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

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TBURSDAT, JAN. O. IN LORD Coowczi.Los took bit lest oft Ike wooloook at I ;•• rft - - - VOTE OF CENSURE ON THE GOVERNMENT. Lard LYNDHURST gave wiles that on Friday, the lad et February, he should move the following reeolatien : " That is the opinionafthiahoue the expedition to the Crimea wee tuadertalen by her Majesty's government quote means, and without due shakos or milkiest iaquiry late the eaten and extent of the resistance to be from the teeny ; and that the easiest and el the government in the deadest of the wa r le le wet Cambium multi." THE VOTE OF THANKS TO THE ARMY. • The LORD CHANCELLOR recd the fallowing letter he. Lord Raglan: " Sebastopol, Jut. 7, 1866. "My Lard, —l have lad the brume to receive yens MeV .lip's letter of the 184 k of Deseieber, trarannit== l i=r to the eb et the 11.ute of esPmella seem they eatieleie et thh end domes% tereinut xnederod to the anatey by se est dee elllaat nay ask, esuesegad, wed sae SI dariffy theme usebilleie Ie the *event' by eshe aftspeilaise me. " I bow, latilleelhe et eseseatiog the and oth i gezeed Who Weep the tribute if theine.trit ships' awl I Wee M stake Per kodollitil e : thei wenn* Ike pest ditheetios that bias nos. tared epee this. " The lattedeg tortes in which your lordship bee bee• =I as he estrty to we the resolutions of the Howe of and Me gratifying notice that their lordships have been plumed is Ulm of my servitors, demand the swamies of my heartfelt gratitude, sad 1 hope I do sot trespass too nosh on your lordship's Madams in asking you to he the owe of ay sentiment to the bone. " I have lost se lime in weeesitting to Gement Ortro beet the resolutions Neveyleig *eh lordships' throb to bin and the nark temp sr their gelleet coiegmestioe with ler Mhjesty's Elm; eel I have am the hex t i.eice • law width I law twitted fres Me , esetat ra ttayry of the eater be bee publie army itis emmeed, sad regaining se to to thin hew deeply he feet the tilleineehhed bonny of tisk thenbA and hew telly t h e toellage se partici. criebis by the lick uses, whole einesindee with the away hoe_ wedgedmeek beeedelal reeniet, sad exhi bited le the Toil In se werpieeens • mow the !Waste Mitten estabilehed betimes the two eouniden "I ban Ihe hint to b. with she MEWS Torsi.t all wet °hefted meant, Raetrx. 111:1? C lir IM Is tr il 4 the Lord Obeesellor." The telliewleg is • espy of Henan Canroberes letter, we hoed le le the above oteminni.ation "Amide irChriest. " Wiest de Cemeedestion- Chef, "Ace geselluriplalsal, dorsal Sebastopol, - _ he 6 Joann, MI "My Lved,—Le Palm/tad Aaglais en primal lee Hee- Whine se you Tooled Men w. traosmettre, • cembi6 Tarred. Francais,. Ha combattant d Alma I c6:6 do ramie Britannique, dant rine brealable *nicht& a iti si benignant retearqede, ea Taidaat a lokermsen 1 battle l'eweemni seanna, elle email avoir fait vas devoir mule definket as eatteadeit pas I memoir des repriseatuta de la Wks Aselaies an tiseigusge d'estims 1 la foie si Okra voillorlde lidelant. " rerneetles_ lse j. von pile d'Etre sures du °nevem none dells MOM is Rein. et do Parlemeat Angle.% dee ireatimmate (Wont fait maitre dada sae 'sprits ea ease Wessel& lis rendrut plus itroite par la stades la NUNES qui unit lee dens peoples dens Bette gains en try*, peer la Weems de droll. La Wee, aletteeuee, quo vette seignearie • Men eons seedmisser I sem tweasion, "One use nouveau viz ii l'hoeweet qui tams est fait. Is penis avec you, my lord, quo Pesten emu In gashes: ea chef est la seilleuse • .._Ue de ranks entre la aratim, et delude Welke *NISI ennable, volts bisaysillande m'a tondo le ceasert ni dm& ion' est poor inoi an eatratnemeot nature' want Won doreit de situation. "Ilinsms, wy lord, Tespreesiou de me 'nineteen: Siteesmat. "Le Dinkel en Chef, .*Gbeiral CLXloBallt. " P.B.—l'al Thermalsr de you clutter eommaeicatien de 1 mdse emir& pas lequel j'ai fait eeensttre l Parade &en rolee les tleolauons du Parlereent Auelais. " Genital CLWRODIiaT. " A B.S. I* Feld Marietta Lord Raglan, Commandant en Chef l'lssinie Anglaise." The letter was ordered to be entered on the Ousels of the lease. LORD ELLENBOROUOH'S MOTION. The Berl of ELLBNBOROUOR had given mottos that Ise would move for certain returns on Monday next, sad he had intimated that he would on that occasion make some obese• 'otiose on the general oonduct of the war. As, however, a noble and learned lord bad since given notice of a motion burimg on the same subject, he thought it would be IMO usverdent not to move for those returns on Monday; and he would therefore move for them on some other day. . - THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. The Disko of NEWCASTLE—My lords, it is proper to inform your lordships that an announcement has been made his evening in the other house, to the effact that the noble bled the leader of her Majesty's government in that house has tendered to her Majesty the resignation of hie dace as President of the Conseil, and that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to aoeept that resignation. Under thee, eireumatences, the House of Commons have consented to ad journ until to-morrow ; and as my noble friend as the head of her Majesty's government hu got.e down to Windsor, I teal that it would probably be in accordance with your lord ships' views, If your lordships would fellow their example, although I know it is not so essential, and would likewieo count to adjourn until to-morrow. If my noble friend en the opposite side of the hones and my noble friend on this side have no objection to postpone their motions, I will •venture to move that this home do now adjourn. The Earl of WINCHILSEA was understood to expels a drug muddy to have an opportunity of saying a few words on the subject of his motion, which was one re. toting to the course taken by the press with respect to the war. The Earl of DERBY—I should be very sorry to put my noble friend to the slightest personal inconvenience, but I venture to suggest that after what has