SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 331, 2 January 1856, Page 6

SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS.

GEXBKAI PELISSIEB'S INSPECTION OP THE TOWN. Crimea, Sept. 10, Eleven, p.m.—l inspected to-day Sebasiopol and its lines of defence. The mind cannot form an exact picture of our victory,; the full extent of which caa only be understood by an inspection of the place itself. The multiplicity of the works of defence, and the material means applied thereto, exceed by far anything hitherto seen in the history of war. - "The capture of the MalakoiF, which i compelled the enemy to fly before our eagles sUready three times victorious, has placed in the hands of the allies an amount of materiel and immense establishments, the importance of which it is not possible to state exactly. To-morrow the allied troops will occupy the Karabelnaia and the town, and under their protection an Anglo-French commission will be occupied with making out a return of the materiel abandoned to us by the enemy. " The exultation of our soldiers is very great, and it is with shouts of ' Vive VEmpereur 1 that they celebrate their victory in the camp." J Another despatch states. All goes on well. Ihe materiel left by the enemy is even more e?^i n? Te than T at ' first anticipated. We shall be able to adopt many large buildings to the uses of the army. The Paris correspondent of the Times jwtes that the allies have captured at SecaHbre °° ***" h2°° gUnS °f lar^e - The following despatch has been received I 1?? !%f l Pelissier- dated Sebastopol. thl: 7\ , enemy have not destroyed their docks, the neighbouring detachments, the barracks, Fort Nicholas, or Fort Quaran tine." The commission has commenced the enumeration of the materiel left. A first gene4nonUrVCy }l as Siven lh« Allowing result. 4,000 guns. 50,000 balls, a few hollow pro' jecwes a large quantity of powder (notwith. . «f*-n S ail the explosions which have token place) &U0 half-ancbors, Jin excellent condition, 20,000 kilogrames of copper, two steam engines of 30 horse power, and a considerable quantity ofsawn timber for defence Dorics. Later intelligence from the Crimea gives the Kme ans as retreating upon Perekon, and .-.■ that Pnuce GoriFchakoff had received an order from St. Petersburg to evacuate the Crimea, on condition of being allowed to gmt ihe north fon* of Sebastopol with arms and baggage. Marshal Pdi«sier bad written io-tue .trench Government-for instructions. WR QUEENT TO THE ARMY, Ixirtl Panmure has addressed the follow. ing telegraphic despatch to General Sirap-

War Department, Sept. 12. The Queen has received with deep emotion the welcome intelligence of the fall of Sebastopol. Penetrated with profound gratitude to the Almighty, who has vouchsafed this triumph to the allied army, her Majesty has commanded me to express to yourself, and through you to the "army, the pride with which she regards this fresh instance of their heroism. The Queen congratulates her troops on the triumphant issue of this protracted siege, and thanks them for the cheerfulness and fortitude with which they have encountered its toils, and the valour which has led to its termination. The Queen deeply laments that this success is not without its alloy in the heavy losses which have been sustained ; and while she rejoices in the victory, her Majesty deeply sympathises with the noble sufferers in their country's cause. You will be pleased to congratulate General Pelissier in her Majesty's name upon the brilliant result of the assault on the Malakoff, which proves the irresistible force as well as indomitable-courage of our brave allies, THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH TO THE ALLIES. Immediately on the receipt of the news of the capture of Sebastopol, the Emperor ordered the Marshal Minister of War to send the following despatch to General Pelissier :— " Honour to you! Honour to our brave army S My sincere congratulations to all." At the same time the Minister of War wrote as follows to General Pelissier, by order of his Majesty: — " The Emperor requests you to congratulate in his name, the English army for the constant bravery and the moral strength of which it has given proof during this lon°and trying campaign." The "Moniteur" publishes the following: " Some persons are greatly concerned about the importance of the North Fort, to which the garrison of Sebastopolj retired after the capture of the town." That fort is not larger than one of the forts which surround Paris." THE CZAR'S ADDRESS TO THE ARMF. The Emperor lias issued au order of the ilny to the army, communicating the fall of Sebastopol. His MVvjesty thanks the garrison of Sebastopol for the bravery they have displayed in defending that stronghold to the very last, and declares that he is convinced all the troops of the empire will follow ibis example in sacrificing life—all—everything, for the sake of protecting the religion, honour, and independence of Russia. The. Emperor adds, that be still relies with confidence upon the firmness and courage uf his faithful and attached soldiers, to repel every future hostile attempt to violate the sanctity of the Russian territory, while he excuses 'the recent failure at Sebastopol, by saying there is a line which is impassable evento heroes. Another attempt to assassinate the Empebor of the French. The public mind has been so engrossed "with the Crimean war as scarcely to bestow a thought upon the attempt to'assassinate the Emperor of the French on the same evening that Sebastopol was evacuated. The act of the would-be-assassin,Beliemare, however, seems to have been of that class in which Hilly individuals have sought to atta in notoriety. In this case, it appears that the culprit so young in years, is an adept in crime—that he is not the representative of any secret societyr or of any political party, but that he is a lunatic, as, indeed, his unskilful arrangement for the execution of hi* design abundantly shows. In such a cast, therefore, it would be waste of words to discuss the qnesUon of the atrocity of which he undeniably hm been

guilty, and it is enough to say that his consignment to close custody in t)ie liicerte, (the Parisan Bedlam) supplies a gunrantee •hat Royalty shall be protected, and fthe public secured from similar monomaniacal exploits on his part. -•/?

Pracij Paosi>Ecrs.—The Emperor of Russia notified the fallo/ Sevastopol to the King of I russm, ami stated that he would accept of " no conditions of peace whatever which should be derogatory to Kussiu as a preat power." A correspondent in the Debates confirms the report tf the despatch, and says that it contained textually the following words:—" Russia never ninkes peace after disaster." The Emperor of Russia, accompanied with three grand dukes, had proceeded to the Crimea. The Frankfort Post Gazette publishes a letter, stated to be from a reliable source in Vienna, that a fresh attempt is to be tnade to establish peace.