The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-21 00:00:00

OY AL CREMOR N E. 1 arguments of the phi/e-Muscovites—will rebut
Admission, Is.
tie assertions of the Aberdeenites and Cobdenites,
THR GRAND COMMEMORATIVE FETES,
for the Benefit of the Widows and Orphans of the brave Soldiers i fl I to the pacific and truly honourable intentions
who fell at the
F. Russia, and also show that the "crumpling "
CAPTURE OF SEBASTOPOL,
will continue throughout the week, 1,3 r up at a moment's notice would be a more
To the general Amusements and Exhibitions, which will be ren-
dered more than umally interesting by valuable professional services rduous task than the Member for the West
Cagratuitoptureuofslythe M rendere
dad,
k will
holif, the be aßedan, and Sebastopol, dded vivid representationswhile the of the Riding seemed to anticipate. Were a justifica-
Illuminative Devices and Pyrotechnic Brilliancies will be on a scale t ion of the War required—were it necessary to
of splendour alike worthy of the important victories achieved and
of the objects for which they are given. confute Mr. GLADSTONE, and to heap ashes on
the head of Lord JOHN Russirr.T4—the mere ex-
amination of the stores taken into possession,
and the value whereof will be distributed amongst
the gallant captors, would be all that could be re-
quired for any of those purposes.
The docks, constructed with such enormous
labour and expense, have, it appears, been spared
by the fugitives. There was possibly a lingering
hope that by some diplomatic juggle they may
still be restored to the uses for which they were
originally contemplated, and be made the founda-
tion of new schemes against Constantinople.
Should the Allies permanently maintain their
position, and Russia be banished from the Crimea,
as she ought to be, these great triumphs of en-
gineering art may be turned to great advantage.
But, should there be the slightest possibility
of the Crimea remaining to Russia, they
should be totally demolished, so that not one
stone should be suffered to remain standing on
another. This may appear to many an injudicious
principle, scarcely better than that of the " Ico-
noclasts," who suffered no consideration to arrest
the work of destruction ; but it would be a just
and necessary sacrifice, inasmuch as they were
not constructed and will never be used for com-
mercial purposes, but can only serve to enhance
the already too formidable strength of a Power
that has proved itself the enemy of liberty and
civilisation—the disturber of the general peace of
Europe and of the world.

aiding Russia against England, fit visitors to the
young princesses of this country ! The Chevalier
BUNSEN must quit us, but we must welcome a
scion of the monarch whose anti-English and igno-
ble conduct is the loathing of our country and
the contempt of all free nations.

We believe that what we have indicated above
is the true account of these otherwise unac-
)ountable personal attacks on the unlucky
Poles. If Poland be reconstituted, however
;rent the blessing to Europe, Austria must re-
7und much, and Prussia ought to refund more.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. J. H. Anderson, 18, Norfolk-street, Strand.
THIS EVENING,
Will t)e presented, with entirely New and Magaificent Appoint-
ments, MAGIC and MYSTERY, In twelve acts, arranged in two
parts, by Professor Anderson.

!Europe might breathe more freely, but two great
despots must breathe more cautiously, and must
part with their share of the villanous partitions.
The German, that is German Court, influence in
(this country is all worked against such a result.
(That Prussia and Austria would lose what they
iought not to have is the true reason why Poland
I !must not be liberated, why a Polish Legion
still a dream, why our troops must suffer
double losses, and middle Europe be left
after all our sacrifice of blo'od and trea-
sure at the beck of the CZAR. The intermar-
Iriages of Royalty are the curse of nations. • They:
idoubly pledge despots to mutual support against
!their people, and neutralise the action of free
Icountries. The CZAR has already wedded to his
service half the potentates of Germany, and their
people are paralysed and sold. Would that the
influence of German marriages was felt East-
wards only !

Prices of admission:—Private Boxes, 11. 11s. 6d. and 11. Is. ;
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daily.

Doors open at Half-past Seven. Commence at Eight.
Grand Morning Performanne on Satarday Next at Two o'Clock.
Doors open at Half-past One.

