Foot—Capt. J. N. Sargent; Lieut. C. F. Parkinson.
41st Foot—Major R. Platt; Capt. H. Rolands; Lieut.
R. E. Maude; Lieut. and Adj. J. A. Hamilton. 62d
Foot—Capt. E. H. Hunter; Lieut. W. Dring. 7th Foot
—Brevet-Major W.W.Turner. 19th Foot—Brevet-
Major R. Warden; Capt. E. Chippendall; Lieut. E. W.
R. Bayley. 23rd Foot—Lieuts. S. G. Prevost and K.
D. Radcliffe. 33rd Foot—Capt. H. D. Ellis; Lieut. C.
W. Willis; Ensign and Adj. G. Toseland. 77th Foot—
Lieut. G. E. Leggett. 90th Foot—Capt. J. A. Perrin;
Lieuts. H. J. Haydock, W. J. Rous, and N. Grahame.
97th Foot—Capt. G. H. Woods; Lieuts. M. G. B.
Fitzgerald and C. H. Browne; Ensign J. E. D. Hill. 2nd
Battalion Rifle Brigade—Major C. Woodford; Capt.
Hon. B. R. Pellew; Lieuts. H. Eyre, F. A. Ryley,
W. H. Eccles, J. C. Moore, R. Borrough, and F. C.
Playne. 3rd Foot—Brig.- Gen. C. Van Straubenzee.
88th Foot—Brig.-Gen. H. Shirley, C.B.

SEVERELY CONTUSED. 77th Foot—Lieuts. C.B.
Knowles aud M. A. Waters.

MISSING. 62nd Foot—Lieut. H. A. Palmer. 90th
Foot—Capt. H. M. Vaughan. 97th Foot—Capt. J.
Hutton.

Despatch, from Admiral Sir E. Lyons, dated
September 10:—

"Sir,—Of the operations on shore, which have
produced the successful result of the singular and memorable
siege of Sebastopol, her majesty's government will be
informed by General Simpson; but it is my duty to
report to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
what has taken place afloat and on the seaboard under
my own observation. It had been arranged by Generals
Simpson and Pelissier, Admiral Bruat and myself, that
precisely at noon on the 8th inst. the allied fleets should
open fire upon the Quarantine batteries that enfiladed
the approach of the assaulting columns; but, unfortunately,
the weather, which had been fine for some days,
changed on the morning of the attack, and a north-west
gale and heavy sea rendered it impossible for any vessels
to act upon batteries situated on the lee shore of this
exposed roadstead. It will, however, appear by the
enclosed reports from Captain Willcox, of the Odin, and
Captain Digby, of the Royal Marine Artillery (whom,
as well as the junior officers mentioned by them, I beg
leave particularly to recommend to the favourable
consideration of their lordships), that the mortar-vessels
attached to the fleets kept up a very effective fire from
their position in the bay of Strelitzka. As the day
closed, things in the harbour seemed to be in the same
state as they were in the morning, but during the night
several heavy explosions were heard, and at dawn we
observed that the fortifications on the south side were in
flames, and that the six remaining ships-of-the-line had
been sunk at their moorings, leaving afloat no more of
the late Russian Black Sea fleet than two dismasted
corvettes and nine steamers, most of which are very
small. Soon afterwards the enemy were seen retreating
across the newly-constructed bridge, until the south side
of the harbour, on which the naval and military arsenals,
the public buildings, and the town of Sebastopol
are situated, appeared to be completely evacuated, and
then the southern portion of the bridge was hauled over
to the north shore. It is now my pleasing duty to render
justice to the admirable conduct of all whom I have had
the honour and happiness to command during the last
nine months of this arduous struggle, and whose duties
I shared in before; for, although, with the exception of
the Naval Brigade in the camp, whose gallant bearing
from the beginning under the command of Sir Stephen
Lushington has been beyond all praise, and never more
so than during the last two bombardments under the
command of the Hon. Captain Keppel, it has not fallen
to the lot of the navy on this occasion to perform
distinguished deeds of arms, such as those of their gallant
brethren in the army; still, while straining every nerve,
night and day, under very trying circumstances, to
supply the means for carrying on the siege, in the glory
of which they could not share, the generous cheer of
encouragement, unalloyed by envy, has always been
heartily given in the day of triumph; nor have sympathy
and assistance ever been wanting in the hour of distress
and suffering. The same sentiments have pervaded all
ranks—captains, officers, seamen, and marines, all agreeing
with each other in following, as I believe I have said
once before, the excellent example set them by my
able second in command and coadjutor, Rear-Admiral
Houston Stewart. Perhaps in closing this letter I may
be permitted to indulge in the expression of the gratification
I feel in reflecting that, under all the circumstances
to which it relates, my gallant colleague Vice-
Admiral Bruat and I have gone heart and hand
together, and that the most perfect understanding and
hearty co-operation in the great cause of humanity in
which we are all engaged have invariably prevailed
throughout both fleets."

