The Express. — London, England, 1855-02-02 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P. by merely violative feelings—(hear)—mak a government, as seen as these real objects of the war have been attained, will listen to the dictates of humanity sad of taw policy, and will Ica no time in realising the advantages of pesos so soon as they an honourably come to that cionelasion. Hy lords, I do not know that I have any ream to detain you further. I have merely risen to mouses the fat, which your lordships will have already anticipated, that we only hold alms till our sumemers are appointed. (Hear.) The Duke of NEWCASTLE—I can :mike year lord ships I wish that I could, ea this arealoa, follow the usual soma of ministers who tender their resignation, and eon tent myself with the 'animations that have been gives by my noble friend late at the head of the government. There are two reasons why I wish, for however short a time, to trouble your lordships, while I depart from this and pru de*. In the Amt place, my lords, it would have been my duty, under any chatmetaaces, had I been present, what ever might have been the reeult of the division in the Howe of Commons, to have made a statement la say own behalf. Bat there is another reason why, la answering the speech of my noble band (Earl Grey) the last time the house met, with referent* to the coustruotlon of the war department, I sated to your ladshine that cm this occasion I should wish to make a personal statement. That is, in soar quince of another statement, which was made in the other house, by the noble lord, late the President of the Council, which I mum but feel has so materially afforded my peal• HOUSE OF LORDS.-THUBSDAT, Fla 1. Tbs Loan Czawczza.oa took his scat o the woolsack at 5 o'clock. There was a large attendants of peen, sad the galleries appropriated for Miss and members of the Rouse of Co inous, so well as the. spaces around the throne, were well Ailed. The ex-ministers occupied their venal oats. There were present the Berl of Aberdeen, the Dab of Nematode, the Date of Atoll, Earl Grassille, and the Earl of Clareadea. IMPRISONMENT FOE CONTEMPT. Lord BROUONAM presented a palsies tram Obarlons Jones, of Merthyr,Tydvil, wheat liegieulldlsci as "IS Ili woman," who, for some asialsolimi amyl at Imre, bad been imprisoned fora eassaabaubialisa. The LORD CHANCELLOR. was isisielsoi to say that a bill wea mpreparation which would lead to an eland., of the whole law at this sabject. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. The Earl of ABERDEEN rose, _sad spoke am follows My lord". after the vote of the How of Commons on Monday night, your lordships will readily imagine that her Majesty's ministan at once resolved to plan their naive trans in her Majesty's hands. I therefore was commis tiontd by the whole of the members of tbe government, to take their resignations, for the purpose of laying them be fore her Majesty, who was graciously pleased to accept them. We therefor* now only bold oar olSen until our successors shall be appointed. My lords, I wish to say that, in opposing the vote of Monday night, and in thinking it in some degree unconstitutional in itself and liable to many objections otherwise, it is not my desire, nor that of any of my colleagues, to parent any inquiry into our con duct. An impartial inquiry, I believe, would fully stab. Bah that no iadifferome has eziated to the wants of our army in the Crimea, or any angina of erotica sad preparation for the .supply of those wants and the araissey of the onditios of our troops. This, therefore, I Where will be the result of any impartial inquiry into that subject; and especially I oust emmider my noble friend near me (the Dake of Neweastle) to kart mot with great in justice. It is my conviction that his cooduet, the more it is inqalred into, will be found marked by a degree of assiduity and labour, attention and interest to the duties of his office which has been exceeded by any one who had filled that department. I am not at all surprised at the feeling which generally prevails throughout the country. (Hear, hear.) The public,:althougb;theyttnay net moos anenrately Piet vitally and feel strongly. They sot that Watteau, have occurred which it was beyond the power of the SOW minders employed to prevent; and they very naturally tarn to the government u an object of censure, as offering a mark for their disapprobation. I make no complaint of this. I think it perfectly natural ; and I submit to the na tural con.rquence. Bat, my lords, when I speak of the sufferings and privations which oar troops have endured don as a public mu, that I feel it incumbent upon me. however inconvenient, and however personally inespable may be, to make some co:planation' to your lordships. My lords, no man can feel man than I do the ineonvesienee of thrusting upon parliament or upon the public what I may call domestic differences between colleagues in a sables; even at the moment of separation. But, my lords, in the speech to which I have referred the noble lord (Lord J. Buseell), placed the justification eats course he had taxon almost so ezeissively upon my aseeptanes of and upon my enbesquentamtiattanes in the Secretaryskip of the War De partment, that I feel it necessary to state to your lordship some omissions which were made by the noble lord, sad some ezplanations ocesequent upon the words which fell from him. The noble lord said, in one of the letters which he addressed to my noble friend at the had of the govern ment, and which he read to the other house, that when the two Secretaryship of State were divided, he yielded to my strong wish that I should occupy the war department, thereby undoubtedly implying that he had been opposed to that arrangement, that he had remonstrated against it, and had been overruled. My lords, I venture to say that such was not the case ; and if now I presume to offer any ex. planation with reference to what took place in the cabinet, I beg to say that I have followed the proper course, and have applied to my sovereign foe permission to make thus uplanatioas, without which, in virtue of the obligation which rests upon all privy councillors, I should have been precluded from doing so. My lords, in the cabinet in which it was deeided that the two offices of Secretary of State for the Colonise and Secretary of State for War should be divided, a discussion took place, in which 1 felt it my duty to point out to the cabinet the diffi culties which would follow upon that separation, unless, before it was made, the duties of the new secretary ship were accurately defined, and some definite plan was laid down. (lies:, hear.) And I stated at that time to the noble lord that I thought he, in advocating that measure, ought to have provided as with a definite plan. I told him that I was encembered at that moment with two such laborious °Mesa that I had really no time to consider the organisation of the department, and that I regretted that, before the measure was adopted, some definite plan had not been laid down. But the noble lord szpressed his opinion that, in defenses to the wishes of parliament, that step should be immediately taken. It was determined upon by the cabinet ; and I am sure the noble lord mat admit that, se far from his being considered to assent to my wishes,—l appeal confidently to any of my late colleagues who ait near lee whether, at the conclusion of that discusdon, my last words were not those :—" The cabinet having now decided that the two secretaryship shall be divided, all that I can is the Crimea, I ;set my that the impress stations whisk have been node Dave been very greatly esaggeratied. I do not under-rate individual safferlag—far from it ; for I know that it ha. existed in the army to • degree that has bun most painful and distressing. What I OW= is, u to the inhume that is to he drawn with respect to oar military position. This, I think, has been grossly exaggerated. My lords, I see no cense whatever for discouragement or dismay Is looking at that position. Oa the contrary, I see every reason to indulge senguioe hopes of ultimate mum Ice the first place, the condition of oar own forces hes been re cently greatly Improved. Stores, provisions, all appliaages have been recently increased, and have very much tended to improve the actual conditioa of oar foram. My lords, the Emperor of the French has recently addressed the kill& tine body of that country, and has told Humps that his army consists of 681,000 men. Sines t►at time, he has ordered an additional levy of 141,000. With each a force se this, animated by the determined sal with which he has espoused the cause in which we are both engaged, I way that that is a fora which, if employed in any degree is the man proportion that we have devoted oar own army to the service, must entitle as to look with great confidence to the success of such an enterprise. My lords, we have very recently concluded a treaty with the King of Sardinia, ►y which is placed at our disposal, for immediate embarkation to the Crimea, a force of 15,000 admirable troops. to be placed under the command of Lord Raglan. That is • most admirable and important addition to our forces. Is addition to this, my lords, we have con cluded a treaty with Austria; and our engagements with that state are sow brought to that point from I'M& the most important advantages may be confidently expected. My lords, we have come to an understanding with the Austrian governmeat on the terms of peace to be proposed to the Emperor of Russia. Her Majesty has agreed to adopt those proposals, and the Russian minister has accepted, or professed to accept, those conditions, so proposed, so understood, by the allied powers. Austria has also eng'ged that, if these terms be not accepted, and do not lead to the mutation of a peace, she will be prepared to join her military efforts with our own. Now, my lards, you are hers is the alternative of a peace which will secure all the objects for which we are contend ing, or which will ensure the assistance of that great mili tary power whose army is now raised to the amount of 600,000 men. With these pros jects, my lords, it is Lupo'. aible for me to entertain apprehensions—unworthy appre hensions (bear, hear)—from those casualties to which all armies are liable. This, my lords, is our military prospect. I shall not at this time detain your lordships by any view of the state in which the country is placed at the present moment, in respect;of its domestic afire. I might revert, nadoubtedly, to what bus been accomplished is the sun* say is that, so far as lam personally concerned, I am perfectly ready to retain either or neither." (Hear, hear.) My lords, that is my strong wish which bee been spoken of by the noble lord. I can only is, that, in any discussion of which I heard, I never understood for one moment that the noble loud had expressed any desire that my noble friend Lord Palmerston should occupy the war department. I did hear—eada was informed by my noble friend lately at the head of the government—that, for a time at least, the noble lord Masai bad contemplated the possibility of Lord Grey taking the department; and most undoubtedly if that had been the ease, I never for an instant should have thought of standing in his way. But I should wish it is be distinctly understood, and I will say, that I not only did not express a strong wish to continue in the war depart meet, but that I expressed my 7011111111 MI to retain either or neither of those offices, as my colleagues might think best for the public service, and might advise her Majesty. I do not at the same time hesitate to say that when, to the best of my belief and knowledge, no other member of the cabinet was put forward to occupy either, I did not shrink from the duty, assuming that, as I certainly did feel, I should have been found unworthy, having held these seals for three months, if I then shrunk from what I knew to be a post of difficulty and danger. When I say a post of difficulty and danger, there are many of my private friends in this house and elsewhere who know the observation which I made to them, when told fre quently by them that I had done unwisely is leaving a de partment where they were kind enough, perhaps ptejudiced enough, to say I had gained some slight reputation. My of the last few years, embracing various measures of mush importance ; especially I might advert to that solid system of finance established by the wisdom and npported by the torivalled eloquence of my right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by which the pro,- psrity of this country, notwithstanding the state of war, has . been maintained undiminished, and all its transactions, commercial and domestic, have been ear. Tied on without interruption. I might also refer to the condition of her Majesty's navy. I might not only advert to the condition of that navy, but to the administration by which it has been brought to the condition in which it is at this moment. I am not aware that a single objection his been, or can be, brought spinet the administration of the navy. My lords, I have already instanced examples of the success of our foreign policy in the advantageous treaty which we have concluded with Sardinia, giving an immediate accession of such a valuable force, and the impor tant treaty with Austria. That is enough to show your lord- swutotheia eras this, without retereaee to the Colonial- Ice—" I am well aware of what I have done; I know that in this new department, whatever success may attend our army, I shall never derive any credit; bat this I also know, that if there should be disaster, upon me alone will come the blase and the public indignitics." (Hear, hear.) My noble Mend opposite, who is generous enough to teem, is one of the friends to whom I made that dr serration. My lords, I think I Ism said iamb to prove to your lordships how unjust hays boss the Icomplaints which have been made, in parliament and elsewhere, of my presumption and my sell love, which bighted apes keeping this aloe. I hope I have @efficiently ezplalned to your lordships the conduct which has been characterised by some as arrogance, and by the noble lord to whom I have referred, in the more patronising phrase of " oonunendable ambition." (Hear, hear.) My lords, I will parnover in the eorrespondence the letter which the noble lord (Hassell) addressed to my noble friend late at the head of the government, on the 18th of November, in which he mys, " It was my intention, in writing the letter, to avoid throwing any blame upon the Deb of Newcastle; indeed, I think he deserves very peat credit for the roadie= he has made." I do not wish to dwell use this letter, or to attach any importance to it, because the nab lard has himself stated, in the speech to which I have millanod, that in reality we must consider that letter as map what our friends on the other side of the Atlantic Ow phased to call " soft sawder "—(a laugh) ;—and la has stated, when he spoke in those terms of Ilk that my removal from office was his object. Si weir, 'writer ; se MIN guomingot mode. (Hear, leer.) I have