The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-03 00:00:00

CAPTURE OF SEBASTOPOL.

SURRENDER OF THE GARRISON,

According to a Telegra

c message received from

Vienna, on Saturday evening, the battle on the 20th was
followed by another on the 22d, on which day Prince
Menschikoff was attacked by the allies in the Plain of

Kalantai, on the Katcha

nary battle,

which lasted some I
defeated, and pursued to their entrenchments before
Sebastopol. In this dispatch it is added that, on the 25th,
Sebastopol fell into the hands of the Allies.

were totally

The probability of this intelligence is much strengthened
by the following dispatch, which was forwarded from
Paris, on Saturday, to the Emperor Napoleon, at Boulogne:
" THE CONSUL OF FRANCE TO HIS EXCELLENCY
THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
"BUCHAREST, SEPT. 28.

"A French steamer coming out of the Bosphorous met
another coming from the Crimea, which announced that
she was carrying to Constantinople the intelligence of
the capture of Sebastopol.
"The steamer from the Bosphorous touched at Varna
to announce this event, of which we expect hourly an
official confirmation."

The following despatches relating to this auspicious
event were received in the course of yesterday :
"PARIS, SUNDAY MORNING.

"A telegraphic despatch from Bucharest of the 28th
announces the capture of Sebastopol on the 25th by the
allied armies. The details are wanting. •:4
"Another despatch announces that the garrison sur-
rendered as prisoners of war.

" SUNDAY FVENING.

"Another and fuller despatch from Bucharest of the
28th announces that Sebastopol was taken on the 26th,
with all its munitions of war, together with the Russian
fleet.

"The garrison, to which a free retreat, after laying
down their arms, was offered, preferred to remain as
prisoners of war.
" This intelligence is confirmed by a despatch dated
"VIENNA, SUNDAY.—A dispatch has been received by
the English ambassador, announcing that the allied armies
had carried by assault the entrenched camp of the Rus-
sians on the heights of Alma, defended by 50,000 men.
" A Turkish dispatch, through Omer Pacha, announces
the capture of Sebastopol, with all its munitions of war,
together with the Russian fleet. The garrison were of-
fered the liberty of departing, but they preferred remain-
ing prisoners of war.
" The English ambassador confirms the capture."
By the Russian party at Vienna the announcement of
the capture of Sebastopol was considered premature,though
it was not doubted that the Russian arms in the Crimea
had met with a signal reverse. Thus, a despatch, dated
Odessa, of the 25th ult., states that " several battles had
taken place in the Crimea, in some of which the artillery
of the fleets shared;" that "Prince Menschikoff had left
the Alma and fallen back towards the heights of the
Katcha ;" that "he had been joined by General Chomatoff
coming from Kertch, with 6.000 foot and a regiment
of Cossacks ;" and that "on the 22nd there had been a
battle, the decision of which was expected on the 23rd,
and in which the Russian loss had been considerable, one
general and two colonels having been killed, and General
Chomatoff wounded."

We believe, however, that these Russian despatches
from Odessa only contain a portion of the truth, and that
their real object is to conceal the magnitude of the events
which they pretend to describe. We have heard of similar
battles before, the decision of which was postponed till
the day afterwards, and we believe it has invariably been
found on such occasions that the Russians had been
signally defeated on the first day.
BITULIN, SIINDAT.—The French Admiral Deschenes
has received orders at Kiel to collect his ships in Kiel
harbour, and to take them back to the Gulf of Finland.
The Turkish Minister at Vienna received information
last night that Sebastopol has been taken. The details
are unknown.

PROCLAMATION AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE

Shortly before ten o'clock on Saturday night, the Lord
Mayor of London and several of the City authorities pro-
ceeded to the Royal Exchange to proclaim the victory. His
Lordship ascended the steps of the building, and the trum-
peter having sounded his bugle, a considerable concourse
of persons assembled in a few seconds. His Lordship then
addressed the crowd and said— - .

" Gentlemen and Citizens—l have the honour and proud
gratification to announce to you that a splendid victory
has been obtained by the Allied forces. Before I go
further I think I ought to call upon you to give three
cheers for the Queen."—[This appeal was at once responded
to, and cheers were also given for the Emperor Napoleon.]
" Gentlemen, I have received a despatch from the Duke of
Newcastle, in which he informs me that an important
victory has been obtained by the Allied armies in the
Crimea. I feel that in making this announcement I an
discharging a most gratifying duty. A few months sine(
I was called upon to prod ' '--"-- •
Russia, and I have non
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faction of proc

over the barbaric forces of the enemy with which we arc a'
war. I cannot help adding that I feel the interests
humanity, and the liiippillessyfthe whole human race at

victors

Lship then retired

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The Times, of yesterday, says :—" The great and
glorious events which were confidently anticipated when
last' we addressed our readers have not only justified but

