The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-23 00:00:00

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Smith.— Reduced Prices as usual.—A Morning Performance every Wednesday. at Two o'clock. ----- - THI3 EVENING, Frs. 23, Will be performed THE BRIDE OF LUDGATE. Aft•r which, THE WRITING ON THE SHUTTERS. To conclude with the Pantomime of JACK AND JILL. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. FEB. 23, WIII be Performed GUY MAN'NERING Henry Bertram, Mr, G. Tedder; Meg Merrilep,A, Miss Cushman. Fel.lowed by the new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled LITTLE 80-PEEP; or, Harlequin and the Girl who Lost her Sheep. Little 110-Peep, Miss L. Thompson; Harlequin, Mr. Chapino ; Pantaloon, Mr. W. Barnes; Clown, Mr. Appleby ; Columbine, Miss M. Brown. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES Knax. THIS EVENING, FEB. 23, Will be presented the original adaptation of Casimir Delarigne's Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEYENTH. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. Alter which will be produced a New Grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled, HARLEQUIN BLUE-BEARD; or, The Great Bashaw. Harlequin, Mr, Cormack; Clown, Mr. Heine ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Deaborough. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under She Management of Madame Vestige.. THIS EVENING, FEL 23, Will be performed AGGRAVATING SAM. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. To be followed by (fourth time) a new Comic Drama, called TOO MUCH OF A GOOD TAIVG. Atter which will be produced the new and original Fair/ Extra ♦aganza, entitled PRINCE PRETTYPET and TUE BUTTERFLY. Box-office epea from 10 until 6. Sole agent far Private Boxes, Mr. Allcreft, 15, New-Bend-street. THRATRB ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. FEB. 23, win be performed a new and original Drama, preceded by a Pro logue, and called JANET PRIDE. To be tbPowed by THE UNKNOWN AND THE BAYADERE. Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford and G. Lee ; Misses Woolgar and Keeley, and Mdllea. Maragaßa and Benoni. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lena and Manger. Mr. A. Wigan. THIS ETENDM, Faa. 23. Will be presented the new Cotnedietta, called TIT FOR TAT, in Which Messrs. F. Robaon, A. Wigan, and Miss Maakell will appear. Followed by ♦ LUCKY FRIDAY. - - - After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. Characters by Mr. F. Robsou, Miss Julia St. George, Miss E. Ormonde, Miss Marston, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitzallan. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manner, Mr. Win. Cooke. THIS DAY, a FREE BENEFIT in aid of the" Times' " Fund for the Relief of the Sick and wounded Soldiers. THIS EVENING, 107tk time, the BATTLE of the ALMA ! to which will shortly be added, the Battles of Balaklava and of Inkerman. After which, the Brilliant SCENES of EQUITATION in the CIRCLE. To conclude with (the last week) the Grand Comic Pantomime called GULLIVER and the LILLIPUTIANS ; or, Harlequin and Britannia. Roz-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Acting ManKee, Yr. W. 111. eooke. Equestrian Director Kr. W. Cooke, Jun. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecas. Isaacs. THIS EVENING • Will Lo performed the popular Burletta, OUR `TELLY. Principal character, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. After which, a new Operatic Burlesque, entitled, ALONZO THE BRATE. To conclude with THREE PAIR OF LOTERS. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAY —Morning 22 nain.after 6 f Evening 43 min.aft. 6 To-lionzow— Morning 4 azin.after 7 1 Evening 2S min.aft. 7 THE WEATHEIL—Stat Orrtcx, Fels. 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 37—highest since noon yesterday. 31—lowest this morning and during the night. 38—this day, at noon. BABOSISTZIi, 29.02. WIND, S.E.—Light, with a heaiy fall of snow. Afternoon.—Thick fog. Two o'clock.--A. strong thaw has sot in. S 14,3 AX, 4 LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1855. This evening the fugacious ex-Ministers are to attend in their places and explain the grounds of their resignations. The House of Commons freely and willingly assented to the brief adjourn ment demanded by the Premier. The Right Honourable seceders will, therefore, be allowed the opportunity of telling their own stories. There may be comments subsequently offered by the deserted chief and some of his indignant followers, but nothing will be said until the fugitives have been heard in their own defence, detailing the special facts and the reasons by which they were actuated. Without attempting to prejudge the case, or to anticipate the - verdict that may eventually be pronounced, we cannot avoid noticing the extra ordinary change perceptible on every side. A fortiigkt since they were the " observed of all observers," " the cynosure of neighbouring eyes." Now "none so poor to do them honour." They were then indispensable. No Ministry, whether Derbyite, Russellite, or Palmerstonian, could do without them. Now, it has been " a most felicitous riddance ! " That which we enunciated long ago is at length dis covered by contemporaries who pique themselves on the sagacity which led to the tardy know ledge ! It is asserted that the assent of the Premier to a searching Parliamentary investigation is the ostensible cause of the split 1 We use th• term " ostensible," because when a subordinate has been so puffed up and inflated with self-conceit AS to SIITSO that be cannot be got rid of, and that malireagiCriials will be ready to compete for his insistence, taking him at his own price, and offering a carts blanche as to terms the element of stability is alto gether wanting, the warning may be given at any moment, and on the most trivial pretext. It is, however, believed that this will be the position assumed on which the " deserters" rely as a com plete justification for their misconduct. They consider that they are themselves placed on trial ; that the Financial Minister who " starved the war," the First Lord who contrived to paralyse the efforts of our navies in the Euxine and the Baltic, and the Secretaries at War, under whose arrangements our forces endured such bitter pri vations a n d heartrending calamities, cannot be exonerated from the consequences of their own acts. That trial is equivalent to condemnation. They are right. we felt SO, ab initio, and, al though almost single-handed, expressed our opi jions without reserve or equivocation, How Mr. SIDNEY 11111tBEItT could be prom o t e d • , conse quence of his failure, seemed almost miraculous. If he had been successful in his administration, he should not be removed from the departm ent which, under existing cirzumstances, was the most important of any : if otherwise, it was surely too bad to foist incompetence iuto a higher office—to pitchfork mediocrity, or worse than mediocrity, into the control and management of our colonies —to hold out so great a temptation to the young blood of these thriving dependencies to sever the painter by which they are connected with a country tolerating so gross and palpable a jol-. The " old country"—" the unnatural mother," as we believe she has been termed, rv ,,, a+, he in a very cutarrassing "fix" when s h e ; Jr nothing batter to her sumeteus and .