The Sun. — 1855-07-30 (London, England)

MONDAY, JULY 30, 18E5.  The season is rapidly advancing. The chills of Autumn will speedily replace the heat of summer, and iu a few months—we might almost say weeks —the ominous senthrido, " too late," will again indicate the neglected opportunities and misspent time, and prove that some at least of the Ministry have not, even vet, " screwed their courage to the stickirry p the vigorous and or made up their minds to and energetic prosecution of the War. S'lnetiling has been done in the Crimea. If our troops have not yet forced their way into Sebastopol, they have made many gallant attempts against the enemy's fortifications ; and have cortainly spared' neither fatigue nor peril. At Kertch and in the Sea of Azov our ships have accomplished important operations, although with but little loss to themselves. re —hey have materially damaged the interests of the enemy ,y 0 cutting off I the chief sources of supply for the army of the Crimea and the Garrison of the beleaguered Forfloet might tress. The Black Sea certainly have done far more; and with a more efficient First Lord of the Adatiralty a long list of brilliant triumphs I would doubtless have long since been recorded. But still they have something to show—the time of the navy in the Eexine,has not been altogether wasted !  Bat how has it been in the Baltic? feats have we achieved iu the Western Sea ? Nothing literally, and positively nothing.. A gallant Admiral, against whom we wish to make no imputatioD, is placed in commas d of the most  powerful Fleet that ever sailed from a British Port. He has the support and co-operation of a French Fleet of great force, so that altogether there are more than 100 ships of war, with 2,500 guns at his disposal, and yet he has not taken or destroyed a single vessel of war, or bombarded a fortification where there could be even a show of resistance ! The Russian vessels have skulked in harbours under the protection of the fortifications where it has been supposed that they could not be followed. They have not dared to sport their blood-stained flag on what but yesterday was deemed a Russian lake. Their valour !! ! has only been exhibited in the Hango Massacre, where 500 assassins lay bid to wile a few unarmed seamen to their fate, regardless of the flag of truce, which would have been respected by any but bloodthirsty barbarians, ignorant, or rather indifferent, to the first principles of civilisation, the most sacred and inviolable laws of war, and the Government, by screening the infamous miscreants, and refusing to liberate the surviving victims of their atrocity, have identified themselves with the disgraceful outrage, and to all intents and purposes rendered themselves accessories to the coldblooded and deliberate murder.  This brutality has been unavenged. One "hundred ships" keep the sea—waiting for the dastard who will not come—waiting, perhaps, for the tempest, or the shoal, or any -of the innumerable casualties to which those " who go down to the sea in ships, and visit the great waters" are always exposed. If nothing is to be attempted, why do they not retire into safe quarters, leaving a few frigates an sentinels over the skulking Muscovites ? The Western standards— the Union Jack or tri-colour—seem to be quite, sufficient to keep them in port. They: are only brave against the white flag that indicates peaceful intercourse—and surely such a force as that which last year sufficed not only to maintain the blockade, but also to destroy Bomarsund, would be sufficient. There can be no necessityfor bringing forward the strength of a giant wllen that of a comparative dwarf would ho sufficient for every purpos2 contemplated. Let half the fleet come home, unless they mean to attempt something worthy of the ancient reputation and prowess of the British flag. And yet we believe that the fault is not with Admiral