Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-06-15

laying down the wires for themselves.
From the London Times MAY %.
The present position of England has scarcely preee-
dent in her own In any other history. Nearly the
whole OF her feet and the of her army, amounting
about seventy thousand men, engaged thousands OF
miles from home stormy and dangerous shores,
ih stern struggle with powerful foe who mcnsccs
nothing less than tho conquest of all Europe Besides
that interest which all must feel when the honor of the
country is at stake and when knows whether
shall emerge from the conquest victorious cresalen
first second Power, there is hardly family in
these ssnds that has not somo clsse freud liable
any day be brought Into murdCrous collision with the
enemy. We may hear that some saunted for.
trcss had fallen into hands and that We hold the keys
of some commanding position that our fleets have been
disabled and regiments half destroyed to purpose
Such disaster may bring grief aud ruin to countless
households and the that effect must fill
half the kingdom with the most painful apprehension
On the other hand, while home an1ously look
ing for what the post NAV bring the soldiers and
sailors in these armies and fleets have equal
anxious for what they may day hear from homc
There cannot be among them but has left behind
him friends exposed all the ordinary changes and chances
o. life, and many Of them all the because they
have lost their chief protectors. II there thing
when great wealthy anu ingenious country might
be expected do under these circumstances it is to
provide perfect system for communicating between every
post.oice in these isles and every ship, every regiment
engaged in the Ii is the of detail for
nearly all the links in the chain already exist and for the
remaining links there Is superabundince OF steam
crs boats and rncn including all kinds of unctionaries
Yet strange to say rather most dsgraceful say
most scaudtOus TO the credit oi this cOUutry for good
vernment good feeling. aud good sense the comuuncI
between and our seventy thousand fellow subjects
lighting our battles Is so conducted as generally TO fail al
together Not day passes but hear of letters and
newspapers posted regularly week by week. and carefully
directed according to the published regulations vet
reaching their destination. Relations home complain
that they receive no letters from the Baltic the East
while the unfortunate soldiers and sailors feel themselves
utterly neglected and forgotten. distance which must
he considerable, and is the least distressing part OF
this contest; but which might easily be lcssencd hy little
contrvancc is immensely increased by extraordinary mis-
management utter neglect We have postal service .
costing million year, all parts OF the world and
there Is scarcely shore barren rock tenaned hv
Encl-hmcn in which there is not regGar delivery Of
letters from ST. Martin se Grand. But armies and
Our people discouraged by seeing how little
is done express the sympathy aud prove the attention
of the Government, ant the very time when ought
TO he commanding the admiration of allies and our
antagonist by the perfection of arrangements we are
berayinG the objectionable and unaccoun,abe els
order. When the easiest thing in the world is left uu-
done performed in sioveny and Intellectual IN inner
that it might well never have bceu undertaken a, all
there arscs serious presumption against the
morc difficult operations.
Now, we maintain tina; nothing is easier in the world
than To convey 10 it, destination letter dropped into any
postoce receiving house in these isles with an intel
cibe address for soldiers sailors in the Baltic or the
East Nothing he easier than collect all such
letters and send them ut short iacry point near
the navy where they be Immediately dstrb.
ucd Bot every day. brings Of officers serving IN
the Baltic who have not received line their friend,
for months WHO have only just received letter
complaining that answer has been returned dozen
Others sent out Then hear OF mail bass accumuit-
ing DInsc without any arrangements forward them:
mail bags for the Black Sea coming TO rh, in the Gulf OF
Finland, aud 10y way OF specimen letter To young la
dy Norhlcct arriving the fleet in the North
In the East letters, appears, TO Gipoi
and thence forwarded, as it may happen, to Scuar
expense that the unfortunate subaicrn vino
is blessed with friends has left fond parent
sweetheart home j. ruined with letters al IS ID
apiece and newspapers l. 81 The fleets are kepf
in delightful guorancc Of one anothers good III luck
i'ut for newspaper dropped 10y merchant steamer the
Baltic ilcet might not Yet have heard word about the
6ombardment of Odessa. We have almost forgotten TO
notice what might be- expected to be the chief feature In
communication from the OF war-the Government
dispatches In fact, they idle form--ao more in
the of Intelligence news" than the Anuu-
al Register. BY the time al the details of an event are
thoroughly stale and letters beginning to reach
us-Ieters, too from Young miidc their mothers IN
Iorkshrc-thcre comes out at least, in due form e l.
zette Extraordinary. which nobody reads containing
very duh account OF an affair the interest OF which is
wholly gone by.
To add this darkness made visible in which the war
is to he conducted, informed tha; no nevspa-
per correspondent Is to bc permitted accompany the
army to tue actual scene OF operations The Engisnman
ohy ChArcc ot information - To be taken awlythr last
Gimmer cx:iugu!sa.I. Some ten thousand English are 10
90, say To Narna To march nto the interior aud then hc
lost sigh; o. for moody siy long. Some I n
in the DOG days, after much feverish expectation ele
graphic despatch is TO come through Greek house IN
belgrade Bucharest announcing the fewest possible
words defeat, with great loss OF life, guns baggage &c
Or perhaps it will he perceived bv certain activity on
he fvr IaFf al 4 ia,
Then the matter will rest Tor days and days Night after
night hon members will get up, aud nsk Ministers wheth
er they have heard anything aud will be referred TO the
daily papers Parents, wives chile ren will be torment.
ed with anxiety About three weeks after we shall hear
still hy some stray channc what is the real fact whether
the "Expeditonary force has been extenrarei or com
PEELED % surrender, or whether it has only met with
hight check or that nothing has happened worth notice
AZ for the dispatches, they will rs sort OF afer
clap When other possible echo been heard and the
public interest is again ,antazed another rumor of ano
Their victory defeat But need not ask What mothers
and wives will do when the newspapers are gagged -
We have quite as much TO ask what Govern.
ment will do, ior ia from them that it derives al its
news All the details Of the loss Of the Tiger are nov
stale, and have the particulars from the Odessa
journals received by way Of 81. Petersburg not a word
however has yet reached the Admiralty the subject
II this il the with respect 10 simple disaster how
much when the disaster is one shat reflects on per
sons high in command when the fact bc reported
itself scandal lfa regiment move for want OF
horses or ammuritiOn il the slppcr5 and miners fad
them elves without tool; II some other nerdl prepara
ton has been omitted mny be sure that Government
will have much better chance Of hearing il through
Our own cortcspondcnt than through its own dcspat
cnes. IT, Indeed the Information all before J., is
too late. We onss understand why certain cltss
OF officers should like tale he told but their own
aud why Government itself should wish a veil to be
thrown over ~ possible ucgects; but the people OF Eng
land will lok for safety in publicity rather than in con
cc'ment Such, Ut least is ticir rule at home where
thern "a nothing sccroIat rate part Of their civil
administration, aud they will understand why the
sane rule should not apply the gofies the privatio
the daneers the escapes Of their fathers ,on aud bro
Tiers the og5 Of tbs Baltic under the blazing sun Of
Turkey.
InE LoSnoS PEgss on NEURAL TRADE-Tbe Lon.
don Imes says, as far Che British nation) are
concerned, except he Bt-h ships are not 10 ento Rus
siin pos-whIch they could not possibly do-tbe trade
with the enemy may bg s:H!y carried in ony manner
which The tngenuy aud enterprise Of our merchants can
devise The London Chronicle says, eve clunot doubt
that our Transatlantic friends will receive with satisfaction
The concessions which arc according their own princ
pies, yielded az matter Of hvor-and OF strict right
According to our construction Of the Orders will he
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