—portazt pettlw P-- ~: -.,~-_. ~ir~ THE SUN, LONDON, _FRIDAY ,EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1855. ments than the man who had just been cashiered for inefficiency in another department. It is by no means improbable that Lord PALMERSTON may, after hearing the explanations of the se ceders, come out with a complete programme, and produce competent successors for the evanescent Ministers. The name of Mr. CARDWELL has been mentioned for the Financial Department. But, considering the antecedents of the Right Hon. Gentleman, that he was the close personal friend as well as the literary executor of the founder of the party of which he is himself so prominent a member, and that although his pre tensions were to a certain extent slighted by his colleagues, we cannot conceive that he would now abandon them, although they did not insist on his obtaining a seat in the ABE/WENN Cabinet. Now, however great his talents, and we are by no means disposed to underrate them, would it be beneficial for Lord PALMERSTON to retain them ? Having, fortunately, escaped from the Peelite connection, he should not retain any of the leaven in his Go vernment. We trust that he may avoid that danger during the present crisis. There are plenty of good men, albeit not branded with the Peelite or the aristocratic mark. Mr. BAINES is one. And Lord ELGIN has worked his way on fairly and honourably ; and, as we have frequently stated, we do not object to a man because he is a Lord, if he possess the qualifica tions requisite ; but we do protest against the Peerage being considered as all that is necessary. We shall, however, await the lifting of the curtain before we finally decide on the merits of the new combinations. We would earnestly invite public attention to the letter of a respected correspondent, who writes under the title of " A Liberal ‘Derbyite,' " and which will be found in another part of this day's impression. It is, indeed, worthy of calm and deliberate perusal, and we only trust that those in authority will, even at the eleventh hour, be induced to profit by its admirable suggestions. We have already, on many occasions, given free expression to the opinion that pro motions in the army should depend on merit rather than on money, rank, or interest ; and heartily do we rejoice to find that our views are now generally_ recognised, and that we have enlisted so powerful an auxiliary on our side, whose arguments must convince every disinte rested and unprejudiced person. One of the first steps of the new Government, or any succeeding one that may be formed, must be to reform the military administration— to cleanse the Augean stables of the Horse Guards. We believe that it is to the erroneous system in operation in that department that the unfortunate mischances and' calamities which have caused such dismay to the nation may chiefly be attributed. We would not taboo rank or fortune, or consider either as an obstacle to a man's rising to eminence in any branch of the service. On the contrary, they would be looked on as reconanaendations ; and, simply, because the person possessing one, or both, must possess great ardour and enthusiasm to encounter the toils and difficulties that ought to be incidental to the position. But they ought not to be the curly things sought after.. Unassisted ability, when clearly displayed, should be permitted to rise. We should oftener hear of the Sergeant Sur, LivAris, and men of that calibre, who had proved their efficiency in the field, than of the Lord Toms, or Honourable JACKS, or the sons of the Millocrats or Moneyocracy. The system hitherto in operation has been shaken to the very core. Let wise and comprehensive measures of reform, such as those referred to by " A Liberal Derbyite,' " be adopted while there is yet time. If much longer neglected much more may be required. The promotion of a fair proportion of deserving non-commissioned officers would a short time since have sufficed Now, as we recently stated, the " whole system of purchase totters to its fall." We would not exclude the aristocracy ; on the contrary, we would hold out every fair inducement for their co. operation—but they, in common with all others, must submit to the most stringent tests, and honestly earn by good conduct the distinction to which they aspire. Mili tary reform is that which is most urgently required at the present moment, and the nation will not be satisfied with any save a large and comprehensive measure. Poland is at last before the House of Lords ; what is better, its claims to be considered the corner-stone of a permanent peace were not only first asserted, but afterwards attacked and de fended. The country had already begun to speak in uniform language ; no persons outside Parlia ment who have felt interest enough to meet for discussing the War, its results and objects, having had two opinions on the question of liberating Poland. No doubt genuine philanthropy —sym pathy with the oppressed against the oppressor— has been a powerful motive with public meetings. And why should it not be ? Are these best senti ments of a people to have no share in determining their political judgments? The noble instinct which perceives in the present War the hour of atonement for long years of passive injury to Poland is a safe and trustworthy guide, if, in deed, our moral instincts are to be trusted at all. Englishmen all feel that their aristocracy sold them, as well as Poland, at the Congress of Vienna, when it allowed Russia to take Poland into the embrace of its deadly paws, preparatory to te+arinz and swallowing it is 1830 ; and never since has the name of the country been mentioned without a pang by untitled Englishmen. But now, when Russia has outraged all Europe, through reliance on her mastery of Poland, we turn and look upon each other, exclaiming, "We are verily guilty concerning our brother." We passively let our brother nation go into the most cruel bondage— we now pay for it in millions of money and thou sands of precious lives. Our better feelings, how ever, are not all. We affirm, without fear of contradiction, that every Englishman not .bitten with the COBDEN, or ABERDEEN, or COBURG pea ce mania, sees the folly of hoping for a peace worth having if Russia be left mistress of Warsaw, and of the powerful fortresses by which she has made the line of the - Vistula the terror of Europe—of Prussia and Austria especially. Such a peace would be an armed one, costing as much as a war—a peace during which Russia would avail herself of all the mechanical skill of civi lised Europe, and all the avarice of its money dealers, to open war ten years hence with ten fold means of destruction. The emancipation of Poland, in the well-founded judgment of Englishmen, would gave us an incalculable expen diture of m oney and life a few years hence. The Earl of RAienowcy i s, his to the thank s of therefore, entitled c ountry for sp ea ki ng ou t plainly the: views of t h e Commons of England in Elazzatono; the House of Lords. Lo rd led the way by indicating, i n a ou had Powerful speech how advantageously the feeling s of nationality in Asia might be turned against Russia. pointed out that we ought to consider India as as the COBVE GS and intensted in a war which, ABERDUNISTS would conduct it, must issue in making our Asiatic neighbour Persia a depen dency of Russia ; that, on the contrary, we might now hare some 30,000 Persian troops officered by the British, and of the best quality as soldiers; that