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    Fall Of The Southern Half Of Sebastopol....

    close at hand , the Russians ^ aH > e-able * tiil ^ ia « d Snlfort * powerful fleets that might keep m dread the entire seaboard of our Indian and Australian possessions , orjpassing on , at any favourable moment , make a diver-8 l ° A * despatch from Admiral Bruce , relative to the evacuation of Peteopaulavski , has been published ; but it adds no details of interest to the foregoing .

    EXPLOSION OF A MAGAZINE . The whole of the camp was shaken this morning ( Aug 30 ) at one o ' clock by a prodigious explosion , which produced the effects of an earthquake . A deplorable accident had occurred to our gallant allies as they were pursuing their works with their accustomed energy . ^ A tumbrel , from which they were discharging powder into one-of-the magazines near the Mamelon , was struck by a shell from the Russian batteries , which burst as it crashed through the roof of the carriage , and ignited the < cartridges within ; the flames caught the powder in the magazine , and , with a hideous roar , 14 , 000 rounds of gunpowder rushed forth in a volcano of fire to the skies , shattering to atoms the magazine , the tumbrels ,

    and all the surrounding works , and whirling from its centre in , all directions over the face of the Mamelon and beyond it one hundred and fifty officers and men . Of these , forty were killed on the spot , and the rest are scorched and burnt , or struck by splinters and stones , and by the shot and shell which were thrown into the air by the fiery eruption . Masses of earth , gabions , stones , fragments of carriages , and heavy shot were hurled far into our works on the left of the French , and wounded several of our men . The light of the explosion was not great , but the roar and shock of the earth were very considerable . The heaviest sleepers awoke and rushed out of their tents . There was Silence for an instant , and but for an instant , as the sullen thunder rolled slowly away and echoed along the heights of Inkerman and Mackenzie : then the Russians ,

    leaping to -their guns , cheered loudly , but their voices were soon smothered in the crash of the French and English batteries , which opened ; all . along the right of the attack , and played fiercely on their works . A bright moon lighted up the whole scene , and shed its rays upon a huge pillar of smoke and dust , which rose into the air from the Mamelon , and which , towering to an immense height , unfolded itself and let fall from its clustering waves of smoke and sulphurous vapour a black precipitate of earth , fine dust , and pebbles , mingled with miserable fragments , which fell like rain over the works below . The-dark cloud hung like a pall for nearly an hour over the place , reddening every moment with the reflexion of the flashes of artillery , which boomed incessantly till dawn . —Times Correspondent .

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    War Miscellanea. Sweden Dissatisfied Wit...

    WAR MISCELLANEA . Sweden Dissatisfied with the War . —At the commencement of , the war , great expectations were Entertained in Sweden of its leading to a veritable curbinjg of the Russian power in the North as well as in the South , of its protecting Sweden from the perilous encroachments of that enemy who has already deprived her of a large part of her dominions , and of its leading Ultimately to the rescue of Finland from the grasp of th | e tJzars . The war was accordingly popular ; but the feebleness of our operations in the Baltic , the destruction " of the private property of Fins , and the declaration in the official French and English journals , the Moniteur and the ' Morning Post , that the encroachments of Russia are only in the direction of Turkey , and that the North is not worth her consideration ( an opinion which is certainly at variance with history ) , have , it is said , entirely changed the current of opinion , and produced a feeling of unfriendliness , or at any rate of lukewarmness , towards the Allies , and especially towards England , who is supposed to be less inclined to vigorous action than France , by whom it is thought she has been urged and stimulated into doing what little has been accomplished . > lj Thk , Akoix > tIxai . ian Legion . —It is said that the objection of Austria to our recruiting for the Anglo-Italian Legion so near her frontier is owing to our having tampered with Hungarian and Italian soldiers in . j her service , Twenty deserters are alleged to have gone 6 yerv ; : We hear furthermore that the English Government has not consented to remove its " recruiting , bureaux" from Novara , but that it has given an

    assurance that the tampering just alluded to shall be discontinued . A . . ,. ; ' A . Russian Squadron "Twrnino TahJ '—Wo read as follows in the Times Dantzio Correspondent ' s letter , 4 ated September 7 th s , — " Last Sunday , the 2 nd September , the Imperious , © and Colossus ( which two vessels remained , atf Cronatadt when Admiral Seymour left that place , for Seskar Island with the squadron under his command ) were anchored some seven or eight miles from Tolboukin Lighthouse , and , on ono of those donee fogs now so prevalent in the Baltic suddenly clearing off , they perceived a Russian squadron , consisting of a DO-guh steam line-of-battlo ship , a frigate , two steamers , Moid , some gunboats , almost close to them . Nothing flaunted by th , e sight of this superior force , the Imp ^ riejttse and Colossus slipped their cables , and pushed in to meet the enemy , when , to their surname , the Russian j ^' ftdxoti turned tail , and very quietly ran into port . Tn * two English vessels chased them right ineide ToJU boukin { indeed , they followed thorn an close in as they

