The Sun. — 1855-01-05 (London, England)

MENSCILIKOFF-statements that Lave been carefully revised and c=ected at St. Petersburg before publication —we have been relieved by the despatches of General CANROBERT, which furnish more authentic versions of the true state of affairs—our own General maintaining a total and unbroken silence, or, what is far more probable, Ministers withholdin,g the trustworthy intelligence they have received. But why, or wherefore, nobody is able to cLnceive. They do it, because such has been the practice, and cling to the abuse, because it has  becomo " an aged vice—a grey iniquity." The despatch of General CANROBERT, which will be found in another part of this day's impression, is a very satisfactory document. It is true that  it details no exciting events, no fierce encounters, calculated " to harrow up the soul" or make the blood curdle in the veins ; but it simply and truly narrates the existing state of affairs, and affords fair data to persons desirous of judging for themselves. Thus we learn that, although the bad weather had continued with rare and short intervals of improvement, the Allied Armies, nevertheless, contrived as much as possible to encircle the place with their trenches, and that all the siege operations become perfect and solid, notwithstanding the rainy season, which renders 0,4:  transport very difficult. This is a perfect answer to the croakers who are prophesying the total destruction of the Allied Forces, and the decided triumph of the Russian arms. It shows that although matters have not proceeded quite so rapidly as we " who live at homo at ease" had anticipated, there is yet no cause for despair, and the solution of the difficulty may be nearer at hand than has been supposed in England. Although we should not on that account relax our exertions in any respect, it is yet satisfactory to learn that there are strong hopes of our gallant fellows extricating themselves and overcoming all obstacles, even before the completion of the arrangements for their relief on which we have so tardily entered. The strong testimony borne to the excellent relations and perfect cordiality " between the two armies," and the brief but graphic account of the interchange of good offices—the English providing for the transport of the cavalry, while the French have lent their mules for the conveyance of the sick, and ammunition—is peculiarly cheering. The bonds by which thetwo nations are united will thus become indissoluble, for they will be founded on mutual esteem and respect. France and England may henceforward exclaim " Quis separabit It will be far beyond Russian wiles to creato dissensions or heartburnings between those whose future friendship will be as remarkable and enduring, as it will be far more reasonable, than their former disputes and distrust.  For the other points we refer to this highlyinteresting document. It will be seen that there are almost daily, er rather nightly, sorties, which are invariably repulsed, and frequently with considerable loss to the garrison ; while the various reconnaissances made show that the great body of the Russian army has been withdrawn, while those that remain are merely pickets observing, from a distance, the proceedings of the besieging troops. From this we may hope that something will speedily be effe3ted with respect to Sebastopol. It is probably the continued landing of the Turkish troops at Eupatoria, which has led to the withdrawal of the Russian forces from the vicinity of the Siege. They are, perhaps, striving to make some great point, but we hope that it will merely prove a coup manrptc, doing more injury to themselves than to those against whom their efforts are directed.  Ina letter to a morning contemporary,M EDWARD CREstintz • r. icnogßeonEioNu.s pTliadussibillisttietes some plain and ineon_ testable facts wliie a%omootfplemttheeelsyssrtsa. demolish all the BRIGHT and statement 15, indeed, but an exje,o'enrntitlled to the credittn of a disinatrnaactisf,rotmhertehfoer terested witness. Mr. BRIGHT have found the blue books, written Yinverylanliukegly made to veil our thoughts, somewhat managggafbai;e; but there is no means of distorting the bare to which we allude. The first bundle of facts is contained in the sentence that Russia has extanded3 her territory in sixty-four years SEVEN HUNDRED MILES, on an average, in every direction 111 fere are the four leading particulars :—Her encroachments have advanced her frontier towards Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Vienna, and Paris, about '4'oo miles ! towards Constantinople about 500 miles! towards Stockholm 630 miles ! towards Teheran 1,000 miles! Nothing seems to stop her but the frozen sea and the desert ; ncr even these, indeed, as the borders of China and Kamsliatscha can attest. Yet this is the insatiable nation-murderer whom our great Free Welders would leave to