The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-22 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1854.

Official intelligence has been received of the
unopposed landing of 58,000 of the Allied Forces,
consisting of 25,000 English, 25,000 French,
and 8,000 Turks, at Eupatoria, the modern
Rhoslov, or Kursloff, in the Crimea. The dis-
embarkation was safely effected on the 14th instant
without any serious casualty ; and it is said that
the troops had forthwith commenced marching on
Sebastopol. As this account comes from the
war department, and is completely corroborated
by other independent communications from
Vienna, and as an official despatch to the like
effect was last evening posted up on the Bourse
at Paris, founded on a communication from the
Austrian Internuncio at Constantinople to General
CORONTNI at Bucharest, we may implicitly rely on
its accuracy. The first great step has thus been
taken, and, according to the old proverb, "half
the undertaking may be regarded as accomp-
lished." The chief difficulty has been successfully
encountered without any serious impediment
or lows. These felicitous results may, under Pao-
TIDENCE, be attributed to the very judicious ar-
rangements entered into by the Commanders, and
also in no ordinary degree to the profound silence
as to the point of destination. It was almost
universally supposed that a place much nearer to
Sebastopol would have been selected, and Balak-
lava, .a short distance to the east of the Great
Arsenal, was generally hinted at. It would ap-
pear that the Russian Generals were completely
deceived, so that all the preParations made for
giving a warm reception to the Expedition were,
in a great degree, thrown away. The Russians,
who entertain a profound contempt for human
life, could scarcely conceive that parties would
prefer a march of seine thirty or;, forty miles addi-
tional rather than consent to the sacrifice of a
few hundred men. But the best and most gal-
lant. Geuerals are invariably the most chary of
any neekileg3 destruction of their troops, and we
may regard the safe landing of so large
a body of won
as a most auspicious commence-
ment of the Autumnal ; .
uamp.l,llga in the Crimea--
one no less creditable to the generalship than to
the humanity of Ma.TahaL ST.: ARNAUD and Lord
RAGLAN.

It was, indeed, no ordinary achievement. To.
bring nearly sixty thousaild troops a distance of
some -three hundred andlaud them without
kind, on a hostile coast, well
casualty 'of any
garrisoned by. disciplined forces, was an exploit
that might have astonished our forefathers.. Bat
the almost miraculous development of steanl-Po -wer
enables us to overcome many impediments that
in the olden time would have been regarded as
perfectly insuperable. Before the era of Steam
Navigation the best-devised plan might be de-
feated by contrary winds or calms. Numerous
elements had to be taken into the calculation,
which may now be dispensed with. At Baltchik
the steam vessels took the various sailing tran
sports in tow, each steam-ship having two others
attached, and thus dropped down on the Western
point of the Crimea, Cape Tarkan, from whence
they dropped along the coast, availing
themselves of the breeze which prevails in
the Euxine during the summer, with almost
the regularity of a trade wind.
The
point selected for the disembarkation, al-
though about -40 `miles distant, on the N W •_ • •,
from Sebastopol, was in all other respects peen-
iiakly suitable. An extensive- salt marsh, only,
separated from the-sea by a narrow-strip of land,

the whole of which could be covered by the guns
of the fleet, prevented any serious opposition in
the first instance to the disembarkation, and gave
the troops a strong position, which they could
easily hold against any assailants until the entire
body had been placed on terra firma. The men
immediately mat-Oiled in a southerly direction, in
the direct route to Sebastopol. It does not as yet
appear__ certain whether they will follow the more
circuitous route via Simpheropol—the capital of
Taurida, and the place of residence of the Gover-
nor of the district, which stands in the centre of
extensive steppes, almost equi-distant from
Khoslov to Sebastopol. This course would
be peculiarly suited for military operations
from the open character of the country, and
the abundant supplies that could readily
be obtained during the progress of the troops.
The other, or coast-road, would, however, be
little more than half the distance, and as it could
probably be traversed in something less than half
the time has many advantages to recommend it
to the leaders of the expedition, and may, there-
fore, probably be adopted.

The town of Khoslov contains about 12,000
inhabitants, chiefly Jews and Tartars, engaged, in
commercial pursuits. It is said to be garrisoned
by 15,000 mon, and that there are three recently
erected forts, in addition to the old and uot
very formidable defences. It is difficult ;to say
whether any serious resistance will here be offered
to the allied troops, or whether the garrison will
fall back, to concentrate their forces for a more
formidable defence. Should the coast-road be
pursued, they will come to Baki, or Bakschir
Serai, formerly the capital of 'Taurida, and resi-
dence of the Khan, whose palace is still kept in re-
pair, and is reported to contain many beautiful
apartments. The population, once very considerable,
has dwindled to about eightthousand souls, chiefly
of Tartar origin, and possibly. not very well
affected towards their Muscovite rulers, This is
also garrisoned.

The main contest will, however, probably take
place (if at all) on the heights in front, which are
defended by redoubts and trenches, and about
20,000 men. These, if reinforced by the garri-
sons of Khoslov and Bald Serai, might make a de-
cided, but we cannot help thinking a fruitless,
stand against the Allied forces. In addition to
these, there is the garrison of Sebastopol itself,
consisting of about 10,000 men, which might be
further reinforced by the crews of the various
men-of-war, if the Admiral persisted in the inglo-
rious policy of skulking beneath the batteries.