    dduld " goi td ' lhef battSSesr * T € seems " from ^ accounts that the 90-gun steam liner was quite a new vessel , and had probably come out to try her engines . As it was Sunday , a large concourse of people had assembled on the piers and quays of Cronstadt to see the mighty liner , with his ninety mouths , make his- trial trip , and were , of course , witnesses of her inglorious retreat . " Thb Chevalier Paolo Balbo , youngest son of Count Cesar , has joined the Sardinian army of the East as a common soldier . The Sea of Azof . —Admiral Bruat announces as follows : — " Captain Huchet de Cintre , commanding the ship Milan , announces that the Milan and the Cato have destroyed in the Sea of Azof , between de Temriank and Dolga , forty-three fishing establishments , one hundred and twenty-seven boats , many thousand fishing-nets , great quantities of salt , and a vast number of casks . "

    Dr . Easton's Account of the Hango Affair . —A letter'from Dr . Easton , the surgeon captured at Hango last June , has been published in the Scotsman . He writes from Wladimir , August 5 th , and says that he has been treated with the greatest kindness . He has been both at St . Petersburg and Moscow . His narrative of the massacre at Hango-Udd confirms the previous impressions of the execrable treachery of that attack . The party , he relates , landed on a wooden pier , and " had only taken a few steps , " when a murderous fire was opened on them from all sides . The Bombardment of Sweaborg , it is said , will be followed by an attack on another of the enemy ' s strongholds in the Gulf of Finland . A supply of rockets , furnished by the French Government , has arrived at Nargen . __ . _ . .

    _ Russian Want of Powder . —The Presse states , on the authority of a correspondent at St . Petersburg , that Prince Menstchikoff stated to the Emperor at a Council of War that the reason why the Allies had not been vigorously attacked when they were in want of reinforcements , was that there was an insufficiency of powder . This was gruffly denied by Prince Dolgorouki , the Minister of War ; and a scene of altercation ensued . The French Minister of War is about to release from service the soldiers of the army of the East who belong to the class of 1847 , who had hitherto been detained on account of the exigencies of the war .

    The Italian Nightmares. The Criminal Cal...

    THE ITALIAN NIGHTMARES . The criminal calendar for the week , with regard to Italy , is not so full as it bas been for some time past . Symptoms of awakening on the part of the oppressed people are to be observed in various parts of the peninsula ; and there seems to be some hope that the nightmare governments will be cast off by a vigorous and healthy movement . Several arrests have been effec ted in Lombardy , and the prisoners

    are accused , some of having taken part in Mazzmian conspiracies , others of attempting to seduce soldiers from their duty . There is no doubt that the recruitment of the Anglo-Italian Legion has caused great uneasiness to all the despotic governments , from the north to the south ; and it may , perhaps , be the means of supplying the motive power to the yet inert revolution . The Austrian troops in Lornbardy are Said to be kept in constant readiness , for fear of the revolt coming upon them unexpectedly .

    In Naples , the Bedlamite King seems to have been in some degree checked in his career by dread of the punishment that hangs over him for the outrages committed by his officers on France and England . A private telegraphic despatch has been received by a Paris banker , announcing that a French and English fleet , having troops on board , is already before Naples . This fleet , it is alleged , is prepared for immediate action should the king not comply with our conditions within a short space of time . Whether a fleet is really already there or not , however , it is certain that the English ships , Neptune , 120 , Captain Hutton , St . George , 120 , Captain Eyres , and Rosamond , 6 , have sailed for the Bay of Naples .

    The French organ of the Jesuits , the Univcrs has been endeavouring to get his Neapolitan Majesty out of his two scrapes . This paper thus endeavours to excuse the insult to France : — "It appears there was no Neapolitan man-of-war at Messina to return the salute of the French frigate , and that , according to custom , the citadel , being independent of the authorities of the port , did not hoist its flag , nor fire a salute . " With respect to the outrage upon the English attache " , wo are told that Mr . Fagan was ordered to retire because he was " -in a part of the

    house from which , according to the regulations of the lower police , bo was excluded . " Mr . Fagan , who is the son of an Englishman by a Sicilian lady , is accused of being a confirmed revolutionist . " Judicial inquiries , " it Is added , "have shown that in 1848 he directed the whole conspiracy under the inspiration of Lord Napier . " It will bo seen that theso excuses , or counter accusations , nro of the most unsatisfactory and reckless nature . Even , however , under fear of a visit from the ships pf France , and England , it would bo too much to expcot that King . Bomba would keep liimself auite auiot . Ho is therefore doincr his

