The Express. — London, England, 1855-01-26 00:00:00

LETTER FROM AN OFFICER IN THE CRIMEA. (Freda the Doily Noss.) CAMP ABOVE SEBASTOPOL, he. 6. Bir,—A crisis is cominz. Unless the aid opine qu ickly, which all experience of the wisdom and us=of oar military rulers forbids us to impost, a Moscow disaster is to be exhibited to the weld. Bat this time British troops will make the scow their winding•sheet : the Frssoh will escape; and honestly, for their prudent care and energy, do they deserve the immunity. I have thawed my ink to writs, with the hope still of saving life : foe yea have the electric telegraph, and can send messages, and, eves at the expense of ruf- fling that "divine calm" which seems to torpify all its ministers, and all its officers save only one—the aseretarist. Messages of the right sort sent quickly may be the mans of saving from destruction many a fast slaking soldier. While you are struggling to sabot for as tens and twenties of young rem-dts, fifties mad hundreds of your old soldiers are dying here. They are dying from starvation. I say it who know it—who know what amount of warmth and whet amount of fo3d are absolutely necessary to preserve strength and life in men exposed to the fatigues mid hardships your moldier, before Sebastopol are expos d to—that they have been left to die from starvation. For the last six weeks the ration issued have not been of a kind ur of a quantity to support strength or health. The clothing has not been sufficient to maintain the mew wary vigour of the circulation. The means of essin lug have not been soeh as to enable even the ansinot of food issued to be turned to a proper aceonnt s mash of its nutritious qualities has bees wasted. Year medical officals have pointed oat the evingelmg on ; huedt have written official remonetraasse WM. theof their own department, through general ahem bat their communications have set bead bo asseedeven with a reply. And the menaresow fires dysentery mid diarrhcei, from enessiati= deliiik, from diseases marking the solemn of agony sled dropsy. not to mention affections of the het sad fingers, that we cannot send them away from amp fast enough. The very last day the French look I. oar sick for us to Balaklava they could not supply uc with transport at all adequate to the demand. Lad those men who are not oa the rick list, who are " doing their duty," as it is called, if yeti mold wily see their lean and hollow cheeks, their emaciated figures, it would make your heart ache to think that some of these men it was who were able a tear months siege to storm the heights of Alma. There are very few men who crossed the river Alma in the leading divisions of the British army will ever trouble the medallist for a record of that event. Those who were fortunately wounded and removed to Scutari—bad as', they then thought their fate—will perhaps live to wear their medal and bless the day they were deprived of the power of campaigning it further in the Crimea. I know the supplies you have seat from England —the stores of shelter, food, and clothing for the strong, the stores of medicines and comforts for the weak—bat they have been of little arsil. Yon have bad generals and brigadiers, military officials of many names and many ranks—but you have net had ales •of energy, men of business habits, to mood= efforts, to make proper use of your MMus to bete your donations. They have bees asst whin they were not wanted; they have ash been eat when they were wanted. Theme which have arrived only a short di,taace from their deatisades, have been detained by the jealousy of Issamiley balm= conffictiog department., till they have oirtted °sly to block up the highway, and stop the very anent of affairs. Perishable things have been kept till they were spoiled; the imperishable qualities of other stores have not saved them, for boat•loads of mini. doss of war and winter clothing have been sunk in the very harbour of Baleklava by neglect. Some stores have been dealt out with • niggard parsimony, others have been distributed with reckless liberality, almost to all comers, and those who happened to be near, and the stronger, helped themselves to Boos' shares. What avails it to us in camp to hear that at this moment the port of lillaklava is full of neces saries, of clothing of all sorts, of wooden houses, of luxuries? All is inextricable confusion there. Some official sends to us a requisition for a large quantity of timber or clothing, ready signed and approved, with a message that we have only to send to Bala- Mara and get it. This precious document delivered, the staff man washes his hands of the business, and smolders his duty does. As to seeing that the order is, or an be, carried out, that is not his affair. Bet we have not the meads of bringing these things up. We cannot get ap to amp the necessary amount of food, we cannot get clothing or fuel for warmth and cooking. Some weeks ago we could have done more, but the men are too worn and weak now to carry loads from Balaklava. They can hardly carry them selves. The men who are going into the trenches at night cannot be permitted to go on fatigue to Bala klava • there is no probability of their being able to get be ck: again in time to go out on this duty. The men, therefore, available for the 13alsklava fatigues are only those who have just come off duty from the trenches, or from picket. They have had no rest, for men on sentry or off must move about constantly to prevent their limbs from fr.ezing, but that cannot be considered ; better to keep in movement, though they may hardly be able to drag their legs to Bala kis,' and back, much less carry loads, than to be Bing down on the damp ground of their tent and sinking into torpor from which perhaps it will be impossible to rally them. By this forced labour we have contrived to get up a few Turkish cloaks and new great coats; but the greater part of the men are wearing threadbare coats, and coatees and trimmers, that will not button over the additional under clothing which his been lately issued to them. The ammunition boots are villainous affairs. The leather is bad, the workmanship is bad, and the boot itself is wholly unfitted from its shape for these snows and this lesson of the year. When the plain was covered with adhesive viscid mud it separated the seams, and made openings between the layers of the soles. As the snow melts, the leather soaks up the water, and in the morning the boot is frozen, and so hard that the soldier can not get his swollen and tender foot into it. The number of men going to hospital is greatly increased by affections of the feet. As to arrangements for wishing clothes or for personal cleanliness, there are none. Parades for cleanliness, for uniformity of dress, have been given up long since. There are no means appointed of getting eyes the few blankets used in hospital washed. They menet be washed in the mow, without the protection of a shed, without the means of procuring warm water. The fact is, as some commanding officers said lately, "It has come to this—the staff have given up all attempt at providing for us. We are left to ourselves; each regiment must do the best it tan for iteelf—it is • case of self-preservation." We are truly in a state bordering on disorganisation. Gene ral orders are published and read, and there they end. Over and over again notice is given that from such sad sub a date the troops will receive wand so, but do not be deluded into the belief that the troops receive what is thus ordered. Some may— some receive double the allowance ; others none—ft is all accident. Fuel and