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Charlottetown, P. E, ‘Island, Saturday, Septeinber ‘I9, 1855.

WDNESDAY & SATURDAY.

New Series. M). 278.;

lows BY ma ENGLISH HAIL.

SEBASTOPOL AN IMMENSE BLAZING run- NACE. The subjoined telegraphic message from General Pelissier is dated Crimea, Sept. 9, H .m.:-—

‘besides ten superior oﬂicers. It is also aﬁirmed that Generals M‘Mahon Trocher have died of their wounds, that General Bosquet is killed.”

VVe have received the Jlloniteur of the 13th. It prefaces General I’elissier’s de- spatch ofthe 10th of September, describing the appearance of Sebastopol, by the fol-

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and

"I convinced myself to-day that the enom had sunk all his steamers. His work of destruction continues under the fire ofonr boinbs. The frequent explosions

into the place, which indeed presents the appearance ofaii inuneiise blazing furnace_ Prince Gortscliakotl, sorely pl‘Cs.=(‘Ll, re- quests an arinistice. to remove his woumlcdl

and bury his dead. The bridge near l3‘Ol‘tl:‘pP‘_L.Citltioll ofthe decisive importance of

Paul has been lirolien up. All is well npl to the nioinent of writingz. “'0 watch thrl Tchernaya \'lj_tilt‘.t)tl_V. ‘he eneuiy doesl not appear. 1 " - - ---~ -— t

The flUll()\ViYt!‘_’ despateli from General 1’clissier was on Tlnirstlay posted on the walls of l’aris:— «

“ Cni.\ii:.\, Sept. 10, II I‘. M——l \'i.<itC(ll S0l)(l<t0}i0l and the line of defences to-day. I it is ditlicult to give an exact picture ofthel retiults of our victory, of which inspection l alone can give an idea. 'l'lio inultiplicityl ofdeft.-nsivc works, and the materials and means that have been applied, surpass everything known in the history of war. The taking of the i\Inlakoll', which caused the enemy to fly before our eagles, already three tiuics victorioiis, has placed in the hands of the allies immense cstablisliuients ofmatcrirtl, of which it is impossible to cal,-, culato the advantage. To-morrow thel allied troops will occupy I’ltt!'Lll)Cll]a_y«'l and the city. An Anglo-French commission will be engaged to report on the material abandoned by the eiiciuy. Thejoy ofonr soldiers is great. The cry of ‘ Vive l’Em- poi-enr!' celebrates the victor_v.”

Cnim-:.Ii, Sept. N, I0 40 it. m.—'l‘hel enemy have (lcstroyetl the remainder of‘ their fleet. Nothing now remains in, the. harbour.

LOSSES OF THE ALLIBS. 1.053 or run ENGLISH. The Globe, referring to a statement of the Jllot-tiiug Post, that the total English loss in killed and wounded at the attack of the!

i Redan was f2,0Dtl, says that oftliat nuinberl

between five and six hundred were killed, “'0 learn from the last otlicinl despatcli; received by Lord l’aninure, that the number’ ofotlicers killed is 26, wounded ll-l. ands’ missing 1; total Hi. It has been estimatcd,l in the absence of the official returns, tliatl the number of the men killed we id be

about ‘.2330, and wounded L596; total ,8l7. l According to this calculation the total of men and otlicers killed and wounded would be 1,957.

rim i-‘nzivcu LOSSES.

PARIS, Sept. l-t.—Tlie Jllunileur of this morning announces that Marshal Pelissier, in a telegraphic despatcli, dated Sept. 11, iufoi-ins the Minister of V\"ar that about 1,500 wounded, of which number ‘J10 are olliocrs, have gone to the ItlIl)lllﬂ.l]CCS. As regards the number killed on the field of battle, it has not been possible to get an evict return; lnit it is the opinion ofthe Conimandcr-iii-(Jliieflliat it does not exceed the ordiiiary proportion, that is to say, about oiie-tliird ofthe number of wounded. The Times’ Paris Correspondent writes.- -—“'I‘he number of Generals now said to he killed in the assault on Scbastopol is ﬁve

lowing observations--— “ The irregularities which have occurred

in the order ofni-rival ofthe last despatches I _ _ froui ihe east, the iiecessnry laconisrn of,‘ be impose on me the duty at deferring an entry l thnse d(~_,‘l;;;(cI1(\s,, and the prodigious ra- ' me

pidity with which the events they announce have succeeded each other, have caused :1 feeling ofiiiiccrtriiiity and surprise, wliieli, perhaps, has not allowed at first it full

the viclcry which the allied armies have just gained.

