The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-21 00:00:00

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I.,AST WEEK OF MAZEPPA !
THIS EVENING,
MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE ; with the SCENES In the
CIRO, LE, and the introduction of Mr. Arthur Barnes, the Ch impioa
Vaulter, the Brothers Elliott, and a Troupe of Premiers Voltigeurs !
On Monday next a Grand Military Spectacle, embracing the FALL
of SEBASTOPOL. &c., by the author of the "Battle of the Alma."
Box-office open from. Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
Acting reneger. Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director,
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LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1855.

THE EXPECTED DESPATOHES.

Although the Indus duly arrived at Mar-
seilles on the 19th instant the official account of
the fall of Sebastopol has not yet been received.
It sppears that, although the Indus had loft
dal:lava after the capture of the Malakhoff, and
even the evacuation of the beleaguered city, she
had held no communication with the shore after
twelve o'clock on the Bth instant. Consequently,
nothing more respecting the great event—for the
vrticulars whereof the public is so anxiously
waiting—has been learned than was previously
known by means of the electric telegraph.
The official despatches, containing the full par-
ticulars ' of the glorious event have, however,
arfived at Marseilles, per the Telegraph steamer,
and were yesterday forwarded at 1 p.m. to
London. It is, therefore, almost certain that we
shall have them in time for our ordinary edition
to-morrow. At whatever time they may arrive /
hey shall he communicated to the public without;
a moment's eklay. We sympathise too deeply I
with. the natural anxiety that must lac-;
felt by all classes of the community ; more
especially those who have friends or relatives
actually engaged; to allow any procrastination in 1
communicating this most interesting intelligence. .1
We shall, therefore, forthwith publish the de-
spatches of General SIMPSON, and any other inte-
resting intelligence from the seat of War, no mat-
ter what may be the hour of their reception. The
same spirit that prompted the publication of Lord
RAGLAN'S despatches respecting the Alma, on
Sunday, the Bth October last, induces us to snake
the necessary preparation for similar exertions on
the present important and interesting occasion.

The vast amount of available stores which have
fallen into the possession of the Allies in the cap-
tured city of Sebastopol, notwithstanding the
ei.crgetic and almost desperate attempt of the
garrison to destroy all that they could not suc-
e2ed in carrying away, proves beyond the pos.sir
biiity of doubt the cool determination with which
the 'Russian Covernment had planned the do-
struction of Turkey, and the appropriation of the
asets of the " sick. man." The mere catalogue
of the captured stores shows that the accumulation
must have been a work of extraordinary labour )
and expense, spread over a long succession of years.
A t the very.time when the late Cz.in was putting
forward professions of great moderation, while he
was pretending to be the conservator of the peace
of Europe, he was secretly preparing for the hour
When, casting aside the mask, he might exhibit
hitiasi.2lf in his true colours, as the greedy and un-
scrupulous invader and conqueror of his neigh-
bout's territories—the despiser of public opinion
—the true executor of the last will of the First
PETI4,R.

Notwithstanding the enormous wear and tear
of thfe'weapoes and munitions of war, fully 4,000
cannon, generally of heavy calibre, 50,000 can-
non-balls, sundry hollow projectiles, and an
immense quantity of gunpowder, have been re-
covered. There are also 500 anchors, 25,000
kilogrammes of copper, two steam-engines of 30-1
horn row or, and a considerable number of masts
&.\-vnt in— two for defensive purposes. The elabo-
rate
_finish of the docks—only completed after the
arrogant MENSCIIIKOFF mission—afforded addi-
tional and conclusive evidence of the " malice
prepense" with which an outlay so extravagant
was 'cheerfully sustained.
It could not by any possibility have been re-
quiti fel* the protection of the Russian territory.
It must have been prepared for aggressive rather
thauqbe ddfensive -warfare—one, of which Turkey
would have been merely the first victim, but the real
object whereof was to subdue Europe, and subject it
to Cossack domination—to render, in fact, the
Autocracy universal. Such facts will sup-
ply the best answers to the insidious

