SEBASTOPOL, or SEYASTOPOL. An account of this place, as it was before its siege by the allied armies in 1854-5, is given in the article CRIMEA; and a narrative of that siege in the historical portion of the article RUSSIA. The whole of the city south of the harbour was laid in ruins, with the exception of parts of the cathedral, and of some other buildings. These have since been restored, and the whole city is being rebuilt after a new plan. It was consecrated in July 1856 by the Archbishop of Cherson and Taurida; and, in January 1857, 380 houses had been built or restored. The population, according to the Russian Almanac for 1859, is 6213.