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

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THIS EVENING, FEB. 23, Will be performed THE BRIDE OF LUDGATE. After which, THE WRITING ON THE SHUTTERS. To conclude with the Pantomime of JACK AND JILL. THEATRE ROYAL ILAYMA.RKET. Under the management of Mr. Bueltstone. THIS EVENING, FEB. 23, Will be performed GUY MANNERING. Henry Bertram, Mr. G. Tedder; Meg Merrilees, Mies Cushman. Followed by the new grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled LITTLE 130-PEEP; or, Harlequin ani the Girl who Lost her Sheep. Little Rn-Peep, Itlas L. Thompson; Harlequin, Mr. Chapino; Pantaloon, Mr. W. Barnes; Clown. Mr. Appleby ; Columbine, Miss M. Brown. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TILEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Casaus SEAN. THIS EVENING, FHB. 23, Will be presented the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. After Which will be produced a New Grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled, HAREEQUIN BLUE-BEARD; or, The Great Bashaw. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown. Mr. Hanna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Desborqugh. - ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, FEB. 23, Wlll 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 THING. After which will be produced the new and original Fairy Extra vaganza, entitled PRINCE PRETTYPET and THE BUTTERFLY. Box-office epea from 10 until 6. Sole agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Allereft, 15, New-Mond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELFIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, FEE. 23, WM be performed a new and original Drama, preceded by a Pro logue. and called JANET PRIDE. To be followed by THE UNKNOWN AND THE RAYADERE. Characters by Messrs. P. Redford sad G. Lee ; Misses Woolgar and Keeley, and Mdlles. Maraquita and Benoni. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EYEITING, FEB. 23, Wttl be presented the new Comedietta, called TIT FOR TAT, In Which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Miss Maskell will appear. Followed by A LUCKY FRIDAY. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. Characters by Mr. F. Robson, Miss Julia St. George, Miss E. Ormonde, Miss Marston, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fit'allan. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. 'Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING Will Le performed the popular Barletta. OUR NELLY. Principe] character, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIC WEATHER.—Sum Orrza, Feb. 33. MIIBMOMSTER, IN THE SNIDE. 37—highest since noon yesterday. 31—lowest this morning and during the night. 38—this day, at noon. BAROM =SE, 29'92. WIND, S.E.—Light, with a heavy fall of snow. Afternoon.—Thick fog. Two o'clock.—A strong thaw has set in. f;g, , bfr. Alll. 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 mail 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 fortnight 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 Palmerstoidan, 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 ! We use the term " ostensible," because when a subordinate has been so puffed up• and inflated with self-conceit as to suppose that he cannot be got rid of, and that many eager rivals will be ready to compete for his assistance, taking him at his own price, and offering a cans 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 and heartrending calamities, cannot be exonerated from the conseqfiences of their own acts. That trial is equivalent to condemnation. They are right. We felt so, ab initio, aid, al though almost single-handed, e xpressed our opi 'lions without reserve or equivocation. How Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT could be promoted, in conse quence of his failure, seemed almost miraculous. If he had been successful in his administration, he should not be removed from the department which, under existing circumstances, was the most important of any : if otherwise, it was surely too bad to foist incompetence into 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, must be in a very embarrassing "fix" when she could offer nothing btittivr to her numerous and important-settle' Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS DAY. a FREE BENEFIT in aid of the" Times'" Fund for the Relief of the Sick and wounded Soldiers. THIS EVENING, 107th time, the BATTLE of the ALMA i to which will shortly be added, the Battles of Balaklava and of Inkerman. After which, the Brilliant SCENES of EQUITATION M the CIRCLE. To conclafie with (the last week) the Grand Comic Pantomime called GULLIVER and the LILLIPUTIANS; or, Harlequin and Britannia. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Acting Manger. kr. W. ill. Cooke. Equestrian Director Kr. W. c".ke, Jan. After which, e. new Operatic Burlesque, entitled, ALONZO THE BRAVE. To conclude with THREE PAIR OF LOVERS. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tim DAT —Morning 22 min.after 6 Event= 43 min.aft. 6 I To-VOnaow - Morning 4 min.after 7 Evening 2$ min.aft. 7 - _~-_- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1855. ABERDEENISTS would conduct it, must issue in making our Asiatic neighbour Persia a depen dency of Russia ; that, on the contrary, we might now have 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 vent. Earl GREY 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 begin 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—to tell it to begin its own regeneration is the most cruel of insults. LATEST NEWS. will not fail to make the necessary arrangements for carrying the above into execution. "St. Petersburg, Jan. 29, 1855." " NICOLAS. A ukase of the same date commands them to call out forthwith the militia enmasse in the governhaen ts of St. Petersburg, Olonetz, Novgorod, Tver, Simo len sk, and Kursk; and in the govern ra en ts ofMosco iv, Vologda, Kostrome, Nischegorod,Yarofsla, Kaluga, Osel, Tula, Ryayan, Vladimir, Tamboy, and