fallen from the noble dyke, and is the unavoidable sinews of the noble earl at the lead of her Majesty's government, it would be for the genera esavenienee if be would have the goodness to pest pree his mottos, mite take another opportunity of drawing attention to the very important subject of which he has gives sinks. Earl GREY withdrew his motion. Earl FITZ WILLIAM—My lords, we have been in formed by my noble friend the noble duke opposite, that a noble lord who holds a high office in the government, sad who holds a still higher office in another respect, that is to say, what in practice, though not technically or sonatina timidly, is called the leader of the House of Commas, has resigned. My lords, we are informed that a pines 'soapy tag so important a situation has resigned his office, but of the Caws which have led to that resignation we have no Lahr =alien whatever. Now, my lords, I do sorehead that theos are changes which ought not to be made is a need tatiesel government without parliament being informed of the causes which have led to them. The Duke of NEWCASTLE—WiII my noble friend per sit sae to interrupt him ? The noble lord to whom I refer has not made any statement in the House of Commons; but I have every reason to believe that he will do so to-morrow. It would sot, therefore, be fair, or in secordaase with the amuse usually taken la sleek mess, to attempt to elicit the causes which have led to the resignation before to-morrow peaniajg. Under the eireumstaaces, I appeal to my noble !rimed whether it would set be better sot to eater ups the shiest on the preseat ONSMICS. 2.1 TITZWILLIAII—If the government think it is net desirable to give the information, of course I sass Melt it hen then ; bet I still nations to think that events of this &seriphs should hot be onsatuaicated to pulls seat wittiest mess latisation as to what have been the psode of the nail/stirs It does appear to see that Sue h a plat ups whisk iallerseation ought to be gives to the boon at the very ease time as that at whisk the feet itself Is ossrasicated to it. The simple fact of the resighatioN is a matter of little insporteas, in comprises wit► the grounds upon which that amuse has been takes. Issas, give so have to my, it is no light matter either fee the govereseat tm resign en mess, or for atm of t►e nest im ports% awsbere of it to sever himself from all sewasitta with his colleagues. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE-31y noble Meal will see that sew has a right to give for the a►le lord the resew whisk have led to hi weiguatimr. The sable lord who has resigned will state the reuse foe that resignation at W owe time ; sad flume every nuns to believe that it is his Steads to state theta tomorrow. I vesture. there hie, to ask my noble friss& to smoulder whether be has a right to all upea say ass to hake that explanation hi the Was lied whisk be alms L sospeteat to make be bar self ? (Hew, hear.) Their Iselehipeadjeased at 26 Wastes pest 6. ROUSE OF COMMONS.--TsuasDAT LW * 26* The !Inuits'' took the skate et 4 o'clock. ' NEW MIMES& Iv. I.OIIIIIICITOW, GOO Of the recently elected ieseibus On Ceateebary, took the oaths cad kW seat PRIVATE BUSINESS. Mr. BROTHIATON Undated * member el prirge We, by presenting the anal prelimieug pp titian. PUBLIC BUBIrMe MR. ROBBUCIL' i IIf TX. 4 Mr. ROEBUCK gave amiss meths which steed la his apse Mat nigh nail W. menew (Friday). The millisa thfrAdisellowe essesiittee to Woke late seediAea of It, az= Bebestepsi. mid We the ended et them departments of iltasnmemazhir daty Waimea staiislAtst tc vents el that army.' THE EXPRESS. FRIDAY KTEN7G, JANUARY 26, 1855. THE NEW RETURN OF NEWSPAPER 40 tbstas#Lic: , Pir .? „, il l i r mis 1 1a y '...1 11 . • , i . I. 7 . in 3 t 11.8 84 74 4. 0.4•1, Messing Herald . . WON • - MISS — - Amain( Cbrialals . • . 162,800 1. Wadi -- 471,13*-=116,21.. , . 176,010 '• WON . MAO . : INAS . MAN . Molls . Ike . Iltisdari . iideado them to persist in trifling with the' the national indignation. Between !huts arrayed against etch other; des eountryiannotAmeitate for a reomest. Wo yids fear that the Nellie* will be ambled to sulfate* themselves in ogee bin in vokbeg lb* protection of the Cotter, agilasSi* people ; though they have shrunk from no MO* ices of eels/slim' sos Ise adulation that might preiaft . upon it to take part with them agai* their more liberal and energetic colleagues.' This &are ippliee ore or lees to the whole of the Rate section, but more especially to Lord HARDING/2, who his far out stripped his eollsegnes in obsequiousness and vulgar flattery. Bet we trust to the good sense end high principle of the Meadow person against whom this battery of parasitical obsequiousness has been so indefatigably played, for resisting and defeating it. It would be madnees is the Court to interfere when the people are certain, at no distant day, to become arbiters as to where the blame lies. And the invok. iag of such aid, against the people, would betray, on the part of those who had recourse to such a step, a selfishness pushed to the verge of treason. As to the possible arrangements in the event of the existracticat of a liberal and energetic Cabinet, it would be premature to discuss them. One or two general positions, however, cannot be too early laid down. In the first place, the Premier ought to be a man with a will of his own, and deeply impressed with the responsibility he incurs by assuming the reins of government at a moment like the present. In the next place, the War Minister—second in im portanoe,ittpreeent,only to the Premier—ought to be a man of Arai nerve, who will feel no compunction in dismissing incompetent subordinates; and who will be above the meannees of retaining inefficient men in office, as so many tabs to throw out to the whale when danger threatens. Lastly, an opportunity is afforded, by the attendant on the Ministerial disruption, to give a pledge to the people that. in future, the principle of admitting to high Moe seen who owe their public position solely to their Wants, courage, and patriotism will be acted upon. It has been customary, on similar occasions, to regard the person by whose means the crisis has been brought on as entitled to a place in the consequent arrangements. On the present occasion the blow has been struck by Mr. Romincic.