The Express. — London, England, 1855-03-21 00:00:00

erlwess. hemline/met lefetried tor '. The Itapteek. Leedom Zetelee pepee, wet be st the Oar. le, Beeverioareet. by Two Visa as the iliq el petheelheh EMI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tu. Mr —Kmlag, 4k. tm Merano. 4k. Mk. Twausaew—lieraisib 416 411 a ....Aitimist" elk. Sm. LONDON, ITUIDNESDAY, MARCH 21. LATEST FROM ABROAD. The Vienna Conferences were resumed yesterday I no progress is reported. Addax from Balaklava, via Marseilles, of the 6th, and via Bechareat of the 11th, are to band. The weather, which at the first date wu fine, had at the second become rainy, and the roads were again broken up. The Allies and the Russians were each construct. ing new batteries. The Russians were especially ener getic on the points opposite the right attack. It was believed in camp that the commanders of the allied forces would find it impossible to allow the construction of the enemy's works in program there; an attack was therefore expected. The RUll sins appear to have received reinforcements.—Daily News. THE BALTIC. (SI ILICTRIC TILIO&APL) NYBORO, Tossakv. The Great Belt is open at the north, south, and east ; also from Knudshovet to Slipehaven. Corson is still icebound. The Sound ice is broken up on the Swedish side. Elsinore is open and ships have arrived. Ice still remains between liven sad the Danish coast. Kiel harbour is partially open ; Baelk quite. A storm from the north-west is rapidly dissipating the ice.—Daily News. DEPARTURE OF THE FLYING SQUADRON FOR THE BALTIC. (ST ILICTIIIC 'Mat/ZANE PORTSMOUTH, TUZIDAT EvaNum The Flying Squadron left Spithead this afternoon for the Baltic, consisting of the Imperious., 51, screw, Captain Watson ; Euryalus, 51. screw. Capt. Ramsay ; Arrogant, 46, serer'. Captain Yelverton ; Tartar, 21; E,k, 21 ; Archer,l6, and Conflict, 8, screw sloops. The Queen and Prince Albert preceded the squad ron to sea in the Fairy brig, received by the whole fleet with royal salute. On leaving the squadron, five miles from this port, the Queen's yacht hoisted the signal—" Samos, FarewelL* The squadron went away with beautiful weather. —Doily Nara. THE POSITION OF PRUSSIA. LORD Drama/an is a greet artist in bit way. It is the old punctilious way of deliberative discus sion ; classical iu its apparent simplicity and direct ness of ostensible purpose; in °kermess reaching almost to perfection ; but sometimes cold, and often narrow in the scope of its eloquent logic. According to the terms of the notice given by the ex-Chancellor in the House of Lords, nothing more was intended by him than to direct attention to the. past and pre sent position of Prussia with reference to the Eastern question. Everybody knows, however, that these are the oonventional terms in which Par liamentary warning is clothed, whenever the spirit of admonition moves some independent member of either house to give the Ministers of the Crown the benefit of his thoughts, in the shape of a pubic lecture. Conveotionalties apart, it may perhaps be said with truth that it is the attention of the publics out of doors, rather ' , than that of the faltering and finessing politicians who assemble to listen on the oat:igloo, that the Le gislative Tribune seeks to direct and fasten upon the subject he has in hand. No man understands the tribunitien arts better than Lord LTNDHURST. In the course of hie long and varied career there are few of the great springs of national emotion which he has not touched with power, and with effect. Sectarian feelings, prejudices of race, personal antipathies, party passions—there are none of the deep impulses that govern political men that he his not by turns appealed to, sometimes in the tone of lofty yet per suasive deprecation, sometimes in order that he might fan them into flame. But it is curious to observe bow, upon all occasions, the texture and hue of his singular style are the same. It is singular for its seeming simplicity to the eye of the superficial--sin _ _ _ gulsr for its real subtlety to the judgment of the discerning. Every great speech of Lord Lutrawairr's that we can recall, might be described u a mere narrative of facts, a consecutive statement of details. a careful enunciation of particulars seldom ressoilla s and for the most part undisputed and indisputable', Yet herein lies the muter-power of the man, whist may be defined u being the craft of concatenation. Every item in the amusing account is placed in the position where its value is enhanced extrinsically by that which preceded and that which is to follow it. In dramatising the facts he has to deal with, Lord LYNDHURST seldom allows himself that which is the advocate's as well se the poet's license with reference to time and place. With a great eye to the political picturesque, he can at will foreshorten the chroaology of and the intervening epics that lies between altered sentiments and motives; and in the ample chiaroscuro of omission keep oat of view all that could tend to qualify or impair the impression he desires to produce. Thd speech delivered last night in the Rouse of Lords by this wonderful old man—for assuredly he is without a rival or an equal in the power of address ing a great assembly at the age of eighty years— will be naturally read with no little 'interest abroad as well as at home. Age has not furrowed with a wrinkle that gifted mind. For upwards of an hour, without a pause, a hesitation, or an inaccuracy of phrase, Lord LYNDHURST held enchained the atten tion of the Peers while he recited the diplomatic history of Prussia during the last year and a halt. It was like a piece of asta.t:sr, something of imagine. Live colouring being perhaps wanting. The precise object was not very distinctly avowed. unless we take the expression -towards the close as some indication of the immediate purpose, in which the inveterate veteran expressed his earnest hope that under no circutostaness shall we place any confides°e in the Prussian Government. But it is impossible not to ere that the tendeacy, and