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THE FIELD. 
intelligence received from various quarters relative to 
the fall of Sebastopol. No official confirmation, however, 
has yet reached us, but an official despatch from St. 
Petersburg, dated the 1st inst., stating that advices from 
Prince Menschikoffof tho 26th (?) made no mention of dis- 
astrous events, causes some anxiety here. [Priuce Men- 
schik off's despatch to St. Petersburg is doubtless dated the 
20th, not the 26th, for his last despatch was eleven days en 
route.] 
The Vienna papers publish the following : — “ Five hours 
after the bombardment, Fort Constantine blew up; 10,000 
Russians were buried in its ruins. Prince Menschikoff fled 
to Fort Alexander, where 18,000 Russians shortly surren- 
dered. The allied fleets simultaneously destroyed the outer 
harbour, forts, and vanguard of the Russian fleet. Priuce 
Menschikoff is reported to have unconditionally surrendered 
on the evening of September 26th.” 
The Monitcur (Paris) contains a despatch from Bucharest 
announcing the fall of Sebastopol, and adds that it had been 
forwarded to the French Government from Vienna by M. de 
Buol, who ordered M. de Hubner to congratulate the French 
Government, in the name of the Emperor of Austria, “ on 
the glorious success which had attended the French arras in 
the Crimea.” 
We have received from a correspondent at Vienna, by 
Submarine and European Telegraph, the following despatch : 
— “ On the 23rd Fort Constantine was destroyed by the allies, 
and Fort Alexander taken. On the 24th all the redoubts 
and forts around Sebastopol, all the batteries, and the arse- 
nal, were in the hands of the allies. The flags of the allies 
were hoisted on the tower of the Church of St. Vladimir. 
It is believed that the day on which Prince Menschikoff 
surrendered at discretion was the 26th. It is said that the 
remainder of the Russian fleet is safe in the hands of the 
allies.” 
This glorious intelligence is thus confirmed by way of 
Paris: — " A private telegraphic despatch states that at the 
end of a second battle gained by the allies they bombarded 
Fort Constantine, the Citadel, and the fleet, all of which sur- 
rendered. The Russians have lost 18,000 men in killed and 
wounded, and 2,000 prisoners. Six ships of the line and 
Fort Constantine have been destroyed.” 
RUMOUR OF THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL. 
The Turkish Minister presents his compliments to the 
Editor, and begs to transmit to him herewith a telegraphic 
despatch which he has received to-day from the Turkish 
Ambassador at Vienna, and which is an unquestionable con- 
firmation of the fall of Sebastopol. 
Bryauston-square, October 2. 
“ Vienna, October 2. 
“The French Embassy and the Austrian Government 
have received from Bucharest, under date 6 p.m., Sept. 30, 
the following telegraphic despatch : — 
“ ‘ To-day, at noon, a Tatar arrived from Constantinople 
with despatches for Omar Pasha; his Highness being at 
Silistria, the despatches had to be forwarded to him at that 
place. 
“ ‘ The Tatar announces the capture of Sebastopol ; 18,000 
Russians were killed and wounded, 22,000 made prisoners ; 
Foi-t Constantine was destroyed, and other forts, mounting 
200 guns, taken. 
“ ‘ Of the Russian fleet, six sail of the line were sunk, and 
Prince Menschikoff' had retired to the bottom of the bay 
with the remaining vessels, declaring that he would burn 
them if the attack continued. 
“ ‘ The allied commanders had given him six hours to 
consider, inviting him, at the same time, to surrender, for 
the sake of humanity. 
“ 1 A French general and three Russian generals, all 
wounded, have arrived at Constantinople, which city was to 
be illuminated for ten days. 
“ ‘ We expect to-morrow the official report of the above 
intelligence from Omar Pasha.’ ” 
♦- 
MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS AND MEMORANDA. 
Camp, near the Salt Lakes, Crimea, Sept. 18. — A French 
Bentry challenged a passer-by about two hours after tattoo, 
on the evening of the 16th — no answer; the challenge was 
repeated, and the sentry then fired. It turned out to be a 
French sergeant, who, for some unexplained reason, had not 
replied to the challenge. He was shot dead. The report 
caused an alarm in the French camp. It spread like wildfire 
through the light division, and on to the Guards’ camp, and 
there was a general rush to arms. The night was quite 
dark, and the general impression was that the Cossacks were 
among us. They had been seen in the neighbourhood of the 
camp by the outposts the same evening, and were burning 
forage. A whole village was destroyed by them a short 
distance in advance of us. An hour or two before the 
alarm, the tents of some of the regiments of the Light Division 
(English) had arrived, and night had come on before a proper 
arrangement of the arms, &c., could be made, so that there 
was some confusion in consequence of the sudden alarm. It 
was a useful lesson, however. 
