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in which Russiihas fathered up her strength, and
in which she puts he: trust, which, in conjunction
with that Roble atuament that has just returned
from the Baltic, wII leave the Russians, that as-
pired to the name 0' a. naval Power, an empire with-
out a ship—a nation whose fleet had neither courage
to meet the enemy en the seas, nor skill and
strength to skulk uncle- the walls of her batteries
to avoid them in safety, To destroy the Russian
fleet utterly will be oss .se.'.' r's business, and
no exertion will be spars ,no esti will be relaxed
in our preparation for ds ig this entirely and effec-
tually. The whispers of nonce will not again para-
lyse our arms and defeat our purpose. We have
stated the objects that we fre determined to gain.
If Austria now obtain the sincere concession from
Russia of those objects, we, at least, shall not quar-
rel with the result. We hale no desire to press
heavily on a Power already fallen far below the
limits of her arrogant pretensioes—we have no
wish to do more than is enough to ...cure Europe
against the effects of her inordinate an:
We have spoken of Russia hitherto a: of a Power
bent ou a resistance, desperate to the he —cashs
e
little for its cost—little for its hopelessnee trust-
ing to the distant chance that may arise e theme'dley, to save something of its reputations_ -some
.
vestige of its dreams of ambition. We may .3, we
hope that we are wrong in thus looking on the
future—we hope that a less gloomy prospect may
be nearer the truth—that Russia may have
counsellors with sense and courage enough to ac-
knowledge and to recognise the true condition of
affairs—to see the wisdom of bending at once be-
fore a storm which she has roused, and which she
cannot possibly face. Let the result of this question
be what it may—let us have Peace or War—let
Russis yield to reason, or resist with folly and
desperation, it is at least a matter of congratulation
to this country to know that no fal opes will
weaken our efforts-e-that no delusive p ets of
peace will blind our eyes to the necessary exertion
for war. If Russia continue her resistance another
year that date will sea her.stripped and ruined—
broken probably externally and internally. With
the alliance already formed against her there is no
chance of contention. She must retreat from the
strides that she has put forward ;• s must relin-
quish her foreign ambitiont.she mustseddiat herself
to the domes i 7; improveiflent of Empire. With
her forces more or less worsted—with her power
more or less dismembered—now, or a year hence,
such is the fate of Russia.

Sporting Intelligence.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.
Speculations were almost entirely confined to events
decided to-day at 'Wolverhampton.
2,000 GUINEAS STAKES.
70 to 20 agst Fly by Night (taken)
DEBBY.
100 to 8 agst Yellow Jack (take 14 to 1)
1000 to 48 agst Rogerthorpe (taken)