Sir E. Lyons also forwarded a letter from Captain the
Hon. Henry Keppel, dated the 9th, and reporting the
proceedings of the Naval Brigade on the 7th and 8th.
Captain Keppell says:—

"I have the honour to inform you that, in pursuance
of instructions, a vigorous fire was opened from the
batteries at 6 o'clock on the morning of the 7th, and was
maintained throughout the day; the fire was
recommenced yesterday morning with increased vigour,
preparatory to an assault to be made by our allies on the
Malakhoff, and subsequently by ourselves on the Redan.
At noon the French were observed to start en masse
from their trenches, and possess themselves in gallant
style of the Malakhoff Battery, on which the tricolor
flag was hoisted, aud the imperial eagle, planted within
10 minutes of their quitting their trenches. The French
flag was no sooner displayed on the Malakhoff than our
storming party issued from their trenches and assailed
the salient angle of the Redan, but the enemy were by
that time prepared to meet them, and as the supporting
party advanced, a heavy fire of grape and canister was
opened on them, in spite of a brisk fire kept up from
our batteries on all parts of the Redan not assailed, as well
as on the flanking batteries. After maintaining the footing
they had gained for some time, our troops were
obliged to retire, the killed and wounded left on the
ground sufficiently testifying how gallantly they had
fought. The fire from our batteries was kept up until
dark, and at about 11 o'clock the enemy evacuated the
Redan, after having fired a train that exploded the
magazines. This morning's light showed how successful
and complete had been the victory gained by the allied
forces. The enemy had evacuated all their positions on
the south side of the harbour; the town. Fort Nicholai,
Fort Paul, and the dockyard, were in flames, and their
line-of-battle ships had been sunk in the positions they
were last seen in when at anchor."

The following despatch from Marshal Pelissier,
addressed to the Minister of War, is dated September 11.

"M. le Maréchal,—I shall have the honour to send
you by the next courier a detailed report of the attack
which has placed Sebastopol in our power. To-day I
can only give you a rapid sketch of the principal
achievement of this great event of the war. Since the
16th of August, the day of the battle of the Tchernaya,
and notwithstanding repeated warnings of a new and
more formidable attack by the enemy against the
positions which we occupy on this river, every preparation
was made to deliver a decisive assault against
Sebastopol itself. The artillery of the right attack
commenced on the 17th of August a well-sustained fire
against the Malakhoff, the Little Redan, the neighbouring
defences, and the roads, in order to permit our
engineers to establish defences close to the place, from which
the troops might be able instantly to throw themselves
upon the enceinte. Our engineers besides prepared
materials for escalade, and on the 5th of Sept. all our
batteries of the left opened a very violent fire against
the town. The English on their side kept up a hot
cannonade against the Great Redan and its redoubt,
which they were to attack. All being ready, I resolved,
in concert with General Simpson, to give the assault on
the 8th of Sept., at the hour of noon. General
McMahon's division was to carry the works of the
Malakhoff; General Dulac's division was to attack the
Little Redan; and in the centre the division of
General La Motterouge was to march against the curtain
connecting these two extreme points. Besides these
troops, I had given to General Bosquet General Mellinet's
division of the Guards, to support the first three
divisions. Thus far for the right. In the centre the