We have heard of a dashing thing done by some of the 
7th and the Rifles (English), who were among the earliest 
arrivals. On reaching the rising ground they observed five 
Russian bullock-waggons, guarded by some Cossacks, in the 
distance ; they immediately gave chase, and the enemy at 
once fled without striking a blow; on looking round they 
saw a dozen more at a small distance, which they captured 
in like manner, making in all eighty-four waggons, containing 
flour, 160 oxen, and six camels. These spolia prima of the 
war were probably the baggage-waggons of the Russians 
retreating on Sebastopol. 
During the disembarkation the barren and desolate 
beach, inhabited but a short time before only by the sea-gull 
and wild-fowl, was swarming with life. From one extremity 
to the other bayonets glistened, and red coats and brass- 
mounted shakos gleamed in solid masses. The air was filled 
with our English speech, and the hum of voices mingled 
with loud notes of command, cries of comrades to each other, 
the familial' address of “Bill” to “Tom,” or of “Pat "to 
“ Sandy,” and an occasional shout of laughter. Very amusing 
was it to watch the loading and unloading of the boats. A 
gig or cutter, pulled by eight or twelve sailors, with a paddle- 
box boat, flat, or Turkish pinnace in tow (the latter pur- 
chased for the service), would come up alongside a steamer 
or transport in which troops were ready for disembarkation. 
The officers of each company first descended, each man in 
full dress. Over his shoulder was slung ' his havresack, 
containing what had been, ere it underwent the usual 
process of cooking, 441b. of salt meat, and a bulky 
mass of biscuit of the same weight. This was ‘his 
rations for three days. Besides this each officer carried 
his great-coat, rolled up and fastened in a hoop round his 
body, a wooden canteen to hold water, a Small ration of 
spirits, whatever change of under-clothing he could manage 
to stow away, his forage cap, and, in most instances, a 
revolver. Each private earned his blanket and great-coat 
strapped up into a kind of knapsack, inside which was a pair 
of boots, a pair of socks, a shirt, and at the request of the 
men themselves, a forage cap ; he also carried his water 
canteen, and the same rations as the officer, a portion of 
the mess cooking apparatus, firelock and bayonet of course, 
cartouch box and fifty rounds of ball cartridge for Minid, 
sixty rounds for smooth-bore arms. As each man came 
creeping down the ladder Jack helped him along tenderly 
fYom rung to rung till he was safe in the boat, took his 
firelock and stowed it. away, removed his knapsack and 
packed it snugly under the seat, patted him on the 
back, and told him “ not to be afeerd on the water ; ” 
treated “ the sojer,” in fact, in a very kind and 
tender way, as though he were a large but not very 
sagacious “pet," who was not to be frightened or 
lost sight of on any account, and did it all so quickly that 
the large paddle-box boats, containing 100 men, were filled in 
five minutes. Then the latter took the paddle-box in tow, 
leaving her, however, in charge of a careful coxswain, and the 
same attention was paid to getting the “sojer" on shore that 
was evinced in getting him into the boat, the sailors (half or 
wholly naked in the surf) standing by at the bows, and hand- 
ing each man and his accoutrement down the plank to the 
shingle, for fear “he’d fall off and hurt himself.” Never did 
men work better than our blue-jackets ; especially valuable 
were they with horses and artillery, and their delight at 
having a horse to hold and to pat all to themselves was exces- 
sive. When the gun-carriages stuck fast in the shingle, half 
| a dozen herculean seamen rushed at the wheels, and, with a 
I “ give way, my lads— all together,” soon spoked it out with 
a run, and landed it on the hard sand. No praise can do 
justice to the willing labour of these fine fellows. They 
never relaxed their efforts as long as man or horse of the ex- 
pedition remained to be landed, and many of them, officers 
as well as men, were twenty-four hours in their boats. 
Two of Lord Raglan’s horses were lost in attempting 
to laud them, and a transport boat which carried Colonel 
Bell’s (of the 1st Royals) luggage and horse was upset, and 
not only did the gallant veteran lose his kit, but his groom 
also, melancholy to relate, lost his life in the surf ; it is sup- 
posed his head was dashed against the boat. One night’s 
exposure told hard on the men, as was shown bv the in- 
creased sick lists, and one or two yawning graves, the first, 
but I fear not to be the last, in the Crimea. The day was 
marked both by a mishap and a piece of good luck on the 
part of our allies, for nine Zouaves out of a large straggling 
party on a marauding expedition were captured by a band 
of Cossacks, who fell suddenly on them; this was compen- 
sated by the seizure by the Spahis of a travelling party, ap- 
parently a Russian gentleman’s family, who wet* proceed- 
ing with an escort of soldiers towards Sebastopol, seventeen 
of the escort were captured with them ; and the whole party 
formed a disconsolate-looking centre of attraction opposite 
St. Arnaud’s tent in the French camp. 