I WOLVERHAMPTON RACES AND STEEPLE•
CHASES.—TIESDAY.
The Selling Steeplechase Handicap of 5 sovs each, with
20 added. Tne winner to be sold by auction for 401,,
&c. About three miles. 7 subs.
Mr. Goldby's Ploughboy, aged, list (carried list llb
S. Darling 1
Mr. Ward's Evington Lass, 5 yrs, lOst
... ((T. Able t) 2
Mr. George's Dice Box, 4 yrs, 9st
..... (W. White) 0
Betting-3 to lon Ploughboy.
Evington Lass and Dice Box refused, and did not palm
the post ; Ploughboy therefore cantered in alone.
Free Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, with 40
added. Twice round and a distance, over eight flights
of hurdleF. 15 subs.
Mr. Eenderson's Harry Lorrequer, by Simoom, 4 yrs,
Bst 10ib (W. Fowler) 1
Mr. E. Herbert's Sally, 4 yrs, Oat (R. Sly) 2
Mr. W. Moseley's Bourton, aged list 71b (S. Darling) 3
Mr. Davies's Minerva, (h b) 5 yrs, lOst 81b
(M. Devenport) 4
The Following also ran :—Timotheus, Hopeless Star,
Battle, Parchment, Ginger, and Brompton.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Bourton-4 to 1 agst Harry Lor-
requer-- 4to 1 agst Hopeless Star-5 to 1 agst Sally-6
to 1 agst any other.
Won in a canter by two lengths ; the second beating
the third by half a length ; good fourth. Hopeless Star,
Brompton, and Parchment were the next three past the
post.
Juvenile Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 20 added ;
for two-yr-olds. The winner to be sold by auction for
501., allowances if entered to be sold for less ; winners
extra. Straight half mile. 4 subs.
Mr. Leach's Prince's Mixture, by Malcolm, 7st 111 b
(201.) (T. Cliff) 1
Mr. J. H. Smith's Midhope, 7st 71b (201.) (Cresswell) 2
Mr. Byrne's Cripple, Bst (201.) (Kendall) 3
Betting-5 to lon Prince's Mixture, who won by half
a dozen lengths ; the second beating the third by a
length.
The winner was bought in for 27 guineas.
The Autumn Handicap of 50 sovs added to a Sweep-
stakes of 10 sovs each, 3 ft, The second to save his
stake. Certain winners extra. About one mile and
a quarter. 12 subs.
Mr. Moseley's Alonzo, by Alpheus, aged, Bst slb
- . (Wells) 1
Mr. T. Butler's Cott, by King of liireare, Clam Lady
Sale, 3 yrs, sst 41b (carried sst 81b (Cresswell) 2
Mr, Leach's Master Slender, Gyre, Est 121 b (J. Walters) 3
Mr. Clay's Battle, 5 yrs, Gst
Betting-4 to lon Alonzo-6 to 1 agst any other.
Won easily by two lengths • a length between the
second and third ; Battle was beaten off.
Handicap Plate of 40 says for two-yr-olds and upwards.
The winner to be sold for 501. Certain winners extra.
One mile.
Capt. Christie's Little Tom, by Scamander, 6 yrs, 7st
111 b (including 71b extra) (W. Sharpe) 1
Mr. Butler's Cock Sparrow, 3 yrs, sst 121b...(J. Hall) 2
Mr. Jones's Indian Queen, 2 yrs, sst (Pritchard) 3
Mr. Wilson's Plausible, 3 yrs, Est 81b (Snowden) 4
Betting-5 to 4on Plausible-5 to 2 agst Indian
Queen-3 to 1 agst Little Tom.
Plausible and Indian Queen ran away with their
riders before the signal was given to start, the former
going completely round the course before she could be
be stopped.
Won easily by two lengths ; bad third ; Plausible was
beaten off.
The Consolation Scramble
.(Handicap) of 3 sows each,
with 50 added. Three-quarters of a mile. 7 subs.
Mr. Samwell's Usurer, 3 yrs, Oat 41b ...(Cresswell) -- 1
Mr. Thomas's The Lady's Hack (late Vivid) 4 yrs,
6st 61b (Pritchard) t 2
The following also ran :—Master Slender, Useless,
Anglo-Saxon, and Siege.
Betting.-6 to 5 agst Master Slender, 4to 1 agst
Anglo-Saxon, 4 to 1 agst Usurer, 5 to 1 agst The Lady's
Hack.

A very fine race home ended in a dead heat with
Usurer and The Lady's Hack. A length between the
second and third—good fourth.
Deciding Heat.-6 to 4on Usurer, who won easily by
two lengths.

