The Express. — London, England, 1855-01-29 00:00:00

THE NEW RET ST URN OF NEWSPAPER AMPS. lie Mem at sewspaper stamps lid Wad gives sae Mewing rash' : Pint Glauber. /wd Mortar. Daily Kowa . . 319,191 31a,0 44 kessiog Hasa . . 303,001 MAD Nero* Post . . MAK - -11111.11111- Maiming Otiedll6. l - MOOS 111.100! igra.., "7" 177,133 196,389 Globs .' . . 175,060 19C6N . • . 166,000 112,001; 'lnsofar& . • 103.001 101.0001 -Elie expvtoo. TO CORRESPONDENTS. • NNW •••I• of .Tao itionoo," aobigoT Übe Gone ovoiloes 0 43r0we," r lid ovary Tondo owi Taal" WOW. V One tor poi elowboonwir boosioli tor .11w 112yrow.* lamb= Va 6 / 1 parse. =NW be at the Moti la, bowoorboMroot, by Two ANA es Ha paliirolin. RION 111431111 AT LONDON BRIDOI. DAT—Nanaas.lll. Monaco. 41. ON. loaossaow—Morsiag. Oh. Its .*Meru . Ob. Us. LONDON. MONDAY. JANUARY 29. LATEST NEWS FROM ABROAD per asaieszo Airs lIRG, JAL 24. In conseeissace of t ► e difficulty of filling up the Inks of the any the Emperor has ordered that 11111 a shall be liable to the age of 37 instead of to that of 30, u humbler*. Those tams it aged or widowed parents hitherto exempted are also now ordered to serve, forming separate oceps.—Daily New. TVE.IN, Jar. 26. The President of the Council of Ministers has this day presented to the Chambers :-1. The net of ad hesion of Piedmont to the treaty of alliance concluded on the 10th of Apra between France and England. 2. The military convention concluded with the two Western Powers for the sending of 15,000 men to the Crimea. S. An additional convention with England, relating to a loan of 26 millions of francs to be contracted by Piedmont. The French cavalry has arrived at Genre, where it has been received withdemonstrations of sympathy on the pert of the army and population. TURIN, Tax. 27. Tits treaty of Ohms with France sad England, and also tits two oonnntioos asarted, wan missed yestszday.—Daily New. SPAIN. MADRID, JAW. 2s. M. Mados, the new Minister of Finance, ha. appointed M. Canter°, who wee Minister of Finance in the Olosaga Cabinet, to be Director of the Bank of Bt. Ferdinand. M. Pinilla has been named , Director General of Tama.—Daily News. DESPATCHES FROM LORD RAGLAN. plot[ A SIIPPLZKINT TO FRIDAY'S GAZITIIL) WAR DEPARTMENT, JAIL 27, 1866. His Oracle the Doke of Newcastle has received a despatch, of which the following is a copy, addressed to his Grace by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, JAN. 13. My Lord Deke,—The weather continues very 1/.I•M and to-day it blow a gale of wind, with drift ing snow. Although I have not received the official report from the officer °Demanding the 4th Division, the Milosr of the Quartermaster-General's department, whose duty it is to visit the advanced posts at day light, has brought in an account of a sortie made by the Rllll6lll/6 in the course of last night upon our right and left attack, the enemy advancing, under pidation of a heavy osanoostiii, along the Woron- sow road and the ravine on oar extreme left. The enemy sooseeded la driving in the troops in the advanced trench, which was not re.occopied until the reserves were brought leeward from the second parallel. A party in pits on the right of the advanced bench, mulcting of 1 sergeant and 13 rank and Ile, are missisg, and 1 Aar and 38 privates us stated to be wounded. The time for the despatch of the mail being at band, I am very sorry that I shall not be able to mad your rape to-day a more accurate statement of this affair. I inclose a return of casualties between the Bth and 11th. _ _ _ Gnat progress is making in diesenbarking and issuing to the troops vast quantities of warm clothing of all descriptions, and I believe I may insert that every Rau in this army has received a inroad blab. ketot prosy frock Siang drawers, and gooks, and mom kind of winter seat, in addition to the ordinary great coat. The poweides eta Is still a great difficulty. Now allw, rtatLg. and with tolerable SWOON in landing awl pang up the huts; their great weight (2i toss s*) is a serious obstacle to their oseveyance to the imp, with oar limited transport. Rash but requires three stripped artillery waggons, • with from 8 to 10 horses each, or 180 men. Noah sickness contioses to prevail, I have, &a, RAGLAN. His Grace the Duke of Newark* be.. AA. (A Mara of eseeshiss wat be feud in meat/ edema.] of ow view; VLBSICA, JAx. 26._ The etamate fres Sebastopol are to the 17th. At that date nothing important had takes plsoa—Daily Nem The OesterreicAimAc Corrasposints states that, teeordi■g to authentic advice. from the Crimea, the Sudan army hes suffered esoesdingly from the ...there A proyeatioa t. mobilise the hem of the Conte- aeration was brought before the Federal Dist at Frankfort ea Thursday by Austria. The Aspertion eras *pyres,' by Prussia. No daisies was come Os Day Nam. The Don& of Vienna of the 23d, sap :—" It is aimed fres a good eseroll that an uteri* letter Ise tan sent from the Emperor of Ito& to the Lag of Prussia, express's' the %West satisfaction at the conduct of that sovereign in the Eastern tgasetlee meanest trilkabsdat:sidt;lt • duly to do every th in Ms power to pat as sad -4 map or another) to the if. whin" to Its regret, unhappily sow oda bets the two peat Guam Powers. "If the haps of sodas Prussia adhere to the shuld be realised, the complete and sincere itesurren of Ibt two Powers is Mir quality of Germs& Federal Pe Weald thereby he snared. 