—Daily New. Suppose, after all. that he saw the sincerity of Austria, and, in opposition to the other members of the Mbinst, gladly see in end to the Conferences at (Vienna. Sapless Wit the 11x-Minister had resolved that he, at lass!, yield be no party to an easy peace, land that hisindithation was, in fact, a censure on col leagues too ready to sacrifice the honour of their around the board Tina Lars% Tomb proidod or their lord. _ _ _ _ But, as alreidy said, all that is really known of Lord low( Ruessufs resignation, and the reason he has Assigned for it, will be found stated in the preceding article. For what he himself may be disposed to tell we must wait till this evening. In the meantime, it seems not uninteresting to chronicle the various shapes that rumour successively emoted in the course of yesterday—to stamp on the canvas thew " Cynthia* of the minute"—to encase in amber these flies of the order of the ephemera.—Daily News. RESIGNATION OF THE "TIMES."-RUIN OF THE NATION. (/11011 ♦ WZIT-END ON 11111 DAILY xiwc) Yesterday the Times formally placed in the hands 'of the publics the resignation of its office of chief' adviser. It will no longer be responsible for the national welfare. "We will take no further part in such an affair. We wipe our hands of the war." Its commands are not obeyed, and it retires. Like other prime ministers, on quitting office it gives a last advice to withdraw the troops from the Crimea, break off the alliance with France, let Turkey fight against Austria and Russia, hold out the hand to the Czar, and ask for his mercy and forgiveness. Does the IVmes, which 1111811010/ that its advice has guided the war, hope to escape impeachment by now running away when difficulties have come? Does it hope for honour and reward from the conquerors, by being foremost to counsel submission? Poor public, what will become of you, now you are forsaken by your greet leader ? What can you do, but follow his ad vice? Withdraw from the Crimes, allow the Turks and the Russians to settle their own quarrels in their own way, and carry on your trade under the protec tion of the mighty Czar as you best can. Perhaps ton may suspect treachery in the advice pre viously given-.-treachery in first having belied our army and under-stated our national resources—and then treachery in deserting to the enemy—treachery all through. And if yon harbour such a suspicion, you will not regret but rejoice at the resignation of the 71mes, and regard it as the surest means of pre serving your power, saving your honour, and giving the law to the Czar. COLONIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO m Mr G. A she bar, sad, la enema la lie mil et die ham perm Me ad u lt bad pemarell Maim _ e to lay balm the Mom pageta t•lbel Madded of addresses and real per ei^ by awed soisalal leghlatuess mil midis bodies with referee*, to the war in whisk this amintry was es geed. Thers e ekt be others whisk MI set yet arrival, lad wilsYlio take the sorlisot .qty of loyloB ea she Illio bow. The home irimil be gratified to IA whom Mae pupae were in *dr behlb;'whish they my gam wool be, that they all ea promed Molloy of met &motel Welty gad greasiest to her Msj•ej—(hear)— 1 and hear Of saint earisedl with this country in IlMwerla whisk woven Some Miami matained, iraillides, substantial the liberality of the selea .. anstilZieL e le the se them who were left of their Mem* or bushman (ear,) thine was one agreed to jointly by the 0111 ad of Canada, teaderrie their NM greteladere to Mr as the &rims mei ilish had Melded dm of Alma end lakenarsa u _sell ex. ~smog Ibir leis to midrib tome& the Nada the Mims sailorphona of the edam salaam of the allied Mar of Frame azi aj AVlL alsiiii. Twt"li aro hi MA remised a hoes Sir mamma Head, the Gmenter-Gemial Owed% traameittieg two dr a fts for AlN er d is tl ie nt4 : l ll l l serest of she eoatribation by of Cre st lisp that purpose. ( , beer Aisatinl& take throrelleatoplestaalty of kyles the bases two bil/a who had Noel the Canadian hre. `tai Mr. ADM.L Idabel to ask the right hors. WNW whether thus Wei MY isiiliiiii il m0d 6 .11 say illesser- Wisest hist pestromat. of emits gratifying angootehm if °Mara on girt et the ediende— .a ezpreinks elheling which wm esesatiak cwt impertam. sad Ml* ripe eaM as teem meson« et thassenetry. Sir GI. OMIT mid the addresses were addressed to her Majesty ; di ha mood bate, say that he bad Norm& her Majesty's initisslisas to manse ill, sentimeate with whisk she bad realm& this.. (Rear, hear.) SAVINGS BANKS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved to discharge the order for the @woad reediag of this bill, with the view to its postponsueut until this day. flip H. WILLOUGHBY—WiII it thou be brought on f The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped to I he able this to proceed with the bill. (A bosh.) NOTICE'S OF MOTIONS. By Ms. Hirewoop, on Thursday, bill to amend the law rehrabt le marriage with a deceased wife's at.,. Mr. Cowl*, ea Tuesday, to call the atteatioa of the bows to the state of our trade with Russia. SUCCESSION TO REAL PROPERTY. Mr. L. RING pestpoood his motion on this subject till ' Ow Sth of Feb. RESIGNATION OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. XT. HATTER—I have been requested by the noble lord the mister for the City of London to stets to the house that be bro seadiffed it consistent with his public duty ra sped:ay to Maier to her Majesty his resignation of the Mies which b• bald as Pearliest of the Conan, which re eigastien her Majesty has been graciously pleased to tempt. (This saniansement was received with profound allow, broken only by a single " hear, hear," from the opposition side of the house.) The noble lord will tone an early otos lion of statiag to this house the ground, by which he has ben induced to coin to this determination. Viesount PALMERSTON—After the exesediagly im portant announcement which has been made by my right bon. Mead, I trust the home will not think that her Ma jesty's government are trespassing too mush upon their indulgence if I ask the home to adjourn mail to-morrow. There are obvious reasone—reesons which I think will be apparent to bon. members on both sides of the house—for tho mimed I have thus ventured to make—(hear, hear) — and I would hope that those gentlemen who have motions standing for to-night would have the goodness to postpone them till to-morrow, at which time they will stand in the mine position. Mr. DISRABLI—No ; not in the same position. Lord Pl F-I bog to move that ti do home do sow adjourn till to-morrow. 