light ware ordered to be given beau men by the commissariat sheathe middle , of November last. In this part of the camp no light at all—not an ounce—has been issued, and feel only twigs; and at this very date regimental parasitism asarmGiant t from the commissariat money to issue to the There is no money in the chest. A is expected, but of course it depends on the sad waves when the supply will arrive. When &pram et the men's pay can be issued there are may ads things that can be purchased, though at extxamiaist priors, which help to make up for other defisismelee. Either the commissariat have too mach to de for the number of their officers, or in that, as in ether departments, there is no providence, no method, or, as they say themselves, their arrangements are thwarted by the interference of others. Who is there who will come and bring order out of our mili tary chaos? Who will organise our transport? Who will regulate the supply of food, of shelter, of 'lathing to the troops? e i all It hes been my fortune to serve in a brigade, the ba:=of which, from the time the divisionlanded to the date when he quitted it fora higher aPlPdationt, a period of six months, made ash di, Mof the regiments composing it.. Ilis on was accomplished with all the paws ly which admiring crowds so much gram in St. James's-park, and summer visitors delight is vitamin' on Soethsea-common. Until lately, feel nearly three months, the brigadier's marques has been within howshot of his brigade; yet, though con plaiuts have been frequently forwarded respecting the condition of the men of his reginweats, COM plaints Yto their messing, clothing, and state of health, be never once soiled his boots by CaUliilif seer to his regiments personally to asserlain if the implants were well founded or otherwise. No— to leers if privates Dick and Harry got soup get dieser, to ssoertain its quality, or even to me that they got their rations cooked at all; to ester the hospital tent, to console the sick or wenntied, to assure. himself that thliy received rem admit= mad the mammary medicine—was not within the =of his dignity. And, passing beyond the to a still higher power. I remember well ea Ise oocesion a commanding officer going to the rillto whom I allude to solicit his interference might be issued to the men of his regiment instead of the coffee berry, which was given out by the Commissariat in a green state, and was consequently difficult and troublesome to prepare for thipoldiers' meals.Therequest wumadein person and it was at the same time explained that there was a quantity of tea in the Division Commissariat Store. the tea, and d—u the coffee, tos—l wish there were no such thim in the world- one's just Y good as the other, mr, was the calm, comiderate, and satisfactory reply. Yet such are the was whom Ragland trusts with the administration of stain in which are involved the comfort, and happiness, and health of her troops, almost without • cheek--sash are some of those whom she delights& to honest. Courageous, undoubtedly. But so are mastiffs. Have not Privates Ap, Mac, and o', proved that they are brave? What British soldier wants courage ? Ws want something more then bravery In generals and of loors of the staff. Daring and courage are not every day called for—they most not be absent when they are required—but there are other qualities needed every hour in thole whom authority contains the lives of hundreds. I say it after cue delibera tion, we have been brought to our present lamentable condition by the neglect and indifference of superior officers, by the utter ignorance of business, and absence of personal action, on the part of our staff officers. When an officer is placed on the staff, why should he do more than he is actually compelled to .do in the ordinary routine el duty P—why even do that P—he is certain of promotion. Was there any distinction made in the " Cocked-hat Gazette,* as it is now familiarly called, when spoken of in regi ments? Was not every officer on the staff, if it be not a contradiction in terms, particularly recommended for promotion? Were not the services of every staff officer personal or departmental, were he an inikeds-eamp, or a deputy-adjutant quartermesterveserel, were not his services distinguished @meekest Sea a eap tain—the last, perhaps, on the list of regimental captains—taken from his regiment and made, aidade camp to his uncle, General This, or deputradjutant quartermaster-general in the division of his fathees old friend, General That, and watch the result. The captains who have remained with their regiments, striving with theii companies through the thick of the fight, and passing night after night with their men amid the exposure and dangers of the trenches, are not even named, perhaps; but their junior, fortunately for himself, having got • staff appointment—receiving with that staff appoint ment superior pay and allowances—having ease and comfort by day, and every night in bed—sud denly jumps over their heads, and receives for his "distinguished services”--• majority. And this gain of a majority in advance of his lees distinguished comrades is not merely a present advantage—it is the stepping-stone to other advantages throughout his whole military life. In our school days the boy who worked at hie task was plated above the idlers; in oar man days, we find a system the very reverse, hold ground. If there were only a drone corps, per se, no one would object to the honours showered upon it; but it is too bad to reward them at the ex pense of the bees who have gathered the hooey. You must send some assistance to us; if left to the military authorities, to our staff, the aid we require will come too late. If you could see the condition we have been brought to by this TOO LATE attention to everything—if you could see the miserable, tattered, filthy, emaciated groups of men, which once formed the splendid regiments which l eft the shores of England in such vigorous health and spirits; if you could contrast the glorious army which ad vanced, wave after wave, burning with military ardour, and proud in their martial array, over the undulating steppes of the Crimea— which swept away the vaunted power opposed to them on the hills of Alma—if you could contrast that army with the crippled and sickly remnant here !—not crippled by the shot of the enemy, but by neglect and sickness—fitter for the most part to be inmates of a hospital than to be at the commence ment of such an undertaking as a winter campaign in these snows and on these heights. After the battle of Inkermano our staff ordered entrenchments to be made, and outworks, and bat teries : bad they been made before the battle some hundreds of lives might have been saved. They were made too late. When the mud was knee deep. and the rain was descending day after day, our stair ordered roads to be made : had they bees col:strutted when the weather was fine, and the fragments of stone, which seemed scatte re d for the very purpose of m aking and repairing roads, could be seen, the lives of many horses and mules would have been saved, and many a cart and waggon kept available for future use. But they were began too late. Arrangements were made for the shoeing of the bit animate, a more liberal ration of forage ordered ter them, when it was too late—when numbers hod died, and the remainder were almost too reduced to be restored to a healthy condition. The staff= of making depots of provisions, and coin eteres, too late. It was discovered, too late t timt sill ies vessels could not get a safe anchorage eft de reeky comet outside of Balakiava. But wee fit tkase too late calamities were for want of warning. Tbe sheepskin clothing, the wooden sheds, were ordered too late ; and now they are due, if we are left to ourselves, and the arrangements of oar staff, the men, will get the use of them too late. The winter clothes will be issued in the spring—the wooden huts erected when none are left to inhabit them. M. Id. THE " EXPRESS', FRIDAY EVENING,' • JANUARY tie to redoes the army at least to half its numerical strength. in order to increase the efficiency of the uterine. " The millions so spent," mays one indignant writer, "would be well spent, whilst the sum now voted is far too small to render the marine efficient ; and thus it may be considered u thrown away and wasted mousy. Would we again see Holland pros.' porous, let u give to the army what we now vote to the marine, and to the seere what we now vote to the army."