The daily union., 1854-11-25
THE SEIZURE OF sEBAsrOPOL.-THE NEWS BY
THE CANADA. ff-

pressed in regard to poaon and operations OF the
tending hosts the Crmea and the probable issue OF that
daring expedition undertaken by the late French
er-n-chie in defiance the Emperor Napoleon tells U.S.
"of tmid counsels.n Weeks ago were informed that
Sebastopo had fallen great sacrifice OF life and the
destruction of the Russian feet At the time we expressed
doubt the Of the and the next ar
rival from Europe exposed its sity Then came In
egence of the opening Of the batteries OF the aes Oh
the fortress the 4th of October with the
the English and French journals that the whole matter
would be successfully disposed Of in grand male OF
brilliant horrors in the course OF three or iour
days We again doubted, and gave our reasons ="
ertenso for this seeming want OF faith The arrival
of the foreign steamer was looked Tor with the
most lively interest Instead of the confidently predicted
fall Of Sebasopo she brought intelligence OF repeated and
successful sortes from the fortress and daring and we'll
attack the flank of the allies by Menschko
himself the whole of these offensive movements attended
with great loss of life the capture OF guns and the desue
ton of nconsidsrable quantity of field works and 1t
may be ont place here to state that these
during the pendency of the siege were confidently predicted
by the Union Several of the English papers vehementy
denied that any serious loss had occurred to the allies from
these The steamers Of the 4th and 9th instant
brought word that the siege was progressing in as IA
yorable manner as could be desred-that Sebastopol
was the of surrenderthat grand assault was to
take place on Sd of Novembeand that news had ac
tuay been received by Greek house Of the fall of the
fortress.
Our last advices from the Crimea brought by the Can
ada throw considerable light upon past conflicting ac
counts They also afford satisfactory clue to the
and future prospects OF the contendng armies
Sebasopol still holds ont and both Russian and English
agree in stating that the allies have only esab
ished their second parallel thus fully verifying the asser
ton made by issue of the 18th Instant that the
which had then received of the
of the third parallel did within the range of prob
ability possibility The second parallel within range
of the Russian guns and is about two thousand hve hun
dred yards distant from the outer works of the citadel
The establishment Of the third parallel is TIC prelude to
general assault and if faith is to be placed in army OIL
GERS Of large experience and in the writings Of those who
are considered by military as being orthodox in all
which relates to the science of war; the assault could not
have been made before the middle of the present month
AS we have before stated the of Sebasopol does not
wholly rest with the beseged Much depends it is true
upon unhinchng, protraced resistance; but infinitely
more upon the SKILL energy, determination and daring of
Menschikof His force has been variousy estimated at
from 10000 $4,000 but are inclined to believe
that the lesser number is the mark With this in
ferior force he has hesitated attack the allied army
of observation and the London papers free to adj
NIT that the engagement Balaklava the 25th ulmo
was most serious affair and far disastrous the
English forces than at first represented. Since that
time he has received reinorcemen and expected to form
junction on the Sd instant with very large division of
the army under Gen. Dannenberg These reinforcemens
are estimated at high figure 10000 and if this
estimate is to be relied upon it will be observed that
while the aaies ere conducting siege operations against
formidable fortress gaxsoaed by at least 10000 men,
their left flank is exposed to attack from an army equal
to their own in point of numerical strength aiscpilne
yslor and enthusiasm. Nor these all the odds which
the allies Aaye to connd with From the admissions OIL
French and English officers, 1t would appear that at no
time has sebasepo aes properly and thoroughly invested
To make our meaning perfectly understood by the
unprofessonnl reader, it will be only necessary to
fer to siege the details of which familiar to most Of
our Ezens-we that of Vera Cruz Before General
Scott could establish his entire line of Investments sort of
circular line each epd resting on the seaSana Anna
was able throw renorceeatS into the city and fort
the road leading from Cerro Gordo to e beach the
north side Of Vera Cruz AS Scott established hs line
the complete Egress ingress the part
of the Mexcans wholly out of the question: without the
risk engagement with the American forces the
plain Since the of the siege the garrison
of ebastopoi haye been greatly strengthened by reinforce
ments and their communications with the interior are
entirely cut off, in Of successful assault there is
strong probability that large portion of the garrison
will make good their escape "Set
Looking the aspect of the in all its bearings
without prejudice sympathy to blind influence judg
mene are disposed to regard the situation Of the allied
army as being eniaepy critical Much may be expected
from the indomitabe yaor and bulldog tenacy of pur
pose of the English; and much from the Wild uncacua
ting and almost irresistible enthusiasm of the French
better ocered appointed army probably took the
field Sebnsopol may yet fall before superior skill daring
and But will the possession of Sebasopol
improve the present condition future prospects of the
allies? We think not. If they succeed, they will succeed
only in occupying ruined city and damaged fortress
filled with the dead ana dying Cut off from all commune
cations with the Interior the supplies for army Of l0o
900 men will have be conveyed by sea, and
turbulent during the winter render navigation
by sailing vessels matter of great difficulty, and still
greater risk Yhe allies may occupy Sebastopo
than we ANTICIPATED but the breaches through which they
entered the city of death and aevastaton will only invite
the approach of Menschikof and his swelling hoa.s
SLOOP-OF-WAR ALBANY.
We give IN the tsaagraphic column despatch from
Philadelphia announcing the loss of the United States