we fear-re meat add the - minffeit citation, of this elaborate invective, if to irides the alienation already unhappily aubsistiog between this *country and the chief state of Northern Germany. The incidental profession of a desire to discriminate between the eossitry sad the court, the people and the Ling e(1 Palau*, is net welting to blunt the edge of the " " polished sarcasms in which the noble and learned avatar thought fit to indulge at the historical expense of Prussia. Far be it film us to palliate or justify the political sins of our neigh bor in pit times; but are we ourselves na y so free from sin that we should wantonly go invidious reproaches rmd recriminations P Vb Vilma good purpose can it tend to rake together Alb floor of Parliament tk, records of every mis iNi committed by a usighlaour with whom we have, law all, so many points of congenial sentiment and Intend as Prussia? at is plain enough, we think, from the draft Satirise agreed to by a Committee of the Second Charemr at Berlin, within the last few days, that the mpresentatives of the nation Are not ingestible to the European duties we ask them to perform. Lit, if we would stimulate their generous impulses, arid strengthen their liberal intentions, we must not forget that they are Prussians, or trifle with their national susceptibility and pride. To what purpose, other than that of unmixed mischief, is it that a man who hes filled for thirty yeah the great position of Lord LYNDHURST in this country should amuse the British Senate with sardonic cavils at FREDERICK THE SECOND'S title to be called the Great P NAPOLEON has often, and justly, been reproached for despoiling the hero's tomb of the-sword with which he won so many vic tories, of which every Prussian is proud. We own we think it a paltrier theft to try to maks away with the epithet with which national history has invested the name of that celebrated man. Still emptier, idler, and, we must say in all honesty, more unjus tifiable, is the reckless stroke upon the death-bell of Poland. We are as ready as most men to grapple with that subject whenever we have reason to believe that any party or any statesman in this country is prepared to enter upon it resolutely, honestly, and practically. But we look with feelings we had rather not be forced to express upon the moot Poland's victim name, for the mere rhetorical purpose of the hour, by men who have never in their lives devoted a serious 1 thought to the rescue or rsolseeption of the Polish people. Lord LYNDHURST has more than MKS been I a Minister of the Crown : did he ever while in that I capacity do, or try to do, any act for the recuscits tion of Poland ? Beside the years he spent in the House of Commons, he has for eight-and-twenty years I occupied a distinguished place in the House of Lords : did he ever originate any substantive proceeding on behalf of that injured land during all that time? For our part we shudder as we look back and think how the sufferings and the hopes of the Poles have been traded on and trifled with by politicians amongst us of every degree. In our •iew it is a very solemn thing to excite expec tations in the unfortunate which there is no reasonable certainty of seeing realised ; and a very cruel and cowardly thing to resort to the too ready discontent of an oppressed community when we happen to be at war with their oppressor, unless we are prepared to stand by those whom we stimu late to arm along with us. Above all, we are compelled to ask what is the meaning, where is the sincerity, of observations like those we have referred to, while the whole course of our present foreign policy confess edly tarns upon an Austrian alliance ? As if to mark the hollowness of aristocratic professions of sympathy for what are called " oppressed nationalities," it so happened that at the very time Lord LYNDHURST MSS speaking in the House of Peen, Lord PALMER sTos, in the House of Commons, was formally repudiating certain expressions attributed to Sir ROSERT PEEL on the occasion of his re-election the other day for Tamworth. A question on the subject having been put by Lord WILLIAM GRAHAM, the PROM MINISTER thought fit to state that the Austrian Government had the best reasons for know ing that the Cabinet of England were fur from desiring or countenancing any projects for the dis turbance of the Austrian empire, whether in Hun gary or elsewhere ; and that the only light in which they could ever contemplate the revival of questions regarding Poland would be that in which the German Powers might possibly some day be led spontane ously to originate them. In other words, Italy, Hungary, and Poland have nothing whatever to expect from our lordly rulers that have been or that are.—Daily Newt. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAI which " it was open to your lordship to have made 'the fullest statement you might have thought proper in your affidavit sworn in the MIN? to the Loed Lieutenancy and flepideleedslei at Me Magistracy in the county of Galway, lie lard kip, ed. dently struck by atonement our Commissariat in the Crimea, replies that it is not in his department. Marquis of CLANRICARDR, however, is not a man to be easily baffled in a good ones. He is resolved that guilt—if guilt there be—shall meet with its deserts, and that the exposure of the son dale of the one of " HANDCOCII v. DELACOUR" shall not be a mere brogan Ahem. If he cannot get Justin ih one department, he will go to that to which he has besa referred—say, to the foot of the Viceregal threw itself: and it must be admitted by all candid persons who will attentively read this case of" HANDCOCR 1/. Diurcoua," and the tarrespondenos which we this day publish, that, if the Marquis of CI.ANRICABDE still holds the positios Of Lord-Lieutenant and Superintendent of the Magistracy of the county of Galway, it is not by any act of his that he has retained these honourable offices. Having failed in his application to the LORD Caexcia.ma, he addressed a letter on the 3rd of March last to the LORD LIEUTENANT