The Express. — London, England, 1855-03-24 00:00:00

(tie erpregio. mowillsomooks Woodall for ~ The toproo," Lades loookoi pow, not 1 rte 10. losouraworoot. b y Two *Week on asy of MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. DAT —llkinstai. is 87. . Anwar.% IL Ilia. —Menla& 401111.....Ahratros. Isa. LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 24. LATEST FROM ABROAD. The Moniker of yesterday contains the following &patch from the French Charge d'Affaires : " CONSTANTINOPLE, Itasca 12. On the 10th the weather was fine at Sebastopol, and thsasw works were nearly completed. "Fin broke out last night in the buildings of the Ottoman military school, which, by permission of the Porte, ne had converted into an hospital. The esta blishment, with its entire contents, was consumed ; but no accident nor loss of life occurred. Ws cannot Oast* this misfortune to any wilful act. The fire broke out in the kitchens."—Daily News. uThe mpreeentativee of Prussia, Wurtemberg, Babe, the two Henn, Holstein Luenburg, Name, Meekbabe( and Oldenburg, Anhanit Coetheo, ibliwateberg, Rudolatadt, Reams (younger branch), Lleektessteie, Bremen, and Frankfort, have reported b the Diet that their contingents are cm the war betiag."—Daiiy News. FRANCE. 17 AND 1111711 l TILRIA/LLTZ.) PARIS, SATORDAT MORNING. TM &Won of the Corps Legislatif is prolonged ken Worth 26 to 11th of April, in order to provide time for deliberating upon important laws. The Rents upon the Boulevard, 70fr. 30e.—Daily Nem. DISPATCH FROM LORD RAOLAN. (Full • TO TVS LONDON OLZITIII OW LAM WIGHT.) WAR-DEPLRTIIENr, Maid 24, 1866. Lord Penman has this day received a despatch aad its Raeloaves, of which the following &minas, addressed to his Lordship by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, U.C.B. " Before Sevastopol, March 10, 1855. M 7 Lord l -I have really nothing to sport to jeer Lordship this day. "I am happy however to be able to inform you that the weather is exceedingly fine ; and that I entertain great hopes, derived from the report. of the Principal Medical oMoer, that the sick will materially benefit by the improvement in the temperature. " Oar,advaneed batteries are making assidevable Pr" Every effort is directed to the maintenance of tie camps in a healthy Mate, which, as the warm veatherappeesehes, beeolase daily more important. "nodose the return of ease &Wee to the Bth in itial. "I remdred ea the evening of the 6th natant, a telegraphic despatch from Lord John Russell s dated Berlin, the 2nd, announciog the death of the Es pm*, of Ramie at twelve o'clock oa that day. " According to the information of deserters, the event hoe not been promulgated at SebaltopoL _ " - I have, &a., .. RAGLAN. " The Lord Pshmure, &c. &c." i t hap dinliks. tea %be Mb le Illi • Wank Illl ►lulN.w —lit et lisso-1 nak ma Ift. Iled. NI MA-4 rank OMSK I, S Post-1 nes NY ib. meseill. Med .4 noll Op. womisi. NO 7.111.4 ir. wands& Wig— Imili me Illitli a = s z IlbommilL Iliainl mil pneolles killat bum Ile se Ilik Minh, VW. tsalisstm—lThate alma libdisi. - 11NoTool s Ze el eco4temlotimod Gilson sod photos meeetio as 110 Ins Soh et Ms" latiteeivo :—Oorposol Thom . 1711 Foot; Moats Peer Mokoely, elletirto lobo Versos, slightly, Seth Foot; sot M r . 1 12 ot. NEW MEN. Tess demand for the admission of " new men " to administrative appointments is met by the changer Name your men." Suppose we were to comply with the request, what would be the consequence ? We should be met by indignant protestations, on the part of rier rulers and their partisans, that it would be unworthy of them to "yield to newspaper dietetics.' Besides, the call upon ns to " Name ear " prooreds'upon a totally erroneous interpretation of what is asked for. Ministers are not asked to extend their ranks for the reception of Mr. LAZARD, or Mr. Lows, or Mr. LINDSAY, or Mr. Any body-in-particular. What the public say is, that Minister, have run the entire round of the exclusive circle from which it has been es* tomary to select aspirants to oftloe, and have found themselves unable to complete their number. They are still without a Chancellor of the Deohy, and without an Under-Secretary for the Colonies; and tome of their appointments are acknowledged, mu by themselves, to be pis-aUers. Why, it is asked, will they not step beyond the magic circle, and seek the services of " new men"? Why will they not draw upon the available talents of a "new class of men"? When the public insist upon seeing "new men" admitted to ace, they do sot mean to advocate the claims of this or the other yet untried individual elthe old clue; they insist upon the employment of sea of talent, even though they should not belong to that privileged dam Ministers have better opportunities of discovering the amount of (racial aptitude presumed by indi vidual members of the Rouse of Commune than the public at large. It is their especial beim to gook for available taint, and whoa kid le waft it. When they protest that they have singhtini no available talent outside of their own Aim eel coteries, they libel six hundred asetbess d the 110009 of Commons. Do they imagine that say hereon will believe them when they declare that of that camber there is not one man who possess qualifies tione for ogles equal or superior to those of such nocienti tiee as Lord Monci, or men with snob antecedents as those of Sir Roam Pisa. in Switzerland ? The truth is, that public men of the middle dams I have less chance of rising to administrative appoint ments now than they had is the half century that sue seeded the Revolution of 1888. Then 'distinction was made between the State dim of show and those of real work. In those days the Lord Chamber lain, the Mute/ of the Mess, and similar fanctioaaries, were members of the Cabinet Council. The nobility, contested with Awe that allorded them an opportunity of Awing in the Drawing -tomes and at Levees, left the dams "thigh entailed bard work upon their occupants to men of meaner birth, A Vsation, whose parentage sae soared, be tramd, was Secretary of State under Wur.ten and