11r. H. DRIJIIKOND-- I beg to differ with the noble lord. Mess who have notices of motions for to-night will not stand is the same situation to-morrow. (Hear, hear.) I dent know what the opinion of the house is as to bringing on this question now; but I cannot consent to any post. ponement, unless the noble lord will agree to give prece dence to-morrow to my motion and that of the hon. and learned member for Sheffield. I will take care to con dones what I have to say into a very short compass. But if these motions are to have precedence, it mast be done by an order of the house. Sir J. PAILINOTON—As the motion of which I have given notice, respecting education, stands first this evening, I wish to state, after the communication that has been made, that I shalt at once accede to the 'notion of the noble viscount, and postpone the motion of which I have given notice. (Hear, bear.) I will, therefore, name this day wee► ; but it being uncertain, from the state of the notice book, whether I can bring forward a motion of such ha• portant* on that day, I hope, under the circumstances, that I may trust to the government that I may not be in a worm position than I now stand in. Lord PALMERSTON—I believe the hon. and learned member for Sheffield hu postponed his emotion until to- morrow. It will therefore take the precedence ; and it is the wish sad intention of the government to oppose no impediment to iis coming on the first thing to-morrow. Mr. ROBBUCIC—I believe it is the wish of the kolas* to determine that nip rood= stall have precedence of the orders of the day to-morrow. Therefore, if the noble lord will compost to that, I can have no objection to the post ponement. Lewd PALMERSTON—There are •o orders .f the day for to-narrow. The SPEAK= then put the motion for adjournruest, ant the home adjourned at half pest four o'clock. MINERS ON STANDING ORDERS OF THE HOUSES OF LORDS AND COMMONS. Under tle new orders of the House of Lords and the House of Commons the ezaminen for standing order, commenced their sittings yesterday, and the promoters of private bills appeared before them and proved assapliaaes with the standing orders of the Lords and Commons. In farmer yean the examiners received proofs for the Commons aloe., bat la the present year their jurisdiction is extended to both houses, by which means the promoters are spend the trouble and expense of a double attendance. The proof se regarded the Ileum of Lords was formerly of a very tedious and expensive character, inasmuch as all witnesses were required to be swim at the her of the home before beim, allowed to appear before the standing orders eben mates. _ Before Mr. May. The following bills were certified to have complied with the standing orders of both houses :—Brighten Improve ment Oonsuknoners and linaicipal Cemoratiele; Regent's Canal Company (purchase of at. Hartford Union Canal); 'Ulster Railway ; Leads Imotoreseent Company. Swansea Radii; Brilftl end Rester Railway; and Ratabf lliaa Light and Wm Ostapany. Before Mr. Smith. _ _ _ el=Gas Liges ad C ot.Co mpaay ; lioasaoath as' Cool Company ; Liverpool Docks ; wad Nantes Reads, IWO; et Yarrow ; Bolt= sad Nysls"sßed ; Pam Om, sad Water Os.gy ; sad ileath Rasters Rdilway ( Beath Yerliattira Railway sad River D as Company Bill was widarava. FALMOUTH, MONDAT.—Aboat oat Modred and sixty of the Devoe sad Omer&II Millie Maim hay. volunteered to go to the liediteenseas. odd; the gemise that they see eoessandot by Mole ma ass% Idle MS vidnally have ado a tailor ear of *sir owlet to sem mead their owt men. THE PATKOTIC FUND AT SOUTHAMPTON now saiosan to swirly 2,0004 Then. has boon tont hos Boathamples, glibly by the ladies of that tows 2001 b.. of totems for Oesseal Homiest's divielee of Trawl troops is Use Crimea. NIEL of peobseves be lb. English troops in the Orissa ; is all 130amidgeseeta, have bee. seat out to BeMsd sad Balshlava by the floattemites ladies ; 80 sot =to have bees seat from itetthemplen• * whisk were in the Isle Wtght. ombs et them shome have boot ea harn of ess. amber W et emalgeramis seat to isratheopeos, to be e ibirsee Sat r biso ks: Labs, Aliseney, Bath, itlibeas. • Chomestls, Croveloa, Ch 11 1 = else, Jerwrac ra reastle, Newest /Milk , Wolthess, eel Wksbeeler TM = W I * . have Nabbed leveret MN if V im. fa make apja g roness as Ch al iegois bee t wellies to dimples to my that what is most mated at llsoleel not is flannel for 'llamoodine, Maul sad woollies skids, drawers, *min OM. awl balm eVailitOS• TO CORRESPONDENTS. 4 Boomad Mltlo. of “Ito Itzoors." sostablot onoo maths's "Cimow." V palikied miry Tumidity mai NM" Milt, la taw kr pot 'Amalgamate Wooded tot "The Uprose,* Larks lousing papa, now Ws at die 0410% If, ftwavorlooalot, by Two Vole& as tit kr of palatally'. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ts DAY—lloralne. tk. Pm Wilms. R. MI. Timoasow—lSSQ. OIL Ms.— &Sao" 111. Ma. LONDON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 26. LATEST NEWS FROM ABROAD dz almxklux3 Lim sums TaLliguLsz.) MADRID, Jax. 22. M. &Milano, Minister of Finance, has resigned. He is suocooded by M. Mados.—Daily Nom (a: macrato AID BEKLIN, TEIIIIIDAT. Baron von Usedom does not go to Paris. General Wedell, Governor of Luxemboarg.arrived here yesterday, end will proceed on special emblem from the King of Pros& to the French Emperor.