we could easily send them first-rate artil lery, to the number of 48 guns, from India ; and that Georgia and Circassia would be our imme diate allies, and would shake off completely the Russian yoke. Thus far, in avowed concurrence with Mr. LAYARD, the Lord who could speak best on India and Asia. Lord HARROWBY fol lowed, and asserted, in like manner, the neces sity of enlisting in the same cause the national feeling of Poland—we should rather say of giving it vent, for it is ready to burst forth could it but find a safe ♦ent. Earl GRIT made us thankful that he kept out of the Cabinet by " scouting imaginary plans for the regeneration of Poland," and actually exhibited, we must call it such perversity and ignorance, as to talk of the impossibility of any regeneration which did not hegin from within. Better tell the vic tim of a false verdict in Newgate not to beg the removal of his fetters, but to emancipate him self by his internal longings for liberty. To tell a country—dis-educated by a savage CZAR, over ridden by his soldiers, and lying within the gun shot of mighty fortresses erected by its wasted resources-4o tell it to begin its own regeneration is the most cruel of insults. The reply of Lord Hlnzownv sums up, in one felicitous sentence, the view of the country at large. This War, he remarked, is "an act of far-sighted self-defence." That is just the idea which began the War on the part of England. We ceLL•.;ulj prorntn mPrAly to defend Trtrirpy. Much less did we think of immediate self-defence ; it might have been a half or a whole generation before Russia would have nude Constantinople another Sebastopol, or we have had much to fear from her. "It was a war of policy, of which the =ill object was to prevent Russia attaining a preponderance in the affairs of Enrope. Could this object be attained by merely expelling her from the Principalities, humiliated, but xot weak ened I What substantial guarantee could we have against Russia except in a substantial alter ation of her territorial alteration ? " Let Lord JOIN RUSSELL and his chief, Lord PALMERSTON, ponder these questions. If Russia thinks the Allies are really intending to hoist the Polish flag, she will, we verily believe, conclude peace, even if she have to sacrifice the Black Sea, with out further struggle ; and we are confident Lords PALMERSTON and RUSSELL would clul;ch at the bargain. Russia, however, knows that Lord JOHN wishes to leave her all her territories ; she knows that he will refuse the aid, as Lord LIAR ROWDY stated, "of seventeen millions of men, the most warlike in Europe," she will not, therefore, make peace, and events may drift us to Polish and European emancipation just as they drifted the poor PJELITBS into the War itself. There is surely hops for merit now. The hon. member for Printing-house-square tells us that he has served his official apprenticeship, that for that reason only he quits the Ministry, and that he is now qualified for higher office. At the same time, in language very similar to some of the best leaders in the great six-ounce journal, he denounces the system of selling commissions and making Government appointments by favour, insisting, in the most unqualified terms, on adopting merit as the only rule of promo tion.. Let merit, therefore, be up and eager. Ministers have too plainly seen what came of withholding rations from " Our own Cor- LesPontillt," to venture on withholding higher office from our own member. The member who can speak to a full House of Commons in the evenin2,, and to all the kingdom in the morning, must be promoted for his merit. Woe to the Administra tion which neglects him. We heartily welcome Mr. LowE's open advo cacy of the great question adverted to. The very time is come to settle it. The nation is quite prepared, if need be, to refund to all who have purchased commissions what is fairly due to them ; but it demands the instant application of the oppo site principle as the sine qua non of military sal vation. Most justly did Mr. Lowß affirm that "the cankerworm which has caused the failure of this campaign, and which pervades every depart ment of the civil and military service, is the ♦ice of public patronage. Merit is not promoted ; the only thing considered is personal connexion and favour." The Emperor of RUSSIa looks only to the fitness of his servants, and cashiers and punishes the highest servants, without mercy. Our statesmen " look rather to their own profits, or to that of their friends, or to Parliamentary influence, than to the interests of the people. It is of no use talking of any kind of reform till you get this altered." We believe this Kidderminster oration, in so much of which we heartily concur, will do great service. It is the testimony of one of our ablest men, who has just come from behind official scenes, who has had more practical oppor tunities of knowing than most of us—who can forcibly - tell by pen and speech what he knows—. and his voice must be heard. May he prove as independent as he professes himself to be. The present War will be a saving worth all it has cost us if we only achieve the domestic victory of expelling mere aristocracy and wealth from the public service, and throwing it open to the able and deserving. The failure of the present plan has been complete and ruinous. The nation is exasperated ; the cause cannot be concealed. The accursed pride of birth and wealth combined has shut out from military rank not only the plebeian talent which could hare saved our army, but even the proved capacity and the experience of the offi cers of our Indian army 1 The public indigna tion kindled by the fatal consequences is intense ; and our Ministers must sacrifice to it the whole array of proved incapables, or they themselves will be sacrificed. Let them not fancy that a Lord DERBY or Lord Anybody cax save the system. The people and the Crimea have doomed it. They will tolerate no Ministry which procrastinates this first duty, THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. Nothing has 'yet been definitively settled with respect to supplying the vacancies created by the secession of Sir J. Graham, Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. Sidney Herbert from the Ministry. The names mostly spoken of this morning at the clubs were the Earl of Elgin and the Earl of Carlisle for the Colonial-office, Mr. Cardwell for the Exchequer, and Sir F. T. Baring for the Ad miralty. The names of Lord Seymour and Sir C. Wood, were also mentioned, but the first three appear to be the favourites. If anything definite should transpire during the latter part of the day we shall publish it in our [ate edition. ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY NOON. The steamer Pacific is just telegraphed as havin g arrived in the Mersey. The outward mail its detained, LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL BERLIN, THURSDAY, FEB. 22. We learn from St. Petersburg, that under date of the 12th inst. Prince Menschikoff had sent the following despatch to his Government : On the 30th we succeeded in discovering sub terraneous works of the French leading towards the fortifications. With the aid of artillery we destroyed, on the 2d, a portion of the enemy's gallery. On the Gth the French, trying the same means, attempted our countermines. The attempt turned to their own disadvantage. On the Bth the play of a new mine enabled us still more to destroy the enemy's works. Meantime our artillery successfully replied to the fire of the besiegers. As night detachments of volunteers continually harass the enemy in their trenches, and, by obliging them to beat to arias, compel them to suspend their works. VIENNA, THURSDAY, FEB. 22. The Vienna Press(' publishes the following, dated Constantinople, February 15 : It is reported that Lord Raglan has tendered his resignation. On tie 12th Generxl Pelissier sent a message to Paris stating that no successful attempt could be made on Sebastopol for a month to come. The inclination of Persia in favour of Russia becomes daily more evident. Turkey and Greece have not yet come to an understanding. Count Rechberg has arrived from Verona to replace Baron nokesch, who will attend the con ferences as Austrian plenipotentiary. MADRID, FEB. 20. The Cortez hive authorised the Government to issue Bonds sifficient to produce five hunelred millions of effective receipt. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. Lord John Russell sets out to-day for Berlin. To-day M. Berryar was received as a member the Academy. The general badget of receipts aid expenditure for the year 1853 was presented to-day to the Legis lative Corps. It shows an excess of receipts of 4, 640, 486 f. The Moniteur publishes the despatches from Kamiesh of the 10th, Balaklava 12th, and Yarna 10th, the contests of which appeared in our first editiox yesterday.. _ The Monitetn: also publishes the following : CORFU, FEB. 10. Sir Henry Ward is appointed Governor of the Island of Ceylon. His successor has not yet been designated. The Cureatone, Austrian war steamer, put in here yesterday for coals. Baron Koller, the new Austrian Minister at Constantinople, was on board. The Moniteur says The Minister of Exter nal Relations of New Granada has replied to the communication made to him by the Minister of the Emperor relative to the principles of maritime law adopted by France and Great Britaia during the present war, that his Government had received the proclamation of those principles with the most cordial satisfaction, and would issue orders imme diately for all the citizens of the republic to ob serve the lae of tb meat strict neutrality." " The Emperor, says the Montteur, " arts. ...used the Minister of War to give him an account of the situation of the central stores of clothing, did not think them sufficiently sup plied for present necessities, and especially for what will be required by the incorporation of the contin gent of 1854. His Majesty, consequently, autho rised the Administration of War to purchase in England and Belgium 700,000 yards of cloth of the kind adopted for the service of the French army. The orders given have been supplied. According to a decree just published for the for mation of the second foreign legion, it is to be composed of two regiments ; the effective strength of each regiment will be 2,553 men and officers, but to this force will be added a battalion of rifle men 1,648 strong, which will make the total strength of the legion 6,724. - The Pleuru's, screw line-of-battle ship, left Algiers on the 14th for the East, with 1,287 of the 100th regiment of the line. The let battalion of the same regiment left a few days before, on board the frigate Asmodee. The Sultan has presented Reschid Paella, with the Palace in which the late Kosrew has just died. BOURSE, FEB. 22.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4} per Cents 95 50 95f. 50c. 3 per Cents 66 45 66 50 Credit Mobilier 735 Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Fives..... ... - - Spanish Threes Piedmontese ........ 84 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. f fr. c. r. c. Orleans .1,177 50 Lyons . ~. 1022 50 Western..... ....... .. 666 25 Rouen Cette Mediterranean ...... 900 H avre 560 Northern ...... ...... 840 Cherburg PRUSSIA. The Journal de Francfort has the following from Berlin :—" The despatch of the 29th ult. (of M. Drouyn de l'Uluys), occupies itself exclusively with questions of which the solution is shortly expected. We willingly admit that this despatch is as aisle in its reasoning as it is courteous in form ; but the explanation s which it gives do not suffice to throw full light on the situation, and to remove the diffi culties which prevent an intimate alliance between Prussia and the allies of the Porte. In presence of a European crisis, it would not be opportune to enter into long discussions on the questions of form; what is necessary is to come to an understanding as to the object of the war now being carried on against Russia. Prussia has not dis avowed in a single instance the principles which served as the basis of the first proto cols of Vienna ana or tiatv-k,,...•--t;‘ , ...af th e 2(n-ii April ; she is in accord with the Western Powers as to the necessity of establishiig the peace of th e world on solid guar an t ees; but she is also of opini on that these guar a n t ees ma y be obtained withgut prolonging a war the results of which can never be in proportion to the sacrifices which it imposes on almost all the States of Europe. Prussia cannot give her adhesion to a more advanced programme until after being convinced that it is impossible to obtain an equitable arrangement by negotiations carried'ou with sincerity in that spirit of modera tion which enhances and moralises the ascendancy of the great governments." MM. de Viucke, Sanger, and several other members of the Second Prussian Chamber, have just pres en t e d th e f o llowin g proposition :—" The Chamber is requested to adopt the fallowing bill We, Frederick William, by the grace of God King of Prussia, ciz,c., order with th e assent o f the two Chambers as follows :—Single Article. Para graphs 8 t o 11 o f the ordonnance of the 12 th of Oc tober, Chamber are revoked.' Motives. These provisions 1854, relative to the format ion of the First are in contradiction with Art. 1 of the law of May 7, 1853, relative to the formation of the First Chamber, which runs thus :---‘ The First Chamber is formed by a royal ordonnance, which can only be modified by a law voted by the two Chambers. The First Chamber is consvosed of members named by the King, having a right either hereditary or for life.' " RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, FEB. 13.—The following ukase has been addressed to the directing senate requiring it to proceed with the general arming ordered in the manifesto : " Whereas, by our proclamation of this day, we have called oat all ranks of the empire for the defence of the orthodox faith, the throne, and the country, we com mand you, firstly, to:carry out and organise the general arming of the country according to the accompanying regulation confirmed by us ; and secondly, to take steps for completing the equipment and arming of the com batants in the Governments that will be designated by us to that end in special ukases. The directing senate will not fail to make the necessary arrangements for carrying the above into execution. "St. - Petersburg, Jan. 29, 1865:" " NICOLAS. A ukase of the same date commands them to call out forth with the militia en masse in the governments of St. Petersburg, Olonetz, Novgorod, Tver, Simo -1 e n sk, and Kursk; and in the goveriaraehts of Moscow, Vologda, Kostrome, Nischegorod,Yarofsla, Kaluga, Osel, Tula, Ryayan, Vladimir, Tambey, and Pensa, in consideration that the partial levy of recruits is close at baud, from the 15th of February to the 