“This triumpli. so l:tl)t)l'l0ll£~‘ly prepared during a whole year, and gloriously a- chievt.-d by a hcrioc and supreme etfoit, has not. been generally uiitlcrstooil in its full extent. ‘

“.\ftcr so iiilicli c:.'pectaitinii the llt))‘.'5 of

tlic solution of the .<trng«_r,lc has been so sudden and atfccting that it has not allowed sutlicient cailtiiiirss to the puhlit: iniinl to explain clearly the clfvcts that llil\’(' L'('(.'l] accoinplislied, and to enable tlK'lI'. to foriii a. correct estiinatc ofthcir iniportzince.

“ Tlirso facts are iiniiieiist-, and inay be summed up in two wortl.<——thc fall of Se- bastopol and the destiuetion ioftlie R.1IS;‘-liltl

eet.

“On the 8th of Scpteinber, at noon, the signal for the assault was given. A few moments aftt-rwnrtls the allies were inastcrs ofthe Malakotf, and at dusk the besieged, despairing of continuing a resistance in the other defences ofthe. place, abandoned them all at the same time, and Iinstily

evacuated Sebastopol to place an arm ofthe not with (‘Him the Same cClL.,.m.’ M, ,],c_ lleavcs that fall in autumn.

sea between them and otir troops.

“On the 9th, at 3 a. m., the whole town presented one immense coiitlagration, and such Russian vessels as had been spared by our shells disappeared, beneath the

l waters ofthe ronilstead, sunk by the enemy

himself.

“The subjoined despntch, whicli, the Minister of War has just received from the Commander-in-Chief, and which describes the appearance of Sebastopol to-day, will

ma e every one understand the grandeur of

the struggle which has just terminated, and the prize of the battle which the Russians have left in our liauds.”

o FALL 0l:' Sl£ll.\ST()I‘0L

____. From H'ilmr:r's Europum Timts.

The fall of Sebastopol is the event of the total destruction of his forces imminent. We have struggled It is added by the some authority that the hard for its accomplishment, concentrated attack on the lines ofthe allies on thh 16th every energy, and endured every privation oflast month was decided upon an Imperial to secure the prize, and it is at length Council held in St. Petersbiirg, and that within our grasp,-—a noble reward for all while a majority ofthe military autlioritit-sl This declared in favour of that desperate and celebrated fortress, which thirty years of hopeless step, the only tlissentieiits were,

week and of the year.

our patriotism and our sufferings.

I proved.

he would.li:_1ve seen the utter discomﬁture fortlie Russians were across the water24 ot liis_nctui-ions policy, in the carrying out hours before the allies had passed beyond ofwliich, during a long reign, he thi-eaten- the walls. Even alter the French flag was ed: “'h,"°‘“°‘l_» and “ed. and Wllicll. dying. Waving from the commanding eminence of lllccmlgltt tl())aSl‘l:l3 :UCc(’.SS0l‘..' But the fatal the Malakotl‘ Tower, the victorious troops is Y: n mﬂtetlﬂi Slfengtll. has do not appear to have advanced beyond Proved W bf {'0tt0n‘to the core in that high- that position, pai-tly because they would er e'°'“°m_"‘ " ""i"‘°‘l °“'|l|5¢ll|”"-|1WI'i1l have had to storm the second line of the ’ power,‘ a tact which now stands revealed ¢,»nemy’,; defences, and pa;-ﬂy because it was ‘ tolhc “°"hl M h"'i'='°- supposed that the Russians had extensively Sehastopol has been defended, it caiiiiotllﬂinctl the ground froin which they had deiiied, with Cx[|'n(i|'di(];1x-y yjgnm-, am] :l)t.‘('l) driven with so much bloodshed. At peciiliaritiesinthe defence will open nithnt moment, then, at nightfall on the 8th inew chapter in the liistory of>ie_;;es; but l0f5f'ptembei', it cannot be. said that Prince consllering its po:~'it»ioii and the uses for tint-tsclial(oll'was conipclled to fly with pre- .which it \'.‘.'1:‘. tlt-stiiied. the time \\‘liich the ‘cipitation from the scene of this terrible‘ allied tirinies have cousiimetl in its ['u¢i[|(;-,CIHltt'St; but, as he adopted that course tioii is not great. It was ii_)l'|||i(l;1i)lt}1]-0]" witliout liesitatioii, we must look for the ‘fits natuitil as well as froiu its nrliticial mUliVL‘n' 01' illn‘ Ctlﬂtlllct 10 tilt’ iiicis Wllich

