The daily union., 1855-10-14
ARRIVAL, OF THE CANADA'S MAlLS.-DErAILS 0F
TRP FAIL OF SEBASIOPOI..

this city on fruay evening lasl lug army eoiiesfouene
of the London Times furnishes The following thrilling de-
tails Of the fall Of Sebasiopo,
sEnAsroroL September 10, 1855.
The contest on which The eyes Of Europe have been
turned 50 long nearly decided The which the
hopes Of So nany mighty empires depended s ell but de-
teminsd Sebastopo is in famesl The heet the object
much diplomatic controversy aud of so many bloody
struggles has disappeared Ia the deep 0ne more great
act o carnage has been added TO the tremendous but go
rcns tragedy Of which The whole world from The most
civilized nations the barbrous hordes Of the
East has been the anxious and excited audience Amid
shouts Of victory and cries Of despairin frantic rejoicing
and passionate soFFowa pail q black smohe 'tcaAed oy
the fiery ashngs Of exploded iortgesses descends upon
the stage which have been depicted 50 many varied traits
human misery and Of human greatness, such high endu-
rance and calm courage such leness and weskness-
across which have staked characters which history may
develop largely the struggle IN which they We're en-
gagged and swell gganesque proportions, or which she
dwarf into the peest dimensions, as unworthy o Tie
part they played.
The last aud decisive cannonade was as the world
knows long ago began on the morning Of We'd
neday September 5h by the FRENCH against the Russian
right consisting of the Quarantine batteries the Basuon
Ceuttae and the Bastion du Mat with great ygor aud e
feet and at night began devastating bombardment, in
which all the allied batteries joined irigate was hed
by French she'll and sunk at night I'm the morning OF
the 9Th the English and French together opened the can
nonade between which the Russian batteries were almost
broken pieces and which they did not dare TO answer
In the evening the bonba,dment was renewed aud kept
up all night; fire appeared behind the tedan, and the
enemy seemed by their constant signalling 10 be in much
uneasiness observed that great quantities Of for
age being the bridge from the north to
the south side although there were no cavalry in the lat
ter the tn the cannonade continued in sayoe
as before and it remarked that the town began
show in most unmsakablo manner the terrible energy
OF the nighhs bombardmeni Nearly every house within
range split ,and in ruins. The bridge between the
north ard the south side was much crowded all day
with and passing to and fro and large conveys
were entering and leaving The town at the north
side Towards evening The head of the great dock-yard
shears long prominent object from our batteries
caught fire. and burnt ferccly in the high wind which
raging all day. wo-decker was set on fire by the
French shells and destroyed, and steamer was busily
employed towing large dismased fgae TO ihe dock
yard of range. In the middle OF the day there was
council of generals, and az O'Clock 1T became generally
known that the allies would assault the place al noon
the Sth after vigorous cannonade and bonhardment
The hour we'll selected az II was certain that the Rus
slams are accustomed to Indulge iu siesa about thet
tme In the OF the night there was an explosion
behind the Redan.
Tnn DAY or assAuLT.--ArpEAnANcE ALLIED COM
MAaDERs AND THEIR TROOPS
On September the weather changed suddenly. This
morning it became bitterly cold. biting wind right
the north side OF Sebastop0l blew intoeahe clouds
of harsh dust into faces The obscured the
sky was OF leaden wintry gray EARLY in the morning
strong force Of cavalry, under the command OF Colonel
Hodge, moved up to the 'front.' and formed chain OF
senlIies Of Cacars hill and all along our lines
No person allowed 10 pass this line unless he was
staff officer or was provided with pass Another line of
sentres in the them intended to stop stragge
aud idlers from Balaklava, aud The object in view was
probably prevent the Russians gathering any intiaton
Of attack from the unusual accumulation of people ON
the lookout hills.
General Pelisser during the night collected about 10000
iii aud about the Mameon to form the storInng
for the Malakoh and Little Redan, and TO provide
the necessary The French reinforced by
5000 Sardnans who marched up from the Tcbernaya last
night II arranged that the French We're to attack the
alaako al noon, and az soon as their attack began that
we were assault the Redan. II was, have said,
bitter cold day, and stranger would have been astonis
ed at the aspect the British generals they viewed the
assault The conmander-in-ce, General Simpson, SAT in
the trenches with his and eyes just facing the cold and
,,,A ,,e Aruy heud IN
against BOTH
General Jones red nightcap and reclined on bis
litter and Sir Richard Airy the quartermaster general had
white pocket-handkerchof tied over his cap and ears
which deracted somew bat from martial and bclgerent
aspect The Dake of Newcastle stationed at Cahcarts
hill in the early part of the day and afterwards moved oil
TO the right the pickehouse looking out over the Woron
zoi road. All the amateurs and travelling gentlemen,
who rather abound here just now were in state OF great
excitement dotted the plain in eccentric attrewhich
recalled ones old memories of Cowe and yachting and
sea bathngwere engaged in series Of subtle manouvres
heank Of unway entre and to get TO the 'front.'
and their most crediabc to their enterprise
aud ingenuity.
AND SPLENDID ASSAULT OF THE FRENCH
few minutes before twelve o'clock the French, like
swarm OF bees issued forth from their trenches close the
doomed Maakoii, swarmed up its face and through
its cmbrasures in the twnkling Of eye They crossed
The of ground which separated them from the
enemy few honnds-they drfed lightly and quick
w rs autumn leaves before the wind, battalion after bat
talon, into the cmbrasrcs, and minute two after
the head OF their coumn issued from the ditch the rcoor
was floating the kOrnllOf baEti0n. The musketry
very feeble at irst-ndeed, allies took tue Rus
slams quite 10y surprise and very few OF the latter in
the blakoff; but they recovered themselves and
from twelve O'Clock till past in the evening the
French had and defeat the repeated attempts Of the
enemy to regain the work and the Little Reian, when,
weary OF the fearful slaughter OF his men, who lny in hou
the exterior Of the works the Muscovite gene
raj dcspairng of success withdrew his exhausted cgions
and prepared, with admirable skill, to evacuae tho
place.
THE ATTACK on THE REDAN--NCMBER MEN EN-
GAGGED.
Now it win be observed that where we attacked the Re-
dan with two divisions only portion of each being yir
tunly in reserve and not engaged in the affair ALL The
French made their assault the Malako with four dvs
ions Of the second corps darms the first and fourth dis-
ions forming the storming columns, and the third and fifth
being the support with reserves Of 10000 The
French had probably not less than 10000 in the
right attack the 7th Of September. The divisional
orders for the I'd division very much the as
those for the light division The covering party consist
ed of 100 of the 80 Bluffs, under Capt John Lewes
who highly distinguished himself and 100 of the second
battalion OF the rifle brigade believe under command
of poor Captain Hammond The scaling -adder party
sisted of 50 Of tue Sd Bus under Captain aude whose
gaiantry very conspicuous throughout the Affair." in
addition to the leo Of the 9th, under the gallant and la
vison consisted Of 26o Of the Sd Bluffs 800 Of the 4st
Wesh) 200 of the G2d and working party OF 100 men
of the 4ss The rest OF Windhams brigade consisting Of
the AT and f9h, in reserve, together with Warren
brigade OF the same DIVISION OF which the 30th and 55th
were called into action and suffered severely. Brigader
Shirley board ship but as he heard of the
assault he resolved bis brigade