The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-28 00:00:00

FLIGHT OF THE RUSSIANS

FROM KERTCH.

WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY 28, 4 A. m,

Lord Panmure presents his compliments to the
Editor of The Sun, and. has great pleasure in
transmitting the enclosed intelligence, which has
this day reached him from Lord Raglan.

" CRIMEA, MAY 27.

" We are masters of the Sea of Azoff without

a casualty. The troops landed at Kertch on her

Majesty's Birthday, and the enemy fled, blowing
up their fortifications on both sides of the Straits,
and destroying their steamers. Some vessels of
50 guns have fallen into the hands of the Allies."

FURTHER NEWS FROM
KERTCH.

WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY 28, 10.30 A.m.

Lord Panmure p-esents his compliments to the
Editor of The Sun, and begs to inform him that
further intelligence has been received from Lord

Raglan, announcing that Lieutenant-General Sir
George Brown had arrived at Enikale at 1 p.m.
on the 25th inst., and that the day before he had

destroyed a foundry near Kertch, where shot,
shell, and Minie balls were manufactured.
In the advance Sir George Brown had placed
the French on the right, the _English on the left,
and the Turks in reserve.

Count NESSELRODgS recent Circular has elicited
a complete and crushing reply from the French
Minister for Foreign Affairs. Count WALEWSKI
has fairly met all the arguments of his Russian
opponent, and proved them to be entirely without
foundation or authority. He has done even more.

He has exposed the duplicity and faithlessness
Russia, so that the "Pusquam tuta fides" appli
cable to Carthage in the olden time might with
equal propriety be attributed to the Great
Northern Power of the present day. The docu-
ment is indeed one of the greatest interest and
most vital importance, inasmuch as it proves, be-
yond the possibility of doubt, not only that our
high-minded and faithful ally will not assent to
any modification of the Russian propositions, but
also goes far to show that, if the negotiations were
now to be carried on respecting the Third Point,
France might insist on even more onerous condi-
tions than those so contumeliously rejected by
Prince GORTSCHA.KOFF. It gives, in fact, an assur-
ance, on the part of our Imperial ally, that he will
not assent to a dishonourable peace, of uncertain
duration, and without any adequate guarantee
for the observance of the conditions on which it
has been founded. •
In refuting the specious fallacies put forward
by Count NESSELRODE, Count WALEWSKI has not
in any degree violated the usual diplomatic reserve.
1110 duty was imposed on him by the conduct of
the adversary. At the close of the Conferences the
• Russian Pl •
empotentiary declared, with an inso-
lent affectation of candour, that he had amply
redeemed his word by proposing several plans of
solution, and the
Russian Minister set the ex-
ample of appealing to
_he
public opinion to ratify that
unfounded assertion• challenge was accepted.
Count WALEWSKI met T
the
selected by himself. It adversary_e in the arena
oli which
that chose the battle-field
he was so
signally defeated. The perfidy of
Russia has, as
we have already stated, been unspath,
-giy exposed.
It was only in deference to the wishes of Austria
England consented to enter into
that France and
the newnegotiatione..eofore doing so, they requi red
as an indispensable preliminary, that the bases or
conditions on which Peace could alone be
esta-
should bo acknowledged by Russia. That
ale demand was at once acqpiesced in by
Prince GenTsciworr accepted, with-
out 'read.re,-.the
principles developed in the Four
Points. It If" licit therefore "to discuss systems
theoretically," to
• 0011 Sider whether theinderen-
Ile". pf Turte7- great, if not greater,
danger from the qv
edOrn Powers than -from