—Daily News. FRANCE. A FRENCH VERSION OF OUR CRISIS. INDINT or MB 'LILT Mil PARIS, TIII7IIIIDAT Eviiuio. The following artiste, signed by the political director of the Annotate Nationale, contains state ments which may very possibly be news in Eng land : Letters from Landau throne se that Lord Absrdestee ministry kes the eve et braking up. Lord dbeedeen. Mr. Olsdstons, the Duke of Newcastle, sad Mr. /Miry Merbert uiB retire, sad a sew admisistration will be Nerved, St wkish Lord Jobe Russell will ha the had. 8k James Ors ben. who joined the existing coalition as a Polite, will sew MOM" hie triads eat keep his portfolio. Formerly lea sunset would ham appeared strange is Reglead ; hut, la Mie eoefesiss of parliamentary parties whisk new prevails, silkiest esulatency is a virtue somewhat out of fealties. Or Jaime Graham, moreover, is ao nooks l• the art of sud denly wheeling about. Is 1834 he left Lord Grey's eabiset M booms a tory, end Ito sew returns to whiggientitter bevies passed through every latelmediate Siam of the essesrvative party. If we are rightly hatessard Lord Alia gess es& his eollessses de rapt retire es amount of the *arses made spied t►em respecting the way is which the tear has bees cesitheted. The division to which their re- Meat is to be attributed, is sore serious and important. It appears that Lord Aberdeen has not base able to apse with the whip about the end premised to be attained by the present war. In the opiates et the First Lord of the Treasury, the war should Goalless to maintain the thum b, whisk it had at the begineing, that is to say, it should ho Baited to the obtaining the four pellets mad die taking of Sebastopol. These two objects attained, Lord Aberdeen sad his friends think that English policy should be a policy of wee, without miming at any obaage is the territorial sileskim of Esreps. Os the Mbar bead, Lord Joke Russell mid Lord Palmerston are of opiates that the object of the war must not be restricted beforehaed, Lad that s door should be left open for every combination which the fortune of war any brim shoat in the present state of Estop'. We have no latestioe to examine the new situation result- Ms to as (as Frenehaten) frost this change in the English misistry. It is probable that the ministerial question will tlMiYy be openly debated in parliamest, and then the Impeeteace to Frames tad Ramps of the retreat of Lord Aberdeen, and the triumph of Lord John Rumsli's and Lord Palmerston's policy, will appear In broad daylight. News has been received that the Frankfort Diet met the day before yesterday, to deliberate on the requisition made by the Austrian minister for the mobilisation of the federal contingent. M. Bismarck- ' Schoenhatmen, the Prussian minister, was present at the sitting, the results of which are not known. To day M. Alphonse de Rothschild, the eldest son of Baron James de Rothschild, was chosen to succeed the late M. Lebeuf u regent of the Bank of France. He was elected by a large majority of a meeting con sisting (according to the statutes) of at least 150 of the largest shareholders who had held their shares for six months and upwards. The Bourse opened with flatness under the influ ence of a fall of 1 in Consols, recovered rapidly from the first impression in consequence of numerous purchases in the Recto, and then became again heavy. The Three per Cents. opened at 68fr., rose to 68fr. 250., and closed at 67fr. 90c., with a fall of 200. The St. Germain Railway rose 12fr. 500. owing to rumours very much talked about of the probabi lity that the fusion of the Norman lines would soon be effected. A good deal of business was done in the Grand Central, the general opinion bt•iog that this company will come to an understanding with government. The shares, however, participating in the general flatness in the afternoon closed with a fall of Ifr. 260. There was little variation in other lines. . _ ' 26, 1865. FRANCE AND ENGLAND AS MILITARY POWBIte. [The fallowing extract is from a eery remarkable uncle os the preset political state of Europe, aid of Frees in penicillin, which will appear is the fort/nosing numbs of the North British Review. The whole paper is rook& with informatics and origisal remark, sad suggestive et fillsteght. • We has been inesend is our solution of elte'pessage which we sow submit to ear readers, by its eggentesese he the imprint diocesans sow impending is parliamest.—Ed. of Dons New.] " The abuses of an aristocreey, to which we have alluded =2. to the polities& enmities of Frans, is eminently bet silitary power. We are opt, in England, leethlplais that *smut impeetest paste in the pub& ler =OM by pusses sebeemiaim to them was birth, ,or wee M, end thee the result is Resent' me dieenty and frequent ineospeessee. The assertion, that we sea It our higher polisleal fuselthisaries from the compara tively small assisted saes wire pewees rank or fortune, tree ; but it is m=4 doer teat this is en evil, or that es itavoidable. lithe is general, and, more than soy ctiestblentheee 11, perliethessu7 life, is costly, sneer Sin, Gal thenewtheative • nitwits, more than any other Sue, ammo die name s to it, it esquires early appren ticeship. Of line then, d equal taints and diligence, who eater the geese ed Omeeens, PM at the ego of 25, ono at $6, and the Pied at 44 we any predict that the first will Meese menus* ethethage over the second, and that the third, wales be ban prefrionely prettied a profession to which patine speakinglinetheratel, will fall. The prises of political life, thorax% en, by the very nature of the con test, reserved for those who, by moonset their own wealth, or that of their friends, can devote themselves is early life to the arena, and support is long and exposing training. Nor, we repeat, is it clear that this is as evil. It is perhaps as evil that trowels of debate give as undue prepooderance to their poseesee, hot this is cot an aristocratic thoonveniesee ; it is coo inoperable from free instituting's. Those who feel, as we a% this without such institution life would eat be worth baths& mut submit to be ruled by rhetoricians. The neeeeeity that a Mateeinas should be a speaker, and the probability that the beet speaker of his party will become its leader, may exclude seine mss whose wisdom, know ledge, and esperieses, we can ill afford to loss ; it may put others, when judgment or industry or honesty is dee, lent, into station is whisk their faults may be mischievous in proportion he their rhetorical ability ; but it is unavoidable, and it seeufel. at lest, that sue parliamentary chiefs shall has high hies % though sot always the most useful ones. It lets in sasepiels, but it esuludes dunces. And if we com pare our statesmen