Pensa, in consideration that the partial levy of recruits is close at hand, from the 15th of February to the 15th of March, to effect the equipment of the militia from the Ist of April to the Ist of May. In all the governments so designated the comba tants are to be forthcoming in th© number required by the regulation. A letter in the Post Ampt Gmette says : " Every ono 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 sot only in the Cri:nea, 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 reason 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 on Kalisch and Warsaw, and others on Praga, and Lublin. These last named fortresses, a 3 well as that of Jomok, 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 Leniba. All these military measures do not indicate very 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." The reply of Lord HARZOWBT sums up, ix 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 certainly did not propose merely to defend Turkey. Much less did we think of immediate self-defence ; it might have been a half or a whole generation before Russia would have made Constantinople another Sebastopol, or we have had much to fear from her. "It was a war of policy, of which the main object was to prevent Russia attaining a preponderance in the affairs of Europe. Could this object be attained by merely expelling her from the Principalities, himiliated, but not weak ened f 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 RUSSILL would clutch at the bargain. Russia, however, knows that Lord Joarr wishes to leave her all her territories ; she knows that he will refuse the aid, as Lord HAR ROWBY stated, "of seventeen millions of men, the most warlike in Europe," she will not, therefore, make peace, and events may drift us ti Polish and European emancipation just as they drifted the poor PRELIM into the War itself. There is surely hope fur 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 offioe. At the same time, in language very similar to some sf 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 respondent," to venture on withholding higher office from our own member. The member who can speak to a full House of Commons in the evening, 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. Lows'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 ►hat 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. LOWE 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 vice of public patronage. Merit is not promoted ; the only thing considered is personal connexion and favour." The Emperor of RETMSIs 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 ha's 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 he. 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 have saved our army, but even the proved capacity and the experience of the offi cers of our Indian army ! 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 can 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. Gladitone, 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 miral ty. 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 fatter part of the day ,we shall publish it in our [ate edition. ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPR.) LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY NOON. The steamer Pacific is just telegraphed as having arrived in the Mersey. The outward mail is detained. means 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 ABERDEEN 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 retaia 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 net, object to a man because he is a Lord, if he possess the qualifica tions requisite ; but we do protest against th e Peerage being considered as all th a t i s 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, gi ven 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 mast 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 obstaele to a maws, rising to eminence in any branch of the service. On the contrary, they would be looked on as recommendations ; 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 only things sought after. Unassisted ability, when clearly displayed, should be permitted to rise. We should oftener hear of the Sergeant SUL- Livirts, 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 tha 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 objeets, having had two opinions do 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 detervining 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 tearing and swallowing it in 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 ABERDBBN, or COBURG peace 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 peas during which Russia would avail herself of all the mechanical skill of civi- Used 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 save us an incalculable expen diture of money and life a few The Earl of 11A.Rnowcy years hence. therefore, entitled to the thanks of his country for speaking out Iplainly the: views of the, Common s of England i n the House of Lords. Lord ELLENnonouon had led the way by indicating, in a powerful spe ec h, how advantageously the feelings of nationality in Asia might be turned against Russia. He pointed out that we ought to consider India as interested in a war which,. as the COBUROS and -_...,~ d : -. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL, BERLIN, THunspey, 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 6th the French, trying the game 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 arms, compel them to suspend their works. VIENNA, THURSDAY, FBB. 22. The Vienna Presse publishes the following, dated Constantinople, February 15 : It is reported that Lord Raglan has tendered his resignation. On tle 12th General 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 arrival from Verona to replace Baron Prokesch, who will attend the con- ferences as Austrian plenipotentiary. MADRID, FEB. 20 The Cortez have authorised the Government to issue Bonds sufficient to produce five hundred millions of effective receipt. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY, Lord John Russell ssts out to-day for Berlin To-day M. Berryer vas received as a member cm the Academy. The general budget of receipts aid expenditure for the year 1856 was presented to-day to the Legis lative Corps. It shows an excess of receipts of 4,640,486 f. The lifonitsur publishes the despatches from Kamiesh of the 10th, Balaklava 12th, and Varna 10th, the contents of which appeared ii our first edition yesterday. The Moniteur 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 Anstrian 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 Britain during the present war, that kis Government had received the proclamation of those principles with the most cordial satisfaotion, and would issue orders imme diately for all the citizens of the republic to ob serve the laws of the most strict neutrality." "The Emperor," says the Moniteur, "after having caused 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 if 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 Fleurus, screw line-of-battle ship, left Algiers oa the 14th for the East, with 1,287 of the 100th regiment of the line. The Ist battalion of the same regiment left a few days before, on board the frigate Asmodes. The Sultan has presented Reschid Paella with the Palace in which the late Kosrew has just died. BOURSE, /rEB. 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 .. . Credit Fonoier ...... Austrian Belgian Fiver...,,. .. Sp an i s h Threes 35 Piedmontese ......... 81 Home Debt 3Ol RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. Orleans 1 fr. c. fr. c. ,177 50 Ly ons . 1022 50 Western 666 25 Rouen Cette 597 50 Strasburg Mediterranean ...... 900 Havre 560 Northern PRUSSIA. The Journal ds Francfort has the following from Berlin :—" The de s p a t c h o f t h e 29 t h u lt. ( o f M. Drown de r Huys), occupies itself exclusively with questions of which the solution is shortly expected. We willingly admit that this despatch is as able in its reasoning as it is courteous in form ; but the explanations which it gives do not suffice to throw full light on the situation, and to remove the diffi culties which p revent an intimate alliance b etween Prussia and th e a lli es of the Porte. In presence of a European cr i s i s, it would net be opportune to enter into lon g di scuss i ons on the quest i ons o f f orm; 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 2erved as the basis of the first proto cols of Vienna and of the convention of the 20th ApriA ; she is in accord with the Western Powers as to the necess i ty of establish i ng th e peace of the world on solid guaran t ees; b u t s h e i s a l so o f op i n i on that the se guarantees may b e o bt a i ne d w i thout prolonging a be in pr o p or ti on to the sacrif i ces w hi c h it i mposes on almost all t w he ar st t a he tes r o e f s E ul u ts m o p f which can n ever e. Prussia cannot give her adhesion to a more advanced piogramme until after being convinced that it is impossible to obtain an equitable arrangement by negotiations earried;on with sincerity in that spirit of modera tion which enhances and moralises the ascendancy of the great governments." MM. de Vincke, Sanger, and several other members of the Second Prussian Chamber, have just presented the following proposition :—" The Chamber is requested to adopt the following bill Wo, Frederick William, by the grace of God King of Prussia, ac., order with the assent of the two Chambers as follows :—Single Article. Para graphs 8 to 11 of the ordonnance of the 12th of Oc tober, 1854, relative to the formation of the First Chamber are revoked.' Motives. These provisions 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 composed 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 out all ranks of the empire for the defence of the orthodox faith, the throne, and the country, we com mand yon, 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 far 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 _, _.:~- TURKEY. Apropos of this eagerness for the grand attack, shared in by every one, a rumo it has reached Constantinople within the last few days. This on 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 .f 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 unle3s 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 Zonave, 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. The phroni q ueur of Friburg repeats, on the faith of &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 18,000 men to the Crimea, includin g th e 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 and Co., of London, as correspondents of Messrs. Meyer Spielmann and Co., of Paris, to recover the amount of two Bank of England notes for 5001. 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 Novena her, 1852, and it was proved that notices of robbery were delivered at the places of business of both &me. 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, Spielmann, and Co. to Messrs. Adam Spielmann and Co., and re ceived by then 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 note bona fide and for value; whether Adam Spielmann received theta bong fide as a remittance ; and whether the notices were left at the places of business of both parties. The jury found that Meyer Spielmann and Co. 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 Lord Campbell directed a verdict to be entered for the 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 them. `ALL'S WELL.”—AN INCIDENT IN THE CRIMEA.— Fr?so a letter just received in 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 outp os t s near Balaklava, three Rus sians, d i sguised a s F renc h men, attempted, to surprise him. Discovering the deception, he instantly shot the first who approached, 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 THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.