Atm. The various weekly! Baste, ( l ee Commissions were similarly filled. Since that time society has been awakened to the absurdity of an influential voice in the affairs of Stet; to rfileiais meant only to add to the brilliancy of a court. The supreme direction of public affairs has devolved exclusively upon the real working ministers: hen*s it has come that our nobility now covet the offices which of old they gladly relinquished to plebeians; and they have in too many instances carried into the hard-working offices the same frivolity, indo lence, and ignorance of affairs, which either sat gracefully enough or did no harm on the mere coca pants of Court offices. They cow fill up the depart ments in which there is real work to be done, to the exclusion of the men who are really competent to perform it. _ There is another cause that has helped to peck our administrative departments with scions of nobility, to the exclusion of the middle claases—the enormous I multiplication of the breed. In the times which immediately followed the Revolution of 1688, oar aristocracy were not sufficiently numerous to fill all the departments of the State. But, since then, an immense manufacture of peerages has been going on, and the successive unions with Scotland and Ireland have augmented the number of noble claimants for offioe, without increasing in proportion the number of offices to be Med by them. Marriage, too, has increased the array of their cousins and second. cousins. Hence it comes that we see the Church, the Army, nay, the Customs and Excise, filled by the kindred of our nobility. The heir to one of our oldest titles does not disdain to accept the office of Clerk to the Justices in an Irish county ; the brother in-law of a Peer's half-brother jumps at a Special Commissioaership in the Land Revenue, with a salary of 6001. a year. Our aristocratic population has multiplied to such an extent that it can only be provided for by thrusting its members into offices reserved of old for the dependents and retainers of noble families; and the consequence is, that the lordly occupants of very plebeian appointments dis charge their duties in a right lordly m . The mishaps of the Crimea have opened the eyes of the pablic to the mischievous effect of this system on the civil and military departments of the army. We say civil and military, for Lord Pat MIUTON was in error when he affirmed that there were no scions of the aristocracy in the peocant civil services attached to the army. And having made this discovery with regard to our military establishment, the public are uow turning their eyes upon the purely civil departments of Government where they find the same abases prevail. It is now pretty certain that it is folly to look to our rulers for reform of these abuses. They and all their connexions profit too mach by the monopoly of ollos to denude themselves of it voluntarily. The unprivileged classes mast take the work into their own hands. The constituencies must prepare to send men to Parliament, at the next general election, who will assert their own and their class's claims to administrative office. We can fancy we observe the whole place-holding clams laughing in their sleeves at this suggestioo. They Satter them selves that they have so demoralised the eoustitu sodas, that the friends of administrative reform can , have no donee at a general election. They may deceive themselves in this. The House of Commons, which passed the Reform Act, was elected under the old bocoughtsoegering system.—Day News. ::n*:* THE E7PRESS, SATURDAY RVENING, MARCH 24, 1855. RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC We have received, from Vienna, Count Nesselrode's note to the ministers of Russia at foreign courts. It profane to be a manifesto to Europe of the inten tions entertained by the new Emperor, and is the Bret official paper which has appeared on the subject. The following is a translation : "ST. PETERSBURG, MARcaz,lo. " My despatch, of the 2d inst., will have informed you of the accession of his Majesty the Emperor Alexander IL I also, at the same time, had the honour of sending you the manifesto of our illustrious sovereign, issued on the first day of his reign. " This document expresses his Majesty's profound sanss of the importance of the duties which he is called to fulfil. Thoee duties have been imposed on him by Divine Providence in the midst of severe trials. Ascending the throne of his ancestors, he beho.ds Russia involved in a war, the like of which occurring in a new reign history cannot produce. " Our illustrious Sovereign accepts these trials, trusting in God, confiding securely in the unwavering devotedness of his people, and filled with religious reverence for the memory of his much-loved father. " In a child-like spirit of piety he accepts u his heritage two obligations, which, in his eyes, are equally sacred. The first demands from his Majesty the employment of all the power which the will of God has placed in his hands for the defence of the integrity and honour of Russia. The second imposes on his Majesty the duty of steadily devoting his care to the completion of that work of peace, the bases of which were sanctioned by the Emperor Nicholas. " Faithful to the ideas which predominated in the last dispositions and arrangements of his illustrious, father, the Emperor has renewed and confirmed the instructions with which the Plenipotentiary of Resale had been provided from December until the time when I the Vienna Conference* were to have been opened. In this way the intentions of the Emperor Nicholas are certain to be fulfilled. Their aim was— " To restore to Russia and Europe the bleesinp of "To confirm the freedom of worship end the welfare of the Christian peoples of the East, without distinc tion of rite. "To place the immunities of the Principalities under a collective guarantee. " To secure the free navigation of the Danube in favour of the trade of all nations. " To put an end to the rivalries of the Great Powers respecting the East, in such manner as to preclude