The Express. — London, England, 1855-02-03 00:00:00

resent eosin which would promote their private • interests or gratify their privets wiabes, are wroth w ith Lord Joux for raising a dismission that may divert attention from than. All then motley allies hays aimed a simultaneous bowl spinet him; and there are some among the general public who, notwith standing their experience of Lord Joules faithful and dicing services for forty years, have with min able cowardice listened to aspersions and shrunk from asserting his integrity. All this will be amply mode up to Lord JOHN ere long; and we trust that, notwithstanding his indifference to office, we may soon me him reinstated. We have no means of knowing what course his Lordship papaws to steer, but his friends make it no 'scat —and we, therefore, conclude that they have authority for what they say— that if Lord PALIIIMISTON had noneded in forming a Govern ment. Lord IOW( ITU prepared to support Lord PAL. IIIIISTON as a private member of the Hone of Commons. We have blamed, and we still blame, Lord Joint, for allowing an overstrained generosity to Won him to spare some when conduct towards him has shown them as unworthy of his leniency,xs they are incapable of comprehending its motives. But it is right that the country should know that if there is undue delay in the formation of a "strong Government," the fault does not lie at the door of Lord lonic Rttssra.L.—Doily New.. The Press (generally known u " Mr. Disraeli's i organ "), of this day, has the following version of Earl Derby's failure : " We have reason to believe that the Earl of Derby did not decline to form an Administration when graciously consulted on that subject by her Majesty. On the contrary, we are assured his Lordship pledged 1 himself that under no circumstances should her Ma. jesty be left without a Ministry, and that he and his ; friends were perfectly prepared to form one if efforts tailed to construct a strong government, which the interests of the country required. With this view, we hear that the Earl of Derby advised her ' Majesty to have recourse to several combine- Gone before the Queen should appeal to a party which, though singly the most numerous in the House of Commons, cannot command an absolute majority in that Moues, and had already been de feated by the combined sections. "The application by the Earl of Derby to Lord Palmerston to join the intended Administration and take the lead of the House of Commons was one of these combinations, and was an arrangement, we have reason to believe, pressed upon the Noble Earl by Mr. Disraeli, with whose pretensions to that post it might seem to conflict. " There was only one feeling in the Conservative party, namely, to merge all individual claims for the sake of giving the country the advantage, at this critical period, of a strong government. There were no sacrifices which the Conservative leaders were not prepared to make, so long as the arrangements they led to were consistent with personal honour and the essential principles of the Conservative party. " We have understood that the application of Lord Derby was most favourably received by Lord Pal merston, the noble Lord expressing his readiness to serve under Lord Derby, and his sense of duty, which ought to influence public men at this moment in rallying round their sovereign. His Lordship, We are assured, stated, as was anticipated, his diffi culty in joining the Administration alone, and the names of two of his friends, Mr. Glad stone and Mr. Herbert, were mentioned as those of persons he wished to accompany him. No obsta eke were urged to such an alliance, both these Right Hon. Gentlemen having been originally, and for a long period, members of the Conservative party. The interview with Lord Palmerston was so satisfactory and promised to be so conclusive, that the Earl of Derby, it appears, felt himself justified in returning Immediately to the palace and informing her Majesty of the prospect of a result anxiously desired at this critical moment by her Majesty, viz., the formation of a strong Conservative Government. About midnight, after a suspicions delay of ten hours, a communication from Lord Palmerston was received by the Earl of Derby, closing in a very un satisfactory manner the negotiations, and forwarding communications from Mr. Herbert and Mr. Gladstone in the same spirit." The Morning Herald said yesterday that if Lord Derby invited the Peelites to his councils, he would 'd by that mere act destroy the party which is still proud to hail him as their chief." Now, the Times of this morning stouts that the noble earl took ad. vantage of Lord J. Russell's " treatment of those gentlemen (the Petite.) to address to them proposals which they thought it inconsistent with their honour and their principles to entertain." The Times says further that " beyond the retirement of Lord Aber deem, Lord John Russell, and the Duke of Newcastle, or perhaps of Sir James Graham, it is probable that no essential change will in the end be found to have occurred ; but these changes may suffice materially to alter the distribution of offices and the efficiency of the government." The Morning Post has the following account of yesterday's movements: The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived in town, from Wind- KO Culls, yesterday morning, and had • long interview with Mr. Gladstone, who had been summoned to Lans downe House to meat the noble marquis. At 11 o'clock the Marquis of Lansdowne drove to the residence of the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, in Belgians. square, from whence his lordship proceeded to call upon Lord John Russell, with whom he had • lengthened later view. The noble marquis then proceeded to Buckingham Palm* to have an audience of her Majesty, who had arrived in London, from Windsor, in order to facilitate the pressing ezigencies et the crisis. From Buckingham Palace the Marquis of Lansdowne proceeded to the residence of Viscount Palmerston, en the Terrace, Piccadilly. His lordship bad a protracted Wm:- view with the noble viscount, and afterwards again waited upon the Sovereign at Buckingham Palace. In the rouse of the afternoon Lord John Russell went to Buckingham Palace, in obedience to the command of her Majesty. We believe we are correct in stating that the object of the noble lord's visit to the Queen was to afford her Ma jesty en opportunity of personally ascertaining the opinions Of the late Lord President of the Conseil on the present Mate of political parties, but certainly not with a view to entrust to his lordship the formation of • new Cabinet. At sin o'clock last evening Viscount Palmerston and Lord John Russell waited, by appointment, en the Marquis of Lansdowne, at Lansdowne Hones. The statement that the Earl of Clarendon had been Wit for by the Queen is simply • fabrication. Tin WAR WITH Rusaia.