with those of the countries which are governed either despotically or democratically, with them of Belgium, or of Holland, or of Prussia, or of Austria, or of Rune, or, to tad the country which most resembles us in every respect, inapt its democresy, with those of the United States, it would be false modesty if we were to limit our claim to that of are equality. "Bat this reasoning does not apply to the army. That is • profession which ail who einsee it enter at an early so : the poorest perhaps at the earliest. Instead of being, like politics, necessarily the nenopely of the rich, it is neurally the refuge of the poor. The cheapest way to provide for a son is to get him • commission. It requires no expensive preparation. Any young man of talents and energy eau procure, or can give himself, at little cost, a good military education. There appears to be no rema— in fact there is nose, unless one be found in our aristocratic institutions—why the highest ranks, or why all ranks, in the army, should not be open to merit, though low-bora, sad sees though indigent. It might then have been expected, a priori, tint our highest military poets would be as well filled as our highest political employ. means,—ladeed better, sines there is a far wider field for seleetion. And if the military leader were selected, like the political leader, by those whom he is to command, such would be the case. Unhappily be is not so selected ; perhaps cannot be so selected. The men on whom the fate of an army, perhaps of • country, perhaps of the civilised world, may depend, ere chosen by those over whom their subsequent conduct has no immediate influence. lf, through the &tepidity, or the ignorant., or the rashness, or the 11l temper, or the false shams of a superior officer, Ilarlub soldiers are uselessly massacred,—if, through the lelly or the timidity of another, they are kept disgracefully ▪ fteeene,—if men are ordered to form snare when they then to thugs, or to relent when there is no salvation for lbws bet is advanalag,—if they are left without orders, Immo the officer who ought to gin them has lost his pre tties* se mime aid self-command,—thoes who appointed these ithesigthliest funetionaries do not see the results d their pplidelaeute, do not bear of them for weeks, bequently do not hen of them at all. If they do bear of them, they may suffer remorse, bat they neaps punishment—Mites, indeed, blame. On whom has the ignominy of the appointment which produced the calamities of Cabal fallen? On no one. Who is re sensible for retaining in high commands men who, be it their fault, or be it their misiortune, escape from services of danger because they have loot the confidence of their supe riors and of their subordinates, and are not employed by the one, because they might not be obeyed by the others? Who is reeposeible fur the appointments which have elides wend oar army In the Crimea, and chick, in contingencies ben which H protect us, may ruin it? Who is ulti mately responsible for the inaction of our fleet, during the battle of the Alms, when the port of Sebastopol wee still epee, and three who ought to have manned its chips and its batteries were miles away, swelling Mentehikof's forces? Who placed it in bands that had not enterprise enough at least to steam towards the mouth of the harbour, to feel their way, and, if it was found, as it probably would hare been found, iutifficiently defended, to enter? Who is ultimately responsible for keeping oar army, for two days after the battle, employed in burying the dead, sod 'need iog to the wounded, instead of landing seamy, and marines a service, important, indeed necessary, but not such as a victorious army, with the pen of the campaign within its reach, ought, when the thing might have been as well dose by others, to have been detained to perform ? " We predict that no individual will be held responsible. The blasts will be thrown on the claims of high birth, on the claims of seniority, en the routine of office, on profes• noon etiquette, in short, on the hateful abuses and childish pretexts whisk make the military professions the only ones in Reigned in which merit is unproductive of advance ment, or demerit of dismissal. " From all these chains, which bind the English giant, Louis Napoleon is free. Es can choose the best man, he eau pet him in the situation for which he is most fit, end he eau delegate to those whom he may think deservieg of it the absolute power of choice and r ejection which he enjoys himself. When Martin Peet was asked to take the com mand of the staff of the army of the East, he asked, who was to be seder him ? The Minister of War desired him to make oat his own list. It was adopted without atiditiee or omission. Cserobert has the some freedom of action as hie master. Es is not expected to distribute his doses of praise among his deems according to their rash. He can mention in his despatches, without apology, captains and *shelter's, and even privet's. There is something grand, something magnsaimous, in the unnoticed, unrewarded heroism of the English soldier; bat Frans does not think it wise or stagnenimou to let the heroism of her humbler coos remain unnoticed and unrewarded. " Some year ere, during one of the quarrels which Louis Philippe's chamber was always picking with England, we discussed with • French general the possibili.y of our being surprised by an unexpected invasion from France. " ' Those who think,' said our military friend, ' such • surprise possible, never prepared an army for a campaign. It is true that • warlike nation can, without many previous ansegemests, make an inroad on an unarmed neighbour. It would not take us long to mike a rush on Brussels. But if a serious invents' ie to be attempted, if good troops are to he encountered, if an army is to be got ready to which the honour of the country can be entrusted, eix months I. the least period of preparation. t't First, the diffennt regiments that are disposable suit he sifted, in order to get from each of thus two boariliceee car diiie for foreign service. Tuese banalities must be seised in brigades, and the sagacity of the mei. thestal dears tested by the the e 4 bripode, in the same as that is which thou oithaers tested that of own privates and ana-officiars. All who POW stand this teat are sent back to the banalities kept nt bent. The Pigmies, again, meet be united is • division. They meet be gemelemed to act together, to Mew bow far the « end use brigade ass rely os assOme. The bee Is do only with the isissals. He asses bark WIMP areessay without eases,all wheat be lads toe oil, er too we too *mast t, wMe dell, for rid letting. TM nempistivelylnuable Dodd amities el MI emsimmesi Ann% PM Pea fire.thkdo et Mies low sliesibus lei* maim lin do so with eat =my. It is tbeel i alif a ebeillide peones of select- Ina end inkling, and el legs and dis 'keen, th at • divhess isle an mss of homo geneous materiel% the IMP, if be relied on, ea warily es PP of it welimeeMmeled maiden If any A la seep In epoem be emitted, or eves berried ever, the eleabine Immo aid, if it be opposed to one that bee boss pep* It breaks its the gene al's bands. Bet IP takes dam I said sit months, but that is toe little. TM army that gained Austerlitz bed been sub jested to this training for two years.' " ' But the army,' we answered, 'of the Hundred Days, the army which gained the great battle of Lige', was raised Pby Iff noises in air weeks.' " Yes,' said the general; betty's must recollect what were hie materials. More thee 180,000 veterans, who, though young, had passed years seder ere whom, in