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security and-tranquillity of Europe. And with reference Pk Al '
this consideration, it cannot be too often repeated that nothing
short of the dismantling and cession of Sebastopol by Russia
can be accepted as a guarantee. The allegation that if Russia
consents to the diminution of its naval force in the Black Sea,
Sebastobol may be left standing, cannot bear examination.
Sebastopol is of no use to Russia except for the purpose
of aggression, Unless Russia is allowed to maintain a
powerful fleet in the harbour of Sebastopol, that fortress
can afford no protection to Odessa or the harbours in
the Sea of Azoff. As a safe Asylum for any fleet that
Russia ma! have constructed in secresy -in the docks of
Nicolaieff and, smuggled into Sebastopol, that fortress is a
permanent menace not only to Constantinople, but to the corn.
merce and navigation of the Danube. So long as the Crimea,
with Sebastopol at its south-western angle, is held by Russia,
that power commands the Black Sea. Sebastopol in the
hands of the Czars must necessarily be in the Euxine what
Algiers in the hands of the Deys was in the Mediterranean.
Thelleets of the Algerines were repeatedly swept from the seas
by the navies of France and England—amendment for the
future was solemnly promised by the reigning Dey after
every such infliction—and yet the Algerines were never
brought to abandon their piratical courses permanently, un-
til France took Algiers into its own hands. In like manner
Russia, after every defeat inflicted upon it by the European
Powers, will promise to desist from its ambitious scheme of
making the Euxine a Russian lake, and annexing all the ter.
ritories that surround it; but until the Crimea has been
wrested from Russia, that project will be resumed as soon as
time has alleviated the smart of chastisement.

Delenda est Carthago. Sebastopol must come down, and
the Russians must be driven out of the Crimea, aotwith-
standing the strenuous efforts of the English and the Euro-
pean aristocracy to avert that catastrophe. And these ob..
jects are not to be attained by pounding away at the south
side of Sebastopol only. Everything that can be learned of
the natural and artificial strength of that stronghold in-
creases the certainty that it can never be taken until it is
completely invested—and it cannot be completely invested
until the Crimea has been cleared of the Russian army that
now keeps the field there. The language held upon this sub-
ject by Sir De Lacy Evans in the ROAM of Commons last
night is as weighty as it is true. The gallant General told
the House that the best way to wage war successfully is to
concentrate our forces upon one point, instead of scattering
them over remote and isolated localities ; that the real struggle
with Russia will take place in the Euxine, and that the
greater part of our forces ought to be directed thither ; that
recruits for the army before Sebastopol, and steamers of light
draught and gun-boats for the Sea of Azoff ought to be sent
off without delay. If Ministers listen to this advice from an
iible and experienced veteran, and act upon it with intelli-
gence and promptitude, they may yet redeem their short-
comings; if not, they may rest assured that any Government
who conclude a peace, before Sebastopol has been wrested
from Russia and dismantled, may make up their minds to
=dame the heaviest penalties an indignant nation can inflict
upon them.

APPEAL OF THE HOLY SYNOD TO THE
RUsslAld NATION.

The following is the appeal noticed yesterday in The
Sun as having been issued by the Ecclesiastical Synod
styling itself "Thrice Holy," and which is directed by
an aide-de-camp of the Russian Emperor. The appeal
was published ten days since at St. Petersburg, and is
to be placed, therefore, to the account of the new go-
vernment

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Amen.

Through the grace, gift, and power communicated by the
supreme head, our Lord and God Jesus Christ, the thrice Holy
Synod of all the Russias appeals to the faithful and pious chil-
dren of the Russian orthodox church.