ROYAL OPERA, DEURY.LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T.iiimith.
THIS EVENING.
Win be perihrrued Handel's Serenata ACIS AND GAL ATEA.
Chara,:ters by Messrs. Elliot • Galer, and H. Braham ; and Miss F.
Huddart and Lucy Escott.
To be followed by the second and third acts of MASANIELLO.
Prices et admission:--To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of
boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d.: stalls, 45.; private boxes to
admit two persons, 10s, 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office
Open from 10 to 6 daily.

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Buckstone;
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS.
lifter which, THE PRETTY GIPSEY AND THE BULL-
FIGHTER.
To be followed by THE SULTAN.
To which will be added ONLY A HALFPENNY.
After which, THE SP.I_NISEI DANCEBt.
To conclude with JOHN JONES.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Ce!eate.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed VICTORINE. Characters by Messrs L. Mur-
ray, C. Selby, P. Bedford, Wright, Psrselle, &c.; Miss Woolgar,
Mrs. L. Murray, &c.
After which, HOW'S YOUR UNCLE ?
To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT.

Whether our Commanders were to blame in
;the recent affair at Petropaulovski or not, it is
Certain a valuable prize escaped them which, in
all probability, would not have been the case, had
they not had to sail so far to the scene of action,
and that the public have a right to demand why
we have no colony or naval station on the north-
west coast of America, and why, when the oppor-
tunity offers, as it now does, no steps are being
taken towards the occupation of Sitka and Petro-
paulovski.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Under the direction of Mr. Payne.
THIS EVENING.
Will be performed FOUNDED ON FACTS.
With a New Ballet.
Followed by SALLY SMART ; or, The Clocknaaker's Hat.
After which, a National Dance.
To which will be added STAGE STRUCK.
Followed by a Spanish Ballet.
To conclude with THIME PAIR OF LOVERS.

What in the world have the unfortunate Poles
I done to the Times ? There must be something
amiss. Withameasure of political dignity the great
journal might shake his head at silly well-meaning
politicians, who, like ourselves, see in restored
Poland the only suitable termination of the pre-
sent War. But what can account for personal
abuse of Polish refugees ? It is not natural to
Englishmen to fight down—we leave that to Rus-
sian or Austrian brutality. We might be
tempted to contemptuous language towards a
beggar of our own country, whose artificial
rags and dirt betrayed the imposition, but
if the suppliant addressed us with an unmistake-
ably foreign accent, we-zfrould spare to the utter-
most the heart of a stranger. We should over-
look what we could not endure from another in
the expatriated wanderer. How is it, then, that
an English journal, boasting of European circu-
lation, should commit England by lampooning
exiles—exiles, too, from the brutalities of NI-
CHOLAS, and with only the alternative of England
or Siberia, perhaps the gallows ? The Times, by the
instrumentality of its correspondents, and by elabo-
rate persiflage in its leaders, has descended to per-
sonal attacks on the habits and peccadilloes of the
more distressed of the Polish exiles. Be it, that
gentlemen into whose pockets successive Chancel-
lors of the Exchequer have contrived to throw the
fiscal wealth of the country have been thereby
too much elevated to endure a Pole in their en-
trance hall, yet we might expect such gentlemen
to imitate the self-command and self-respect of
those born in good society. Supposing, too, that
Poles, like Quakers, did endeavour to show that a
Man convicted of petty theft was none of their
fraternity, sympathy with the feelings of a
small body of exiles would have recognised the
pculiar annoyance of one, almost of a family,
noting disgracefully. The Times would not
commit itself, we are confident, to an attack upon
the shifts to which needy exiles are driven, nor
make it out to be almost a crime that any small
and suffering class should attempt to maintain a
blamclaan rognio,Litm, unless the said Times had
some substantial reason. Why, then, does the
Times bespatter the Polish exiles ?
We imagine the reason must be a complex
one—the goodness of the Polish cause, and the
wish'of our Government to throw it overboard,
or rather not to take it on board. For sometime
the argument was merely ridicule of amiable enthu-
siasts and new/y-fledged politicians, Into what Polish
port would they pilot an English fleet, or would
they take the ships overland, or march our troops
thrOugh Prussia, and such sort of weighty jokes
which ought to convince all the thoughtful. This
seemed, however, to fail. Even the Prime Mi-
nister took up the very words of this journal and
described Warsaw as a continental Sebastopol, and
a standing menace to the liberties of Europe.
To be sure he soon proclaimed that he had not
said a word about " the nationalities ;" still the
Minister's words produced a strong impression.
If Sebastopol must be taken to save the liberties
of Turkey, much more Warsaw to save the
liberties of Europe. Or was indeed Turkey to be
set free at the cost of so nlueb blood and treasure,
and could not a little more be spared, now we
were actually at work, to make the work complete ?
Such thoughts were spreading, and now that
Sebastopol is taken, in the exultation of the great
victory they were yet more likely to spread.
Poland converted from the danger of Europe into
its bulwark, besides the righteousness and noble-
ness of the deed, is so common-sense a conclusion
of the War
that it must, like ,any other simple
and great truth, gradually force itself on the
minds of all. It is obvieuslk the best possible
thing for Ehrope, and if not done now the occa-
`sion would not recur till it must cost tenfold what
it now would.
If banter, then, of the pplitical view of the
case was useless, the next resort was to sneer at
the unlucky Poles themselves.
The goodness of
the cause necessitated such an un-English course.
Who would think of making the men who had
g-stock of London the sentries
been the laughing
and the advanced guard of Europe