said that the noble lord his read extracts.frem them letters which have rendered it absointsly neesseary for me Meth to asks eseensents and to give OW extracts to en glostba. New, my lords, I mast but feel surprised, tibia the whole gist of the aside burs geed was to repe al* Ile astillimilebill lasso and meshed to retain it emit int ihst enspdesd eat be did not quote the Mowing seals= hen the WM of ray noble friend on the 21st of Nate tier, in answer is that which he had re oohed. The way beginning of that letter was in these Words : " I have shows your letter to the Duke of New tootle, and site In Maw Herbert. They,both—es might have boss apastsg—streegly urged me to adopt say such wrianganset, with respect to their oilers, as might be most seadeefte to the public service." (Lead cheers.) My lords, I have slows you that I did not insist apes holding the nab of the yeast department ; and when say noble Mead (Loyd Aberdeen) pissed that letter le ray hands, my immediate answer was: " Don't give Lord John Mason any pretext for (pails' this goverment. (Laughter.) Oa no aosonat resist his wish to remove sae frees ay eMee. De with Ise whatever is beet foe the public tarries. (Lend theses in both sides of the house.) In. that way you with NM* us suet; is that way yea will be serving the QOM II Wt." (Chests.) My lords, the ant madame in whist' I as obliged to quote from the speech of the noble lord is mhos, having read a portion of one of the lettere of ay sate hind, he awl these words, " I then went on to give sem instances of woes whieli had been sontaitted." Now, By leads, the impression predassd upon the postaie mind was, of mum that these ernes were of a grave Amster, 1 lint upon this hod lisped the lately of sun troops in the Moss, sad perhaps ill the esesetioness that we have ship the proof of our exertions, sad the successful result of the negotiations of my noble friend near roe, the Secretary of State, for the Foreign Department. (Hear, hear.) The treaty with Austria especially has been throughout con ducted with a degree of ability, and caution, and prudence, which, in my experience, extemire as it is, has been nn- equalled. And hate I think it right to gap that we have fall reason to place the muse entire confidence is the consistency sad pod faith of the Austrian government. Pima the fink without disguising their ardent desire to pause pose; they have sever proposed to do that by the =Win of asy ethos* great Earopsan interests In the ardaismume of which we were all engaged. And Wirehair. I *Mk. haw ing proceeded with such good faith, with is* miatios Is they have done throughout the whole of this insoislim.l6lll that we have a right to rely upon their dimness and their adherence to the common cause for the Mare. My bads, have said that I will not refer to any 111/16111/10 of the late goversment, however important they may have beta; bat I may mention that, even last year, which was set so bait. fel is legislative measures as the year piesediag, severtha less many meet admirable lassearee were passed, whisk were quits esilleleat to maintain the character the gams meat had already attained. It is 'sough that they IrM be duly estimated in Mare. My lords, the present want of the watatry is a strong goversmest. (Hear, hear.) Hew that is to be acquired is set for me to say. Bs. most has iodised, very mandestly, to the Debi. sari opposite (Derby) the bosom of having bees leguested by her Majesty to sadertake the forma. ties of an admisistraties. fleeing him In Ms pls... I will sot anticipate the statement which be so doubt will make. I will only say that the secessitg exists; sad I 1111 maddest that her Majesty may rely en the pairislies of these who may be called epos. (Hear.) Ima only my, *a myself, and, I believe, for my colleagues Mee Sher vast any 'dadaist:allot that is called into mistime, sad yid* shill present itself fee the approbation of pirlientest.lmid Tessim that sweet which in the pretest aids is so tiepatly required by the great Mamas that are at stake. To myself, I sea 'sly add that the ...soden to power of tie aubh 'Melt% ter may ether man, will set istorfere with any Mews of alas. I de trait whatever the ga woman% may be, that they will carry ea this war with Wider, with sem, used with a Mew *sly to the legitimises 41Sii of all - - hominids by buPiPiad beim, diveitid fn red On Monday sight. The business of the military da wns egostabod la a latter of the noble lord dated the .been "flied on develd be regulated and to which I ro of November: " I will give you an intones bat too preg nant with warning. Belly in Oeteber, I wrote to the Bake part. **ate had Peoehrosly been carried on by the heads of of swami, as the wiliest of transferring the ofth Beg/. th , m , departments, who met at my office, somewhat is the an the. at the Finns to the Crimea. He informed ma form of .• hoard, though not with the strict formality of in answer, that he had obe wished to de so, and that be one. It n'es proposed, therefore, that greater formality Order in Council That board an . had ohs wished to seal between 2,000 and 3,000 ma, the should be g.'ven to it , and that it should be constituted of miens roginsate, the Crimea. Now why either by e auto or "phi nal able to carry hit inteliffies into effect ? Because was to sought os . the secretary of State for Were the NM set reams the ebstaeles put in his way by ether Lary at War, the Commander-fin-Chief, and the Master asportments, and bows* the Prime Minister did not at General or the Ordnance. The noble lord said that this lOW evarsomas those abalniss. At a much later time, the question had been brot•ght before the cabinet, and that it qth he. WPM, and his only to-day that I see by a tele- had been decided adverse ;Y to his opinion. Now, my lords, "aphis 'impish hem Lard Stratford, dated on the 18th a proposal was brought forward by the noble lord himself, last., en the Grimm (which conveys that regiment) had which was agreed to ; and we had every reason to believe that loft Coostaainapn hr the Crimea. But, in the meantime, the noble lord was an entirely coosentiag party. i.lut in the Lard Begin imi imported that he wished he had been able coarse of the evening • proposal was seat by the noble lord M plum la the podia of Balaklava, on the 26th of October, to ray noble friend ; and as it is of soma importance to a more eneidelabla fine; and also, that on the 6th of my CAW, I will road it to your lordships : November, the WOO of lakermann were defended by no " Agin Dreaarv- -- soon than 8, Doltish infantry. What can be done by a single British regiment was seen on the 6th of October, when the 93rd alone saved the position of Balaklava by nob firmness and gallantry. Had 6,000 more men been at Lord Raglan's disposal en the 26th of October and the 6th of November, how much more fruitful, though not more (Won, might have been those memorable days." Then were the errors which I was supposed to have soar atittod ; end now let me give the orpiment. of Mosel anon, which I gave to the noble lord in writing ea balk ossaskan And lint, with regard to the 97th Regiment. I Wormed him that several days before I had received his , letter, it had bean my desire to send forward that noble regiment to aid Lord Raglan in the Crimea ; but that I hat applied to my noble friend the Secretary for Foreign Allis to know whether it would be safe to move that regimen from the Firma, and whether the objects for which it had ban sent thither had been sufficiently attained. In arm to my question, say noble friend produced a letter, 10110 I