0 Baperisses, however, bids as edged oar pnvidmi to deem du Prussia should attempt longer to persist is bar row of Weenies, and druid even attempt to acl at Frosktort in a manner to thwart oar properitiou upon the Somesity of the Confederation being prepared for war. "Is seek use the Imperial Government would only the mere ruddily deign to porn" with the support of the mother Osamu gunroom , " Me path trued by the Federal Oessidalm u sepses the manner is whisk this peat lushly Melt le hodmiiisred, and it would regard itself a siellsilki Mist the Met sacred ditties of its abeam in Sty, CM 41Memtastlisvoar above all things to attain *Mho Coshilsestlimissittake madman's' resolutidas, emi if, for its us put, it was not perfectly ready to take ups itself the ormseptesees of those resolutissa. "Therefore at a messeat whoa our melds/eta will have to beside upon their pardelpedes is ousts perhaps decisive for the disdain of Gummy, we sasses hooked in patting the queties to Mai, sosidestially, as to bow they will act is the ease of being resolved to go in assordasse with us, shield a endorsable resolution not be *Wised is the Federal Amenably. " We de sot hesitate openly to tares, ledederatiss if, in that we, they will grant niftiest essfidesse to Austria to $ her destinies; and if, in sue all oar endeavours to dad a solid and sure puss should fail. Austria may, la the beet entreats evestuality, equally count apes their Olive es-operatics. "The Imperbl Court would, in end um give the most mimes assarause to guarantee their territorial possession sad putties splint ',tory eventaality, and, moreover, to pant them their share of advantages resulting from the war in properties to the number of troops employed. Is ex. chump, Austria must put the condition that a body of troops, to be determined ape, should be at owe made ready for service, and claim that [hero comes the same of the Government of the State addressed] shall *sprees to his Majesty the Emperor the confidence of platting, is use of appeal, the direction of their contingent under the saw 140, command of his Imperial Majesty. " We mat upon a frank sad candid reply, and it will give us great satisfaction to dad that it responds to se wish, as that will have the offset of throwing light upon our Witless with the German goverment', sad. of conso lidating them especially with --( same of State), provi. ding them with all the guarantees whisk the necessities of this pave epoch demand. " You will paw to who a oesEdeatial of this depstak to —. " DB BUOL." MR. ROEBUCK'S MOTION. Tun question at Wu in the adjourned debate which is to be resumed this evening, is—whether the Home of Commons will or will not &tidiest' the functions of the grand inquest of the nation. It is the right and duty of the House of Commons, whenever there is reason to suspect the Government of gross mismanagement, to institute an inquiry into it. The question raised by Mr. Rozzocies motion is one of such paramount, vital, urgent interest, that if the . . HOC; declare it an insufficient occuion for the mar- eise of its inquisitorial functions, it is difficult to imagine any future occasion that oan call for their mercies. If the motion of the member for Sheffield b negatived, the House of Commons will be guilty of s cowardly and sycophantic desertion of its duty. It has been pleaded that if the motion for inquiry bto the conduct of the war in the Crimea were to be ranted, it would be impossible for ministers to carry on the dulness of the country while the investigation is la perms. Of course it would, if they were all to he sentinued in office during the inquiry; but that waist be. If a merchant were to find a prima facie ace of embezzlement, or neglect of duty tending to embarrass his affairs, made out against the clerks in his counting-house, what course would he adopt? He would not condemn the accused on an ex ports statement, but he would institute a search ing inquiry ; and while it was being car ried on he would suspend the suspected parties, and get their work done in the meantime by others. This is exactly what the Hines of Commons ought to do with miois tee, if Mr. lierancx, and those who take the same view of the question as he does, make out a strong prima facie cue against them. The suspected minis ters ought at least to be suspended from office till their character is cleared, or their guilt established. This Caine would not interrupt the boatmen of the m; the causes which have paralysed the action r army in the Crimes would be laid hare to public and it would thus be rendered possible to devise -J effective remedy. A strong prima facie ease hes been established against the Duke of Nawcanna, Mr. SIDNEY His- BERT, and LordAmanun, by their own speeches,' letters .First,of the nobleheadof the War Departing* He does not attempt to deny Oath= hes burn en enormous amount of suffering, ism di ik. ME aNIIO - dispiriting delais in the Crimea. To palliate these he tells us what officials he has consulted, how moth and how long he has laboured. What is it to the country though he toils " from morn to dewy eve," and afterwards consumes the midnight oil in his office, if no tangible results come from his labour? Were the Duke of Nawcanix's shoemaker to bring him home a shoe that pinched, his Grace would re deem it on the maker's hands. In vain would the timeaker represent how many hours per dims he spot in his shop, what admirable instrue dins be gave to hie bookkeeper and op._ natives; the noble customer would reply, "Never theless, the shoe pinches; I will not take it off your hands; and I will employ some ens who wilt make me a comfortable pair of shoes, and not bore me with long apologetic speeches." Exactly se the noble head of the War Department would deal with his shoemaker, ought the nation to deal with himself. All his long labours, all his array of subordinates, are productive of no resale. And what the War Department *end hitherto has bees, under the Duke of Nawcasua, it will continue to be as long as he is at the head of it. 0 Although the two secretary ships (of war and the colonise)," said the Doke on Friday evening, " were divided in Jane, it was not until December that the unfortunate aseretary repre sented in his person had a roof over his official had. It was not until that assommodetion was provided which was requisite for the transaction of the babas that be considered