— Daily Nees. ST. PETERSBURG, WEDNESDAY. Priam Mentchilcoff reports on the 17th inst. that the beMegers make no progress. He says that in a sortie on the 15th the Russians made fourteen English and nine French prisoners.— Deify Nita. YESTERDAY'S RUMOURS. YESTERDAY was the high festival of Rumour. In the afternoon—some time before Mr. HAT TER made an official announcement of the fact in the House of Commons—it had become tolerably well known that Lord JOHN RUSSELL no longer held office in the Cabinet of Lord ABERDEEN. The public expected to hear that Government had been defeated in an attempt to oppose Mr. RORMICK's motion for a committee of inquiry into the conduct of the war,; and they were obliged to be content, at least for a few hours, with the sacrifice of one Minister. And, after all, it was neither the Duke of NEWCASTLE nor Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, but Lord JOHN Ream, who had offered himself as the victim to public indignation. Were matters to remain thus, the Pulite. would be undisturbed in the honours and emoluments of office, and the Whig sestion of the Cabinet alone would be made to feel that " England does not like a Coalition." But can the movement stop here? Or are we to hear of fresh re4gnations ? Is one Minister after the other to flinch from inquiry until Lord ABERDEEN is left, in solitary and unenviable grandeur, to look upon the desolation he has caused ? Or is Lord JoaN RUssELL the only one who has the honesty to confess that, in almost every respect, the Crimean expedition has been shamefully mismanaged; that the best thing is to make a clean breast of it, and to give up the task into the hands of men better qualified to meet a great emergency P To none of these questions can any reliable answer be returned, beyond what will be found stated in the preceding article. While waiting till Lord Joao shall tell his own tale in Parliament, it may be interesting to give, DISRUPTION. in as few words as possible, the passing rumours of yesterday. In some quarters it was believed, early We understand tbat, on the evening of the 23rd in the forenoon, that the whole Ministry had resolved instant, Lord foam Russell. wrote to the Earl of ABERDEEN, intimating that Mr. Minium had given u p en res ll i g nin g' The " deal ' it wee said ' was isn severe ' Do what they would, it was equay impossible to t o co of a motion for the appointment of a commit - the facts, and to withstand the sarcasm of tee to inquire into the conduct of the war. Lord Mr. ROEBUCK. The time had gone by for promises Joao stated that he did not see how the motion could be resisted. And he added, that uit involved and equivocations. The British nation wanted to know what had become of the thousands of brave a censure upon the War Department, with which his man who had lately left these shores in the pride of colleagues were connected, he thought his only course was to tender his resignation. This resignation life and strength. From every lip, in every palace was carried to Windsor by Lord ABERDEEN on and every cottage, the stern inquiry had come. It was Wednesday, and has been accepted by her MAJESTY. a terrible thing to face the organ of a nation, roused beyond endurance by the spectacle of calamities We were right, therefore, when we yesterday pre w dieted that Mr. RoEßucK's motion would lead to which might have been avoided. It might be that a ministerial „j a i,. But the progress of events other men would have been quite as inexperienoed, lies been even more rapid than we expected. The quite as unprepared for war, quite as unable to over heeeh-up of the Ministry has preceded, not followed, come the enormous difficulties of the crisis. But be that as it might, Ministers could not but know that the debate on Mr. ROEBUCK'S motion. We say the break-up of the Ministry—for the resignation of Lord they at least had failed, and the only possible course lonx Russ= is the drawing of the linch-pin out of was to resign. the coalition coach; it is impossible that the crazy Another rumour soon succeeded—that two members vehicle can continue to trundle on. Lord JOHN only were to be sacrificed. The Duke of NEWCASTLE RUSSELL having tendered his resignation, on t h e and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT were responsible, in the pros ground that he thought the national demand eyes of the public, for the confessed mismanagement Aar inquiry into the conduct of the war ought to be of the Crimean expedition. Why should the whole complied with, Lord ABERDEEN, by a d v i s i ng his Cabinet suffer for the wins of two men ? Why not Sovereign to accept the resignation, has declared his ding away the leaven which went far to corrupt the resehtdon to resist all inquiry. It is impossible, whole mass P This was no time to think of private with so many gross instances of mismanagement friendship and family connexions. Public men must staring the public in the face, and with such manifest rise above such petty considerations. How has that i mp ul ses , on th e part of the na ti on t o k now th e powerful Coalition Ministry earned nothing but con whole t ro th, a s a p re li m ina r y t o i m p rove d manage , tempt, inspiring no confidence, declining in repute msat, that an y Ministry can make a s t oo d cm suc h tion, bat bemuse two out of the whole number had untenable ground. shown themselves unequal to their task P There The trut h i s, t h at „may and concealment can could be no doubt about the matter. The sinning only tend to a perpetuation of imbecile formalism in members must be cut off. In other words, the Duke the conduct of the war. They can only Doreen that of NEWCASTLE and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT must sowardise which has occasioned all the delay and resi g n ' Notecion under which the army in the Crimea is At lest these rumours evaporated, and the real sawing; cowardice, not of oar armaments in the truth came out that Lord Joao RUSSELL alone had field, but of people at home, who have never dared to