The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-13 00:00:00

THE GERMAN VIEW OF THE WAR.

The Wanderer of Vienna gives the following
German view of the present war :

"Letters re:ieived from Odessa affirm that a convic-
tion psrvades the whole of Russia, that the real wur is
only just now beginning, and that it may last for years
to come. These views may pessibly find more echo et
Patia and in London than gent's) lien on the hanks of
the Neva may find altogether pleasant. If Russia as-
sumes to herself the right of waging a war against the
Western Powers which may last for many a year, the
latter may possibly see fit to avail themselves of this
notification to prepare a comprehensive and sweeping
scheme for their own guidance in the conduct of it.
The pressnt century has familiarised itself with various
phenomena, and with a state of possession in the
East, which we know occasioned a hundred
,Teari
since, or even later, the most lively apprehensions both
in Paris and London. After the year 1784 had given
the Crimea to Russia in fee, with the country as far as
the Kuban and the island of Taman, Catherine the Se-
cond, in 1790, prepared for still greater conquests. On
this occasion the country situated between the Bug and
the Dniester had become the object of her humble but
dearest wishes. The French policy during the year
1789 was only nominal, the state being placed hors de
combat by the proeress of the Revolution, whilst the
very Cabinet of Vienna was from the first allied
with Russia. It was upon this that the celebrated
William Pitt concluded a defensive alliance with
Prussia and Holland, in order to save the Ottoman
empire- Although Russia was already in poocco-
sion of the Crimea, Mr. Pitt held that the strong
sea-hoard of Oczakow was the real key of Alex
andria and Egypt, and ho was resolved not to leave it
in the possession of Russia. A fleet was on the point of
being at once fitted out, and an English war against
Russia was at hand, nay, seemed unavoidable, in order
that this district of country might be saved from the
devouring jaws of the northern savage, when the inter-
vention of Mr. Fox and of the manufacturing interests
came to the help of Russia, just as Friend Bright would
fain help it now ; and thus Mr. Pitt's energetic policy
was checked, and the morsel was devoured by the
Bear. As after the capture of Sebastopol Nicolaieff
first sprang to light, so it may be that, even whilst
the Allies are in possession of the Crimea, and the
Russians retain that bit of territory—it may be that
even the new relations which shall themselves arise
out of the further course and prosecution of the war
will be the authorities to which Count Nesselrode will
refer, in justification of his assertion that the geographi-
cal position of Russia in itself gives her, nay involves,
the lawful supremacy of the Black Sea. Hence it is a
matter of some interest to watch what weight or autho-
rity the great Powers of the West wiil accord to this
arrogant assumption. But in any case let them not for-
get that about the Eastern expedition itself there is no
more remarkable feature than this, that 'from its first
spring into the misty darkness before it,' baffling as it
does all human anticipations, even down to the present
hour, every success which has been hitherto gained has
only involved within itself the necessity of fresh suc-
cesses being achieve I. As the landing in the Crimea
involved within itself the fall of Sebastopol and the con-
quest of the country, so these latter in themselves oblige
the permanent reduction of the barbaric pride, and the
dawn of civilisation and Christianity among the benighted
nations of the East. Russia is attempting to combat her
adversaries on three fields at once—namely, on the mili-
tary and diplomatic arena, and to brave them on that of
public opinion. On the field of b-onJur' she has been
singularly unfortunate. Where she commenced her
aggression—the Lower Danube—she hal to turn tail
before the Turks—and, still more, on her own soil, where
Sebastopol has fallen, and her flag has disappeared from
the seas."

RUSSIA AND THE SCANDINAVIAN
PENINSULA.

The following letter, dated Stockholm, the Ist
inst., will be found highly interesting :

"I am induced again to trouble you with a few lines
on Scandinavian policy, as it appears to me that the im-
mense results attained by the fall of Sebastopol in the
south point out the absolute necessity of striking some
similar blow in the north, if the object of the present
war is really and bona fide to secure the independence of
Eur.ipe. The destruetion of the Russian fleet in the
Black Sea, and the fall of a fortress so long deemed im-
pregnable, have annihilated in one day the fruits
of 70 years' incessant toil and unheard-of sacri-
fices, and it must he evident to every thinking
mind that Muscovite ambition, checked in one direc-
tion, will seek some other opening, and where can
one so easily be found as in the Baltic, where Russia
still possesses a powerful fleet and strongholds fully
equal to that which has cost the allies a price almost
unparalleled in history ? None but the blind partisans
of la paix a tout prix will deny tkat, fsiled in the east
and in the south, all the energies of that still formidable
nation will be turned to the point to which I have so
often called the attention of your readers, namely, the
establishment of new Sebastopels on the Atlantic,
I within au easy sail of the British coast. Every im-
provement of modern science is being applied to the
Russian navy, under the unceasing yuperintendence of the
Grand Duke Constantine, who long since proposed and
is now actually fitting up the larger ships with screw
propellers. We know that Cronstadt cannot be taken
by land, and after seeing what the allied fleets have
been able to achieve in two campaigns we are in-
clined to believe it wauld bd equally difficult to
carry it by sea. Two-thirds of the Baltic shores are
under Russian dominion, besides the Aland Archipelago,
which extends to within three geographical miles of the
Swedish coast, about three days' march from Stock-
holm, which is quite open on the land side. Near the
coast of Norway the Russians have long coveted the bay
of Varangen, which never freezes, and which, besides
its valuable fisheries, has the inestimable advantage of
being within 150 miles of Scotland. I will not dwell
any longer on details I have SO often discussed in your
columns ; but I say again, what has failed in the East
will most assuredly be attempted in the Scandinavian
peninsula, and there Russia will meet with greater ad-
vantages and less difficulties. It is, however, to be
hoped that those who govern Europe will not overlook
the quarter where the storm is gathering, and that ener-
getic measures, taken in time, will prevent a recurrence
of the danger, which has been averted in the south by so
much bloodshed and such lavish expenditure."

ROYAL COLLEGE or PHYSICIANS.—The usual visitation
of the apothecaries' shops within the City of London, by
the censors of the Royal College of Physicians, took place
on Thursday last, the 11th instant.
Dl!ie hrts, (lwores rrrtntel l rPr';on
tending cholera patients—provided, however. tney be in
distress. The pensions are to be increased if they have
children.

* By including the weekly decimal portions of a penny the
annual average of wheat and oats is increased id.

:BANK OF FRANCE.

The following was the situation of the Bank on
Thursday, Oct. 11 :

Cash and ingots

Cash at the branch banks
Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 2,497,019 43
Bills becoming due in Paris, of which
103,981,061 fr. 54c. are from the

branch banks 245,658,865 05
Bills in the branch banks
Advances on coin and ingots
Do, in the branch banks
Do. on public securities of Franoe 45,660,336 10
Do. in the branch banks -
Do. on railway shares and bonds 78,363,100
Do. in the branch banks
.1)0. to the state by treaty of
June 30, 1848
Advances on Treasury bills 40,000,000
Rentes of the reserve fund 12,980,750 14
Rentes of disposable funds 52,188,783 88
Hotel and furniture of the Bank
Real property of branch banks
Expenses of administration 1,299,884 82
Sundries 3,812,697 21

1,061,512,889 20