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LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2,185 t

A later despatch from Prince MENSCEIKOFF,
dated the 27th ultimo, which appeared in our

mpres.sion of yesterday, proves the almost total
falsehood of the alleged reverses sustained by the
French and English forces. Two days after the

supposed victory, he announces that nothing im-
portant had occurred up to the 27th October.

Had there been anything that could by any de-
gree of exaggeration be tortured into a triumph,
it would have been expatiated on usque ad

nauseam. Vapouring proclamation& would have

b een issued by the CZAR, and Te Deums would
have resounded through every Russian cathedral.
The negative testimony afforded by the despatch

of the 27th is, therefore, decisive as to the men-
dacity of that of the 25th, which was probably a

canard got up for Stock Exchange purposes. A

" bearish" set off against the " bullish" invention

of the capture of Sebastopol, immediately after the
battle of Alma. Save those peculiarly interested
in depreciating the national securities few would
have credited the Russian report, save habitual
croakers, who regard everything through a dis-
torted medium, and revel only in tales of disaster
and suffering. We yesterday gave insertion to
the statement, as was our duty, but we at the can."
same time declared, after explaining the non- Of NAPOLEON 111. some thinkers, at least, hope
trustworthy character of the source from whence differently. We have just received the transla-
it was derived, that our " readers might be- tion of a very able pamphlet written by some
lieve or diab-etitetai just as maelt of it aikthey Frenchman,* by many, and on good grounds too,
thought propei• ;" and added, " All that we supposed to be- PERSIGNY himself, in which an
shall at present say is, Credat Judceus Apella non eys. earnest appeal is made to that remarkable man on
The story may do very well for Marines orMuscovites, the necessity of the Western Powers " recognising
but we cannot accept it on such doubtful authe. by a common declaration the leg itintate exist-
rity." The subsequent IVlENscarmori despatch, ence of the Polish nationality." The pamphlet
which arrived just at the time of going to press, is fully deserving the practical attention of the
and which appeared in the mast prominent part English public. In France it is probable the
of our columns, established the almost total false. EMPEROR needs no impulse from popular feeling.
hood of the precediiv statements, and must have He is understood to be well inclined to the pro-
removed any
apprehensions that might otherwise posal, and he is sure of a cordial response from his
ho
a" been exerted amongst the timid or over-' own people. That generous nation is but too
credulous. easily carried away by any noble sentiment, and
But we to stand forth in history as the heirs to the un_
are not trusting to merely Russian
reports. It appears that despatches were yester-
happily neglected promise of NAPOLEON I. would
day received by Government up to the 25th ult., arouse all their enthusiasm. Not so here. Our
per the Trent steamer, which left the Crimea on people, it is true, are as hearty in the cause of
that day, and arrived at Varna on the 26th. Polish emancipation as ever the French can be ;
These most and interesting accounts irnportan•G
the Lincolnshire farmers cheering Sir John
were not fairly given, as they ought to have been,
TROLLOPE are proof how universal is the feeling ;
but, as we yesterday
move,
stated, were " suffered to but unless our people their rulers will, we
leak out through the columns of the favoured fear, be but too glad if they can engulph Polish
organ," and that, too, in a mode that settle the
could not liberty in winter negotiations, and
be generally received as authentic, inasmuch as question in far ,ur of the CZAR and slavery before
it is not stated whether it was the heads of the the country co npels them to act.
War-Office who adopted the course of favouritism
We look upon the appearance of this tract in
so unblushingly pursued by the Admiralty,' or France as a most favourable circumstance. It
whether it was subordinates, who betrayed the
shows that political discussion of Poland's claims
secrets that came to their knowledge in the routine is i
not nterdie' ;d, and that is a strong presumption
of their official duties. Whatever may have been in favour of Iv. being acceptable. For ourselves,
the mode, however, in which the intelligence may now we are
a mar, we dread nothing so much as
have been obtained—whether by favouritism or a premature I Ice- Enraged and furious as the
fraud—it is equally discreditable to the Minisl;;;,, CZAR may be, ale is 1.,
, nce most savages and mad-
,' ' •
who abandoned their former pledges, 41- a, men
„. et, ,as cu.: ,g as he is passionate. Indeed, he
s..- aas al.,- ...a -, i
to so very objectionable a mode of ll_l*-. ;,•,' _. . -...n fested the qualities of demoniacal
them ! \ ,11. rage and the basest cunnin'
g m about equal pro-
It is stated that "up to the ti' of the depar- portions in the case of Poland, as in every other.

