaborg has now
served as a brilliant example of your judicious measures,
as well as of the capabilities •of the brave defenders of
the fortress. As a proof of our monarchical favour for
your services, I nominate you Knight of the Order of
the Saint Apostle Andreas with swords, and send you
herewith the insignias, and remain with our Imperial
greeting always well inclined,
" ALEXANDER."

THE.HARVEST' AND THE LABOUR
MARKET.

MALIN, Saturday Morning.—Nothing can be more
satisfactory than the tone of all the agricultural reports
received this morning from the provinces. In the ex-
tensive county of Cork the reaping of the harvest has
been nearly completed, and upon the whole, it is said,
there is no reason to be dissatisfied eit :er with the yield
or quality, especia,by uAisidering the unpropitious wea-
ther with which the harvest season opened. Tile potato
crop, too, in the same district. though not entirely tin-
injured by disease, is yet far more abondaet and healthy
than could have been expected. From `the midland
the accounts are no less cheering, hut in all
quarters complaints continue of the scarcity of hands,
and of the enormous wages which the farmers are com-
pelled to pay for manual labour. Half-a•crown a-day,
with board, seems to be the minimum standard, anti but
few are fortunate to secure at this rate a supply sufficient
fez. the demand ; in many instances employers are but
too happy to raise the premium to a much higher figure.
In Kildare and the Queen's County the scythe is being
generally substituted for the sickle, and the experiment
is said to have been eminently successful, even when the
work is executed by raw practit-oners. A practical
agriculturist, Mr. James Clapperton, is of opinion that
ere long the reaping book must be superseded to a large
extent in Ireland by the scythe and reaping machine:4
He writes

" We are getting oats cut by the ficythe just now for
7s. 6d. per Irish acre, for mowing? binding, stooking,
and raking, while it is costing us 245. per acre by the
hook, with the same crop and in the same field."
The weather up to this forenoon is still favourable,
and the mercury is steady in the barometer at "set fair."

ARRIVAL OF THE EAGLE FROM AUSTRALIA.—LIVER-
POOL,Sunday.—This day the clipper ship Eagle (Capt.
Murphy), belonging to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co.,
arrived in the Mersey from Melbourne. She sailed from
that port May 31, and has brought 44,000 oz. of gold
on freight. On July 21 spoke the Boomerdane, in lat.
24 S., and long. 27 W., and remained in company three
days.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On Saturday Mr.
Carter held an inquest on the body of Mr. John Day,
aged 27, son of Mr. John Day, of Grove-park, Camber-
, well. Oa the let instant the' deceased was one of a boat-
ing party, whose wherry was unfortunately upset about
a (mile below Putney-bridge. The rest of the party
managed to escape, but the deceased was net seen again
until his body was discovered upon the piles of West-
minster-bridge. Verdict, " Accidental death."
DEATH OF ALDERMAN KELLY.—lnformation reached
town on Saturday evening that Mr. Alderman Kelly
had died somewhat suddenly on the previous afternoon,
at Margate, whither he had gone for a few days. Mr.
Alderman Kelly was in his 84th year, and has repre-
sented the ward of Farringdon Within as alderman for
25 years.
MARSHAL RADETZKI last week feted his fiftieth anni-
versary of his promotion to the grade of general. He
is 89 years of age, and has served 71 years. In reply to
an autograph letter from the Emperor Francis Joseph,
congratulating him on the restoration of his health, the
old general has requested to be allowed to retire.
ACQUIT CAL OF THE LUXEMBOURG RAILWAY DIRECTORS.
Friday.—The Tribunal Currectinnnel has
acquitted the directors of the Luxembourg B,ailway of
the charge of embezzlement. John Ashwell, a; being
already proscribed ; William Mag,ney and John Ma,ter-
man, because offence not sufficiently proven by evidence.
The last advices from Adelaide, South Australia, give
some particulars of the progress of the efforts to develops
the navigation of the River Murray. The waters had
risen sufficiently for practical purposes, and the Murray
River Navigatinn Company were about to raise sub-
scriptions for a general extension of operations. At
present their fleet consisted of 13 vessels, comprising
four steamers of between 40 and 50 horse power, eight
barges of from 120 to 150 tons burden, and a schooner
of 100 tons. A railway was also contemplated to con-
nect the Murray with the city and port of Adelaide,
about 40mileesii length, two-thirds of which will be
upon a dead level.
LIVERPOOL, Sept, B.—The United States' mail steamer
Baltic, Comstock commander, sailed hence this morning
with a full cargo, the usual mnile, and 190 passengers,
among whom was his Excellency Alfonso Escalenta,
Ambassador Extraordinary from Madrid to the Court
at Washington. The steam-ship Lebanon, Capt. Cork,
arrived to-day with advices from New York to the same
dates as those brought by the Union to Southampton
this morning.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT UXBRIDGE-HOUSE.--On Saturday
Mr. Langham held an inquest at St. George's Hospital,
en the body of a carpenter, named Samuel Jones, aged
49, recently employed under Mr. W. Cubitt, in repairing
Uxbridge-house, Burlington-street. He was standing at '
his work at two o'clock on Thursday last, on a plank
which crossed the back area. Another man, named
Pace, stepped on to it, when it gave way by breaking,
and both fell into the area, a distance of 11 feet 6 inches.
Deceased never spoke or rallied after the fall, and died
shortly after his admission to the hospital, of fractures
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LATEST NEWS.

