The Express. — London, England, 1855-01-27 00:00:00

no am had bow so charge made, so use whites elated, ea eves attempted to be embeesseland, to which be Mid Meet himself is answer. The ben. camel lensed guildsman' bad truly anted that they had lost leek me a i l the largest sad beet appointed armies that ever left theca l ohms, sod then he asked what had Moue of that milt He might srp in reply that the boa. std normal per nea bed included is his computetieu all the sesa bat best seat from the beginning, in:dud/Kg time JIM dua l pushed, std who had sot yet served at their dad natio& He approached the subject with maf liesesal keine of pain. He Wei met gong to Unapt to bolero se a nee by rotting letters or extrub teas letters, but in his conscienee he believed it to be true that from great fatigue, mad from eipeAllee to an inclemest thous, .whes deprived of almost every tiemeney, the army seder Len Raglan was reduced to • state whin nut emits alarm is the mind of every English:lm. As fu se degraded oe theta they hal to site esertlos to wee-- test it: they bed sent to Selektive Mires nffielent for tons that body of men. It might however be asked, earl it doubtless would be asked, bow it was that an army sot Oeli DO well equipped could hive fatten ie so short • time Womb estate ? When he last addressed the beau es this entries( he had referred to some great defects is the interest orgealestios of the entry, and ushers in the department named with the &Malnutrition of it. The great lug* to whisk be had then gone would usable him to shorten his remarks ea these subjects on the Immo% oceseloa. He thee stated that the Lest circumstances to wh.ob they most look fee ea esplanacl , n of the disorgeninthn of the army was the system wised doriog the unsay years of peace. He was sot speaking merely of redecticsa, or of the coastme ties, of many 'sources of aniioiry power during the limey years of peace, but he tbiugh; he could is • few words satisfy hos. patients that they have hardly had ea army duriag that period. They bad ' , dud, for the purposes of police at DOISO, and of police rosier than defence abroad, onietened a body of armed men in a high state of dis cipline, organised to som extent, hear sot as army. As ingtielman could do ea well et h•ltt. r than say ether soy /Wag be had i.e. practised, bet he required piresise. The lorgesisaties of the English erwry was entireiglegelemstal. Se for It woe perfect. Even inteeg the pereoutiempsign Mee had bees no eiredplsint of registrant ilk= Mks • on the ccatrary, Cie between sad soldiers were admirable. The Engin,' snag woe Ms as stay bat a collection of minions. He meld unleme leesy then was nut an diem is rows tad of stgeCill Ik. Crimea who had ever seen a brigade, eangll Who bed been is India, Ge robe happened to havo ma bli s tieldeed la Donn. Bow cis you 'wet se army r for the arse time to be perfect is its aeglabelloa P mgt sea yea enema from men who have never some tee - MN togetibee r A campaign was nee. onry to INS rusks, sad they eight net to he surprised at the milder- Sem that had occurred. ledepeu 'nut of these dents. then were some iadividur peculiarities et trat r o l l to be andirred. They had attained a very high etate of dellealisa, sad a gnat division of labour was a we mosamee. Whet sm. the result ? An Isz Nab seen sent thought of doing any ; hie hew, Ids doers, hie windows were al= kr him; ezeept is the most mews district', he did am helm then was • man vbe could build • hut me woke a yak el shoes for Memel,. The great sulionialoo of baggy smug it se easy to procure everything, that so wan lamed to shift for klassall Last August be received a letter how es bob. Mead opposite, makiog many met valuable suggestion ; but the letter coscluded by saying, " You will de all this, but at the last moment you will find it without avail, be eases the ass will sot know how to help themeelvem" Rev ise the. so far disposed of the ceases of the failure of the ft s ua army, he would ask them to loot Mk to the disro bed/mast of the militia in 1815, to tee &emetics of the mom Ma, to the entire destruction of the stamps ; all this, year after year, under the pressure of gu mmy, left those without the means of orgsalsing en Amy ea so army. Seem few jean sits the matey was startled by • letter addressed to Sir Jibs Burgoyne by the highest military authority this onatry poisoned, who protested sitarist the state is which the smatry was left. Subsequent to tint greet efforts wire made to create the powerful stem-easy they sow pot eased. an isenan was made to the armed form, het above W. Lord Derby's government resumed the great issue of military power, the militia, which bed been dormant Mee lug a period. During all that time the cowry had bees IDNIONDII is wealth and commerce, the great metes of sapportle mllitap establishmeute ; but the demand for these had iwaoeael at the SAMY time. The Monks had bees intended. Australia was becoming one of the most ism portaat quithersof the glohe.lle wonli wish to know whether say boa. gentlemen considered war to be eis simple a thing se that it Gould be carried on with effect at a moment's sods& Hs knew of no eve in wl.ich they had plunged iota was without meeting with great revere.. ; but the preset differed from them in this, that they had great mi t: ryesemees to net off against than. If they read the description of the state of the Duke of Wellington's army, after the retreat from Burgs, they would and it very similar to the present eon ; mud stet was not at the COM IIMMIMeDi of • war, but after usual years' experience, under the greatest military genies this country ever saw. Take later cams. In the expedition to AffenniMan, the mortality was nearly one-fourth ; in tee expedition to Smash, under Gomel Cheloos, 48 per cent. of the Weeps perished. He wished be could asks a favourable statemat as to toe present sopa. Lion, bat he regretted to be cotherd to say that the mortality in the army under Lord Raglan amounted to 14 per cent. in the whole. He "wind ..it quote some letters he had received, but it appeared that *emir parts of the may were in different Mates of effleieney, because they had different comforts. Everything depend 4 on the dietetics of:the camp kin the harbour, that was described as crowded with stores for swim the numeer, but wuich it was impor Bible to move frog Hankie's to tlie comp. He had re sorted a letter from the gentleman who had be.. sent out sea ciostaissioner to inquire into the riedition of the hos pitals at Conistinticople and Bat Alava. The letter states—" The government ties pent plenty of every thing. You have asint it 3,000 nil -s ; La the distance is three thousand sod sir ; end the 10.1.44 are more difficult than the three (housed." Ile be:ieved that was • true mpresestation of the state of things. He would be asked what was the cause of such a state of things. Ia discussing that gut-Aloe great allowances ought to are made for the difficulties that had to be encountered there, and for the difficulty they experienced in obtaining information from such a distance. One thiog he knew, 'het