The daily union., 1854-11-11
THE roRrIaN NEWS.


The steamship America, which arrived at Halifax on
Thursday last brings US dates from Liverpool to the 2sth
ultimo The news in commercial well as political
point of view is of highly interesting and important char
acter Our previous advces to the 2is'. Not
the confident and even arrogant pre-
dictions of the English and French journals, to say
nothing of the of early and easy conquest
given by officers of high and degree of the allied army
Scbastopo has not fallen while the chances are daily IN
creasnr in favor of the Russians being able to make sue
cessul resistance The bombardment commenced Oh 'he
18th of October and ON the 2st after five days OF unn-
terrupted FIRE from the heaviest batteries we are
that the fort6cations had suffered very little injury while
the Russians had made less than five soreS killing and
wouodnp large number of the allies besides destroying
affairs it is with extreme reluctance that offer opn-
ion relative the issue Of campaign which has already
been settled by some Of the most distinguished officers Of
Europe but it does seem to us that the Russian
soldiers fight with their accustomed bravery and unnch-
ing determination Of purpose and if the RUSSIAN ocefs
display the Skill energy, promptitude ana ern Oh
which exhibited in the early wars with the
Turks and Swede and the later wars with Napoleon the
allies be successful defiance for several weeks to
come not ultimately discounted glance at the relative
positions strength and Of the contendng forces
will enable the reader to judge whether we have or have
not good for making this qualified predicho"
The force of the allies estimated at ll5ooo men, in
Guiding all the reported renorcemens One-ha OF this
force has to be employed an army OF observation as
Menschko is lowering in the rear with an army OF 10000
men ready take advantage of general and successful
sore from Sebasopo This would leave the allies siege
army of only about GOOOO to attack the third strongest for
cation in the world and which is defended by $4,000
resolue and we-apponed men, The attempt to capture
fortress formidable and defended by such an immense
force is without parallel in history During the great
wars of Frederick and Napoleon read of no attempt of
so daring and desperate character as is now ex-
hibited by the allies before the owning walls of Sebasto-
pol Let us what progress has been made and how a
fairs actually stand ut the present time.
The allies have not advanced beyond their exterior line
of nvesment-the line in military parlance of crcum
vaaton" This line is understood to be three miles
from the advanced works of the main fortress and beyond
any damage from its heaviest caibre 1t cannot there
FORE be reckoned that the fighting has yet commenced The
allies are yet under the guns Of their enemy The sec
ond line yet be established brings the allies under the
Russian fire and it probable within the reach OF the
of the fortress Even at this time the daring OF the
Russians has been illustrated in their repeated and success
full sortes 1t is fair to infer that the second line
where the mines will be used and the heavy guns of the
exterior Russian works viii bear the sortes from the
garrison and the operations of Measchko with his large
army support the allied hanks, will do great damage
to the counterworks that the allies may attempt to
establish In fact it is to say the least, conjectural
what viii be the fate Of the army of invasion OF the
Crimea when We consider the sources of all our in
formation and the fact that tho French and English
journals-judging from the dispatches by the Amer
ica-no longer speak in assured terms of the result
before Sebastopol we may fairly infer that they are
no longer sanguine of The Russians fighting
under all the inspiration Of religious fanaticsm They
notedy bigoted, and regard this religious wara con-
test for the recovery of tho holy shrine and the holy
cyu where the Saviour of the world sepulchred They
are to expe nfdel from the sacred places OF the Cities
where the banner Of the first raised That ban
ner they are noY Sighting under and if the nature of man
has not changed the battles this will be marked by
herosn and horrors perhaps unsEemped in the history
of wars.
It is possible that have oyer-estimated the difficulties
and obstacles in the way of the allies and underesmsed
their power and ability cope with and to them
Our sole desire has been to place before the readers of the
Union reliable and ineligible statement of facts from
which we have taken the editorial privilege of making
what deem reasonable inerences IT. unexpectedly Sc
basopol should fall easy prey to English vaor and
French enthusiasm and the Russians driven pelme from
the Crma while credit prophets might be damaged
slightly the glory and repown of the allied army would
be all the greater