The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-25 00:00:00

THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL.

We Times (Second E.lition) have not yet re-
ceived the letters of "Our Own Correspondent,"
with the details of the storming and capture of.
Sebastopol. The Simois has brought the official
despatches of the French Commander-in-Chief,
awl the letters by the Carmel may be hourly ex-
pected.

The following additional details brought by
the above-named steamers have been received by
telegraph B—.

" MARSEILLES: SEPT. 23.
" The Simois has arrived here with news from
Constantinople of the 14th of September. She
brings the following particulars :--
"On the 9th of September, the day after the
evacuation of Sebastopol by the Russians, a white
flag was hoisted by the latter on Fort Constantine,
situate on the north side of the roadstead.
"A conference took place between Prince Gort-
scliskoff and Captain Drummond, R.N.
"This conference led to the false rumour that
Prince Gortschakoff had made overtures for peace,
and this error is to be found in the numerous
letters and journals from Constantinople brought
by the Simois.
" It has also been prematurely announeed that
a body of 90,000 French had advanced on the
Tchernaya. General Larchey, who commands the
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has ar- French corps of occupation at Constantinople, an-
rive I at St. James's Palace, from visiting the Duke and
Duchess of Hamilton at Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran, flounced on the 13th that no news relative to such
a movement had been received.
and the Duke and Duchess of Richmond at Gordon
C,04t.1e, near Fochabers, N.B. Another communique, published at the same
g. The Marqduis and Marchioness of Westminster will
entothe nobility and gentry of
heshairegraannd the adjoining (lade at Constantinople, says that no official list of
counties to-day at Eaton
Hall, near Chester.
The Marquis andca
toiubWinatorecrshtslieooynfelisrlsaf!oel :tiyv.Doorrohkgashvheei
Yorkshire,
have - kiNed and wounded (French) had as yet been re-
Hall,
ved there.
" The journals brought by the Simois erro-
rived at Moore Abbey, Kildare, from visiting Lord and neoi isly state that General de la Motto-Rouge is
LaTlyheWEhararincalniffde
joined the kills. il. It is also erroneously stated that Colonel
circle visiting the Marchioness (Dow.) of Londonderry. Seym ~our is killed ; he is wounded, and returns to
at Garrott Tower, her ladyship's seat in the northof No& ind.
Ireland.
1
The Earl and Countess of Elgin have left E
Hall, Ftfeshire, on a tour of visits in thenorth ofSrocoor.m
" '.here was a report that General Osten-
4, -
Sacko e had blown his brains out.
land.
The Earl and Countess Howe and the Ladies Curzon "T be number of Russian vessels sunk is 27." o'n the evening of Sunday, the 9th of Sep-
returned to Gopsall Hall, near Atherston, at the close t • ' S b
of the past week, from a tour of visits, embei r, the conflagratica was still raging at e as-
Vi,count and Viscountess Palmerston will not leave topol.
town for any lengthened period this season. "1 !he Journal de Constantinople says that the
Lord Ward has arrived at Dudley House, Park-lane, Angl, 3 is to be increased to
Contingent
from the seat of war. Turkish Contin
Miss Burdett Coutts is passing the season in the seuth 50,0 00 men."
of France, and is likely to remain absent from England A nother telegraphic despatch from Marseilles,
for some months,
date iti the 23d inst., says—
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Dungannon arrived " 'TChe forts of Sebastopol, situate on the north
in Belfast on Wednesday evening, and proceeded to side 4 f the d
) roadstead, stead, opened on the evening of
Armagh, on a visit to his grace the Lord Primate, at ..
the Palace, whence his lordship returns to Dublin. the Bth of September a terrible fire against the
Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte and the Count and positi ons which the French army had taken poe-
Countess Campello have been on a visit at Eglinton sessit in of in the afternoon.
Castle.
" The Presse d' Orient
says that the Russians
The Duke and Duchess of 'Montrose have arrived at
Buchanan Castle, Stirling/shire. have • destroyed all the forts and bastions south of
Lord and Lady James Stuart and Miss Stuart have th( r • roadstead, including Forts St. Paul and Ni-
returned to town from Dumfries House' Alexander blew u
where they Op )l as. Fort
p, and Fort
have been sojourning for the last two months,
Viscount Canning has been on a visit to the Duke of Qu tazantine was set fire to.
" A.picked body of
and has since gone to visit Lord
Hamilton, at Arran,
Aberdeen, at Haddo. En, ;lispat the attack on the Redan.
Viscount and Viscountess Villiers have arrived in town, ii.'f•
rhe number of Russians made prisoners in
to attend the marriage of Miss Peel, daughter of the late
the as Sault of the Malakhoff is estimated at 1,500.
Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, with the Hon, Francis
g" ['here is a report that the Russians were
Stonor, second son of Lord Camoys.
The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and Mrs. 'ad vat cing on Mackenzie Farm. It was also re-
Herbert, returned to town early in the past week from p ortet I that the allied squadrons would bombard
the continent, where they accompanied the Countess ry_stt''' " I.
(Dowager) of Pembroke, and have since gone to Wilton '
House, near Salisbury, for the autumn. :( 4‘ 4L Te Dom was chanted at the Church of St.

contemplated and provided for. V If it had been,
Sebastopol would have fallen without a stroke,
d we would not have had to contemplate, as
we do now, the probability of another winter
being spent on its plateau preliminary to another
spring campaign.