The Press.
London, England, 1855-10-13 00:00:00

RUMOURS IN THE CAMP.

Upon the whole, the rumours of the camp tend
towards hutting rather than field fighting. The
correspondents of every paper are all more or less
dubious upon the point of field operations. One
writes that the Russian position " is too strong to be
forced" (D. News) ; another that the fine weather
will soon be over, and if operations are undertaken
they will cause great "dissatisfaction" and "dis-
comfort" (Times); while a third is "tired of specu-
lating" (M. Post). The secret of all this is, that
the allied generals, whatever their plans are, have
so admirably kept them close that nothing is allowed
to transpire :
A conference has been held this day at the French head-
quarters, at which General Simpson was present. The
result of the meeting has not been divulged. The rumour
in the camp is, that the French have made a reconnais-
sance, and reported that the Russian position between
Sebastopol and Baktchi-Serai is so strongly defended, as well
by its natural advantages as by its artificial works, and that
the enemy is in such force, that it would amount to rash-
ness to attempt to dislodge them from it, and that on this
account the projected expedition is for the present aban-
doned.—D. News Cor., Sept 24th.
If there is any intention on the part of the commanders-
i n-chief to make any use of the short autumnal, or second
summer, or whatever else the few weeks of fine weather
which precede the Crimean winter may be called, it is so
close a secret that its execution will cause lively dissatis•
faction and great discomfort, especially among the "hutters"
and " the great hutting interest." Men have made up their
minds not only to rest but to peace, and a real bon mot of
the Duke of Newcastle, to the effect that there will be
peace before Christmas, is in every one's mouth.—Time,
Cor., Sept. 24.
The question of divided command appears to offer
some little difficulties :

As long as the question was only to decide upon
secondary matters, when the object was clear and palpable,
and the direction given, this divided generalship, however
embarrassing, was a lesser evil than now, when a new
direction has to be taken, and when such questions as
" Shall there be an advance ?" or, " Is it too late for this
year ; and, if so, where shall this advance take place ?"
have to be considered—when there may be a difference of
opinion as to the main point, namely, whether the Russians
are inclined to yield to the slightest pressure and retire
before a series of harmless demonstrations, or whether
they think to be able, and hold it worth their while, to de-
fend the north plateau and the rest of the Crimea; and
when there may be even two views as to whether it is
worth our while to continue a series of hazardous opera-
tions after having effected the chief object of the Crimean
expedition—the destruction of the Russian Black Sea
fleet—and after having broken the power of Russia to harm
Turkey by her superiority at sea ;—or whether it would
not be preferable to seize this opportunity to withdraw
from the Crimea, destroying what is destructible, and begin
next year a campaign where there may be more chances of
injuring the vital powers of Russia than by attacking and
holding this far-removed point, which, if we should even
cut it off for the moment, will be only as the loss of the tail
to a lizard or that of the claws to a crab.—Timer Cur.,

Sept. 29.
General de la Marmora bas issued a most severe
order against correspondents to newspapers in the
Sardinian army. From the tenor of his remarks we
should imagine some serious indiscretions have been
committed:—

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Hadikoi, Sept. 16.
The correspondence of the military and civilians who form
peat of the eipedition with the jourusla is attended with