The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-12 00:00:00

ter will be reconciled to his recent loss, by being,
,
told that " the enemy found nothing on the sewe,
ern side but blood-stained ruins." He any:llllw,,
that " the passage of the garrison from the soutilL'.
to the northern part was accomplished with es.;
ordinary success, ' with as jaunty an air as
were talking of an advance, and not of a retr:
A man of this character—who is equally Prell4
drubbing and being drubbed—does not take rallts,
pains to conceal his losses. It is true Prince GOOfr.
chakeff—er the officials at St. Petersburg who Pt.,
lish as much of his reports as is deemed expedieflos
does not go the length of telling
many of his men have been put hors dc con
ou;
but he eives a tolerable inkling of it. lie "knisg
ledges to the loss of a hundred men while crova
the bridge ; and adds that he was obliged to le;
explicitly it 4
" five hundred men grievously wounded on 1,0
southern side." If the wounded, whew it tes
found impossible to carry along with the retro
army, amounted to so many, those who were 3,.bi,les
to accompany it, or who were sent away before iosre
retreat commenced, must have been much
numerous ; and if 100 men were killed in eress,v,
the bridge, the number of those who fell &trol;
the bombardment an'l in the assault naustlisto
been much greater. The epithet, too, wbific en.fe
Prince applies to the fire of the allies (felt big
—infernal fire) would seem to indicate tie'',
nerves had been a little shaken by it. It is Vol
valent to what decorous Englishmen would es too
admission that the Allies had made the Pacepee
hot to hold him ; or, as more plain-sPekeridesil
pie might say, that they had played the, is-
with him. Prince Gortscbakoff's elespatesbece
plies that the whole of the southern side 13110 to
abandoned by the Russians. This is a Polo. ore
which some—to us unaccountable—doubts not
expressed in certain quarters during the earlYt that
of yesterday. The croakers would have I been
only the town and the Kai abelnaia suburb hatoifs
evacuated. But, even before Prince Gortsells'e ler
report was received, all doubts were cleared
.sr
the explicit statement of Admiral Brast,o*--rtes,
approached, this morning, the Quarantine bat that
on board the Brandon, and ascertained IslYsebisiso
they are 1101 V evacuated. They have jest dare
uTread ing themselves in groups over the .1-'3. de'
tions of the town, whieh seem to be totally
sorted." t allied
The blow which has just been struck by the
armies is sufficient to insure our ultimate trio
if it is promptly and vigorously followed ‘i. 01,
is what the English public must now 100' is
insist upon. There is a natural indolence ;ail'
men that prompts them to withdraw foul sn'sitil
ficult undertaking provided they can do s°tbe~
eclat ; and our Ministers—no disrespeet,s',:g they
is meant—are, after all, mere men. )3es.`"l7;ee
will immediately be besieged by all who „-o-
interest in letting Russia down as softly as 1-frail
There will be renewed offers of mediatiloof
Austria ; and the Aberdeenites, and the nt,eiog
the Peace-at-any-Price party, will he ur-eestli.
out into choral chaunts in honour of 13'371 lot°
mous forbearance in the hour of victory,end to
demonstrations that we can now "put alVoecsli
the war with honour." It is not enough tbsu„roo;
do so with honour ; we must do so with r safe
we must gain something by the efforts irsosts
made. When the French and English Geverbliteis °f
recognised the four points as a possible „selfe',
negotiation, they expressly reserved to the'icisoce
a right to modify their demands in ae!l2,
with the progress of warlike events—thalltliei'
crease their demands if success should put
5 Rheal';
power to exact more. Russia is now 111,
worse condition to stand out for easy te,rvs -spir",
she was then. We say this in no vindieti°.m
towards Russia, but with a view to thel'e-Tosises'
peace and security of Europe. It is our burg 0
to render the Government at St. Peters „,4
innocuous as possiWe. We must not al'as SO;
selves to be deluded by sulk vague talk sscesu'
0
ancy of Russia in the Black Sea." That
anything, or nothing. Tha war was underles?'
the first lace to compel Russia to abstain Tis the
nropriating territory that of right belongeuroisew
Porte, and from usurping a de facto 011-18 001ri
over the Sultan ; and, in the second plaeenZwers.l
lish the general princip'e, that the Great .;sftr'of
Europe will no longer tolerate the svrestilosoe
ritory from the weak I y the strong ,bY;„
arms. The war will have been waged 1011
Russia is not compelled, in the treaty h9.4.0r00 .
,di
is terminated, to renounce in express -Wu'
attempts in future to extend its terrii-ories sst(r
quest at the expense of any member of theooo
pean system of states ; and to promise tedtis o°,lj;
in future from all interference in the dorat' ss
terns of the Ottoman Empire. Nay tor% opollor
good faith of _Russia cannot safely be relie jorPci
material guarantees must be exacted frenistsie.,o
the fulfilment of these promises. The 3:l'd 50%
these material guarantees is a consideration.b
delicacy and difficulty. They must be 1
impress Russia with the danger of brealdll-biA
andat the same time such as areleast likely to 1
the national pride of the Russian people'' if t,
any portion of the Russian territory.—prereoll",
called—severed from the Empire, the senssollgee'
raged nationality would expose Europe tothe IA"
' of a speedy renewal of hostilities. But there altesf/i
tracts of territory subject to the Governalesisj
Petersburg, which the Russians have not Yt'sse..4
to consider as their own; these might safiali' sifosive
from the Empire. Again, it has been the
We tot
practice of Russia, when victorious, to 0400'1
conquered bear in a great measure the exP. die
the war ; she could not reasonably 011111',
having "her own measure meted to her roil!'