the return of new complications. " Finally, to oome to an understanding with the Great Powers respecting the revision of the treaties by which they have recognised the principle of closing the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus, and in this way to arrive at an honourable settlement. A peace concluded upon such a bailees this, since it would terminate the calamities of war, would call forth the blessings of all nations upon the new govern ment. Russia, however, feels deeply, and all Europe must seknowledge the fact, that the hope of a ee .l stored= of peat* would prove vain, if the conditions of an adjustment should overpass that just limit which a sense of the dignity of the Crown led our august Lord to fix irrevocably. a The Emperor will wait tranquillity until the cabi nets called to deliberate in common with Russia on this question of universal interest for all Christendom shall declare the views by Which their policy will be guided. a Oar august Lord will enter upon these important deliberations in a sincere spirit of concord; this is the declaration which I am expressly commissioned by his Majesty to make to you in his name. I. The general instructions with which you are pro vided prescribe to you the course which you are to 'motion to follow in your intercourse with the go vernments to which you are accredited. The Empe ror, in confirming you in the post to which you were appointed by the grace of his illustrious father, relies implicitly on your fidelity and zeal. It is his desire that on all occasions your conduct and lan guage should beer witness to the loyalty with which Russia regards obligations involving fidelity to treaties ; to its constant desire to live on good terms with all allied and friendly Powers; and, finally, to its reverence for the inviolability of the rights of every state, as well as its firm resolve to maintain intact and make respected those rights which Divine Providence has entrusted to the Emperor in making him the protector of the honour of the nation. " You are instructed to bring t►is to the knowledge of the Court at which you had the honour to represent the Emperor Nicholas of glorious and much-loved memory. NESSELRODE. • The Roma Prism remarks on the foregoing docu ment: "The Russian government here professes to state in brief the views of the Emperor Nicholas, by which it intends to be guided. Of all the points laid down in this document there is not one which does not require further definition before it can become • true preliminary of pesos. Even that appvently unequivocal concession of the fres navigation of the Danube is, in its present form, of no value, since Russia acknowledged the freedom of the river, in principle, at the very time when she allowed the Danube to silt up. The same indefinite ness belongs to all the Russian points. However the congress which has to define them is now sitting, and the publication of this note, if it give no impulse to the work of the plenipotentiaries, will not at least hinder it. It is impossible not to remark the oireum spectness with which Count Neeselrods avoids all allusion to the limitation of Russian supremacy in the Black Bea. The only concession at least bearing on this subject is the promise to reconsider with the other powers the treaties which relate to the exclu sion of war ships from the Bosphorus and Duda nags in time of peace. In other words, Rus sia consents to permit another war flag than her own and that of Turkey to be seen in the Elaine in time of peace, in return for which she will doubtless demand that her own war-ships shall pass the Dardanelles, and her flag By in the Mediterranean-at the Pirsus, for example. It is doubtful whether that could be called a Russian concession, but certainly it would not be a limitation of Russian power in the Black Bea. Nor weld the Western Powers accept it as such without confessiog that their expeditions to the Crimea had most completely failed. We do not believe that they will fail, and for that reseal we I cannot look upon the diplomatic manifests, assuming that it expresses the full measure of Russian copses , aims, Is a sign favourable to pease." FREEDOM OF THE DANUBE. The following statemet, dated Vines, Marsh 17. we give as we lad it in the German Jowl of Rotakyorg: "The Mudd= Imperiel Contsiissioser in the Prin. *panties. Berea de Boob, ben bad cooferencee the IlLinidw of Foreign Affairs on the subject of a treaty Boldly, to eannisreial relations with the Prin. eipelidse and the hue navigation of the Danube. It has been stated that the Ronda& commander at Beat mostly pnbibited vessels from navigaP a ag the Lower Danube, bat allowed mix or sight which were at Galata to leave. Coma Basl e -O en h e rece i ve d ie. 171-T , .) • I formation of this proceeding. called on the cabinet of St. Petersburg for explanations. We learn that Prises Corti:bude a few days ago informed Count Boa that the commander of Reoi bad been dis avowed, and that new orders should be immediately seat to the Reagan Au:caw:arise on the Danube' Int Court. Th. Queen and Prince Albert left Osborne at two °Week yeetetday attetwooo for Leaden, seeempaaled by the Priam et Walla. Prises Alfred, the Primmer Royal, Prince Arthur, Prime Leopold, the Priaessese A 1.., Helios, tad Leeks, sad the Prises of Leisiegea. The Ladies tad Gondol:ass is Waiting were Luis the Hos. Mary Baited, Colonel the Hos. C. B. Phipps, liajor-Geaeral Bosverie, Captain Da Plat, the !Lester el the Hoosebeald, sad Kr. Gibbs. Her Majesty sad the Priam crossed from Cowes in the Fairy, royal steam yacht, to Gosport, travelled by a special Mats on the Booth Western Railway, and proceeded from the private station at Vauxhall with the royal suite in six of the Quin's serviages, escorted by a party of Carbinsers, ta Backinghem Palace, when the royal party arrived at tea siestas before is o'clock, and were received by the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earl of Listowel, Viscount Torriegton, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir Frederick Stavin, and