15th of March, to effect the equipment of the militia from the Ist of April to the lit of May. In all the governments so designated the comba tants aro to be forthcoming in the number required by the regulation. A letter in the Post Ampt Gazette says : "Every one now knows what is to be thought of the retirement of the Russians from the Austrian frontier. The Czar has resolved, in consequence of the military conven tion concluded between Austria and France, to organise not only in the Crimea, but on every other point where the war may be carried, the most complete system of de fence, as the basis of his tactics. It is for that reaso❑ that he will, by degrees, evacuate the left bank of the Vistula, and burn every place which might be useful to an advancing army. The Russians, who retire, march some cis Kalisch and Warsaw, and others on Praga and Lublin. These last named fortresses, as well as that of Joinek, are so full of troops that it may be supposed that the right bank of the Vistula would be energeti cally defended if an Austrian army should seek to enter Poland from Lemba. All these military measures do not indicate ♦ery pacific intentions. It is, however, to be remarked that the Austrian embassy at St. Peters burg is about to be increased by another diplomatic agent." TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 12. By the last private letters received from the camp, it appears that the expectation of an early general assault on the outlying forts was strong in the minds of "the many;" the French mortars had been got into position, and with these, and the pieces already so, the attack would be supported by nearly 450 guns of the most effective calibre. It was cal culated, indeed, that the mortars of our Allies alone would be sufficient to level the town in a single 24 hours' cannonade. The grand final coup, how ever, will not " come off" till some more rein forcements h - ave reached the seat of action ; and as these are passing upwards through the Bos phorus, nearly every day, from Alexandria, Algiers, and France, the allied generals will soon be in strength enough to strike the great closing blow in the Crimean campaign. Already their own troops, not less than the public at home, are impatient at the delay which the necessities of the position have rendered unavoidable; and when the welcome order for a general onset issues, not a man in either camp but will hail it gladly, and do his part to secure its successful eiecution. Apropos of this eagerness for the grand attack, shared in by every one, a rumour has reached Constantinople within the last few days. This oat dit, then, which is circulated with a good deal of caution, refers to an event of no less importance than an open and general revolt of the Zouaves in the French camp, on the afternoon of the 3d inst., in consequence of their dissatisfaction at the delay which has arisen in making the final attack on the enemy's fortifications. It appears that after seve ral grumbling indications of their impatience, during the few previous days, these much-petted braves resolved to " take action " themselves, and to this end sent a large armed deputation to wait upon General Canrobert, and insist on his giving orders for the assault. The General remon strated against such unwarrantable conduct, and endeavoured to smooth matters, by assuring the deputation that their desire would soon be gra tified, and that in the meantime he would overlook the hasty step they had taken. This very leniency, however, would seem to have made matters only worse, for the Zouaves declared that unless the order were given at once, they would themselves make the attack forthwith. His enfants being thus insensible to kindness, the French commander ordered out the 47th regiment of the line and a battery of field-artillery, and having seized the ringleaders in this demand a la Zouave, shot twelve of them in presence of the whole camp—a piece of energetic action which had at once the happy effect. This affair, which I have every reason to believe real, was of course as much as possible hushed up in the camp ; but that it is not a mere idle rumour I may venture to assert, having heard of it from a source not likely to be misinformed. The Commission of the Piedmontese Senate on the treaty with the Western Powers has appointed Marquis Alfieri da Sostegno to draw up the report on it. The discussion on the Convents Suppression Bill was continued on the 18th in the Chamber of Deputies. C.'h ronNtl innb .. , spetatS, on tne faith of a letter from Naples of the 6th, the rumour that the kingdom of the Two Sicilies had acceded to the alliance of the Western Powers, and was to send 13,000 men to the Crimea, including the bat talion of Swiss chasseurs. No intelligence has been received from ether quarters confirming the statement. The Austrian Government has contradicted, through its accustomed organ, the Austrian Cor respondence, the statement that an Austrian loan of 15,000,0001., guaranteed by England, is about to be raised. This report originated with the Berlin Kreuz Zeitung, the only considerable Ger man paper hardy enough to champion the cause of the Czar. Prince Leopold of Bavaria arrived at Florence on the 15th. The Count de Chambord left Parma on the 16th, in company with the Duchess Regent, for Modena, there to meet the Countess. STOLEN BANK .NOTES. An action of considerable importance was tried in the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday. The question in volved was the right of money-changers to take Bank of England notes in disregard of notices that they had been stolen. The action was brought by Messrs. Adam Spiel mann awl Co., of London, as correspondents of Messrs. Meyer Spielmann and Co., of Paris, to recover the amount of two Bank of England notes for 500/. each, which had formed portions of notes for the value in all of 3,0001. stolen from Messrs. Brown, Shipley, and Co., of Liverpool. The notes were stolen in Novem ber, 1852, and it was proved that notices of robbery were delivered at the places of business of both firm,. One of the notes was alleged to have been received by Meyer Spielmann and Co , in Paris, from a person giving the name of G. F. Howard, and the other from A. Monteaux, a money-changer in Paris, which note also had the name of G. F. Howard upon it. Both notes were remitted by Messrs. Meyer, Spielmanu, and Co. to Messrs. Adam Spielmann and Co., and re ceived by them in London on the 27th of June last. On behalf of the plaintiff it was contended that the notes having been taken in the ordinary course of business he was entitled to recover upon them. Lord Campbell left to the jury the question whether Meyer Spielmann took the notes bona fide and for value ; whether Adam Spielmann received them bona fide as a remittauce ; and whether the notices were left at the places of business of both parties. The jury found that Meyer Spielmann and Ce. did not take the notes bona fide for value; that Adam Spielmann and Co. did take them bona fide as a remittance ; and that the notices were duly received. Upon this finding Lora Campbell airecten a verawa, a be cuLvacti /Ur cue Bank of England. It is hoped that this decision will have the effect of preventing the practice, which has become too common, of taking stolen notes, which cannot be passed in England, to the chief cities of Europe, and there obtaining the amount through money. changers, who afterwards claim the ,value from the Bank, on the ground that the notes have been taken in due course of business, although, in fact, no sufficient inquiry has been made as to the bona fides of the transaction, or the respectability of the party presenting then. " ALL'S WELL."