his presamptices, he had scattered over ad Europe, from Dutsig to Alexandria, were restored to Prance, by the pesos. He had only to stamp, and the legions sprang sp. And, after all, what was the result? This hastily collected way was bashes, was scattered, wu actually dissolved, as so Freaeh army ever was before, in a sing's battle. Would gm army of Austerlitz have thus fallen to pieces ? I will not my that that army would have gained Waterloo ; though, If kW been ready, as It would have bees, to attack at eight M mends , Mama of at eleven, the chases would Ism boss is it. favour; but it would not have bees Ishisedriosatas. It might have tailed ; bet it ant have bass d " Would illsepoul essisysi.' de thus to melt and re-melt, end, hammer, and ger red grind, end polish, to toe highest perfectas; ote i imer. the army of an aristocracy ? Could military perry or nitmben of tbe lions* of Cessions, or friends of pews, or of members, or of editors, is abort, sold asy panes salable of appealing. directly or indirect ly, to the public, be the treated ? Can an iasompetaat general or plead he sent booze at the risk of • debate 1" Cardinal Wiseman has arrived in Paris from Rome. Mr. William Hope, the brother of Mr. Adrian Hope, has just died at his splendid hotel in the Rue St. Dominique. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JAN. 26. The Lord Lieutenant will hold only one levee and one drawing room this season, the former to take place on Thursday, Feb. 22, and the latter on the following day. A large proportion of the eloquence expended at the Wexford tenant-right demonstration was devoted to the question which forms the object of Mr. Lucas's mission to Rome, namely, the right of the Roman catholic bishops to prevent their priests from inter fering in violent party politics. Several of the local priests expressed their opinions warmly on the sub ject, as did also Mr. M'Mahon, M.P., Mr. C. G. Duffy, M.P., and Mr. G. IL Moore, M.P. The following resolution, embodying the feeling et the meeting, was moved by one priest, and seconded by another, and was carried with acclamation, viz.: That tha priests and people of Ireland have been ever identified in their sufferings, in their sympathies, and in their efforts to remove the m all wrunp that have been indicted as therm, both y and *sesta/ly; that there was a question w mere loudly distended a eon animate of those sympathies sad these united efforts thin the derilating grievance d the parent land system; and that it is the fervent andipadem d this meeting that no subtlety of PulleY. intrigue , sr moss obe li arm snowed in b r inging about the calamitous opals in Ireland when priests and people shall be eetemspd in sympathy, or cease to straggle together for the redraw of their common wrongs. The chdera has diaspaired from Bray. Fifty per oast, of the cases were ANOTHER ANTI-WAR MEBTING AT MAN- On Wednesday evening a meeting was held at the People's Ludlam, Manchester, 00111iitilig of the working cleans, at which Mr. George Thompson and two inemben HOLLAND. of the Pease Society were to hays Wes priest, bat did —...-- set Weed, sad the professed object of whisk wee to promote nil WAlt: RELATIONS OF HOLLAND AND w rest eel selbent. Mr. Aldermen Heywood presided. Mr. elms wag 0 loiter from a gam er on board the &newel!, THE UNITED STATES. who had bees laid up 21 dap w ith dysentery, and giving a ROTTERDAM, Jaw. 24. wretched sesesat of the state of things in the Black Bes, A letter has been received from Vienna, dated Jan. from upsets to the weather, the want of nourishing food, 19,_ by one of the first commercial houses in this city, "el its ol o ar e wlrf ons Th L sw ir a ! L it aa at ea w alaa w l ag b i„T a Ti a l t i h : which motel's the following paragraph, but which atiast " mat a i the war by, i sar f a u y samesta d meet be taken for what it 18 worth:— " I have but the " masa o f the aat k a , as a l so the sa tu r a te aa g little sews to communicate to you. I must tell you, mortality of our, patriotic fellow-countrymen in the Crimes, however, that a valued friend of mine bed, the day and Olney* sails aloud for energetic negellatielle to Wag before yesterdag, an audience of the Emperor, at t e e owe • dof t le a m s r P te dl ef aild b r arable Wili th ls e n ik e ll eceeit T y h of a .................Awhich Count f "I wagLal" present. " It° ,_ th az* remodelling the army. of reform is parliament, and an pennieu a positive expectation of peace ; bu t in gene- " us u al' of t h e w a rns . The sa g a s b ar ing been rel few share this expectation. It is by no means seconded. a working sea, named Edward Ramos, tut believed that Russia is earnest or sincere is het pro- dressed ths nee eg, meg moved as amendment to that pert Ibmieis with regard to the acceptance of the four of .ttetewlatlactitte thia _....,.. eing °• ita a IL...art tgie,:fr-t "that pestle, or that France will have anything whatever • di ati" ... neereZry for meltytir leileiZassai of the Tartish te de with these proceeding . before Sebastopol has seepage s gad that we is pressents It with the utmost Use. I can tell you, as a fact, that a communice- vigour, end that to see geese at the passim time would ties has been received here from the Emperor of be lularmg to the Wolin Powell and calculated to die French, stating that he considers the fall of lenelle__ellenett of a 401 0 4 gentle." The eateadawat Sebastopol a point of honour, which must first be ter ' , satisfied. It is also generally believed that the for it a ,.....„.• that t he ammo of the Thali a aathatittaa trews will not possibly be able to resist the united a t the 55; 5 7 of St. The fit mac ea she Antrima obleiggi of the' engines of animation ' which will gamer Isegaman room., Irma AD *so leaving the be beeeW to bear against them." harbear eg that island with the Week India midle, is that season, l a t e ly made by a portion of the Amyl. Amiga& eyeapathiren with the Veniensima and other as press upon Holland —a ai g est of which I sent Pet!iele have r i e d d en ie w e i :i 9 1 4 r „IL Thellit e harbour . 1 ... : Gunn the sig ht Yee is a recant wm faluli°atiag—bay• p raaged ' r PARLIAMENTARY PAPIIRIE Yesterday, several ilbst in the minds of the people et this eoun . try. parliamentary papers were printed. Two bee bathe Roes, Whilst readily admitting that the state of tam o f C ogita t es were f ine d m i s ti n g th i rs dasg.k.aaa by the marine would not enable them to make any pbysical government to regulate markets and =slid*, other, resistance to America, should she unwisely bite as brought forward by Mr. Whited* te ' the lee ro well as biwk, they also regard the unworthy threats l!:a.tll 0 wa nit_t_tle!,l„aal tbeArllieuden_ (told__t_w 4 t.l..l! i s e, made by her for such an unworthy Image as a species of ria`a pose ruseosuaZP:VonelZ fuse ibil rsa r 1 ::: ; _ juvenile swagger becoming only a juvenile State. We ;,, the Crimea, ackamastas the „ op 4 *mu of the have as yet no Minister of Mar to take the portfdio BMA PIItIONIMIL abandoned by Vico-Admiral Ensile; but the public, CUMnlertanoic or • BOMB Flues—Oa the area rging npon government the necessity of imme- Irt the Imperial Fres* Opeeell it Prime declared a diately placing the fleet in a state of eflirtency. An g° Pd " the alledea abide. Aletteeller 1., ceptared is the Arelivelege lest lispeeselfett o weds: a few loaf= flab linunenee stun is yearly voted for the maintenance of by the Soler, aelleamer tithe iambi uave a standing army far too numerous for a country that CZYSTAL, PALACIO, igYi. 26.--131111.104 DAT.— bag so lite. am for an army. And the questioa is s e e arises , soo ; . 