The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-13 00:00:00

THE CIVIL SERVICE.

PRISONS DEPARTMENT.—Mr. J. Foster hag been
appointed Governor at Lincoln Castle.
Cuorows,,—Mr. Robert Hicks, clerk at Grimsby, has been
promoted Obit sub•collector at Ramsey, Isle of Man, vice
Mr. J. H. Davidson, promoted to be Comptroller, &c., at
Westport, Ireland ; Mr. J. Billings has been appointed a
ganger in London; Mr. T. Lavington has been appointed a
ganger in London ; Mr. J. Brown has been appointed a
gauger in London ; Mr. A. T. White has been appointed
a gauger in London ; Mr. J. Farquhar has been appointed
a gauger in London ; Mr. J. Gibson has been appointed a
gauger in London ; Mr. A. Bethell has been appointed
clerk in the office of Comptroller of Account., London
Docks ; Mr. J. Flynn has been appointed clerk in the
office of Comptroller of Account., St. Katherine Docks ;
Mr. J. Mac Gilchrist hao been appointed Clark of General
Business in London; Mr. J. Smith has been appointed
clerk to the Comptroller of Accounts, Legal Quays, Lou-
don ; Mr. W. MacCormick has been appointed an extra
clerk in London; Mr. Z. Clark has been appointed tide.
waiter in London ; Mr. H. Board has been appointed tide-
waiter at Portsmouth.
INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT.—EXCISE BRANCII.
Mr. George Moodie, examiner, is appointed supervisor of
Rameltoa district, Londonderry collection; Mr. Richard
Pape, collector of Plymouth, has been appointed collector
of Ipswich (Suffolk collection) ; salary, 4501.
Intan Poon-LAW COMMISSION —Mr. A. G. Dillon,
fourth class clerk, Poor-Law•office, Dublin, has been pro-
moted to a clerkship in the Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin
Castle. The appointment of fourth-class clerk in the Poor-
Law.ofilem, Dublin, is vacant, missed by the promotion of
1 Mr. Dillon ; 801. per annum.—Civil Service Gazette.

TOBACCO.—The Director-General of the French
tobacco department has just sent to the department of the
Gironde a certain number of the persons in its employment
to superintend the culture of tobacco, authorised in that
put of France by the decree of Nov. 17, 1854. It is hoped
that that department will 'again produce the light tobaooo,
suited for cigars,' which it formerly was Witco ter.

THE WAR.

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LORD RAGLAN'S despatch of the 30th of Deena",
which we re-publish from last night's Gazette,
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as usual a plain, unvarnished story. It giro ink
servedly the bright and the dark side of the pictog
and leaves the reader to draw his own infeittti
With reference to the condition of our own troop; t
tells us that the weather has improved, but Met th
date of the ground has experienced no amendraeg;
that vast supplies of ammunition, warm-elothingssi
huts are being received, but that there is conoidegit
difficulty in moving them up from the port to tit
camp. With reference to the enemy, the daps%
Intimates that they continue to withdraw beg gt
valley of the Tchernaya, and that their moonlight
defensive works on the heights above is wit
stood to imply their inability to maintain out
army in the field. These statements ea,
firm the information wo have previously is,
ceived from other quarters, that the coeclitig
of the allied armies continues to improve, while tbg
of the Russians continues to deteriorate. Lord go,
LAN'S despatch dwells exclusively on the rad%
positions of the allied armies engaged in the am
Sebastopol and the Russians; but to form a**.
ception of the extent of pressure that has been hgto
to bear on the latter, we mina keep in mind, igig
wo now know for certain, that a strong force Igo
been assembled under OMEn PACUA at Summit
The manner in which this body is to co-operate whit
the besieging armies—whether by advatcing h
complete the investment of Sebastopol, or by the*
ening the flank and rear of the Russian army in tbi
field to diminish its pressure on the belie"
or by acting against l'erekop to intercept soak%
and reinforcements from Russia—has beg
judiciously kept secret. But the facts dot
are known show that the Russian fogo
in the Crimea is in a manner surrounded by Us
Allies, and practically isolated. It is taken iota
toils, and must succumb. We place no faith in the
stories which have been circulated of inetruetiou
it out to take Sebastopol immediately, and at