rather think he had received that very day, In cosh the most mown stress was laid upon the mainte maim of the British and French force in the Firms; and in which my noble friend was told that if it wee withdrawn the reneguinm which it had been sent to prevent would immediately occur. Now, will any man maintain that a Secretary for War, alter having received such a statement from the Foreign Minister, would hays been justified in removing that regiment, at all hazards, from the Firma,, and sending it to the Crimea ? [Hsu a Peer made a remark.] The noble lord says : that it was subsequently removed. It was subsequently removed, beaus some few weeks afterwards my noble friend, whom I had earnestly pressed to let me know the first moment when a change might take place, informed me that although it would be impossible to part with the mili tary fora it might be somewhat reduced. On receiving that statement, I immediately desired General Farms, the general commanding at Malta, to select one of three regiments of 600 men which he considered, from the qualifi cations of the officers, to be the fittest for the service, and to send it to the Firma, in order that the 97th, the strength of whisk was 1,000 men, might go on to the Crimea. The sp end error of which the noble lord complained was this, — I was desired by him to send out two or three thousand drafts to the Crimea; but there wen two renew', which I explained to the noble lord, why those drafts should not be sant. First, Lord Raglan had written to say that the last drafts wore so young that when exposed to cholera, which at that tints prevailed, they had rapidly fallen sick and died ; and he therefore deprecated, unless subsequent pressure should arise, the sanding out of those drafts until they should have grown more ma tare. The second reason was, that at that time we had exhausted all the steam transports. Others were of wane daily expected from the colonies and other parts of the world; but at that moment the Admiralty was sot able to supply tts with transports, in which to convey ems troops. I say, therefore, my lords, that it is perfectly teas that these " errors," as the noble lord has called them, " Jan. 22, 1855. 0 . TIN committee of the Route of COIIII2IORII on army sad navy expenditure recommended that the army departments should be simplified and consolidated. What is now pro posed is. that there should be a board of Secretary of State ; 2 Secretary at War ; S. Mester-General of Ord nance • 4. Commander - i n -Chief ; 6. Inspector•Oeneral of Fatheads''s. It is contemplatsd that there shall exist at the same time a Board of Ordnance, consisting of—l. Thablaster- General ; 2. Th. Storekeeper-General; 3. The Surveyor. General ; 4. The Clerk of the Ordnance; under whoa di rection the Inspector-General of Fortifications will remain. It seems obvious that these two boards, acting at one and the same time, Instead of consolidation and simplification, would produce complication, disorder, and day. There are but two modes by which unity of direction and rapidity of action can be procured. The one is to gire the Secretary of State the entire direction of all 'meting °dices and boards connected with the army ; the other as to maks a board, with the Secretary of State at the head, absorbing the Board of Ordnance, and con trolling the whole civil and military management of our military force. The constitution of this board and its func tions would be: " 1. The Secretary of State, to preside over the board and be responsible to parliament. " 2. The Secretary at War, to pay the army and control its finances " 3. The Master-General of the Ordnance, to arm the army and the navy. " 4. The Commander•in-Chief, to command the army. " 6. The Clerk, Storekeeper, and Surveyor of the Ord nance, all in one, to lodge the army. "6. The Commissary-General, to clothe and feed the SZOly. " This is nearly the Duke of Richmond's plan. " J. Rueszu.." The noble lord said be had no reason to think that his views would be adopted by the cabinet. But when the noble lord says that, I can most positively state that I have Ino reason to think that his views would have been rejected by the cabinet—(cheers)—bean the first step which my noble friend took on receiving the communication from the noble lord, after showing it to my right hon. friend the Secretary at War, was to send it to me. In my answer I said that there were but two points on which the noble lord differed from my right hon. friends in the cabinet. One of the two was that he wished that there should be a new board, absorling the Board of Ordnance, and having two additional members. I said that I thought this principle manifestly right, for as I was not very fond of beards, I thought it would be proper to institute a superior board, and do away with the inferior boards. As to the second point, the two additional members, I doubted whether one of them should be added, and as for the other, there was no such officer as commissary-general. Formerly there was en officer called the commissary-in•chief, but that office was abolished many years ago. I believe that so far from the noble lord having reason to complain that his views connected with the war have not been carried into effect, I have already stated that I knew of no preposal of his which was rejected; and I may equally say that I know of no objection of his which wuoverrnled. (Cheers.) I aced hardly say that upon such important questions as the conduct of the war, there were differences of opinion upon incidental matters of detail; but this I may say, if I were to point out the member of the cabinet from whom I received the moat gene ral assent to my views when they were discussed—most kind and generous as were all my colleagues—it was the noble lord. (Cheers.) If I were to point out, I say, throe mem . were laid before me; but it is also true that they were answered; and although en the 28th of November those errors were brought forward as reasons why I should quit my dial, at a date anterior to that, but subsequent to my answer, I had the better fortune to satisfy the noble lord ; for in the last letter which I received from him before he returned to town, he used the words which I am about to read. These letters, I may observe, were written, as from their date your lordships may conceive, from Scotland and front Scarborough, at a time, when the noble lord, like other members of the government, had re• sorted for the purpose of health to distant parts of the country. I do not complain of the noble lord, or of any of my colleagues, for doing so ; but it was not my good fortune SO resort to the country either for health er for any other par- pose—fir day by day and hour by hour, during the whole of 1854, it was my duty to remain in town to exert my humble abilities for the service of the country. In a letter from the noble lord which finished the correspondence, and which was dated the Bth of October, he said—" You have done all that can be done ; and I am sanguine of suc cess." (Loud cheers from both sides of the house.) Let me explain to your lordships that, after the proposal which I made to my noble friend with reference to my readiness to leave 'the cabiaet, I did not even say that I positively refused to change the office I held—disagreeable to me as inch a coarse would have been on personal grounds, ben between whom there was the most complete identity of views, I should say that there was a more complete identity on all questions between the noble lord and myself than between any other members of the cabinet. (Loud