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London, England, 1854-10-17 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1851.

No further news from the Crimea. This may
be the stereotyped heading of our articles, at least
so far as authentic official intelligence is concerned.

We have, of course, rumours in abundance, quite:
sufficient to warrant the widest speculation as to
the actual state of affairs, but nothing on which
any reliance can be placed. We know that our
gallant soldiers and seamen—aye, and marines—
were proceeding vigorously and efficiently—that
they were interposed between the army of MEN-
SCIIIKOFF and the Russian stronghold—but we
know nothing more. Confident in their valour,
we may feel the strongest assurance of their ulti-
mate triumph. But there is no certainty—np-
thi2 that can positively be announced respecting
the progress of our arms, to relieve the intense
and general anxiety for trustworthy tidings.
The Russians are not thus served. They, at
least, hear from Cluj:: gene-61.1s with edifying regu-
larity, and if the statements be not in strict
*accordance with the facts, if they do not disci() ge
the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth, there is at least a responsible party to
answer for the errors either of omission or of com-
raission. In our ignorance we might have sup-
posed that it would be impossible for the most
unflinching story-teller to deny that they had suf-
fered some reverses. But we are greatly mistaken.
MENSCHISOFF boasts of his successes with a forty-
MINCIIAUSEN power of embellishment. He
scarcely alludes to the contest on the Alma, or
being driven from his post on the 20th of Sep-
tember after a sanguinary encounter. Far from
it. Truth is apparently a pearl too precious to
be cast before the Russian swine. That trivial
affair is slurred over as a matter of no conse-
quence, or rather as a portion of a brilliant stratege-
tieell operation. With marvellous self-complacency
he announces that he has " executed his flank
movement on Bakshi-Serai," and that "he was
ready to take the offensive on the first opportu-
nity ;" which plan, he remarked, " promised to
be still more successful, because the Allies had
divided themselves." The poor ignorant barba-
rians had fallen into the trap so skilfully prepared
for their destruction ; and nothing remained but
for the brilliant General to crush them in detail.
" While the French approached the fBrtifications
on the north of the Bay of Sebastopol, the Eng-
4ish troops betook themselves to Balaklava by sea
where they effected a landing !" He does not
condescend to say what opposition was offered to
their 'disembarkation. On this point the faithful
Russians are left in the dark. They may, if they
please, chuckle at the thought that the entrance
to Balaklava was left open, in order that the de.
feat might be more decisive, and that few should
escape the general destruction.
But even this is not all. The veracious Prince
farther gravely declares that, "informed of what
yea, taking place, he male a movement in advance,
the French declining the combat, also abandoned
e 140) C 6 of Sebastopol, and greeted a junction
with, their on the south. On the 30th, ha
lahreelt. had arei-aed with the greater part of his
treo;-a ee'. the fertffie.,eecn thc north, and esta-
blished himself there, waiting until the intentions
of the'Alliea were more plainly developed."
This is cAttinly lying on a grand scale. All