of IRELAND, and transmitted at the same time 'a oopy of an affidavit, which be states he had filed in the bin Court of Chancery, in compliance with a suggestion in the LORD Crux oaLLoa's letter. Io this, however, we apprehend the noble Marquis has slightly mistaken the purport of the LORD CHANCELLOR'S observation. That learned judge wrote of the past, not of the present or future. His words are : "It was open to your Ind ship to have made the fullest stalemeese"— meaning thereby, that on the discussion of that affidavit, and any ensuing one that might be filed, by means of the comments of counsel on either aids, that investigatin would practically have taken place which the Marquis of CLANRIC.ARDS now so much desired. The noble lord, however, seam to have considered that it was better late than DOWN f but from the specimen we have had of the late AllOl - mode of analysing and commenting upon affidavits, we should be inclined to say it woe better late than early. Be this, however, as it may, the Marquis of CLANRICAIDE WRY doomed to expe- rience delay in the pursuit of justice, and to run some risk of missing his object. The Earl of ST. GERMANS was jest then vacating the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and it was, there fore, necessary to refer the case to the amiable Earl of CARLISLE, who, all the world knows, would find it impossible to inaugurate his reign by a dismissal. Iris amiability on this occasion, however, is not with out some flavour. On the 18th of March he acknow ledges the receipt of letters, and a a copy of an affidavit recently filed in the Court of Chancery, which your lordship conceive, to cot:taus a full state ment of your share of certain transactions connected with the case of HANDCOCK T. DELacoua,' lately heard in that court." And he goes on to say that he finds that the charges against his lordship are not for irregularity is his capacity of Lord-Lieutenant or Magistrate, and that no judicial decision has been pro nouncedoondemnatory of his lordship. If the former were the case,his Excellency would investigate ; if the latter, he would take such steps as the circumstances called for, and which no doubt would be very awful. But he is advised—and this is something im portant, if not new—that it is not within the au thority of the Executive Government to make inquiries into questions of the nature referred to in Lord CLANILICARDE'S statement—that is, to use his lordship's own words, charges of " conspiracy, fraud, and perjury;" and therefore Lord CAILLISLL " must decline to take any steps or express any opinion in the matter." Thus have the efforts of Lord CLANRICARDE to have the magistracy of Galway purified been de feated by the same impediments that obstructed Mr. STAFFORD ia his endeavours to have the hospital at Scutari cleansed—namely, technical difficulties and departmental routine. The LORD CHANCELLOR would give no opinion because it was not within his province, but rested altogether with the LORD LIEU- TtNANT ; and the LORD LIEUTENANT would give no opinion because the LORD CHANCELLOR had pro nounced no decision. Many a man, however, has succeeded in having himself deprived of his commis sion without striving for it so long and so sedulously as the Marquis of CLANRICARDE ; and he and Mr. STAFFORD must both console themselves with the reflection that 'Tis sot in mortals to oommend success ; Bat we'll do more, Bempronius—we'll deserve it. —Daily News. THE MARQUIS OF CLANRICARDE. ON the 13th of February last we made some re marks on a cue entitled" Hstemoac v. DELACODR," 1 which had recently been heard in the Irish Court of Chancery. The allegations in the opening statement of the ArroaNav-OzNasm.--the tragic incidents unfolded u the ow in rank and station of the partiesi nterested it—all contributed to make this case one of no inconsider able public interest. We therefore gave our readers an epitome of it, and made some comments upon its leading incidents. Our example was fol lowed by some of our contemporaries, and no• tics was thus attracted to this romance of real life. Amongst others, the attention of one was called to it whom we should have supposed without any aid from us to have been in every stage of it deeply interested. We mean the Most Noble CLICK JouN Da Boson, Marquis of Clanricarde. It is now stated by that nobleman that until the came was no ticed by the press he was not cognisant of the charges against him contained in the affidavits. But having been made aware of their real purport, he naturally concludes—and it is a conclusion in which we entirely agree—that it they be well founded he has not been adequately punished, and is unfit to hold a position of trust or honour. Accordingly, by his letter of Feb. 13, 1835, he calls upon the Loan Cliattcattos of IRELAND, by whom the case of HANDCOCK v. Daucona" had been heard, to" take steps for his removal by the Government from the Lieutenancy and Superintendence of the Magistracy of the county of Galway." He further asks whether his lordship degree any explanation upon any matter from him, or to enter iato any investigation of his conduct, in any respect, or at any time. We can well conceive the horror and astonishment with which a quiet, drowsy, and domestic LORD CHANCELLOR would contemplate this terrible bill of discovery. His duties at present are net very limited or uniform, and an often such as seriously to trouble and embarrass • respectable family man. Minors, impatient to burst their bondage, -.