arguments of the phi/o-Muscovites—will rebut
the assertions of the Aberdeenites and Cobdenites,
as to the pacific and truly honourable intentions
of Russia, and also show that the " crumpling"
II ar up at a moment's notice would be a more
arduous task than the Member for the West
hiding seemed to anticipate. Were a justifica-
tion of the War required—were it necessary to
confute Mr. GLADSTONE, and to heap ashes on
ihe head of Lord JOHN .RUSSELL—the mere ex-
-1 amination of the stores taken into possession,
and the value whereof will be distributed amongst
the gallant captors, would be all that could be re-
quired for any of those purposes.
The docks, constructed with such enormous
labour and expense, have, it appears, been spared
by the fugitives. There was possibly a lingering
hope that by some diplomatic juggle they may
still be restored to the uses for which they were
originally contemplated, and be made the founda-
' Lion of new schemes against Constantinople.
Should the Allies permanently maintain their
position, and Russia be banished from the Crimea,
as she ought to be, these great triumphs of en-
gineering art may be turned to great advantage.
But, should there be the slightest possibility
of the Crimea remaining to Russia, they
should be totally demolished, so that not one
stone should be suffered to remain standing on
another. This may appear to many an injudicious
principle, scarcely better than that of the " Ico-
noclasts," who suffered no consideration to arrest
the work of destruction ; but it would be a just
and necessary sacrifice, inasmuch as they were
ti not constructed and will never be used for com-
mercial purposes, but can only serve to enhance
the already too formidable strength of a Power
ithat has proved itself the enemy of liberty and
civilisation—the disturber of the general peace of
Europe and of the world.

What in the world have the unfortunate Poles
done to the Times? There must be something
amiss. With a measure of political dignity the great
journal might shake his head at silly well-meaning
politicians, who, like ourselves, see in restored
Poland the only suitable termination of the pre-
sent War. But what can account for personal
abuse of Polish refugees ? It is not natural to
Englishmen to fight down—we leave that to Rus-
sian or Austrian brutality. We might be
tempted to contemptuous language towards a
beggar of our own country, whose artificial
rags and dirt betrayed the imposition, but
if the suppliant addressed us with an unmistake-
ably foreign accent, we should spare to the utter-
most the heart of a stranger. We shculd over-
, look what we could not endure from another in

the expatriated wanderer. How is it, then, that

lan English journal, boasting of European circu-
lation, should commit England by lampooning
exiles—exiles, too, from the brutalities of NI-
VHOLAS, and with only the alternative of England
or Siberia, perhaps the gallows ? The Times, by the
instrumentality of its correspondents, and by elabo-
rate persiflage in its leaders, has descended to per-
sonal attacks on the habits and peccadilloes of the
more distressed of the Polish exiles. Be it, that
gentleinen into whose pockets successive Chancel-
lors of the Exchequer have contrived to throw the
fiscal wealth of the country have been thereby
too much elevated to endure a Pole in their en-
trance hall, yet we might expect such gentlemen
4-to imitate the self-command and self-respect of
, those born in good society. Supposing, too, that
ir
Poles, like Quakers, did endeavour to show that a
man convicted of petty theft was Alone of their
fraternity, sympathy with the feelings of a
small body of exiles would have recognised the
peculiar annoyance of one, almost of a family,
Acting disgracefully. The Times would not
commit itself, we are confident, to an attack upon
the shifts to which needy exiles are driven, nor
make it out to be almost a crime that any small
1, and suffering class should attempt to maintain a
,blameless reputation, unless the said Times had
some substantial reason. Why, then, does the
[' Times bespatter the Polish exiles ?
We imagine the reason must be a complex
one—the goodness of the Polish cause, and the
wish of our Government to throw it overboard,
or rather not to take it on board. For some time
the argument was merely ridicule of amiable enthu-
siasts and newly-fledged politicians. Into what Polish
port would they pilot an English fleet, or would
they take the ships overland, or march our troops
through Prussia, and such sort of weighty jukes
which ought to convince all the thoughtful. This
seemed, however, to fail. Even the Prime Mi-
nister took up the very words of this journal and
described Warsaw as a continental Sebastopol, and
a standing menace to the liberties of Europe.
To be sure he soon proclaimed that ho had not
' said a word about " the nationalities ;" still the
Minister's words produced a strong impression.
If Sebastopol must be taken to save the liberties
of Turkey, much more Warsaw to save the
liberties of Europe. Or was indeed Turkey to be
set free at the cost of so much blood and treasure,
and could not a little more be spared, now we
were actually at work, to make the work complete ?
Such thoughts were spreading, and now that
Sebastopol is taken, in the exultation of the great
victory they were yet more likely to spread.
Poland cotverted from the danger of Europe into
its bulwark, besides the righteousness and noble-
ness of the deed, is so common-sense a conclusion
of the War that it must, like any other simple
and great truth, gradually force itself on the
minds of all. It is obviously the best possible
' thing for Europe, and if not done now the occa-
sion would not recur till it must cost tenfold what
it now would.