before the army left Varna they had collee:ed over five thousand animals ; sines then, all these, and the greater DODO,' of the cavalry horses, end many of those of the artillery, bad perished from exposure and want of food at a time when forego in plenty was in the harbour:ef Bileklave. He mutt read as extract from a certain document :—" Of the air regiments of the light cavalry division one thousand into ate dismounted, and the horses of seven hundred M ore MS unservice able. The baggage homes are oil Merl ; the artillery horses an scarcely drag the guns ; and one-third of the spare ammunition has been given tip for want of means of trans port." Would not any one imagine th.t the letter was describing the condign' of the army before Sebastopol ? The very numbers of the penitent arm were the same. Bat that letter was not written by Lod Wigton, describing the condition of hie potent army, but it sis written in 1809, describing Wellieeton's mu after the battle of Talavera. It was said that trey had the mummol of the ass, end that, therefsre, it ought to be as easy to supply the men before Sebastopol as if they were at Woolwich. Bat they should recollect that if they had the command of the Ms, they were at the mese, of Hon who ruled the storm.. There wee another difficulty : they had almost exhausted the Mass of onveying by steam the articles noceismy for the army. He would wish to state to the house the immense amber of tenesports nessemary P.r the conveyance, not e a ti of the mem, horses, sod ansmunitine, but of the food of such an ezeedition. H. wished in Janice Is Ihe d Cief Admiralty to read a paper, to show the seems they had employed to supply tins stay with stores. Be bead that from the 7th of February to the 10th of Deesaber, sad (rim the 10th of Deestaber to the 2nd el Isminsey, the grand total onnveved by the Admiralty, 'Wm in its own ships or in hired transports, to the SAM sod the K tat, for the Eoglish and Fronds genrs. meats, was 3,000 ',mans, 82,000 men. 6.0 1 0 honse,l7l,ooo tame a provisoes and stores, sad 183,000 toes of coals. Me bed reed that because be thought the house ought to be to what extent the Admiralty had tosopented with Ike military departments la furs:shim the upping getimmary for the sestenuce and minummes of the army. Be should have to state presently what thugs, were pro pond with respect to that matter. It toe government were abed to stets who was to blame for the supplies set having bin earned up from Hinkle"' to the camp—if they were Mid to 'sake a guess, and to throw the blame of what hod essoned ea ether ease ',boulders, is wise to ammo d dies their ono those who made sisse a deemed weld be t ad. for the premised me is tomiath ta d s such eMITM. They Issi eidMan M the Cessenease4 Oltlef of the mo t to _ yoist out to him Idiom whisk bad takes plat a, to draw lde tl teatime to doometawese whisk bed hoes reported be thew, to ask him to tell then where the MIMI lay, sad, Aare all, to len the supreme pewees eateusted to hin, ISt rs. seenieg . wherever was litoollthstiolv _ash o u r wised ma who, while sobs e s e ih rglz e. shows lksawslvos death for @my. It wee at in the power of the goromme, at this dieleass from the ems of action, and is the theme el in- Se do eases; and it would be seawall esti die. mallehlo Si, without knowing mere than they th ey wen iggiallgge UM who might after all be blested emi who were at say rate gallantly periling delirlive s iai lona el then emestry. (Hem) The km. and lamed ratlmaa had sot quarrelled with the semi/mai es the Oat whisk woe the eut4eot el debate at do esimemew seat of the erosion. TM the scapleiss wee, M a = had not seat enough as eet, Wog stWyy had to Ism a reserve. He theeght the dMwioa. Mooed tkml =peat seat oat a very emidershie MOM. He that the reserve had ceased to be a reserve Imam le mesa* eat Wished was tke mkt elifeat of sash km. fee a s s Mew.) The awity wan So mate a hash neseve. psepeee the me egemb wk fresh pewees st the Haw l Osenesae; Indio-bad no chabt they would shads essay yen SW was semery. Be wished, howl own to NM dist W mothromth W se labsidth t lo il t esal sway man et thole othify to melee fa Ibis I le die NM* V* an ba l WW t Weald elow what lad Whollett i r dsa l bow diai the yeversossat were width( to EnAs Ms. /deed atlas boa gim serailMars ;shirth iateaded to move. Part of that nears auk* Mg N got, Wean the sated& far it did set Met; bat THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1855. who send lave no Wrest in saunas its errors. That elematimin was hutrieeted to probe the truth to the bottom, and, ie order that there might be no annosmaly delay, it wee to make pianist suggestions from time to time whin might be adopted either by the hospital ustkoritlee at Scutari ese by Lord Raglan. He bred amen to be able to lay before parliament the teem* Si this inquiry, cud, what was more important, the elope whin had been taken in ociesegoeses. Having made nen stele eats, an net *Fhb's to weary it with say 'd ahlias' son he would now oak the boas' what wee its iniesellio nth regard to the modem before it. It was pro. Mon be inks to the eassideration of a caramittee of 15 r stamen up-etairs no loss • sobject than the weans at its army before Sebastopol sad the outdoes of the depart ment at home to whom its. safety had is part been en inelin. Now, he would suppose such • motion to be Oland he would euppoes that there wee to be found • reesionat who would submit to enit an inquiry, and inept such • vale. What would be the effect apes the war dere/Wats of the appoiateaset of such a eommittat ? What would be the effect of it upon the arm whom safety of muses was their y ultimate object I How were the departments to be re modelled—how wee their authority to be made subordinate to that of one supreme bred t Until these fifteen gentle men had decided epos what they would recommend, the government would be unable to awry into effect their ewe measures. They would have to wait perhaps till August to do anythiog towards remedying the evils which edited. Then how would the con mires get the Information they require-1 ? The would have to 'amine the very men whowere now charged with the administration of the departments; and they would be obliged to forma their opinions in a great degree sewed land. The simple malt would be to cause a delay of • whole session tut the purpose of doing on the authority of a onmittee what ought to be dose on the authority of the government. Well, bat what would be the effect as the parties themselves ? How was the government, to edmi piste• the affairs of the army, aid to carry out ithISIUSI for the prosecution of the war if their time wee to be spent before • committee of the House of Common. in answering questions and endeavouring to defend themselves spinet at colts. For all the purposes of Woo the government would clearly be paralysed while the inquiry lasted. Well, then, he asked, what would be the abet upon the army ? The committee were to SOWED/DO late the 'audition of the army. How were they to do that ? Were they going to send commissioners to Sebastopol to