The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-27 00:00:00

not sensibly galled large masses. Rad the work of
reform gone on subsequent to the passing of the
Reform Bill as it ought, there had been no op-
portunity afforded at the present time to an aris-
tocratic clique to fatten on the mismanagement of
our army—merit, and not favour, would have
raised us commanders, and these would have been
worthy of us, and no Minister would have dared
to throw away, as Lord ABERDEEN has done (sup-
posing the War could not have been averted), the
aid of nationalities capable of being, and willing
to become, and that beyond dispute, our most
effective allies. Let us never more call an
abuse little, or hesitate to deal with it, because
relatively it may be so. It is part of a great
whole, which has cost us dear.

THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S VISIT TO
THE CRIMEA.

The following is from a letter from Paris,
dated yesterday, 6 p.m. :
Lord John Russell left Paris for Brussels on Saturday
evening, and will, no doubt, continue his journey from
that place to Vienna. I have already alluded to the con-
versation which the noble lord had with the Emperor
relative to his Majesty's departure for the Crimea, and the
remarks attributed to him ; but I am assured that he ex-
pressed himself after an interview in a manner that left no
doubt of his conviction that the Emperor would persist in
his project, less from any reply given to those remarks
than from the manner in which they were listened to.
Colonel do Beville, one of the Imperial aides-de-camp,
was expected to leave this day for Marseilles. Of
the postponement, or the prosecution of the journey,
nothing certain can be said more than what was
stated yesterday and the day before. The Em-
peror appears to keep his mind to himself so far as
his final resolution is concerned. The Ministers are
quite as unctrtitin as any one en the matter, though
they seem to have made up their minds for the worst ;
and the Moniteur still maintains an ominous and per-
plexing silence. Evidently they take it for granted
that the Emperor will realise his project, and their
anxiety is directed to convincing the representatives
of foreign Governments that they must not
consider the journey as an indication of there being
no chance for peace, or as a complication the more
in a question which is quite embarrassing enough
already. On a recent occasion the Minis-
ter of one of the States whose adhesion to the alliance
cf the ‘Vestern Powers would be very desirable, had an
interview with M. Dr.myn de in order to under-
stand clearly what he :honk' say to his Government. He
einin.led the French Minister at on a previous occasion
he had informed his Government that neither France nor
England would offer any impediments to an honourable
peace, but he considered the departure of the Emperor
for the Crimea would in fact create that obstacle. The
Minister for Foreign Affairs assured him that he was
ini,taken, that the Emperor merely desired to visit the
army, but that his presence at the camp would not hasten
by a single day the assault, nor would it occasion the
spending of a single additional pound of powder ; that the
project itself had long floated in the mind of the Em-
peror, but that at the moment he was speaking it wa'
only an intention, 'a l'etat de resolution, which might
or might not be carried into• effect; but that, even
if it were, it was by no means to be considered an act
of war. M. Drouyn de Mays then drew forth the
circalar letter which he had addressed to his agents
at foreign Courts, containing instructions as to the re-
ply they were to give in the event of their being asked for
explanations, and ho fully authorized the Minister to
write to his Government in the same sense.