If banter, political view of the
case -w
the next
resort was to sneer at
suseless, then,
th of the
the unlucky Poles themselves. The goodness of
the cause necessitated such an un-
English course.
Who would think of making the men who had
been the laughing-stock of London the sentries
and the advanced guard of Europe !
Nil baba infeiix paupertas durius in se
Quam quod ridicules homines facit,
and the cruel consequence of poverty has been
as cruelly used. The device may be ingenious,
but it is too palpable not to reveal itself to every
reader, and too gross a violation of our best feel-
ings not to recoil upon the authors of it. Abus-
ing Polish exiles will injure neither them nor
their cause.

But why should any journal
be so deter-
mined by fair moans or foul to keep Poland in the
hands of Russia ? For the same reason, we ap-
prehend, which induced our Government in 1848
to keep Hungary in the hands of Austria, to al-
low of Russian intervention, and thus to precipi-
tate the present costly War. Oar Government is
closely linked with Austria and Prussia, and it i 8
no secret that a staff officer of the " leading jour
nal" is also in office under Lord PALMERSTON.
Even if Lord PALMERSTON'S declaration about
Warsaw betrayed his personal feeling, we soon
after saw that there was a secret power over him
forbadewhich
.i his repea.ting, such language.
AI
AL.ERSTON s bound over, of oouise, to respect
the policy of the COBIJILGS. Their policy is identical
with that of Austria and. even of Prussia. Indeed
the young princes of the latter country are deemed
eves at this juncture, when Prussia is notoriously

aiding Russia against England, fit visitors to the I
young princesses of this country ! The Chevalier
BUNSEN must quit us, but we must welcome a
scion of the monarch whose anti-English and igno-
ble conduct is the loathing of our country and
the contempt of all free nations.
We believe that what we have indicated above
is the true account of these otherwise unac-
countable personal attacks on the unlucky
Poles. If Poland be reconstituted, however
great the blessing to Europe, Austria must re-
fund much, and Prussia ought to refund more.
Europe might breathe more freely, but two great
despots must breathe more cautiously, and must
part with their share of the villanous partitions.
The German, that is German Court, influence in
this country is all worked against such a result.
That Prussia and Austria would lose what they
ought not to have is the true reason why Poland
must not be liberated, why a Polish Legion
is still a dream, why our troops must suffer
double losses, and middle Europe be left
after all our sacrifice of blood and trea-
sure at the beck of the CZAR. The intermar-
riages of Royalty are the curse of nations. They
doubly pledge despots to mutual support against
their people, and neutralise the action of free
countries. The CZAR has already wedded to his
service half the potentates of Germany, and their
people are paralysed and sold. Would that the
influence of German marriages was felt East-
wards only !

Whether our Commanders were to blame in
the recent affair at Petropaulovski or not, it is
certain a valuable prize escaped them which, in
all probability, would not have been the case, had
they not had to sail so far to the scene of action,
and that tho public have a right to demand why
we have no colony or naval station on the north-
west coast of America, and why, when the oppor-
tunity offers, as it now does, no steps are being
taken towards the occupation of Sitka and Petro-
paulovski.