any cost. On the contrary, some of tl.e memos
adopted by our Government—as, for example, tie
sendiog out of men and materials to unshod g
railway—indicate that they contemplate the ?mi.
bility of a protracted struggle. But, notwithstanding
the ex Cathedra declaration attributed to a jthelF
respected military authority, we believe that Sebes
topol will fall, though it is impossible to prediet six
time is to elapse before this desirable end is attained,
And it is necessary that Sebastopol fall be.
fore peace is made. The destruction of tia
stronghold and the cession of the Crimea by
Russia is the only guarantee that can b,
given for the permanent emancipation of the Elsa
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Sea and its commerce. It is folly to expect that
Russia will voluntarily destroy the one or give of
the other if left in possession of them when pees
made. The work must be done for it, now whir
hostilities are in progress. As long as Rassis is let
in possession of the Crimea it can at any timers
build Sebastopol, or erect some other stronghta
and construct fleets and keep them perdu in the bey
of Sebastopol, or the bay of Theodosia ; hat deplived
of the Crimea, Russia will have no port cn the Blab
Sea whence it can send out at any time first-clas
men•of-war. To wrest the Crimea from the CZAR lithe
business of the present day; to devise the mesas tf
preventing it from falling back into his grasp %e
consideration for the future.
In connexion with this subject it is necessary%

keep in view the news we receive from the Dunk
A telegraphic despatch, which reached us by ways!
Paris, appeared in the whole of our yesterday's la-
pression, stating that the Russians have crossed the
Danube, entered the Dobrudelia, and taken Toitch
and Babadag. Later in the day, the Tket pub
liehed in a second edition a telegraphic de patch,
stating that a Turkish detachment had crossed the
Danube into Bessarabia, but had been repulsed. We 4,
have often repeated that we are disposed to pies
little reliance in private telegraphic reports hawks
East, though we conceive it our duty, when they
reach us from a respectable source, as is the met: ;
the present instance, to submit them to our readers
It will be observed that the despatch in the Tinasii
not in all points irreconcileable with our ono.
Both agree in this—that a collision had'
taken place between the Turks and the Russians on
the Lower Danube, and that the former had the
worst of it. There is nothing impossible in the sup.
position that the Turks may have made immures:
into Bessarabia, and that after they had been deism
back the Russians may have followed them mos
the river. At the same time, when we consider the
large body of troops that have recently been detached
from the Turkish army in Bulgaria, it seems cm
improbable that the Turks would assume the aggne
sive. It is more probable that the Russians sty
have been emboldened by the departure of 00,1
PACHA for the Crimea to attempt to strike a blosst
the troops he has left behind him on the frontier.
We do not believe, however—and in this we nod tie
moat judicious and generally well informed cosett
that anything beyond an alerte, or de?
of outposts, intended to alarm and distric:
the attention of the Allies, can have aka
place in the Dobrudcha. We are utterly incredaios
with regard to the boasting assertions, in sown.
Russian circles, that the Russians will next behred
of at Varna. The public is quite prepared to hese of
dashing partisan operations undertaken by the lice
gait generals to re-inspirit the fainting hearts d
their nation; and to remain unmoved by the petil
and inconclusive success of such efforts. The Mg:
covite, there can be no doubt, will "die gum
bat die he must, or surrender. Any:marked 'dot
tages gained by the Russian arms on the Love
Danube would be not unlikely to have the effects!
compelling the tardy Austrians to make some decided
move.

Oa the whole, we see no reason to abate car erg'
fidence in the belief that the .Allies are making, on
very rapid, perhaps, but decided progress in Os
arduous struggle in which they are engaged.
negotiations at Vienna, evidently "hang lire;" IP
this is exactly what ought to be wished. Oil
best negotiators with the CZAR will be found toll
victories gained in the Crimea. It is, therefore, toll
hoped that the French and English Goemsoo
may evince entire indifference to the progl.ll
negotiations at Vienna—may rather hang beck ans
urge them on—and may strain their utmost efforsts
prosecute the war with vigour in the Crimea. Deli
evidence flows in upon us every day that thellass°
Government begin to despair of saving SebtatoPti'
There is, for example, M. SILVESTRE DE S.SCT, 14.1
known to be supplied with information from ma.
tative Russian sources. In the last review of tisPr
grass of the Eastern contest, communicated b7.°11/,
gentleman ,to the Journal des Debats, he pelati
states that the proposal on the part of the Allies wino,
induced Prince GORTCHAKOFF to ask for time to mo. •
suit his court embraced—the destruction of the Rnina.g
fortress of Ismail, on the Danube ; the construction:
lien of it, of a neutral fortress, to be garrisoned /
the Five Powers; and tho demolition of theme
and arsenal of Sebastopol. M. DE Sacit:adde
the answer of the CZAR—which anticipated the
of the term granted to Prince GORTCRAOI7
week—authorised that diplomatist to entertull.
proposal for discussion. It much to baTo Ors"

the Emperor of RusstA, to argue such a question.
pietbmg but vigour and perseverance en the part of
the Allies is required to confirm. him in his yielding
seed. The Allies have it in their power to impose
s pace upon Russia that will ensure Europe against
e repetition of Muscovite encroachments for a long
tract of years. Deep will be the disgraos of the
women Powers if, matters standing as they do,
they allow themselves to be cajoled or outwitted into
btting Ruvsis off upon more easy terms than they
are evidently in a condition to exact.—Daily News.