The Press. — London, England, 1854-12-30 00:00:00

T I N It, ESiS.T 044 3DvaLlla Ton EviN argav - I' -1/_ 114 A (.irrraawvill OAn - l irmi i.i ' ' •i It •• 17#1000 A44, 4 1)0(4 344 50 Eis4 l 4ari OW „S i ii 101 5 0,*. o,t. 440. , Thefe lN virib ll ti V e I IVI I I * II O 6II IT9 'tkt he ' l "ft el l ient ' 4 Liy 'Pi ~,It thell nt a • . - 'II , (I_ll.l '. .• . !,_ . A , Lai , Lord HA RDINGE and appointment of Prince ALBERT to be Commander in-Chief, beinq, among the late t; iiid there have been , two mails from the Crimea, with nunlVtoinkliSitelaildifi'dffibiirWithaVien'Aethiling the state of affairit it* taituP. atil htßalekliiva. l •ll3tift.hilthirihrpcslitleal nor ..military affairs has-any Ma blaall ithangolocolutiedt ' Ihe IlinisAtp,have carried the measures they desired; the militia regiments, contrary to the opinion of competent authorities, are to be sent on foreign service' instead of being kola at Thoniertto• furpi 611' LC co ntiatte d, 1 Steen= of keeruits to the troops ct.tile /1141-ftitut theßgreigulAnlistratataillihastpassed into a laviiiitrgh ACT ai?PqPO -Veer I,o4}pyriw i . i t v _YintY9Fbe carried into p °twit' operation. A a met ouncil, w en las t ed f our hours, was held on Saturday, and another, which continued three hours and a half, on Wed4csday t I,4k4 l lmA i t t huaq c s ouxiAt,il, ie,he 'wed that the question of peaCe,oujkl)mis i ,l4 po li pioarß i capAyrfa,m, ip t cussed. Conferences of a " popt f m cilaMace c: . were opened' at tenni!, on ThursdaYqaWC, J ai*lllelelll2o' bidiAnA6l.7 bi l atielikilf intfigitit'dttencied. Once more, therefore, pacific negotiations are in progress, and the destinies of the world depßd if m„Ac ki th ti,enretittyna eliv i it to the much-discussed four poititot continue i e il l oreSe C iiged Vienna on the Bth of August:llM. '''Wltd e' l sti: t hihi l te So'ltdttil reed her intention to accept thnhe: voids* qua ) ti. (basis (of labgeotitinno. lib , giddy remains to define the sense in which they are to be understood. On three of those conditions a essential difference of sentiment exists. Russia is willing•t; "nektnolledgfelthe plikOhlxithttrof the five Powers over the Principalities ;Ulu:wept their ibidtigusiisntdet for the security oflloo4444ll4°.lMinikikeit.)ltliTTo44E; vivadytPiNprow, i pn, I _the best means of keeping the navigation of the Danube free from olisfrue tion. The only real difficulty in the way of an agreement, supposing all parties sincere in theft deaitedforipanifin4iTimilis atOttveint, relating to a revision of dig rtreagi,pt },jtinalykii,R j r,t,lAc julfixetit, , ,cif t I t ile t balauce of power." i yAlatAhliftt, tu t ifK. f p,e s4,4llqsi,dveo,ptapir,of Ahe.hrst meetings of . the "Conferlace ; the representative's Or the Weal:ern Powers will have to declare specifically the meaning they . attach to that condition; Austr . iik,wAi d 4of f e i. 4 atiit l e.,l4,ethfr,shepi,4isposed to concur in that meaning , ; an rtussiamfliiethe ft be or sued a i:haracter as she can accede to or eitigilifkiikis. ' " '''' . '''''''"l''''''''' . lil t ' ---- ft has been gen Volda . iffilAlatilnidheitaithatlitrantiOatiablitighnid tern insist upon the destruction of Sebastopol, and upon the limitation of the naval force of Russia in - the Black - Ses. - ; . but in that case, the Conference would be a farce, as it, ii ceKtain Opt ftnii,sh} would not for a moment listen to such terms. Then, 4ould A.listiiitledncur in them, or would ab.54,..44i j 49,41.144.4.5 tbe .1201 J-14.4 JANT,Afhtex.l. seeine4„inclined to suspect, refuse to proceed far ther with .the ;western. Powers, on the ground that " those bases, explained in a way she did not expect, " would reduce RuisWititrnitidli;'br klinifinishlotigreatlythei4weight in "Europe?" -pal ti . 