May the Lord of the Church, our Saviour Jesus. Christ, and
the spirit of grace that dwells in it, the distributor of the
spirit, the" Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whomthe whole
family in heaven and on earth is named (Ephes. iii., 15), God
glorified in the Holy Trinity, bless you, well-belovd children
of the church, for your holy and pious sentiments of religious
zeal, for your devotion to the throne of the Czars, and foryour
love of our orthodox native country, sentiments that you have
manifested on all occasions during the present contest. He
will remember all your sacrifices for religion, the throne, and
the country. (Psalm xx., 3.)
You know how unjust is this war waged against your coun-
try, because the great Czar and Emperor Nicholas Pavlovitch,
of happy, worthy, glorious, and eternal memory, in the name
of his sacred duty as defender of orthodoxy, required of the
Ottoman Porte to re-establish the abused rights of the holy
orthodox Eastern church, and to deliver our co-religionists
from their terrible sufferings.

You know also that, to the astonishment of all, the enemieS
of the crass of Christ found a support from the two Western
Powers, who, assuming the name of Christians, and having
been in no respect offended by Russia, have with rage brought
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fire and sword to its territory.
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Their legions, like those of infidels, have insulted the sacred
things of our religion.
It was Holy Saturday, and those most sacred hours, con-
secrated to prayers on the sepulchre itself of the Lord, which
they selected for attacking Odessa—that city defended by
God. 'Again they rushed like sacrilegious wretches against
the peaceful convent of Solovetzk. They demolished the tem-
-plea of God situated defenceless on the coast. They have not
been ashamed to pillage and destroy the property of unfor-
tunate unarmed inhabitants.

But, by the will of God, the great and strong defender of
truth and justice, the crimes of our enemies have not profited
them ; and in their frequent reverses, in the terrible tempests
of the Black Sea which have enguiphed their vessels, in the
mortal maladies that have decimated their armies, the action
of the puissant hand of the Lord fighting for us has been
visible.

Notwithstanding all this the enemies, irritated by the loss
of their armies, are collecting others more formidable ; they
seek to extend their unjust alliance, and are preparing them-
selves for fresh hostilities against the Russian territory. The
safety of Russia requires her to augment her defence by means
of a temporary levy en mane._

—ValUe 111941
new struggles.

Le Lord's anointed now clwellinz in
ell Main sseritiees,to

Russia has not provoked the contest, she was called to it.
Let the Lord's will be done ! God is against the aggressor !
We hope and believe that he who said, " I will build my
church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it"
(Matt. xvi. 18), is now fighting for his holy church ; he will
defend and save it.

We hope and believe that He, in whose hand is the heart
of kings (Proverbs xxi. 1) will himself guide, for the good of
his church, the heart of the pious autocrat, our Czar and
Emperor of all the Russias, Alexander, Nicolaievitch, that
He will lend him his succour, that He will defend him and
bless his undertakings.

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Wo hope and believe that He wbe fixes the bounds of
earthly kingdoms, and who has chosen the empire of Russia
for establishing in it the centre of His church, will pro.
nounce His judgment against all them that lay their hands
on his inheritance. (Jerem. xii. 11.)
Full of this faith and hope, dearly beloved children of the
church and the country, hasten to execute your present,
your sacred mission. Be not terrified on account of your
enemies ; remember your Lord, who is great and terrible;
with tho faith you have in Him, arm and fight for your
brethren. (Nehem. iv. 14.)
" Urged on by cupidity, they wilt invade your dwellings,
but we arm to save our souls and our laws, and the Lord
himself will scatter their forces before you." (Matthew iii,
20, 22.)

Otir God will fight for us" (Nehem. iv., 20) within the
limits even of our own country. Orthodox Russians, the
church is menaced with sacrilegious deeds on the part of our
enemies. So long as a breath of life shall remain to you, you
will not allow the mother of your souls, the pledge of your
salvation, the guardian of your religion, of that religion which
alone can save, and without which no one will see the divine
kingdom, to be insulted. Your ancestors, commanded' by
Prince Demetrius Donskol, of glorious memory, watered
with their blood the land of Russia, wrested from a foreign
yoke ; under the orders of Minim' and Pojarski, As), saved
our holy religion and legitimate throne ; your fathers, led by
Alexander the Well-Beloved, defended their country against
innumerable foreign forces. Now that a similar act presents
itself to you, you will not fail to shoW yourselves worthy of
your ancestors and fathers.