—AN INCIDENT IN THE CRIMEA.— From a letter just received is town, we learn that while Private Duncan Allan, an Aberdonian, belonging to the grenadier company, 79th Highlanders, was lately on sentry at one of the outposts near Balaklava, three Rus sians, disguised as Frenchmen, attempted to surprise hint. Discovering the deception, be instantly shot the first who a pp roac h e d, bayoneted the second, knocked down the third with the butt-end of his musket, and then proceeded coolly on his " lonely round," singing cheerily " All's well."—lberdeen Herald. ALARMING ACCIDENTS ON TEE MIDLAND RAILWAY.— Yesterday morning, the "Newspaper train," due from Euston-square station at '6.15 a.m., whilst skunting at Rugby, preparatory to its departure for the north, was run into by an empty engine, very severely shaking one passenger, who was compelled to stay at Rugby. The train proceeded after half an hour's de lay ; but when running through the cutting north of Wigston station, near Leicester, the front van ran off the line, taking with it the two following carriages. After running on the ballast for some hundreds of yards, the van jumped on the road again. The strain on the couplings being then too great, they snapped, and the two carriages ran into the embankment, at the same time breaking a telegraph post. The ballast was so bard that the carriages scarcely left any trace of their baying been on it. In this affair many passengers re ceived contusions, but, fortunntely, none of a dangeroui nature. Assistance was immediately sent front Leicei ter, and after a short delay , the) train proceeded to Derby, at which station ib arrived upwards of an hour late. On the same day the tires of the leading wheels of the engine taking the 8 a.m. train from Derby to Birmingham flew off, thereby stopping the traffic until assistance from Birmingham could be ob t ained,. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. London, Feb. 23, 1855. SIR,—At a moment when we are seriously threat ened with present disturbance, if not with pros pective revolution, it is well to consider who, and what, is to blame for the actual state of military affairs. Some people say " the aristocracy ;" others " Lord Raglan ;" a third party make the late Mi nistry, and especially the Duke of Newcastle, alone responsible ; a fourth exculpate all, and observe that England has never begun a war, after a long period of peace, without losing an army. Now in each of these various replies there is some de gree of truth. It is certain that no military esta blishment, however theoretically perfect, can he in working order where no officer under 50 years of age has seen a battle ; and a large proportion of the disasters which have occurred are therefore justly imputable to the peace. It is not less certain that the tactical blunders of the late Cabinet the unprepared state of the army in regard of materiel after a year's notice of impending war—the choice of Varna for an encampment, and the long detention there ,—the sudden emb ar k a ti on f or t h e C r i mea, i n wh i ch so many hardships were caused by the leaving be ihind of tents and equipages of every d e s cr ipti on —the utter ign orance in wich all concerned appear to have been as regarded the strength of Sebasto pol and of its garrison --lastly, if we are to take the word of Sir Howard Douglas, the bad manage ment of the campaign and siege operations—are individual faults, distinctly ascribable to particular men, and not in fairness chargeable upon any system, however defective. Eager partisans, anxious only to cover Lord Aberdeen and his col leagues with censure, may exaggerat e th e amoun t land importance of the errors which I have enume rated • ardent Liberals, h av i ng i n v i ew t h e d ou b le object screening their own political leaders, and of exciting popular feeling against a class, may, on the other hand, overlook or pass lightly over them— but a calm looker-on will perceive and acknowledge —first, that even with a competent Administration and a well-organised army, many blunders must have been expected in the first campaign of the only European war which this generation has witnessed; next, that neither the Government at home, nor the generals in the field, have made the best of the system which they found in existence, and had to administer. But, this being premised, and large allowance made accordingly for past errors, it must in justice be admitted that a great deal remains to do in the way of army reform ; and the reason is obvious. An army in time of peace is compara tively in a state of abeyance. No Minister is likely at such a time to propose an organic change in its constitution ; nor, were he to do so, is it probable that he would receive from Parliament or the pub lic the requisite amount of support. We find, therefore, that though many departmental reforms have been carried out, the principle of English mili tary organisation, as a whole, remains substantially the same as it was after Waterloo. That circumstance alone indicates the necessity of careful revision and large alterations. Society has in the course of the last 40 years made great advances. The position of the labouring man is no longer what it was. Individuals of a higher and better educated class enter the ranks,even now, and will do so to a much greater extent when induced by the prospect of mere rapid advancement. No one who reads the letters of soldiers serving in the Crimea can affirm that among the writer there are not many com petent to fill a higher position than that in which they find themselves. And on the other hand, though the charges of neglecting their men, brought against regimental and divisional officers, are for the most part unfounded, and in every case greatly exaggerated, yet it cannot be denied that want of practice in campaigning—ignorance of the mode of life of the private soldier—and the habit of having everything done for them in time of peace—do prevent our lieutenants, captains, and colonels from being as efficient as they might be in securing the comforts of the troops. They do not want for the will, but they are deficient in the re quisite practical knowledge. The question is—What remedy Y I say, take a certain fixed number of commissions and give them to non-commissioned officers—not less than one fourth of the whole. Perhaps it would be well to begin with a lesser number just at first, leaving the increase of it optional with the Commander-in- Chief. Ultimately, when, as would be the case, a higher class of men are drawn i n t o th e ran k s b y the hepo of rising to be officers, you might increase the number to one-third. Beyond this last proportion think you ought not to go, with reference to the fair claims of the more educated classes, and to the interests of the scientific branches of the service. It is often said that a promoted private, when first appointed to an ensigucy, feels himself out of place, a man among boys, and his pay net equal to meet necessary expenses. This is tru e , nub s% future- Such men should pa..s over that merely probationary grade, and begin their new career as lieutenants. Many good soldiers doubt whether the rank of ensign