cheers.) I have already referred to the easy manner in which I consented to abandon any views which I understood to be adverse to the institution of the board ; and, perhaps, it might be said that I ought to have insisted upon them a little more strongly;; but I did not feel that I was in a posi tion in which it would have become me to oppose the general views of my colleagues respecting public matters. Not withstanding the arrogance, self-love, and presumption which I am supposed to have exhibited, I was not unaware —God knows it would have been strange if I had been— that the public feeling had been roused against my adminis tration of the war. I felt shortly before the meeting of parliament that the feeling of the public mind had become so strong that it would be impossible for me, in justice to the public service, to continue to occupy the office which I held. My lords, the meeting of parliament being so close at hand, I felt that if I had read aright the history of constitutional government, it would not have been proper at such a moment to antici inconvenient as I believe it always to be to the public m ead vice, implying, as it does,an arrangement never very obvi• owe to tie public. I made,however, no such objection. What, thew, was the reason why my noble friend did not avail himself of the offer that I made him ? He (Lord Aberdeen) did not ast, as from the statement that was made in the pate the verdict of parliament with regard te the manna in which the duties of my office have been performed. (Cheers.) The noble lord, in kis statement the other night, said that until notice of his motion was given by Mr. Roe buck, he had not fully considered the course which he aught to take. My lords, I had. (Loud cheers.) I bad Maturely considered it, and I had made up my mind that fey algid career was practically brought to a close ; but I mode up my mind at the same time that I would face the Will of censure in your lordships' house, and that I would submit the conduct of my administration to the House of Cornmeas. (Cheer:.) I stated my determination to the noble lord at the head of her Majesty's government. I did not tell any other of my colleague', from motive' and feelings which I think, my lords, you will appreciate, but I told my noble friend that, whatever might be result of the discussion in the House of Commons, whether the go" vernment succeeded by a large majority in their resistance to the motion, or whether the other alternative prevailed, I would equally tender my resignation as soon as that judgment had been given, and the verdict of parliament bad been pronounced. (Cheers.) My lords, no doubt that was the origin of the :amour to which the noble lord re farred—namely, that an arrangement had been proposed which the noble earl at the head of her Majesty's go vernment had found it impossible to recom mend, but which he had found perfectly con sistent with his honour to adopt now. My lords, I am sorry that each a statement should have gone forth, but it is betakes. I told my noble friend that I should secede from the cabinet; that I would not consent to exchange places with my noble friend the Home Beers_ tnry, or take the office which the noble lord (Lord J. Ras. sell) has quitted. I said I was confident that the public interest would he best served by my retirement, and that after the obloquy which had been cast upon me, to continue to remain in the cabinet would be unworthy of me. When therefore the decision of parliament had been pronounced, I would take my seat on ens of the beeches not occupied by those in office, and I would attend there night after night, so that wh discussion arms I might be ready to defend the policy to which I had been a party . for I should feel just as much bound to do so as if I con: j oss & in office. (Hear, hear.) Now, my lore* I have 4 1.8 with the speech of the noble lord, which la the subject a nus explanation on my part. Various accusations have burn tame against me ; and one of the most prominent is estet issapaeity. My lords, I should be the last man in the world Waft to repress any opinion upon that. I am ready o k a y" awe in the hands ofrney countrymen. I cannot but ald ipa ki arst : : i l l :oase s:7 es: oa f our a anotb ehar : g : i l e woo te rwa o irtus e tt f ai z iM p gia lallatiOn essdl i*Cl iareihenosic : 7 o ili f ina j y et ha y esttri no M bfeen ia w fo i dbi t r h tu e mis fortune. Nether sash a cause , I will leave to the vs:di mm er o.)f t h eThefuputurMeic. ban bad a right to every hour and every minute of my dame, and not one hour for recreation or amusement have I presumed to think myself entitled to. (Chars.) My kegs, I have boas charged with *Offence*, and that is a doer dill twe e painful. ladifibrense, my lords, to the Mow of my country ! Indifference to the mass and *Ms et our army! My lords, ea a father I have glees hostages Wiwi such • Mae. I have two sans in the two brambles of the sorties, and that I think should be a safilsient amnia to the sharp. (owls Indifference al a widen ! My lords, mail a sleepless night have I w og in thinking over all those things for which 1 the public think I should have cared. God !meta House of Commons would appear, upon his own responsi bility, or from any anxiety or regard for me, generous and kind as his conduct towards me has ever been. He did not tale upon himself to reject the proposal ; but he laid the proposal before the whole of our colleagues, and the proposal was--it is not for me to say whether rightly or wrongly—but it was unanimously disapproved of by the whole of my colleagues. (Hear, hear.) The last letter of the whole series which passed between the noble lord and me war dated the 3rd of December, when the noble lord had apparently returned to his original idea, for he said he should bring the subject before the cabinet. It was not, however, brought before the cabinet. Parlia ment met tea days afterward., on the 13th of December ; land it was my duty to make a long statement to your lord ships, in vindication of the conduct of the government, and MN especially of the department to which I belonged. fity sight hem friend the Secretary-at-War made a similar seilleMed la the House of Commons, and the debate in sad Wass seated, I believe—of course, noble lords oppo site will not agree is that view—but the result was satis factory to the government. Three days after that, on the 1 113th of December, a cabinet was held; at the close of which I exchanged words with two or three of my colleagues, who said that, from the moduct of the noble lord in the cabinet, and hem the istsmat be had shown in the matters which had been limemed, they felt very confident that he had shambled the *pinions which he had entertained and had wild Se uprise. But we were not left altogether to cos- IM this point, for in the coon of that very evening, s amsonmitea which my noble friend had with him, be Illiffamly tell my noble friend that he had changed his views, sad that be had abandoned any wish that he had anormined for a change. (Hear, hear.) I should not go me farther into this point, for these matters are probably mad men interesting to myself them to any of your lord. allp—(eheme)—but my sable friend (the Barl of Aber. Mss) rush& me that as same which the noble lord se eped for W akinileammeof his proposal was this. Not tuft Wiled walk Ike spina of his faithful and attached Yeaie la Ike millsella bad consulted another friend— ad hem rap knowledge of that noble lord I em san g that he (Lord Jolla Ramell) could not have had a better adviser. Well, the