From the above we may easily perceive that
the task is, indeed, an arduous one which we have
undertaken, and that the time within which it

must he accomplished within this season is necesr
sarily limited. But we dread. not the re-,
suit. We look forward with confidence to
the prowess of the splendid body of disciplined
men engaged in the undertaking. The French
and-British cannons, guns, and bayonets, offer far
more convincitg arguments than those resorted
to by our diplomatists. Once in motion they
cannot be stopped by any frivolous pretexts, and
with that aid for which all must humbly pray,
we doubt not that the result will be equally
honourable to those engaged, and decisive as to
the unjust and preposterous pretensions of the
AUTOCRAT.

Unless under very peculiar circumstances, we
refrain from offering any comment on a matter
that still remains sub judice. Wherever any,
doubt remains to 3e investigated before a tribunal
deserving of confidence, the public journalist
should abstain from any observation that could,
by any possibility, create a prejUdice or bias in
the public mind, or injure the parties concerned
in the defence which they might deem it expedient
to put forward. We have, therefore, hitherto
scrupulously avoided any allusion to the extraor-
dinary outrage inflicted on two highly respectable
foreigners, Madame OARADORI and Signor PAVESI,
who, at a late hours on Saturday evening,
were arrested for a sum of money, for which
no previous demand or application was made, and
for which they could not have considered them-
selves in any way liable.
It was, indeed, a strange occurrence in this
boasted land of liberty, that such a thing should
be even, possible—that on the very eve of the
Sabbath, two strangers, claimants on the hospi-
tality which we proudly boast to be afforded to
every meritorious person, should be forcibly car-
ried off to a sponging-house, for non-payment of
a demand of which they had never even heard.
Fortunately they v. ere possessed of ample funds,
and were enabled to obtain their liberty, on
depositing a sum of 381., 221. being for the alleged
debt, and 161. for costs. They naturally sought
for professional assistance to investigate the un-
toward transaction, and the result was the trial
at the Central Criminal Court, yesterday, which
terminated in the acquittal of Mr. BENJAMIN
SLOMAN, the party by whom the affidavit was
made on which the Judge's order issued.
With that verdict we are not by any means
disposed to quarrel. From the excellent, we may
say unimpeachable, character of the defendant,
together with the undoubted fact that the money
was actually due by somebody, it would have been
impossible to say that he had wilfully and cor-
ruptly sworn that which he knew to be false.
The mistake of Mr. SLOMAN was that he suffered
himself to be made the instrument of others, by
means whereof a piece of very sharp practice
was committed. Coinciding to the 'fullest extent
in the decision at which the
.Jury by whom he
was tried arrived, and which was in accordance
with the charge of the distinguished and truly
learned Judge who presided, we pass from the
charge to the facts in which it originated, and
which occasioned such serious annoyance and in-
convenience to persons whom we should have
desired to treat with all possible consideration,
and alsa to 'a highly respectable but ill-advised
person being subjected to an indictment before a
Criminal Court on so serious an accusation.

All, these evils clearly arose from the undue
facility afforded forthe issuing of Judges' fiats, or
orders authorising the summary 'arrest of any per-
son who is stated to contemplate leaving the
cuuntry, ' In the olden time, - any man could be
arrested- at - the Mere will and pleasure- of any
scoundrel ,who .had a conscience sufficiently elastic
to swear •to a debt ; whether really due or not
was nothing to the purpose. The fearful abuses
that arose under this law led to its abrogation.
Foreigeers.Were the victims chiefly sought after ;
and it was distinctly proved that there was an
organised confederation, some of whom swore to
debts that never existed, while others, under pre-
(text of kindness to the innocent sufferers;.
found " stag bail," at . prices :that. exhausted
their funds. The ringleader in this nefa-
rious conspiracy was detected and sentenced
to a long term of transportation, while the humane
and salutary law that inaugurated the reign of our
beloved
proceed'
QUEEN- endeavoured to' stop such unjusti-
fiablemesne processan
By the 1
st'ngas for the future.
war;', however, an ex
to some extent ease t• 1
2nd Vie., cap. 110, arrest on
was nominally abolished. There
exception made, which, although
n ia , went far to deprive these
wholesome enactments of their
efficacy. It was
provided that, where it was shown that the de-
fendaut contemplated leaving the kingdom, or, as
it wa technically termed, departing from the ju-
risdiction of the court, he
s
might be arrested and
held to special bail.
This extraordinary . power might be ne-
cessary in some cases where there were
ample reasons for supposing that the debtor
meant to defraud his creditor by absconding from
the country. But the grounds for the supposi-
tion should be clearly set forth and strictly in-
vestigated. A loose practice
has, however, gra-
dually crept in, under w
-hich the Judge granting

the fiat 'delegates the duty of investigating the
matter to his clerk, who, in turn, only inquires
whether the debt is sworn to, and the plaintiff
,expresses his belief that the defendant is about to
leave the jurisdiction. The order is then granted
and the unfortunate debtor arrested, very pro-
bably without notice, as in the case above alluded
to.

Now this is grossly wrong. The intention
of Parliament was, that there should be a
strict inquiry, and we earnestly hope that regula-
tions will be adopted to carry that intention into
practical operation. These orders should never
more be granted as a matter of course. The accu-
racy of the demand, the grounds in which the
belief as to the departure rest, and the fact of
previous application—unless under very peculiar
circumstances indeed—should all be clearly esta-
blished, not only by the testimony of the plaintiff,
but also of his attorney. We trust that, merely
directing attention to this subject, and showing
how the law was perverted under the present sys-
tem, will be sufficient to abate the nuisance that
has arisen, and that it may not be necessary to
apply for a legislative remedy.

LORD DUNDONALD AND THE COMMAND
OF TEE BALTIC FLEET.