it to be for the public interest that the Coamiseariat should be un dertaken by himself in the manner whisk had been arranged." The army might perish of cold and hunger In the meantime—that was a ails in the eye of the Duke of NIWCASILI ; bat his Orem Gould not think of proosedhsg to hosinses until the rooms of his cam were properly furnished. Is there in all his tory another 'Retain on record of emit callow frivo lity? Is the Man who scull gravely and unblushingly maks sock a confession in the bomb to be trusted d theitUrs it thi'sespire l', Ail folk& OMNIs iiisva-irbe stands in somewhat the sum ails. v'lle k tie Duke that the emend-bey does 'Sr. Ai, in H The Bible "—kin Moo- subject, be was particularly struck with the earn abd skill wit p tZh every screw and nail was pet in the proper for nee." Not a word was said by Mr. SIDNEY EBB about the " official " answer to his inquiry. He sought to gain credit with Site He.. fat having called for an explanation from the ispertment which ought to have seen to the proper embarkation of the huts; but, instead of telling the ONIWER which he received, he attempted to put the Meis off with an idle story of what some anony mous amateur, whn dropped in upon him u quite greesiasnoctsly," said of the state of the huts when endeateeL What IA the name of this witness? How meld he see that all the screws and nails were in lb* places, when he only saw the huts embarked P The huts were embarked at different times and in different ports. Did the Hrs. Harris of Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT see them all ? The shabby evasion of Mr. Swear HERBERT is as disingenuous as it is silly. It brands him with incapacity for a grave administra. tive charge. As for Lord ABERDEEN, what was the only semen he assigned for resisting Lord JOHN ItusenVe proposal to change the personnel of the War Department P He could not bring himself to kart the feelings of the Duke of Nevrcerrui by re moving him ! Our soldiers might die off by thou. "ands; the national effort to repress the sggressions Oltenia might be paralysed by the incompetency'? the War Minister; what were these calamities h semparisos with the sensitiveness of the Doke of MN CARLE I' It is clear that Lord ABERDEEN cannot dr vats himself above mere personal considerations, to take a clear and comprehensive view of principles and policy. tle will retain incapable men in office, at a critical emergency, merely because he has a personal liking fir them. While three such fribbles retain in their bands the chief guidance of the war, the country is not safe. Bat heartless frivolity and incapacity Ire not the only charges of which a prima fiasco.. can be esta blished against the Premier and his egregious twin war ministers. The army was detained in inaction at Varna till its ranks were decimated by disease. To all appearance it would have been kept there till t day, had not Lord Imo( Russau.'s allusion in debate to Sebastopol compelled his colleagues to make a imsonstration against it. Now in what manner has the Crimean expedition been managed ? It is now ass. limed that no steps were taken to ascertain the real ehateater and strength of Sebastopol. A force was swat against it which is now admitted to have hiehipate to the task of taking the place, except by lapels,. The army was long in position before the siege guns were brought up. No preparations were made for the clothing or shelter of the army until winter had fairly sot in. What is the natural aid weensiry inference from these facts?—that the bled et the government, and the ministers charged with the conduct of the war, never seriously contem plated making good their position in the Crimea. They merely thought of taking Sebastopol by a coup Ide main, and immediately afterwards withdrawing the army to winter at Scutari. Had they contem plated the possibility of the army's wintering in the Crimea even,they could scarcely have been so destitute of common sense and humanity as not to make some preparation for its shelter. Lord ABERDEEN, the Duke of NIVICASTLE, and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT appear, therefore, never to have contemplated waging war against Russia in earnest. They have only aimed at having some action of eclat performed by the army that might duxle the public, and blind it to the loans* of Ministers. There is a prima facie case against these three firm and faithful friends of having conspired to gull and betray the country. Such being the case, if a majority of the House of Commons shall this evening vote against Mr. Ron nrcx's motion for inquiry, that majority will betray its constituents. Apritna facie case of gross and wilful mismanagement is made out against three of our Ministers. They ought to be suspended from office until the charges against them have been deliberately gone into. And if they be convicted, a declaratory 1 Neolution of the House of Commons, recognising 1 their guilt, ought to mark them as incapable of elm foe all time coming. The age has grown tee *imam to tolerate capital punishments for adml trative misdemeason ; but this is no reason why the culprits should not be pillorisd.