surpassed our expectations ; and the day which had been
set apart by the Crown and the nation for a solemn
thanksgiving for the abundant natural gifts of Providence
has caught from the distant theatre of war the first shout
of victory. Despatches of the 23d of September were
received on Saturday by the government from her Ma-
jesty's ambassador at Constantinople by way of Belgrade,
stating that the intrenched camp of the Russians, con-
taining 50,000 men, with a numerous artillery and cavalry,
on the heights of the Alma, was attacked by the allied
troops at 1 p.m. on the 20th of September, and carried by
the bayonet in an hour and a half, with a loss of about
1,400 British troops killed and wounded, and an equal
loss on the side of the French, the Russian army being
driven into full retreat. In the course of yesterday a
further despatch was received by the Duke of Newcastle
direct from Lord Raglan himself, confirming this intelli-
gence, and stating that the heights above the Alma had
been carried after a desperate battle by the valour of the
allied forces. Lord Raglan estimates the main body of
the enemy at from 45,000 to 50,000 infantry, and adds
that two Russian General officers and two guns were
taken on this occasion by the English army. Thus far,
then, our intelligence is positive, and the Battle of the
Alma may be ranked with the most brilliant achieve-
ments of the two valiant armies which met and fought
for the first time side by side on that field of battle. But
this exploit, gallant and momentous as it undoubtedly is,
seems to be already surpassed by the magnitude of its
immediate consequences. Telegraphic despatches of a
less certain and official character, but nevertheless of high
probability, have been received by way of Varna and
Bucharest, stating that the fortress of Sebastopol itself
surrendered on the 25th ult. to the allied armies, together
with all the vast stores of war it contained, the fleet, and
the Russian garrison. It will be scarcely possible to re-
ceive the official confirmation of this intelligence through
Constantinople and Belgrade for a day or two, but it
purports to have been conveyed to Varna by a steamer
which met at sea the steamer conveying the news to
Constantinople ; and, from the rapidity with which com-
munications of less importance hare twice before been
received from the seat of war, it is by no means impos-
sible that such an event as this could be known in the
time. The public must form their own opinion for the
present as to the credibility of this statement, but we are
enabled to say, that it is regarded with great confidence
in the highest quarters, and when the same despatch
reached the Emperor of the French at the camp at Hel-
feat, he instantly announceed to the troops that Sebas-
topol had fallen.
With reference to the intelligence of the final defeat of
the Russians by the capture of Sebastopol, the Observer
of Sunday says :—" We have received despatches by way
of Varna and Bucharest, dated 28th of September in the
latter town, announcing that Sebastopol had fallen into
the hands of the allied forces, after a combined attack by
sea and land. It is impossible to vouch for the perfect
accuracy of this statement. We can only give it as it
reached us—adding, however, that it comes to us from a
perfectly reliable source, and that we are disposed, upon a
balance of evidence and a comparison of dates, to believe
that it will turn out to be correct. This news purports
to be derived, in the first place, from a French steamer,
despatched to Constantinople with this intelligence from
Sebastopol, which was met by another French steamer in
the Black Sea, en route to Varna. Varna is distant from
Bucharest somewhat more than 100 miles, a distance that
could be traversed by couriers under 24 hours. The news
therefore is possible—nay, it is highly probable. The in-
telligence published in the Gazette, by authority, last
night, of the defeat of the Russians on the river Alma,
and their retreat upon Sebastopol, would tend to confirm
our information rather than otherwise. This battle took
place on the 20th of September, and the Russians were
then in full retreat. It was quite possible, and was likely,
that the next three or four days saw them pursued by our
victorious army into the very gates of Sebastopol ; and
that the news of the surrender might reach the capital of
Wallachia by the 28th, or in little more time than it
would arrive at Constantinople, from whence it could not
be conveyed to London in less than six or seven days.
We therefore look confidently for a confirmation of this
news—even though it has not reached us in as direct a
manner as we could wish. We are the more disposed to
believe it, perhaps, because it tallies with our own previous
calculations—but we believe it nevertheless ; and sincerely
hope that it will turn out to be correct?'
The Sunday Times says :—" The. Duke of Newcastle
received a dispatch from Vienna, on Saturday afternoon,
announcing the capture of Sebastopol, and communicated
it to Sir James Graham. The latter called a Board of the
Admiralty, and acquainted it with the news."—The same
journal states that the tenor of the dispatch was that Se-
bastopol was invested on all sides on the 25th, and after
a short but sanguinary contest was compelled to surrender.
The Russian fleet, it is added, immolated itself in the
harbour. The allied naval force is stated to have mainly
contributed to this result.

THE LANDING IN THE CRIMEA

(From the supplement to the London Gazette of Friday.)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30.
Downing-street, Sept. 30,

Two despatches, of which the following are an extract
and a copy, have been received by the Duke of Newcastle
from General Lord Raglan, G. C. B.:—
Extract of a despatch from General Lord Raglan, G.C.8.,

to the Duke of Newcastle.