—Yesterday, aotna offi eial despots/ma were published in • parlimiatary received by the government fro. the w :11 the Mr.. fish adouies containing addresses by 1 aumblier sad °mad approving of the war with gala. - - - 130013 TOE THE ROMAN CATHOLIC SOLDIEDJI AT TIN Stat or WAL—Through the kisdnew of the Rev. Oa Chaplain General the Yam. Richardson, the catholic have been enabled to forward, fres of oast, to ell li e 2 the Rev. lobe Sagaluswe catholic chaplain to Ile Edda may in the Crimea, seism! eases of books, liallera W nearly a ton in weight, for the use of our brave Milftat religion before Sebastopol and in the his. pmb et Ralaklava and Scutari. Vain. JAN. 27.—Tbe railways are encumbered Oft misse et mow. Tba pale ant all two days bald ad, t=Li it filliima oat Wel maim of osatataaloallas. midi in Bailing la uppermost la the li. Vbe court. The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived at Windsor Cantle on Thursday evening , and had the honour of dining with her Majesty. The noble marquis returned to Leaden yesterday morning. The Qum and Prince Albertowith Prince Arthur, left Windsor Castle at half-past 12 o'clock yesterday, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, Captain the Hon. D. de Roe, and the Master of the Household. Her Majesty travelled by a special train on the Great Western Railway to Paddington. and proceeded to Buckingham Palace, where the gases and Prince arrived at half-past 1 o'clock, and were received by Lord Ernest Bruce and Major-General Wylde. The Marquis of Lansdowne had an audience of the Queen. Lord John Russell had also an audience of her Majesty. Despatches for the Gosernors lathe North American Pro. nilloo/ were sent last evening from the Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of the Pricy Council sat pater. day, sad rammed the hearing et a petition for Hoinhall's Patent (Anchors) Confirmation, and afterwards heard a petition, flhilltbeer's Palest (Homes) Prolongation. The lords present were the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Chancellor of the Dually of Cornwall, and Sir E. Ryan. DESPATCH FROM LORD RAGLAN. (MOM LAST NIGHT'S oianiA) WAR DEPARTMENT, FEn. 2. His Ono; the Duke of ifeWciistle has received a despatch, of which the following is a copy, addressed , to his area by Field Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. Before Sevutopol, Jut. 15, 1855. • - Mr LOUD Duxu,—The fall of snow has been very great for the last three days, and It is now fully a foot deep, which, I am assured, is a very unusual occurrence in this part of the Crimea. This circumstaace adds materially to our difficulties in obtaining fedi but detachments of Turks are posted near the coast to bring up wood, which has been cut by pieties of oar own in the neighbourhood of the Monastery of Bt. George, to the nearest divisions. I am happy to say that the number of wounded in the sortie of the Russians, on the night of the 12th inst., was only sir instead of thirty-six, as I erroneously stated to your grace in my despatch of the 13th, and that it was altoge ther a less serious affair than was at first reported. I enclose the return of casualties between the 12th and 14th, inclusive. _ _ . Last night this enemy attacked the French advanced trench in ammiderable force, but were repulsed after a sharp contest, and some loss on both sides. _ I am, &e., Lie Gram the Duke of Neweutle, the. RAGLAN. RETURN OF OFFICERS WOUNDED FROM 12TH TO 142 n JANUARY. WOUNDED. Jemmy 12. 68th Roginient of Foot. —Lieutenant IL Betties:Gabe, slightly. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, WAR-OFFICE, Fan. 2. The Right Honourable the Secretary at War has received from his Grace the Duke of Newcastle the following list of Ouualties amongst the Non-Commissioned OEMs and privates in the Forces under the command of Field-Marshal the Lord Eagles, 0.C.8., from the 12th to the 14th Ja nuary, 1836, both days inclusive. RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM 12Te TO 14th JANUARY, 1865, INCLUSIVE. 21st Regiment of Foot-4 rank and file wounded. 44th Regiment-2 rank and file wounded. 67th Regiment-1 rank and file sounded, since dead. 68th R giment-6 rank and file, wounded; 1 sergeant, 12 rank and fills, missing. Total-13 rank and file, wounded ; 1 sergeant, 12 rank and file, missing. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. NOMINAL RETURN OF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM 12Th TO 14Tu JANUARY, 1835, INCLUSIVE. WOUNDED. January 12. 44TH REOININT OF FOWL—Private* Festus Kelly ; is. verily ; Richard Travers, severely. GBTx RlOlll/NT or FOOT. Privates Jahn Byrne, slightly; Robert Graham, slightly; Joseph Hampshire, slightly ; Paul Hick, slightly ; James Mack, severely ; Richard Woollte, severely. January 13. 21st RIIOIXINT OP FOOL—Privates James Kale, slightly; Uriah Curtis, slightly; James Carroll, slightly; Francis Gough, slightly. 57TH RECIIKENT Or Foov.—Printe Patrick Mul roney, severely, since dead. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOUE,T, Adjutant General. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN MISSING FROM 12ru TO 14TH JANUARY, 1855, INCLUSIVE. MISSING. January 12. 68TH MOMENT OP FOOT.—Sergeant William Cooper. Lanes-corporals John Harwood, Besjarniu Rieder. Privates John Eve, William Tolley, Edward Mason, William Adams, Thomas Farrell, James Byron, James Menagh, John Baker, George Fi J. B. ld. John Clarke. DUCRNALL ESTCOURT, THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADXIIALTT, Fra.2.—Psomonows.—Commanders Hon. F. Egerton 0860) and C. J. F. Swart (1848), pre mated to the rank of captains. APPOINTIIIIITS.—Captaios L. 0. Reath, to hunt for transports; G. H. Gordon (1846), to the Duke of Welling. tan, 131, screw steam ship, of 700 horse power, at SOithuld ; W. J. Williams (1841), to the &aspen% 70, anew steam ship, of 360-horse power, Mediterranean station ; W. J. C. Clifford (1847), to the Centaur, 8, paddle-wheel steam fri gate, of 640-horse power, at Portsmouth ; A. P. B. Wilmot (1864), to the Sphinx, 6, paddle-wheel steam ship, of 600- horse power, Mediterranean station; W. H. Stewart (1S51), to the Dragon, 6, paddle-wheel steam friga.e, of 660-horse power, Mediterranean station; J. Wilson (186 t ,), to the Odin, 16, paddle - wheal steam frigate. of 660 hone power, at W oolwich; J. Scott (1852), to the Russell, 60, screw steam ship, at Sheerness ; J. C. Coffin (1847), to the Rut in'', 60, screw steam ship, at Portsmouth ; E. Otimanney (1846), to the Hawk, 60, screw steam ship, at Sheerness; 0. A. Seymour (MU), to the Tortoise, 12, store ship, at Common ; G. G. Wellesley (1844), to the Cornwallis. 