New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-25
THE STATE OF EUROPE.

a.. Neet On the 18th was much damQe1 oy Tue
nal, result of the bombardment by land sin 20,
sveu according to the French dispatches, tue
French batteries were soon silenced, and their
trenches, being enfladed by the Russians, were
,,tooetbsr destroyed. Az to the fret day of the
bombsrdment, it resulted altogether in the til
vmph of the Russians, as far as the land side was
concerned. They gave evidence OF tae superb
Gritty Of their defensive works against the works
sf the besiegers On the sea side they experienced
he.,ier losses, though wood does not on the whole
prsve equal to granite Sir Lyons, on the
Asamemnon, deserves the greatest praise, and
Admiral Hamelin displayed much personal gall
lsptry. Fort Constantine was silenced, AID the
south battery entirely disabled. After the bonn
bsrduent of Sevastopol had lasted for several
days without making any serious impression eth 'r
on the Notifications or on the mind Of the Russian
commanders, the allies were on the 18th suddenly
attacked by the relieving army of Gen. Llprandi.
The English papers throw. all the blame on the
poor Turks still, if we conside the facts OF The
ease. we ,ball fod that the Turks could scarcely
be expected to do more than they did. To
,,ot,et the cargo Of the allies on the way
from sympberopol, the Turks dug and cree
led five redoubts toward the Chernaya, and
earrisoned each Of those Notifications with
25O men, utterly unaware Of the approach Of
considerable force Of Russians. The allies, hav-
ns but a flight force OF cavalry, are always liza
bic to be surprised. Ga the 18th Gen. Liprandi
suddenly fell upon the Turkish works with an
AMY of 80, coo men. The Turks fired one round,
ard three of the FIVE redoubs were Immediately
carried by the Russians, leaving the poor $50
TURKS scarcely time to spike their guns, eleven
in number. The Russians now opened cross
Ere on the English light cavalry, and soon un-
horsed great number Of hussars and dragons.
and Lord Cardigan himself had narrow escape.
The Scotch Grays and the HigbIanders saved the
camp. On the Goth the French camp was at
tackled by the Russians, but the attack was Wig
orously repulsed. Nothing of Importance seems
to have occurred since up to the 18th. There
was yesterday rumOr on the Exchange that the
Greek houses had private news about the storm
ing of SevastOpol and its fall after the most
determine ed resistance, with great loss to the al
lee STILL the rumOr was not credited. Iii
most probable that Sevastopol will finally be
taken. Still, as the northern fort, which is in
fact the CITADEL remains in the possession Of the
Russians there is little probability that the
Allies will be able to keep the city. As soon
as they have destroyed the feet in the harbor
and the forts at the entrance of the creek, they
will depart for winter quarters. The time lost
at Vsrna turns on. to have been more precious
Man was believed at the outset The secret his
tory Of the delay is the following;
As soon as Silistra was abandoned by the Rus
sian, the allied commanders held Council of War
upon the plan of the campaign. st. Arnaud and
Lord Raglan, supported only by Sir Z. Lyons,
were for an expedition to the Crimea, while all
the other officers insisted upon following the Rus
SLAMS, and proceeding by the Dobrodja and across
the Danube-cuttipg off the retreat of Prince
Gorchakof, whose army might be forced to sur
render since the allies nearer to the Pruth
nv the way of the Dobrodja, than the Russians
h, way Of Bucharest. The commanders havn,
remained in the minority, the expedition to Bess
arabia had to take place toward the end of July
But the vanguard of 10, 900 Frenchmen and Turk
under Gen. L'Espinasse, was, in fortnight aftel
having entered the Dobrodja, reduced to disor.
ranirstion by the cholera. About 1000 men died
suddenly, and there remained no other means OF
sayiDg the remainder of the corps than a
peedy retreat The disastrous result Of the
expedition Of LEspnasse destroyed the
Bessarabian plan Of campaign, and new counsel
Of war resulted in the expedition to the Crimea.
Sim month was lost by the change, allowing
Gen. Liprand to cross the steppe in time, while
the progress of the season rendered any great
success Of the allies very doubtful. The Emperor
of Russia has, therefore, sufficient to con-
graduate himself on his good luck. Accordingly,
We see that the official articles in the St. Peters
burg Gazette are still more naughty and over
bearing than before. On the Goth of October the
st. Petersburg court paper contained kind Of
political programme, Of which the following is a
seminary:
"The official Russian writer begins by asserting
that the demand made by the western powers, that
all the subjects of the Porte should enjoy the same
political rights. is far more than Prince Menchikof,
as the repre- sentative of Russia commissioned 10
require. We are then told that the dignifed and
straightforward language which the Emperor Nicho-
las formerly addressed TO England respecting Turkey
leaves 10 stain on him, either monarch. Christian,
or ally because the duration OF the Ottoman rule is
'sn anomaly. In reality, England felt that the
point Of view from which the Emperor regarded
things was the right one, but II made no mention of
its egoti stcal int. ntions and waited for q favorable
moment in order 10 turn every thing TO its own ad-
vantage. ii England had not feared the power and
iufs xible character of the Emperor he world never
would have seen alliance between Great Britain
and France. The English Cabinet sought aud found
an ally who might be more easily shaken of when
the object attained than Russia could have been.
We are then Informed that the mis- ion Of Russia 10
set bounds TO the materiaiism of Great Britain
France is declared to be of minor Importance; it is
a foomipg political whirlpool ana not constantly