--Daily Nap. It will 'sprain - 514;6 smog% ifs dieapprobation of their having allowed rivalry to carry them to such tit*** bile p itl Wrist upon their sinking private piiiso foe this promotion of the general good. It will, Absmilorkpay little attention to ths efforts that aro b4dig made to tusk's Lord Joint Runs= by charges of •not having dealt with his late oolleagoss "on the square; or to similar imputations against Lord hunsanos. The view that the great English public will take of lite Aetna position of affairs is something like this : -.The actual managers of the War Department have leen eenvioted of incapacity, if not of something one; the Paws has been convicted of retaining these ineapables in office, to the detriment of the State, simply from considerations of private friend ship. The honour and security of the tuition require, therefore, the removal of all these three men from office. Merely removing the Duke of NIWCASTLE from the War Department, fill ing up . his plea with the accommodating Lord Pautherros, and filling up the Presidency of the Council and the Home-office with two easy-going men, likely to be acceptable at Court, will afford no guarantee for the vigorous prosecution of the win Lord PALMERSTON would be undoubtedly an im provement on the Duke of Newc.sert.z, under a proper head; but a proper head is required to keep his pax-awe:as lordship right, and such a head the Earl of ABERDIEN'S is not. Lord Ramat:Brox% own personal security is not sufficient; he must bring other securities to be bound along with him in penal ties for the efficient discharge of his office. The only security that the great Liberal party will accept of for this purpose is Lord JONN Resent. All the persevering attempts that have been made for years to weaken their con fides,* in Lord Joss have failed. They admit the possibility of his having his faults and weaknesses, like other men; but take him for all in all, they know no other statesman of the day who hes given them such good reason to confide in him. Lord JOHN began life with a profession of principles; and I if in the course of his career he has at times abort doped some of them, it has always been to adopt more liberal and more enlarged views. His is a pro gressive intellect; of his measures, as regards libe ralism, it may be said, vestigia smile 'veterans. It may be that his measures have not always proved adequate to the realisation of his intentions, but be has uniformly endeavoured to carry his princi ples into practice. He has always been more impatient of compromise and delay than any of his Liberal coadjutors. Lord Joux's repute. tion rests more upon the character of the measures he has attempted to carry than upon his success in 07, 1 eying them. On the contrary, Lord Pstatharron's mutation rests more upon his dexterity in carrying say pint he has in view at the moment than upon his serspulonsness as to its character and tendency. The public believe that if Lord JOHN Rusatui. and Lord Psponitrox can be brought to work is harmony in the same Cabinet, the former will be materially assisted by the adroitness of the latter, while the weaknesses of the latter will be kept in check by the greater earnestness and devotion to principle of the former. The Liberals of England believe that a Cabinet which should number among lis members both of these noble lords is likely to be more efficient than one is which only one of them , shoed be present. But if they must forego the services either of Lord PALMERSTON or Lord JOHN Itneasm., assuredly the latter is the man they would struggle to retain.—Daily News. sign] . would have to more resolute admi. pacification should taken place, and be the character will be a Mi war energetically, ese*:Peace in the service of Lord Palmerston in this respect a not forget that Lord anerito - wasythe first, perhaps, amongst foreign .» to. recognise the providential character of the events which in December saved France and civili sation, and that the alliance of the two empires became: easier from the sympathies; which animated their statesmen. In any case, what is now re !paired for England is a close union in council and immotable firmness in action." ARRIVAL OF THE CALCUTTA WITH GOLD. PLYMOUTH, SvxDAy. The General Screw Company's ship Calcutta, Cap. Min Slaokmore, was off this port this morning from Australia. She has forty passengers, of whom two landed here in a pilot boat. Her cargo consists of 160,000 ounces of gold, 300 tons of wool, and several hundred hogsheads of tallow. Her news is antici pated by the arrival of the Overland Mail. (it ILIIPTRIO 121,161AP1.) r, MONDAY. THE ItTPRRBB, MONDAY : - ...! IL ° • JANUARY 29, 11155. ,", • - IS ' Ir 1 Mastoid disgust him WAS ii • . liPeeitio elellieal'erd Aberdeen AUSTRIA AND TIIII 6—, i' : ' • e . , t... . 1 l l l l nig . 2ll : gragi sa ..4,;• adu . --;.m. y Taimeng advi . as , whicia , am . idle= aM # (on . " aka ry 4 . 4 in united and m Ils: The following le said t° • ' ,;# / # ' l l I ' TbsY I ! caw ' "Sat • • ft and he has left thmkibey Whip I lm tllltmet t hoPee of Peo l, , • . bays • y is what has ti least dispatch of tb s ••• I ilk the I • w 1 ,, out ' thout y Mlopting it. 1 _, „ , `. this fast 1 to what will I Moto of the I •'' ' V ''' 100-- , : , .. I 00.--- • ' '' - P ottOte ettge• public is not to lit .diverteit of th e k- - h cabinet. It men most oxtraoidinary, he i atria' on the its purpose by admiration of successful coups f. nutty formed to carry on the we jail. 14: o , (Cosei ,.. tt y ss ma tist.L A. JAN. u.. 1814. es tieet. Before be got any offici ;answer, • gentle- N e ither l l _ !ti t _ 7t ea ti e l_ e mtp wsune ti e g and to bring_a_h_ont_more rapidly a . a l . . .. w• um etth onside? the adhesion of Pitied& to the 111 - 1 - 11 w - h - O - Witinia - ta 00file info room, intl:s the services ef Inatome* ht whms it em pl o ying more teet'fol Mean. it mid he Asii i li ; 10 ) . kaa °modem, bombe 2. _.77 . ___ European right. The presence of L Aimee ecoeladed by the trinity of the 281 of Deeentber se Whom he l aentioDed th e e ta tetoPeT .oloY Peve ia-tho Ministry of Wm will have is t _ . 4 •••41S - plf. laWall*Aa - •.. • • •••---. + -, 111titlttlfopfh - to a teary - " each other. high signification. Let as not fo - 7 . . ._ ._ __—.1.1....1. .. . . ___ __:..r—t 1- -s.-...1. 1.1. et.........i..1 •. —til --.1.'T1.4.6.11- . ........3.` ie. .1:...... 1...a...a 1:1.1... • ....