CAPTURE OF
THE MALAKHOFF.

WAR DEPARTMENT, SEPT. 9,

Lord Panmure has received the following in.
telligence from General Simpson, dated

CRIMEA, SEPT. 8, 11.35 P.m.
The Allied Forces attacked the defences of Se-
bastopol this day at 12 o'clock.
The assault on the Malakhoff has been success-
ful, and the work is in possession of the French.
The attack of the English against the Redan
did not succeed.

WAR DEPARTMENT, SEPT. 8.

Lord Panmure has received the following in.
telligence from General Simpson, dated
CRIMEA, SEPT. 8.

Another Russian frigate was destroyed by fire

yesterday afternoon in the great harbour.

A large fire is burning about the middle of the
town this morning. Last night about 1.5

o'clock a great explosion took place, supposed

to have been one of the enemy's magazines on

the north side.

PARIS, SUNDAY, SEPT. 9.
The Minister of War has received the following

despatches :

CRIMEA, SEPT. 6, 10 P.M.

Our fire against the place continues under fa

vourable conditions.

Our losses are very small. Nothing new has

occurred on the lines of the Tchernaya.

-The enemy is not preparing any movemen

there.

CRIMEA, SEPT. 7, 10 P.M.

The fire of our artillery has been kept up for

the last 24 hours.

A French shell to-day set fire to a Russian fri.
gate, which is burning at the present moment.

PARIS, MONDAY.

The Moniteur publishes the followi❑g account
of the storming of Sebastopol. It is from Gene-

ral Pelissier :

The assault was made at 12 o'clock on Saturday
on the Malakhoff. Its redoubts and the Redan of
Careening Bay were carried by our brave soldiers
with admirable enthusiasm.

Amidst cries of " Vive I'Etnpereur," we at once
set about lodging ourselves securely there, and at
the Malakhoff we have succeeded.

But the Redan of Careening Bay could not be
kept in face of the powerful artillery which swept

away the first occupants of that work.
Our solid installation at the Malakhoff will soon
cause the fall of the Redan of Careening Bay as
well as the grand Redan, of whicll our brave allies
carried the works with their usual vigour.

But, like ourselves at the Redan of Careening
Bay, they were obliged to give way to the artillery
of the enemy, and to his powerful reserves.

When we saw our eagles floating over the Ma.

lakhoff, General de Salles made two attacks on the
Central Bastion ; they did not succeed, and his
troops returned to the trenches.

Our losses are severe, but I cannot yet state

tht,m.

They are amply colnpensa,ted by the taking of
the Alalakhoff, of which the consequences will be

immense.

ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 7.

Prince Gortschakoff announces from Sebas-
topol, under date of Wednesday, the sth, in the
evening :--" This morning the enemy opened a
very sharp fire on our right flank. Afterwards
their fire was extended to the left. Our batteries
replied with vigour. This evening the fire of the
enemy has slackened."

CONSTANTINOPLE, Auct. 30.

Achmot Paella, Commander-in-Chief of the
Roumelian army, has left for the Crimea, to suc-
ceed Omer Pacha.
The Anglo-Ottoman Contingent will follow.