Major. Gomel Wylds. The Earl of Clarsadon had au sadism* of her Majesty. The Queen and Prince Albert. semaspenied by the Prises of Winer's, hououred the Princess's Theatre with their preemies in the evening. The royal suit* sossisted of Lad Churchill, the Hoe. Lary Ken, the Earl of Major General &muerte. and Captain Da Plat. Q =Redesiek M. Campbell was pnted at the Inas as March 14, by the Hea. Fred. VilUere, om appeialmana la the 6th Royal Muses Militia. The Deans id Rya% attenclid by Lady Fanny Howard, Susie de !meth, sad Sir Owns, Casper, arrived at her risidiaas, Clans* Howe, 81. Jamie's, on Thanday, from • dumbaties from the ?homy Law Amendment Le amiation bed en 1114111•1111 W with Sir George Grey yeast day, at the lienweille=be mitten or the neat circular tweed by the Fecesry Keetiege of the Galbrd Usiversity Commianion have bees held at No. 18, Great Q 02.640804 Westminster, on 1 we ' tZL o T a hureday, sad Friday. during the week. The cora. ere peewee* we the Earl of Ellesmere, the Earl of H a nJoh n owtay, the Ebbw ef Ripon, the Dean of Wells, sad Si Levity. The Right Son. W. B. Gladstone, ll P., sad Kr. Charles Neste, of Oriel College, Orford, as a deputation from the Ualvenity of Oatoed, had an interview yesterday with flar B. Hall, President of the General Board of Health, with reference to the Public Health Bill sad Nuisances Act Amendment Bill, now before parliament. A deputation from the vestry of St. Palmas also had an iaterview yesterday with Sir B. Hall, at the *Km of the General Beard of Health, Whitehall, I. relation to the Southampton Paving Trait (St. Panorm) Bill. The &pa tellae omitted of Blown. F. T. titmice, 8. B. Stockton, and N. Furaiss, attaaded by lir. G. W. F. Cook, vestry oink. The reetutester-General and Kr. Bowled Hill had en interview with the Cheacellor of the itae►egaer yesterday, at hie °Saha resides., la Dowaisi stmt. Despatabse foe the Governor of Caaada were seat yester day Iron the Celoalal-cdies. DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FOR LONDON. POLTBMOUTH, Maim 22. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the royal &Mine, mad the Court left Osborne Rouse this efterseee, at 6 mi. sates past 2, for COWIN sad this port, se nude to Back. has Pala . Her Majesty emberted os board the r oysi yacht Fairy, at Cowes, at 20 minutes past 2, welsh at cues got soder weigh, masts, up to the fleet at Spithead, the whole of the ships being dressed is colours sad massieg yards. After the royal yseht had peeled to windward of the lett • pastel royal salste was fired by them. Shortly after the salute wee takes up by the gamins trots the Plat• form Battery, sad the Vistery asd Illustrious, is harbour. The Fairy arrival at Cleanse-yard at 3 semen ppaa.tt 3, see her Naivety was received there by the Cosaasder.l Chief Vise-Admiral Sir T. Name, Admiral esperiutes. deal Mortis, Bear-Adrairal Semsour (emesd is essimaad of the Bahia teeth the letsteaaat-Oovenier Maley Ge send Bretee, Re., sad a guard of honour from the Royal Matisse. Her Majesty at eye left by special train. THE Tasman OF EPIDEMIC CROLIRA.—The report addressed to the General Board of Health by the " Treats's% Conindttee " of the Mulled Ceased, has be.. this day preatatad M Parbameat. Ihe malts of leas tigatioa—w Mph they allow to be impetfeet—lastitated by the eamittee, show the eider of per tentage of haulm te May the Cease is its earlier stages, or is that of presical tory diarrhea, to be se follows 134; .balk na ture, 89; lableael with opium, 69; Wood, 24 ; aalk, with ogles, sawed. sad astriageate, 11; sulpha:le mid, with Was vol edema, 14 ; shalt with swims, amass* sad aimilyr, 04; taking ealphsrie add with sad without *on. an d with plead es as ediamtive remedy, 143 ; table el s& with sad without spies, tegethir with am mo*: matsetlea sad =sea* with eateheera, Moe, Par we" A, sad ealeatel„se as adjaaetive remedy, 1 $1 ;--ehralas a &aided whams to the astriageat plea et Weft eat fa the only gages. TM toregabg deemed heat Km am. lye.of 2,740 eases. • THE PENINSULA. r, FILIDAY. The Madrid has arrived with Peninsular mails, having left Lisboa oa the 19th. Among her passen- Igen are the Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha and Sir George Sartorial. She has on board speeie, value 9,3401. The Himalaya, with troops for the Crimea, and the Alps, with troops for England, were Cc Gibraltar. . LETTERE FON THE LAND TRANSPORT COWL... 01121ZALL POIT-OPPICL HEADE, 1866.--t,c the Lead Transport Corp, established under the ro fat warns, of the 24th Jaaaary, 1856, is a part of her Tgajesly's repast land forces, letters addressed to the °dicer d i and awn golv j eg in that oorps la Turkey or the Black f ies , an e mi t t e d to all the privilege' gritted to the eol7 . ..p oa d eaes d ° s eer , an soldiew, sad are to be charged e eeet gl eg ly. BALLAZAT.—The Holborn A At estimates the kw to the god dlifittn. at Ba l Jerst, by the iaserreetioa there at 12,000 assess of 00., or 60,000 i. sterling. Oa the Greek Pit die= deny the Lou . of half aday's work caused • fennel__ l'e,...__ to Ilet . :Cas est tie water that had m essaging! sengel twelve helm The greseoetent wow Totems of he mdse. o'i the geld aim ems se Mager be dePeatteil Wm* 0 .w4 or the number of heaves as the road has se, &Herat, geld ma be eeseeyed hY Private bade is Pee est Wily. Ceeehse rota re eves hours betwilla ta lw i crim e 4 k r l 4l sad la elight is kr e g betweent e Oedsug t =ado w aura lig& oreindek's Creek lad May an fee mites; the Areas bee &aloe/ Illookiiiery Y deflobteed . bat slowly, at Babies sad stlass i g:: : West of maul oureddeoes mewl the AND Ifimuras Loos OF Urs.—STDaliT, NEW loves Weis_ s, Dm. 14.—The Ohms, Trusses, lidded aesived hen led December frees peedelow, spoke the Weedlerk. of tW poet, MAIM semseeed she wreck of • Neal es Deearted Utak; she tad wady Ida 011•••• pee. Marv% ell of when were gssessga s idt a reties sr the mow; we ft sod eight sea esly saved . these he Cape Daub is a bee*. sad ea Were Washed by the Wires sad flee of then lAA. GENERAL BEATSON'S CAVALRY. SALONA. 