5 . 5 ,... bNam time*, mew being asked whether it would not be more pole-,142; EXTRACTS FROM SOLDIERS' LETTERS. We publish the following extracts. not so much as news as for the feelings and eiresustatten of oar eoldierep which they disclose, sad with which the public shoes itself at all times es ready to sympathise. 1O AN OFFICES IN TIIN 4TH IMO'S OWN. Camp before Sebastopol, lan. I. Here we are still is front of Sebastopol, hanging away right and left with shot, shell, musketry, revolvers, and every missile of deetraetion we can bring to beer on the big bear of the Black Sea end its stubborn garrison, who reem determined to shed the last drop of their blood before they surrender. However, I hope when our reinforcements come up, animated by the most glowing enthusiasm, the com bined armies will be able to overcome every difficulty, and show Prince Mentehikeff,Gortchakoff, Hoopingicdf, and all the Coughs—bow susceptible these men Rut be to cold*. that the spiritual benedictions of their priests before their battles will not have the desired effect of' breaking through our lines. Image now turn from this high down description of the siege to the stern reality of our miseries 'in camp. Sines I wrote last nothing has oecui red worth men. honing ; we have certainly fine weather, though cold. My hat fell in the other day, and now I have, together with my companion, begun to sink my tent, which will be very snug when ilaished,with a fire-place,ffio. I hope, through the alliance with Austria, this barbarous war—for I can call it nothing else—will be speedily brought to a clots. Only fancy, after shooting Major Malley, of tea bOtb, through the back, having driven the regiment out of the trench, they tried to dreg him ever it. He has since died. Two officers of the corps were taken priaonen ; we have heard from them that they are well token care of. Good bye. Hoping you are all well, with kind love, believe me your affectsonate. ISOM • or Tam STI xossAas.. Camp neer Sebastopol, Dee. 18. 1864. We are pretty herd run by the linesiens, and I am on duty to-day with the navel brigade—that is, the cation' amp wh_ce ara on shore for the purpose of manning the bat teries. We are for the purpose of carrying despatches for the admiral to any other put of the camp. We are still in front of Sebastopol, hammering on. I believe we put Ba dsjoe anu Si. Jean d'Aere la the shade. Seven weeks sip and no signs yet, with daily attacks from Mentehikoff to rear. It ever yam see me again I aspect it will be Is the shape of a sergeant, with medals and clasps, as I am full corporal this two months; if not, I die in the hope of being remembered as one who fought and died for his country. It is rumoured hers th►t the Light Cavalry will return to England after the %Aloft of Sabastopo/. I hope it will be the thee. TRAM I.IIIIIT. I. OZANYILLIII IiATLINESSL Cusp, at lakanwass, Dee. 25. The weather is horribly cold ; mew, rate, or sleet every day. We dig holes is the reeky sissaad, and roof them with bushes, and make • fireplace sad chimney of stones and mad, to form a little but for cookery, or we could newer keeps fire alight in the rain. All our wood consists strewn oak twigs and roots, quite wet. As you may sup pew, itis very Gold ins tent. where we east have no fire without being nearly *Wird, but we manage to keep pretty jolly. The tent seems quits • little home after • long pouring wet night on picket. I have two Ordnance blankets, besides my own, for my bed, and sleep in most of my clothes. I have also my little hair mattress and • feather pillow now, so I sleep quite isorotatably. One great difficulty is to dry one's wet ibises. A fine warm day is our wily chance, which comes so sel dom that they are almost always wet. It will be a queer state of things when the heavy snow comes ; the trenches will be filled with the drifts. and the guns buried. • • • Four of us mess together is my teat, and we have been trying to get a few extras to do honour to the day. The oommisaariat have managed to issue fresh meat today for the first time this month ; bet ours is such a little bony piece that we cannot bake it, sr we are making a stew. We could not g• t even • duck or fowl from the ships; as offieer his only the same rations as a private soldier; the total being salt meat, green coffee, bis cuit, sugar, and rain; so we are obliged to buy many things at enormous prices from • few sharks who have set up stores at Balaklarra. Cheese, 2s. 6d. • pound ; potted butter, 2a. a pound ; potatoes, 4d. a pound. We also get a few thinp from the ships in the harbour, and pay dearly for them. Extra great coats and underclothing are being given to the men, and it is said officers are to have them also, including a fur east. I wish they were here, for we want them badly enoug h. • • • • • 26th December.—Our dinner last night was capital. We were five together. We had excellent soup, and • stew of fresh beef, potatoes, and palette, sad an Immense plum pud ding made in first rate style, and flaming with brandy, almost equal, if I may dare to say so, to one of I was surprised that our 'emirate could turn out so perfect a one, as we had previously indulged in various dortflisoproxi mating in solidity to old Nicholas's 68-pounders. We had also English cheese, white bread and butter, jam, potted =eats, tip, and sweetmeats, with sherry, mulled claret, brandy, whiskey, and, lastly, ration rum—a great dinner seder present communises& 71011 /AKIN 117D11, GUARDS. Scutari Hospital, Dee. 18. Thank Ood, I am quite recovered from the wound I got on the bth Mtvember, and am ready to go up to the seat of aver spin ; I live in hopes to have another brush with those barbarous Russians ; I hope 1 shall be at the taking of Sebastopol. If ever Ido get into action again against, the enemy, I shall adopt the same plan se they : I will sot spare one of them if he has got breath in him. There were plenty of our brave comrades who would have lived it they had cot murdered them as they lay wounded oa the fielded' slaughter. I had to stain my bayonet for the first time, for we had not time to load, as the enemy west* close apes us in overwhelming forces ; we drove them back at the charge of the bayonet. It was bard fighting for my regiment : we fired all oar shot away ; this we oommanced throwing big stones at them, as fast as they got upon the trench ; we either knocked them down, or gave them the bayonet. It was glorious fighting, there was plenty of game. You meld not miss your mark. Many a barbarous brute I laid low. It's no use being down•he►rted here; you must have adr termined spirit, or else yea cannot get through all things. The weather is very cold ; a great many of our poor fellows have got frost bitten. I think that Nicholas would be glad to come to terms this winter, but if be don't, he'll catch it next summer. England, France, Turkey, and Austria will surround him, will drive him up in a corner, thee we shall have some glorious sport. I hope that my dear father and mother will not be down-hearted, became we are out here fighting for oar !Gantry. I must now bid you farewell. Answer all my letters, and seed me all the news you can ; keep your spirits up; " Johnny Bono" is all the cry with thew old Turks. 11101( THOMAS DODLIIIY. 