-th. A • h. ~ i The Calcutta arrived here this morning. Vbe Court. WINDSOR, JAY. 27. The dinner party yesterday included the Ducheas of Kest, the Makarejah Damp Singh, the Doke and Dash.. of Argyll, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Spells, the Hon. Mary Seymour, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Sir John Login, and Mr. Gibbs. The bend of the Royal Hone Guards played during din ner, and her Majesty's private bend after. The Queen with the Princess Royal and Princess Alice walked in the Cude gardens and slopes this morning. Prince Albert accompanied by the Maharajah Dulisp Singh went eat shooting. Lord Ernest Bruce and the Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley arrived is the afternoon. The dinner party this day included the Duchess of Kent, the Maharajah Duimp Sibgb, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Lord Ernest Brace, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Sir John Login, and the Rev. Artbnr Penrhyn Stanley. The bend of the Royal Horse Guards played during din ner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in the Castle. _ SUNDAY, JAN. 28. The Queen and Prinee, the four elder royal children, the Duchess of Kent, end the Maharajah Daleep Singh, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic house hold, attended divine service this morning is the private chapel of the Castle. The service was performed by the Rev. Arthur Penrhyn A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmer ston, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir George Grey, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, Earl Gran ville, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir Wil liam Molesworth. The Council sat three hours. Meetings of the Oxford University Colllllgilliall were held at No. IS, Great Queen-street, Westminstsr, on Wed nesday, Thursday, and Friday, in the last week. The mnamissioners present were the Earl of Ellesmere (chair man), the Earl of Harrowby, the Bishop of Ripon, Mr. Janne Coleridge, the Dun of Wells. and Bir John W. Awdry, with the secretaries, Mr. Goldwin Smith and the Rev. 8. W. Wayte. THE Comm.—As at present arranged, her Ma jesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the younger branches of the royal family, and attended by the ladies end gentlemen of the royal household, will take their departure from Windsor Cutle on or about the 14th of next month, and proceed to Buck ingham Palace. DEPARTURE OP BARON VON Ul Von Used= left England oa Saturday last. His Itscelleney arrived in Dover by the eight o'clock express train, and alter taking some refreshments at the Lord Warden Hotel proceeded by t►e South Easters Company's packet, Prim age Mary, for Calais, en route to Brunets. Fox Cum.—The first dinner of the Fox Club this season took plies en Saturday evening at Brooks's. Pre sent, the Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Ebrfugton. M.P., Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair, Emil of Strafford, Viscount Milton, M.P., E. A. Sanford, Big., Lord Saye and Selo, A. K. Stephenson, Esq., Sir A. K. Macdonald, Bart., Colo nel bolder°, Earl of Weirder, Roylaud Alston ' Esq., H. F. Stephenson, Esq. , Captain Townshend, R.N., M.P., Lord Stafford, Sir M. .1. Cholmeley, Bart., M.P., Hon. G. W. Fitswilliam, M.P., Lord Camoys, Earl Fitswilliam, Earl of Yarborough, Right Hon. Edward Enloe, M.P., Earl of lielmeter, Right Hon. Dr. Lushiagton, Hon. Augustus Bar rington, and Hon. H. H. Duncan. A large meeting of the Derby party wan held on Saturday night, at Mr. Disraeli's reudenes, to consider bow to take advantage of the present crisis. Mr. A. Douglas is appointed second clam clerk, Mr. J. M. Barron acting ditto, and Mr. Angolans Spaldirig third class clerk, in the Comptroller of Victualling Depart ment of the Admiralty, Somerset•houe. Mr. Herbert L. Reid is appointed third class clerk in the Accoantaat General's Dope:tame of the Admiralty at fimaneet-hesec —o6wrosr. Tax Dumas Rzorarr or Palau has immed a decree, establishing an additional land tax of 1* per cent. 10 be levied within the first sir months of the present yea,. The proceeds of this tax are to be applied to the compensa tion of losses sustained by Are . _ _ VIENNA, lex. 22.:—Yesterday there were three grand dinners here ; Count de Bud had at his table the whole of the diplomatic corps sad most of the Austrian generals. hf. de Kennerits, the Santa minister, bad as garets, Count d'Arnim, the Princes Gortobakoff and Deatdoff, and several of the Baum legation ; and, lastly, Count d• fitackeberg, the Military Reuses Pktsipoteteliary entertained Boron Han, Prince de Schwameabers, and mural other persons of note. Count de Labedoydre and the Marquis Adrien Gustave de Comilla's° have been appointed chamberlain to the Emperor of the French. THE NEWSPAPER STAMP ACT. (Firm %Ito Heastoisvist.)_ On the motion of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Hesse of Oommoes lest eight reenced ergo into a commit tee of the whole home ea Monday sest.cia order se outsider the laws relating to the Newspaper Stamp Acs. According 1 to the notices of meths distribets4 this mooting, the Chu cellos of the Nushegaut will upon that omission propos 'certain rashness ter the edeption of parliament, el the iptinadwook of a new act to he introduced panelist there% grim whisk we oiliest that the following will be the Rah, frahares of it. All the misting laws in relation to thq well he repealed-tea well those which relate to fin, as those which relate to registcaties end aseutties. It will then be provided that mat .idly new* papers, bat any prtnted single publitaties of say kind, net weeding four ounces la weight, doll pass through the Post-efike either with as hapreind stamp, mat pretest, or with the ordinary postage lad. Bat we animation there will be this difference in Moir elmewspapers or other 1 pablications which are published wok is bummed stamp, that they will be entitled to retrain mission throagh the Post-ogice for seven days after the date of publicatioa, while the common adhesive damp, dazed at any thee after pabliestioo, will entitle