The Nevada journal., 1855-02-23
The Eastern War.

are severely taken to task for their sins OF
omission in the w..r. I he article gives ex-
preston TO the growing feeling in tie British
public that adequate views Of the force and
genius of Nicholas were not entertained by
the ministry at the start and that they have
during the whole war presumed too much
upon the influence of British pursuasion, rath-
er than made adequate provision for the Wig
orous pursuit Of the war. The writer com
plains that, having declared war with Russia,
the territory of the latter in the Black sea was
invaded, and her strongest fortress attacked,
with an army of $4,000 men. The smallest
States in Europe can bring as many bayonets
into the field, yet that amount was deemed suf-
ficient by Lord Aberdeen and his colleagues for
the British contingent. No more could be
Gent bat it was because the ministry did not
take steps in proper time to augment largely
the regular force, to embody the whole Of the
militia, and to avail themselves OF the means
which the country, through Parliament was
eager to place at their disposal. The Pre-
mier is an obstinate old man, trained according
to the traditions Of an antiquated school of
diplomacy, and utterly unfit for the conducting
OF affairs in such crisis The whole pro-
ceelings Of the cabinent indicated they were
unit for the occasion.a Lord Aberdeen re-
iterated, long after the hour for ener-
getic action had arrived, that he did not
despair Of an amicabe settlement. IN con-
sequence, during the early part of the ses-
sion, the feet was idle in the Black Sea, or
engaged in the sham semi-bombardmen Of
Odessa. The troops were dispatched to Tur-
key, but they performed 10 service there, and
met no enemy except the cholera. When sent
to TIE Crimea, the troops were unsupplied
with warm or waterproof clothing. A writer
from the Crimca says, Nov. 9th "The mems
clothes are thread bare and tattered, and are
no: fit to resist rain and cold."
Hardly any cavalry was provided, ard
the hard-earned victory of the troops at In
herman could not therefore be pursued to a
rout, The Duke Of Newcastle, in the House
Of Lords declared the ministry did not calcu
late on the powers Of The Russian government
to send reinforcement. at is the very defense
Of the old Austrian Generals, whom Napoleon
defeated through superior energy, in the car
lier part Of his carecr-"they did not calculate
Oh his proves"
The fact is the Russians had greater force
? in the Crimea, besides the garrison of Sebas
| topol an army which numerically doubled The
} force of the Allies. If the expedition to the
t Crimea vas planned for the purpose Of taking
, Sebastopol and destroying the Russian feet
in the harbor Of that fortress, the first step o.
the besiegers was to invest the fortress, that is
to post troops on every side of it, so as to pre-
clude the garrison from communication with
the exterior, and to debar them from all aid in
men, food and ammunition; and as the hostile
power had an army in the field 50 strong as to
s be formidable TO the investment, il was neces-
sary to have force to watch and check them
Neither Of these conditions are complied with
in Tie siege ofSebastopol, and the cons equencc
has been that the Allies have been both be-
siegers and defenders. While on the one hand
battering the Qualifications Of the town on tie
other, they have been defending an entreuch-
ed position Of great extent against the attacks
ofa force not only numerically superior but
which is in constant nnd unbrolcn communi-
, cation with the garrison. While the soldiers
of the Allies-the 10000 men all counted
French and English, thinrcd by pestilenco--
have fought with a gallantry unexceedcd in
the annals Of war--thcir nferiorty in numbers
unsupplicd by timely reinforccmcnts, has COM
PEELED a s!owness Of their operations, and may
: yet, unless speedily rcmeded, end in a dsas-
: trous failure Of the expedition.
, Added to the severe invective of the mag
aziue to which we alude, is tie tone of Tic
leading British press. The ministry seems
unpopular with the press generally, who I'M
faiIipgly speak the public sentiment. The
Times goes farther, and in a series of bitter
articles accuses Lord Raglan Of incompetency
and neglect, and bitterly denounces the whole
course Of the government in the war. We
noticed further in one of the leading British
Reviews few months since, an article upon
the policy Of the cabinet in allowing Prussia
to take advantage Of its neutrality to act as
the agent Of Russia do its carrying trade
so that Russia was uninjured By the BALTIC
blockade, while British consumers of Russian
goods paid higher rate for the same articles
in money. The English money market was
stringent in consequence, almost to convul-
sion, while Russia was largely supplied with
/ sthe very staple of war from Britain--money
e This pressure upon the ministry must Lead
to an abandonmentaof of its present policy, OF
to its downfall. We should not be surprised
to receive news of its abdication by the next
advices. Upon the foreign enlistment bill il
had but pasly majority, and nothing can dc
lay It's Elll 81 xa n hesitaucY to incur the Sns