8. We have had two E ng li s h officers IC down Kumla here for some daya levying the corps of bashi-basouks for the British Osmanli cavalry, to be commanded by pen. Boatman. The corps is to be composed of eight regi- 1 menu, 600 strong each. Two regiments are to be raised in this district. One of the officers, Captain' iihodes, who commands one regiment, has gone to Monaatir and Bosnia. He was an honorary member of the Spanish commission in Turkey, and aide-de camp to General Prim. THE ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL GLOM ♦ SPICIAL 07 TEI DAILY MIMI). CAMP ABOVE SEBASTOPOL, Malca 5. The Ruskin& are busily employed, day and night, in strengthening the new works they have opened near the end of the mountain spur which flanks Careening Bay to the eastward. They have already formed an advanced work, and connected it with the redoubt by a covered way. Yesterday (March 4) they could be plainly seen dragging guns up the slope, and along the ridge towards the redoubt. Judging from the height of the wheels and the mass of men employed at the ropes (there appeared to be between two and three hundred men drag ging each gun), it must be inferred that they are arming the battery with metal of very heavy calibre. They pursued their operations with every appearance of confidence and determination in the open daylight, knowing well they were just out of the range of our heaviest guns. A well-directed rocket might have reached them, and a shell from some of the recently-placed mortars created a our prise, but they were permitted to carry on their ope rations without interruption. Within the redoubt can be seen timber for platforms, and a rough plank shed has been raised, under which some work is going on, judging from the number of soldiers who are con stantly entering and leaving it. Then are said to be strategical reasons for not repeating the attack on the poeitioo which was made by the French on the 24th ult. Another work the enemy is bully employed upon is what appears to be intended for a floating bridge across the Great Harbour. At present it consists Of a number of large floats, connected with which are numerous masts and booms, arranged in a aigsag direction. At intervals there are small platform of sawn timber and planks. It commences a little north of Cape Nicholas, and stretching out in a north easterly direction, already extends half way across the water. Whether this work is intended simply to act as an obstruction to the further progress of vessels which may have succeeded in forcing an entrance through the line of sunken ships at the mouth of the harbour, or whether, as is not improbable, it is in tended to be a means of communication and image from the town to the north shore, does not yet ap pear ; it will be soon seen, however, should the work continue to advance as rapidly as it has done the last few days. The army encamped on the heights north of Inker mann are still seen to be busily occupied in entrench ing their position. Their camp now stretches over a very extensive area, and seems to be strongly for tified in every respect. Its oonnexions with the great north fort, and the communications of this stronghold and the camp, with the line of forts and batteries along the north shore of the harbour, from Fort Con stantine to the batteries on the West Light-house Cliff, are daily rendered more substantial and secure. A recent reconnoissance, and the reports of spies, would lead to the belief also that the enemy is making a very determined effort to disturb our posi tion at Balakiava, by bringing up to the heights eastward of the pan through which winds the road to Beide:, some mortars of such a calibre ma would enable them to throw shells over our entrenched position into the port below. Rumours have been prevailing in camp that a combined French and English fore' is shortly to take the field for the pur pose of defeating this object of the enemy, and the troops intended for the expedition have been named. Nearly all the new English works are now armed. The former existing batteries have been strengthened by guns of considerably greater power. On the night of March the 3rd a new battery on the left was commenced, very considerably in advance of Chap man's battery on Orsenhill. Although very close, the enemy did not perceive the working parties on the first night, and extraordinary progress was made to wards the completion of the work ; but last night (Mareh 4) they kept up a very active Are of shot and shell from the Barrack and other batteries in rear wits the intention of impeding its progress. Afeldays only, in all probability, will elapse before the Runk= will discover fully not only the position and strength of this work, but of all the other works recently con structed by the French and ourselves. The position of the allies has been strengthened on the right by the addition of the ninth French divi sion. This flue body of troops, lately arrived from France, is now encamped immediately behind the English Light Division, who still retain their place in front, and also occupies part of the ground lately vacated by the Guards' brigade. The English troops continue to improve in oondi _ tioa and health. iota' detachmentsof oonvalessents have arrived from the Boepbones, and, together with the detachments lately come from England, are sea• scalable additions to the reduced numbers of the re giments remaking in camp. The weather daring the last few days his been less odd, and has been dry. _ _ I regret to say that a soldier from one of at most eistingoisb;d regiments deserted to the enemy, l on the night of the 3rd instant. He was a bands man, on duty to mist in the removal of the wounded, sad went over from the advanced work in front of Freashasaniu bill. As soon as perceived be wee fired at by h.s comrades, bat he appeared to weeps unhurt. Two mails for the troops are now due. The mail bag, for bead- trcarters only, arrived by the last packet. The expleas'tion gives was, the weather, oe the leaving of t is steamer, was so rough, it was with the greatest