It cannot be said that the propriety of having
a naval station on that coast has only just been
recognised. A hundrtd years ago the import-
ance of such a station was generally admitted.
Nor can it be urged that no other power set us
the example, or that the want of one has not
Proved injurious to our interests. The existence
of Sitka and Petropaulovski tells its own tale, as
also does the valuable traffic monopolised in con-
sequence by Russia. The greatest maritime
nation in the world, with no difficulties to en-
counter, and strong motives independent of the
fur trade, to establish a station, has been suffered
to remain without one, while Russia, that had
not set foot on the coast until long after
the English flag had traced the outline of
the coast, and English commerce had pro-
jected a colony, and established a trade
there, has, after contending with difficulties of no
ordinary nature for a lengthened period, succeeded
in establishing stations which give her the exclu-
sive command of a profitable trade and enable her
to dominate over the North Pacific. There is
something like infatuation in this neglect. Even
if no apprehension of rivalry from Russia or sus-
picion of what she was aiming at existed, the
convenience of a station and the resources of the
country should have sufficed. A coast where the
finest spars and wood of all kinds may be had for
cutting and coals for digging, and where suitable
harbours are to be found by hundreds, would
seem to be worth looking after, and most probably
would have been had our rulers not been so deeply
immersed in party squabbles and in looking after
their own interests. It is really monstrous that,
while Russia has four important naval stations,
fisheries, and internal communication throughout
the whole of North Asia, with steamers at
these stations and on Lake Baikal—everything
necessary, in fact, to promote and protect a valu-
able traffic---we have no station where our ships
can be repaired from Lake Huron to the Pacific,
nor a single steamer in Lake Superior, so that
when our ships, sailing or steam, need repairs,
they must return home or proceed to some distant
foreign port.
Among the Russian settlements on the coast
Sitka and Petropaulovski appear to be the chief.
The former, in fact, is called the Odessa of the
North Pacific, for all the stores of provisions from
British America and elsewhere are collected in
that Government station, which is fortified, gar-
risoned by Russian troops, and commanded by a
Russian governor. At these two stations all the
costly furs obtained in the north-west American
colony are collected. The mode in which they
reach Russia is as follows :—About every year a
Russian man-of-war, 1,000 tons burden, and
carrying a supply of military and naval stores,
medicine, and other necessaries, leaves Cronstadt,
and proceeds to Rio de Janeiro, from thence to
Sydney, where supplies are taken in. Leaving
Sydney, the vessel makes its way through the
South Sea Islands to Sitka, where part of the
cargo is discharged, and the store of furs there
collected taken in. From thence the frigate
proceeds to Petropaulovski, where the same pro-
cess is repeated. The home cargo is now corn-•
plete, and, with a million silver roubles worth
of furs aboard, the vessel is steered homeward,
rounding Cape Horn, 'proceeding direct to Rio
Janeiro, and from thence to Cronstadt, from
whence the furs are shipped to St. Petersburg.
With the furs thus obtained Russia has contrived
to secure the trade with China, opened by the
comrades of Captain Coo; and the greater pail
of the commerce with Riatcha is new carried on.
Thus, it will be seen, the wisdom and persever-
ance of the Russian Government and our neglect
have met their reward to our loss. Past neglect,
however, is no excuse for present ; on the con-
trary, it ought to have stimulated Government to
prompt and decided action, It is in their power
at once to redeem a grievous error, and to deal a
heavy blow on the enemy. This valuable fur
trade should be taken from Russia, and Sitka and
Petropaulovski be occupied. No reason worth a
ffiarostt
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na sdt ,
for
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any have rush can be advanced against such a course. We
avoethalelrtphreetcolanioemsitthaist
enough that every circumstance in connection
the stations and the traffic generally goes to prove
that Government have it under
their
superintend-
ence. Is it to be borne a petty that naval powerliko
Russia should be. suffered hereafter to resume her
domination in the North Pacific; or, is it possibl,a
that, with admirable stations, fisheries, (ko., for
the taking, and a monopoly at their mercy, Go..
verinnent can refuse to give orders for the occu-
pation of Sitka and Petropaulovski, and the
restoration of a share at least of a trade our com-
merce ought never to have lost ? Possible, cer-
tainly, but we would fain believe improbable.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke.
LAST WEEK OF MAZEPPA!
THIS EVENING,
MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE; with the SCENES in the
CIRCLE, and the introduction of Mr. Arthur Barnes, the Ch nnpion
Vaulter, the Brothers Elliott, and a Troupe of Premiers Voltigeurs I
On Monday next a Grand Military Spectacle, embracing the FALL
of SEBASTOPOL, &c., by the author of the " Battle of the Alma."
Box-o:fice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Acting Wanager, Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director,
Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