resigned, and that political oracles had been con masons appointment for merit alone, nor to mean stilted in vain. But the question remained, how the OM individual for incapacity or neglect. Under a event came to pass According to some accounts, the system of seamy no encouragement is held out to an wholeproesediog is a conspiracy, Pot up by Lord Joux English Ministry to make good appointm e nt s; on th e RUSSELL and Lord PALMER TON, for the entire contrary, it ensures immunity from punishment destruction of the Peelites. It was all very well, for making bad appointments, and is nothing short so long as the Whip were weak, to coalesce of a motional misfortune. It encourages a Minister with the followers of Sir ROBERT PEEL, but what to make bad appointments, inasmuch as it enable, was the cue now? It was the Peelites who had him to make a show of vindicating himself by a t drawn down upon the Cabinet the indignation of the any time throwing the blame upon some subordi. public, and they must perish in the storm which their nate, and sacrificing the unfortunate to appease public own conduct had raised. Besides, the whole force of indignation. This wretched Briton, we have good public opinion pointed in that &motion. It was reason to believe, has been systematically acted u p o n Lord GREY who had pointed out the necessity for a by some of the Ministate, who have given =lnto. War Minister, and no one was so well fitted as he nines to the attacks upon Lord RAGLAN, from the was to undertake the arduous duties of that post ignoble motive of averting such attacks from them-With Lord Jona Mune as Premier, Lord Pair selves. NERISToN as leader of the House of Common, and Against this dastardly policy—against the Lord GREY as War Minister, the whole aspect of system of mystification and concealment which affairs would presently be changed. The wand of has rendered its practice possible—Lad Imre the magician would wave over the snow-clad steppes Russell. has solemnly protested by withdraw• of the Crimea, Sebastopol would fall, and the mir ing, from the Cabinet. Lord ABERDEENand mory of the dread and sorrowful past would quickly his more immediate retainers in the Minis, fads away- I try, by their earnest preparations to resist Mr. I But this was not the only form that busy rumour Roznuex's motion, have declared their fixed deter took. Lord JOHN Reuset's esoteric reams fee mination to shroud their conduct in mystery, in warming the position he did were revealed by certain' BRUSSELS, 3.45. 24. Letters received to-day from the German capitals bear witness to the un easy feeling caused throughout Germany by the refusal of the Prussian Court to act cordially, or indeed at all, with Austria in the present crisis of continental affairs. The last despatch of Count Buol, which has reached us simultaneously from Germany and England, has brought this oppo sition into strong relief. We hear, on good autho rity, that there is a further despatch, addressed im mediately to the Prussian Court, renewing the demand of mobilisation. We are also told that Austria has signified her resolution, in case she should not carry with her the majority in the Diet at Frankfort, to accept such alliances u she can find in Germany, leaving the non-active members of the Confederation to take the consequences. This is bold language, supposing it to have been held. The realisation of such a threat would expose the worth lessness of the Germanic Confederation as an expres sion and instrument of German unity ia a most instructive and useful manner. We are assured by the Trursburg Galette that Hanover, Brunswick, Baden, and the two Hemet have declared for Austria. Saxony and Wurtemberg are against mobilisation; and Bavaria is undecided.—Doily News. COMMENTS OF OUR CONTEMPORARIES UPON THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. I Assuming the cause of Lord John Russet's resig nation to be his reluctance or inability to face the motion of which Mr. Roebuck had given notice, the Tines thinks that his lordship's coarse in leaving the other members of the sabinet "in the lurch" presents a " wide and painful deviation from the rules of political conduct which have usually been observed with fidelity in this country." The effect of the resignation will probably be, says the TIMM, a desolation of the cabinet. " But, if ►er Majesty is thus compelled to intrust the direction of affairs to other hands. ' we treat that, in forming a new Administration, the para mount interests of the country, the safety of the army, the honour of our alliances, and the necessities of the time, will prevail over all other considerations. He must be something worse than a bad Minister who can choose such a moment of national calamity for personal resentment pr party intrigue. The country looks to one thing only—the formation of a government which shall reorganise the military departments of the public service and restore the credit of our arms. Upon that condition any government may command the support of parliament , and the nation; but if these impending changes clinches I only some miserable rivalry between jealous hotline, or some artifice of private ambition, they will call down the severest animadversion on those who can risk the great in terests of the nation for motives of so paltry a character." The Morning Herald mentions various on dies, and enters upon comments in whieh the " now infamous coalition" is assailed on various grounds. It is declared to be impossible for " Peel's clerks" to " patch up an administration." But under the most favourable circumstances, the army in the Crimes, it is said, must suffer—whether the cabinet break up altogether, or endeavour to repair its loos by a make-shift. " The instinct of self-prevention will induce ministers under either case to provide for themselves first and foremost ; and that instinot wilt be the stronger if they entertain any hope of being able to ride through the storm. If, on the other hand, the Whip follow Lord John's lead, and joining with Mr. Roebuck—the petrel of the storm— overthrow