were France, England and Turkey to exalconil
demnity at the close of the present war. "-soy Icily
is amerced in one or other of these wills stli
be chary of again provoking a collision !it. olidie
Western Powers ; if she is let off more eas.„1";05111,4
comparative impunity will encourage her wtstiagts
her tortuous courses without delay: °need to
certain, that no overtures to negotiation "tielllts
be made by the Allies until Russia sues tc%asiai°o
grant her peace on their own terms. AnYn,lie to fat
applications on the part of Austria oupi,, 00 re
peremptorily rejected. We confess thialith-e Sid
as our own Government is concerneas tisttr
mention of " negotiation" throws us in ay ?';cl3
sweat. We never hear of English dipleinsa
out having the words recalled to our will sess
ds- oleo
Helen MacGregor is made by Scott to
her sons after learning that her husband :s1 net
entrapped by his enemies. " You may r."; So;te
father, said Helen MacGregor, Surulnie
sons, " in what this young Saxon tells,tl,Bl;e'sly
only when the bonnet is on his head an", I', for be
in his hand, he never exchanges the tar'3„,--iser°l3
broadcloth, but he runs himself into the doers
ags;)
intrigues of the Lowlanders, and hee°,93.s te
after all he has suffered, their agents-4'e° 00r
their slave." And even so it is with P",.„11 ficse
his foreign policy. He never desists fr...°'-self t
i°3l3
rious war to negotiate, but he allows bre, il; '.030
outwitted. This was the case with 01-sgaia je
and 1815 ; and was very nearly beiligeeetess' stil
case with him at the late Vienna Confe'` • 100- I.
~ cl/P
the battle-field he is irresistible ; ts--41°
salons he has uniformly earned for bind
castic description of Byron—" the fel;,'
bleeds for all, and ever bleeds in vain.

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subject of original remark in the Pia'''. preill'the
We subjoin extracts from these article/I; avr'irord
that the Union, the Assemblee Nati°ll-t sof obat"
Univers, merely give the news withollorkii -bats,
of congratulation, or, indeed, andfl de, "lIC
ever.
which
makesWe commence
the otio e 40;111 of
" A. great, an immense success
followwiintgh tohbeeeJrouriiis :-- ea,
so onanua vat o
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for rapidity, crowns the heroic cons in the fireahtoPfirss
the allied armies in the Rist. Let us;,,-,11; la ""f the
speak of the great feat of arms pointed - sense 0 s 0
despatch, and afterwards examine the noon, tha poi,
gained footing on the formidable ram
second. It was in open day, at high oSb°llol3s'
parts
tans bas . the
and on one of its strongest and most inirrag well ,beel3
In fact, the tower ruined by the assau"'sta it, hit" Or
Korniloff Bastion, which serves to Bur the raarititeet ore
constructed on a mount commanding litsry P°r„;l'
bourg (the Karabelnaia, where the r°L „rest as,„' 00'
arsenal, the careening docks, and all "
thccess was 'lois;
tablishments are situated), This first slisincent ejcP.se°l,
less considerable, and the assault a further Pr°gr'isetr
hut if the bearing of it was great for °
the siege no one could have supP°n: egiven
tdb hatfrorn them° gee
ugpol3ol 14
the Malakhoff was taken, it wouit''-v n accon3plishe.ii re'
a single blow a task which
of the vast faubourg. Our brava
173eed likely to 1010119
quire long and perilous lab° ,
°ritia certainty, th ticte'de
thought, and it is even known I°l,off_ bad consifid lid
Russians, in the rear of the al"
fhat the streeta_l . AO,
numerous works and batteries ; t 5 at 'a 03
rg Were e defer' 01
great buildings of the faubon ~ to ,eoit if
oral's
that the Russian generals bad see t" die'
theless we . d he
ground inch by inch b; and never
xarabelost an of t"/
if struck by panic, set fire to the ', d is orieboto%
vessels of war. appear it
was
zoo
tt.,
the whole to be
most admirable that can be found found
any siegeaceiier
of warfare, just as there cannot 1391 t is easy f°hcas, 0 dti'
c nn pared to that of Sebastopol.
our soldiers - eSPeI
all the bold intrepidity which
beck
which tbelipoo,
played, if we call to mind the c
this same IVIB' it tb
This assault in broad
the
enced on the 18th of June before _ ~,.,s
o.c,
French b i this its °
a ~,0 ,4
assault on the Malakhoff by the
to the three as d,0."
seeded, fortune refused successinst tLe Grand l'e 000,
Tower—a check now so gloriously avenged- Picse Ps'
temptd at the same time ago, . _
the co, 0 os
the English,
4- I Bastion by the French.
loped,o ,
Bay and the Contra[
Las been q.er on an e 4
tacks were executed, as , ,
c__Bider 1
four bastions, which may be ou _, or 0
front against
whole' line of fortificatiom , tO
4
the strongest of the
and against the bastion nt 5l
oe
the Flagstaff Battery
(No.
the excepuou of