The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-06 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY I.

Tors disastrous sits* of the Nat vit. as the
Malabar Tower sad the Roden hes all the appow
awe of smother Balaklava charge on a larger eosin
net the plan of arsealt, as orighrally onecorted, was
sot properly earried oat, is obvious. Partial amps
were resolved upon at the last moment; either doe
wake was sot given of thew &sages, or there wee
delay is taking inesseres Is dorrtai what was IA
unaltered into them t and the easseqesnee was a want
.steal weiposatiso awl iisaaltanwes yeavement in
the minis division. This of itself would give in
inealoalable adman", to the ~my. Still, enough
appears to render it extremely doubtful whether,
under more fammehle circumstances, the assault
could bars peeved sucessdul. A necessary
sonditien far ammo is all sash enterprises
is, that the swilling force should greatly
entourabee the assailed, but here the relative ampere
of the besieged and the storming parties &pillar to
have been reversed. Indeed, with the aninternipted
eamonaicatios maintained between the Russian
troops in Sebastopol sad Mow encamped to tk a north
of it, it is impossible to decide whether the garrison
of that stronghold does not actually outnumber the
helesisering force. It is sot surprising, therefore,
to find the opinion expressed in a large proportion of
the private letters received by last mail from oar
elbows is the Crimes, that the fell of Sebastopol eon-
not reasonably be looked for until the Allies have
Sot bastes the Bemis= in the field. It

may be said that this idea is the result
, of the depressed spirits of the writers under the
Weems of the repolesof the 18th. But reverting to
the earlier correspondence of the same partite, we
should rather say that that event has only induced
them to express a pre-misting conviction in stronger
language.
Our readers ars well aware that we have long
boos of opinion that the Russians in the field must be
alsatod before any effectual measures can be taken
for the redaction of BebastopoL To cling doggedly
to the idea of taking that fortress—or rather chain of
ketresses—as the first step, is wantonly to sacrifice) a
aroltitoio of valuable lives to no purpose. The Allies,
ellispoisil masters of the Bea of Ascdf sad the
wise ; with a respectable force encamped between
Liaise* and the Tchernaya, and occupying strong
pales at Eupatoria and Tenikale—oould without
any Insuperable difficulty make arrangements for
cutting off the hostile force in the Crimea from all
intercourse with Russia, and either starving or drub-
bing it into submission. The recomsesseance—
for it was nothing moro—lately made by Ouse
PACEA in the direction of Baktehi fierai and Baidm,
has shown that the Russians are not in any force
between the Tchernaya and these points. A suffi-
cient number of troops might be left to protect the

lines now occupied by the Allies on the south front
of Sebastopol, and keep the garrison in check, and
the remaining forces thus left disengaged might
advance simultaneously upon the Russians by a
°Diametric movement from Tchorgoun, Hertel:, and

Eupatoria.
The present moment appears favourable to such a
change in the strategy of the Allies. It is not easy
to indeoe a Commander to forego a plan of action
to which he has committed himself. The English
001111ANDER-114-0311111 has just died, and there are
strong reasons for believing that the French Com-
Ifialiniz-In-Cifter is on the eve of being superseded.
New men may more easily be brought to see the
necessity of adopting new measures. Hitherto
a disposition to aim at achieving one iso-
lated act of king, rather than to press
heed area tbe Remises by a comprehensive
mho* et AMON 1111111111111 to have prevailed. Eupa-
toria has been osespied, bat no attempt has been
made to strike a blow in that quarter. The suc-
cess= in the Bea of Azoff have not been followed up.
lent year agents were sent out at considerable ex-
pense by the English Government, to endeavour
to open communications with the mountain
tribes of the Caucasus, when that regioi was insects-
eible. Now, when the chances of war have sotaally
brought about a meeting between the English naval
force and the Circassian tribe., the parties separate,
after an interchange of formal courtesies, without
even attempting to concert a combined plan of action.
The war appears to be allowed to go on rather
than to be conducted. No traces are visible ii a,
dominant mind that can place a definite oiled WED
it, and make adequate combinations for athdatls
that object. As affairs are BOW managed the war
may be spun out for an undefinable period, and ter-
minated at length has sheer exhaustion, and inability
to carry it on any looser. It is much to be desired,
that whoever are to be placed in command may be en-
dowed with a wider grasp of intellect, and animated
by more earnest wishes to bring hostilities to a
mu* termination. And to this end it could be
idiot that mese means mud be hit upon of sem•
seatenting the supreme command of all the algal
hoses it the pesos of ewe geeeraL Nothing wee
sided la the Peninsula until Watunaron was
Liss with undivided and uNcontrolled authority.
The peal unmet of Ntrouton's vietorioes career
was his side sad absolute command. Until we have
ins Commander-in-Chief, with carte blaeclig, in the
East, we may look in vain for any material improve-
ment in the conduct of the war.

Tin evidence tendered, yesterday, to the Osae-
sates on the Bale of Beer Aet, is sot of a miters to
lamas t►e public with a very profound veneration
for tbst oblate. Three Metropolitan Police Magi-
strates were examined, and the result of their testi-
mony is that the Aot has dose no good, and °condoned
a world of annoyance.
Mr. Hatt, the Chief Magistrate at Bow-street,

laboured bard indeed to make eat a good ease for the
Ad, but with rather indifferent sass. He stated
dim& &mahatmas bad deereased shies the passing at
the AM; but tot five Watt's before he =premed
this 4.lroiaion be had admitted that the law was almost
imperative, on amount of theeoadistiog decisions of
pearistrates. 14 therefore, thew has beau any
degrease in the amount of drackaaaas ohm
the law seas into play, it mad he owing
to Kim other ems. Bat it would Orffser that wills
mr. HALL b:id that dmakesuses had dooltaloall.
mist away that the number ri ahaelbs "lc
inalwafras ma iketbff fammings bad diattabbed•
likadmitted that the umber d charges as
days sad Weimedays had iNtaliershly it •
ENO on the meemplies, therefast• that the Bala
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