1).•1; el: •))1.1.1.:!irn ~,i4/ • - The fact that Conferonoeiref ik Iposkiot flifwpOterg7,,aicf fill progress furnishes_seßkkini ofirrequinp i tiqn f iha t t,pnei#9,4**,,wro, , intertained by the belligerent .paitios,and at :t all events it AvOuld . appear that Austria cannot much InnOilvad"dok&ijinklioiiirei. she is inclined to go with the Western Powlrs in their construction of the fqur points. Though not disposed'U l dtliA' t i endfiefiniibitaiiiciiito"'dlploinatie pro ceedings, we believe these conftleOndenrinu4t &the 'witlrsorniithing like precision the only condition' on Which peske:is itractidableoind there fore result iniernhe ',of •apteenugats,roc in . giv,iug fa owe.ptermined character to thi i iicag m it wqm idi ;49 Ai NA* Aq*itiry of th e national anxiety, and of the arthy s sufferings, to open these conferences with a full knowledge Ahthßy pq*d..pqt, ppFqihbr t l t eii4,,k Arm Ittisfactory result. Yet this is th e genors4 intinifstion; oOnveye 'by augporters of ..... ( I s . f Ili Ili (1,1 Villir tlir ll'ir 10117' the Ministry. .p, f , :9 1144.074....yer1ip441—....40.44.,"49R /i i 'lrstitT •rff 'l* The latesoolite • • (Rebton,opol'aVeillikNAMLlMoqe t ived via' St. Petersburg, an q.c tq , ? R0 iquitinit o 46 th4dsito Prince MENSCHI• KOFF vaunts t tth we I-1 ,cted fire of the fortress interrupted the • works of the allief*. i The Yflitather.,Whichita4 Q Pritiliou4ll/ peon fine for some days, had again bvq9ll34fid,,fuld `.` nothing new,had i ta , e. place." Our own accounts reach dnly the I§lll* lit:that : ante theri 'tither was bright and mild, but thhlifriY liiitt'akViTeihattrittideileilYVA) nlearful ex tent. Of thebrigidelof Cruards , alOne, 1;000: werdindiospitabtind in the British camp the men weroAring t at.tim.rata ,94.eiglity per diem, from cholera and dysentery, induced by the cruel privations and exposure to which they were oondfAnned, I A moo n.coninnqn thing, pf q,pprning, to E find men lying dead on p i a grp 4 %sin had perished from exhaustion. The camp was a sea of lAilud ; ' e 4d'Y foltataktiva iiiiptistiable ; and the ineu put on sheiVii/16116,. tight fieettliffienity ) df'giesetiiig up sup plies. The lottery which , retielf ug are 41110 with inhtarices , df suffering caused by la.mentallitmwant of ,fa vothodglat A*enotimes these stories take a comic cast. Thus, an officer anxious for his mess, rode down to the cominissai*„to i ingnim if tJterq i ews,,,,ny ichan j cp.,o4 fresh meat, and was politelypeonmended . l.9 kili hit hoqqe, as it i was not likely he would get fre‘sh.' merit 'elsOyhere'foiibin4 ifiontbs i'.6,tding. Among the Turks the mortality itishiihiett die'deiadlyViiilentOtof the plague, and each mortthir the ig#ionnd . wheie• they !rested throngh the night was thickly dotted with their deoich in' the•Aualieat as in the most im portant matters not the slightest provision had been made for the l it comfort of the troops. ; „Pp 4offeo,soreficiAti t t„was ; t4e t gr i een berry, which the men had no nifannq s,o r ropst; tough co ee griiTnd ready for use, and packed, in, 'tins, might, iiith• it little' Oiethdught, have been sent out. 