The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-07 00:00:00

THE SUPPRESSED • PAMPHLET.

(From the Examiner.
A pamphlet with the title De la Conduite de la Guerre
d' Orient, Memoyeadress4 au Gouvernement del'Empereur
ArapOleon 111., pat un Officier Gi!nerctii has been printed
at Paris, and suppressed by order of the French Govern-
ment. It is rumoured that it has been written upon
information furnished by Prince Napoleon. It professes
to give the history of the causes of the war, and, ,isbove
all, of the expedition to the Crimea. Having obtained
possession of a copy of this pamphlet, we subjoin an ab-
stract of its leading statements.
The idea of the expedition is affirmed to have originated
attire beginning of July with the French Emperor, who
drew out the plan with his own hand, and submitted it to
the Governments of Landon andVien,na,both of which gave
it their w armest appro val. On its arrivalat the allied camps
Marshal St. Arnaud adopted it with enthusiasm. He
propounded it to a council ( f war, held at Varna on the
10th of Augu-t, and gave'it as his opinion'tha.t,' after
defeating the Russians in a pitched- battle, the allies
could march straight on Sebastopol and take it by a
cup tie main. " eyes were directed to Lord Rag-
lan, whose countenance had f.:r some minutes worn an
expression of incredulity. He objected that we were
without inf.nnatiou as to the Russian force and the

state of the place on the la! cl side. The roads, ravers,
end eat ti eni ob,teelee were enjually-anzknown. Ile ob-
jected above all that we trent deficient in eava'ry, and
th:►.t the Russian 'tonic were both nu►nerous and excel-

lent. The game was not equal."
Admiral Hame!in enforced the views thus put forth
by the English Cotnmandtr-in-Chief, and added fr:sh

objections, such ns thu variableness of the climate at

that p,ri,,d of the year, and the difficulty of keeping up
colutuunication by sea during the stormy season.
• Hereupon, after an expression of opinion from General
Cartrobtrt that Sebastopol would infallibly fall into our
hands after the rout of the Russian army, Lord Raglan
it-Attired. " What if the place resists and is well forti-
fied Marshal St. Arnaud answered that they must
then have recourse to a siege ; and that when the forti-

fications on the north were taken we should necessarily
be master of the town. If the fortifications on the north,
he continued, were too strong for them, it would be easy
to go to the south and commence a regular siege with
the assistance of the fleets, which would have a good
anchorage at Balaklava. In the course of the discussion
he freely quoted the authority of the French Emperor
in support of his arguments ; and the final result was
that Lord Raglan, in spite of the objections be had d of-
fered, joined St. Arnaud, Canrobert, and Bosquet iu
voting; for the expedition, while. Admiral Hamelin, Ad-
iniralDundas, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Na-
poleon voted against it.
The pamphlet, which is very unfavourable to Marshal
St. Arnaud, then proceeds to state that he was so ill on
the morning of the 20th that the attack was arranged
in his presence by General Martirnprey, the chief of the
staff, and that the sick man could only give his assent
by a sign. The battle was fought ; and when the Allies
continued their march after the victory, and arrived at
the Belbek, they found the mouth and left bank of the
river defended by batteries. Upon this Lord Raglan
and General Martimprey thought it dangerous to attemp
to carry them, and at a council of war it was determined
to march to the south. Marshal St. Arnaud continued
at this period to speak of the assault as a thing, that
could be easily executed after a bombardment af from 12
to 24 hours, but he wai too far gone to take ;my real
part in the measures adopted, and on the 26t11, be re-
signed his command.
" He summoned the generals of diVisions and of bri-
gade, and endeavoured to make them a last address, but
his feebleness did not permit him to proceed. He reale
a final effort, and said that lie thought he should not be
departing from the wishes of the Emperor in assigning
the command to the general who appeared to have been
designated by the unanimous voice of the army. I
have selected Canrobert,' lie sail, 'to replace me pend-
ing, the confirmation of the appointment by his Majesty.'
The Marshal made a sign with his hand to General
ted him the paper which contained his provisional
sen
Mar-
timprey, who advanced to General Canrobert and pre-
commission. Instead of taking the paper, General
Canrobert drew from his pocket a letter bearing the arms
of the Emperor. Marshal St. Arnaud opened his eyes,
but capressed no surprise. His head fell back on his
pillow, and be uttered faintly these words, 'lt is well.'"
The pamphleteer does not scruple to give his opinion
upon the different courses which were open to the Al-
lies :—" Could we," he asks, " have taken Sebastopol
by a coup de main on the north after the battle of Alma
Perhaps, at all events, it should have been tried. Once
arrived on the south, could we reduce the place by a
bombardment, make a breach, and carry it by assault
Teat is more doubtful. The position was changed to
our disadvantage, and if we had carried the place we
could not have held it. The fort Sieverna on the north,
which commands the town, the harbour, and the port,
was armed with more than 300 heavy cannon, and de-
fended by a garrison of 3,000 men. As long as that
fort is rt
conscious
of theexistence
c up ied b yhe enemy,
thisth la
not tenable. The sommanders-in-chief never appeared
place, when taken, is
le. Neither is.
the journals of the siege, their reports, or their conver-
sations, sations, is there any trace to be found of considera-
tions which were the anxiety of everybody. Doubtless
they thought themselves obliged to promise miracles to
their respective Governments, as their Governments
thought themselves obliged to promise miracles to the
public to conceal the irreparable fault of the expedition."
The pamphlet continues the narrative down to the day
after the battle of Inkerman, when the French woefretihnt;
&hied to take advantage of the demoralisation _
Russians to attempt Vie assault, but Lord Raglanaiidutred
upon General Canrobert Ileit the
Alliedeffi insufficient 'for the 'ePne:
cially those of the E:ig!ish, wefee
id two courses to
terPl'sP. The"
wci e
Lark. And the writer or
cuntit.ue the siege, ( r to tt-twho
had all along been in
instiget r ef the paini•hlet,
Danube, Id evidently
Mould
favour of a campaign on tlio
t it. which see no dis-
-r he could
have ',referred a nereit Generaltothe Canrobert, as well
L the English Commander•ill-Chiel, thought otherwise.

FTERNOON VOCAL Cos C ELTS. —An announce&stries
bearing concert
tI) 'il:.(1 le title,cete dtY Mr. Mitchell, of Bond-
and to consist wholly of
vocal concerted music, by Sir Henry Bishop, vac in-
augurated yesterday at the Hanover-square flowing. The
vocalists on this occasion were Masters Sullivan: Lawler,C
Cooke,
Mal,ch, Not mati, and Messrs. Francis. Benson
Laud, and Elrckland. The selection, though want-
ing I
in variety, included sonic of Sir Henry's best works,
and the perforiranee, generally excellent, appeared to
give great pleasure to the audience, who received it
throughout with warm demonstrations of approval, and
unanimously redemanded two of the pieces. The
second concert is fixed for Saturday next.