The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-22 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22.

THE pottering of the Russian organs in the conti-
nental press affords strong presumption that the
peeler professions of the Russian Government are
sincere. Arguments, anecdotes—sll the 'eaglets of
newspaper war are brought into play, to wheedle
France and to bully England into huddling up a
peace, without too narrowly ecrutinisisi the terms.
We here more than once warned the Allies of t►e
danger of allowing time to be wasted by dilatory and
aimless discussions. It may not be unnecessary to
add a warning spinet the danger of ratifying a
treaty without carefully and deliberately weighing
every word and sentence it costaine. To transact
business with despatch, and to transact business in •
slovenly manner, are things wide se the poles
asunder. Men may waste week., wombs, and years
in talking, and yet huddle up their business in a
bungling and unsatisfactory manner at the close; sad
they may narrowly scan and scrutinies every clans
of a bond before signing it, without losing a moment.
If it is possible that Reels may gain by anneees-
ear/ delay, it is equally possible that she may gala
by over baste on the part of the Allies. The present
strange winter, with its frequent and rapid &sages
from severe to mild weather—from frost to thaw—is
very embarrsolieg to the Russian Government. The
reeds in the south of Russia are at peened impose-
able; nothing can be transported along them. The
Cue cannot forward supplies to his army, and he is
anxious shout the mate of his forms in the Crimea,
which can neither be supported there nor with-
drawn from the peninsula until winter sets is
with all its wonted rigour. Again, the
docks at Sebastopol are as yet only in part
destroyed ; and the men-of-war which have
been sunk—at least those in the inner her
are uninjured, with all their guns and
storey. If Sebastopol is to be restored to
the Russians. its fortifications, docks, arse.
mils, and storehouses meet be lest dismantled, and
the ships which lie hidden beneath the waters of its
harbour mast be completely destroyed. No one wishes
that the Allies should abase the advantages they
bare gained over Russia, but they will be fools sad
false to the eases they have undertaken if they do
not nee those advantages to the uttermost.
The game which the scribblers in the interest of
.Russia are playing is transparent enough. They
seek to flatter end conciliate Frans; to inspire
Fnechmen with a distrust of England; and to per.
suede the French Government to show its preponde-
relief intones by essenting a paellas which will
eonipel England, however reluctant, to conlude a
pease for fear she should be left nose. To this
sod the Cue makes, sad his sycophants hides-
bieuely give circulation to, such speeches ore, " J'ai
le. Allemaads en pith, les Anglaie en Italtee, et lee
!Praocais ea admirstioo." To Ws end the Indepen-
dents Bap and Nord describe Frame so in hot
baste to conclude a pesos, hazing gained laurels
enough in the war, and England as eager to prolong
hostilities with a view to obtain an opportunity of
redeeming her lost prestige. We feel convinced that
there Las little truth in the Ord of these allegations
as in the second. No doubt the majority of the
Parisian journals have evinced an vadigniSed
haste to patch up a pesos without closely ex-
amining the terms. Bat in doing so, they sorely
speak the sentiments of the gamblers of the
Boons and of the contemptible end unpatriotic
!soden of the Foaioaist•. We shall probably
be reminded of the strict surveillesos which the
Erna Ooveressest narcissi over the newspaper
prom; bat there is something bete that requires ex-
*nodes. The voice of the Pena pulls hoe been
slimed; and this has modern the Lemon usable
to areste--er to allow to grew ap—a palls *plain
epos which he can throw himself when seesmery to
keep the bureaucracy in cheek. Now amens the
bureessreey of Francs are the most daring and sem-
premised of the ➢ourse gamblers They have too
mask at stake set to risk chiding and esid leeks
w►en they me serve their Manor ends by min-
sepresestation. The Marmon sad the more re-
spestable pceties d his minden knew toe well hew
much they have to less by clutching with undue eager-
sees at as equivocal peseta so as token the English
Goverment in the lurch. As for the English people,
we repeat now what we have said bete,.:—They
will not submit to be duped, but if it can be shows
that the ibises of the war are mewed by the terms
proposed, they have se desire to prolong hostilities
In merely selfish sonelderation. As to the Winner
ties that Emend bee to regain a lost pre**, it is
ridiculous. The people have felt and said that their
Governmest has sot meted as became the °avers-
mot of me free and powerful a nation; bet if the
lisp of the English Goverment an to be com-
pared with these of any ether espied is the
war, Ragland bee so tease• to shrink from
the eamparisee. Mismanagement titers has boss,
men have been throat into commands for
whisk they are incompetent, but the pluck
cad endurance of ear eddies. is unsurpassed;
eve meats, if wisely husbanded. are inexhaustible;
and it has been shown that the psblis Indigestion of
England an compel her rulers to mend their ways.
The Wank Government has no teem to grasp at a
poen without examining its chanter; the English
Qoverameat hes no seed to protease the war
in eider to regain lest gaud, The silly
attempts to sew dismal= between them may safely
be despised.

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the From& end Beglialt Governante mud coca.
edited to the Ambles grapnels. As to the *steel
to whisk the (*Jacob of thews are likely to be ensured
by the ter me of pesos. it will be thee smash to dim-
ease that sebteet when negotiations ham boss sots.
ally began. In tea days Pediment will ememble,
and we ma afford to wait till thee is order to learn
whet ear Misfiles* have missy fit themselves.

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