The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-08 00:00:00

BOMBARDMENT

SEBASTOPOL.

WAR DEPARTMENT, SEPT. 7.

Lord Panmure has this day received the fol-
lowing intelligence from General Simpson, dated
"CRIMEA, SEPT. 5.
" Our batteries opened fire at daylight this

morning."

"SEPT. 6, 5 P.M.

" The bombardment goes on steadily and fa-
vourably, with few casualties on our side. A
Russian frigate, supposed to have been set on fire
by our rockets, was burnt last night in the great
harbour."

PARIS, SATURDAY MORNTNG.
The following despatch has been received from
General Pelissier, dated Sebastopol, Sept. 6 :
" A vast fire, caused by our shells, seized the
Russian vessel Marian last night. The flames
illuminated all the camps.

DESTRUCTION OF
PETROPAULOVSKI.

The following intelligence has been received
from the Times' correspondent at Southampton,

dated Saturday morning :
The allied fleets, consisting of eight ships and
steamers, arrived off Petropaulovski on the 15th

May, with the intention of attacking it.
" The whole of the garrison had made their
escape in the Russian frigates Aurora and Dwina,
having availed themselves of a dense fog on the
17th of April, and eluding the British frigates
Barracouta and Encounter, which for a long time
had been blockading the Fort.
The place has been completely destroyed, and

51 guns taken.
The allied fleets have sailed for the Amoor

river, to which the garrison of Petropaulcvski
have fled.

MARSEILLES, SATURDAY, SEPT. 8.

The Sinai, which left Constantinople on the

30th August, has arrived.

The advices from the Crimea are to the 28th

August.
She has brought 150 invalids.

Despatches leave at 9 a.m.
The White Falcon has arrived.
The Mentor has left for Constantinople.

We (Times) hare received from our Paris cor-
respondent the following telegraphic despatch,
dated Saturday morning :
" A treaty of alliance and of commerce was con-
cluded on the 12th of July between France and
Persia, and the ratifications were given to the
Minister of France on the 14th."

DANTZIC, SEPT. G.
The'allied fleets are still anchored at Nargen, a

part being near the island of Seskar.

On the 2d, the Imperieuse frigate and a cor-
vette left Seskar to make a reconnaissance on the

side of Cronstadt.

As far in advance as the Tolboukin lighthouse,
they perceived two Russian frigates at anchor.
The Russian vessels on seeing them at once
took to flight, and withdrew behind the fortifica-
tions.

Nothing else of interest took place.

THE CRIMEA.

A letter from Constantinople, of the 27th ult.,
in the Semaphore of Marseilles, says :—" There is
some great personage among the Russians in the
Crimea. He has come from St. Petersburg, and it
is under his auspices that the battle of the 16th
took place. Many Tartars affirm that it is tho
Emperor Alexander himself, who is travelling in-
cognito, as his father often did. But it is most
likely one of his brothers, perhaps Duke Constan-
tine. He has taken up his quarters at Kara]Ps,
where there are frequent councils of war held,
They are only waiting, it is said, for two divisions
of Grenadiers to make another grand attack upon
the allies. If they again fail, nothing remains for
them but to withdraw from the interior, for they
are positively in want of provisions, and find great
difficulty in procuring supplies."

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.

A statement appeared some days since in several
of the papers that a new circular despatch had been
addressed by M. de Nesselrode to his diplomatic
agents at the various Courts in Germany. The
statement-was contradicted, then repeated, and
again contradicted. Notwithstanding the contra-
diction it met with, and the secresy with which it
has been kept, the cirmlar has been issued, as ori-
ginally stated, and, among others, addressed to
the Russian Ambassadors at the Courts of Berlin
and Vienna. The fact was announced to the
French Secretary of Legation at the former place
by M. Manteuffel, the Minister himself being
absent at the time. M..M,inteuffei informed him
that he had seen the cir'cula'r, but on the Chargé
d'Affaires requesting, as is usual in such cases, a
copy of it, the Prussian Minister declared that he
had not a copy in his possession, and that the Rus-
sian Ambassador merely read it to him, and no-
thing. more. This, in all probability, was untrue,
as M. Manteuffel is known to have made a similar
declaration on previous occasions, though he bad
the paper in his possession at the moment. The
despatch contained a proposition to the effect that
Prussia, conjointly with Austria, should use her in-
fluence to induce the-Western Powers to re-open the
conferences at Vienna, with a view to a pacific set-
tlement of the question with Russia. The propo-
sition was made by Prussia to Austria, hut Austria
promptly and positively, it is stated, refused to
accede. A few days ago the French Government
professed itself satisfied with the conduct of Aus-
tria on a late occasion. This refusal, perhaps,
may explain the satisfaction. There is not much
merit in this, as Austria must have known that
there was no chance of England or France repeat-
ing the farce of the Vienna conferences. We stated
about six months ago at least, on the authority of
a private letter from Oldenburg, that Russia would
take the opportunity' of putting Prussia forward as
a mediator of some kind. _ _

Private letters from Berlin would seem to corro-
borate what has been already said of the state of
the King of Prussia's health. It is considered as
an alarming symptom that his breathing has be-
come more difficult, and, indeed, his condition
generally inspires considerable uneasiness. The
Russian party of the Court are in dismay, as the
death of the King would be fatal to their influence.
The Prince of Prussia, it appears, keeps apart, and
does not interfere, at least, , ostensibly, in political
affairs.

The Constitutionnel 'las received a non-official
warning about the correspondence it published the
other day relative to the Danubian Principalities,
and the hatred which the Austrian occupation has
excited among the inhabitants ; and the Moniteur
yesterday contained an article, in the form of a
letter from Bucharest, intended, no doubt, to neu-
trailin tin ded of the Omer, The Constitu.