-fair wards, not lam anxious to eater into it infants, married women, Lunatics, run away bankrupts, rogues and receivers—all have a pull at the good man's gown ; and if to these duties be added that of investigating the moral con duct of the Marquis; of CLAwatc.annli upon all matters in all respects and at any time, we would saionely essammead the learned lad to make oat his own momminion de lusiatito beforehand, MA have it ready for immediate us in case of essagisay. Lord Chancellors, karate, are net easily entrapped into inquiries for which tea is nested. His lordship, therefore, after giving a meet samples and courteous exposition of what this - Massie expressly desires, or invites in more general tams, says he does not consider it proper that he should enter into any further investigation respect ing transactions which, for aught he knows, may yet be matter for judicial inquiry, and in respect to UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ROSPITAL. (nom ram Last night a dinner is aid of the funds of this hospital was given at the Freemasons' Tavern ; Earl Gaanvn.i.l in the chair. Among the company present were the Hon. IL Denman, the Right Hon. Sit B. Ryan, the Right Hon. B. Strait, Sir R. W. Carden, Colonel dyke*, F. H. Goldsmid, Esq., the Rev. Dr. Mobbing, G. F. Gibm, Esq , J. Taylor, Esq., James Booth, Esq., Dr. Gar rod, Dr. Sharkey, Dr. Parkes, Dr. Walshe, Ac. The din ner was good, the music was good, and the chairman most efficient; end indeed the melt of the dieser maybe eon sidered entirely satiefaittory, for upwards of 1,1/71. was collected. We could wish to be able to enter into detail more than our space enables ne to do. The Ching- I man, in the coarse of his various speeches, was several times very happy in his allusioas. He made • graceful referent"' to the groat speech of the octogenarian Lord Lyudhunt, whom he had just been listening to; and by way of allowing the company an equal treat, he called up Mr. Bobiason, another octogenarian, to propose the health of the eouncil, which that gen tleman did is excellent style, Bir E. Ryan returning thanks. Frail the chairman's speech oa the toast of the evening, " The Prosperity of the lesaltation," it ap peared that the in-patients admitted into the hospital during the year amounted to 1,309, the out-pitiente to .4,601, the number of lying-in women attended at their own homes to 435, the ophthalmic eases to 769, and the casualties to 9,700. The expenditure amounted last year to 6,2561., the greater part of which was met by about 1,20(1. for medical isstrac tion, 2,8001. from donations and sabscriptious, and 2,0001. borrowed. The institution has only 9161. funded. As the Chairman slid, " the utility, selebrity, and most other good things winneoted with the hospital had increased, bat eo also had ems bad thing, the debt, which now amounted to 6,0001." To rodeos this was one of the objects of the dinner yesterday. We hope that this ob ject may be fulfilled ; as not oily is the institu tion valuable as a hospital, and as a school of medicine of established malaise, but as being part of • college which took the lead in asserting the principle of religious freedom in matters of edstation. The council therefore could not have chosen a mote appropriate chair man than the President of the Council, who may be said to be the Minister of P•biie Instruction, in so far as the office exists at all in this isometry. 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Is the attest et Emends be we. bit is die bead by a Reeds bullet, sad aid lulueleseessly. EVENING, MARCH 21, 1855. FRANCE. -....LCIFT OF vu DAILY )taws.) PARIS, TOISDAT 11V3MINO. This morning the Emperor reviewed • lap body of the Imperial Guard, numbering from 81000 to 1 8 000. The infantry were d rawn up i n th e cour t jatd of the Tuileries, the cavalry on the Place du Carrousel. The troops consisted of two battalion, of Voltigeun, two battalions of Grenadiers, two batta- Huns of Foot Gendarmerie, the squadron of Cent Garden, and four squadrons of Guides. The Empe ror rode along the lines followed by Prince Napoleon, Marshals Valliant and Magnan, the Prussian General Baron de Wedel, the Austrian General de Crease ville, and a brilliant staff of generals and aides-de amp. The Empress looked on from the balcony. After rapidly reviewing the front ranks the Emperor distributed several military rewards, and then took up a position in front of the Pavillon de l'Horloge, miters soldiers of the Cent Garde' were drawn up, bearing new standards about to be presented to the troops on the ground. The colonels commanding battalions advanced to the !lags, and the Emperor addressed them as follows: Soldiers,—The army is the true mobility of mar country. It preserves intact from age to ap the traditions of glory and natioaal honour. nutters this (pnlade' to the colours) is your genealogical tree ! It marks a new vietery for every generation. Take, the,, them colours. I con fide them to your honour, your courage, and year patriotism. After the delivery of this speech etch colonel, fol lowed by a Cent Garde, bearing the standard, re turned to the head of his battalion, and pronounced a few words, informing his men of what the Emperor had said. The cries of " Vire I'M:margin" were very loud. The Empress made a present of 10fr. to every soldier on the ground. It was very generally expected that if the Empe ror made a speech he would make some allusion to his approaching departure, but you will perceive that he did not let fall a word to throw any light upon this vexed subject. Everybody says to-day that the " Emperor is going," but the question is now asked, where ? The rumour which you reported as current in London, that he was going to pay a visit to the Queen of England, is very prevalent in Paris to-day, but is discredited by many. I cannot find that any thing is known for certain as to the Imperial ioten tions. Preparations for a campaign in the Crimes still go on, and little more can be said. The Empress is reported to have said to a group of officers, " You will start before us, but we shall get there before you." The Bourse was agitated in consequence of the grand review, which was looked upon as a precursor of the Emperor's departure for the seat of war. There was a rally at the close, but the Rents fell 70fr., fini►hing at 68fr. 80c., after having been as low as 68fr. 60e. Railways were not affected in the same proportion, but most of the lines fell. The following important telegraphic despatch has jest arrived: FIANZPORT. TOUDAY, MARCH 20. M. de Biemark has protested against the assertion