The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-27 00:00:00

THE FALL Or SEBASTOPOL.

With the fall of Sebastopol the grasp of Russia on the
Crimea will bo effectually loosened. There is no other
fortress that can offer any resistance to the Allies. The
strong defensible ground in the Crimea is of no great
extent. And on an open field, which offers no advan-
tage to either party, what chance have the soldiers who
could not maintain above three hours the strong position
of the Alma when opposed to those who stormed and
carried the hei;hts in that short time ?

The question of the ultinie.te disposal of the Crimea
may not be free from difficulties ; but one thing is ob-
vious, that it must be retained at present by the victors
is a " material guarantee." We will not, therefore,
believe that there can be any intention, after the com-
pletion of the siege of Sebastopol, to withdraw the Allied
forces to winter elsewhere. Butter winter quarters than
in the Crimea cannot be found within such a distance as
will admit of the French and English troops being at
bawl to resume hostilities io the e.trly spring, if it shall
tte decided to suspend them dur:ttg the winter. With
Ice attention to the sheltering of tile troops from ram
and cold, and to forward regularly such necessary stores
es can only be procured from home, the Crimea will be
Conte' to affoi d much mere winter qnerters than
the Bosilneue er Bulgaria. it is (during the winter
and spring) more Le dthy than the latter, and provi-
;ions con be ohtained in grelter abundance and at more
reasonable rates than ie ei!ller. • And the continued
presence of the Alliet tl,t. Cie:ties will be a ceeetant
memento to the wavering or it iutie.al Governments of
Central Europe of the iniel,t of France and England.
lt is to be hoped that after the fall of Sebastopol the
Allied Governments will adopt a more peremptory tone
in their intercourse with the German sovereigns—large
and swell. The pretexts of 'Austria for evading an im-
mediate and final breach with Ilassia ought no longer
to be listened to ; its underhand manceuvres to check
and paralyse the advance of the Turks into Bessarabia
ought no longer to be tolerated. Sebastopol once
fallen the French and English fleets will have it in their
power to assist materially the operations of Omer Pacha
in Bessarabia. They can blockade every town and har-
bour, every lay and creek, on the coast of the Black
Sea between the mouths of the Danube and the Crimea.
They can land troops at Saline.. or Akermann to take
in flank or rear the Russian forces assailed in front by
the Turks. In the course of a winter campaign the
Russians may be driven out of Bessarabia and Kherson
and compelled .to fall back and establish their outposts
in the vicinity of Kiew. In the apprehensions enter-
Wiled at Vienna of a march upon that capital by the
Russian forces now mustering in Poland and the ad-
joining provinces we do not participate. Such a move-
ment, if successful, might postrone the fate now im-
pending over Russia, bunt a reverse, or even a mere
failure, would accelerate it. A Bonaparte might plan
and execute such an audacious movement, but it is be-
yond the commonplace conceptions and pigmy powers
of any Russian leader that has yet appeared in the field.
It is to be hoped, for the sake of Turkey, that its
forces may soon take a more -active and prominent part
in the war titan they have of late been doing. Since
the advance of the Austrians into the Principalities,
Omer Pacha, has been paralysed ; in the Crimea the
Turkish contingent has been kept in the background ;
and during the time occupied in changing commanders in
the army of Asia nothing whatever has been done in
that quarter. But a time has come when Omer Pacha
may resume his advance with a fair prospect of being
effectively supported by the Allies. The latest news
from Batoum, too, are encouragieg. The lieutenant of
the new Commander-in-Chief seetus to be taking judi-
cious measures for facilitating the operations of his
chief when he shall arrive. It, is alleged that the dis-
position of the army of Asia made by its late oornmancler:
in-chief was objectionable not so much on mere tactical
or strategical grounds as because of his neglecting to payhe
due attention to the requirements for
provisioning
troops. To this is now attributed in a gee
the fatal insubordination and excesses
even the
ge irregular
troops, and the difficulty !win
new
to be in progress
dis-
tribution of the army ie understoodevi_s.
regulars effectively into the field. An entirely
At the same time a
ceins9"Lrinfgtinh
somo say all—are being
gwrietahtaneu-imebwetroolf•efionreedigynthoffesiceargl
their mutual jealousies
it being alleged that,
•ve of much e
removed,mischief.
No doubt there are s
and quarrels have
some incapable and inveterate iu
bee:ln:or:tub: list of rem ovals, reproach
if s'oine whom this
triguers among them;
does not touch are
have beenu found
necessary to include them
though
account of their names having, by no fault of
on haps it may
words of •
' theirs, become rallying faction. There is,
therefore, some appearance of a better day beia
about
to dawn on the Turkish army of A.natolie 11,.5•
n as
in Ew.„pe, it is evident that the Russians are disposed
to confine themselves to defensive measures ; and in
Asia even more than in Europe,
are by Caucasian Guerillas, their
surrounded as they
soldiers are likely to be
dispirited by rumours of ltu?s.
essential to the iedependence of laT
reverses. It is most
Turkey that its prowess
should soon again be felt in the-t
indepen-
dence of that country must field, for the
leaves its Allies to ever be a mere name which
News. fight all its battles for A.—Daily

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enemy, we have all bled in our country's cause, as we are
devoured by insects of the most vulgardescription, which
in former days we associated with paupers and the other
tribes belonging to the large body of the unwashed ; but
in this respect the British officer has descended from his
high estate, and when we rememberhim in all the pride of
gold and red cloth, it would be difficult to recognise him
in the faded and tattered object seated by the bivouac firs
smoking his pipe contentedly, and dreaming of home
and happier days. That young gentleman Norval (he
of the Grampian Hills), who longed to the
field some warlike lord, would, I suspect, be
satisfied
follow tion
with a short trial of our work, and be glad to
return to
feed his father's flocks.—Medical oeicei.,s Letter
Scotsman.