The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-06 00:00:00

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operations at Balaklava on the morning of the
28th, and were preparing to march without delay
upon Sebastopol. The Aganibmnon and other
vessels-of--war of the Allies were in the Port of
Balaklava. There were facilities there for dis-
embarking the battering train.
It is stated, that Prince Menschikoff was in the
field at the head of 20,000 men, expecting rein-
forcements ; that the fortified place of Anapa has
been burnt by the Russians ; that its garrison
was marching to the scene of action ; and that a
convoy of ammunition, escorted by Cossacks, had
been taken and destroyed by an English detach-

ment.
The Banshee, bearer of this news, left the
Crimea on the evening of the day before yester
day.

STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE.

, This requires some notice, as exemplifying a
very slovenly mode of conducting public business,
and which might cast some doubt on the authen-
ticity even of the foregoing despatch. It will be
seen that, although it was only received at- the
Foreign-office in London on yesterday, the sth Oc-
tober, it purports to have been "transmitted by the
agent of England in Wallachia, at Bucharest,
the 30th September, 1854, half-past three p.m."
Now, the first point that will strike even the most
superficial observer, is the unusual tardiness of
the magical wires that caused the unparalleled de-
lay of a message of such vast importance for nearly
five days and a half from the time it was delivered
to tl7te telegraph at Bucharest. This could scarcely
be accounted for if the dates had been correctly
given. But we immediately see that there must
have been a very glaring error in point of
time, for the extraordinary rapidity from
Constantinople to Bucharest fully counter-
balances the tardiness of the telegraph. It
actually came in less than no time. It was trans-
mitted six hours earlier from Buchar.9st than from
Constantinople ! Lord STRATFORD DE BEDOLIFFE
dated his despatch Sept. 30, 94 p.m., while it
was nominally forwarded from Bucharest at 34
p.m. the same day (! 0 Now, although there
might be a slight difference of time on accouttt of
longitude, it could be nothing like six hours, or
even one hour. That Lord STRATFORD'S tim e
was correct, is, however, proved by the fact that
it contains news from the Crimea to the
28th ultimo, on the evening of which day
the Banshee started from the seat of war
to the Crimea. It is therefore certain that
the mistake was not committed at Constantinople,
It must then have been at Bucharest, and was
probably occasioned by a stupid blunder, either
of the agent, who wrote the despatch, or the
clerk who transmitted it repeating the date of
that from Constantinople. If then we read
" Bucharest, 4th Oct., 34 p.m." for "Bucharest,
I 30th Sept., 34 p.m." we shall probably rectify
the mistake, and get rid of the obscurity thereby
occasioned.

Since writing the above the following authentic
intelligence has come to hand. It appears that
the Fury, which arrived at Marseilles at a late
hour last night, brings news to the 27th from the
Crimea. By it we learn that—
! It was confidently stated that the second line
of defences had been carried. The place was
fommanded by the Allies, who occupied the
heights.
The Russian naval division had made an un-

'successful attempt to push out with 14 sail.

Tn the battle of the Alma the Russians defended
the heights with 100 guns ; yet the Allies carried
the summit.

The want of cavalry was much felt in the pur-

suit.

The Afoniteur of this morning, also confirms the
occupation of Balaklava, of which the allies have
already made a considerable place, and adds that
the allied armies were in communication with the
fleets. A safe and practicable road leads to Se-

bastopol.
The allies are now firmly established in tbo

Crimea.

The various columns of the army had to cross
several rivers in succession, in order to turn the
Gulph of Sebastopol, and enter the mountain
country, before they could arrive at Balaklava.

Menschikoff had been driven to a distance with
the wreck of the army.
We have not, then, taken Sebastopol after all.
But still we find that although our triumph has
not been so speedy we have no reason to be dis-
satisfied with the actual state of affairs, which
would be regarded as of the most satisfactory
character but for the previous delusion. In
another article we point out the probable state of
the case, and the position and prospects of the
Allied Forces, to which we refer our readers.

Having in the previous article explained the
nature of the infamous hoax played off respecting
the alleged fall of Sebastopol, and also the appa-
rently unaccountable delay of five days and a half
in transmitting the despatch from Bucharest to
London, we shall now point out the actual state
of affairs in the Crimea on the afternoon of the
28th, the day to which our intelligence is brought
down. There is in the intelligence received from
our ambassador at Constantinople an inexcusable
hiatus. Although well aware of the anxious de-
sire in England to know something of the pro-
ceedings of our gallant troops now engaged in
actual hostilities, the noble Viscount does not
think proper to give a single particle of informa-
tion respecting. the occurrences between the san-
guinary battle of Alma, on the 20th ult., in which
we know that so many of our brave de-
fenders perished, even in the arms of
victory ; and the 28th, when he con-
descends to tell us that " the Allied Armies
established their basis of operations at Balaklava
on the morning of the 28th, and were preparing
to march without delay on Sebastopol." He must
have known the nature of the proceedings during
the interval of nine days. He must have had
full information of the progress of the Allies from
the north to the south of the Russian stronghold,
and could have stated whether their change of
position had been at all contested, or whether
each point was won at the point of bayonet by
the vigorous exertions of our men. He
does not, however, say whether we have
to deplore the loss of other victims,
sacrificed on the altar of the CZAR'S ambition, or
whether the change had been accomplished with-
out further bloodshed. He states that " Prince
Nl7corn was in the field at the head of
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expecting reinforcements ;" but he
20i so
does nut give the slightest intimation as to
whether his army is placed between the Allies
and Sebastopol or otherwise, although, from the
information that MENsciliKoFF was "expecting
reinforcements," we must suppose that the Allies
had so far outinancouvred him as to get between
him and the fortress which he was seeking to de-
fend. This was either gross stupidity, or a con-
temptuous indifference to the wishes of the
people by whom he
salary. is paid a very hand-
someWe cannot suspect Lord
STRATFORD of the former ; and therefore we can
only ascribe his brief and meagre account to the
latter cause. The important intelligence arrived
in the evening, and the distinguished diplomatist