the present Administration, what is to be done in the confusion t h at will necessarily ensue ? Some time must elapse before the new Mlnisten can get into their harness; in the interval, what will become et the army in the Crimea ? It is horrible to contemplate." The Mo►ning awl:wide says that his lordship has "aban doned a position in which he but that the moment is not very happily chosen. "The ostensible ground is said to be the Impossibility in which he found himself of conscientiously justifying the Duda** of the war. But if this be so, it may be thought that he I should have insisted on a change of men or =course at an earlier stage, instead of waiting so see the result of the policy which he sanctioned, and taking his chance of its turning out well. It is also en mound that the Secretary of War offered to make nem for any statesman whom his colleagues might deem better qualified for the post, although no can did inquirer can seriously profess to believe that the state of our army would have been materially different, had Lord Rllenborough, or Lord Grey, or Lord Palmerston, or even Lord John Russell himself, been installed during the last twelve months at the War-office." The Monists interprets public opinion to require " what has emphatisally been called abroad-bottom administration—that b, one eam- prising all the beet men that could be induced to set together cordially," and our contemporary hopes that the remaining members of the cabinet will " exhibit a little more sell negation than the distinguished colleague who has abandoned I them, and will, one and all, bear constantly in mind that extreme sensitiveness to personal importance or personal claims is ea unpardonable error—indeed, almost a public crime—when the dearest interests of their country are at stake." The Morning Post says " ws must have a strong mainstay," sad points to " one dominating head." THE WEATHER IN THE BALTIC AND ELSEWHERE. Tornarro, Jew. 18.—The Eider is full of drift ice. HAMBURG, JAW. 22.—The navigation is now totally stopped by t►e ice. aau., Jaw. 20.—The navigation has been stopped by the ioe since Jan. 17. Rorraznatt, JAN. 22.—The Miter is fall of ice, and the navigation interrupted. Airmails, Just. 24.—Thers has been a severe frost here rinse 4an. 16, with heavy falls of snow, and the Los in the river has accumulated within the last two days to such a de gree that pilots have been refused to Tussle proeseding down, unless accompanied by steam•tugs. The navigation will be entirely closed in a day or two, if there be not a change of weather. THE Ni FOR PEACE.—Tho following requisition has been presented to I. L. Bell, Beg. the Imre of Neweastits-aposs-Tyne:—" We, the undersigned ratepayers, impressed with the conviction that the negotia tions for peace now in oonree of progress are taloa ktod to produce results disastrous to Turkey sad Swope rurally, and humiliating to Great Britain, hereby respecttully must your wors►ip will con vene a public meeting of the inhabitants of New castle to take the said propositions into socaideretion, and to deliberate on the moos best calculated to bring the war to such a termination u shall restrict the daagerous power of Russia, assure the independence of Turkey and the security of Europe, and tend to the advancement of the welters and glory of our country." In compliance with the above requisition, the mayor hu appointed a meeting, of the inhabitants of Newcastle, to be held in the Loftus Room, Nelson-street, on Monday enable, 29th instant, at half-past 7 o'clock. Tau rum &omen 7IIDGE.-Bome rumours being is circulation to the effect that the vacant seat on the brace is likely to be takes by the Lord Advocate, we can state, on saMoient authority, that coo each arrangement is in the Isser probable.-Bcokirms. Vbe Court. The dinner party yesterda WINDSOR, J AN. 25. y included the De of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, the Hon. Mary Seymom, Her. Frederick Anson, an d Captain Mercer (officir standing the 94th Regime n t). The bend of the Royal Horse Guards played dello dinner, and her Majesty's private bend afterwards. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived last evening, had mi thence of her Maksty, and afterwards returned to Lou t " . The Queen end Prince walked in the grounds adjoici p the Castle this morning. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at th Foreign-o ffi ce. The minister s p resent were 0. Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, the Mani* of Lansdowne, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palm* ston, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir George Grey, th, Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exclami w Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, Earl Gras''ilk, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir W Ham Molesworth. The Council at three hee re . The Earl of Aberdeen left London after the Cabi net Council for Windsor Castle, to have an audience at her Majesty. Despatches were received yesterday at the Coloniabofim from the Goyernor•Gener►l of Australia. LONDON AND SOITTII WESTERN RAILWAT.—Vie are informed by the secretary that the directors d this company have resolved to recommend to the proprietors, at the general meeting on th e 16 t h of February next, that the dividend for the half yea ending the 31st of December, 1854, be at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the capital. WINS Di:n=B.