noble lord told my noble friend that from the answer he had received he was mugged and convinced, and had abandoned bin views. (Cheers.) Having disposed of the personal part of the question, the noble lord proceeds to discus* the ant gam the question of mean& He said that, having been ogled apes %oppose the motion of the her. end learned member for he felt himself pined in a &Henn position, hunupe—l will quote his wards--" because be could meg, that measures bad bees taken by whisk these evils sell! yeelsaisi, gad by whisk the administration meld effplar/igneessated." Now, my lords, I think the fair NMI jest laimmat from this statement is, that the noble 11111 lad propel& M him eolleague measures and suggested amingemeate wilds they bad been unwilling to adopt. I men enly say that, as the bent el my belief, mak was sever the ewe. I know due siemens which were propmed by the able lord, and whisk were reheeted.ll know of so prom* w hi s k wen ai d e by him, and which woe sot atespisd, exempt one. That moped referred to myself is this maser. The sable lord said that at the cabinet whisk Wei Saturday prosodies the Tuesday, be satisfied ; and that whatever they m►y think of my caps city, they wilt be ready to omit casting these unjust stigmas upon me. (Cheers.) As regards what I have done during my official administration, I believe, and trust, and hope that I at lout shall gain some advantage from the investi gations of that committee which the House of Commas has decided to have. I can only say that at far as I am concerned I shall ujoke to lay before that or any other fair tribunal everything that I have dons with perfect fairness and open•bandednem. I am not now about to enter into any defence of the con duct of the war. The noble and learned lord (Lord Lynd hurst) ha given notice of a motion ; and although I;presume it is doubtful whether, under the circumstances, it will come on upon the day fired, I suppose that he will perse vere with it; and, in that case, whenever the subject is cils mead, I shall be prepared to meet it. lam not inclined to shrink from any attack, or to shelter myself behind any ex cuse. Wh that motion is brought on I will be here to speak upon it, and moat assuredly I will net shrink from it. I shall be prepared to defend the conduct of the go vernment, the conduct of my own administration, and the conduct of the whole cabinet, .who uninvolved with me— Lord John Russell included. (Cheers.) My lords, you shall hear from me no complaints of treatment I have met with, either in parliament or out it. I only refer to it now to say that, whoever may be my successor in the office which I have lately held, he shall meet with no ungenerous treatment from me. I know that in both houses of parlia ment I have many bitter political opponents, but I trust that I have but few personal enemies. (Loud cheers.) But, if I have, Ido not except even them from the promise I have made ; and to them, alike with my friends, I extend my offer of whatever assistance I can render. (Cheers.) We were informed the other night in the House of Com- mono that a hon. member went over from the mini egrial side of the house to the right bon. gentleman the leader of the opposition, and asked him whether he would be a party to a vote of censure, not upon government, but upon me u an individual. I say that even if the individual who sent that message should be the War Minister, my assistance shall be rendered even to him. It will L my duty, lam bound to the public, to render my assistance to whoever msy be the War Minister. Whoever may succeed me, I will endeavour to make his path easy ; and will support him whether in this house or out of it. If my past experience be of the slightest value, he shall claim it and have it, whether he takes my acts as an example or a warning. He shall meet with no feelings of jealousy on my part. The crisis is too important, the interests involved are too great, for any such feeling. I shall rejoice In the success of any War Minister, whether that success be attributed to better fortune or greater ability. My lords, I fear that I have occupied your attention too long. I will conclude the last speech which I shall address to your lordships from these benches with the earnest prayer that, whoever may receive from the Queen the seals of the War Department, may bring to bear as arduous labour, equal seal, and as earnest devotion as he who now quits that office ; that he may meet with a success which I have not met with, and that in meriting and obtaining and securing that success he may also receive that approbation of his country which it has been my earnest desire, but bas not been my good fortune, to secure. (Cheers from all parts of the house.) The Earl of DERBY—Wh►tever may be the irregularity of the course which has been pursued by the noble duke is his pointed reference end in his answer to the speech of the noble lord late his colleague in the other house, I am quite ready to admit, and I am sure your lordships will admit, that that statement is env which will render the irregularity the less to be regretted, at the same time that it must be con sidered his vindication a sufficient apology for making it. I can easily understand the desire of the noble duke, as a minister of the crown, to vindicate himself against charges which have affected most materially his character and his position. I should not for a single moment have made any reference to any part of the proceedings in the other house of parliament, so far as the noble duke is concerned, if I had not felt it incumbent on me in the observations, the few observations, that I shall make to notice with regret one statement that fell from the noble duke. The noble duke, in speaking of the assist- 1 &ace which he should be able to render to his successor, stated that some gentleman in the other house of parliament crossed over the floor of the house. and asked his concur- recce to a motion not directly impugning the government. but impugning the conduct of the noble duke. Of that state ment, of that person that unknown individual in parliament, of that fact or anything like that fact, 1 can only assure the noble duke I have been and am in complete ignorance. But if the noble duke means that the decision which has been come to by the House of Commons to express their opinion, not only on the conduct of the noble duke, but of her Ma jesty's government, and of which I say nothing—l say, if the noble duke conceives that that vote was the result of , concord, of previous communication directly or indirectly , . - between any parties whatever, to the beat of my belief and knowledge, the noble duke is absolutely mistaken. The Duke of NEWCASTLE—My statement wu founded on the speech of the right bon. gentleman the leader of the Opposition in the ether house. He made his statement is his plane in parliament. That is my authority, and the right hen. gentleman expressly said that he repudiated the offer that'bad been made. The Earl of DERBY, after some sarcastic observe tions, continued —On the resignation of the noble red her Majesty did me the honour of commanding my attend. l ance yesterday morning at half-peat 11 o'clock. I had a long audience with her Majesty, in which I hardly need say that I met with that which everybody who has been admitted iato the presence of her Majesty univereallymeste with, the most condescending kindness and that manner of treating a subject which must increase the esteem which everyone so honoured must feel for her Majesty. I do not think it would be for the public