ENGLISH INTELLIGENCE.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XII, Issue 862, 2 October 1855, Page 1 (Supplement)

ENGLISH INTELLIGENCE.

In our last we furnished our readers with the latest English intelligence, confining ourselves to what was known, and disregarding, for the time, what was apocryphal. We may now mention, however, that the authentic intelligence was accompanied by a rumour that Sebastopol, as a whole, fell, on the day previously to the sailing of the ' Storm Cloud.' The ' Sydney Herald thu* speculates upon the probability of this report being correct. We may add that no further news has been received, by the ' Heather Bell.' " The time' stated is sufficient to transmit the intelligence. The wires convey information from Sebastopol to Whitehall in an hour and a half. An order was so transmitted for some thousands of shells, and on the same morning it was in the course of execution at the Arsenal at Woolwich. , "It is not impossible that the capture is but a partial one. The acquisition of those works by the Allies exposed the southern part of the city to the operations of the besiegers, and we are already informed that its occupation was likely to occur, but the temper of the Russians would hardly induce them to surrender the north, from which they could pour a destructive nre upon the captors. The intelligence, reduced to its proper proportions may, then; prove only an extension of that success alreadyrecorded. The preparations for assault were supposed to be in a state of forwardness, and the successes of the 11th June might well be followed by storming the city. Looking, however, at the other operations of the Allies, it appears probable that the Russians may have avoided the bloodshed of an assault by a surrender. The capture of provisions, and successes in the Sea of Azoff must have struck alarm mco the besieged. The report of a more extensive armament to cut off the Russian communifiations, if successful, would show the hopelessness of further resistance. The Russians have amply vindicated their national honour, having made a defence that will be memorable through all time, and exacted a price for the doomed city which has filled thousands of Western homes with sadness. The power of Russia is now better understood, and its policy will cease to be an object of public indifference. Thus it is perhaps not too much to anticipate that the Russians, from motives of humanity, at least to their own soldiers, may have prevented the horrors of a street combat by retreating from their position or yielding as prisoners of war. " On the whole, then, there appears to be a preponderating evidence in favour of the joyful news. The tail of this great city will enable the Allies to secure the object of their combination and afford repose to the nations."