of the Loititeur relative to the declaration which be is said to have made to the Diet. His states that slush a declaration not having been made, could aot bays bun disavowed by the rnunian primmest. BELGIUM. THE NEW MINISTRY. The Isillpendance Bilge states that the new Bel- 1 gian Cabinet is composed as follows :—M.M. De. decker, Minister of the Interior; Mercier, Foreign Affairs ;A. Dumon, Public Works ; Smite, Finances; A. Nothomb, Justice; and General Greindl, War. Only three of the number are members of the Chamber of Representatives, and they are of the party of the Right. The Chamber I. convoked for Monday next. THE WAR. A Russian tffieer writes from Sebastopol to the Vienna Militarische Zeitung, that the Russians are now beginning to act on the offensive. The Russian commanders are kept fully and accurately informed of all the plans, positions, and movements of the French and English, receiving considerable assist ance in this matter from the Tartars, who have sought to ingratiate themselves with the Russians since they have seen the ill treatment to which the Turks are subjected by the allies, and have become acquainted with the embarrassed position of the French and English armies. The writer contrasts this perfect knowledge of the Russians with the ignorance of the allied generals as to the position of their enemy, and mentions an official despatch (whether French or English he does not say), which placed the main strength of the Russians at Simpheropol, when it was really before the fortress. A telegraphic summary of General Osten Sacken's report of the Bth instant, current at the beginning of the week, stated that two squadrons of Russian Lancers and 400 Cossacks had completely defeated eight squadrons of Turks near Eupatoria. We have received from St. Petersburg the text of the general's report, in which it is simply said that the outlying pickets of eight squadrons had been thus defeated, having ventured too far into the plain. The general declares that the new rockets. mentioned in Admiral Braat's report as having set Sebastopol as lire, had scarcely done any harm, and that the general situa tion of affairs in the Crimea had not changed. Advice' from Paris and Berlin show that the Prussian Cabinet remains in its former undecided relations to the Western courts. avoiding equally a breach and an 'thence with France and England. Elsewhere we give a despatch of M. Manteuffel, in tended to remove the character of a demonstration against France from the recent proceedings of the Prussian Plenipotentiary at the Frankfort Diet. It will be noticed that the Prussian Minister still maintains that the resolution adopted by the Diet on the Bth ult., requiring the Germanic States to pre .pare their armies for war, was not intended a. • demonstration against Russia. The Prussian Correspondence contains a letter from Warsaw which stater that the forces intended for the occupation and defence of the Russian coasts of the Biltic are to be raised to 140,000 men, and that the regiments last ordered to the North are already on their way there. A great number of men are employed, the letter states, in fortifying and arm ing Riga. The Military Gaulle . of Vienna says:—General Niel left Constantinople on the 2nd, and, with 8,000 men, commenced opening fresh trenches. The French are firmly established in the new positions which they had taken up. It is probable that the Pied. mentese troops will occupy the plateau situated above the bay of Itamiesch. A number of moles sad bat hos.sa for the Piedmonts.. army have already passed =h the Bosphoru, and the camp equipage will ready for them before the troops land. With respect to Circessia the Russian General Moarawieff , is said to have received considerable reinforcements, and it was thought that he intended to invade the Turkish provinces in Asia Minor. He would keep the mountaineers in check while General de Wrangel operated on the Ararat and the Persian frontier. his father's command, drawn up the proclamation of his own accession to the throne in his presence, and had read &load the draft of it to him. The Journal de St. Patersbourg announces that General Berg is appointed Governor General of Fin- land, and Aide-de Camp General Baron de Lieven Quarter Muter General of the Imperial Staff. An imperial order places the eastern portionof the Crimea from Theorlatia and Arabat to Kutch under the ceders of Prince Gortehakoff. By an nkue, dated March 10, General Yermoloff has been appointed commander of the militia of the government of Moscow, and Prince Scheohoffskoi to the command of the militia of the government of St. Petersburg. The King of Prude arrived at liresden on the 16th, as the guest tithe King of Saxony, and is 'expected to remain until the 30th instant. The policy of the two Kings is at this time coincident, both acting for Rankin interests in return for the patronage of the Czar. The committee of the Second Prussian Chamber, to which the ministerial bill on the war budget was I referred, have made a report, in which we find the' following passage : In this mime moment we have deemed it a duty incum bent epos as to approach the steps of the throne and to eapress personally to y oar Royal Majesty oar sentiments and convictions. The Prussian nation knows how to appre ciate la their fullest *stoat the blessings of that peace which, ander the predeat conduct of its kings, has for an almost vainterrapuld period•of forty years scattered its benefits over oar country. But strongly as they appre ciate these blessings, the faithful peop• of your Majesty are also aware that blsesiap of a jet higher order eaist, end if, in the midst of the complications with which we are threatened is the future, the beaour, independence, or European position of the country were imperilled, the wholeßrusaisa nationwonid range itself with entire devotion, with its traciltioaal and unshakeable loyalty,witb its blood and its wealth, on you Royal Majesty's side, and challenge all the chances of destiny. In placing at the foot of the