inquire, or were they going to imitate the Dutch, when they sent commissioners to control the Duke of Marlborough ? San duties °oaten plated were those of the oomenandsr-nehisf. If be were incapable of performing non he ought to be recalled. If the government thoirct him incapable of performing them it was a erne in them not to reed him ; bat it would be a erne likewise is aay government to j amp at that eanclesiou without proof, and thus to commit an Wrath:is which would dams and sicken the army, who would feel that men who W. been doles their duty were eacrideed to ea unworthy element, and for the unworthy porpateom the pert of the peorament, of placing on other @Wan blsme wink the Mown of Common wished to *se am no roarameat. (HOW, hear.) There might IMO hen ineenseate which bad sheltered themselves seder pressedings like that ; but he knew that the present government was not capable of such conduct; and if it were be would not tuna a member of it for one hour. He maintained that this motion would paralysis the attics of the government et home, sad of the army alweed. It was impossible for the allallander is-chief or the esnrier, , Olken pf the ang_lle set fr eely while they knew that there mu • jury ftler open their every act, and that there were Innen mnserromating t h eir ooadect whoa they holto MON eg i ga sit iseriug. Were they wi ll ias to umpire Z o e ? (Hear, hear.) Would they seek Inlet they wo.ild either fall of obtaining, or which seal only be °Omitted. at the (spews of to 'Measly of the may H. could not conceive obel sermonin nib a proceeding was to be justified. Re "end mailumend She house mein, " Here is a caw of great disaster ; here le • ease of great sickness and morta lit' y sad we think the government are to blame." If they bedarrlved at that convaction let them impress it; it was not by a godson inquiry with regard to departusects that the ease and be mat. If the house were satisfied that the war department had act been administered as it ought tab*, let them put • stop to the evil by saying to the men who wen sosdacting the department. " You are unlit for your pats; you are coaductiog this war in a manner which is discreditable to your selves, and, what is more important, destructive to the beat intemets of the smutty. We wiU remove you, end substitute for you team is whose capacity and integrity we have greater °mildew's." He was willing, perfectly willing, to abide by that. But he would ask the house, if they had made up their minds to take that course to avow it man fully, and above all, at once. (Hear, ba r.) There was no taw in disguising the fact that the present government was one which had ezisUd without polateting what wee galled party support. (Hear.) It was a government which had been constantly mooting with eras motions, sod there could be no doubt thet the strength and efflaiincy of any government must be impaired by such proceedings. It was a government, too, whseh had been imposed to greet oh loony and calumny ; and though it might be said that a government should despise such thing*, he must observe, that however it might despise the calumniator, no govern ment in this country scald despise calumny, which could not but produce an effect as the character of publio men (hear) —and the government had suffered by that weapon being recklessly used. The government stood is a position far more precarious than that which it had occupied. It could not be denied that It had received a heavy blow by the secession from It. ranks of a man whose character, talents, and sots indents had made him the drat man in that house, and had given him a personal influence such as no other man pos sessed. (Hear, hear) He lamented that secession ; he lamented it for the sake of the public service ; and the noble lord, who had always treated him as • stollens' with great kindness, would pardon him fur saying that he 1 la mented it also for his own sake. He felt the kW weight of the loss of the noble lord, and on that' very account he thought he was entitled to ask the house for a plain, rapid, and intel:igible decision as to their course, and the conduct of the government. This was nezessary, on account of the negotiations which were peodiog, and in order that the war might be properly carried on. Aoy suspension of the functions of the government at such a time would be most fatal to the public service. It was in different to himself to what decision the house came ; but he should lament, for the sake not of this government, merely but of any government, the ado; tits' of snob • motion as that trader coasideratiost. There were great perils surrounding the country at the present moment, and it became the senate of the country clearly to express its in maim as to what men it would entrust with the manage. meet of public affairs. With these feelings be must express his intention to vote against the motion. Ho bad endea voured to vindicate the jovemment from the charge which had been made, that they had come there, as it were, knowingly sad willingly, and with their eyes open, to suffer these gallant me to perish. He found by the last malls accounts of a re-distribution of ground, by which the labors of the soldiers would be math diminished ; be found also amounts of the meted of baggage trains, by means of which things which were accessary for the maintenance of the army would be carried up to the camp. He did not wish to inthrem upon the home his opinions of the future as re girded the army; bat he maintained that it was necessary, for the sake of the army sad of the country, that a speedy sad distinct decision should be given as to the hoods to which the reins of power should be entrusted. It was not for the interest of the country that the government should struggle on with • sort of half support. He repeated that it was time the House of Commons should decide up,* this matter. Tie ministry were ready to abide by the issue. He would only ask that that de cision be plain and intelligible, and above all that it be speedy. Mr. Drummed, Mr. Lindsey, Mr. Layard, Mr. Wal pole, Col. Sibthorp, and Mr. Knightly, spoke in favour of the motion; Mr. Milner, the Marquis of Granby, Sir G. Grey (who confessed his town adhesion to the belief that the Berretarysliip of War would be beet administered by Lord Palmerston, bat submitted that the transference of that office at the time sad in the manner suggested by Lord J. Russell would have been highly isespedieut), Mr. Vernon Smith, sad Sir J. Fitegerali opposed it. Colonel North thought that the orgonisation and management of the army were act is fault. The primary muse of all failures was attributable to the unwise economy of par liament. Mr. STAFFORD moved that theilebate be adjourned. The Snamiza having pat the question, Lord PALMRRIIO3 said that, as a considerable po tion of the bow seemed he wish for the adjournment of the debate, the ipmemsmi wadi not oppose it. Sat he hoped that if the bow issilled on adjoarabig the debate to Monday tbsy weal Rol it incumbent on them to presumes a disdain is Oat day. With that distinct understanding be wield est wow the adjournment. Lard C. HAMILTON supported the motion for the ad journment, as very few Irish emotion had yet arrived. The debate was then adjourned until Monday next . -- - FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. - Mr. SOTERRON obtained lean to bring in a bill to consolidate and amid the law relation to friendly oocieties. NBWSPAIIIR STAMP. Mr. WILSON wed that the house would on Monday neat resolve itself into a ementittoo to consider the News paper Stamp Acts. The motion wee agreed to, and the house adjourned at five Wastes to twelve. SPAIX.