the came to be tranemitted only once. It will, however, be Wmai Is publish any portion of a newspaper I so Matra beginhamd Mid *Mktg the privilege of retrammileima sad the re mistier of the *Utica undamped. Thais, is point of het; the meths will be to treat all printed nadir alike, mid It miry through the Post-Mike to any pen it the II Kingdom, fix one psalm my single gelneatioa net az w : cesium fear comes, with privilege ;cif re-trameshim within men days is the case rehned M Is mom. le Copyright and libel, us pins will the she be Meld 1. the same sheaths any as other pall...noes. • asses camplste and entire change of the present law, to the peat.t simptletty, meld net possibly have ll ans• posed. What offset it will have epos the preen = sountly it is impugns to say, but of this we teal that anther eh car eay *her Menge will shade prised 411111 1 / I **Rgiglies Se Warfare with the best if the poem as 11 matt guilt. NAVAL AND MILITARy. (IT 1L3071110 TILIOZAPI.) FALMOUTH, Strou t Her Maissty's new steam yacht, from Milford, p d is t awe s ow of two stamen, $8 szp• sts d, at sight o'clack thi morning. It is stated tote not improbable that the p m ot Cardigan will be the new Inspector dal cgg e , vah7. WOOLWICH, JAN. 27. W. A. P. Ropers (1829), from the CoastGaud, to the 6016erew steam ship as Portsmouth. Muter Bunt* ), t o th e , 21, screw steam corvette, at I P s" ' Paomonow.---Lieut. John W. D. 11I'Donald (Kim b ..' eeaLL esrvieg as flag lieutenant to Vice-Ad m i ral J. Wij as, C. 8., in the Britannia, 120, when flag ship oe . thi itemises& sad Black Sea station, is promoted to commander fee rank only. The Admiralty will receive tenders on the soli instant, for the conveyance from the • Thum to Li,. of 288 tons of light ordnance stores (filled emtridges, ets, and tubes), 19 tons of heavy ordains ones and 17-21 feet of light ordain*. stores (carriages), Wes of naval acres. A committee of master shipwrights, •• • Mr. Francis J. Lairs, Master Shipwright of Dockyard ; Mr. R. Abethell, Master Sbipwrie t tet• monk Dockyard ; and Mr. Henry Chatfield, L e t o wright of Deptford Dockyard, assembled on Saturday at the offices of Commodore John Shepherd, in We** Dockyard, for the purpose of inquiry into the cum Mee Perseverance iron screw steamship upsetting in th e s o Dock on Saturday the 20th inst. WHACK OP A TEANSPORT.—Letters from Galli a g mention that the transport ship Arnotdale wee near that plane, on the 12th of January, full of water. A contract has been entered into by goremout for the supply of a very large number of cavalry uh emo d madness for the use of the navy ; the last meatisedific man vastly superior to those at present la mks. They are rather longer, with a slight nene,eing. to those worn by naval officers. The formation of am and guard will also give a much firmer grasp to the wielding it ;it will be vein in a frog suspended g inistbelt, in front of which there will be a surapeet to , tonehe-bex, capable of containing twelve rounds if id cartridges, so that, counting six rounds in the with which when at quarters the sail•trimmen an an will be famished, each man will have eighteen of niansunition. The present contract for revolves 6,000, and it is expected to be completed by March molasses and sabres are to be manufactured of the test tempered mild steel, and will be severely tested before W I err. accepted. OPINIONS OF OUR CONTEMPORARIES. The Times assumes that the division which is to take place in the House of Commons this evening, will put an end to the existence of Lord Aberdeen's administration. The Times dismisses "at once, and in • few words," the supposition that Lord Derby and his adherents can be recalled to office, and thinks that Lord John Russell must be placed in the same clam of impossible combinationa. "He is alike inca pable of forming a government :himself or of serving in the government of another, and his last act removes Um for the present from the scene." Lord Palmerston will, in all probability, be called upon to recompose the Cabinet, and become Prime Minister, while the seals of the War Department will be given to Lord Grey. The Morning Herald does not allude to the pa- LORD JOHN RUSSELL FOR PREMIER. sibility of the formation of a Derby cabinet, nor does --.._ it mention in its news columns the fact of the meet- THE mere we reflect upon the resignation of Lord ing of conservative members at Mr. Disraeli's real mon Saturday night. A War Minister, it is ' mil/ ittreehil '' and the ninininciiiiiccc in which sai deu d, =We be found, and . that minister mist be a it was tendered, the more convinced we feel that no dictator as far as the conduct of the war is concerned, other mine was open to him. His remonstrances s o if as to enable him to break down the inso &guinea the inefficiency of the War Minister, his lent and wicked opposition of the departments, all proposal of a change of persons in that department, of which must be placed under his control." To nn. were me t b y L or d A BIRDmm with a peremptory dertake this arduous task, publio opinion has already and and negative. When bs appealed to Lord (says the Herald) pointed out two noblemen as fitted for the purpose by the combined qualities of know -IPaLtareteNt the noble member for Tiverton Wl' ledge and energy—Lords Palmerston and Ellenbo- Wstlard JOHN not to disturb the peace of the rough. The respective claims of these noblemen are by urging his claims. The members of the then considered, our contemporary beggieg "mat Goverment who were dissatisfied with the conduct distinctly to state that we express no opinion except of the war, and those w h o wire satisfied w i th oi l i: o re_mdividually," and concluding by giving the p The hnotuarktson bye li t iter i rble ing lord ar . le, it, were agreed upon this point—not to hazard view and loss of place by "seams among thrombi , - reproduced in various ways in the nuns of three For Lord Joint to have consented to open leading articles, will be found condensed in the fol up again the dimmed.