60, screw steam ship, at Dstronport ; Sir J. Wiseman (1854), and 0. H. Seymour (1844), to the Pembroke, 60, screw steam ship, at Portsmouth. Commanders IL W. Hire to the Niger, 14, anew steam sloop, of 1500. hone power, Mediterranean station; end H. Lloyd (1864), to the Wasp, 14, screw steam sloop, of 100- horse power, Mediterranean station. Capt. Heath, of her Majesty's screw-steamer the Banspareil, has been appointed principal agent of , transports in the Black Bea; and orders have been forwarded to him to return home and report himself to the Commander-in-Chief, leaving his ship to come home under the charge of the officer next in com mand. PORTSMOUTH, Pm. 2. I - , The screw transport Mauritius arrived at Spithead this &Barstools from Malta. Her arrival at Falmouth wu reported in yesterdsy's Daily News. The wind has been blowing a gale all day, and no communication has been had with the Mauritius yet. The Sprightly, however, went out to her at five o'clock this afternoon, having Town-Major Maitland and Major Dalgetty, Brigade-Major, on board, to make the requisite azrangements for the ships coming into harbour to-morrow morning, to disembark the 303 sick sad wounded troops, and woman and children she has on board' The Bnowdown, paddle steam transport, having the last batch of wooden huts on board, and the men from the London Docks to act as wharfingers, &c., at Balakiava, sailed to-day for her destination. Although the wind is high it is favourable for her, and she is expected to be out in sixteen days. Some movements have bun ordered at this port of a somewhat sudden character. The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw-►hip, Captain Gordon, was ordered yesterday to prepare for sea. She was being completed :at Spithead in her refit, and a party of workmen were going off to her yesterday marling, when they reeeivid countermanding orders. She sails for Plymouth on Monday. The screw sloop F.sk, 21, Captain Birch, sailed for Ply mouth this morning. All the ships in harbour are ordered to be completed with *very dispatch. To-day the James Watt, 91, screw ship, Captain Elliot, was ordered to be got ready for sea as soon as possible. The exercising brig, Sealsek, 8, Lieutenant Lowther (tender to the Illustrious, Captain Harris), is preparing for her summer cruise. The Echo, steam tug, went to Southampton yesterday afternoon to bring round a draft of the 67th Regiment for embarkation on board the Eliza J►ne, sailing vessel, now, lying at Spitbead, for conveyance to the West Indies. One draft belonging to the 69th Reaiment has also arrived in this garrison for embarkation on board the Eliza Jane. The Tyne, stare skip, Master Commanding James B. Tucker, sailed yesterday afternoon for the river to discharge the stereo she has brought home from the Brazilian and West Coast of Africa squadrons. The Qoeen's new yacht Victoria and Albert, was taken I into the Steam Basin yesterday to have her machinery pet on board. . . The eighty prisoners sent out to the convict transport Soindian had to be brought into harbour again, the sea at Spithead being too high to put them on board. They were, however, seat out again yesterday and shipped on board. The &indigo sails with them for Gibraltar to-night or to morrow morning. The crow of the Retribution, 28, paddle frigate, Captain Tatham, were paid wages today, and granted leave whilst the ship is receiving repairs. SHEERNESS, Fan. 2. The screw steam frigate, Horatio, commander Hobert Jenne", arrived here yesterday at 10.30 cm , from Ha -1 with. .. The Russell, 80 guns (of heavy calibre), screw steam shit), was put out of No. 2 Dry Dock yesterday ; she is ordered to be masted and rigged immediately, and on the Pylades (now in No. 1 Dry Dock) being undocked, the Russell is to be docked in No. 1 Dock to complete her fitment of machi nery, rigging, etc. A number of additional artificers have been put on the Royal George, 120 guns, and the Majestic, 80 guns, to ex pedite their equipment by the lit day of March next, so that they may be out of the muter shipwright's department by that date. Fza. 2. The General Screw Company'. steamer Mauritius arrived hers early this morning from the Black Sea. She has brought home 112 invalids, 90 women, and 100 children. She wu ordered to proceed to Portsmouth immediately The Lady Jocelyn Usurer, and the tailing ship White Fal con, left here to-day for the Crimea, with wooden huts for the French troops. The Severn, which had been sent out in the stream, returned to the dock again this morning. This afternoon, about 451 troops, chiefly srtillery, and other persons, arrived from Woolwich and London, in special trains, and embarked on board the Severn. One artillery officer, 117 artillerymen, and 9 women, who embarked, will be left at Malta ; 8 artillery officers sad 28 artillerymen will be takes on to the Crimea. Lieute nants Elton, Collingwood, Franklin, Anley, and Mitchell, Mr. Bennett, clerk of the works at seatart, the two fore men of the works, Mesa,. Hammond and Elides, and the Rev. H. C. Johnson, also embarked on board the Severn. She will proceed to Cork on Monday to embark 3 officers and 101 men of the 3rd and 72nd Regiments of Foot, 3 superintendents, and 47 commissariat drivers for the Crimea. The General Screw Company's steamer Cal cutta, just arrived from Australia, has ban taken up by the government, and is to be fitted up like the Crones to take out infantry troops. Experiments have recently been tried under the superintendence of the authorities at Woolwich Arsenal, to test the advantage of employing India.rabber to diminish the shock occasioned to the timbers of a vessel by the firing of heavy mortar or gins. One of the new =boats, the Binbad, has lately ,been tined at Wool -11-witki a set of powerful India-rubber springs beneath Ms olidelemb_nad the result has proved highly satisfactory. Twisty 111116.11 were fired with a shall of 200 lbs. weight, carrying a Motown of from 4,000 to 6,000 yards, and the springs on examination were found to be perfect as at starting. The Sinbad is fitted with twelve springs, each of which is calculated to ?eget a concussion of from 20 to 25 teas, at an average compression of from 1 to 11 inches, showing that the actual recoil on firing one of these large pieces is from 200 tro p 260 tons. In order fully to test the advantage of the aplication, twenty rounds were fired with and twenty without the springs, when the difference in the effect upon the timbers of the vessel was very appa rent, and fully established the superiority_of this mode of Lis heavy esta blished on shipboard. The B uck - this purpon have been supplied by Mr. Faller, oflenbury. ROYAL ARTILLERY FOR TRZ CRRlZA.