advantage that I should at this time avail myself, even if I had the per mission of her Majesty, of the opportunity of stating all that poised on that occasion, all the sub sequent transactions. I think it would be incon venient to the public service that while negotiations are going on, such statements being publicly made, they should be prematurely made. It might lead to the serious incon venience of the public service of this country. When I say while negotiations are going on, I mean previous to the formation of a government. I think it is the duty of every public man, whether he accepts or abstains from accepting the charge of forming a government, to be prepared at the proper time to give a proper explanation, both to his own friends and the country, of the motives and reasons which have led to that acceptance or refusal. But I think that that explanation should not be given till a government has been actually formed, end I shall therefore on the present occa sion content myself with saying that, feeling deeply grateful to her Majesty for the confidence she has displayed in me—feeling conscious of my own inability to discharge the functions that would be imposed on me feeling at the gems time that the very difficulties with which the country is surrounded would be an additional inducement to any man of honour and cha rector not to leave her Majesty unassisted to grapple with I those difficulties, I yet felt that in the present state of affair', end in the present condition of the House of Com mons, I was not able to offer to her Majesty that assurance lof being able satisfactorily to conduct the affairs of the government which would induce me at the present moment to accept the task which her Majesty was pleased to impart to me, and consequently at this time I have no charge from her Majesty to attempt the construction of a government. Further than this I think it would notbe proper that I should say, ensept this, that I concur entirely with the noble earl opposite, that whatever government may be formed, the gnat interests of this country require at the present semeime---the difficulties, the emberramments, and I may I mpart pedl of the country require —that if it be possible ere sbeeld obtain a strong government. And whatever I linieement may be entrusted by her Majesty to carry on de pent wax in which we are engaged, and the great poll deal affairs in which the country is now involved, that man b undeserving of the character of a patriot and of an honest lleen villein* sot to the utmost extent of his power give , 11e IM goeUniMeit of the Queen a disinterested, and, u far •he Oin, a medial support. (Cheers.) Their lordships then adjourned at five Vfielltee ea seven O'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—T=2mm FEB. 1. 1 The Sraiazz took the chair at the tonal hour. PETITION PRESENTED. Idasaos Durine.—By Mr. L. Kixo, from Ms. James Costello, of Richmond, for abolition of. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following hills were read a second time :—B barn Gas ; Brighton Improvement Commissioners and Y pal Corporation ; Bristol and Exeter Railway; Lands improve ment Company ; Liverpool Docks ; Xasmouthabire Rail way sad Canal ; Oldham Gm sad Water; Beath Reatern Railway (Capital) ; Swansea Docks ; and Meta Railway ; Bills. ________., i carriage and delivery et parcels consigned to the tare of th• government dockyards for transmission to Scutari and Selektive, and also to the new hospital at ammo, He also wished to know whether Captain H ea th had Ica appointed permanent superintendent at the port if Bala. kiava. Mr. COWPER said the Board of Admiralty were anziola to take charge of, and send out, for the use of the army 4 the East, such parcels and luxuries , consi gne d by mute persons, as they esuld not obtain in any other way; s o d they had secordingly given instructions to the dockyards 4 Deptford, Portsmouth, and Plymouth, that any packages directed to any one in the service at Scutari, or Selektive, should be received. Of course, this power of sending oat parcels was limited—first of all, by the number of ships which they were ablelto hire ; and secondly, by the poem s of landing which Beeklava harbour afforded when tlio goods arrived there. With regard to consignments to Smyrna, there would be no objection to take parcels there also, when the proper arrangements were completed. As to the appointment of Captain Heath, Admiral Lyons was authorised to make such arrangements as be might think ft, NEW WRIT. lir. HATTER, who on his rising was received with tries of " hear, bear," said that be begged to more fora new w,-it for the election of a member for New Radnor, in the room• of the Right Hon. Sir T. F. Lewis, deceased. (Laughte; - .) TH).' MINISTERIAL INTERREGNUM. - - - - ----- - - - - - - Lord PALi'IERSTON said—Sir, I rise to make, in a formal convey no new in formation to them, and which would have been made on Tuesday last, if it were not for the accidental circumstance of the Mouse of Lords having adjourned over that day. I mean, it. at in consequence of what pitied in this house on Monday Light, her Majesty's government felt it to be their duty tc tender the resignation of their offices to her Majesty, and that her Majesty has been gre. oiously pleased to accept that resignation, and that they hold their offiCell only for the transaction of public business till their successors are appointed. Under these circum stances, the house will naturally feel that it would be ia. convenient to proceed to the despatch of public business. y propose, therefore, that the house, at its rising, should adjourn till to-morrow. My reason for not proposing a longer adjournment is , that I understand from you, sir, that the honourable and gallant member for West minster, who has been voted the thanks of the home, has signified his intention of being present in the house to morrow. (Cheers.) lam sure I should be doing violence to the feelings of the house if I were to interpose ►y a longer adjournment, and thus deprive them of the earliest opportunity of testifying to him their sense of his distin guished and brilliant services. (Cheers.) There is also the bill which my right hon. friend (Sir G. Grey) introduced day or two ago, for carrying into effect the treaty with the Vnited States; and if there be no disposition on the part of any member to eater upon a discussion of that bill, it would be for the convenience and interest of the country if the house were to allow that bill to proceed another stage. (Heer, hear.) I hope that in proposing we should meet to-morrow for the purpose I have mentioned, the house will feel that, in the present state of affairs, any other kind of business would not be a fitting subject for consideration. (Hear, hear.) I therefore move that the house at its rising do adjourn till to-morrow. PROMISSORY NOTES. Mr. HEATING moved for aad obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law on the subject of promissory notes. FISHERIES (NORTH AMERICA) BILL. On the motion of Sir G. Gas; this bill wu read • second time. PASSENGERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion of Mr. F. PEEL, tha bill was reed a second time. JUDGMENTS EXECUTION, &e., BILL. Mr. CRAUFURD moved the seem(' reading of this bill. Mr. MACARTNEY hoped the bon. gentleman would not press the second reading, in the absence of any govern ment, especially as the profession both in England and Ireland objected to parts of it. (Hear.) The second reading was accsrdingly postpoted till the 14 , h of February. The house then