= on the proposal lowing extract : Ito substitute some other person for the Doke of we are %na y y ... tez i eded in tliet the b fell a ot tbe e„, go , r ae nsua n t Itawninu in the War Department, would only have fortunes wh ich Ci7our i etulted Sad &altose wish to 'nowise.. leen to get himself entangled in interminable andsrg from the temporary cessatios of executive vigour seseklees debates. He had nothing for it but to out : mbsastch as evens. we ist, ia r ita sit lY e s o a t r i a r n tr i be tgl :: , the Gordian knot at once, by withdrawing from versed. ki.ezahlsks____._ of al! .._._admiailtration w hich _,__ the Cabinet, and thus declaring that he would no ei r o st 2 patios z7.7. o l: ol w r ihe tzsei n u" t alent 1 here be a party to mischievous compromises. ditions Of ressment from Lord Derby, has not a _ 4llo re are some Parties- very busy at Present , eiagi l l arite ie illassbecen:orlbe him who ? Csa ave w r e y l e oo l l e r . roe - ; nolenouring to !prop up the tottering Cabinet, by snob from Lord Ma Russell, who stands self•isolated from 1 throwing discredit on Lord Jose's motives. These : u o v r t t l y of I bia t o l / 1 : 1 m lia : th aj ii * "almabona champion ship the 1 persons proclaim, exultingly, that on Friday night preeeit ooTuDeture, to apply to the question of t he dim- , L a i pgrxiggyom gimused i that h e was a master of intim of Lord Aberdeen's government, Lord Maidstone's ' the positifflo We have no inclination to enter into r a t a y ea lli o the d t i t i ; as the Pelletal. alternative et the ar plainAg this controversy, which, Lif persisted in, The Morning Post doubts whether a cabinet of any .0 /My end by placing in an antagonistic p os iti o n composition could now be found to sit under Lor d Iwo statesmen—both o f w h om mom indispensable John Russell, and the experiment of a Derby s ii to the formation of a liberal and vigorous Go- , a g istry ti , o s u i ld, rs t t o on sal e tim, less u t:f if it t , hi be danger, As . usruluout• But If ft is farad upon um, we frankly polled toenorrow, we c t i l l i:ve that Ms woul aoan ti lb:J a ere the deslare that there is mere of the appearance of Ole. We believe that on his ex " , his'anow *daises. about the conduce of the residuary mem- ibis ledge . euerrlfY, the good of the country mainly UM of the Cabinet than Lord Joss's. They resisted hangs." _l_ car pooh-poohed all his attempts to obtain a change in • M. Lumens, wr iting from London to V as D e mi., the War Department so long as be remained among says th a t In case Mr. okd a t = e, Sir Jam' ei O r a n " them; but the moment they had got rid of him, they M. Sydney Herbert, Mid Mr. Cardwell should not proceeded to act upon his advise. This looks very follow their friends, 1M should coneenr i n rema i n i n like seeking to divest Lord 101 on, And td drive him the Cabinet, then ther e will,he no dirty in oom riser: Imignbani, by y uell renida t Gout :at show s isii with felt e"aa t:lshewwhthe I L li o l rd gte P ‘a" em ilw ton n2ll47l Wilderar . 'Du d W ieti*f ar. B js et w°lll l !li fthe nisterd P bs ee wi li an tes ci and mrPearmr• If them has been a ems? crefef In all go out they, Lord J. Ruear'il w ill h ave o mut t, the Cabinet, it is use of which Lord Jonx has been, degree of ty In &Ward a Cbanosike of the sot the deviser, but the victim. The public EnolnaMt *ill My that. Lord . Jonit was • too earnest The Jr s attributes the dkaolatien dale Aberdeen 1 in his denim to have ow war carried on r_ hinet ' n so much L c thc. want o f of energy 1. carry-' .. ing 011 war, as to * with the necemery energy and on a suldelenuy „ wors t ai 4 i sc t„ o a ro w" — of the Eng lish doolonnaardiorry. 4. comprehensive °Ptah al therefore big allagam It Da lag bin evident that a ministry containing' DEPARTURE OF SOLDIERS FOR THE CRIMEA. - ----- PORTSMOUTH, Jan.ll, The Canadian, screw steam transport (No. sailed for the Crimea with drafts of di ff erent reel terday afternoon, at 4 o'clock They number, all ranks, about 1,000 officers and men. The C calls at Plymouth for other drafts there. 0 7 Some scene of a peculiar character have (toeing regard to the departure of these troops. A complete d winter clothing was given on Friday afternoon sail day morning to each man. This included a fur esh ilk lappela to cover up the ears and neck completely ; a sod thick boots, worn outside the trouser, and rssehiegep a l the knee (these are made of leather of its natural Ulm colour) ; an India rubber waterproof coat, Wks a quantity of warm woollen underclothing, silk.. a couple of flannels shirts and two pairs of wemisi gloves. The soldiers, on receiving these articles, it mediately brought them into use, although it wm eh vious that they were intended for use in the map, sad so on board a crowded steam ship. Accordingly, potent", h was impossible to recognise the men as being Britt& iel. diets with their brown top•boots, fur caps, and Incline/he coats ever their ordinary grey great coats. Their app ume was far more that of Russian troops. The dross in kn. ever, a very warm and comfortable one ; and if all 68 British soldiers in the Crimea have been equipped is it their condition has no doubt much improved. . . There were two or three incidents however of army lamentable character, and which proved the immolates and want of forethought of many of the men. Rani received the new winter boots, some of them at once do carded their ordinary oars, disposing of them to ho dealers for a trifle. Good serviceable boots were thy' pm. chased for • mere song by these dealers, whose roma ft board the ship and on the Dockyard jetty was a matter et indignant comment to the naval and military officers sad others who were present. They did not desist from to traffic till they were threatened with expulsion &ea is, yard. The soldiers paying for their ordinary boots taw selves, the disposal of them is not • misdemeanor's, • would be the selling of articles supplied by gore/ mot When marching on board the ship, they deliberately test off their only just new shakos and threw them meant replacing them with their naps. It would have Mr much better to have supplied the new clothing when thew arrived out at the place where it was intended to be am In justice to the other drafts that embarked on Deaden ship, we are bound to say that the practices narrated sirs were, as far as we saw, entirely confined to the drift ci the 18th Royal Irish, who came down to this pa in • shocking ante of intoxication. We heir thil was the effect of drink given them by injudicious pie sone at Basingstoke and other place, on the joiner. Wherever the fault may lie, the resula wen very disgrace ful ; the men were quite insubordinate, and got up othis terrible fights among themselves, both at therailway statios, in the dockyard, and on board ship. Some received very severe gashes and wounds, and had to be taken to hospital; others broke from the ranks in marching to the dockyard, and resorted to the public-house bars, and excited great uproar, ant having their bayonets with them, tibia they flourished in the most reckless manner, caned the grata terror and alarm. A conaiderable number remained in thl drunken state all Friday night, ani managed to nap the search of the pickets that were sent after them till tli• fol. lowing morning. Altogether the embarkation of the draft of the 18th Royal Irish was the most riotous of any tat has yet taken place at this port. The Cardin got say yesterday afternoon with a fair wind, and well no hat make • very fine passage. On her leaving the dockyard the troops cheered most heartily, but above the chars of the English, Scotch and Welsh soldier', the yell of the Rcyal Irish rose with thrilling effect. The Tyne, sailing storahip, Master Commandiog J.B. Tucker, arrived at Spithead to-day from Rio Janeiro sad Ascension, to which places she had moseyed stores, p? 0 . dons, etc ., for the English squadrons on the two s tatics. Hardly a day now elapses without a vessel being de spatched with stores, provisions, &a., from this port fot the Crimea. The Isis, sailing vessel, left yesterday, sad the Snowdown is now loadiog alongside the dockyard. DEVONPORT, JAIL 2 8 . The crew of the Royal William, Capt. lisgeente• was mustered, and the skip inspected by Admiral M._Bsl' moor yesterday. The re fi tment of the Cesar , Capt. So is progresaing_satisfactorily. She is to convey troops to the Black Sea. The orders given to the Calcutta to comel stores and provisions to the ships on the oast of &aka have been countermanded. The Itagicionne arrived ben Scotland yesterday. The Resistant*, trov_P•sh;/ , ! 6 . ° cu t yesterday from Ireland with store*, etc . Who agiosa• come into harbour tomorrow to maks good defects. Tl 5 Canadian, transport, called here this morning from Pods month for the Black Sea with troops. The Cesar is • seeded to NS this morning. THE MILITIA. Lieut.-Colonel Commandant the lion. F. W. C- Villiers bu given notice that the Fifth Royal Light l l ' (entry Middlesex, or Elthorne Regiment of Militia, will is embodied on the Pith of neat month, and the men are Iv quired to assemble at Uxbridge at 12 o'clock on that 0.7.; The Royal Reeks (King's Own) Regiment of 1110, under the command of Colonel-Commandant Lard Ow* tea, are about to be removed from Windsor to Centiliter Is soesequenes of the large number of recruits ats l l 4l ; rolled, an order bee been received from the Wspellee , resting the augmentation of the cargo by the edditiata two companies, which will make the regiment nearly Ws stron. The g Montgomeryshire Royal Rifles have now bee ilk bodied and have fully assembled for permanent dety. A MARRIED Mmerin-max.—The Lord Lieutena nt Herefordshire, Lord Batsman, having, written to the RIO Secretary, inquiring what provision is to be made for 0 11 wives and children of militia-mer left destitute by *I embodiment of the regiments in which their husbands as . enrolled, has received a reply from Lord P a lmerstos,sodt t bag that the married men may be granted leave to Manias their homes.—Heivford Times. AIIIIUT 01101111 07 FORMER/I.—The bretiltd of Court Franklin (No. 2,636), composed principal ai compositors connected with the daily newspapers, celebrate' their second anniversary on Saturday evening by a dinner ti the Red lion Tavern, Fleet street. Mr. S. TOldlrOttr. slyer of the London 'district, occupied t he chair, suppo7l by about fifty of the members of the court. The secretary, laths coarse of the proceedings, read the financial statolisai of the court, which was highly satisfactory. The mint of the evening was varied by several pieces of nein mental and vocal music, performed by members c 1 order. The " Ancient Order of Foresters " and the Pro were the principal toasts of the night, ably and eloro,:d/ proposed by the chairman, and enth u siastically and responded to by the company. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, 14, RsfiSll• tram.—The Diorama of the Events of the War has beee visited by the following distinguished and fastionsblor; Duchies of Idutheciand, acoomppied by IX' tild 'Lady Blaeyre and Lord Ronald ai d Lord by e Gower ; the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Lincoln, O s ' . njah Dbuleep Singh, attended by Siz Charles Loges "" Countries of Punkt and party, the Duke d'Oesuns end 800 Tidal and party, Viscount Canning, Lord and Lady Ent and party lady Falmouth end patty, Brodie °T A and party, Lally_Goulburn and Sir Cornwallis Lady Caroline lllicketS and party. Sir Walter Finnit. ~ Sir Edward Page Turner. Cbuks Melville end PM' r Sir Jamie Burins and party; Gig, Sou. Mr. Tracy Ihaloes General . Admiral Thornton, Coloa Graham, and DMus, Om, dm I r is: .1 • r •1 e