—MADZIN JAN. 20.—The keeps wens lest night under arms flonithing teopieuesst le apprehended. A persica of the NatissaTihiia is dissatisfied with the Caution:it Amiably. sad *nes wanes node by sane of the battalions to need* the Cartes sad aloes its doors. ifspartate minded to this critical One of stein last sight I. the Cates, and the following words of his an published to-day in the G. :—" Were Ito dad nian so audeeins as to violate the runny of the laws, I wish' meet thaw, nosy er few, Ewen in bead, wed die Tether etas surresder the enstiatios. Gendenni, Ist se do sus plain duty. We ban to nake the enetitstios : let se do quiddy sad pstriotisally." _ _ . . Eirociiout, JAN. 12.—Tha Bawls Tidal" eon- Isailieto Um report of roe et ties journals that tbe army mos Arse to be *red emu. korarti. _ OZTIITAL PALL / JAL Adieirico as tit dens, 4N; adlokima by mom tiskaat, 1$; tosaL THE NEW RETURN OF NEWSPAPER STAMPS. The mato of newspaper stamps jog issued gives dim Mavis( meal*: First Qautor. /swag Quarter. Daily News . . 319,191 348,044 Moro* Herold . . 303,000 209.000 Morales Post . . 205,000 221111 Korai*, Chruielo. . 162,600 186,0011 Elcpress . • 177,133 198,389 Glob* . . . 176,000 195,000 31a. 168,000 192,006 litiadard . . . 103.000 104.000 4,11 t erlireoo. say ishnestlea whisk seuld I. dashed, sad whisk mold be gime without maladies 41 the interest of the seuatry, should be laid lathes the house. It was said that clothing sad had bed set bees sedisisatly supplied. He (ar. Blikse=:t) would Melede ell sack things. There were is the Miley Mt * war subject. It w =ed. lessen the erVe ilanslsool were nut is pommies sallop _whisk sushi te have for their use; that sash dielefeed eolith Mores of linglaad. Them wage Mime eielmesoleshilde plat m absurd that he they weal any with Sim their ems adeAselem ila t reed is • automat a yeeemsph from Behmespel. Maid " How the gusesmenetwevides annuities Orr se;" sad there followed a mesmesS that the Lsoessesr guns had gem eat with shah so smell tee the he.. that it wee Im possible to see theta. • hulks day Mire stepped • state liest that the shells seat ad with the Leareatir gam were se Lige that ems mw bodly employed fra lag then down. (Laughter.) Agile, dm were Mid the sthr day that the woods. bosses were sass eat with. ad amp sails to psi them up with. Waking this Melemest wet szWesalineriAe made *phi. on the Wee& Before he ot say Gamer • geatissma, 116111appaisd us. .into his Neel, sod Ile idiom he mem IlMedithe astement, said be saw the lea fleabeelted. sad, =ey curious. on the subjest I. was peedeularly m whit the ears and shill with width every mew and EA was pet is the piper plies Ms see. Osly the day helm he Mord • statement Oat the clothing bedews very MONO gelbeee woes, sostess, he was told, for greet mate to be Meld M the arr without buttons, which Were WWI ea sabouseady, s ad is, as. chugs baying hem made is this Tempest, the coats moistly seat Mt were without bottom. Now, there were two MOM is the cu stom etst toansieL Ia the Ist place. it Ms sot ism geese seats wiiest l bottom ; Is the seated plate, baths were mat out Is thh particular SM. Ile mentioned these thin. to show the lightness with shish shape were made whisk had set the slightest handellim is hot. Well, sew he bed sealed that it was his Meade. se lay ea the tabled the beam saws. sa these stas. To read keg deals alma KM blankets, pis et hoots, sad as se, would be wearisome to the be.., sad mold sot oiled say aseideedes. He would MIA rather pas by that part of the satiosy manly stating OM be would lay ow the table It showing what =el tar ms had bees seat es% wad the Muse would laie tojadge as to the truth edam sestements whisk saes respecting their issoillsiesey. The made lord whe mt, he was pony to say, bolded him (Lord J. Hassell) lei mentiessd that ass eases id hie determine des to loess tio gmemmeat e was OM t i he with &permeate lose ht ~ their a IMO ore ming the se le Measly shio hid Ohe pera, ihreght. le the I= etse llol.oll who was that speaking belieg drafted with the egg damage the army estimates Isaac home, and Rusin this that eased Seerstery-st- Wee amp to be somilaed eM that awe bad by the fiesreemy el State. Podesps the beam Weft& essellect that is sillissaidem white seek plus Met year be (Hr. 8. Her bert) elefied, i mate length, his views as to the imams is which than departments should be tegslated. sad masa dated er amabined. He staisitbssibs seising *fish ha ea. taitaleal se to the _maiden Oates& to he held lee the Seise easy atWer. He mid thee whet be NM tissugiM One thesis, was sae whirl ought est to be MN by • Wilmot Waken. He thought it was an slim whisk ahoeld be waled deeply, as halted it was as paselat o is the maeassataat of the esessiel &tale of the sew I and he Wed that the mealiet the at @Mehl be ambled to tasks say emmemmat which Me amemety domes weedd be eiresteri and the aspartame* be pat's a bettor sal tessades footing, he maid net be the sag to stand is the way, sad that he shrill be ready at ease to give up the elisewhith he them MIL Whoa the soli, Mud, Monism, premed this matter ups the ideation of Lora erdess. be at ease Mated that be was perfectly reedy and wilting to resign his ones. (Hear, hear.) To the opisiene which be had upraised Its still adhered, sad he ha that ilit to less so time in redeeming his *lea. lie siesabsa OSIO or two of his oolleagnes ea the 811111181. AMON oeseee he sessalted his noble friend the Ufidebeff M Therms. He told biro he felt that it wits time flat be amid quit the government, boding, is he did, as edge Rabb. Is say Menges that might be made, must 1 diem lio Merged in mother °Mee, or made sobeedinste. no =kb Red gave him his opinion with great friendli- Iteleptellik rest sincerity, he hoped. He said he thought iythaesmMniog of his ten with that of Secretary for Weft MUNI impose upon one individual • larger mina et Moiness than say man could perform, and he Moo* urged him sot to toks the coarse which he the. ea tome of placing his resignation in the handled Lard Albsedevu. He could not say that he had seen any rases es chugs the opinions which he expressed lest year s to the necessity of a complete re•modelling of the war depastmoste. The government stated then that they wanted some person to conduct the finance of the army. They stated that it was necessary to have some one at the heed of the provisioning department ; another person at the huff of the arming ; while, again, there should, of course, be iv commander-in•chief. These pawns should, in his opinion. form • board, presided over by the Secretary of State, sat log and., his instructions, and reporting to him from time to time. That was a view which was, he believed, shared by the members of the government, and it came pretty seer the recommendations contained in the draft repent framed by as Duke of Richmond. He apprehended that what they wasted in these departments was a division of labour, nal sorority for a better performance of the duty of all the de. portant' through the complete anbordinatios of all to one soma's head. (Hear, bear.) It wee with thin slew that his noble friend the Secretary of State (the Duke of New male) had for some time past been in the habit of holding meetings of the different heads of departments, sitting toge ther to sake suggestions to him, to bring before him coy Malaise which it was not in their power singly to perform, sad to receive instructions in the presence of each other. so that melt department might know what the other was lieu& sad be able to combine all the means is their power kw wet atteiement of the common object. Unless that Inn lose there weld be no unity of action. At these meetings minutes were taken, and copies of them were sent Seth principal .embers of the government ; and at every regiathe reports were made as to the progress which had ier si apiese. flat was the germ, as it appeared to him, of • whisk ought to bd permanently constituted. The noble lord (Lord J. Russell) said he differed from the go. vernmeut with regard to the constitution of that board. All he (lir. 8. Herbert) could say wu, that he was not avers of the amount of the noble lord's difference. He had mentioned this, because it was alleged that the government had intended to take thou steps. Last y ear they said they thought the com missariat ought to be placed under the immediate control of the chief military authority. That had been done. Lost year they said that there should in their opinion be • board under the Secretary of State, the numbers of which should receive their orders in each other's presence. in order that there might be combined action and real cooperation. Well, there bed been no went of coo-operotien is the board to which he had referred, and its members had done their best to fulfil the behests of its head. But it was said the result was that they had been unable to make the changes which were necneary foe the cffrying on of the war. Now at the coosenseaosment of the operations of lest year there were very great difficulties. In the cue of the Ordnance there was great difficulty in supplying • sofa limit number of shells for the use of the army, and great Satiety was felt on this subject. They could not, for ex- Staple, obtain at first a sufficient number of fusee, for the ~111011 t in hand. In Ave weeks, however, an officer of artil lery, suing under the direction and with the concurrence et the Secretary of State, organised, entirely from his own getesuce., a factory ia which almost any quantity of that &Beate kind of work might be executed in en tteredibly short liffio. He believed that factory eon the country about 7,000 L, had it gave •• enormous power of production, with a pri des savior to the country of thirty on forty thousand pounds a year. He mentioned this to show what might be dose by on energetic application of the means in hand to secure elleisney without any additional roost to the eountry. Then, epic ' there bad been a wanes train formed. This had bola stated, and jastly stated to he the greet want of the aeass. No willies tram, he believed, existed in the army waffle late period in the campaigns of the Duke of Wel. Verna. The duke fused that train himself, and after the war was over it was suffered to dwindle down until it awed to exist. As it was, in fact, only during war that Wok • train could be kept in practice, he did not think the issalley was mask to blame for basing suffered it 110 OM on the ether hand, it must fessibeleS MIS a gnat deal of time was required to mtbuying up • new sigma train. The government had been up mil' da France, in Spain, In Tunis, and eilisronie such sande esuld be obtained. The Duke of Nowesitie had seat INS • Lap number of these animals, cad he was glad to pereilee from the papers that some of Om bad arrived. Why they bad not arrived before be timid set say ; but be saw sessaate of the arrival of fresh nce trains at Basking. sad be bad every reams to that after the seMbilebaseat INS beim= Sweeper beaky by dis dhliagolebed who bed Argo of li, sad who wee employed is a shear espasity under the late Sir C. Napier daring the wen in Salads, it wadi scarcely be possible for the array spite is fail late the Naha ia which it was s few weeks age The esmadmenkit bad boss overbardeaod. Its proper west—the week to whisk it ought to be moaned— wee that of &Whig preehisme Ike the array ; it ought not to be required to preens a Imaaport Denim. In like eerier the Duke of Inemaxiiie had provided • warp s to attend to what might be acrd Ss polies el the army. It wee swat eat lime time eV. end way be believed, working segdichrft._ He had boss sagegml she is forming • large staff; sad Same was every reason to hope that the saints** of a swain sysODm for that which twisted. espied from that of allies, would put bet.* to • fax am Murat state than they tad hitherto his.. Ibm is saim, there were ;2=Mat the meal Imeageet respecting which Ito beam NM 111111011, aumarkally been *impel to the leemmitimaof gash an immeses liaise. as wee tbrust r f. edam* a Maim wit& it amid not bear. His km Mead the lhot Lied alas Amy would, oa • trig ••isaln, _aphis se the by Ss tie' radios aid** wee bused* Is sake. Wide le pailllss as elide* Wimps* beard. Weß. *sok *a_ sassiso.l4 g••••••••• M emo =tbas& with *a NOM of diales. the ocammiesillps, the isprepor esmood= Me nee maid se eariebee W , sad de Massiesat will Goat Wit . 74nl to to Mies% they • esmaitteo„ of tr ees MK filgelit amp at Astp * fame • dass sad simple Trtibia rtnstld peewit the rosarirease of nib evils. e wanes, lad mammy the msaisat they board imp Mal wisk *fug I* Ilse mead MC the savesassist seat sate asobslia of *spiky, bliadississ/1 saga gab *Ws of *Nissolide Stabsilso sad TO CORRESPONDENTS. hoes/ Ratko of 21;71.7grress, -- "ce ttafalaa the sue evealses he.Gasette," is published every Tuesday sad Inday alibi, la dor past. sr oar hassled for °TM Eaprtaa," Loudon Ivattiag paper least be at time OS" le. Beuvorieutriet, by Two o'clock is th• lay of pabtisaticis HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT —Morels& 9b. 5..... £nßDa3e. en. 4C.. io-moikaow—klanues, 10k. 11. a ......111Wrima, 10k. 10.. LONDON. SATURDAY. JANUARY 27. LATEST NEWS FROM ABROAD SOUTHAMPTON, SAvisr.DAT. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam packet Iberia, Captain Christian, has arrived with the above mails and 32 passengers. Her dates are; —Gibraltar, lan. 18; Cadiz, 19; Lisbon, 21; Oporto, 22 ; Vigo, 23. The Lisbon exchanges this mail for three months' bills ere quoted at sta to on London, with great scarcity of money. On the Continent few bills offered; Paris, 6 25, Amsterdam, 43; Hamburg,l 481; and Genoa, h 20. Three per Cent. Stock, 391 tot; Bank of Portugal shares, 106 milreis to 108 mihrois discount ; and Oporto Bank shares, 9 to 10 per cent. premium. _ _ _ - On the 17th instant the British steamer Earl of Durham arrived at Gibraltar with 50 "navvies" and a cargo of railway materials and stores for Balaklava. On the 18th the Taurus arrived from Liverpool; also the following vessels :—Her Majesty's screw linerof battle ship Princess Royal, from England ; British steamer Boatels, J. Brookins, seven days from Liverpool; the British steamer Willian Conrick, from Southampton, towing the British ship Beath°, with wooden hats for the French troops in the Crimea; and the British steam transport Sovereign, 14 days from Constantinople, bound for Southampton. MARSEILLES, FRIDAY. Prince Napoleon arrived this morning. His health has reeeived benefit from the twelve days at see. He will leave to-morrow for Lyons, and will go the following day to Chalons. THE QUESTION AT ISSUE. IT has been alleged that Lard Joust RUSSELL took his colleagues by surprise with his resignation, and attempts see made to infer from this that the step was a mere party move on his part, for the purpose of breaking up the Administration, in order to place himself in a more prominent position. After con sideriog the circumstances of the case, as far as they have transpired, free from personal bias for or against soy of the parties concerned, we ace no miasma to charge the noble lord with any such insidious purpose. When the Dake of NEWCASTLE, on the separation of the War from the Colonial Department, made tholes of the former, Lord JonN acquiesced in the arrangement. About the end of October last, or the beginning of November, Lord JOHN became convinced that unless the arrange ment was altered, there were no hopes of the war being carried on with the requisite vigour and ability. A correspondence ensued between the noble lord and the Earl of ABERDEEN, in which the former urged the necessity of a change, and pointed out Lord PALMERSTON as the most eligible person to take the War Department. The Premier would not hear of any change. What discussions took place subsequently, at the Council Board or eletwhere, l does not distinctly appear but it is evident that Lord Joni grew more and more dissatisfied , with the manner in which the war was carried on, and that he failed to obtain any satisfactory explanation of the causes of our comparative failure. "There was something," he said last night, " with all the official knowledge he possessed, which was inexplicable in the condition of our army in the Crimea." Thus matters stood when Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice of his motion. Lord JOHN believed that what Mr. ROEBUCK asked ought to be granted. He knew, at the same time, that his col- leagues regarded the motion as equivalent to a'vote of want of confidence, and were resolute to resist it. What, in such circumstances, could Lord JOHN do? He could not conscientiously oppose the motion ; and he could not, remaining in office, sup port what his colleagues felt to be a vote of censure. As Ministerial Leader in the House of Commons, his taking no part in the debate would have been a tacit censure of the Cabinet of which he was a member. There was only one mores open to him, and that was to resign. Any previou communication of his intention to his colleagues could have led to no result. They had already nega tived all his proposals. We can only speak of what is known. There may have been personal irritations and jarring among the members of the Cabinet that rendered their working together unpleasant—these may have had a pert in deciding the course pursued by the disagreeidg parties—but there is nothing to show that they exercised this influence to such an ex tent as to render it neoeisary that the public should tale cognisance of them. The people of England will sot very unwisely if they allow themselves to be diverted from the consideration of the broad differ ence of opinion which exists between Lord lons RUISILL and a section of the residuary members of the Cabinet, by the obtrusion of petty personal piques. Even though it should appear that the poison of whose views they most approve, whose antecedents lead them to repose the greatest confidence in him, may have evinced on some omissions a little more of temper than could be desired, this ought to be allowed no influence in their decision as to the policy and persons they are to support. _ _ The questiou at issue between Lord Souse RW sou sad the °abase, as at present constituted, is this t—Lord /01114 says that the conduct of the war has been inefficient. He says that there is no pros peat of a change for the better until the War Depart sat is better organised, and another Minister placed at the bead of it. He says that a Parlia mentary inquiry would establish these positions; and that as the mode of inquiry proposed by Mr. Rot acs i■ calculated to elicit the troth, Parliament ought to adopt that gentleman's motion. The resi duary member of the Cabinet say, not merely that inquiry is uncalled for, bat that it would do harm. They say that the war will be better conducted than hitherto, even though no change in the plumate: of Government takes place. Whatever may be thought of the question of inquiry, there can be no doubt u to the necessity of a change of person and system to inoreue the efficacy of the War Depart ment. On this point, the course pointed out by Lord lonic RUSSELL is the only one that can be pursued with safety. One featare of last nighe% discussions will strike the country with a glad surprise. It will learn with pleasure that Lord JOHN RUSSELL has been urging the claims of Lord PautensroN to the War Department; and that the noble member for Tiverton evinces no personal pique or irritation against the late President of the Council. This is of good omen for the impending reoonstruction of the Cabinet. For it is clear, that, whatever be the fate' of Mr. Roxinicit's motion, the Cabinet cannot stand as it is. Lord PALMERSTON said, be fore the debate began—" The Government would oppose the motion. If it wee carried, the result could be easily foreseen ; if it should be rejected, it would then be for Government to consider how far it may be advisable to adopt the sug gestions of his noble friend." The country will not and ought not to be satisfied with mere partial and patchwork changes. There is no hope but in the construction of a homogeneous and vigorous administration. What is required is a nucleus of our most capable and energetic statesmen, of whose administrative abilities the country has had expe rience, with an accession of new men of baldness habits, who have acquired in other pursuits that skill in organising and carrying out extensive and compli cated enterprises which it is desirable to introduce into the various departments of Government. And the programme of this new Ministry must be a *areas prosecution of the war, for the attainment dui honourable, advantageous, and lasting peace.