    utmost to provoke the army against him . Cavalier 1 Afllitto , of the Horse Body Guard , has been arrested I for wearing a hat of the Italian fashion . The Da ily I News Naples correspondent relates that , as late as I September 4 th , the officials had not alluded to the I victory on the Tchernaya , because of the brilliant I conduct on that occasion of the Piedmontese , who are ¦ j hated . I In Rome , matters are scarcely a whit better . The E people are almost in a state of starvation , and dread I the coming winter . Brigands , who prowl about in I bands of from twenty to thirty , are in possession of I all the roads to within a few miles of Rome . The I municipality , fearful of falling under the ill-will of I the populace , went the other day to the Pope , and |; tendered their resignation , whi h was refused . They I had been called upon to resign , by a placard be- seeching them not to remain identified with " the \ audacious monopoly which is ruining the people . " On the occasion of the feast of the Madonna , when the ] Pope was giving his benediction , voices were heard * j exclaiming ,- " It is not your blessing we want , Holy I Father , it is bread . " Two hackney-coachmen have \ been imprisoned for driving so furiously at the Pope f as to endanger , his life . The Count della Porta has \ been drummed out of the service , and sent into no- > minal imprisonment for five years , for killing a \ Government dog-slayer , who was seizing a dog to \ convey it to the slaughter-house ; arid a great deal of | conversation has been caused by the arrest of a | monk of the order of the Crociferi , who is supposed I to be rather lax in his theological opinions , or , in 1 other words , inclined to Protestantism . I The following is a letter addressed by Prince I Murat to his nephew , on the subject of the pamphlet 1 on the Italian question , to which we alluded last $ ; week : — | " My dear Nephew , —Since it appears to you ( as to 1 me ) that I am the only possible solution , I am forbidden i all initiative . He must be a fool who argues from the 1 fact of his being born on the steps of the throne that i the crown belongs to him , or who considers an entire 1 people as his heritage—as his property , just as a private I individual would a flock of sheep . Let Italy call upon I me , and I shall be proud to serve her . I will add , that | she will never find others who will serve her better than m myself . Her enemies are mine , and there is a terrible | f account to settle between us . But , if Italy makes ; another choice , I shall not the less pray for her happi- ; ness ; and I shall be ready to give the last drop of my & blood to contribute to her success . Happy is he who jjj shall be the elect of Italy : his mission is easy . Be | prudent , and remember this maxim , which is not the ° less true because it is old— ' Noblesse oblige . \ " L . Mubat . " 1

    Another Attempt To Assassinate The Frenc...

    ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE FRENCH EMPEROR . The Emperor Napoleon attended the Italian Opera on Saturday last ; when , just as the carriages of the Ladies of Honour of the Empress stopped at the doors , a man , evidently conceiving that the Emperor was in the carriage , discharged two small pocket pistols at it . The action was performed without due aim being taken ; no one was hit . A police officer struck down the man ' s arm at the moment , and he was immediately arrested . His name is Bellemarre : he is about two-and-twenty years of age , and a native of Rouen . When he was k about sixteen , he was sentenced to two years' imprison- ' ' ment for swindling ; but , in the course of two months tf this was commuted by Louis Napoleon , then President ] of the Republic . At the time of the coup d'etat , in the / resistance to which he says he participated , he was sen- ;| tenced to two years' imprisonment for the authorship of . ; a placard headed , " Motives for the Condemnation to .. ; Death of Louis Napoleon . " It appears that he declared * s himself to be the author . Since he left prison in Feb- 3 ruary last , he has lived at Paris under a false name , as ? clerk to a constable . The Emperor only remained about i an hour at the theatre , and then proceeded to the Palace . J of the Tuileries . - Tho Moniteur—unable , possibly , to conceive that a ;¦ : second attempt on tho Emperor's life could bo committed by a man in his senses—declares that Bcllomnrro is ¦ i insane . Bollomarro asserts his perfect sanity ; which !¦ : the Morning Post looks upon as a conclusive proof to ! : the contrary . Wo trust , therefore , that there will be : no repetition of the Pianori tragedy . ( ., ? Bellemarro does not attempt to deny his act , which he ^ says was prompted by revenge for his imprisonment ; but h ho declares that he had no accomplices whatovor . -a ^ V . ¦ ¦ man named Lunge , however , haa boon arrested uriror suspicion of supplying Bollemarro with the powder , and loading tho pistols . The Empress was not at tho theatre on the evening of tho attack ; and tho Emperor directed that tho newH should bo hold back from her , lest , in her present delicate state , it might have a prejudicial effect . Bollomurro has since boon examined by a medical commission , who decided that ho is oillioted with mental alienation . Ho was , therefore , transferred from tho Conoiergorio to BicQtro . It is rumoured that M , Guinard , formerly Colonel m the National Guard , and for many years known as ft leading man among tho revolutionary party , has been arrested .

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 15, 1855, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15091855/page/4/