,sti-uzigtli. and evi-,i'_vtliiii;1 \\‘ltit'.lt input-y, , have conic to our liiiowled:.r,c." cngiii-.'crinr_r skill, the lnLtl.L‘l'lill;~' of u'.ir, tiinll. l'elii:viiig as we do that this is a fair and lllle tlozxgetl tvli:~lll]1lnC_V of t|'.m|).< who !-gmw ‘reasonable solution of a couise of proce- and felt that its fall would ll('ill(‘(ll':1I'i1C(‘, «Tine 9n the part of 1‘rinc«= ti~rlscii=ili0tl‘. —im_v, the ruin,——ot':in einpire wltit-h ti,-pi. wlticli would otlicrwisc appear eiiiginatictil, .11-(l ‘(p Lt‘|)'_(~]'“ {lug wit]-l(l_ cuultl (It; 1.. .;u_|,'1i” K it li\ll0\\'S tllitt till} HIIIIH ()il.llS(‘S which COIN’ it in fact was done in vain. 'l'li:-.t . oiiit-tiring P‘-‘llcll ill!" 10 trbilllliltn tilt‘ t0“‘” Will H0005‘ less than twelve months slioiild litire l:l,'t‘ll ﬁlial“ his "l“‘e‘l)' ""l‘°“i li""'“ “'9 C|‘im90i' ,spciit in zit-lrit.-viiig this great |‘(‘.-‘Hit |llL‘l'(‘l'/ WU‘-ti, ill filci, it i=‘1"~“t|"U|‘i‘ti that tile Fmncll showstlie \‘t1_'t)lll' of the attack and tilt:iC"lItIn2lntlQ]', who, in consequence of this lmu-cry ofthe tlt,-ti-nee, Br-,t2..t~ it Pu-,:Q(l victory, has lieeii iitistrtl to the dignity of into the victni:-4’ hands, olistinate battles . «'1 :‘\l:ii'sliul of l~'i-ance, has telegraphed to . were fou«:l;t at the Alina, at Into imiii, and f his Goren-inent tol:iiu\'~‘t1ieternis on which on the 'l‘eln~riin_v:i, and two terrific 11>‘-.ii'.llltS ii‘? is W C”H5t‘l1t 10 11 C=||*itUl'-1ti0|l,—t1 Niel" on the l:~':h ot June ‘ind the nth tit‘ 3‘ii‘pt(:tii- 1-lily strung 1>r0ofv|'Ilw desperate straits to tber, besides sorties and minor encounters l Wlllcll ill" 9"C'“.V l5 ""“' ”‘d“°‘3d- 1" ml‘ ,with:»ut number. \Vith the solitary e.vct-p- lii5"‘_V "'l"Cl'3-*3 ill‘-'5 C0"V'iCti0" is. til-'1'-lite ition oftlic unfortunate and lll-jlltlgtld attack j‘ prince inns no alternative but to surrender, {ofthe aliit-S mi the anniversary of \\'atm--j -—thnt he is lwnnncd in on every side, ‘loo, each oftliese events terininatcd lHlftl-lcn”gllts "3 it Wt‘l‘0 in *1 ‘WP: and lllﬂt 10 voui'nbl_v to the enemy, and the great Black ' Ilttempt 30 iitllit with any Cl13“¢'€ "fsuccessu Sea fortress progress:-tl to its destruction, l or even to retreat witliont prospective ruin, from the moment that the allies sat down i Wollld be positive madness.‘ V\'liicliever before it, with as much certainty, ultliough '« «'IlteI'nativc he may pursue will develope the lstrategic powers of the allied commanders, land the crisis will be a ﬁne one for bringing out the highest powers oftlio military chiefs, which the features of this war have not, so far, afforded them many opportunities of considerable impatience the arrival of the tlisplayiug. Prince Gortscliakoﬂ'can be in eirenni.~tantial details, which will throw hhle hhhlohh hi ﬁght a .hh.hle’ hhd the de' light on many transactions that at present , lhhhhhhh of Marshal P,e,hsS'er’ lhlh he fohhd appear obseurt-; but we know cnougli to ' 'h Shhhhhlhh lmheh a mhhlhhchy °l-the convince us that the Russians, before the wohhh 01 he‘°hcc' h.hd the hhhemh mchhh final assault which’ led to the possession of hhhhed [0 hhhh.‘ hhlch hih exceed hhyhhhg the Malakoff, had determined toahandonthe hhherth Seeh hi. the .h'st°’y °f war!” '3 Dlace to its fate, as their erection of the F“'°"“"'>.’ cohchlswe ewhchce lhht the cm" wooden bi-id-_re, lialt' a mile long, by which "'3 hhhh” hhhhhes hh.s hemhrhhhcd hhs "my [they retreatt-kl front the south to the north, hhd led to ‘he 'h.°xmchh.le' ‘hhlchhms how Aceoidiu,9, to the leadit1t.' morninr hhlchd hchlre hhh; whh.° h '5 "hl°”°"3 Journal of,“-stt-i-tl:iv, the defeat oftlic Rus- hhh the Chhhhh chhhht tech .hh army d“' sians on the 'l‘clieriia_\‘a showed the Hus- “"3 ‘ho """h°"v “ml ill“ Ahwsv by their sian commander that all hopes ofretaining ‘5°h'h’h'hl 0‘ thh 50"’ chh. h'hh5P°"‘ "'9'" SebzistnPo| were gone—-witli his army do- hhchs’ Sh ha th 'hhh'°°h" hhh m‘ “V °“h° moralised, his supplies intercepted, and the hhhthh whmh he h'h:V hhmlct and 3°‘ °" his flank and rear with fatal effect. The Russians, in a word, are beaten to a dead stand, and the alarm which prevails in St. Petersbnrg at the crisis which has at length arrived is retributive justice in its mogt agonising form.