ought not to be abolished, and whe ther a young matt who has passed through the military schools might not join as lieutenant, of course at a more advanced age than at which he now joins. I should approve this change. What can be worse than sending out raw lads fresh from school to face a Crimean climate ? They have pluck enough, but pluck alone, without constitu tion, is not sufficient. But this is a minor point of detail. As regards the remaining two-thirds, I should suggest the following division :—One-third to be left, as now, in the hands of the Commander-in- Chief, on whom it might be a useful check, if ho were compelled to give in to Parliament a yearly return of commissions granted, stating the parent age of the recipients, and the reason of the choice, sons of officers who had served to be preferred, but this to be left to his discretion. The publicity given to his selection would put a stop to the abuses which we now witness, and which it is alike im possible to deny and to palliate. Tho remaining one-third I should think it pos sible to put up to public competition, or in any case, failing that, to offer as the reward of a severe and protracted training in military schools, which would afford security to the publio that incom petent men should not pass. It is to this section that one should look for the most able scientific officers ; and if the examinations are strict enough, it matters little in whose hands you vest the original presentation, which would only carry the grant of a commission on condition of the student showing himself worthy of it. Care must be taken that the training should be one not of books exclusively, but testing bodily as well as mental fitness. Macaulay and Wood argued, in the Indian debate of '53, that where examinations are probationary only, and not competitive, there ensues an!inevitable tendency on the part of exa miners to relax the rule, rather than disappoint an incapable, but well-intentioned asiiirant. Sueh maybe the case at Haileybury or Addisconbe, and no doubt the argument is plausible. Still it need not be; and in proof that it need not, I appeal to Westpoint, the American Lailitary academy. It is well known that whatever the merits of Ame ricans, a complete education, and a thorough-going as opposed to a superficial knowledge of things, are not their strong points ; but I never met a West point officer—and I have met a good many—who was not both a gentleman and a thoroughly edu cated man. Yet the Westpoint system is not one of competition ; the cadets are nominated by mem bers of Congress, and "get their appointments as 01'I100YA on ago °floor condition than that of passing, which, so severe is the training, only about one in three does. By the tripartite division which I suggest, I think you would combine the three elements most needed in organising an army —reward for service performed in the field—reward for service not military, or for military services rendered in former wars, of which there is no more appropriate ac knowledgment than a commission granted to the son or nearest relative of the person concerned ; and, thirdly, the highest scientific education given to a part of the officers. It may be objected that the scheme I propose tends to throw the army wholly or nearly into the hands of the lower or middle class. I don't an swer this objection, as the Rad icals do, by saying, " That is exactly what we want." O tt th e con trary, I should thinkit an evil. At the same time, I must observe that, as matters now stand, there is an undue pressure upon the Horse Guards by Peers and leading landed gentry, which it is well to put a stop to. The reason I take to be, that among many persons there prevails a notion, one abundantly foolish, that the Army and the Church have some superiority in point of gentility over other professions—always excepting the noble profession of doing nothing. Consequently, if a lad is bookishly inclined, he is set to teach the theology of the Church of England : if he shows a turn for hunting and mischief, the county member is importuned to get his name put down on Lord Ha r di nge ' s li s t. Th e navy, t h e bar, medicine, literature, even the civil service, are rarely thought of, unless, from the character or circumstances of the applicant, the two favoured occupations are out of the question. I do not ap prehend th a t th e younger sons of our terr i tor i a l aristocracy, titled and untitled, will be any tho worse for being scattered over a greater variety of professions, i ns t ea d o f b e i ng a l mos t ex clusively confined, by custom, to two. And so strong in many aristocratic families is the love of sol diering, that I firmly believe many youths who, being destined for the army, under the / ' l ' f present system, learn nothing, because the, t ., dip, not required to l earn an ything, would ele s l f ik go throughasearchin g an d long discipline, unn i i even the necessity of a good deal of prep paration, with the prospect of ultimately l'Tro military distinction. If I am right in t bm i ki I think I am, the benefit to them and tlgo families will be incalculable ; for as 1,740 stand, the habits of indolence and over-inurrdo which such an age as ours almost necessaril/M duces in the wealthy, and in the children latii wealthy, are far more democratic influences ot o the growth of the manufacturing Pevr er ont iO, sprea of education, such as it is, a ut 0 0 peasantry. Anything that induces such otio t work, and to make their children work, is 'Lie/ a class benefit, but, considering the itarainn„o,4 which the upper classes retain over the DP - j. the community, a national blessing also. isetllA As to the purchase s ystem, there are two tea it of dealing with it. The cm., to buy up re 5 , 600 terests and prohibit purchase in all cases.. .'4lOl more easily said than done. If an officer be ";011 to retire, and the next in succession be willi n g rus eo, him for retiring, one does not see how Gn ve it 0 0 can interfere to p reven t a b ar gain, of which o f 0 0 know nothing. I set aside the exping e t. TO process, tho ug h th a t wou ld b e very gl o ver ° , next, and, I think, the sounder plan, is nett the transaction a lt oge th er . The real iniuleboll abuse of the purch ase s y s t em is, that a L,, 00 buys his promotion over the head of a P7 i , 0 00 This is disgraceful, a n d s h ou ld be stopp ed • t lt It is stopped in the Indian army, an d by de r process. Government, lam told, does n° 0 •111 fere, but promotes the next in senioritii i reference to purchase. Consequently, nos bt wishes to sell out, the money is found, 100 1 A • immediate junior, or, failing him, by the i iite can afford it, but by the officers o f . 