adjourned at twenty minutes to 5. The Right Hoo. George Balthus was unavoidably prevented from voting in favour of Mr. Roebuck's motion through Wats, which conficed him to his room. CDe Court. WINDSOR. Fta. 1. The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, the Hon. Mary Seymour, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. Her Majesty's private band attended after dinner. The Earl of Derby arrived from London this forenoons and bad an audience of her Majesty. The Hon. Matilda Paget and the Hon. Mary Seymour have succeeded the Hon. Eleanor Stanley and the Hon. Be►trice Byng as Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Queen. Ceptsin the Hon. D. de Roe has succeeded Colonel F H. Seymour u Equerry in Waiting to the Prince. A deputation of Clerks to Metropolitan Paving Com mittees and Trusts, and also a deputation of the Surveyors, had an interview yesterday with the President of the General Board of Health, at his office, Whitehall. The deputation of Clerks consisted of Mr. Lewis (St. Clement Danes), Mr. Stevens (Skinner's Estate, St. Pancras), Mr. James (Saffron-hill and Ely Rents), and Mr. Roffey, of Lambeth. The deputation of surveyors consisted of Mr. C. Anderson (St. George-the-Martyr, Southwark), Mr. R. R. Arms (St. John and St. Margaret, Westminster), Mr. H. Phillips (St. George-tbe.Martyr, Southwark), Mr. Fairey, of Middlesex and Essex Roads ; Mr. J. Kelsey, of Rotherhithe ; Mr. North, of Lambeth; and Mr. Jams Sadgrove, of Mile-end. The Earl of Derby returned to tows yesterday afternoon, from Windsor Castle. .• Despatches for the Governors of the Wed India colonies were sent last evening from the Colenial•office. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester day in the Privy Council-office, and heard a petition for " lioniball's Patent (Anchors) Confirmation." The lords present were the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and Sir E. Ryan. PATRIOTIC FUND. The royal commissioners had a fall meeting at the Palace of Westminster, on the 18th December, at which his Royal Highneu Prince Albert was present, and may resolutions were agreed to. In pursuance of the power given by the royal commission, the following executive and finance committee wu appointed by his royal highness and her Majesty's government:—The Right Hon. Lord St- Leonard., Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., Sir Alexander Spearman, Bart., Colonel the Hon. Jas. Lindsay, M.P., Vice Admiral Henry Hope, C. 8., Geo. C. Glyn, Esq., hl.P.► Lient..Colonel Shafto Adair, M.P., W. G. Anderson, Esq. (Treasury), R. C. Kirby, Esq. (chief accountant, War office), Major R. J. Little. R.M., the hon. secretaries to the Royal Commission of the Patrotic Fund, with power to elect their chairman. The committee have had several meetings, at the first of which they elected Lord St. Leo nard. their ehairman. The scales of allowances have bees agreed upon, and the general mode of administering the fond, and only await the approbation of the royal commis sioners, who will meet in a few days, when the plan will .be finally settled and be put into immediate operation. The larger portion of the fund has been invested, and the balance in hand is about to be invested. In the mean time objects as they presented themselves have been re lieved. There are grounds for supposing that large as the fund promises to be it will not exceed the probable demands upon it. The committee have reason to believe that this, for sours time, has keen the only fund for widows and orphans. NEW GOVERNMENT MUSKET FACTORY. The government having resolved to be the manufacturers of their own small arms, an extensive factory is now in pro gress of erection at Enfield Look, Middlesex. It will con tain the following arrangement of departments: Smithery, brass foundry, picking room, annealing room, desiccating room, metal store, engine and boiler house, packing room, and peeking case department, storekeeper's offices, brown- leg room, grinding and polishing room,cauhudening room, and tool making department. The contract for the use is taken by James Haywood, of Derby, who has recently completed the New Manchester Market. The contractor is bound to the completion in six month,. rho proceu of setting out the ground hu commenced. THE MIIBEITM OF ORNAMENTAL ART AT MARL• nonouriti Housx.—The numbers attending, ito., during the month et January, were as follows :-8,706 persons on the pull@ days, and admitted free; 261 persons on the efteieste . days, and admitted as students on the v i tqatent 01 seeit, besides the registered student, t i e th e clines ea sehslis• The =min is WV open, free, on Saturdays, for ths osinsiste « sehoole, he. MlTlthe PENSION SOCIETY, •The Right Hon. kindly sor ' dime: Of NW =WM; aMS sail add that the aseamion to power of mosso imbues of errors wins naa ems ammittaa. - mow, ISO MIL J. /MOW 11% NM aownwasym •rd... WIMP prepares My is. IPTEM ••••••--- --. _ _ . . . =••, •Iwv Ewan un Gas . Begun Im provement comoshississ . mg wanks ., two brushes atm corporatioa ; Bristol and Exeter Railway ; Lads lairore7 Ow sable 41 1/1 4 ,1 100 16% or may Mbar man, will oat Minden my huts, the hurled= Piodsoed aPou the Piddle !Wad soak lord. sad villa was 11 0 4 . 11 41 kaow of no propose). the t eire.laa and that I think should he 's - tudsCts' days,a; d admitted ss students on the ;ay ui - ant td besides tho reg istered . stodeni! If the e t ea • with ate Wall el WIN. Ido taut whatever the go- of that shore omen wore of a grave Marsetsr, whisk wen made by him, mud whisk was sot muted. • eallaleat ear s! . _ l° th. ell ( ) Isillfferlawe went CovePau7 l Liverpool Docks ; Idol Rail- dd. soak undue% may be, that they n ut Ism rio this war with that apes this hod w ag ed the mem, of ear wasps I. the weep! ono. That POPolel refined to myself ie this as a winistsr_ MY over ill 7 S .44 1 4 . 1 . 1414 have 7 " a" °seal - ..; .* Oldham_ Gas_and . W ; atzi u llostk uter ~ ..Eas wa tern school. . The mum= is Dor f open, free, on Ba u man fig liFoir ...A ~. with .. ea" awl with a Wow stay te the Inhume e t a rouge all the osesequesse that we have amour. The sable lord said that at the cabinet which Was I Peeped la g those things f or which Bseligi.lway ( Capital ) ; °wanes Dodo °AU 7 ; the cossenknos t: schools, ao. think I should have ear.a, ema k i ... .... ". ... " 1 " 1 IP P .M Y tilllii"1". sad • sae ma Mall Mai tellaStel the Simi le. " *hum "lob but bad ew the Saturday Preadial the Tuesday. the day °f the p u blic i. ..,,..... so n wo n ... -- -.-- „.,.......-- - PARCELS CONVEYANCE TO BA taIELAVA. PRIXTERe' PENeiox Socnrrr.—The Right Hon. hiseasahlo pease. (Rear, Um.) My lords, I trait tisk TM noble lord did not reed the tompliiats Mr. loolnisk's umtiou sad of the sells tette redelletket. t h et '-'°'---- -- — R. re° " — a - Mr. STAFFORD wished to know from the hot. gin. the L or d Lisa "'Peeled by the Itileriffe , ban kindly •61- _, by keeptag limilly is view the real eldosts of the war-met w hi s k he hod ludo of those omen, and thersasm, with MAW* new arriagalliasil hid bees Impend. by whisk the which an justly be brought against me. I repudi a te slaw opp osite (Kr. Cewper ) whether the governmen t stated te take the chair at the neat anniversary diem of being alma by a wild end isagimay *gm, sr -'amid pa kgabige permission, I will nod them spelt. They . merle Is whisk tie Whoa et the war itgaitlint hid them; and I *Mt that before lug the yehlie mind will had toed. Wi ll nom unassagati with regard to the this twokty. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1855. i