The Sun. — 1854-10-13 (London, England)

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY, 6 P.M. One of the chief causes, I might perhaps say the only cause now, of anxiety as to the expedition against Sebastopol—so strong is the conviction that it must fall before the skill and courage of the allies—is the fear that the Russian army may receive in sufficient time reinforcements which would enable Prince Menschikoff to offer battle to the allied army with such an augmentation of force as to occasion great slaughter and protract the siege. The exact amount of the Russian army at Sebastopol is not known, nor is it known with certainty what reinforcements likely to reach before the fortress shall be reduced are on their way. The Debuts has some observations of a tranquillising nature on the point. It says : "Every one asks himself what may be the number of the Russians engaged in the defence of Sebastopol ; but, in the absence of positive data, it can only be estimated in an hypothetical manner. The Vienna journals, deceived, without being aware of it, by the agents or partisans of Russia, made the forces of that power in the Crimea amount to the exorbitant number of 140,000 men. We may judge how far this is an exaggeration when we call to mind that these same journals, on the faith of similar information, stated that the garrison of Eupatoria was 15,000 strong, and that the Russians had flanked the walls of that town by three large forts. The allies on landing there found a town without fortifications, .and having for its entire garrison 200 men. Setting aside, therefore, these improbable numbers, and even that of 103,000 men, given more recently, the force at the disposal of Prince Menschikoff may be estimated at 70,000, including the division which has arrived from the line of the Dniester, after a march of 28 days. All the reinforcements which he could collect throughout the extent of his command must have already joined him. It appears that the reinforcement of 8,000 men who came from Kertch, and who joined him on the Alma the very day before the battle, included the garrison of Anapa, and among others the 16th and 33d regiments, which were in front of the battle, and suffered severely. It is regarded as a very difficult matter for the troops which must have left Kherson and Nicolaief, on hearing of the landing of the allies, to arrive in time to take part in the defence of Sebastopol. The reinforcements received by Prince Menschikoff are composed of troops from the garrisons on the coast of Oircasia, which the Russians have been compelled to evacuate. There must be also added to these reinforcements the sailors of the Russian fleet, by means of whom the enemy's force may be brought up to 85,000 men, which is the highest number that can be admitted, since the Russian army on the Alma was only estimated at 50,000 men. But the combined army also receives reinforcements, which will bring it up to the same number, if not to 90,000, and it will, therefore, be perfectly prepared, while carrying on the siege energetically, to cover it with an army capable of gainiy, if necessary, a second pitched battle over the Russians." It is known that General Canrobert received at the battle of Alma a contusion in the breast from the splinter of a shell. The Moniteur de l'Annee says that a consecrated medal, which he wore under his uniform, and which had been given him by an august hand at the moment of his departure, preserved him from a more severe hurl. We read in the Gonstitutionnel " The names of the persun3 killed at the victory of the Alma have not yet arrived. ' The Minister of War has been kind enough to announce that he will give  Justices made the order for eorolli,ig the Irish militia. SUPPOSED MURDER —We u%derAand that a woman has been lodged in gaol bele, on a charge of having poisoned two of her oNO children. Tile authorities are engaged in investigating the C3Ee.--,Stirling Journal.