All the meagre accounts which have come to hand rC‘.~1p(!Ct.lllf_{ this great fan: will be found clsewliere; and we await with

’ Ri:roi:r IN Si:i:.\sroroi..—Tliero had been ru- mours for some days before the attack on the Malakliotl, that the ;:,-arrison of Sebastopol wag

labour and as many millions of money were Prince Piisltieivitscli mid General (')sten- ’. _ . . in an e.\treniely disorgainised state, and there

believed to have rendered imprcgnablc, Saeken. now lies at the mercy of the Allies, and.on that occasion,-

before we have abandoned the Crimea not I! stone ‘will he left of it place which was

From the inoincnt of his defeat Prince Gortscliakotf is said to have taken steps for his retreat, to have prepared his bridge, and arrangctl his

were even 10Sli.l\'(3 stateiiients that a revolt took place. .- arisk lire ofinusketry, very irregular, was heard inside the town, mingled with ex-ic-3 and tlisortli-rly shouting, and a di-sei'ler reported

purposely planned and erected for aggres- I plans for placing the harbour lietwt-t-ii his l the fllﬁillmle ol':i_n omct-r ofrank and nearly 100 sion, and the existence of which was alassailants and liiinselt. The Times atldsl"“"‘»“'l‘° l'“d d'“"l“‘f\‘°‘l 0“l“"5- “'0” is no

standing menace to the nationalities of Europe. Its reduction is the severest blow which Russia has ovgr received, and ifthe proud and arrogant ruler who provoked this war had lived but a few months longer,

doubt: that the losses in the town were frivlitfn] l ,. . . . v an that, not“ itlistiindiug their otlicial ant non. lollicial declarations, the iussians sullei-ed from

this forcible rcmarlt, which imparts great strengtli to its reasoning: “ By tt eculi- nrity which distinguishes the result ofthis siege from all others in history, the allies took the place at last witliout eiitcriug it,

\Vt\t(‘l‘ and of st; and along Me {c_nzie‘s ridge, seems to have diminished very much.

irits. The army on the Belbeo ,