Perhaps the knave may get the upper hand of the
madman while he is frozen up, and he may at-
tempt to beguile Europe into diplomatic con-
ferences, to waste the time of the Allies, to check
the ardour of their preparations ; and thus, if he
carry on the war through another season, to
induce them to begin late and with hasty pre-
parations, as they did this year. It is dis-
I tressing to think how many lives, and how
much suffering would have been saved had
the Western Powers not twaddled away at
Vienna the precious time which ought to
have been devoted to getting to Varna and the
Crimea whole months earlier. The writer of the
pamphlet before us thinks it impossible that a
CZAR can bend to peace, not even when St. Peters-
burg and the Baltic ports) as well as those of the
Black Sea, shall have been dismantled. There
are very strong grounds for such an opinion. Not
1 oaly the temper of Czars, but that of the Russian
party of which even Czars stand in dread, appears
to forbid the supposition ; and we certainly wish
that he may hold out till the Allies are compelled
to hoist the banner of Polish independence as the
indispensable means of European safety.
But why should the Allies delay what must
ultimately be done, and what can be done most
easily and cheaply now we are at work? Let
every reader ask himself what has given Russia her
position in the eyes of Europe. In herself a bar-
barian nation and a dreary land, she has converted
the border states of civilisation into fig-leaves
wherewith to hide her nakedness. Stript of
Poland and the Baltic Provinces, she would ap-
pear the Asiatic and barbarian power she is.
What, again, is the source of her power for
offence against Europe ? The universal answer is,
Poland. Constitute the Poles a free nation, ren-
der it an outwork against Muscovite barbarism,
instead of a high road for Cossacks, and Russian
power of aggression on European liberties is anni-
hilated. By a horrible union of the fox and the
bear she contrived to seize and devour the Polish
nation, but she could never again repeat her fraud
and violence. Half a century of chicanery, op-
pressions, and cruelty have burnt into the convic-
tions of all Europe that Czars must be Czars only,
and not be allowed to become anything else. Once
driven from their stolen territories, they would
never be allowed to resume them. The freed coun-
tries mist first have their own feelings consulted,
as to their own Government•and relations to other
powers, and they must then be treated as integral
parts of the European system, to attack which
would be dealt with as high treason against all
the other States. We have not yet done with
this great subject, nor with the pamphlet referred
to either. The latter we commend to the attention
of every reader ; and on the minds of all English-
men we would leave one more thought, this :
We began the present war on the ground of national
rights, not to gratify military ardour—not for con-
quest. Lord JOHN had at least the merit of em-
bodying in a brief prayer the feeling of every
Englishman—" GOD defend the right ! " Now, if
Turkey ought to be avenged seven times, surely
Poland seventy and seven times. The rights of
Poland have been outraged beyond all comparison
more flagrantly than those of Turkey. Right and
justice can never be satisfied till Poland regain
rights such as Turkey has never lost. The grounds,
therefore, on which this war was commenced are
a far stronger moral reason for including Poland
in its objects. The political grounds we have
shown are equally valid.

* Letter to...the Emperor of the French on the
Ulan question, aitcrthe re-establishment of the Inde-
pendence of Poland. James Ridgway, Piccadilly.

THE ENVIRONS OF SEVASTOPOL.

Another map of this now celebrated and devoted
(
city has just issued from the fertile and never-
ceasing ingenuity of our enterprising Geographer
to the Queen, James Wild. This plan embraces
the environs, with the batteries, approaches, and
clearly-defined positions of the respective bellige-
rents, French, English, Turkish, and Russian
infantry, cavalry, artillery, the several divisions of
the armies, head-quarters of Lord Raglan, (Ix. ; to-
gether with the defences roundßalaklava, the depth
of water in the several inlets or bays from Cape
Chersonese, to the great harbour itself, within and
beyond, indicated in fathoms. Taken altogether,
Sevastopol, with its numerous harbours, contains
wonderful advantages for both warlike and com-
mercial purposes ; and we are not surprised that
the Russians have endeavoured to turn such a
natural stronghold to tile best account. This map
of Mr. Wyld's is a decided improvement on all its
predecessors.