It cannot be said that the propriety of having
a naval station on that coast has only just been
recognised. A hundred years ago the import-
ance of such a station was generally admitted.
Nor can it be urged that no other power set us
the example, or that the want of one has not
proved injurious to our interests. The existence
of Sitka and Petropaulovski tells its own tale, as
also does the valuable traffic monopolised in con-
sequence by Russia. The greatest maritime
nation in the world, with no difficulties to en-
counter, and strong motives independent of the
fur trade, to establish a station, has been suffered
to remain without one, while Russia, that had
not set foot on the coast until long after
the English flag had traced the outline of
the coast, and English commerce had pro-
jected a colony, and established a trade
there, has, after contending with difficulties of no
ordinary nature for a lengthened period, succeeded
in establishing stations which give her the exclu-
sive command of a profitable trade and enable her
to dominate over the North Pacific. There is
something like infatuation in this neglect. Even
if no apprehension of rivalry from Russia or sus-
picion of what she was aiming at existed, the
convenience of a station and the resources of the
country should have sufficed. A coast where the
finest spars and wood of all kinds may be had for
cutting and coals for digging, and where suitable
harbours are to be found by hundreds, would
seem to be worth looking after, and most probably
would have been had our rulers not been so deeply
immersed in party squabbles and in looking after
their own interests. It is really monstrous that,
while Russia has four important naval stations,
fisheries, and internal communication throughout
the whole of North Asia, with steamers at
these stations and on Lake Baikal—everything
necessary, in fact, to promote and protect a,valu-
able traffic—we have no station where our ships
can be repaired from Lako Huron to the Pacific,
nor a single steamer in Lake Superior, so that
when our ships, sailing or steam, need repairs,
they must return home or proceed to some distant
foreign port.
Among the Russian settlements on the coast
Sitka aad Petropaulovski appear to be the chief.
The former, in fact, is called the Odessa of the
North Pacific, for all the stores of provisions from
British America and elsewhere are collected in
that Government station, which is fortified, gar-
risoned by Russian troops, and commanded by a
Russian governor. At these two stations all the
costly furs obtained in the north-west American
colony are collected. The mode in which they
reach Russia is as follows':—About every year a
Russian man-of-war, 1,000 tons burden, and
carrying a supply of military and naval stores,
medicine, and other necessaries, leaves Cronstadt,
and proceeds to Rio de Janeiro, from thence to
Sydney, where supplies are taken in. Leaving
Sydney, the vessel makes its way through the
South Sea Islands to Sitka, where part of the
cargo is discharged, and the store of furs there
collected taken in. From thence the frigate
proceeds to Petropaulovski, where the same pro-
cess is repeated. The home cargo is now com-
plete, and, with a million silver roubles worth
of furs aboard, the vessel is steered homeward,
rounding Cape Horn, proceeding direct to Rio
Janeiro, and from thence to Cronstadt, from
whence the furs are shipped to St. Petersburg.
With the furs thus obtained Russia has contrived
to secure the trade with China, opened by the
comrades of Captain COOK, and the greater part
of the commerce with Kiatcha is now carried on.
Thus, it will be seen, the wisdom and persever-
ance of the Russian Government and our neglect
have met their reward to our loss. Past neglect,
however, is no excuse for present ; on the con-
trary, it ought to have stimulated Government to
prompt and decided action. It is in their power
at once to redeem a grievous error, and to deal a
heavy blow on the enemy. This valuable fur
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vernment can refuse to give orders for the occu-
pation of Sitka and Petropaulovski, and the
restoration of a share at least of a trade our com-
merce ought never to have lost ? Possible, cer-
tainly, but we would fain believe improbable.

GENERAL SIMPSON.—It was confidently reporied yes-
terday that this distinguished General will be elevated
to the rank of Field-Marshal, with, of course, a G.C.B.
He has already received the Colonelcy of the 87th Royal
Irish, vice Lord Gough, advanced to the Blues.
THE HORSE GUARDS.—The Hon. A. GQrdon,...of the
Guards, will at once enter on the duties of Deputy
Quartermaster-General, in the room of Major-General
Torrens, deceased.
The Duke and Duchess of Montrose have left the St.
George's Hotel for Buchanan Castle, Stirlingshire.
The Marquis of Anglesey has arrived at the St.
George's Hotel from Worthing.