`: Varna, Aug. 29,1854,

" The embarkation is proceeding rapidly and success-
fully, thanks to the able arrangements of Rear-Admiral
Sir Edmond Lyons and the unceasing exertions of the
officers and men under his orders. It is impossible for me
to express in adequate terms my sense of the value of the
assistance the army under my command derives from the
Royal Navy.

a The same feeling prevails from the highest to the
lowest ; from Vice Admiral Dundas to the youngest sailor
an ardent desire to co-operate by every possible means is
manifest throughout; and I am proud of being associated
with men who are animated by such a spirit and are so
entirely devoted to the service of their country."

" Camp above Old Fort Bay, Sept. 18, 1854.
"My Lord Duke,—l do myself the honour to acquaint
your Grace, that combined fleets and their convoys
appeared in the BNof Eupatoria on the 13th inst., and
in the course of the following night proceeded some miles
to the southward, where the allied armies commenced dis-
embarkation early in the morning of the 14th,—the
French in the bay below Old Fort, the English in the
next bay nearer to Eupatoria, and before dark the whole
of the British infantry and some artillery, and most of
the French troops were on shore. _
_ _

" Shortly before dark the weather unfortunately
changed, and it became hazardous to attempt to continue
landing either troops or guns.
"The surf on the beach impeded the operation the fol-
lowing morning, and since, on more than one occasion ;
but thanks to the great exertions of the navy, under the
able and active superintendence of Rear-Admiral Sir
Edmund Lyons, who was charged with the whole ar-
rangement, every obstacle has been overcome, and I am
now enabled to report to your Grace that the disembarka-
tions have been completed.
" I should not do justice to my own feelings, or to those
of the troops I have the honour to command, if I did not
prominently bring to the knowledge of your Grace the
deep sense entertained by all of the invaluable services
rendered by Her Majesty's navy.
" The spirit by which both officers and men were ani-
mated made them regardless of danger, or fatigue, and,
indeed, of every consideration but that of performing an
arduous and important duty ; and that duty they dis-
charged to the admiration of all who had the good fortune
to witness their unceasing efforts to land horses and car-
riages with the utmost expedition and safety, under fre-
quently the most trying circumstances
" I have, &c.,
" Ills Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c "

"RAGLAN."

THE Sin Joni( HARVEY STEAMER, bound for Ade-
laide, was passed by the Norma off the Ottway. The
Norma also saw the Albatross, one of Gibbs, Bright, and
Company's Eagle line of Australian packets. The Sir
John Harvey arrived at Adelaide on the 18th July.

BLACKBURN AGRICULTURAL SOClETT.—Thelnniver-
sary of the above society was held on Thursday, in a field
near St. Peter's church. The attendance on the ground
was much better that usual, and the show of cattle, pigs,
horses, poultry, &c. was as numerons as was anticipated.
The usual prizes were given. At the close of the exhibi-
tion, about one hundred persons dined at the Bull Hotel ;
the Mayor, W. Dugdale, Esq., in the chair. His worship
was supported by Lord De Tabley, and James Pilkington,
Esq., M.P. The vice-chair was occupied by H. B. Hollins-
head, Esq. • " The health of the members for the county and
borough," " Prosperity to the Blackburn Agricultural So-
ciety," " The successful competitors," " The health of Lord
de Tabley," and other toasts, followed in quick succession,
and the meeting was kept up for several hours.
BLACKBURN PROTESTANTABBOCIATION.--The inaugural
meeting of the Blackburn Protestant Association was held
on Thursday, in the new shed erected by the late Air
William Yates, ironfounder, Eanam. The spacious build-
ing was decorated with flags and appropriate mottos, and
between two and three thousand persons were present.
The Rev. Mr. Sharples, the senior incumbent of the town,
was called to the chair. The Rev. C. Robinson, incum-
bent of Holy Trinity Church, and secretary' of the asso-
ciation, moved the first resolution :—" That we desire for
Englishmen and for all the subjects of the British crown,
that they may enjoy liberty, prosperity, and happiness to
the fullest extent, and for the British empire that it may
be powerful, respected, and invincible, the support of free
institutions all over the earth, the propagator of sound
principles to its utmost extremities, and the refuge for the
oppressed of every clime." The Rev. W. G. Pengelly, of
St. Michael's, seconded the resolution, which was sup-
ported by Mr. Fenton, a working man, who had been
instrumental in forming the association ; and carried nem.
con. The Rev. Ashe, of St. Mark's, Witton, moved
the second resolution :—" That national greatness and the
highest welfare of individuals can only result under the
Divine blessing from the general prevalence of truth,
justice, and scriptural piety, and that these cannot prevail
as they should do unless the empire be governed in the
spirit of the constitution, and it be the general aim to
promote the truth of God and his glory, and with them
the best interests of man for time and for eternity."—H.
B. Hollinshead, Esq., briefly seconded the motion, after
which the chairman introduced the Rev. T. D. Gregg,
D.D., Chaplain of St. Nicholas, within Dublin, who l
dressed the meetine at groat lAricAt, 4.1,-