The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-07 00:00:00

THE CRIMEA.

A letter from Constantinople, in the Salut Public
of Lyons, gives the following details from Se-
bastopol :
" I have already mentioned to you that the fall of
Sebastopol would be nothing else than an affair of heavy
artillery, and an officer who has just arrived from the
Crimea confirms what I mentioned. Sebastopol will
not be stormed ; it will be battered to pieces, not a stone
being left on the other, unless the garrison capitulates in
time. The ramparts, forts, and public edifices are all
undermined, and an explosion might cause the death of
thousands of men, without any advantage to our army.
Is it not more prudent to reserve these troops for the
end of the campaign, for the battle which must necessa-
rily be fought if the intention be to drive the Russians
out of the Crimea 1"

The Corriere Italiano of Vienna of the 2d, in
referring to the alleged reverse sustained by the
English near Balaklava, says :
" We deplore every disaster, however slight, which
may befall the troops whoa we consider as our Allies ;
we deplore it because it may have the effect of continuing
the hesitations of some German Governments, and be-
cause by giving new courage to the Russian army in the
midst of the demoralisation which had spread amongst its
ranks, the decisive ruin of the Russian forces will require
more time and greater sacrifices. Here we speak not
only of the sacrifices of the Western Powers, but of the
sacrifices of Austria—certain as we are that the policy
of Austria is not that of the other German States,—
awaiting events and dependent on success. The less the
success obtained by the Allies, the more will have to be
done by the bravery of the ustrian arms. We wrote
these lines under the impression of the last telegraphic
despatches,—to which, however, we will not attach
faith, because they come from Russian sources, and are
not confirmed. We hope that very soon the reports of
the Allied commanders will cause the reverse of the
medal to be seen."

PRINCE MENSCHIKOFF'S REPORT OF
THE THIRD AND FOURTH DAYS.

The Journal de St. Petersbourg, of the 28th ult.,
contains the following notice :

"To complete the details already published of the
operations at Sebastopol on the sth (17th) and 6th (18th)
of October, the Aide-de-Camp General Menschikoff, in
a statement dated the Bth (20th), in the evening, ob-
serves that the movement executed on the 6th (18th)
by Major-General Semiskine's detachment on the rear
of the enemy from the village of Tchourgoum suc-
ceeded in its object, by forcing the enemy to despatch
on the 7th (19th) a portion of his forces in the direction
of the village of Komary. Since their entry into the
village the enemy's troops had made no hostile demon-
strations.

"On the 7th (19th) and Bth (20th) of October the
bombardmtint of Sebastopol was only kept up on the
land side by five English and four French batteries.
But their fire was not so active as on the first day, and
had not inflicted any sensible damage on our fortifiea-
Coes. On the 7th (19th) our loss was 49 men killed and
163 wounded ; three of these were officers.
"Up to the time of sending off the despatch Prince
Menschikoff had not received any detailed reports as
to the number of our troops disabled on the Bth (20th).
" On the same day (the 20th) it was seed from Sebas-
topol that a powder magazine blew up in the French
battery constructed near the ruins of the ancient Cher-
sonesus. After this the battery was silent.
"During the whole of these two days, the 7th (19th)
and Bth (20th), the Allied squadron took no part in the
bombardment of Sebastopol."