ilifilculty that even that beg wee pat on board; 'but it is suspected that motives &polity, u well as the weather, had influence in the event. Wtoter clothing continues to be issued. The officers have just received their long boots ; and,.it is uported, the seal akin great outs are to be given to is a few days. The Tartars say, that mu sionally in the month of March the weather is very severe, and that sot antretimatly heavy fells of snow take place, bat soon melt away. Ti, judge from pre met appearance, a stranger would my that all severe weather had puns& No mow now remains on the sodas. of the plateau, and the ground, in large plots, where it is left untrodden upon, is sesavoing a grow l& hue, from the young gram springing up. Only tits highest peaks of the mountains aeon in the dis taste retain their white curving 4 the lower 'sages flanking the Tolbert's'''. and Ralaklava valleys have completely resumed their natural garb. Colonel W. Sullivan, assistant-adjutant-general, has bad a severe attack of illness, but is now conva lescent. He has been advised to proceed to Eng land for the re-establishment of his health, and will leave In a few days. The following officers also pro ceed to England at the recommendation of medical boards :—Lieut.-Colonel Reeve, Grenadier Guards; Surgeon Lewin., 63rd Regiment; Capt. Murchison, 60th Regiment; Lieutenants Morgan Rotherham, 20th Regiment ; C. J. Borton, 9th Regiment ; Waldy, 46th Regiment ; J. Tucker,Royal Artillery; Assistant. Surgeons /ling, staff, and Orr Crichton, 4th Light Dragoons; EnsignVousden, 21st Regiment. Colonel H. Storks, unattached, has been appointed to take command of the military establishment at Smyrna, with Captain George Whitmore, 62nd Regiment, to act as aide.de-camp. P.B. The Welsh Fusiliers gave a large dinner party to celebrate St. David's day. They got up one of the officers' huts, the only one erected in the division I believe, and contrived to decorate it with festoons of Turkish scarves, whitewash, pictures from the illus trated News, and cundelabra made of groups of bayo nets, exceedingly tastefully. The appointments were rather of a mixed character, being composed of con tributions from each officer, but what with preserved fish, flesh, fowl, and vegetables, capital wines, &0., from Balaklava, the viands were worthy of England instead of the Crimea. Some very good speeches were made in reference to the events of the past year, and these and the toasts were done full honour to by peals of artillery from the trenches in front, and the bursting of shells in the air. Each regiment of the division was represented, and the utmost harmony and good feeling prevailed. A dinner party being a very great event here, it was kept up very late as you may imagine. (110 M Til FRANCE. lIINT OP THE DAILY NRWII.) PARIS, FRIDAY EVINIRO. For the last two or three days, and this day more particularly, the idea has gained ground that the Violins Conferences may possibly lead almost imme diately to a pacific result. Many people say that the imperor, who for a long while stood alone (so the Imam goes) in insisting upon the demolition of the fortress of Sebastopol as a nee gun non, has now expressed a willingness to cede the point. Letters from Brussells allege that this change In his Majesty's views has been announced emphatically by M. de Morny. A letter in the but& pendance signed "Y," arguing at great length that if the Russian fleet in the Black Sea be reduced, and the other demands of the Allied Powers frankly com plied with, the destruction of Sebastopol may not be necessary, has produced a great sensation and tended materially to foster the expectations founded upon the above notions. There is a talk of a mixed com mission to settle the precise number of ships which each of the Great Powers shall be permitted to main tain in the Black Sea, and the idea of the erection of a great fortress either at Sinope or elsewhere on the Turkish coast, as a counterbalance to Sebastopol, is revived, and said to be favourably entertained by the English government. I believe I may assure you, without fear of being contradicted by the re sult, that the reel situation is widely different from what the public is for the moment inclined to sup pose. I believe the foundation for the reports in question to be the certainty now acquired by the French government that Sebastopol cannot be taken by the army now besieging it. It is not doubtful that that army is in its turn besieged. Not a gun could be moved, either backwards or forwards, with out risking the security of its position. In this situ ation it is more than probable that, seeing the impos sibility of storming Sebastopol to any good purpose, under existing circumstances, the question whether a diplomatic arrangement, superseding the necessity of taking the place, might not be made at Vienna, may have been discussed hypothetically at a ministe rial soma Hence, I have little doubt, the reports so widely spread. But lam informed, in a quarter in which I have every confidence, that the French Emperor has no thought of throwing up the game. The idea of assaulting Sebastopol is, I believe, re pounced for the present as impracticable. But a large army, formed of English, French, Turks, and Sardinians, will shortly be assembled at Eupatoria with the Emperor at their head. A cam paign in the Crimea will be undertaken. The Arians who, well as they fight, are much more formidable behind fortifications than in the open field will be encountered wherever they can be found ; and In the course of the summer Sebastopol will, it is to be hoped, be completely invested by the allies. Ai immense army will be necessary to accom plish this object, but the French Government is determined that men shall not be want ing. It is very evident that if Sebastopol can be surrounded, we being masters at sea, the gar rison must in time be starved out, and it would in every respect be wiser and more humane to under take a grand campaign than to throw away the lives 10,000 or 16,000 bare men for the mere honour and glory of