'TIM 'lna *ere lifill le *MI Mid= vi hotkels had yet been received. liteirtfordeinente, however ' 'kept oominginosid, though the numbers .were ,redueed by birAktiess maxi death, the force fit fOr thetiva service was materially augmented. ~ SATURDAY, An impression preialled in the allied tamps that an attempt would soon be made to carry Sebastopol by assault, and Christmas. day was named by some, New Year's-day by others. But the enemy have made good use of their time, and have added.ts the strength of their position. It,is , stabed realist Ake Warkiih /mops under OMER PACHA will occupy Eupatoriaa,itit be intended, to completely invest Sebastopol, such a step would possess litrategaval importance, but it can scarcely facilitate its capture. by assault.., it is time that one plan or the other be decided. on. Properly there has been no siege yet, but r opleyvepare ) tiop i s for stornuAg a,.fortified position, Af ter all the tihM loht, l iticYbiodd eltpanded, iSebaelopol iSy all idcounts is knuehlettee.preipared to resist, an attack now, than when the allied forces first reached Balaklava... . I Jill „T i,•., ' been going .the • round a the •Radical 1 • . A flottibild 'PlkingitiPhLliall, : th Rev. C. A. Ti t iug Low , t in 4441/49a PI, dins 041 P eracl° 'the • .Sect th at ' (v g alue 1,0091.). Prebed ,, , Q, Prk , .P,F9- il 44tiestacRe_opr,:qf WPFt. , " bendary of % ester, to is 6 li m oti e, p! t s ) tenhteitinbeii,t4 14 Dikciit i Ita4 bee n appointed 7 . •!' ~. •,- .•.:. 1.1.,• 1 •• „, °I is, i Il e •, k • . . , . • . . I . I fail' . te . Asi , tat -.- ' 11? fr. opt . 44 id . 4i.itt Olii*96'B4:ll.'"i4Bl774Aii4J-Lth4'ili ihitt, ev' efeiile 6 i p p bAtos ~ p eh le - de.' li 'Ye "ht 'Wit ' anti F.N 4 q . ) n c4 l • . l ilie ; (44 ' . 1i/1 . 'fir pf rirea 1 171 • i ° t _p:, that the •fil a i l Lis r .Y/o i l u di t taAT l' jab . 'Of remit e li.tio - ~, b tr tat ' ' B , l t lei‘ Itt fi t i nr artditt'' tia - t , • .' ehtslit isoiite tiout?l6, t ; h c f i r ‘: 1 '9, 8 1 p'' en'en . ifOreiiald, as iniiMi it bei,, , , ' anclY " ." ' ' i liiiberidat i alli• p a i s if' ' ..'. 'l o",.'' . ,chiiiice'llOrlihip " is as utifirofit4blii;aa ,:the,reist.. Tl . ty Ai g o i ll' c ' api,: \ in' V ( l \ alit iiie that Mr. Tatr i aLdw 4' one 'of the • most active, -''''' A' r '- 'd k; a oro ti4+ evangelical, useful - men . ' that. the Church P , Sil? . Vo , r n i . .. , t ‘ u h li , fo,her 7,osio'4liiitificed some %MN., 'mid P4"u"Cl ' 9 l4' .-- t!O-iiiirlite tti t t lakt . io 'flaitisli of l i ioitghton-Otpthl , &With /41 9 TplitiVii 4t . 'it' iii'ilAs - '' ' he w n hof ii:politp,i . k!ilit' is abot . ,itp_tlt,tiOtiii -- t - tildi ' likiatibie' at Lord R*6'l, in additikitt . tb,rit i t Itti ire 1 I ; i e , .6 iii (value --), 'G rid . Cross of I 'o . o . Bath , 61 , 4 i , ; I c ti l - ,!,11-; ' Ve; and wearer of the , Waterloo Mgdii i ,, i iika n s t il , , n, g, '' ' 'la l' office or Fleld-rMarshM. ,144., t . aP ti t o e ti ' ltai" #l o 6 l i '47 a o noticed' thiii'titsineEli," iFfrofe' l it not, • the theie I Uri) 'y,fry - ' 1 '-.3 : 1106 ; oti , erand'O.tious hi tti4 &hate of 'Ch tett 'flit i i '(l, 4fie 'Ti t nou 6 Bl.o* u on Oqhedral Revenues "iiii a' th t'' or, i 8 i t.' , vi•3lfok i n t,11 . 6 t'a'tter), who ar/ri . & party, 14 . 