—Tbm Cadiz paper, give an accOnat of Mr. Oliveira's visit to that city in connexion with thy subject, and intimate the deep interest which all the grit houses at Jere' and Port St. Mary's take in the quest*. The honourable gentleman it seems bu made a complies survey of the various establishments, and been most favosr. I ably reoeived ; added to which the leading commercial houses of Cadis are beginning to view the principles of free trade with some favour, even u regards a reduction of the Spanish tariff. Mr. Oliveira is expected home early he Febraary, when he will bring forward his motion on the wine duties. We have to report to-day the death of Sir Joha Boyd, which took place at Boulogne, on the 14th inst., after a short illness. He was the son of the second baronet, by the daughter of the Right Hon. Thomas Harley, grand daughter of the third Earl of Oxford. He was bora in the year 1788, and married in 1818, and is succeeded by his heir, John Augustus, born in 1819. The deceased baronet was in his 68th year. The Rev. Henry H. Hardy, A.M., has been col leted by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol to the Vicarage of Freston, in the Deanery of the Forest, county of Ohmmeter, vacant by the resignation of the Bev. Clue. Bryan. NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 25.—FROMOTION.—Lientennt E. Hardy (1843) promoted to the rank of Commander. APPOlXlllll(7B.—Captains J. C. D. Hay (1850), to the Hannibal, 90, screw stem ship, at Devonport ; N. Vaait• tart (1864), to the Magicienne, 16, paddle wheel steam Id. gate, of 400-horse power, at Leith; T. Fisher (1847), of the Magioienne, to the Retribution, 08, paddle wheel steam frigate, of 400•horee power, at Bpithead. Commander W. J. 3. Pollen (1850), of the Perseveranet troop ship, at Woolwich, to the Falcon. Lieutenant W. H. Nurse (1E54), to the Ajax, 68, screw steam flag ship, of 450• horse power, at Spithead. Master it. L. Cleveland, to the Ariel, 9, screw steam 1 1 sloop, at Portsmouth. Paymasters H. F. Pullen (1855), to the Ariel; and E. D. Herbert confirmed to the Bossard, 6, paddle wheel steam sloop, of 300-hone power, North America and West ladla I station. Clerk W. B. Risk, to the Desperate, 8, screw steam sloop, 400-horse power, at Sheerness. Midshipmen F. L. Barrington, front the Blenheim, 60, screw steam guard ship, of 450-horse power, at Portsmouth, to the Ezmouth, 90, screw steam ship, at De►onport; B. L. Hamilton, from the Retribution, to the Powerful, N, at Greenock; and A. W. L. Browne, from the Royal George, 120, screw steam ship, at Sheerness, to the Nankin, 60, at Chatham. Clerks' Assistants W. Curter, to the Cressy, 80, sere* steam ship, at Sheerness ; and H. J. Twinings, to the Ariel. Captain John Washington (1842), who hu per. formed the duties at the Hydrographers' Office at White hall since the resignation of Rear• Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.8., is appointed hydrographer of the AdmL rslty. Mr. William Camp, Chief Assistant to Lieutenant. Colonel Greene, director of engineering and architectural works, visited Woolwich Dockyard yesterday, for the par. pose of inspecting the position of the Perseverance, iron screw steam ship, lying on her beans ends in the East Dock, at Woolwich. For the purpose of having a complete view of the vessel he went up a ladder to the top of her upper side, and while moving from one part to another of that elevated position he fell down from a height of abaut 20 feet, fortunately into a large deposit of mud, which broke his fall and saved his bones. The workmen on the spot promptly raised him from his oozy bed, and conveyed his to the surgery, where he was stripped and placed in a warm bath. On his reoovet7 from the shock he obtained other clothing, and left is a eab for London. Last evening the labourers taken up by govern. mint to midst in unloading the traasporte at Balaklars, left the metropolis to embark in the Canadian, at Southampton• Yesterday the entry of landsmen for the royal navy was supended at the naval rendezvous, Tower- hill, and the Crocodile receiving ship off the Tower. Yesterday the Admiralty completed contracts for the nipply of 20,000 blankets for the transport service, one half to be delivered in two, and the rest is one month. The marine engines mind in Napier's yard, Glas• gow, manufactured for the Emperor of Russia, are to be fitted In the Urgent and Transit steamers, now building for her Majesty's service, and nearly ready for launching in the Thames. Tins CauazA RAILWAY Exrainnox.—The lieris, steam eorew-yacht (Mr. Palo's), arrived off Blackwell, os Wednesday night, from the north, for the purpose of sr (*lying stores for the Crimea railway expedition. She is tO take out either Mr. Peto or Mr. Bromley, and the engineer ing staff. DUBLIN, JAL 26. The 9th, 17th, 39th, and 89th depots have just re• oeived order to prepare drafts of 100 men each for embarks tion, next month, to the Crimes. The font depots are at present atatioeed in the New Barracks at Limerick, the 9th depot having ►rrived there on Tuesday, from Train, under Captain Hanham. THE TIMBER DUTISS.—A report is prevalent in Hall that an increase of timber duties is contemplated. Acting upon this idea, whether well-bounded or not, we understand that a pretty considerable liberation of timber from bond is just now taking place in Hull. Our town is immensely interested in this matter, and the 'Orli] just now prevalent we take to be indicative that, somehow or other, an inkling of the intentions of the government hal been obtained.—Eastern Counties Herald. FATAL RAILWAY EXPLOSION NEAR HOWDEN.-011 Friday last an engine of the North-Eastern Railway ex ploded while proceeding from Hull to Seib', and the stoker and engine-driver were severely scalded. The former died at the Hull Infirmary on Sunday night. Mr. Coroner Mersey held an ii.quest on the body on Monday, when John Sleight, a guard in the employment of the company. deposed that he was with the train, and when near Brough station he saw Lnwes, the driver, shut off the steam, DM saw nothing which should make him shut it off. There wee an explosion immediately, end a quantity of steam and burning coke was blown out of the furnace door and all over the van. A winless Named Perak Train stated that de ceased complained of the engine about three weeks before, and agile on the Monday night previoui to the explosion. As the *Argil!e driver was then suffering from the injuries he had received, and could not be examined, and as it use thought neer glary to have the engine inspected by a com petent person, the inquest was adjourned to Monday, the sth of February.—Zastern Cownlias Herald.