It is in yon, men of the nobility, it is in the sublime expres-
sion of your sentiments before the monarch—it is in your
solemn vows to offer up as sacrifices to God, the Czar, and
the country, all your property, and even your lives, that we
see with joy the sempiternal spirit of the old orthodox Rus-
sian nobility. May the blessing of the Most High permit you
to fulfil your duty, and may your new exploits at the head of
the Russian army testify, in the sight of the nations, that the
spirit of Pojarski is your hereditary quality.
It is in you, citizen class, devoted from time immemorial
to religion and the Czar, and always ready to make sacrifices
in behalf of the country, that the spirit of Minima resides, the
spirit of strength and zeal, according to the law of our fore-
fathers in the holy cause of God.

Inhabitants of the plains and hamlets, you who are arming
for the defence of the church,. the throne, and our native
land, oppose to those impious legions your powerful Russian
breasts, in which beat hearts devoted to the faith of your
ancestors, and the orthodox autocrat. But, while preparing
for the combat, put above all things your trust in God, who
gives invincible strength to those who execute his will, and
remember that ,a hat most terrifies our enemies is your holy
religion, your pure conscience, your obedience to the supreme
authority as to God himself, to your masters and chiefs as if
they were your fathers. It is in that obedience, so agree-
able to God, that all the strength of the Russian Empire
dwells.

Fathers and mothers, you have before your eyes a sub-
lime example in the august imperial family. The Grand
Dukes, blessed by their august parents, hastened to repair
to the field of battle for your personal defence, for the de-
fence of your religion and families. Is it for you to hesi-
tate uow in sending your children at the demand of the
Czar I Lead them thither yourselves. Say to them
Children, place yourselves there for the defence of ,bur
common mother, the divine church ; and for our foster-
mother, the Russian soil ; your parents here below bless
you, and the church will pray for you. Our heavenly
Father Himself will give you a supernatural strength for
accomplishing your holy mission."
Pastors of souls, spiritual fathers of the defenders of th
church and the throne, by your prayers and supplications at
all times (Eph. vi. 18), watch sedulously over your flocks ;
strengthen them by the omnipotence of the divine word;
inspire them with the conviction that the ptzvsee
spiritntw which
icahn
ancient war against the Prince of Darkness, the
still worketh on the children of dieoDedienee. (Eph. 22.)
In girding on the armour of pod, according to the words
of the apostle, gird up equal), the souls confided to your
care with the strength, oith, and hope in the mercy of `the
Lord.
solOemrtnhoodeoexasißoria.as, we call down on all of you on this
well pleasing to God, the blessing of the
God of the strong,
the protection of the Queen of Heaven,
and the sarPorb of all the saints, our intercessors with God.
Detwo;011, Almighty God ! is east a look of compassion
on vie well-beloved children of the church. To Thee they
we up their souls and hearts, and from Thee alone they ex-
pect their salvation. Take under Thy protection the most
pious autocrat, our Czar and Emperor of all the Russias,
Alexander Nicolaievitch ; imbue him with Thy force, glary,
and honour ; crown with success both him and his Christian
armies. Behold, Lord, the sincere sacrifices offered up to
Thee by the.children of Thy church, who are ready to die
for the glorifying of Thy holy name ; cover with Thy pro-
tection the defenders of the Holy Religion ; receive them
from the field of battle into Thy eternal kingdom, and admit
them into number of the blessed martyrs !
Deign, lastly, to grant safety to the Russian empire, that
has always remained faithful to Thee, and grant it Thy
assistance and grace.

May tho orthodox church and all its children join us in our
prayers, and repeat with us witk their months and hearts :
"In Thee, 0 Lord, have I trusted, let me never be con-
founded,"

LIVERPOOL, March 30.—1 n consequence of the United
States' mail steamer Pacific being detained in-New
York for repairs, the fine American steamer Nashville,
Captain Berry, has been appointed to take her place in
the voyage from this port on the 7th of April.

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