the field of war. 
THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. 
c # ttt . Field Office. Saturday, 4 a.m. 
, 1p L * * l ,° ? re m mo “enhr)- expectation of most important 
despatches from Sebastopol, and fully hope they will arrive 
id time for our Second Edition.— Ed ] * 
Sept thSh^ • r ° m " The heishts above Sebastopol," 
Sept, the -8th contains some interesting particulars relative 
to the operations of the army previous to the 
bifSr qlTY ,I be aUied »rmy has at length arrived 
forced marches 01 fourth English division, after two 
divisions lean towards the port of Balaklava where head 
meet U The !^? 0O1 « e C ? thcart » advanced to 
fu m ? !rl rca WOre burned tbia afternoon by the 
the greater part of £ & 
yes JdJy^eft 27 / 3 ^^ Balaklava “mmenced 
fc re i£“ - wn; 
The" 6 
a :^*v : r m h ; 
weTuldefe^i N™ bridgeshad fHF 
cult roads broken ii!£r^ bee , n d f troyed, no diffi- 
skirmishes with «nf P ' T B ” tlsb cavalry had a few trifling 
%23% a‘ mess? 
-a, mort™, sssrffi^ssry^a £ 
t0 - U9 “ R point of communication with the fleet. 
18 A ^ curio9ity - and the immense Agamem- 
GenoLe fort^ mthl ? a *? w feet of the W- An ancient 
o4Tfeoc^rr,Trco7' nS ' M,lnn eartl " VOrk ' th ° 
LATEST FROM THE CRIMEA. 
rp. (By International Telegraph .) 
the soVth. 8We, ' eWithiu 1 » 500 yarda of Sebastopol, on 
witT, he H bV I83iaD3ha \ 0 formed 8aud batteries, and aimed them 
T 8 T 8 ’ but the ran S® of the allies’ artillery “ 
greater than that of the enemy. 0 
The Monitor (Paris) publishes the following despatch : 
According to despatches from Constantinople, the siege 
OO hois td th f S 1 bas W " , ' ,re iD a «™“ I»rt flS 
the 4th 3 d th bo mbar d inent was to commenco on 
n rt ^ h V?, UrCe iv tbat ™ pply the city with water were in the 
power of the allies The Russians were preparing to sffik 
the nine ships they had still afloat.” 8 
A despatch from the Black Sea, dated tShtotf 
iust. th bombardmeut of Sebastopol commenced on the 5th 
2S? b ff? be8w ® re made at the Quarantine Fort on the 6th. 
a„i be8U r I r,° ff r dto tlle town b,ul been cut off by the 
S 1 Tfewda ^ 7 doubted that the phice would be carried 
battle of the alma. 
DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS. 
OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. 
ARRIVAL OF LORD BURGHERSH IN LONDON 
FROM THE CRIMEA. 
LoKLl^ Burgbei j 9h - Principal aide-de-camp to General 
c °mmmdmgthe British forces in the Crimed 
arnved m town on Sunday morning, at a quarter to seven’ 
. 0 n whi'ch e 3\m^ U f d iutel , 1 i igeuc f o{ Lt great action 
i viucn the allied forces have been engaged against the 
?5th of Sentemh Bu, ° hersh hria & intelligence dtfwn to the 
bSLd in W ^f’ t U °° n ’ ° n Which day hi8 Drdship cm 
Darkerl m her Majesty’s war steamer, Fury, Capt. Chambers 
ouH,l7thTL 6 “f.”/ «*•> river KatechaAre^ea 
Sh A f , th !, A ^ and Wltbin sight of the fortifications of 
Sebastopol; the advanced guard of the allied forces at that 
of 'the out- 
Major Loch, of the Indian army, who was on the field of 
alao *“* 
about midnight on the 26th of September. ShelefTSter 
thrcufhTh 1 ° P , erati ? n in Wbich mnch valuable time was lSt 
° f th ® Turka — on the night of the 
o-and-a-half hours were consumed in coaling at Malta, and 
& bSrtwiFjr tS rF 2,,d 
had taken her departure ’from 0 y 1 re, ‘ cb ‘““d Packet, 
from Malta to 
of weather, wliich rendered it ni .„ o d , R0U1<> disadvantages 
of Sardinia — in oigh?y hoU rc tlie Wand 
harbour of MaweSle/ at eight ^d^on^S ,ut ° th ° 
the 6th mat. In less thon\n holm W*, Birch'S 
disembarked and secured a special train, by S.cl l e tm 
zrT^r ° f th ° u8utj 
udd fivo h o d a V*' « n ? hi r !UTivul in 1>,u irt thus delayed 
until five o clock on Saturday evening, the 7th iust Lord 
Bm-gherch, after having had a brief interview 5h Lo^d 
Covriey, her Majesty s ambassador at the French Court came 
° , to B °u|°pe» "here he arrived shortly after twelve o’clock 
t night (Saturday). His lordship crossed from Boulogne to 
Dover in one ot the beautiful steamers of the South Eastern 
S'7 > C r i T\ a “ d - leaving four Jchok 
A ^rcL^ London-bridgo station at half-past six (Sunday)! 
A carnage was m waiting to convev his lordnhin ♦ 11 
mg-street, whorc ho alighte.l at the office of the Minister for 
the War Department. Ilia Grace the Duke ofNewSrtS 
was instantly sent for, and arrived in less than half an hour • 
tt Ste,T t t °, add - faring from severe indisposition! 
one officl of th^r 1 V ] n de8 P atbha. that only 
one officer of the Guards Brigade is returned as “ killea”— 
-and a nephew thoDuke SSlffiSS? 1 “ Br ° Wulow 
The following is a copy of the 
extraordinary gazette 
published on Sunday, October 8, at noon 
BATTLE OF THE ALMA 
4E‘f he *S2 a 
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" M ia tlM 
~ Ssi rt: 
previously supporitl^^ o^the F^l of 
^L n \ha n8,lde -val, X wLTh^t^e oS°of 
s d d u s„ct, sttr ->• *>«»• ^ j 
On this, the first occasion of the English encountering tb« 
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Nautical Milos. 
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’ VCT0DER •*» 1854, toe First Day of the Bohbabd.me.nt. 
