The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-21 00:00:00

THE AUTOCRAT AT WARSAW.

A Vienna letter of the 16th says :—" M. de
Krusenstern, chief of the diplomatic office of Prince
Paskiewitch, arrived here on the 13th, and has
announced, it is said, that the Czar will positively
proceed to Warsaw, to be nearer, it is generally
thought, to the theatre of war."

OPERATIONS AGAINST BESSARABIA.
The Press of Vienna, of the 16th, says :—" Arif
Effendi, the Turkish Ambassador at this court, has
officially announced to the Austrian government that
Omer Pacha would shortly commence offensive
operations against Bessarabia, and that he would
arrive in a few days at Bucharest, in order to come
to an understanding with the commander of the
Austrian troops in that city as to the basis of his
operations. These offensive movements will com-
mence sooner than was expected, as Lord Raglan
has demanded, in the most urgent manner, that
Omer Pacha should begin them as soon as possible."

FETE TO CELEBRATE THE DEFEAT OF
THE ENGLISH.
Mrs. Upton, the wife of the son of the engineer
who planned the fortifications of Sebastopol, told
some English officers that so confident were the
Russians of success that a subscription list had been
opened in Sebastopol for a fete to celebrate the
defeat of the English.

A letter from Varna states that on the 6th de-
spatches arrived in that town from Lord Raglan,
directing the suspension of the embarkation of the
Turkish reserves, as the troops in the Crimea are
sufficient for all eventualities. The reserves, how-
ever, are continuing to be concentrated at Varna,
so as to be ready for embarkation at any moment."
A letter just received from Vienna says :—On
the 6th the Allies were still in the first parallel.
The siege began with the construction of nine bat-
teries, five of which fronted the Quarantine Fort.
The general bombardment was to begin on the 9th.
The papers state that Lord Raglan commands the
besieging corps of 36,000 men, while General Can-
robert, who is on the left bank of the Tchernaya,
with 60,000 men, watches the movements of the
Russian army. The field artillery now consists of
150 guns, and the cavalry is said to be 10,000
strong. Prince Menschikoff is also said to have
received reinforcements, but the statement does
not agree with private information which has been
given me. The Russian army in the Crimea is in
great want of provisions and ammunition.
A letter from the Crimea says the accession of
General Canrobert to the command of the French
army is very popular both among the Allies and our
own troops. He is a man of undaunted courage,
having no such word as " fear " in his vocabulary
—precisely the man wanted to lead a French army
at the present juncture. Their siege train is being
disembarked in the little harbour to the northward
of Cape Chersonese, Balaklava not affording ac-
commodation for both, and the position of the
French arms on the right rendering these harbours
more convenient.
We extract the following from a letter dated
Balaklava, Oct. 3 :—" I cannot tell how it is, but
our movements since we have been before Sebas-
topol have been (perhaps necessarily) rather slow ;
and one, with a Crimean winter before us, cannot
help grudging; the loss of every day of the lovely
weather with which we have been favoured. We are
at present about 2,800 yards from the town of Sebas-
topol. Opposed to us are two heavy batteries against
which we shall break ground at about 1,700 yards
distance from the city. Sebastopol must fall, but
meanwhile a cloud looms in the north. 50,000
troops are said to be collected at Simpheropol, and
Liprandi and Osten-Sacken are hurrying to the
relief with the troops of the provinces and Bessara-
bia. We would gladly attain our object without
another pitched battle. When we win the heights
a few mortars will easily destroy the ships, and then
the reduction of Fort Constantine and the northern
batteries is merely a question of time. Still the
• people of England must not be over-sanguine. We
have to deal with a fierce and powerful foe ; the
bear will die hard."

THE BRITISH EXPEDITION.
The following is the latest intelligence received
from Balaklava :
were
OCT. 4.—Forty pieces of heavy artillery
sent up to-day to the park, and 12 tons of gun-
powder were safely deposited in the mill on the
road towards Sebastopol. As the French had very
little ground left on which to operate on our
iti le
on,ft,
the 2d Division moved to-day from its pos
crossed the ravine on its right, and took up ground
near the 4th Division. The French immediately after-
wards sent up a portion of their troops to occupy the
vacant ground. The Russians havebeen
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gable all day in throwing up batter bies, d
shelled our advanced posts incessantly. From the
range of the guns, it is supposed that they have
actually got the how y pieces which were on board
the Tiger. One shell which fell into the camp of
the 4th Division was marked with the English
broad arrow, and had the English brass covered
fusee. It did not burst. Another, fired with more
fatal effect, fell right into a tent in which were
several men of the 63d Regiment, exploded, and
killed a serjeant and two men. This was at a dis-
tance of upwards of 4,000 yards.
OCT. s.—To-day Lord Raglan moved on to a
cottage about 41 miles from Balaklava, and estab-
lished head-quarters there, at the distance of four
miles from Sebastopol. His staff are encamped
around him. The Terrible came in this morning,
and anchored in the little harbour here, for the pur-
pose of disembarking her heaviest guns, which are