throne the assurance of our unshakeable fidelity and bound less devotion, we have to fulfil another duty equally wired. We cannot omit bearing testimony to the anxiety with which your Majesty's faithful people have observed for the lest tan months the proceedings of the royal government in the present great European quarrel. With pain they have e'en Prussia Mire from the community of great powers I. presented last year is the conferences of Vienna—by that act renouncing tile most efficacious means of aiding, by its firm and unequivocal attitude, the prompt attainment of the end ardently desired by the entire country—a peace offer leg latiug gu toes against a renewal of the perturbs. Sivas to whack legal order has been subjected in a manner con kemable alike se the dignity, the interests, and tee Euro. jui pain et Prussia, as well as the declarations made at 'the Selamonement of that year by the government of your Majesty as to the future dirictioa - of ite policy. We know how to appreciate to their bill extent the diffi culties of the present situation; but, in presence of this anxiety, we are bound to empress the respectful conviction that, whatever may happen, we see the moat ~odd and indispensable guarantee for Prunela's future weal in a firm and oonsiatent PRUSSIA AND FRANCE. The following is a translation, from the Berlin Notional, of M. Manteuffel'a circular to be Ministers of Frani& lath, Kemal courts of Germany : Berns March 8,18.55. You will fi nd hereto ascend a copy Of the confidential despatch which I addressed on the 2d, March to the minister of the King at Paris. As you will perceive, I was led thereto by the circumstance that the attitude taken by the many of the Kiog, at the sittings of the ' , nekton Diet, had hemmed. by a foreign government tAustria) the subject of criticism, which the government of V.. King considen ia compatible with the dignity and independence of Germany. For the nuns reason I did not admit the circumstance with the French government, and even now I think 1 may confine myself to a few ohm rirationa, so as to prevent the position of the government of the King from being nii-inter preted, as has already been the case on one or two °cessions. The grounds of the resolution of the Diet of the Bth February are clear and evident. If, theref ,re, at a later period an attempt was made not to ignore them but to give them another signification, in other worth, if • measure, the object of which wes to strengthen Germany at home and abroad, without making any demeestration for the moment, was interpreted later as a demonstration in one sense only, it was neeessary, in winciple, to 'contest the right of efforts mode in that sense. This is what the royal envoy did at the German Diet. Does that constitute • demonstration in another sense ? Not the least is the world. Matters would be far gone, indeed, in Germany if a call for the safety and independence of the German Confederation at Po threaten ing a moment in Europe, phould be interpreted as a pro vocation against • foreign state, and reproached as a crime. For one part, at least, we are of the opinion that such • call was far too highly conformable to the dignity of Ger many to need • corrective, and especially one resulting from treaties with which the German Confederation had nothing to do, and the practical bearing of which it does not under stand at the present minium We have reason to believe that many of our German allies share this view of the subject ; without this probably the motives of the resolution of the Bth February would never have been adopted either in the committees or in the federal assembly by a mejority which borders on unani mity. If, later, a foreign interpretation had not been given to those motine, the royal envoy would not have hound himself in the necessity of re-esteblishing them in their primitive g lity, wbich did not contain a demonstration in any sense whatever; in the situation which was made, it was necessary to bring out with energy and precision the consequences of the principle. It was to be hoped that this ezchauge of view, chiefly confidential, would not be distorted iu its character by • precocious and inexact publicity. Such, however, being the ease—a feet to which Prussia is accustomed by the partial oommunicstions which are made to foreign journals, but which will not tarn her aside from her own views, at the risk of being misunderstood and suspected—it would have been essy toisiparate the truth from exaggeration. But all sorts of propositions were spoken or as having in part al ready been made by Prussia, in part pr►pared to be made— tor instance, that the whole of the contingents ought to be stationed on federal territory, that the federal fortresses ought to be armed, &e. "We were surprised at the activity attributed to ue. We learnt, in fact, from different reports fr .m our diplomatic agents, that a series of Austrian circulars was occupied with this affair, and that endeavours were in some manner made is canvass votes against the propositions w e were to malts to the D.et. Different German governments is:naively sup posed that those circulars were also communicated to us ; this, however, is not the ease. If the Cabinet of Vienna bad addressed itself to as on the subject, it would soon have been convinced th►t we do not entertain the intentims at tributed to us. The majority of those circulate would have had no object, and might have been dispensed with. I shall not here examine whether the real interests of Germany, which, in the great European crisis of the mo ment, mills fo► union and an increase el independent forces, with the consciousness of their power and object, and not a tension of artificial strength, obeying a foreign impulse, would bare gained or het thereby. The position of the royal government, as regards the resolution of the Diet, is as eimpte as it is clear. As a Ifederal power it maintains the motives which served as • basis ter that decision as long utile Federal Amenably did tot attribute to them amore precise