The place selected for debarkation is just in the centre 
of the Bay of Kalamita, where any one possessing a good map 
of the Crimea will observe a small lake, the centre one of 
three, of which the most northern and the largest bears the 
name of Lake Sasik. At the southern extremity of this 
little sheet of water just mentioned — as yet unhonoured by 
a name, on a fine gravelly beach, which at about twenty 
yards from the water slopes into a grassy plain, which appears 
to extend to the base of mountain fastnesses, amongst v hich 
nestle Simferopol and Batchesarai, the fallen seats of Tartar 
royalty — there landed far the greater portion of the British 
army ; the allies landed about two miles further to the south- 
ward, at the beach between the sea and the third lake. 
On the 16th of September our people made a most 
satisfactory capture on shore — provisions for a week for 7,000 
men. It was on its way to Sebastopol, with an escort, when 
it was captured. The inhabitants are taken all aback by the 
English paying them for everything, and are beginning to 
get quite civil, and bring carts, fruit, &c., down here for sale 
FRAGMENTS FROM LOGS AND JOURNALS. 
Ka varna Bat, Sept. 6. — The fleet and troops are now all 
assembled here, and, from the number of men-of-war and 
transports at anchor in the bay and along the coast, a very 
formidable appearance is presented. We have just received 
notice that we sail to-morrow morning. The following is 
the list of transports conveying the regiments of the Light 
Division. These are to lead the way — to form in line along 
the coast, and the troops are to be disembarked before those 
of any other division. As soon as the troops are on shore, 
the transports will leave, and their places will be taken by 
the vessels of the Second Division, and so on until all are 
disembarked. 
Transports of Light Division. — No. 60, Monarch, and 
No. 39, Harkaway, towed by steamer 67, Emperor (Capt. 
dead). No. 98, Talavera, and No. 89, Lord Raglan, towed by 
steamer 72, Victoria. No. 42, Mary Ann, and No. 43, 
Calliope, towed by steamer 100, Andes, No. 44, Echungn, 
and No. 21, Pride of the Ocean, towed by steamer Megsera. 
No. 78, Orient, and No. 50, Courier, towed by Bteivmer Fury. 
The staff of the division, and head-quarters of the 7th 
Fusiliers, are on board the Emperor. The 88th, or Con- 
naught Rangers, on board the Orient ; and the 19tli Regi- 
ment on board the Courier, are towed by the Fury — the 
vessel the name of which is already so familiar in connexion 
with its late daring entry into the harbour of Sebastopol. 
The weather is favourable, and the wind is in the right di- 
rection to carry us to the Crimea. 
Neighbourhood of Eupatoria. — Bullocks are driven in 
by the Tartars for sale in the camp. Water is the greatest 
desideratum, there being none within four miles (the lake is 
salt), and that very indifferent ; the value of a bottle of pure 
water far exceeds that of a similar quantity of wine or spirits. 
Two or three Russian ladies travelling and several soldiers 
have been taken to-day ; the former, I suppose, have been 
politely escorted to some village for security ; but the cap- 
ture that excites the greatest admiration is that of several 
dromedaries, fine, strong, aristocratic-looking brutes, who, 
treating the weight attached to them as nothing, appeal's as 
though they would say, “We are the fellows to drag your 
siege-train for you.” 
Crimea. — The following is a letter from an officer on 
board her Majesty’s ship Himalaya, dated Kalamita Bay, 
September 17 : — “ Since I wrote you on the 4th inst., the 
expedition has taken its departure from Vania, and, as you 
| may see from the date above, arrived at its long-expected 
I destination. It sailed from Baltshik on the morning of the 
7th inst., steering N.E. by E., with orders to rendezvous 
forty miles west of Cape Tarkan, and such a scene as this 
enormous and formidable flotilla, when under way and in 
the prescribed order of sailing, offered, no one, unless 
present, could realise. The renowned Spanish Armada is 
recorded to have been numerous ; so it might, but in those 
days steamers of 3,550 tons and sailing ships of the same 
tonnage were not in existence, so that no comparison can be 
instituted between the two. Each division — viz., Light, 1st 
2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th — carried lights at the mizen-peak 
corresponding to the number of their division ; we were in the 
5th, consequently carried five lights vertically, and at night, 
when every ship — say, 400 in number — was lighted up, the 
scene was of the most extraordinary and most interesting 
description. We experienced most lovely weather, gradually 
becoming cooler as we went north. On the 8th we were at 
sea ; the Agamemnon and some steam-frigates, went down 
towards Sebastopol, and we passed the French and Turkish 
fleets, consisting of eighteen sail of the line and some six 
frigates. On the 9th anchored in twenty-six fathoms water 
out of sight of land, but abreast of Cape Tarkan, forty miles 
west. On the 10th, Sunday, remained at anchor. On the 
morning of the 11th, the Agamemnon, &c., returned, and 
soon after signal was made to heave short, and prepare 
for sea. At noon weighed, and proceeded S.E. Signal, 
1 Rendezvous thirty miles W. of Sebastopol.’ At night again 
in sight of the French fleet, the appearance of which when 
lighted up was that of a huge town broken adrift and come to 
sea. On the 12tli, early in the morning, made the land, and as 
we approached it, could see the villages and cattle quite plain, 
and, as is always the case, some saw numerous troops and parks 
of artillery drawn up ready to receive us ; but all of which 
turned out to be large hay-ricks and quantities of corn in 
course of preparation for housing. We could imagine the 
terror of the peaceable inhabitants seeing such a force bear- 
ing down upon their yet undisturbed shores, putting one 
somewhat in mind of the cultivated parts of Sussex about 
Chichester. We had during the day a severe hailstorm, 
which we hoped would clear the atmosphere and take away 
from us the cholera, from which we suffered severely, 
losing four seamen and five soldiers. At 9 a.m. of 
the 13th got under way and proceeded as per signal S.E. 
