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! STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE, to the effect that he felt
it " his duty to caution the public against expect-
! ing any details for several days, as he fearel
that none could be received before the 6th
October ;" and adding "Everything which
is received by the Government will be pub-
lished immediately." Now, after this expli-
cit and unequivocal declaration, a Noble-
man and a Gentleman would scarcely suppress
matters of importance respecting the condition of
our troops which the Government had received.
A higher authority must have been exerted, and
we can only ascribe the untoward occurrence to
the authority of Lord ABERDEE-N, the head of the
Government, who had returned to London nearly
a fortnight since, and during the interval between
the arrival of the despatches that had been so
promptly circulated, and those which have been
so unaccountably withheld. If this be so, the
Noble Lord will have materially added to the
grave matters for which he must answer when
the day of reckoning arrives—a day that cannot
be deferred beyond the first week after the meet-
ing of Parliament.
We must say that the representatives of the
people have, by their own culpable apathy, mate-
rially contributed to produce this result. When
the extraordinary credit for three millions
sterling was demanded by Government
we earnestly protested against it, on the
ground that it would place the entire control
and management of the war in the hands of the
CZAR'S " friend of forty years' standing," and that
it would enable him to dispense with the attend-
ance of Parliament for at least six calendar months.
This protest has been proved to be but too well
founded. If a winter session was necessary
greater respect would be paid to the public wishes.
But as three months are still before him, these
can, for the time being, be slighted with impunity,
and the advantages obtained, at so serious an ex-
penditure of men and money, may be deliberately
sacrificed.
These are matters in which every journalist, no
matter what be his political opinions, is equally
interested ; and we trust that all our brethren of
" the fourth estate" may assist in enforcing the
performance the of Duke of NEWCASTLE'S promise,
and the immediate publication of everything re-
ceived by Government from the Seat of War, un-
less, indeed, it be to the public disadvantage.

in the Imperial letter of condolence to the be-
reaved widow of the gallant ST. ARNAUD the Em-
peror stated that the departed hero had " asso-
ciated his name with the military glories of
France, when, having decided upon landing in the
Crimea in spite of timid counsels, he gained with
Lord RAGLAN the battle of Alma, and opened to
the army the road to Sebastopol." This is a
very significant assertion. It proves beyond the
possibility of a doubt that there had been " timid
counsels" by persons holding influential appoint-
ments, and that if these opinions had not been de-
cidedly over-ruled the impolitic and disgriceful
inaction that so long prevailed would have been
continued to the last, and that, at all events, the
expedition to the Crimea would not have been
undertaken. It is of vital importance that it
should be clearly and distinctly ascertained who
are the persons referred to in such terms by the
Imperial letter, and the more so, as sinister
rumours prevail in Constantinople; and it is more
than hinted that " the Allies are to take up their
winter quarters at Scutari, after the fall of Sebas-
topol"—thus abandoning the advantages they had
acquired by the rigour of their troops, and en-
couraging the CZAR to persist in his perverse and
obstinate refusal to abate his unwarrantable pre-
tensions.

We cannot conceive a more dangerous or dis-
graceful course. It would, of course, be com-
mented on throughout the Russian dominions as a
compulsory withdrawal. It would encourage
Prussia to side openly with its formidable neigh-
bour, and thus inevitably lead to a general war of
a much more onerous character than that which
we have hiterto waged. The expenditure of blood
and treasure would be more than quadrupled, and
the national resources taxed to the uttermost. It
becomes, then, of the most serious consequence 0
subject the authenticity of this rumour to the
most stringent tests ; and the more so, inas-
much as the accounts from the Crimea show
that it is almost certain that the capture
of Sebastopol must have been completed ere this,
and that in all human probability the Union Jack
and Tricolour are at this moment proudly waving
over the demolished fortifications of what was
once the Russian stronghold.

By the latest intelligence, which appeared in
the Moniteur of yesterday, we learn that Prince
MENscuniors for once told the truth, in an-
nouncing the commencement of the bombardment
on the 17th. We now learn that at half-pass one
p.m. on that day, the fire of the land batteries
was opened against Sebastopol, and that at the
same time the Allied Fleets attacked the forts
at the entrance of the port, the English those
on the left, and the French those on the right,
and that similar success attended their exertions,
inasmuch as our jolly sailors blew up the outer
fortifications, or the fortifications on the left,
while their continental brethren succeeded in
completely silencing the Quarantine Fort on the
extreme right of the harbour.

These were Rot, however, bloodless successes.
We cannot, of course, know what i 3 the Russian
loss on the occasion, but we may fairly assume
that a considerable number of the 500 admitted
to have been placed hors de combat on the first
day fell under the deadly fire of the French and
English vessels ; but it is said that we lost from 90
to 100 killed, while nearly thrice that number were
wounded. It is said that the Agamemnon, the
flag-ship of the gallant Sir Edward Lyons, whose
intrepid and daring spirit would induce him to
seek the post of honour and of danger, suffered
most severely on the English side, while the Ville
de Paris, the flag-ship of the French naval Com-
mander-in-Chief, obtained a similar distinction
amongst our Allies. It is said that the Retribu-

tion, whose gallant captain would fearlessly brave
the hottest fire, lost a mast during the contest.
It is also stated that the Allied Commanders felt
perfectly confident of success. Everything,
corroborates the statement that we put for-
ward last week, that " never was a more
powerful attack organised against any town,
and—humanly speaking—the result cannot be
doubted."

One statement of the veracious MENSCHIKOFF
appears to have received singular confirmation,
although in rather a different sense from what he
wished it to be understood. It will be recollected
that he said that " the fire from the fleets had
not continued." But why ? Simply because the
battery and the Quarantine Fort, to which they
had been opposed, were completely silenced.
Let us, then, while our men are exhibiting such
unflinching and undaunted bravery hear no more
of " timid counsels," or the withdrawal of our
troops from the Crimea, until every Russian
soldier has been expelled, and due provision made
to prevent the possibility of their return. Let
this be done, or the parties responsible for the
grievous error will have to answer heavily to their
justly indignant country.

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LIVERPOOL.—On
Friday afternoon about seven o'clock the exertions of
the firemen were crowned with success, and the fire com-
pletely got under. The agents of the different insur-
ance companies met on Friday at the Royal Insurance
office, but as the fire was still in progrees, no estimate
c,Juld be made, and the loss could only be estimated by
a rough guess. They set down the goods destroyed in
Molyneaux warehouses at 80,0001., and the buildings
themselves at 10,000/. Mx. Crump's warehouses and
their contents they estimate at about 30,0001. in all
about 120,0001. Since then, however, it has been dis-
covered that 20,000 bales of cotton have been destroyed,
so that the loss will not fall much short of 200,0001.

A Vienna correspondent writes :
Advices from Varna, of the 23d October, state
that the English made a breach at Sebastopol on

the 21st.

The French had not yet completed theirs.

The above is authentic.

The Russians say that the French successfully
stormed the churchyard on the 19th.

THE BALTIC FLEET.
KIEL, Ocr. 29.

The following British screw steam-ships of war

have arrived here :

Majestic, 81 ; Nile, 81 ; Hogue, 60 ; Cressy,
84 ; James Watt, 90.
The Vulture, Rosamond, and Driver have
gone on a cruise, but will soon return.

SIR CHARLES NAPIER INDISPOSED.
KIEL, SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
The blockship Blenheim and the Bulldog have

ust arrived.
Admiral Napier is unwell, and confined to his

ship.

DENMARK.
ALTONA, SUNDAY, 10 P. ar.
The King of Denmark has just arrived.