tendency by its new d reclaims. The question of knowing whether the Assembly ser'U do it, and In which seam it will do it, is the affair of a t attire, which, in fact, is already on the threshold of the p m tot. Pei tags is folly alive to the gravity of the moment, and bee ai, i will not fail Germany ; but it is precisely because sh e i s a ware of that gravity, that she will not allow her un clouded vision to be obscured by en interpretation which it is desired to thrust upon ter. But, in tsliair this view of ow", p, magi* knows that she is exempt, not only fram ever y isse.ition of a demonstration. but also from may " wr i er , p en sie end any ill-will Inwards the Western Powem. You will ionprese yourself confidently in the sense of the above oboervations, not only tote government to which you have the honour of being accredited, but where aver e l s e yo u mey Yaws reason to suppose that su •pprecia don .of our posit:on, founded on distorted facts, sway be likely to prevail. M AATIC FIVZ. OPERATIONS AT %ERICH. (MOM LAST MORTIS GAZEITZ.) AMMULTY, M.ancs 19, 1855. A despatch, of which the following is a copy, has been received from Rear-Adatral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., 0.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of ber Majesty's ships and vestels in the Mediterranean end Black See. Royal Albert, cff Sebutopol, Feb. 27, 1856. Sir,—With reference to my letter of the 20q1 instant (No. 135), reporting the highly creditable proceeding, of the blockading squadron off Rerteh, under the c minand of Captain Giffard, of her Majesty's ship Leopari, I have now the honour to maims espies of two letters which I have re ceived from that active end intelligent officer, reporting his further proceedings, and of hi. haying, in conjunction with his Imperial Majesty's steamer Fulton, captured and RUSSIA. destroyed ten 60 ewe. 8-inch guns, and burnt seven large The New Prussian 1907.414 reports that a epee& boats, two range. of barrack buildings, alto a quantity of seas by thelinsperor Alexanderll. in the Senate bad military stores and provisions, near the Begrime of the a great sensation at fit. Petersburg. The Kaaba. Lake, oa the 12 ... 1 _ Waist ; sad I beg leave to call pmtetr had communicated to the senators that he their lordships' particular attention to the fact that this bed Ile the hut ten years takes a part is the gallant @anise was performed during weather which must gorimlnient, and had oognisanos of the plans of his have rendered its secomplishment ezeeedingly difficult, and father, according to which there could be no expect- that Vice-Admiral Brost and I consider that it ri fleets the tation of a change being made in the policy or in the blithest credit on Captain °Alkyd, Captain Lebris, of the administration. The Emperor Alexander had, at Fines, and theoffleers sad men of both satins employed on the oeeuion. The enemy appears to have lot • am aderable number of men on the °autos, %hems no casual ties have occurred on our side.—l am, &e t ' o Lyons. Rear-Admiral end Coninkander•in-Chief. • To the Seeretary of the Admiralty, London. '• ' " Her Majesty's Bteam•Frigste Leopard, off Hertel, Feb. 25, 1865. SHE CAPSULE 01P ENEMY'S GUNS, AND DISTRUCTION Ol MILITARY STORES. Bir,—l have the honour to infects you that on the 22nd instant, his Imperial Freoeh Majesty's ship Fulton having gone to Kaffa to reconnoitre, I proceeded towards Amps is her Majesty's ship Leopard, but on passing the Boghu of the Kouban Lake we observed numbers of troops crossing the pump in boats, from Amapa to Taman ; so I ran in sad anchored off the passage in 4 3 fathoms. _ _ . . The troops had landed, but we opened fire on them, and drove them to the hills. I sent a division of boats, under Lieutenant Graham, to examine the buildings on the points, which proved to be guard-house', barracks, stor•-houses, and stables, some of which were burnt ; but a heavy snow-storm coming on I re• called the boats. Lieutenant Graham reporting that he had seen some guns and other military stores, which he had not time to destroy, and which the enemy were traneiorting from Arnim to Kona, 1 again proceeded there on the 24th inst.nt, in company with the Fulton. A few rounds of shot sod shell drove the Coaling and ether troops, 400 or 500 in number, to the hills; when the boats under Lieutenant Graham landed, and Monsieur in the Fulton, took up a position to the nottb-west, to check the advance of the enemy, who soon atter brought some field batt on the hills sod opened a heavy fire of shet and shell upon the ships and beats. The very accurate fin of the Fallen drove them from two positions, and the Leopard's shell from a third, after which they retreated behind the hills. After three hours' work the boats returned, having cap tured sod destroyed ten new and handsome 50 o*t, 6.ineh guns, and burnt seven lugs boat', two Tangos of barracks end buildings, also a quantity of military stores and provisions. The Fulton received one shot in her hull, but I am happy to icy no casualties occurred. The loss of the enemy must have been considerable. I have, &e., (Signed) GEO. GIPPARD, Captain. Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G C.B , Ste. HEALTH OF THE ARMY OF TILE EAST. (PROM LAST NIGHT'S cuzartz.) WAR DEPARTMENT, MAKat 20, 1855. IXTRACT PROM )1. I) sssss CH RICRIYRD DT LORD PAN IICRII FROM PIRLD-RARBHRL THR LORD RAOLAN, DATED " BEFORE SEELBTOPOL," MEECH 3, 1835. I beg now to lay before your lordship Dr. Hall's report of the state of the sick, and I will direct him to make one sreckiy, which I will transmit for your lordship's informa -1 tioa. Extract from a Report from Dr. Hall, Inaptctor-General of Hospitals, to Field-Manhal Lord Raglan, dated March 2, I will offer a few observations on the weekly state up to the 24th February; and, in doicg so, I may premise that the result of the sanitary condition of the army up to that period is by no means so satisfactory as the previous im provement during the week of fine weather that we had, had led me to anticipate; but though the unfavourable change in the weather, from the genial warm•h of spring to the bitter cAd of winter, which took place on the 20th, had ■o injuritus effect on certain dame of disease in weakly subjects, still there is sufficient Improvement remaining to enable us to look forward with confident ho; e to tae future; and I am the more inclined to indulge this hope from the favourable change which has taken place in the type of fever prevar. log in the General Ilosp•tal at B &Wave, in the 93rd Highlenlers and some other regiments, fvoss low typhoid to that of a remittent, and even iutermittent, form. This aftinnoon 100 patients were to be realm d from the General Hospital at Balsklays to the c nub scent esta blishment on the plateau of the old castle. oeerlookiug the sea ; and when the remainder of the buts are erected, which I aspect they will soon be mow, I 10. k ter the hap. pie.t multi to follow, from being able to piece from 400 to 600 convalescents there, in place of seeding them down to the crowded fstablishment at Scutari. In case of cur hav ing wounded °see, I should wish of all things to keep them in so desirahle a li.cality ; and, by a very littla labour, the road up to the hots from the town cou!si easily be made practicable for ambulance moles ; seed this, lam informed, the Cernmar.ding Royal Engineer has been ordered to curry into immediate effect. The poti.ien of the huts I think promises ee-ry ad vantsge ; they are placed on a dry ridgo orerloskir the sea, sufficiently rumored from the nsi-e and stench of the temp, and not too far from our antes cnd resturees. There is a running stream in a ravine c:oee et hand, of easy uscw,„and fed by a rprittg higher up in the hil;e, which could wily he led to the buts themselves by means of gotta perch& tubing. Out of 442 psticnts, treated in the General Hospital at Balsklave, between the 18th and 24th Fe bruary, only three casual tits have occurred, which, I thtak, may fairly be teemed a low rate of mortality, considering the class ot pa tients that are generally sent in there for treatment—men brought down from camp, and found too i.l t. embark when they arrive at Balaklava. The buts in the vineyard in front of the hospital have »lb wed the hospital, and prevented the necessity of crowd ing it so much aa we were formerly occasionally compe:hd to 43. The ver.tilation, too, of the main building has been im proved, by boring two rows:of large auger holes through the wooden ceiling of the wards. Mr. Hsi bury and the medi cal officers doing duty under him are ♦ery eat« ntivs to their patients. The sick hese also the benefit of the care of Miss Langston and the nurses under her, will are a great com fort to them; and I am glad to be able to assure your lord chip, that the state of the purveyor's store is such as to insure every comfort the sick can require. The cavalry divisioo, encamped in a sheltered valley near Kadtkoi, hes enjoyed better health of late, and the mor tality this week, though high, as compared with service at home, still cannot be considered excessive; but with the increased comforts the men now enjoy, and their exemption from night duty, further improvement may be expected. The Artillery has also enjoyed good health; so 'has the Highland Brigade, which occupies the lines in front of Balaklava, part of which aro elevated, cad much exposed. But being near Balaklava, they have exerted themselves, and got wooden huts up for the accommodation of both the pick, and a portion of the men in health, They have had the advaLtsge of house shelter for their sick, in the vi,lage of liCaMkoi, during the whole winter. The men are warmly acd have the adlitional bensdt of being nearer their resource, than the men in front. The Zed, 4:h, and light divisions Lave improved in health, bet the 3rd, and the Brigade of Guards, continue sickly. The Guards bare just been removed to Bs!Wave, where rest and ►steer shelter will, I have no doubt, eo• balm a beneficial effect on their health. The 3rd division, too, will be relieved in iilll , l degree by the 391 Regimen , . just sent op to j via it. The 30th bas lately arrived, and is quite efficient. Huta have been erected for tlicm on an eligible site, and they have o lair chance of escaping any serious outbreak of disease. Bowel courlemts continue to be the most prevalent clue of diseases; but I thick they are not so a, liaise as they were a short time ego, nor is scurvy so manifest as it wilt since the issue of lime juice daily as a portion of the men's ration. Lately, I have instructed the medical obSeess of regiments to inspect the men, fur the purpo-e of de:ming this complaiet—rain diseases, and seeicg thot.t4e coin are clean in their persons, and change their shirts and fiances at stated periods. The lut weekly repast is fav umsble. In the 4th division, which is the on:y report I have at band in my but, only 138, out of 2,696 men inspects d, bare any it ices of *curvy ; and this is one of the divisions which was as much or more affected with it then any division in the army a short time ego. Mr. Roberts, the staff surgeon recently appointed to superintend the medical concurs:a of the division, is an intelligent, active, sad he has effected wonderful reforms the lean of fresh mist et.uld be km Tege talcs eed lime juice, I am quite the ram are warmly clad, aid will s)on a movie's,' improvement would take place And if the military operations carrying of some longer ezemption from duty, provement would be observed. I am iherinid to think our greats, miseries barn been surmounted, and• (inward for better and more cheering denial to see the cheering effect the few the he.lth and spiths of the men; and a now be coseiderad and, at an end, 1 am confidence. and :.Moat uiticer. • I tit ce he jonted. ellffi.r. • •+ rated, topittbee4 - 00-X- 4 tatiefied, LEW 4.4 ►~ a be bt ttcr aril. lan in the •t• - - ~ en w• uld o ..3,,, , , 1 , 5. ' CO a sttil tt a tt i l 'test diffic ,i71 0 . , 2 .- ' tdjit 4l WO Eog) ~.WN tri um... 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