—Captain Adair's company, 7th battalions; Captain Dinsa's company, 9th battalion ; and the left wins of Child's sow pony of th e battalion foe Malta, midi islsslmeat. to All up *e companies in the Crimea , together to upwards of 400 num, ameba& hem W yesterday swain( to the Memel Matins of the 311111C U Z: Railway, by whisk MK peemeded to Landes en reels ter Southampton. to NOM ea board the fetus for a passage to Malts sad the Crises. A ilassuaL at Poinso—A letter, dated before Seassiewsk Mb ult., is the Omestadisaml, asp The haulm have lately soh two sharp seeds.. La the first, wad* Seek place ea the 11th, the esesalliassA in the treashok eseepesiogt SIM 26 la 10 mes,_wm esonmanded • eablholesess mewl Hardado. Has is • native of Brittany, a rang Era of 19, 'ad Ms eradaet on the occa sion gives Ilialastriag lupe es to his Mithwy woes. Without father or wither, be is at by aste the bead of a family emptied of ewe breams sad two silos, all maps then hhaesikehl 1. *Ms lie dello teweads heat as well as he aewilleldwom la gushes the toadies. I Thlety leaded with amssitioss of war and swam be the allied sissies, abated eat bees Malta W- I Moo the illtit ad lad of hammy mkt all or steam, I nd fiesselledi WAWA* to dm sat of war. 152 NAOS Su BLAU Tinia—lir. Stevens, Wtee-Ossint as Tesbiesi. Ir obleleall hems the severasesa tha i rellestellea Two s Cleaeeira e dealersw 1 1111 We lli th moot %MI ha slam gain& The Bellisit W%3ytlaae,eipented 111. &wad eft war& EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1855. all that can be desired. They are, of course, put up near Balaklava; for, under present circumstances, it is impossible to take the huts up to camp, and the regiments in the front will most probably be without them until they are no longer wanted. When the roads get dry, and the draught cattle can be kept alive, then it will be spring, and life under can vas will no longer be a hardship. The huts came too late. May I mention that this is about the time when new tents and suitable clothing for summer ' should be provided ? We may look for a summer-like opening early in April. Our men suffer enough ' from cold and wind—there is no reason why they should contend, unprotected and overclad, against the blaze of a Crimean summer sun. Warm clothing is becoming more frequent among the men. The ordnance, in particular, have excellent coats, and will be all the better for them. But the supply, though still aooeptable, comes two months too late. A good many remarks might be made about the efficiency of the clothing _generally, but such remarks can do no good now. The army must get on as well as they can, and look to the future for better things. I believe that a crisis is at hand in the affairs of Balaklava. In my last letter, writing about the disgraceful state of the town, I felt it my duty to make some strong remarks on the conduct of Colonel Haines, who is commandant of Balaklava, who neglected carrying out the measures absolutely requi site for decency, health, and cleanliness. My letter was scarcely posted when the views it expressed received full confirmation by the authorities, who superseded Colonel Haines, and appointed Colonel Harding commandant of the town. That officer will have an arduous and unpleasant duty, bat one which must be done. The cleaning of the stables of Augeas is mere child's play to the cleaning of Balaklava, from the mountains of filth and the lakes of mire which, under two inefficient commandants, have, as it were, acquired a vested interest in their nasty and poisonous existence. Balaklava—the streets, yards, and the beach—wants a thorough cleaning and pav ing, and a good police to keep the town clean. Twenty or thirty street lamps might possibly be bought in Constantinople, or, at all events, at Malta, and these—though a luxury—would materially assist in maintaining order and regularity. Nor would their cost in oil, &c., add much to the expenses of the war. The burial of the dead, too, requires re-consi deration ; and there really is no reason why the vic tims of disease should propagate the doom which overtook them; nor can there be any objection to the dead bodies being carried out to sea. The long and the short of it is, that Colonel Harding finds a great deal of necessary business waiting for him, and th a t every one is very anxious he should do it, and do it well. All the sutlers have been warned out of Bslaklava, to make room for government stores. In the case of the low Maltese and lonians, who sold brandy, Maltese cigars, cheese, and pickles at an advance of 1,000 per cent. above cost price, there is in this eject ment nothing distressing or alarming. Not so in the case of one or two respectable merchants who came to Balaklava, incited by newspaper reports, which pro mistd them a profitable market, and a chance of doing a vast deal of good. With respect to them, the ejectment is a discouragement of legitimate enter prise; and as there are only a few of them, it seems hard that a couple of shops cannot be spared, were it only for the purpose of encouraging respectable traders. Private contributions can hardly be ex pected, for any length of time, to administer to the comforts and luxuries of a large army. Healthy speculation and respectable trade alone can keep up ewe ,applies , and distribute them so that all and each tome in for a share. Only those who witnessed our privations in the first month of our Crimean existence can form an idea of the fervour with which the arrival of merchants was desired. Now they have come, they are warned off. I fear we shall all have reason to regret this indiscriminate expulsion of the antler.. Yesterday the Commander-in-Chief and his staff and General Airey rode into Balaklava. Lord Rag lan's sudden and unexpected appearance excited some sensation, and gave rise to a good many comments. But the general impression is that something will he done for the improvement