— D. Nem. THE WAR. TRIESTE, JAN. 25. A packet has just arrived with accounts from Con stantinople to the lath. The weather was very cold: The Jupiter, Turenne, and Napoleon, French ships of tke line, were about to return to France. Vessels under the Greek flag are admitted into the Turkish ports. The accounts from the Crimea are to the 12th. Notwithstanding the snow, the works of the allies are advanced to within forty-five yards of the place. Daily skirmishes take place with the Russians. The 9th division of the French army, and thedrsgoons and hussars that were at Adrianople, will proceed to the Crimea in the course of the winter. There is still a great want of wooden barracks, which are anxiously expected. ST. PETERSBURG, JAN.I9 A ukase hu just appeared, ordering the emission of more paper money, namely, four new series of Treasury bills for the sum of twelve millions of silver roubles. A letter from the frontier of Bessarabia, received in Paris within the last few days, speaks of nume rous reinforcements of Russian troops moving on towards the Crimea. The plan of the enemy is said to be first to crush the Turkish army at Eupstoria, and then attack the French and English armies, and, "if possible," drive them into the sea. The same letter states that the Russians are very sanguine of success, owing to the debilitated condition of the English army. The Corriere Italian says that General Osten. Slacken has detached forces to cover the ro.id leading to Baktseki Sersi, and that on the Perekop side General Panloff bad placed himself between fults chuck and Bontugan. A correspondent of the Cologne Gazette, at Odessa, writes that Prince Mentehikoff, having received con siderable reinforcements, estimated at 25,000 wen, including the Bth division, 3rd corps, has determined to resume the offensive, and make another general attack on the Anglo-French lines, immediately after the return of the two Grand Dukes, for whose special ' edification this spectacle is reserved. The German Journal of Frankfort of the 23ri, says:—" Tho different committees of the Diet held an extraordinary sitting yesterday to deliberate on the proposition made by Austria, relative to placing the various contingents on a war footing. M. Bis marck Sehonhansen, the Prussian representative et ' the Diet, who has just returned to Frankfort after as absence of several weeks, was present at the sitting." A letter from Vienna of the 21st, in the German Journal of Frankfort, says :—" The negotiations relative to a military convention between Austria and France are carried on with great activity, and it is said that an understanding has been come to on several of the principal points, and particularly on the passage of French troops through the Aus trian territory in certain cases. The greatest activity prevails throughout Austria in all the manufactories of arms, and nothing leads to the belief that peace ia expected." " We have received by our private correspondence," says the Steele, " a piece of news of the highest im portance. It is that, independently of the t zplicit demand presented by M. Von Prokelich to the Ger manic Diet, the language of that representative of Austria leaves, it is said, no doubt as to the offensive alliance of Austria with the Western Powers ; and, if we are well informed, the diplomatic agents of the Austrian cabinet in the different courts of Europe employ exactly the same language." Our correspondent at Vienna," says the Patric, "informs us that repeated conferences are taking place between M. de Buol and the representatives of the secondary German States, and will probably have for result the adhesion of the majority of them to the Austrian policy. Hanover, whose relations with Prussia are very cool, in consequence of the refusal given by the former for the creation of a Prussian military port at the mouth of the Jelde, seeks sup port on the side of Austria." The French papers publish the following de spatch: VIIINNA. JAx. 25.—Independently of the Austrian cir cular note of the 14th, tilers Suits a conlidentiAl de s patch add/Mood ea the same day by Count de Bunt to the di plomatic meats of Austria. This despatch, at is said, re ' scent the eventual recourse by the cabinet of Vienna to the providing, of the Art. 42 of the Baal act of May 15[11,1820, ea thacosstitation of the Germank Confederation, which says:—" If the preliminary question relative to the exist ence of danger is decided negatively by the majority of v 01.., such of the federal states u are not of the opinion of itha majority have a right to cnnoert among themselves for eommea measures of defense." DESPATCH FROM LORD RAGLAN. (FROM LAST 311031V11 GAZ11111.) WADI DEPARTMENT, Ltx. 24. I His Gracie the Duke of Newcastle has this day rneeilied & despatch, of which the following is e copy, addressed to his Grace by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, : _ _ Bofors aphaatopol, January 6, 1865. My Lord Dake,-1 he weather has been se bed since I wrote to you Grime on the god last, that I ham not yet been able to disembark the 39th, with a view of oseamPing the regiment, and it still remains on board the Golden Flee*, in the karbosr. The ground is thickly covered with mow, though not very deep. _ . All thy eadasvowrs us directed to the speedy disesber- Wises gettiag op of the huts, whisk have wow arrived accoiderable iambics, aad the doped provisions, wkiah I alluded to in say last despeeh, near land gutters. which I an now enabled to do, with dse manias' of the lath and 39th Regiments, the fi rst en reaped near Balaklan, the last still sleeping pa board the Goldenness*. " " Then Me been ao movement on the part of the away. I easlone a rasa of the menelnee thee lays SAM IP to ilm-41/1 lasi I Dam, *4, • . . RAGLAN. Rh Gus* dm Dab of Nowastte, to. FRANCE. •-•-. (ISOM TEI OW THI DAILY NOWA) PARIS, FuDAT Eviumia, The Bing of Prussia has determined to make another attempt at separate negotiation. The Berlin I felegraph announces to-day that the Prussian Lien tenant•General Wedel is about to proceed on a spe cial minion to the government of the Emperor Na poleon. In the present temperament of this govern ment I can only say, that if General Wedel expects to have better luck than Baron d'Usedom met with, he mug come with a much more straightforward proposition. • - The following despatch has been received late.this evening :—" Vienna, Jan. 26. Constantinople, 18. A movement got up by the Sophtsa (students in theology) has been put down. The Porte is delibe rating on the subject of the services rendered by the French patrols. The Evelio° has gone ashore. A considerable number of wounded have arrived from the Crimea. Their wounds are aggravated by the frost." The Asset:alb Nationale asserts that Lord John Russell will be the new Premier; and that Lord raseerston as the head of the War Department will absorb the portfolio of the Duke of Newcastle and that of Mr. Sidney Herbert. Sir Jas. Graham, according to the same authority, will retain the direction of the Admiralty, and Lord Clarendon that of Foreign Affairs, and the Cabinet will be completed by the addition of some radical reformers " not of the Manchester school, for they are in favour of peace; but of the opinions of Sir W. Molesworth.