CHIPPENHAM STEEPLECHASES.—TUESDAY.
Grand Steeplechase of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added ; the
seconi to save his stake. Gentlemen riders, 12. t
71b each. About four miles.
Mr. E. Jones's Rockley (Mr. Jacobs) 1
Mr. A. Waller's Billy Bean (Hon. Mr. Morton) 2
Mr. Flower's Grey Momus (Owner) 3
The following also ran :—The Giant, Bushranger,
and Miss Lovell.
Won by four lengths ; two lengths between the second
and third ; the Giant and Bushranger beaten a long
way. Miss Lovell fell.
The Wiltshire Grand Handicap of 50 sovs., about
four miles, was won by Mr. Long's Wild Huntsman,„
aged, 10st 51b (T. Burrows), beating Mr. Montaomery'ss
(R.
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Smuggler, aged, 9st 71b
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Robert Taylor, better known by the cognomen of:
Tip," formerly in the employ of the late Mr. Joseph
Rogers, of Newmarket, died on Sunday morning last,
after a long and severe affliction. The deceased, wb.e ►
was well-known and much respected by many memben.i
of the sporting community, has left a widow and famil:q
totally unprovided for. Mr. Butt, of the King's Arms,
Dukc-street, Grosvenor-square, has kindly consented to
receive subscriptions towards defraying his funeral ez.
penses and assisting his bereaved family.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1855,

As the last ray of hope from Kars vanishes
the thoughts suggested by its surrender acquire
definiteness. We read of 16,000 of the bravest
of the brave becoming prisoners of war, and with
Generals who, had the curse of aristocratic eti-
quette allowed of their being the Commanders-in-
Chief in the Crimea, would, long ere now, have
captured or exterminated the whole host of Rus-
sians there. General WILLIAMS does not belong
to the Guards, and it were therefore better that
feather-bed Generals should routine away time,
life, money, everything in the Crimea, than that
the pets of the QUEEN'S Consort should not
keep on the crest of the wave. Not that Gene-
ral 'WILLIAMS adequately supported was not
just the want of Kars ; but similar men are also
just the want of the Crimea. The public may
rest assured that, till the favourites of his Royal
Highness and the whole army are placed on a
level—till true merit, and that alone, is entrusted
with the highest and most responsible commands,
we shall have nothing but commonplace general-
ship, guiding the unsurpassed bravery of our pri-
vate soldiers, to the end of the story. There is
not a single deed of any one of our commanders
before Sebastopol which can compare with what
WILLIAMS did for the defence of Kars. Not to
the Guards will history give the palm of English
generalship in this war. The English heroes of
Kars, we may add those of Silistria, will compare
with the stately Crimean generals, much as NAPO-
LEON and his Marshals with the regular-going old
German fogies, who always enjoyed the consola-
tion that they had at least fought by rule, and
been beaten against all precedent.
_

In one respect the Russian triumph falls short
enough of our triumph at Sebastopol. It was not
a triumph of soldiers' weapons. All the glory of
battle belongs to the prisoners ; to their captors
the humbler honour of their food holding out
longer. On the other hand the comparison is
altogether in favour of the Russians if it is the
generals who are compared. The former have
captured a whole garrison, the remnant, indeed,
of an army ; our commanders let the garrison
of Sebastopol quietly escape. We seem to have
310 notion of catching large numbers alive, unless
we get them into an island, as at Bomarsund, or
into an isthmus we could almost shoot across, as
at Kinhourn. We must cpnfess we never tho-
roughly comprehended how it was that the bridge
across the harbour of Sebastopol was suffered to
be built so quietly, and to remain till the end of
the business. Regarded only as a means of con-
veyance for the enemy, it ought to have been
destroyed ; it is singular that a mortar or two
Placed in lino with it, and therefore certain to drop
a bomb somewhere on it, were not made to bear upon
it with certainty by day, and by Tho
night too.
idea, however, does not seem to have occurred to
the generals of catching their enemies in the trap
provided by nature. If the accounts be true the
Russians have now taken four or five times more
prisoners than we have even tried for
Some of our contemporaries have said "Cron-
stadt for Sebastopol." very good—but why not,
a?so, have a more exact counterpart ? Why not
compel the whole Russian Army in the Crimea to
lay down their arms? " Our Special Correspon-
dent " himself now writes that with the whole
seaboard at our command we can take the Rug.
signs anywhere in reverse, and cut off the com-
munications of the Russian army with the
South of Russia.. To thin pia, which wo hoisted