The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-16 00:00:00

SEBASTOPOL.

The Lloyd of Vienna, of the 11th, has the fol.
ins :
" A Letter from Varna, of the sth, states that some
French and English vessels commenced on the 4th to
bombard the Russian works raised on the coast. The
Russian batteries returned the fire, but their guns were
too small to produce any effect, while the shot and shell
of the allies frequently passed over the batteries. It
was said that on the following day the vessels would
form a line of battle, and continue the bombard-
ment without interruption. Another despatch, re-
ceived via Belgrade, states that the bombardment
of Sebastopol commenced on the evening of the 4th,
and continued on the sth. The general attack was
fixed for the Bth, when the best results may be hoped
for. Great impatience is naturally felt at St. Peters-
burg for news from the Crimea. A telegraphic commu-
nication has been established between Perekop and Sirn-
pheropol, and couriers are ready at every station. The
Czar has ordered that a report shall be made to him
every day of the events passing in the Crimea. On the
30th a Te Deunt was performed in all the churches of
Wessa for a ♦ictory gained by the Russians near Sebasto-
pol, which victory consisted of the raising of the siege of
Fort Constantine, which the allies had threatened. It was
announced to the troops in an order of the day of Prince
Menschikoff, in which he states that he had forced the
enemy to withdraw towards the south, and renounce his
intention to besiege Fort Constantine. The Russians
have taken up different positions to defend Sebastopol
on the south side. They have surrounded the town and
port with a number of batteries, and have thrown up
earthworks in certain places. The Russian men-of-war
remain quiet in the port ; some small steamers some-
times move towards the entrance, but return when they
see the allied fleets. Contracts have been entered into
with the communal authorities of the Crimea for the
furnishing of 300 carriages for conveying supplies to the
allied camps from the fleet, and carrying the sick and
wounded to the fleet."

REINFORCEMENTS FOR LORD RAGLAN.
A correspondent, writing from Varna, says that
Admirals Dunclas and Hamelin have been enabled
to place 15,000 marines and sailors at Lord Rag-
lan's disposal. This, with the reserves from Varna,
Bourgas, and Constantinople, would increase the
exepspeadtichtio, ofnary army to about 120,000 men. A
despatch, the 2d, from Constantinople, in the
Fremden Blatt, enlightens us on this point as
follows :—" Twelve thousand men from Varna,
gone to Balaklava. The storms in the
Pontusople E
8,000 from Bourgas, and 6,000 from
haveConstanti-
uxinus, which on the oth ult. were
Constanti-
nople
very violent, have abated, and the sea is to-day
extremely tranquil. There aro already 3,000
wounded soldiers from the Crimea in Constantinople.
The whole of the ships of war lying at anchor hero
go to Balaklava with troops, munitions, and provi-
sions."
A letter from Marseilles, of the 12th, says :
"This day 257 soldiers of the train artillery, 80
foot Chasseurs, and 11 soldiers of the foreign legion,
were embarked on board the Egyptus, to be taken
to the East. 124 Cuirassiers and Dragoons, with
their horses, have been embarked on board different
vessels to join the expeditionary army. 200 men
and 25 horses of the oth Cuirassiers arrived here
yesterday by railway, and are also to proceed to the
East."
ODESSA.

The news from Odessa is more interesting than
usual. On the Ist of the mouth the mole in the
pratique harbour was found to be on fire, which,
however, was extinguished without much trouble.
The heat of an oven for casting red-hot balls had
ignited the tarred piles of the mole. On this same
day a ladka (coasting vessel) was chased by two
steamers. To save itself from its pursuers, the
vessel ran on shore near a field battery, which
opened fire on the steamers, and, it is said, beat
them off. Troops leave Odessa daily for the Crimea.
The time required to join Prince Menschikoff is
calculated at fifte©n days. On the 30th a victory
of the Russian army in the Crimea was celebrated
in all the churches at Odessa, which " victory," it
appears, was the " relief" of ;Fort Constantine, at
first threatened by the allies. This glorious victory
was announced to the troops in a general order, to
the effect that Prince Menschikoff had forced the
enemy to withdraw from Wort Constantine to the
south, and to give up their intention of attacking
this fort.

The Soldaten Freund says that on the 2d inst.
some steamers bombarded the infantry camp at the
♦illage of Grig Prievka, near Odessa ; and that on
the 28th two of the allied steamers destroyed some
Chersonese boats laden with wood in the roads.
The divisions Liprandi and Engelhardt arrived at
Odessa on this latter date, and were sent on to the
Crimea. The 340 wounded Russians delivered by
one of the allied steamers belonged to the 10th di-
vision of the 6th army corps. They were taken
to Odessa by order of Admiral Dundas, and sixteen
died on the day, of arrival.
According to intelligence from Odessa, of the 7th
inst., just received, Prince Menschikoff has ex-
tended his left wing to the seaport town of Alonch-
ta ; his right wing leans on Bakshi-Serai, and the
centre is at Simpheropol, the point at which all
the reinforcements from Perekop will concentrate.
This position forms an exact triangle.