taking a place which we could not hold until oar armies receive powerful reinforcements. At the Bourse hominess was very brisk, owing to the disposition of the public to credit the rumours of pesos. The Rents rose 650., closing at 69fr. TOo. Credit Mobilier rose 22fr. 600. All the railways im proved, some of them from Tfr. 600. to 10fr. Mlle. Dondet has appealed to the Imperial Court against the 'entente, to two years' imprisonment, and 200 fr. flue, passed on her by the Tribunal of Correc tional Police. MEMORIAL TO LORD DUDLEY STUART. - A public meeting was held yesterday afternoon, at Willis's Booms, Bt. James's, which was convened for the purpose of raising • testimonial of respect for th e memory o f the ate Lard Dudley Stuart, more especially In connexion with his efforts on behalf of the exiled Poles in this country. The chair was taken by the Earl of Snaeraaboae. Among the company were the following : The Marquis a Breadalbans, his Imperial Highness Prince Lucien Bona. the Earl of Zetland, his Excellency Louis Kossuth, Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P.. Lord Radiates, Sir la: Peel, Bart., Professor D. W. Marks, Sir J. Clarke, Sir G. rechell, Ban, Right Hoe . Vernon Smith, M.P., Si r B. Hell, Bart., 11.1 r., Captain Towashend, M.P., R. M. Mikes, Esq., M.P. J. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., Thomas nits. Esq., M.P.:Thornton Hankey, Esq., /LP , Sir J. Shelley, Bert., M.P., Colonel Salwey, M.P., Wm. Evart, Req., ld.P., George Bowyer, Ent, M.P., Charles Cowan, Esq., Y P., Benjamin Oliveira, Esq. M.P., Dr. Subedited, Martin Tbackeray,Rl , Rev. Mr. doobell, Dr. J. A. Wil son, Dr. Bayer, Jamb Bell. Esq , Thomas Cbilver, Esq., J. V. 8. Townshend, Esq., J. Cassell, Esti , Dr O'Connor, Mr. 1. A. Nichols? Mr. Norman Macdonald. M r . Ch ar l es Baslesewski, M ajor °Kurd, M. Zaba, Y. Jackowski. The C11•1111AN, in opening the proceedings, referred to • letter from Paris which had been addressed to himself, as 'chairman of the meeting, by Prince Czartoryski, the leader of the Polish exiles is France. The writer expressed his cordial concurrence in the object, and enclosed 601, which he said bad been collected among the Poles in Paris in a single day. The noble lord further stated that letters of concurrence bad been received from the Bid of Yarbo rough, Lord Tenterdea, Sir J. Duke, Viscount Miring's:in, Mr. Lapsed, Mr. Fox Straegways, Sir Y. Montsdore, de. The Marquis of BYRADALBAIIII moved the first resolution, as follows:—" That this meeting is desirous to express its deep sorrow at the decease of Lord Dudley Cants Stuart, end its respect for his memory." It was, he observed, • melancholy satisfaction to the friends of the late Lord Dudley Stuart to meet on that occasion to join in an expres sion of deep respect for his character, for his public spirit and hie publie worth ; above all, for those beneficent and philanthropic feelings that led him into that course of action which so conspicuously marked his career ; namely, that of supporting those who were exiled from their native land and bowed down under the iron hand of tyranny and oppres sion. A lover of liberty himself, the deceased noblemen supported the lovers of liberty wh they were to bet found. (Cheers.) But his chief characteristic was thine exertions which centred in that great cause to which the chairman had appropriately referred. It was his love for those universal principles of liberty which were che rished in every country by every man who was • lover of freedom, which led him to take so distinguished a part in relation to the cause of Poland. It was for this he lived, and, he might add, it was for this he died. (Hear, hear.) While endeavouring to support that cause ate distance, he met his death through disease, without having a friend near him. Poland was, no doubt, even then near his heart ; for in this country it was invariably uppermost in his thoughts. Mr. V. Sena felt the greatest pleasure in seconding a resolution which expressed rum% for the memory of Lord D. Stuart. He knew him from boyhood, having first made his acquaintance in the year 1816 in the south of Italy ; and, whether as boy or as man, be ever found him sincere, gene rous, and honest. Hs was • man of great energy and con natant:yip( purpossioad his chief characteristics were sincerity and determination. Having a fine person and courtly man nor, fitting him to shine in fashionable society, be renounced every . other object for the sake of benefiting his specie, and especially of promoting the welfare of the exile. He agreed with the noble chairmen that testimonials had of late become rather common ; but no doubt could exist as to the propriety of a memorial to Lord Dudley Stuart, who had devoted himself to the promotion of the public advan tage without the slightest suspicion of having thereby secured private gain. (Hear, hear.) In subscribing for a testimo nial to him, they were subscribing for a testimonial to the champion of the suffering humanity of all nations. The Rev. J. 8. Boons, of Paddington, in supporting the resolution, said he did so, not on account of Lord Dudley Stuart'. political career, but because; he had found In him • true friend of the destitute and homeless. (Hear.) The resolution was then put and carried. The Earl of ZarLann moved the following resolution : " That a subscription be opened for the purpose of erecting a testimonial to Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, in commemora tion of his persevering advocacy of the rights of the Polish nation, and of his incessant and benevolent labours in suc couring the afflicted and oppressed of every country and condition." He said he had the pleasure end the honour of calling Lord Dudley Stuart his friend for upwards of thirty years, and now that he was gone there was no man whin memory he more ed. He entirely coincided is the panegyric pronounced upon it from the chair. Mr. Paten, 11. P., seconded the resolution. He mould not help admiring the steadiness and constancy with which, under most discouraging circumstances, in