* Lord Grey is pointed out as the successor of Lord Palmerston in the Home Department. The Debate has a similar version, adding that Mr. Gladstone, "notwithstanding all the entreaties used, persists in retiring." At the Bourse the Rente opened somewhat heavily in ooesequence of Lord John Russell's resignation, but the great abundance of money and the extraor dinary confidence) which seems to have taken a fast hold of the public mind in the face of all the war like news soon began to produce their effects. After a depression lasting cot more than • quarter of an hour, during which the Three per Cents, went down 26c. from yesterday, they recovered and closed firm at 681 r., with a rise of 10c. The St. Ger main ailway was again in great favour, and rose 17fr. 50c. Rouen rose 15fr. A large business was done in the Western and North- Western lines, in consequence of reports that the fusion was in an advanced state. Lists of the terms agreed upon by the different companies were handed about. The difficulty, however, remains, whether the conditions req'iired by the minister with regard to the Brittany sections will be acceptable. A report that a new octroi duty of 20fr. per 100 kilo. is about to be laid upon sugars and coffees on their entrance into Paris, has created a great sensa tion in the northern departments. The sugar growers and merchants of Valenciennes have convoked a meeting, to be attended by committees from Lille, Arras, and Douai. The sugar committee of Picardy, which includes delegates from the departments of the Aisne, Oise, Somme, and Marne, hss been in vited to attend. The fear chiefly entertained by the cigar growers is, that the municipalities of provin cial towns whose revenues are not sufficient to meet the extraordinary expenses entailed by the alimen tary crisis, will follow the example of Paris and lay on an octroi duty upon sugar. A petition to the Emperor, praying that the Paris municipal may be directed to withdraw the measure, is in course of signature at the Bourse. An Austrian general is expected in Paris shortly, to reside here as a permanent military commissioner, in the same way that the French general, Letang, does at Vienna. The French and Austrian Empe rors will then be in constant and intimate intercom munication respecting the great military operations likely to be rendered necessary by the continuance of the war. _ _ _ _ It is thought that a lottery, with a capital of 10 millions of francs will be authorised this year on the occasion of the Great Exhibition. A new play, coming out at the Oahe, to be called the "Masque de Poix," is announced in the bills as the production of a M. B. Antier. This, however, is a nom do guerre. The author is M. Mocquert, the Emperor's private secretary, who wee formerly not unknown to the literary world, as a translator of " Tacitus," and is now supposed to have something to do with the composition of those terre speeches which it is his immediate duty to transcribe. At midnight op Wednesday the thermometer stood at 3 4-10ths below zero, Centigrade, 25/ Fah renheit; at 6 o'clock yesterday morning (25th), 4 C., 24; F., Sad at noon 1 2-10ths above zero C., 341 F. The floating ice has completely disappeared from the Seine. Notwithstanding the thaw of the last few days, however, the country around Paris is still severed to some extent with snow. The sharp frosts which have taken place in almost all parts of France have not only done gnat good, by preventing a too early vegetation, bat have given an ample supply of ice for the summer. PRUSSIA. (raom vas OP 7/11 DAILT NUTS.) BERLIN, JAN. 23 . , It is now generally believed that Austria will, , after all, bring forward her threatened proposal to the Bundestag, for the immediate mobilisation of the • whole of the eleven army corps of the Gerrifan Con , federation, and important news may be, therefore, shortly expected from Frankfurt. I hear that most of the representatives of the German States arc in • possession of instructions from their respective govern , meets which way to vote, and the debates in tho • Diet are likely to prove very animated, as Preside accepts the challenge, but has expressed her intention not to mobilise the whole of her army, as required by Austria, but only that part composing her contingent to the confederation, if ordered by the majority of the Diet; but she still hope. to have that • majority on her own side. , Although the Kreus Zeigung—the avowed organ , of the Russian government here—trumpets forth to , the world that Lord Westmoreland and the French ambassador at Vienna have received telegraphic de , 'patches announcing that their full powers are on the road, other accounts from well-informed sources at Vienna deny the troth of the statement, and it would be well, at all events, not to place implicit faith in it, till further particulars are known. But if it is true, what follows? Why, simply that Russia hopes to gain time, if nothing else, from negotiating on terms which she has long since made up her mind to reject, and which she never can accept without compromising the Ceir personally in the eyes of hie own subjects. The eyes of all Europe are now pretty well open. ' to the " artful dodges" of the Emperor's wily policy, which is so skilfully contrived and generally so well masked, that it is a difficult matter to see its drift; bat in this ease it requires no great amount of intelligence to nuderstand the immense advantage Russia derives from preventing Aus tria from acting on the offensive; and that every day gained by a display of willingness to negotiate and make concession, allows her more and more time to perfect her defences and move her armies to the frontiers, so am to be enabled to withstand the impending collision with the greatest possible chances of success for the Russian arms. Why, we hear from Warsaw that io spite of the severity of the winter, numbers of houses are being taken down to clear a space for the glacis of the two new forts in course of oonstroction to strengthen the citadel, and of course every day gained is of the utmost import ance. The present object of Russia is, then, to keep Austria in suspense, and prevent her from making an energetic attack by . pretending a perfect willingness to treat for peace—in fact, to throw dust in her eyes. How far she has succeeded may be gathered from Count Baas statement, that " peace is nearer than is generally expected." And yet in the tone of the St. Petersburg journals no echo of these professed pacific intentions is to be found. On the contrary, they continue imbued with the same bitterness of feeling against the Allies, de signating England " divided at home, and powerless abroad," and pluming themselves on Russia ' s being "invincible at home and irresistible abroad." Surely this does not give a proof of the moderation for whielkshe wishes to take credit to herself, particu larly 'vibes% one wilder, the state of the press in of the 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1., ' 1 i( 1 t