of Balaklava now that the Commander-in-Chief has seen with his own eyes, and smelt with his own nose, the abominations of the place. Since I wrote last we have had heavy falls of snow. The night from the 15th to the 16th was the coldest night we have yet known in tho Crimea, and on the 16th a terrible snow storm, high wind, and drift snow, ruled all day long. In the camps, the snow lay two feet deep in the tents. It is needless to speak of the sufferings of the men—that one fact tells vqu more than whole volumes of declamation could tell you. The frost continued on the 17th, but the snow ceased falling. The morning of the 18th broke with a violent thaw, and just now all the snow is converted into water, drenching and piercing everything. (PROM A SPECIAL CORSI OP THE DAILY NEWS), CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, JL2I. 20. The warm clothing is new being being carried up in larger quantities to be divided amongst the troops. The sheepskin clothing, although it does not smell fragrantly, yet is a capital protection against the cold, piercing winds. A thaw has set in within the last two days. We are tired of the white glare, and begin to wish for a sight of the sod once more, which is beginning to peep out in little patches here and there. The 39th Regiment, which arrived in the Golden Fleece, has not been disembarked, but has been employed on fatigue duty at Balaklava. Cholera has attacked that regiment. How strange that all new arrivals are called upon to pay this penalty. The huts are showing themselves about our position. The hospitals are being got up first. The houses look very snug, and will no doubt enable us to bold out against much of the misery with which we shall have to contend. Some talk about overtures for peace, but we shall all bite our nails if there be any terms before we have wrested, vi et arras, Sebastopol from the Russians. That done, we care not how soon a peace, honourable to our armies, is con cluded. Spring won't be long in setting in. Then many of our hardships, arising solely from the season, must disappear. I have nothing to mention about the operations in the trenches. There is really no fighting going on, even at long range. Some days pass over without a shot being pitched into our lines, so feeble has the already languid fire become. The 63rd Regiment is nearly done up, from deaths and sickness. It is thought that the few who remain will be sent on to Malta. Great numbers of men are daily employed in carrying/atores up to the camp. You may trace them, like lines of ants, against the white snow ground, going to and returning from the port, all day long. The Turks and their cattle are kept pretty well at this sort of work. I am told there is an immense number of troops on the sick list, but am not in a position to give the total number. Oar poor army is going through a terrible crucible here, before it is hardened and seasoned for the usual calamities and sufferings of war. It is a pity that we have not had good magazines of provisions on the ground here before this weather set in. We look anxiously forward for the arrival of our friends, the stout navvies!' Their works, when finished, will be of a most substantial character, and will go far to save the wear and tear of animal life. It would be a splendid plan to have a force of such men always employed, during war time, not alone for constructing roads, but also for throwing up, under the orders of the engineers and sappers / the batteries, redoubts, opening the zigzags, covered ways and parallels, while the military are solely em ployed to cover them. Navvies work professionally with the pick and shovel; they g o at it with a will, and one would do more work, in a given space of time, than four or half-a-dozen soldiers. To a soldier this digging is a strange occupation, and they do not do the work well, even with the best intentions; give me a "navvy" for such labours. The French troops have been employed, more than a thousand per day, in carrying up our shot and shell. The French gunners threw a shell, about a week since, into the centre of the Russian arsenal, but, unfortunately, it did not explode. A change has taken place in the Royal Naval Brigade. The seamen gunners, employed on the redoubts and bat teries, on the lines of Balsklava, have been moved up to the front, where they have joined the camp, em. ployed in the trenches. The guns near Mashie's are now manned by the Royal Artillery. The ships , companies of the TiSidlderi Briteenles Veurellee, I Retribution, and Niger have bean withdrawn from the brigade. They were marched off the ground, on Sunday morning, down to Chersonese, where they were all embarked on board the Vengeance, for pas sage to England, to join their respective ships, about to leave the station. BALARLAVA, JAN. 13. The following names appeared in general orders of Jan. 13, of officers to whom leave of absence has been granted to proceed to England for the recovery of health, at the recommendation of medical boards : Colonel Warren, 5.5 th !text. • Lieut.-eunuch' Steamy, Scots Fusilier Guards; Hallett, Coldstream Guards ; Mait land, Grenadier Guards; Hon. G. Cad ogan , G renad i er Guards; Bradford, Grenadier Guards; Crofton, 20th Regt. Majors Sir T. Troubridge, 7th Re in .; Hon. J. M axw ell, 50th Regt.; Berme, 95th Regt. ; Wakefield, 28th Regt. Captains Thomson, 10th Hussars; Kennedy, 77th Regt. ; Hon. P. Fielding, Coldstream Guards ; Wilsoo, Coldstream Guards ; Dickson, 30th Regt. • Charlton, 95th Rest. ; Tu. well, Royal Artillery ; Aldworth, 7th Fusiliers; Sankey, 47th Regt. ; Ladder, 47th Regt.; Boldero, 21st Regt. ; Elume,6sth Regt. ; Gubbins, 85th Regt. ; Baddeley, Royal Artillery ; Vials, 95th Regt. ; McDonald, 920 d Regt. ; Campbell, lit Dragoons ; Elmsall, lot Dragoons; Tipping, Grenadier Guards; De Honey, Grenadier Guards; Cameron, Grena dier Guards; Hon. A. Fraser, Scot& Fusilier Guards; Gipps, Scots Fusilier Guards ; Shuckburgh, Scots Fusilier Guards; Mande, Royal Artillery ; Harries 83rd R eg'.; Shipley, 7th Regiment; Barstow, Royal Artil lery; Robert sou, 4th Dragoon Guards; Darker, lit Royal Itegt.; Bamford, 63rd Regt.; At c h er l e y, 30 t h R egt. ; W h i te, 17th Lancers; Meredith, 41st Regt.; Bligh, 4l 4lst ßept. ; Bay ley, 30th Regt. ; Browne, 44th Rest. ; H ut t on , 4 t h Li g h t Dragoons; Ingleby, Royal Artillery. Captain 0. Miller, 79th Regt., proceeds to Eng land to join the depot, being supernumerary of hia rank with the service companies. The following general order appeared on the 14th of Jan., 1855 : The Commissary General will forthwith take mean es to supply the divisions with fuel daily. , 1 THE CIVIL SERVICE. BOARD OF Thens.