11514 t, !I Ot B ed , - ed at this s 4 of liar, heayy . "1 'in and slanderin lift",+#44cle " Libfr4, pit l ifpyFi' think it clever to g , hidulge. ':.":'' '' .l ;' l ` , ;..L.,\''l.,.';', The . memory of 'the seandalotts 'transactions, between Lord GLA 11XXDO1 and , Mt.litlloll has been revived within this last few days Inert article leaded-" The Man of the World " our contemporary the lizensiner !Severely animadverted on Lord . CLARENDoN's folly. in his peklabnal employment of Mr. Breen, and for the incidental allusions to tititlperson an motion was recently brought by him against Mr. JoHN lonerke, the editor. of the jonrival,'which with eharacteristic manliness 'had 'administered . to 'Lord CLittIENDON a rebuke, deserving to be 'liciikturably -recollected for . its rare eloquence , and moral. power. We ktreiglad Mr. Tonna his not inanywise Suffered for his public spirit. 'The jury' tiiithont hesitation'foind a verdict for the defendant. It is - strange tcl 'think that the official who committed so egregious a, blunder emptoying Mr.amokk should now be discharging the onerous duties - of Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Lord CU:REHM:4i seems to have felt the unpleasentnesenf , his situation 'in the witness-box. In the course of an.enlergetito epeach, the AttornerGeneral said, "if any atonement '"'Were 'needed from Lord CLAMCNnON, it -had been made that day ' " While tbrithing in 'the box; tthder the reflection that he had. had the advoctrey bf . lEtntenir and it deftervei notice that Sir ih., Counties etnphiticsAy asteertekt that he the defender of Mr.;;FMISTIIe, and ntltibf I Lord 'Cr...angsnon; "'I know," said: the. Noble , Lord; "there 'war me' other pciper paid." Tral3 , ‘, the Statesmen, who to*e. so anuth tb the prieetparty in Ireland mauage'matteri oddly,' -They subsidise 'thelfref4s, they sabot a Birch' fer their 'champion, and.theypronkotea .15tliner to the' bench. • Yet' .nien who eommit such outrageous official iblunders talk of their "'greet capacity for affairs!" • T"H"E' FREE LANCES. - ..;,....... A RECRUITING SONG. . Lit rt(eile) d the house. while •notiering the extraordinary eareleiranesa Mad wins of . prep with which these hills hare been latreduced, that they have been itttroititer4Y. A 69ee1," went, a g reat portion of whom had felt i t tr r h e a d u ty t o desert their former friends a and to form ne w political connections, that the coon Miglichave the bene fi t Of 'their wear otieletrative iliflltlne. • ftti Air, I tokifeer t s I. think) there I. 'Mite Meese lord appropriateness in these We being ,stneared en hy,thet.portion, of the °overwrite* to whlgh I havo referred. I think I may call that porting of theOovernment political free lincew—Sir..f, Pahinoton's Speech, Dec. 22. •• _ . • . . -Beholdi how modern-made antiques ; - . 111.1411 ~lk. II ArA•gaining fashion daily., . ~.; I •• •• t • f.'ll Howl•Crermans bask, like,Persius" Greeks. ( . . In favour's sunshine . . ; • •It ,r i• al ' • Nn moan their knights, sot out to win! Noniousts nor beauty's glanvet— .l;•, a • • ..f Tho. shoster recompense is " tin," •• • .• For:Neweastle's " free lances." . S ,J; r/ 1..11 II!, 'CI 41,1,! free .of fealty and truth I :•..,,, ,•,•ri,f•os All ! free of faith and freling ! . • .• • ,144 l ave, of sPll}r t sk eat' 9f mac! • r,,twit,„ , , Tp you our,,chiat'#„appealing. • ; •,/, tp.,llloeave cunt of 4onenr and of fame • To ballads andxnmances— • • I.,,lied.Pritish,gold's a Safer game For Newcastle's " free lances." lim..