110 by b i tf o collectively, each of whom gains a st 4 posat a tirement. A fund is formed for the Y. -- y. which each officer contributes out of ai l e h il sicl contribution is not more than he can W lai d and he receives it back again on retirirlg i ; o ris . .l forms a kind of savings bank, an 81 '404 , 1 71 economically beneficial to all who shirs. ‘ „; 0 0:0 00 which does injustice to none. I alp igl u '/ regimental minutiae, but I see no reas ° ,:, gar - s f same plan should not be adopted ill W ; g t.lo 0 army. There may, however, be obi 3 oli o which I am unaware, and I suggest Toned e l 0 being prima facie fair and e ff ec tive• oito subject of purchase, ho wever , is well, to to consideration by a Parliamentary conto n ...n ot 4 p We want also a decorati on f o r all Thsat'ool given as a reward for spe c i a l i n dividual o teeS,, , b seems to be the modern syst em to dec er sot• armies, but I do not think well of it t ool man, whether privat e or o ffi ce r, d i e s !. scr d of credit for merely standi ng hi s g round ' - v pir o r and, as to seeing ser v i ce , th a t i s more* 0 4 good fortune and favour than of g 0 oi r duct. There should b e a t least t ds 4 of such a decoration, for the mere course : o o ; born hope or a Balakl ava c h arge , 0°4;0,10 lent thing in its way, cann o t be placeuiej with that union of firmness and skill, ° be retie well as physical superiority, which raal or y 50 in the direction of a complicated ini" 01 tion. But I should value the decoratiotein t i f f a means of rewarding those who, °oasi s "00 the interests of the public service, ea u • ef , warded by promotion--as, for instance(' 0 who may have performed a special act . 40°,0 but wit() can neither read nor write, an vil or to learn. A medal and a money pren 2l JO proper remuneration in such cases , b em s? As regards the Staff I believe all "eti/ agreed. It ought to be a special bra y% t bsic . vice, with certain assigned duties, wh i° , ar ity, cannot perform should not think Of en: 0 1 1 ,00, The present examinations for yeunte cl„il into the army are a farce. The obJ7 O evil framers seems to have been the excltisr bey s o branch of knowledge which can ness i t i be dy, to the officer hereafter. For those T h l ga rr i pass through the scientific training whi s rdr, mend, there should be a separate e$ b$ AP too strict (for many a man can fir', 0;1 0 show others how to fi g ht, w h o has I', book learning), but p rac ti ca l an d 1 1---- 10' far as it goes. 0 0, 6 ,,ite d The only remaining topic—one alln o o ,- •Y„ to touch—is that of a closer conne°;4 l o l o 3 the Queen's and the E. I. Companf' s ,,,,o o o ,lll idea of an amalgamation between T e0 0.,,c 1 " C I tamed by some. I should think it u rs - te,," Pl. were possible, but the difficulties see' - 7r s tP" as to put it out of the question' 0 • lani requisite for an efficient CorePVo, is that he should speak the i en° si e guages (two at least) fluently, an d f t einor d something of native habits. lam far be; hoof that this is insisted on as it ought W oo tic s , theory, at any rate, is good, and th..„" ng to to correspond. No w it i s c l e arly r ur — ,;,47,tel A witu CU Ils .1. ct i tail. omit,. b - axial cci" - r cannot reasonably expeot • all serving, to study Eastern ton„aties° nt „ h r oqj culation of being at some future P',.,1 0 1 serve in Hindostan. But if you en 3 4 r , officers in Europe, Queen's officers will justly, that they have an equal an which' if 05 0 right to be emplOyed in the East, o or it , officer/ ototto of the necessary qualification, they tio eti i The armies must therefore remain dis, ei, f —that is, the Sepoy force, for there 4 'oo why the Company's European trooP s t i A o i l be merged in the Imperial army. ft 014 that this separation is inevitable, I u",,f $ 7.,,, , the case of commanders-in-chief, or -- 0.-r, pointments in the - highest grade*,•Oit power of holding personal converse 1 /, 1 1 " la 4 d though always desi ra bl e i n a genslieediSoP vital consequence, an d may b e 0141,00$ Ai supreme necessity of p u tti ng the, tinset, bear the heavi es t responsibility. A ' t ot': tion between th e t wo arm i es than,Lbio t tile have indicated does not appear priotn 00 1 There are other matters which ° lilt ... s tn e tf i but in so rough a s k e t c h as this I an d s. . beyond laying down a f ew b ro ad princiP • _ i v all, none of these reforms, deeP l i f tia lr , ' as they are, press so much in point ° t •,, c ,A 1 make it worth while to carry thera , r 's ti o looosl by carrying them out in haste. ° o ". Ili war, the system is everything ; in 6 it) P . , ITS thing wanted is to put the right Wa ll O a 09 place. This I believe Lord Ellenl.oo'..lo fhe ri do •, and, therefore, not overlooking - - , bs elv Indian administration, but regarding ' t/ igev comparatively immaterial at a m 0 131 6 10 il l c i• , sent, I most earnestly desire to see ' a i of the war. t 0 OLs0 Ls The changes which I suggest in i s 0010 ganisation are large, no doubt—path Pt, .1 „0 0 can yet be carried through Parliatae n _ s een; 4 such a pedant as to standout for it all, u efni 015 have many adverse influences to acetitstsi r be °Li r' A must take what we can get, and a it he& °Si !' doing the best in our power, even," "t,,0l which theoretically we think the ' 7 " 0 0_, 0 0"d• po i hope is, that the Conservative par t l'iliseili rot they are on this question, and at:W a vle/ J may well be by the attitude of the Pe;; ;040 00, ceive that their true wisdom lies 0 .° 11 ,,, A O ' but reform. If they neglect the t?r, 00: 4 6. t hine' know not what may follo're—mo - rs ee t s (1 7 I that moderate and practical ratan° o i l er it i see, and probably much that 10 , 10 1 . ,, 1i _ i itt cate. The nation, at least l' jog: pc' t y part of it, is willing to reak ° ,o a' ",belt, i l antes. They know that we Eng` ‘ F t "as P - 4 the habit of making changes, e/T s esa n d .- P a 0 practical necessity of the moment L ied , 0 P they know that the army has reoP:,,,is,; 'SO years of peace, ufialtered'in the,.„ ‘ •"; t , r de frier its organisation ; and they knoW th e el.,e r ~ f 64 0 1 ! least of its shortcomings, the ecostn' i t, P",elr'on' and the curtailed votes of Parliealie t ot foot i be amble. It is not likely, therefort,olool,4o feeling of disappointment, excited v • i to ta i ' l ), If ure has cooled down (and as a ccti of t s die t/1 003 9 , Crimea improve, it will lessen e v do seu - 0 00. 0 0, will be shown much inclination t, 00 c ° ooP,sta tion. for the past. In truth, the l gt . the or 0 in b° I do not now speak of blundersi or eaaebi . - is s• the campaign, but of the gene ° r tiesta i el o oo the army—are shared by all P e s r y A p°, branches of the Legislature, bf.e tr its elf • ,„„ int or tion, and by the general public sore be At to 0 will be accomplished if a new el a til' tb.t.er s erf u s eitt ts rated for the future ; and if Can ..,,,,, otn if ith. d ir derstand, in this case as ill S"': terlt OPP 0 reforming policy is neither ineOr ig t ' i : sir o' l principles, nor incompatible with fr o. rests.—l remain, &c., " ri° a' A LIBERAL _....„ --r ' -- ''' r ' r'''j O k , r •b Pt— LIVERPOOL STEJ , - 1 11 ' r ----4.--- ----- 0 friFis ti ' ii3 g, The Steeplechases are postpon ed till coo 01 2d, and, in the event of the frost 0 ther postponed until the 7th. if ea e g c od ------ ----- w'e *LOP, r d ~,..c .A. 0.- --- ~ 001),,,,f 1 THE CAMP ROAD FROM BAT"'''.ll,(vieo • no . to understand that although the a l ; 6t h to rand co' at Baiaklava on the 29th ult., bY , the tend to b e made no less than three m iles 0' , pe cte sl' tr PI e 0 The entire railway to the caatn vras e- t he t 0 ht pleted in six weeks. .4 p r t o in %90 1.13 All is 0. 0,. A ii , ye_ ~,,s , 1 .. The demand for money leas d ent Wl° col Its change at from 3 to 3i per ce nt ' °II vi al' d W • b tril:l ' cities. Out of deorS there is been is , ~g 0 t have been expected during a Per_ been e ois ter 40 00 from Australia and elsewhere ba n, t he 21°-' 011 01 ' By an edict of M. de West 1 Pbafeter beteCa. Interior, the 'London Punch, a ,r,? . . confiscated, is forbidden to el roulati Pa .~ _: . '~. •----,_ SIEG (pro„ , 8