into Kalamita Bay, and at 3.15 anchored off the town of 
Eupatoria (Koslof). This immense flotilla of men-of-war 
and transports looks from the shore, like the masses of 
shipping clustered on the Thames gathei'ed to one point. At 
night, when their lanterns are hoisted, the whole looks like 
a populous city lighted as far as the eye can reach. All the 
vessels are drawn up in immense lines, with a front extend- 
ing over nine miles, and with an unknown depth — for the 
rigging and sails of the distant transports belonging to the 
expedition being lost far below the horizon, and after we 
had anchored, stragglers arrived eveiy hour for two or three 
days.” 
Outpost Duty. — Sept. 16th. — The usual routine of the 
morning, and paraded in marching order at three o’clock. 
About 10p.m. thepicquets came runninginto the encampment, 
shouting that the Cossacks were upon us. As you may 
imagine, being so disturbed, a pretty scene of confusion en- 
sued ; although, I must say, a smarter turn-out could never 
be surpassed. You may depend upon it the men did not 
stand much on etiquette on such an occasion — some turned 
out with arms and accoutrements and shirts only, and others 
without trousers and boots. As soon as they got their arms 
they began to load, &c., without receiving orders from any 
one — acting on the old adage “ Self-preservation is the best 
order.” However, officers and men were at their posts, eager 
for a touch with the enemy ; but after standing for a short 
time in uncertainty, it proved to be a false alarm, and we 
were ordered to lie down again, which we did, but fully 
accoutred, and in less than half an hour not a sound could 
be heard in the camp but the cry of “All's well " from the 
sentries. 
ANXIETY AND EXCITEMENT IN THE 
METROPOLIS. 
DESPATCHES PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY IN THE 
MORNING JOURNALS. 
A placard was posted on the Bourse at Paris on Thursday, 
denying the truth of the intelligence as to the fall of Sebas- 
topol, said to have been brought to Omar Pasha by a Tatar. 
This notification is as follows : — 
Vienna, October 4. 
“ The Minister of France to the Minister for Foreign 
Affairs. 
“ The intelligence said to have been brought by a Tatar 
to Bucharest is contradicted by further advices from that 
city. 
“ It was an exaggeration of the battle on the Alma, and we 
are still without later intelligence from Constantinople than 
the 24th. 
“ The Austrian Consul at Odessa has telegraphed to his 
Government that the straggle had recommenced from the 
25th to the 27th, on which day the allies were posted on the 
Belbek, ten versts from Sebastopol.” 
A further despatch from our correspondent at Paris states 
that it was asserted that the Russian intrenchments on the 
Belbek had been carried, after a third battle, and that the 
allied generals were preparing to lay siege to Sebastopol in 
regular form. 
Our correspondent ako informs us that the French Minister 
for Foreign Affairs has received a despatch identical with the 
one which appeal's in the Extraordinary Gazette. 
We have since received the following most important 
despatch : — 
“ Marseilles, Thursday Evening. 
“ The Nil, which left Constantinople on the 25th, has arrived 
with despatches. 
“ The loss of the English at the battle of the Alma amounts 
to 2,000 men. 
“ That of the French is not so great. 
“ General Bonet is among the killed. 
“ Lord Burghersh, who ieft Malta in the Fury before the 
Nil, with despatches for the English Government, has not 
yet arrived. 
THE BATTLE ON THE ALMA. 
LATEST FROM THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. 
We are requested to publish the following notification : 
“ As no account has yet been received of the arrival at 
Marseilles of a steamer from Constantinople with the details 
of the battle on the heights of the Alma, the Duke of New- 
castle thinks it right to make known that he fears the 
account of the casualties on that occasion cannot be publiahe 
before Monday at the earliest. 
“ War Department, October 5, 8 p. m.” 
