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

the Russians as well as our own. I have visited the
field of battle. What a terrible spectacle ! There were
some places where the Russians lay so thick that earth
had been thrown on them in a heap, without atteirpt-
ing to dig a hol.e to receive them. The earth was strewed
with arms and debris of all sorts. To-morrow we march
for Katcha, 10 miles from this. Will the Russians
await us there ? They must be completely demoralised,
for we have just given them, a thorough beating, and in
the most formidable position you can imagine. Thence
we shall fall on Sebastopol all together, and with God's
help, we shall draw this claw from the Northern Bear's
paw."

MARSEILLES, OCT. 6.—Reinforcements are beginning
to arrive here for the army of the East. A squadron of
the let Regiment of Hussars embarked on Sunday last,
without horses, on board the mail steamer Egyptus for
Constantinople and Varna. They completely filled the
ship. Prince Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, grandson of
the ex-King -Jerome, embarked to-day on board the mail
steamer Euphrate for Constantinople, together with 200
of the 6th Regiment of Cuirassiers and a squadron of
the 4th Chassenrs. Prince Bonaparte holds a commis-
sion in the 7th Dragoons, at present in the Crimea. A
very considerable quantity of warm clothing was for-
warded by the Euphrate to the army of the East.
Transports are being prepared in the port of the Joliette
to embark horses for the Black Sea. The camp at
Cabries, near this town, which now consists of 7,000
men, is to be increased by 10 battalions, which can
be conveniently embarked for foreign service as re-
quired. The steam-packet Nil arrived here last
evening with despatches, which were forwarded to
Paris by a special train, under the care of an Im-
perial courier. The Nil brought, likewise, nearly 300
invalid soldiers from the army of the East. There were
among them several of the native troops of Algeria, who
appear to have suffered severely from the climate. The
Fury, so celebrated since her close inspection of Sebas-
topol, arrived at 7 this morning from Constantinople,
with Lord Burghersh, bearing despatches from Lord
Raglan, containing the details of the battle of the Alma.
The British Consul, accompanied by Mr. Birch, his Vice-
Consul, drove to the dock to meet his lordship, who pro-
ceeded without delay by special train to Paris. Colonel
Haygarth, of the Scots Fusileer Guards, who was severely
wounded at the Alma, arrived at Malta in the Fury,
with the intention of continuing his journey to Mar-
seilles, but he became so much worse on the passage
that he found himself unable to proceed further than
Malta. The officers •of the Fury, who witnessed the
battle from their ship, describe it as being one of the
most severely contested on record. The Russians had
an enormous advantage in artillery, having; several 32-
pounder field. pieces, to which toe English could only
oppose aine-pounders, and the French 12-pounders. One
of those 32 pounders was captured by our Rifles. The
Russians, having been driven from what they considered
an impregnable position, were pursued by the allies until
long after sunset, but our deficiency in cavalry prevented
us fr.->m ina'iing many prisoners. The officers of the
Fury are of opinion that Sebastopol must fail before
many days.
Toe people of Marseilles, who are a slow race, were
somewhat excited on Sunday last by the arrival of a pri-
vate despatch announcing the capture of Sebastopol. The
probabilities of the truth of the despatch continued to be
discussed throughout Monday, but on Tuesday the Pre-
fect, having commanded the article in the Monitear of
that day to be posted in the streets, announcing, though
not officially, the same fact, the enthusiasm was quite
extraordinary, and preparations were made for a general
illumination, which was partially carried out on Tuesday
and Wednesday night by some clubs hod caf4s. At the
same time the most ridiculous reports were in circula-
tion. A person, who' ought to be respectable, asserted
iu the Chamber of Commerce that the Caradoc had
entered the harbour dressed in her gayest colours, bear-
ing despatches confirming the happy tidings. Great
anxiety was expressed to see the celebrated Menschikoff,
• who, it was expected, would shortly arrive here a pri-
soner. The arrival of the Nil last evening disappointed
all our hopes, but we trust that we shall before many
days really see the Caradoc arrive with the good news,
and that the preparations fur a general illumination have
not been thrown away.
A letter from Toulon of this morning states that the
'screw ships of the line Navarin and Fleurus were nearly
ready for sea, and are intended to replace the ships in
. the Black Sea which require repairs.