spite of sneers and ridicule, the donated nobleman pursued his object, de nouncing, while he did so, what he (Mr. Paine) ag with the chairman was the greatest crime ever comusifflid against the rights of nations—(cheap)—• crime which, is the opinion of every statesman who valued the liberties of mankind, was the ultra of almost every calamity that had since afflicted Europe. (Hear, hear.) Lord D. Stuart, while his sympathies were specially enlisted in favour of one nation, extended the measure of his charity to all; and his example in that respect was one which might well be fol lowed by every public man in this country. Mr. M. Idlizas, M.P., in supporting the resolution, bore testimony to the singleness of purpose, and the thorough sincerity which characterised Lord D. Stuart's career as the advocate of Poland, and observed t h at it was the lose of Polish independence that enabled Ruda now to threaten European the side of Germany. The resolution, having been further supported by Protes- Mr. t/ u se s ad oo op tio ted o b w y eit tli t e ,t m ee se ee ti te n t g y . of the Polish As. seciation, moved the following resolution : " That the Polish people are desirous to 00-operate with their English friends in this just undertaking, and to empress their solemn and eternal gratitude to the name of their friend and bene factor." He said the Poles had suffered • national calamity la the death of Lord Dudley Stuart, while the exiles had to deplore the loss of one of their greatest benefactors. A short time ago occurred the anniversary of the Polish revo- Islas, and on that occasion the Polish exiles all put on were by no means good, to testify their respect for Lord s im ub l e a c ra ri i p c ti g On, ( n it e e, essuri al he l a y r.) a small had a lone, astreir enteredinto a circumstances Dudley Stuart's memory and their gratitude for his rase ,' dons on behalf of their country. He wee sure there was no Polish exile who would not contribute in proportion to his means. Zaira, smother Pole, seconded the rwoolution. The ORLIIIIIAN said the resolution was one which could hardly be pat to a meeting of Englishmen, but he believed it exorcised the almost universal sentiment of the Polish nation. - . . The reeolatioa was accordingly adopted sob eiliestio. Sir .1. V. finusav moved the appointment of a committee of noblemen and gentlemen, with power to add to their number, to carry out the object, and in doing so described Lord D. Stuart as one of the best specimens of an English stableman. Mr. T. HoSinv, M.P.. seconded the motion, which was adopted. A person in the body of the room, who demerit's& himself as a working an, mamma= a warm solos's= on the de ceased as a friend to the working alums. Sir B. HALL said that, having lived in almost daily inter twine with his late colleague, he felt bound to offer his tribute of respect to his memory. He concluded by moving a sots of thanks to the chairman. Lord B. Gnoovaxon having seconded the motion, said be wished to mention one tact illustrative of the active benevolence by which Loyd D. Stay* comer wae distia guished. He had been informed that sot long before his death, being unable to sleep, in consequence of bodily dis ease, it occurred to the deceased that he ought, coder =eh circumstances, to try sal do something to benefit his fellow ensures. Accordingly he rose from his hod at 2 o'clock in the morning and went to the Nightly Refuge for the Home less in the neighbonrhood,and finding there a number of per sons who could not obtain admission, he distributed among them money enough to procure shelter. Themes be pro ceeded to the Marylehose Workhouse, and seeing at the noor many persons who could not be admitted coder the regulations of the establishment, he spin administered to them the required relief. (Hear, hear.) The resolution havirg been carried by seelamatiou, The CHLIJOIAII returned thanks, and the meeting ecParCted. Afar the termination of the proceedings, it was an nov.seed that upwards of 3001. bad been collected in the room, PazrzamEnTn—The Rey. Holland Lomas has been collated to the perpetual curacy of Holy Trinity Church, Walton Brick, in the parish of Withal-0a the-bill, in the county of Lancaster, void by the death of the Rev. John Loam, by the bishop, the patron for this turn, by Wee. The Rev. Robert M'Clare Woods, to the stipendiary curacy of Paraworth, ia the meaty of Lancaster, on the nomina tion of the Rev. William Jeff, the incumbset. The Rev. R. Ash Hannaford, rector of Irthlingboroagle, and the Rev. Geo. Malin, vicar of Higham Ferran, bare been anti. fated to be rural Ina. wield& the diocese of Peterborough. FIRE AND Loss Or LIFE. —Yesterday morning, shortly before live o'clock, a fire, attended with loss of life and great destruetino of 'reopen', broke out on the premises of Mr. Start, Princes .trees, Leicester-rceare, known as the Napoleon Dining-MOMS and Coffee-bease. The premises is frowtquaesstoti,runeclruoewnree.rotpleartrepoalotirhetheeensight,:ahobtpbirepssi?i jaisvgvesaityraklersisliirdsuinisi alarm • but before the inmates meld be awakened, the acmes sad takes remodeller the wolves**, sod made that means of escape impossible. At this moment the St. James's flremsape arrived, but the conductor, though be amended the .cabin with a view to save a party reported to to is One Of tbe top MOms was compelled by the games monks II ceselpitata retreat. The men of the Royal S •eiety's neaps, bad, Missawhilt. mimed feminism from other minims of the promises- The various brigade engines were worked with vigour, bit the lames were not eatinguished until the in *lsiah the are broke oat, as well as those of L re :n. bas Walker, sajoisiag, were greatly demag.d. The monist she raise were seMeWetly Egged search was made by the firmest, who presently diesoverel the betty of a thee yews( yew ea the eetead-floor beak. The tleseased was r a traissy, sat bad evidently died from seaman... A shell bneinff been procured, the body - was A removed to the dead ' Hew thei nsured, l'e enkfiltied earnest be eseenslaed. Tbe pinion were 1 1