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London, England, 1855-10-10 00:00:00

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• LONDON, WED NESDAY, OCTOBER 10.

AGAIN an Allied squadron has anima off Odessa.
A telegraphic message despatched from that empo-
rium cm the morning of the Bth natant, and thence
forwarded to Hamburg, conveyed the intelligence
with the additioo that the " bombardment had not
yet commenced." A bombardment was, therefore,
expert ed. The 'ewe was published in oar even-
ing edition of yesterday, as early as four p.m.,
and transferred a few hours later, without acknow-
ledgment, to the columns of certain high-priced
evening journals. It is to be hoped that no mawk-
sigh sentinieetality will cheek the thunder of the
Allies in mid volley, as it did when their fleets
Wt visited Odessa. That spurioes generosity has
enabled the Russian armies in the Crimea
to offer a stubborn resistance to our arms.
Had Odessa been occupied by the Allies whoa
it was ooly threatened, the transport of stores,
ammunition, and provisions to the Grimes woad
have been materially impeded. The town is stronger
now than it was then, but not strong aweigh to resist
the artillery of French and English mend- war.
Once in oar possession, it might serve as the basis of
operations, either in the direction of Bessarabia or
Foretop. From Odessa an Anglo-French army
might co-operate with Turkish forces poured into
Bessarabia front Wallachia and Moldavia, or it
might intercept the supplies forwarded from
Western Russia to the Crimes. The Allies
in possession of Odessa can intercept the
communication of Warsaw and the fertile coun-
tries of the West with Nieolaieff and the
Crimes. Occupying such a position they will em-
bolden the malcontents of Malorussia and Poland
to rise against their Muscovite oppressors, if they
really have the heart to strike a blow for their own
deliverance. Lees strong for resistance than Sebas-
topol, Odessa will be to the Allies an acquisition of
infinitely more importance. Its capture will be the
insertion of the wedge that is to rend the colonel
fabric of the Russian empire. Hitherto the Allied
fleets have been prevented, by eirnmstances into
which it would now be invidious to is.
quire narrowly, from taking the part in
the operations on the Euxine which might
bays been expected from them. An opportunity
is at last presented to them of removing any painful
suspicions that may attach to their commanders.
Besides, they have in preemies the Autocrat of the
RUSSIANS in person. The assailant, of Sebastopol
had only to deal with the lieutenants of the Czaa
—the assailants of Odessa have to deal with the
CZAR himself. They hays it in their power to turn
beck the descendant of CATRERINI ea the "highway
to Constaotinople "—to relegate him to his own
northern swamps and forests. The Alma, Balaklava,
Inkermano, and Tchernaya, have illustrated the
courage of the Allied armies. The fall of south Sebes-
topol has shown what their tenacious daring and
skill can accomplish. But the reduction of Odessa,
will be a blow strutk home to the vital parts of Mus-
covite power. Vie tragic interest of the great drama
of the East is rising to a climax. The eyes of Europe
are riveted on this new movement. The impending
bombardment of Odessa is the turning point of the
war. If Odessa surrender to the Allied fleets before
the frosts of winter render it inaccessible, the hopes
built by the Muscovite Government upon delay and
procrastincion will be dispersed into thin air. We
abstain from indulging in the visions which such an
event is calculated to conjure up. We say nothing
of the resuscitation of Poland, of the calling into ex-
istence of a Malorunia to balance the exorbitant
power of Moscow. We restrict ourselves to the most
calm measured, prosaic estimate of the consequences.
And these are, that Russia moat sue for peace; that
the Allies may dictate their own terms; that the
further effusion of French, English, and Sardinian
blood will be rendered unnecessary; that the indus-
trious populations of these states will be spared the
heavy imposts which now seem to impend over
them. The colossal image, " with front of brass and
feet of clay," s long the object of superstitious dread
in Western Europe, will be broken up. The inte-
grity and independence of all Western states will be
secured. The regions subjected to the despotism of St.
Petersburg will be thrown open to the oonnance and
the ideas of the West. It is a moment of
palpitating expectation for all lovers of human
progress. Universal Europe listens for the sound I
of the gnus that are to tell it how the battle
goes. The next few days will be characterised by an
eager cue:B4y, unprecedented in the annals of the
war that has for months kept our Western popula-
Uons u a fever of anxious suspense.