The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-08 00:00:00

Sebastopol.

It is added that the Russians had sunk some of
their ships-of-the-line at the entrance into the port
of Sebastopol, in order to prevent an attack from
the Allied fleets.

TB.REAT TO B URN ODESSA.

The inhabitants of Odessa have given a pledge
that they will burn the pima, should it be at•

tacked, rather than allow it to fall into the hands

of the Allies.

Reports are stated to have been received by
Greek houses in the City yesterday, from (Odessa,
to the effect that Generals Osten-Sathen and
Luders had entered the Crimea at the head 040
battalions, besides the garrison of Odetissa, 20,000
strong.

ODESSA, SEPT. 29.
A Russian report says that the Allies have
crossed the Belbeck.

Marshal St. Arnaud wild attack Prince Men-

schikoff near Bakschi-Serai, to secure the territory

with water springs.
It is reported that the Russians are sending
artillery from the Russo-Galician frontier by foiced
marches, to the Moldo-Wallachian frontier.
The Austrian answer of the 30th September to
the last Prussian circular insists clearly upon the
Russian guarantees, and strongly intimates the
intention of Austria, in case of need, to break off
joint action with Prussia, demanding the adoption
of the four points by the Diet.

ILLNESS OF MARSHAL ST. ARNAUD.
THE COMMAND-IN-CHIEF OF THE
ALLIED ARMIES TAKEN BY LORD
RAGLAN.

A correspondent of the Fremden Blatt writes
from Varna on the 23(1, :that it was said that
Marshal St. Arnaud was very unwell, and that Lord
Raglan had taken the command-in-chief of the
Allied troops. In the ambulance and in the hospital

in Kalamita Bay there were 1,500 wounded
soldiers—English, French, and Turks. This cor-
respondent also says that in the battle of the 20th

no prisoners were made on either side, and that
the Russians lost 2,800 men, 56 officers, with
two generals killed, and 3,000 wounded. Mar-
shal St. Arnaud's head-quarters were removed on
the 22d from Bucalek to Duvenkai ; and the 23d
and 24th of September were fixed upon for the
attack on the outworks of Sebastopol.

THE BAY OF BALAKLAVA.

We extract the following remarks of the recent
movements in the Crimea from yesterday's Ai 0214-

tear :
" The establishment of an army to the south of
Sebastopol, and the taking possession of the port of
Balaklava, a few days after the landii.g of the allied
troops in the Bay of Kalamita, are not operations
which were unexpected. The Bay of Balaklava had
for a long time fixed the attention of the Generals-
in-Chief, but they did not desire to effect the first
landing there from its topographic position, it
being of so limited an extent as not to allow of the
disembarkation of a large number of troops.
During the survey of the coasts made immediately
before the landing by Lord Raglan, accompanied by
English and French Engineer fficers, the party
went as far as Balaklava, and it was ascertained
that the port presented important advantages as a
basis of operations. The report of General Bizot,
officer of Engineers, dated September 18, affords
proof of this.
" Thus the occupation of that town on the morn-
ing of the 28th by the allied troops is a significant
fact, and of the highest importance for the progress
of military operations. The armies have insured a
communication with the fleet. Magazines and
moveable hospitals have been properly installed
there. A convenient and safe road, practicable for
every description of carriage, leads from Balaklava
to Sebastopol. We are therefore now certain that
our armies are firmly established in the Crimea.
"The warlike operations which have brought
about this important result do the utmost honour
to the Generals-in-Chief.
" Several combats have taken place, and victory
has remained faithful to our flags. Our columns
have been able successively to cross several rivers,
to pass the Gulf of Sebastopol, to join in engage-
ments in the mountains, in order to reach Bala-
klava, and Prince Menschikoff, with the remnants
of the Russian army, has been driven far away.
" We shall soon receive details of this great strug-
gle, which will invest our army with additional
glory."
A second article in the Moniteur, dated Leipsic,
Oct. 3, is as follows :
" The victory gained on the 20th of Sept. on the Alma
is considered by military men as the sure presage of
the speedy fall of Sebastopol. If the reports which an-
nounced this event as an accomplished fact were prema-
ture, at all events no one doubts the success of that great
enterprise. It would be impossible to describe the sen-
sation which the recent news has excited throughout
Germany ; and if, as was inevitable, it may have created
different impressions, it is impossible not to acknow-
ledge that a great majority of the hope entertained is
in favour of the success of the arms of the allied Powers."

THE WAR ON THE DANUBE.
VIENNA, Oct. 3.—Telegraphic intelligence ar-
rived here last night from Bucharest that Omer
Pacha, immediately after the receipt of the brilliant
news from the Crimea, sent orders to the Turkish
troops concentrated near Matechin to advance to-
wards the mouth of the Pruth. The marshal will,
it is said, conduct in person the operations against
Bessarabia, and enter the Russian territory at the
head of 50,000 men. This intention of Omer
Pacha has been merely quickened by the victories
in the Crimea. That they were already formed is
proved by the fact that Iskender Bey marched on
Galatz on the 24th with his vanguard of 2,000
horse.

GALATZ, Sept. 24.—T0 judge by the quidk and
frequent movements of troops on the part of the
Turks, Omer Pacha is meditating some unex-
pected blow against the Russians. The half at
least of his army now in Wallachia is advancing by
forced marches, towards the mouth of the Pruth,
opposite Reni. In this manner a bloody drama may
be played in our neighbourhood, the issue of which
in every case will be sure to affect seriously our con-
dition. Should the Russians remain the victors,
they will hardly abandon a place of such com-
mercial and strategetical importance. Whoever is
master of Galatz holds the trade of the Danube in
his hands, and commands the important Delta, be-
tween the Pruth and the Danube.

From Bessarabian reports welearn that the Rus-
sian commanders of Kitchenev, Tirasopol, Kaus-
chany, Kagul, Reni, Ismail, and Akerman are send-
ing the troops they can spare on to Odessa and further
still in that direction, Prince Menschikoff stands
quite isolated in the Crimea ; and if the allies suc-
ceed in breaking his power, the Crimea is lost for
Russia. This is why the Russian troops are hurry-
ing from Bessarabia to Taurida.
A report has arrived from Kischliaki-Tatar, that
the Russian troops marching thence to the coast
sacked the place first, and took with them those in-
habitants who resisted. They mean to make them
work in the transport service. In fact the Russians
are conducting themselves all over Bessarabia just
as they would do in an enemy's country ; but it
looks as if Bessarabia, as well as the Crimea, will be
wrested from their grasp. One thing is certain, that
the Russian generals and soldiers do not consult in
the remotest degree the sympathies of the poor in-
habitants in Bessarabia or the Crimea.