—Mr. H. Lack, senior supple mentary clerk, has been appointed junior clerk. Meurs. B. W. Parsley, T. Gray, and W. Pattrickson, junior sup plementary clerks, have been appointed senior supplemen tary clerks. Messrs. N. Lee, W. W. Luker, J. Walsh, T. H. Babington, D. Jones , R. Townsend, C. L. Bell, H. D. IL Spines, and A. Stoneham, have been appointed jollier supplementary clerks. Megan. J. W. Willes C. Beach, A. Carr and Swains, have been appointed fount:Ole/1e clerks in the °fees of the Registrar-General of Seamen under the Board of Trade. COSTOMIL—SemaI clerkships will be vacant, it is ex pected, Immediately, in the Examiner's, Controller-General, and Reeeiver-General's oMoss, owing to daily expected orders from the Treasury to enlarge these departments. Mr. C. H. Saunders has been appointed clerk to the In muter General of Imports and Exports in London ; Mr. J. E. Tindall has been appointed clerk at the London Docks; Mr. F. Salmons has been appointed principal coast officer at Prestos. _ _ CELILITY Countsatox.—The appointment of Paid Coat simile for Charities in England and Walm is vacant, caused by the death of the Reverend Professor Richard Jones; 1,2001. per annum till March, 1857, when the act states that the number of paid oommissionen shall be reduced from three to two.—Cori! Slavic, Gestate. CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 2.—(By Electric Telegraph.)— Smith's prises have been this day adjudged u follows: Savage, St. John's ; Courtney, St. John's—equal. JENNY LIND.--AccOtlete from Hamburg of the 30th January mention the arrival of Jenny Lind-Gold. said% who with her husband gave a concert the night before at the Apollo Saloon, which was crowded to suffoca tion. A marked difference in her voles wu, however, per. ceptible between now and those palmy days when she earned for herself the flattering epithet of "the Swedish Nightingale." Übe intended giving two more concerts, one of widely it no tendentood, was to be for dub* milt of the pear froilin lobe nffered such leases from the memorable 13111116011010 on New-year's Day. l an Queen of Spain has conferred upon Mr. CiesegeMealdosilway contractor, the Order of Charles 111., o 1111111101014111 M his enterprise in initiating the railway eyries to twaseseatry. Mr. Mould is now engaged in the eaufleseties of a line of railway which is to conned Sea- War with Madrid. Lord Torrington and Lady Molesworth visited the Turkish Ishibition yeeteeday. Oa Wok, evening newt, es it may not be maim to reed temoveary, Nee. Posy Kimble will read Shan. pores Cs is et .• A Kidessara Drum," seem. 4 =IIIMAZ OII of Newideefin's music by an cabmen and seder the direeties of Benedict. Inuinee BAL 114A8Quit took piess last it at Coesselerdes Theatre, &nisi the miss of rammed@ essowts whisk have bees this mama WU ks the int thee hem. The bees* wee owl Wel* derseated, tile white dory watesethes egress* with amiseess Mew sad math, el &wars, sad the MUMS of the theatre dkpiapiee to wives*. _the sudsy ousass of the swesebied oimitees. The alma erse Istr, sad the demise, le the eslivesiag Maim of Jelllnes aegailissat bead, wee kept ap with greet split* a late her. APOTHECARIES ° HALL.—NSEISS of siathmos who post their essatimsdsa ia the seises* wed Vie stedisiee, _sad readied seellissess Is sessise, es Feb. 1, US :—Juis lislshes Ifiraaaft-,WMos 111, Boddie id* lb& Odium. Wehodosids; Thad diwoodjuirdc Os& THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. (ram nts SPEW. NEWS.) Till DAILY BALAHLLVA, .Y•x. 19. There is little news in camp. This is the Nth day sines the 17th of October, when our Funs first opened upon Sebastopol. The siege is at a stand-still, and makes no progrrs whatever. Oar batteries have long been silent ; indeed for the last four weeks we have rather been on the defensive, even against the town to which we are laying siege. Whatever active operations there have been, were on the part of the Russians : they fired at us, and every now and then kept our pickets up to the mark by one of their frequent sorties. Even they have tired of these unprofitable diversions : their fire has slack ened by degrees, and died away. Since in our pre sent condition we cannot even annoy, much less threaten them, they seem to be contented to let ne alone, and only watch our movements. They show a strong force of pickets in the plain, and - seem to invite, and even to provoke another French recon naissance. For the time being the armies may be said to have gone into winter quarters : the French, English, and Turks on the plateau of Sebastopol, and the Russians at Simpheropol, Baktschi , Berai, and Sebastopol. Of course there is no say ing how long this calm is likely to continue on the part of our enemies. The latest information given by deserters, and notably by two deserters who some days ago surrendered to a picket of the 91st, is, that . 30,000 fresh troops were, some ten days ago, brought to Bimpheropol on sledges. This is exactly one of the deserters' stories in which I am inclined to have faith. Whenever these men speak of distress in the camp they have left, of disease and despair among the troops, and of a general desire to come over to us, the presumption is that the picture is overdrawn, and that the men thus overdrawing it tell us what they fancy will please us most. They have placed their fate in the hands of men of whom they know nothing whatever, and are naturally anxious to propitiate our good will. Good quarters to the bearer of good new., is the deserter's motto. But when the fugi tives from the hostile camp tell us of meditated assaults on our position, of dangers, and of strong reinforcements to the enemy's power, the new. is bad, and there is a strong presumption in favour of their speaking the truth. And, as considering the distance, there has been plenty of time, and as the winter has opened the sledge road over the steppe, we may take it for granted that 30,000 men have joined the Russian forces at Perekop in the manner described. I do not believe that the arrival of this force will materially affect the pres.nt suspense of operations. My experience of Russian armies leads me to suppose that these 30,000 new arrivals will just make up for the lose of the Russian army since the sth November. Moat probably they do not even cover that leis. Life is cheap in Ramie, and Russian officers are proverbially corrupt, thought