01 van 17xx LANCIIII, who had his collarbone shattered bye baLl In the cavalry charge at Balaklsva. Scutari General Hospital, Dee 18, 1864. I thought it (the shot)• very lucky hit for me in two re- ' spats ; first, if it had been an inch further to my neck, it would have been all up with me certain ; next, it text me here, to be laid up in lavender, at least compared with what the poor fellows are undergoing at the estop; but I dare say it is not all tree that is said about that, any more than it is about Ibis place. By the bye, I stuck the paper you sent in the fire. The lies in it were shameful. Never was a place worse libelled. I don't believe there is a man here bat would feel as I do about it. Why, here we have all the comforts we can desire, at least well expect. A poor fellow can't utter a gross, or hardly • sigh, but some kind soul is at his pillow. If Mies Nightiogale bad been dropped from II she could scarcely have done mere good. Talk of the men not being grateful! Many a noble fellow here would marry his nurse out of sheer gratitude, if he could do her honour thereby—to say nothing about the thoughts of mothers and sisters. Yes, this will set a man thinking about his own fireside comforts end those that are far away. Of course, after a large and fresh arrival of sick sod wounded there is oomv sonfasion—how should it be otherwise, bat the cent day all is set in order. The medical sta ff is, as far as I can judge, excellent; and I can say something about it, having been here nearly two months. I have written some scores of letters home for other poor fellows, end they all express themselves as I do. I know lam in no hurry to go beck ; but suppose I shall soon. I believe I might Let sent home if 1 wished ; bat they would say that looks like cowardice, se that wove( do ; but, however, I will make the most of it while I stop hers. A NIGHT RIDE Mx BALAILiVA.—AN &CACI MOM CAPTIMIL—The following is an entreat from a letter roomed by him 11—, in Hall, from bar husband in the Crimea:—" I cannot refrain letting you know the narrow ' escape I had the other night of being taken prisoner by the Cossacks, as I was returning from Balaklava with about tea pounds worth of goods for the oilcans of the company. But, dear Sally, a good stout heart foiled them for this time. I must thank Clod for his protection, and for endowing me with nett presence of mind. Balaklays is shout seven eel eight gala from Sebastopol, and as I was coming, about half way, being mounted on oar captain's pony, with els haversacks full of tea, sugar, wine, and several other little ankles, I had my Anil slung anon my back, as every men most be armed here, even U be only wanted to p to the rear. So as 1 was coming along, thinking ei —but yon need not ask what, as you might how* it was shoat yourself, and Nell, and poor little Jack—a horseman rides up to me and lap hold of my lasi! by the butt, and very quietly was going to take it or my shoulder, when I asked him is plain English what he was going to do; but the divil a word eoald I understand from him but ' prisotiere bon Coesserke," as he pronounced it. I thought at Bret he was a Frenchman, until he men• Gourd Sebastopol ; but it was time I looked out for myself, so as I was heading him my musket with as good a grac► as possible, as he thought, the foolish fellow forgot that I had a bayonet at my other side, so as I handed him the feed with one head I gave bias :the bayonet with the °the bat most unexpectedly though, for I drove' into the bea,tly fellow's belly, and very - and rode away with his horse and 1,. mounted his horse, which eased my own that I was sorry fir was that I left him eastern Counties lirrold. A QUICK PASSAGE.—The saviors Great Britain mention the arrival at V 19th of Oct ,bar, of the Scat. coleuses, days th la than o o l ft sg est from s o u r ( 1 o n 7 r t ir c p o e e ly i b th b e r i t ba l sam e a saes s a gs,i4i)est yeast with hie sore , avow. vat .......- - . rove it to the socket was cot on that day called to the matter. Alter qt• -lox 7 quickly upset him, the letter ten days my feelings had undergsne eclialn74 , •N.., lea lamer. I soon because I bad men the impropriety of copying Isle ham - • .. 1 : i -p iwa poor beast. AU a man to his wife. • .-,. •- 4 ' • !r • ' him my bayonet"— Mr. Robert Youme Honey examined — l wit ~ ~, re . 1 the Mithion.b:use. lan now a clerk in that . • , rice' received per Blake, a relative of mine. I wee four years -ale . .. ~. r r., entre of the London Missionary Society. At. a , A 1 ...... t Melbourne, *a the a f rom pl y „„,„ t h , r. was In the constant habit of seeing letter ramie _ ~ T . , b r. • 4 sicker Daseate, by 16 Ithas became tenni r with hie writing. I ' irir .i u Musa pa, ~, bur visit to this country in 1845. Daring thati_ea " ''''."-- *Y , 1.4 pert. be was frequently at the Mission hew, erd la ..1...—..N•":; Katy intelligence. THE REV. EBENEZER DAVIF.B v. DANIEL PRATT, PUBLISHER OF THE BRITISH BANNER."-ARBITRATION. Mr. Whateley, Q.C., the arbitrator in this ease, re lamed the proceedings yesterday. Ms. Ballantise and Mr. Barnard appeared as orotund for the plaintiff; Mr. Serjeast Wilkins and Mt. BTUs repro. rented the defendant Mr. Samuel Morley examined—Said he was a merebort en the Ceti of London, and had been far some years a sub- scriber to the London Missionary Society, and also a mem ber of the London Congregational Chapel Building Society. In 1850, when it was proposed to erect a chapel for Mr. Davies in the Caledonian-road, be pramired to nibs :Abe 2001. towards its erection. In December, 1850, he heard of charges which were weds against Mr. Daviet's moral character, and he, together a ith Mr. Smith, called on Dr. Tidenan in reference to these charges, in consequence of • conversation he bad with Mr. Eusebius Smith. [On the suggestion of Mr. Serjeant Wilkins, the evidence of this witnea., given on the trial of Tidmen and Ainslie, was read from the learned arbitrator's notes. It was pub lished at length in our columns.) Examination continued-1 did not appoint the ceminit tea. I rather think Mr. Davies had the appointment. The resolutions pawed by that committee on the Ber►iee charges were a compromise, but by all the members signing them I conceived them to have been adopted by the entire com mittee. There was but one cpinion about the Greenwich letter. _....examined—l em quite certain the retolotione were signed in the cemenittecroom, and agreed upon at tbe time. lam of opinion that the resolutions were written i y a member of the committee, and adopted by the entire body. Mr. Edwin Stacey examined—l am a clerk in thcMission , house, where I have been employed upwards of 20 years. I have been married between 12 and 13 years. lam he tween 35 and 36 years of age. I have known Mr. Davits since his embarkation in 1839, at which time I held the office of shipping clerk, in which office I remained till Christmas, 1814. I had never the slightest difference with Mr. Davies ; neither was my conduct rein sured is consequent, of any complaint of his. As fir as I know, he has never complained of me. I re member Mr. and Mrs. Davies coming home in the month of March, 1845. I also recollect his going to Northampton shire. Mr. Davies had received Instructions from Mr. Arundel, giving him particulars of his engagements in that irdinty. It was not my duty to give Mr. Davies instruc tions. I don't believe Mr. Davies, previous to going on those journeys, consulted me about the time. of starting of the trains. I have not the slightest recollection of having named to Mr. Davies the time he would return. I had no knowledge of the hour or time he would return to London. I did not know the day on which he would return. Hotted no minionary engagements in London on the Monday, and as far as I know had nothing requiring his presence. I had no knowledge that he and his wife were going to the infant school. (Letter put in) This