The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-27 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDG it

Tots DAY —Morning 56 alin.after 6 1 Evening 31 rnin.aft,
To 4,-,8.R0w Morning 11 min.after 8 1 Evening 62 min.sf,

THE WEATHER.--Sunt OnWe, Nor. 26.
THERMOMRTER, 13 THE SEIADE.
44 highest since noon yesterday.
34 —'owest this morning and during the night.
38—this day, at noon.
BAROMBTSB, 29.93—rising rapidly.
WIND, N. by W.—Light, with fine cold seasonable
weather.

NOVBIIBB/t 27.
41—highest since noon yesterday.
33 —lowest this morning and during the night.
36 —this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30.03.
Wu D, variable from N.W. to W.S.W., with hazy
weather and thick rig in the morning.

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dation for the alleged loss of twelve English

transports.
We rejoice, however, to find that some, although
inadequate, reinforcements are finding their way
to the seat of war. MAYRAN'S division, among
which were the French troops lately quar-
tered in Greece, sailed from the Bosphorus
on the 6tb, too late it is true to participate in the
splendid victory of Inkerman, but ready to supply
the places of those who fell on that glorious day,
and to relieve the survivors •from their too
arduous duties. All the reserve formerly main-
tained at Varna or Gallipoli, indeed we may say
anywhere in the " direction" of hostilities, have
been transmitted to the scene of action, and with

them some 10,000 Turks, and 6,500 Egyptians.
It is also asserted that the Ottoman Government
will send 40,000 more, and that the French are
prepared to send a numerous body also, for whom
13 large English steamers have already arrived at
Marseilles. These exertions of our Allies are very
creditable, but they will not dispense with
equally energetic efforts on our parts.
We should blush for shame if we hung
back when others were . displaying such
earnest determination. We shall not do so—
for Parliament will shortly be assembled ; and
whatever may be the views of Lord ABERDEEN, we
can trust to the representatives of the British
people to give expression to the views and feelings
of their respective constituents. Even Lord
ABERDEEN himself will be convinced before many
days have elapsed after the appointed day of
meeting.

It is said, after all, that we are really to have
a winter Session of Parliament, and that the 12th

proximo is fixed on for that purpose. Matters have
proceeded to such a length as to rouse the " good
and excellent" Old Lady at the head of her MA-
JESTY'S Government from the protracted slumbers
in which she has so perseveringly indulged. The
CzAn's " friend of forty years' standing" is at
length becoming aware of the position in which
he has involved the country, and beginning to
think that it may be just as well to divide his
responsibility with the chosen representatives of
the people. Previously he had determined to
retain the disposal of everything in his own
hands, and he was enabled to do so through the
singular improvidence of Parliament in granting
a vote of credit for 3,000,0001., which he, in
conjunction with his colleagues, were authorised
to dispose of as he thought proper. Whether the
fund has proved inadequate, or his colleagues res-
tive, we know not. Possibly he has been
himself startled from his dream by perceiving the
magnitude of the difficulty in which he has in-
volved the country.
Whatever be the cause, however, the great fact
of a meeting of Parliament will bo hailed with
exultation by the entire community. We believe,
and fervently hope, that a section of the Cabinet,
headed by Lords JOHN RUSSELL and PALMERSTON,
insisted on this constitutional course being
adopted. It would, indeed, rejoice us to find
that those in whom we had trusted were still

worthy of unlimited confidence—that they were
Englishmen in heart and soul, jealous of the
honour of their fatherland, and determined to
place it, as it ought to be, beyond all reproach.
We shall cling to this hope until it be completely
dispelled, for, as we have declared, we should not
wish the ties by which we have so long been con-
nected with the party of which they ware the re-
cognised leaders to be rudely severed, or in any
degree weakened.
The meeting of Parliament is, however, the
" great fact," which, we trust, will lead to the
felicitous - solution of the important problem oil
which the nation is now pondering. It is at
length discovered that we are engaged in no
" rose-water war," which can be brought to a
conclusion with scarcely a perceptible effort on
our part. Taught by sad experience, and in
lettets written is the blood of our best and '
bravest, we have discovered that every nerve
must be strained to the utmost to bring the
terrible contest in which we are engaged to a
speedy, honourable, and safe termination. We
know that we must spare neither men nor money
in the noble cause. We have seen how gallantly
the handful already despatched have conducted
themselves—maintaining the character of their
country at the highest point to which it has ever
been elevated, and. eliciting the admiration alike
of friends and foes. We must not, from any
paltry considerations of L.S.D., desert these brave
men, or prove faithless Allies to those with whom
we have entered into a firm and binding compact.
Our duties to our countrymen, and to their brave
companions in the Crimean campaign, alike de-
mand a strenuous and determined effort to re-
lieve those who are subjected to more anxious
trials than they could fairly be allowed to sustain,
and also to achieve the great object for which we
reluctantly entered into hostilities, after neatly
forty years' peace. Whatever views may be enter-
tained as to the original question—whether, like
ourselves, the people consider the Ministry to
have been far too cautious, and to have occasioned
irreparable mischief by their hesitation and pro-
crastination, or, whether, like Mr. JOHN BRIGHT,
they look on Lord ABERDEEN as a rather fast
young man, who has acted with great recklessness
and impetuosity, all will agree that the scanty
remnant of our troops sent to the Crimea, who
still, although reduced to less than half their
original number, present an adverse front to the
far more numerous foe, must be succoured. We
must relieve our brothers, who are involved in a
dilemma so formidable. We must also show our-
selves worthy of the cordial friendship and co-
operation of France—not striving ,to sconce or to
half perform the task we have undertaken, and to
the performance of which we have pledged the
National Faith. That which we have so unflinch-
ingly maintaind in all pecuniary matters—albeit,
at heavy sacrifices—must not now be forfeited,
or even placed for a moment in doubt, by any
lukewarmness or holding back in the noble
cause.

It is said that the primary cause of the
11830113.-
bling of the Legislature is the necessity for re-
ceiving authority to send the militia, or at least
certain regiments who have volunteered for the
duty, out of the realm to various parts in the
Mediterranean, the regular garrisons whereof are
about to be sent to more active service in the Crimea.
It is a very plausible excuse, but we are convinced
that questions of far greater importance will be
ventilated—that it will not be mere matters of
form on which Parliament will be occupied. It
is English hearts that beat under militia jackets.
It is English blood that circulates through the
veins of the brave fellows that have not awaited
the unfavourable chance of the ballot, but came
freely and willingly forward in the service of their
country.
Although they might plead a binding
contract, and insist on their exemption from
foreign service, we
b
man would hesitate or
trary, the desire would be
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back.tlaat noont
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single
that they should be
required for something more
more perilous than the mere gaonre.rsoonuisn, and
garrisoning of
ffoarr-
iresses in the Mediterranean, to which the wooden
walls of England afforded ample protection.
embodiment
.the entire ,
But although the em