less, and reckless. Whatever provision may have been made for the maintenance of the Russian army in the Crimes, there is a strong probability that the money and stores have been jobbed and squandered away, and that thousands of starving soldiers have helped to fatten a contractor and his jackals. In this respect the Russians are very much on a par with the Turks, and I have been assured on the best authority that the Turkish army in Bulgaria lost 80,000 men in the course of last winter. If the Russians hold the field against us until the return of spring their loss from hunger and disease will cer tainly not be under 80,000. If they attempt another Inkerruann there is no saying how great their loss will be. The general opinion in our camp is that the next two months will pass without active operation.. The general wish is that the Russians may come on and get another thrashing, such as they got at Inker mann. Since we cannot march away from Sebas topol heights and attack them at Baktschi-Serai, it is devoutly desired, though hardly hoped, that they will come and get the hard knocks which we cannot afford to carry to their own firesides. If, as they most likely will, they remain at a respectful distance, we shall have slow work and a hard time of it, for a good many weeks to come. The ground is frozen, and the frost prevenfs the carrying on of engineer ing operetions, even if our engineers were equal to their work, which is, to say the least, an open ques tion. The roads are what they long have been—im passable. A journey into camp and back again to Balaklava is an affair of two days. Shot and shells can go up by hand, but the transport of heavy guns is altogether out of the question. An attempt is now making to construct sledges for the conveyance of stores and ordnance. I shall in due time report on the result of the experiment. I have mentioned the impassable condition of the reads. Need I say that our troops in the Sebastopol front are still on half, and sometimes on quarter rations? that they are, indeed, on such allowances of food as accident or the energy of the Commissa riat officers of the divisions permits of being brought up ? The Light Division, in charge of Assistant Commissary General Darling, are well off, and so are the Guards Division. The Second Division get on tolerably, but loud and bitter are the complaints of the Third and Fourth Divisions. I do not think that any mentionable amount of blame attaches to the Commissariat offimrs in charge of these divisions. No doubt they do their duty, and can hardly be held answerable for the extraordi nary difficulties which obstruct them in their legiti mate endeavours. The fact is, that commissariat officers in charge of divisions most, at the present crisis, do more than their duty; that they must not only be energetic, indefatigable, and inventive, but, in order to do good, must set about the task assigned to them with an utter disregard of self, with a sovereign contempt for their own comfort and convenience, with a determination, at whatever, cost and risk to their health and lives, to feed the 1 troops confided to their care, so long as it is within' the power of human energy and ingenuity to accom plish that task. Even with all these qualities, there are many failures for which the troops have to suffer. In ordinary times privates and sergeants consider it a privilege . to be told off to the working staff of the commissariat officer in charge of the corps. They get extra pay; their duties are lighter and more agreeable than their regimental duties ; they have more liberty and a good deal of spar!, time. If they misbehave themselves in their privileged position, they are sent back to their . regiments. That is their punishment. Now all this is changed. Far from considering the special service of the Commis sariat a privilege, the men find that their duties are harder and more inevitable than those of their comrades on the Sebastopol front. The being sent back to the regiment ceases to be a punishment. Indeed, the men declare that they prefer the service in the trenches to the road work between Balaklava and Sebastopol. They offend for the express pur pose of being sent back to their regiments. And these offences—absconding, delay, disobedience of orders, and worse, the loss, or rather the making away with public property—fall upon their comrades in camp, and foil the endeavours even of the best officers. Apropos of the Commissariat. I hear it asserted that the Irish constabulary attached to that depart ment are about to be sent home. The reason alleged is that they have not been able to master the duties or conquer the difficulties of their new position; in short, that they are inefficient. Whether right or wrong I know not, but the roasted coffee scandal is laid at the door of these men. The facts are these. Thanks to the complaints in camp and their echoes in the press, arrangements were made, some time ago, to roast a certain quantity of coffee per diem for the use of the troops on the Sebastopol front, who , having the hardest work, can least of all be expected to roast their own coffee. A certain quantity of coffee is roasted in Balaklava and issued daily, but not to the officers in charge of the Sebastopol divi sions. However strenuous the efforts of these officers, they have, some of them , and soma only very rarely, been able to obtain their share of the luxury. Where the roasted coffee goes to no one lean tell. The presumption is that it fi nds its way Ito other corps, with feu to do, and in more favour- able positions. That there is in this affair the jobbing and the favouritism of underlings, is self-evident. The constabulary are accused of hav ing a hand in the job. I mention the fact, hoping that time will bring a satisfactory explanation. A large number of wooden huts are in the harbour, Nei on the beach, and a few of them have been put They are very neat to look at, and, as far as I las tai estead ken those who we them, %bey ire SCUTARI HOSPITAL. (11011 TIl COYIJLIMPONDINT 07 TIIII DATLY Yaws.) CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 22. Yesterday I visited the British hospital at Scutari, and feel the highest satisfaction in being now in s position to report progress. All is improved, much improved, since my list excursion. All looks as cheery as may be expected under existing eircumetauces ; nor is there any longer a trace or what I had the misfortune to witness, and to deplore deeply, on my first visit, after the battle of Alma. We are