Nif baba infelix paupertas durius in se
Quam quod ridiculos homines facit,
and the cruel consequence of poverty has been
as cruelly used. The device may be ingenious,
but it is too palpable not, to reveal itself to every

reader, and too gross.a,violation of our best feel-

flgfi not to recoil upon the authors of it. Abus-

inuPolish exiles will injure neither them . nor
their cause..
But why should any journal be so deter-
mined by fair means, or foul to keep Poland in the
hands of Russia; For the same reason, we 111)-
prebend, which induced our Government in 1848
to, keep Hungary in the hands of Austria, to al-
low of Russian intervention, and thus to precipi-
tate the present costly War. Our Government is

closely linked with Austria and Prussia, and it is
no secret that a staff officer of the " leading jour•
nal" is also in office under Lord PALIMERSTON.
Even if Lord PALMERSTON'S declaration about
Warsaw betrayed his personal feeling, we soon
after saw that there was a secret power over him
which forbade his repeating such language. Lord
PALMERSTON is bound over, of course, to respect
the policy of the COBURGS. Their policy is identical
with that t rAustria and 'even of Prussia. Indeed
the young princes of the latter country aro deemed
even at this juncture, when Prussia is notoriously

GENERAL SIMPSON.—It was confidently reported yes-
terclpy that this distinguished General will be elevated
to t he rank of Field-Marshal, with, of course, a G.C.E.
He has already received the Colonelcy of the 87th Royal
Irish, Tice Lord Gough, advanced to the Blues.
TIIE HORSE GUARDS.—The Hon. A. Gordon, of the
Guards, will at once enter on the duties of Deputy
Quartermaster-General, in the room of Major-General
Toriens, deceased.

The Duke and Duchess of Montrose have left the St.
George's Hotel for Buchana❑ castle, Stirlingshire.
The Marquis of Anglesey has arrived at the St.
George's Hotel from Worthing.

THF. SUN, LONDON, PRIDA Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 186

LATEST NEWS.

and Toulon have received orders to proceed direct
to their destination, without even stopping at
Constantinople.
The Moniteur of yesterday contains an article
on the food question in France ; it will be found
translated in another column, and is worthy of at-
tention. The Moniteur also publishes the despatch
of General Pelissier, which we published yesterday.
Cardinal Donnet has issued a pastoral letter to
his clergy, on the occasion of the fall of Sebastopol.
After a just tribute to the bravery of the troops en-
gaged in that enterprise, he recommends prayer to
the Divine Being for the speedy cessation of hos-
tilities.

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