The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-20 00:00:00

TEE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY _EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1854

be given. A little annoyance may, unquestion-
ably, be occasioned, and possibly some loss. But
that is all, and such a resistance would excite no
enthusiasm rather than damp the spirits of the
soldiers. It may be remarked that the landing
of troops even under far less favourable circum-
stances, and with less potent assistance, has in-
variably proved successful. The men are, in fact,
thrown on the shore. They must make good their
footing. They know well that they cannot re-
treat,and, therefore, the preliminary success being
of
literally vital consequence, it is, as we have
stated, invariably accomplished, and that without
such serious losses as might, from the apparent
difficulties of the undertaking, be anticipated.
The boats are all to be found in order, on the
off shore side of the different vessels ready to form
the line abreast, on the signal being given from
the Agamemnon. They are to keep " a space of
20 feet clear of the oars of each other," so that
there may be no " fouling," while at the same
time they will be sufficiently close for mutual
support and assistance. Tile form of advance is
to be " in line, abreast, and the greatest care will
be taken to preserve the line, so that no boat ad-
vance beyond it, or fall into the rear, but all
will pull to the shore stoutly and steadily, preserv-
ing the strictest silence." This is a very judicious
arrangement, preventing the struggle for the post
of honour, which might otherwise take place, and
which, by landing the men in small bodies, in
place of simultaneously, would probably occasion
a needless sacrifice of human life. It is only
necessary to add, on this part of the case,
that three divisions are to be formed by the boats,
which will be in the following order, viz. :
"First Division—All launches and Turkish pin-
naces from the sailing ships of the fleet, commenc-
ing with the Britannia's boats on the extreme
right, and ending with the Diamond's troop boats,
on the left of the division. Second Division—
All paddle-box boats of the war steamers towed
by their own cutters, commencing with the Furi-
ous on the right of the division, and terminating
with the Fury on the left. Third Division—All
boats of the transport service, commencing with the
boats of the Emperor on the right of the division,
and ending with the Gertrude on the left, except-
ing the ships Monarchy, No. 60; Harkaway, 39 ;
Talavera, 98 ; Miry Ann, 42 ; Calliope, 42 ;
Echunga, 44 ; which are not to send boats until
they are cleared of their artillery, that land with
the Light Division ; after which their boats will
proceed to the ships pointed out to them. The
First Division will take the right, the Third
Division the centre, the Second Division on the
left of the line. Britannia's first boat on the
right, Diamond's the last boat on the left. The
Emperor's boat next to. Diamond's, the first boat
on the right, and the Gertrude's, No. 54, the
last boat on the left. The Furious the first boa
on the right, next to Gertrude's, and the Fury's
the last boat on the left."

The troops on landing will " form in con-
tiguous columns, at a quarter distance." Till that is
effected, they are not even to load—a useful pre-
caution to prevent any premature " fusillade,"
that would be worse than useless, and to keep the
ammunition perfectly dry. Both officers and
men are to take with them three days' provisions,
consisting of bread, and salt meat ready cooked,
and the men also to have their " canteens filled
with water." So equitably is everything ar-
ranged that the officers are only to take with
them " what they can carry themselves." In such
an emergency they will not be allowed to place
extra burdens on any, even on their own servants,
who, as " fighting men," will have to look out for
themselves. The first landing is to be effected
by the infantry,. the cavalry being withheld until
the position is secured.

We may now, as we have stated, anticipate at
any moment the execution of these judicious
arrangements, and the successful landing of the
troops. After that, many days cannot elapse
before something decisive has been accomplished.
We dread not the result, when it depends not
on the negotiations of slippery diplomatist; but
on the valour and energy of the disciplined troops
of France and England, engaged in a righteous
cause.

The present moment inspires every heart which
loves its country with two of the deepest and
noblest of religious sentiments—gratitude and
trust. The former, too, is ever the parent of the
latter. We cannot withhold our confidence where
we feel grateful ; and insensible, indeed, must be
the bosom which does not remember with thank-
fulness at the present tittle Him who has " fed us
with the finest of the wheat." Not only has the
extent of laud sown for human food been un-
usually large, and the yield unusually abundant,
but the quality is surpassingly good. Three such
coincidences are rare, and we may add yet a fourth
—the general goodness of the wheat crop through-
out Europe and the United States. Indeed there
appears to be no deduction from the unusual
bounty of PROVIDENCE this year but the failure of
the Indian corn crop in America, a failure which
will be chiefly felt in the price of animal food in
that country. The slight rise in price of wheat lately
must not lessen our sense of the boon conferred
on us. We fully believe it is merely the result of
the determination of agriculturists not to submit
to low prices just yet—a determination which the
agricultural profits of last season enable them to
maintain. If this be the case, farmers must sell
at last, and wo shall only have food the lower
ultimately for their present holding back. At
the worst the fall even now is very great, and nei-
ther farmers, millers, nor bakers can long stand
between us and the full bounties of PROVIDENCE.
Let us, then, respond with cheerfulness to the
appointment of a Thanksgiving Day. The
QUEEN, as head" of her own Church, has fixed it
for that Church ; other Christian Churches
throughout the land will gladly accept it ; indeed,
for ourselves, we should be pleased to see in
appciintments of this kind a graceful recognition
of 'the facts developed by the religious census ; we
mean that, accompanying the QUEEN'S command
'co those of whose Church she is the acknowledged
head, there should be a request to all her subjects
of other Christian communions to join in like
observances. Such Royal courtesy would befit
both the character of our common national faith,
and the actual relation of religious communities
to the state. It is time now not merely to drop
threatening clauses from Royal religious procla-
mations, but to introduce others indicating that
Royalty is interested in the sincere worship of all
the denominations it protects. Protestant and
Catholic Dissenters outnumber in Britain the
worshippers of the State Churches, and their
thanksgivings, as equallyacceptable to the common
GOD and SAV lOUR, should be equally sought by
all who ask t'ae Nation's religious gratitude.
While rejoicing, however, in the bounties of
EIEAVEN, we. are just now specially invited also to
trust the rurcertain future to the hands of the
A
indi-
vidual Not only is an alarming pestilence
r
us more than commonly of our indi-
depe ndence on our MAKER, so that with a
bountiful tLutumn the Angels of Life and of
Death se-m to have visited our land together ;
hut, at t'ne moment we write, we are in hourly
expectatit In of tidings
expeditrol we ever sernets
. . pfoecrttihn.g tllvieemsoeset, hopeful
no mili tari.r or naval reasons whatever for a shade
of misgiving ; we feel most frequently as if our
brave lads, disemlarked in the most skilful
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