still, no doubt, far behind the splendid nosocomical arrange ments of our provident French allies ; but you may rest assured that all material requisites have been amply and liberally supplied—whether from private benevolence or government efforts at the eleventh hour, it boots not and that the asylum of our sick and wounded heroes is, at the present moment, on a decent, respectable footing, and replete with homely comforts. The corridors are now effectually closed into com partments, by wicket-partitions, the atmosphere pure and wholesome, and the temperature raised equably by means of stoves placed at convenient inter vals throughout the entire establishment. There are bedsteads, although of rude construction; mattresses, blankets, covering of every description, in great abundance ; as also hospital apparel, sheets, been, eec., and a change to be had for mere asking. Fur niture of all kinds, cooking utensils, and all the requisites of dinner service, have been also provided ; there was not even a coffee-mill to be bad, I recol lect well, on my first visit, in the whole establish ment. The wrappers and clothing of the convalescents appeared to me quite as it should be, although it seems that a quantity of these articles had been carried up to Balaklava, owing to the confusion which exists in the direction of our transport service. All this, and innumerable other mischances, might have been averted by the simplest of all expedients. such as the French have adopted from the very out set. Two of their officers are stationed from morning till night at the Health-office, and thus their ships are directed without the possibility of mistake to the destined point. . . . With respect to alimentation, the hospital is pro vided with the best of every thing, and neither pains nor expense is wanting to ensure that object. Beef, mutton, poultry, vegetables, fruit, and every other item is supplied on a liberal scale. Moreover, in passing through the wards, I took the greatest pains to ascertain from numbers of the suf fering inmates whether they had any complaint to make in reference to the regularity of the medical attendance, the vigilance of tho nurses, the quantity and quality of their food, and lastly, whether wine, porter, tea, coffee, and other little comforts were liberally provided by the hospital authorities. On all these points you will learn with satisfaction that I heard not a eagle murmur in the whole course of my rounds. The only subject qui laissait u desirer, was the lateness of the dinner hour, 4 p.m., and this, it must be admitted, is a deviation from hospital practice all over the world. I had an opportunity of witnessing the attention of the nurses and Sisters of Mercy, in the vestal garb of their order, dispensing to a long array of sufferers medicine and words of consolation. It was, indeed, a goodly eight, to contemplate this baud, of various sects, united in peace and love--one heart, one mind, one arm—all devoted to the accom plishment of their angelic mission. Truly, it augurs well of the times ! The medical staff at Scutari amounts to about 26, besides an equal number of dressers and assist ants; and the sick and wounded, if I am rightly informed, shipping included, to about 4,000. A variety of successful operations have been performed—others have failed, owing to secondary symptoms, vulnemry fever, hospital gan grene, and such like. With regard to the sick, the great majority of cases at present in the hospital consist of various intestinal ailments, and more especially diarrhema. I conversed with many of the men affected with this latter complaint, and according to their relation they had been suffering, generally speaking, for a long time, and one even from the month of April last. I inquired of the nurses, as well as the patients, in respect to the treatment and diet usually adopted in the hospital for the cure of this malady. According to their statement, the principal remedies consist in pills, opiate they supposed, an astringent mixture, and the starch enema occasionally. Animal food is allowed to some in a fluid, to others in a solid form, and one man in the latter category told me that after each meal the symptoms of his disease were certain to ensue. On returning home I related these facts to a medical man of long standing and extensive practice in this country; and as I am myself utterly incompetent to judge of these matters, it may not be uninteresting to give you in substance his opinion. and outline of treatment, generally speaking, in such cases: Numbers of officers and civilians arriving from the Crimea, and affected with diarrhoss, have been under my care; and the following mode of treatment appears to me best adapted to the conditions of this climate. It has, at least, been generally attended with success in those cases which have come under my observation, and that in the apace of 5, 10, or 20 days at the utmost. Those patients, I may remark, had been, in the first instance, using in vain opium, brandy, wine, and various stimulants, as well as nutritious food, to combat evident debility, which is mote or less attendant on all chronic complaints. Nevertheless, I Imes not hesitated to consider the primary cause of the eto consist in irritation, more or less, of the whole latentlnal tract, aggravated necessarily by the remedies em ployed, and directed my attention accordingly to this Oat. I have, therefore, almost invariably had to apply leeches locally to different parts of the ab domen and ad ammo, according to circumstances ; linseed poultices day and night in abundance ; dry cupping occasionally; internally, copious mucilaginous drinks, and a thick entire linseed enema immediately after each tlejeo tion. Irritation having been thus combated, it has been sometimes necessary, in the stage of convalescence, to use a decoction of columbo, a few grains of Dover's powder, and a table-spoonful of port wine in • tumbler of water, at meals. It has been' to cauterise the last of sulphate of capper, diet in thew moo has matte n of arrowroot, On arriving at tu. tune to meet, in limits*, Mr. B—, who, -_ countrymen, without measuring from head hie protNtiolli tOudeeted rarely necessary, swept in dysentery, intestine, by mesas of • w ,r, or nitrate of silver . . 91111111 P., as consisted tbronglion 1, '3" fg) , t, sago, or pound rice. = (-4/ 4 the hospital, I had rei 4 , • _ , imine, a most amiatei strange to say, nnl* • r r l out a preliminary in 111 .7. head to foot, took ma ; i t:" endlleted me thrnuF ,Y 0 L; ••.1 A