Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-11-20
THE --LATEST FROM SEBASTOPoL.
from the London Times Of the sd

II the 6st tidnss Of the success OF tho allied armics in
the Crm,a were received thgighout Europe With de-
gree OF conf jence aud exut,tion which proved DO
come that Higgerated and premature bound u
be guard est the frat arrival OF less favorable 10
eligence from Russian sources should produce still
more unounded amount OF dependency aud alarm. The
accounts received with spparent belief By Of our
contemporaries, bore the face OF them extreme i'm
probability, and they have since been contrsdted even
by the last report from ST. Petersburg. We sre houey
fortunately pOS.ession OF positive intel
ligence which puts end 10 the npprehensious these
understandable reports were calculated to excite. The
British steamer Trent left the Of the Crmea the
26th aud arrived the following day Yarua whence
Dispatch seat Tor transmission by telegraph to the
station, resche the French and English govern
mens Yesterday Up TO the time Of the departure Of the
Trent, tine siege and 6ombardEent going with
regularity and success So heavy had been the DIRE OF
the besieging batteries, and terrible the loss
life in the town ofSeoastopo that the air report
ed be tainted BY the dead who had fallen in de ence
this devoted fortress. Guns had been brought play
upon Of the gates aud Admiral SachuUf had been
killed by the fragment Of Shell II this asst circum-
stance be confirmed i9 remarkable that the chief
officers OF the Russian navy who planned aud executed
the attack on Sinope, shoud have expisted within
year that outrage which gave SO terrible impulse
the Tavages Of this
We cannot tell what OF confidence is 10 be Civ
to the report circulated Constautncpe that Lord
Rasa had expressed his opinion council Of in ia
vor OF prolonged bombardment in preference ins
d'te asssuoot tnerc many obvious reasons In
the former course. HV ng accomplished the prodgio
labor OF tolve.ng the heavy guns and their
TO our batteries, aud opened esul lire Sebsst0-
pol, tho reduction oil the place il only quest o. time
aud these operations carried with very nconsd
able losses to the allied iorce' An assault CT the con.
trarv though might lead rapid success would
cost nnnmerabe y,s and materially wekcn the beseg
ing armies scbastopoi Is occupied aud defended not
merely by the ordinary garrison OF fortress but by
army These troops PLACED AZ vQry great dadyan-
tsBe 80 long tboy .xpoJcd the fire Of
our batteries, for il il impossible that the c'sematc. Of
the forts should be sufficiently extensive TO afford them
hn lna.
persiion would render them formidable enemies
The continuance OF the siege is far advantageous TO
the allied armies that il exhaust and esoy the
sources OF the Russians in the Crinca infinitely than
those Of the French and English camps But il must
borne ia mind that the i Of Sabisopol does not
ry terminate she in the Crea, the pre-
sent mel and that the army Of the allies which will
&c ua oner the place. has also to hold it against the
possibility Of attack by tho enomy whose boosted
Inducements are said 10 be the way, and who
therefore be able undertake with fresh troops winter
campaign. Such contingency msy not be very pr ooable
hut ia one sgsinst which the COmma Chief
bound TO provide, aud Oh this account well mo-
ves OF humsnity and prudence. they will doubtless bus
band ne much az possible the strength OF which
has already been nuch reduced by casual lies aud
disssse.
Eventually " the psce does not capitulste an assau
will, OF course be made, but until the batteries have
been advanced TO the point which be reached
before the walls and the force OF our projectcs brought
within the shortest possible range. Although therefore,
the Interval which has elapsed since the receipt Of des
patches painfully long, ard the delay has been aggrsa
ted BY the arrival Of Euphsre French mail
which was due at kaseiles Friday laa the progress
Of the operations Is slower than might DO anticipated
in siege Of suoh magnitude. Toe trenches were opened
or The 18Th, the Ere begsn Mt long range the
7b aud the approaches have TO be driven forward
difficult ground To fresh Judgments 10 each succeeding
nigh for the works are Of course chiefly carried by
night and the firing by day Our latest accounts 10 the
25th barely eight days from the Of the at
sck-s period within which regular siege operation,
could be completed much less brought TO victorious ter
mlnalion. Acan~he, the grand object Of tho destruction
OF sebaopo and Of the Russian army steadily pursued
and At present have 20 believe that the ad
vsn.ges We have gained by excessive
sacrifices or BIZ anY reverse.