is in my handwriting. I first saw the letter of which this is a copy in the waiting room of the Misson-house. on Tuesday morning, the 4th of Nov., 1845, between 10 and 11 o'clock. The original letter was in tne handwriting of Mr. Ebenezer Davies. I hage no doubt of that. I found the letter lying open on thither. I read it from a certain part which in the first instance struck my eye. I had not a moment's hesitation almost coming to the conclusion that it was Mr. Davies. writing. Until I got to the conclusion of the !attn. I did not know it was addressed to Mee. Davies. Mr. Harley was at that time in the establishment. I took the Ittter immediately and showed it to Mr. Morley, who had bad frequent opportunities of arcing Mr. Davies's handwriting. After that I took a copy of the letter. (Letter produced ) This is the copy. Of that letter I took another copy by a machine on tisane paper. I took my copy home and kept it. Mr. Morley retained the tissue paper copy. 7 men tioned the circumstance that evening to Mrs. Stacey. On the following morning I saw Mr. Morley. In coincidence of that interview I retained the copy in my possession. Mr. Arundel at this time was away—being ill. He died in 1847. He did not attend to his duties in 184 d. I cut eff the posteript of and attestation to the letter when I gave the copy of it to Mr. Prow. The letter was kept in a cash-box at my house. I gave the letter to Mr. Prout at the latter end of the year 18.50 in the Mission hours. I gave it to him in consequence of rumours I had heard with respect to Mr. Davies about the Berbice White, and my having been given the Greenwich letter to copy. I deemed it my duty to show the letter to Mr. Front. The reason 1 cut off the attestation and postscript was because Mr. Morley objec.ed to have his name wield up in this affair. He had left the establishment at that time. Mr. Prout was then home secretary. After I had copied the letter I put it into as envelope, and in a lat.r part of the day I placed the letter in Mrs. Davies'e hand. That was in the Mission house. She was sitting before the fire is the waiting-room. Cross-examined—l cut my former evidence out of a news paper this morning, and have read part of it for the per i gee of refreshing my memory—about two or three dates. in noel netance I made a mistake about a date in giving my former evidence. I em still a clerk in the elission-house. I have an increased salary. I will not swear that it was not increased since I gave Mr. Prout the letter. I cut toil the weststion and postscript in 1860, as Hr. Henley had said in 1845 be would have nothing to io with it. Mr. Benetton—Five years afterwards! Why did you cut off the postcript Witness—Because it might have been said that the attestation was subsequently added. Examination coatinued —People would have been more suspicious if I had only cut off the attestation. It did not occur to me that Mr. Beale's name app, ared in the post script. It was not Mr. Beale of Wellingberough Beale was a messenger in the Mission-house. The letter I found was not in an envelope; it mast have been taken out of the envelope. I began by reading the middle of the letter, but did not know it was intended for Mrs. Darin. I knew it was not for me. I swear I gave the original knee to Mrs. Davies. My impression is that I gave the letter to Mrs. Davies between twelve and one o'clock. I mi„thrherre stated to tae Congregation.' Board that it was four o'clock. When I was called before that committee I had a greet many questions to answer. I was eatremsly unwell, and hardly knew what I did answer, but I was firm upon the tae's I believe I stated it was four o'clock a hen I yews the letter to Mrs. Davis,, as you are so positive about it. I believe I also stated that Mr. Davis hid come in an hour afterwards. I at that time, said, "she opened it sad read a few lines of it with a smile, on her countenance." Very likely I said " she reed it with • eagle on her countenance." When I give the letter to Mrs. Davies I said, " Here is a letter for you, Mrs. Davies, which I picked up." She opened it and read it "'with a smile on her countenance." The general post letters ego delivered about nine o'clock in London. I generally went to the Mission-hose about half-past nine. My office was at the back of the Mission-house. I had no view of the wall ing room from my office. I was going to the bookcase to get some books when I picked up the letter. There was no one present at the time. There were one or two gentlemen in the room when 1 gave the letter to Mrs. Davies. I will swear I have sot stated that Beale saw me give the letter ; he was in the room, and might have seen me do so. I have not sines asked Be ale about the matter, nor suggested that any one els . should do so. I know tee postscript to that letter referred to Beale. I know the day on which I found the letter was Tuesday, as it was the day after the financial Committee sat, which was on a Monday. I will swear inc tively that Mr. Davies did not consult me abort the trains to Wellingborough. It was my duty to copy Mr. Arun del's letters. I made the copy of the Wellingborough letter in the presence of Henley. The ebbreviatioos and lines in the copy are the same se is the original. "My very dear Py." is the mime as in the origi nal. I have no doubt that the termination of the word Py." was spelled with a "y." There was • box at the Minion-hoes for the reception of letters to go by post. I made the copy in my own room. Mr. Morley read over the original, and compared it with the copy. This was between 10 and 11 o'clock on the Tuesday. I dined in the City that <ley, at about 2 o'clock. My impression now is, that I give the letter before I went to dinner. When I stated it was 4 o'clock, I did net attach much importance as to the hour. I have since thought the matter over a great deal. I think I gave the letter to Mrs. Davies before my dinner hour, and I dined between 1 and 2 o'clock. I cannot soy the exact hour Mr. Davies called at the Mission.house. I think it was between 4 and 6. I stated at the Congrega tional Library that I had given the letter to Mrs. Davies about an hour before I saw Mr. Davies. I sow Davies leave the Mission-house with Mr. Davin. He did not remain long. I think Mrs. Davies was in the messen ger's room. They left the Mission-house together. Mr. Davies met me in his " tuned similicer way." I did not mention shoat the letter to Mr. Davies. lam not at all ashamed of having copied that letter. I am sorry for it. Socha letter was never seen, I never with to see its like again—it wee most horrible. I remainel on friendly terms with Mr. Davies. I consider the letter to be filthy and loathsome. The marks in the copy were in the origins). I began to read where the letter was underlined. When I came to the latter end of the l itter—" Your lo.iog husbead, nurser Davies," I discovered that it was for Mts. Davies. Morley was younger than,) was at the time. I showed the letter to him in order that be might confirm my statement that the letter was in Ur. Dniea's hand writing. I was not afraid that my statement would act be believed. Ite-examined—My veracity bas not been questioned since I have been in the 'employment of the Moirowhouse. My present salary is 1601. a year—it was 1301. It was iocrened in contequence of having to perform more onerous duties. It was in 185! the meeting of the Congregational Board Committee took place. I was called before that committee 'at a moment's notice. This was seven years after the trans action on which I was examined took place. My atte n ti on the ist- - • Alter h"-. i