— 'Yesterday morning, the "Newspaper train," due from Easton-square station at 6.15 a.m., whilst shunting 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 eff 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 hard that the carriages scarcely left any trace of their havin g been on it. In this affair many passengers re ceived contusions, but, fortunately, none of a dangerous nature. Assistance was immediately sent from. Leices ter, and after a short delay thej train proceeded to Derby, at which station it arrived upwards of an hour late. On the same day the tires of the leading wh ee l s of the eng i ne ta ki ng t h e 8 a . m . train from Derby to Birmingham flew off, thereby stopping the traffic until abeietance from Birraingliana could be obtained, CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 12. By the last private letters received from the camp, it appears that the expectation of an early general assault on the outlyingforts 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 have 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 execution. TO TH! EDITOR OF THE StilV. 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 excu l pate 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 be 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 novice of impending war—the choice of Varna for an encampment, and the long detention there —the sudden embarkation for th:Crimea, in which so many hardships were caused by the leaving be hind of teats and equipages of every description —the utter ignorance in which 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, how ever defective. Eager partisans, anxious only to cover Lord Aberdeen and his col 'eagues with censure, may exaggerate the amount and importance of the errors which I have enume rated ; ardent Liberals, having in view the double object of 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. Thatcircumstance alone irdicates 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 more rapid advancement. No one who reads the letters of soldiers serving in the Crimea can affirm that among the writers 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 iu 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 ? 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 a re d rawn i n t o th e ran k s by the hope of rising to be officers, you might increase the number to one-third. Beyond this last proportion I 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 ensigncy - , feels himself out of place, a man among boys, and his pay not equal to meet necessary expenses. This is true, but it need not be so in future. Such men should pass 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 man who has passed through the military schools might not join as lieutenant, of course at a more advarced 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- I tion, is not sufficient. B u t thi s i s a m i nor point of detail. As regards the remaining two-thirds, I should suggest the foltowing 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 he 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 public 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 is 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 j ensues anVinevitable tendency on the part of exa miners to relax the rule, rather than disappoint an incapable, but well-intentioned aspirant. Such may be 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 military 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 point s ; b u t 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 officers on no other 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—iaw - ard for service not military, or for military services rendered in former is wars, of which there ro mor e 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 Radicals do, by saying, " That is exactly what we want." On the con trary, I should think it au 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, the 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 that the younger sons of our territorial aristocracy, titled and untitled, will be any the worse for bei ng sca t tere d over a grea t er variety of professions, instead of being almost exclusively 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 present system, learn nothing, because ,tb e , not required to learn anything, would 0 . °74 go through a searching and long discipline ,l . k _', even the necessity o f a good deal of prevn paration, with the prospect of ultimately read military distinction. If lam right in " I think I am, the benefit to them families will be incalculable ; for stand, the habits of indolence and or which such an age as ours almost ne( duces in the wealthy, and in the chi, wealthy, are far more democratic in; the growth of the manufacturing pi spread, of education, such as it is, peasantry. Anything that induces work, and to make their children work, a class benefit, but, considering the it which the upper classes retain over the community - , a national blessing al! As to the purchase system, there are of dealing with it. The cne, to buy , terests and prohibit purchase in all cases , more easily said than done. If an office to retire, and the next in succession be him for retiring, one does not see how can interfere to prevent a bargain, of wl know nothing. I set aside the exile) process, though that would be very f next, and, I think, the sounder plan; the transaction altogether. The real 3 abuse of the purchase system is, that buys his promotion over the head of This is disgraceful, and should be stoPl It is stopped in the Indian army, an d process. Government, lam told, doe., fere, but promotes the next in senior' reference to purchase. Consequently, wishes to sell out, the money is found, immediate junior, o r , f a ili ng him, by t can afford it, but by the officers of thk collectively, each of whom gains a s te P tirement. A fund is formed for the . „,,y, which each officer contributes out of bl e o l s contribution is not more than he 011 W o . li t and he receives it back again on rell". r e p r gore t forms a kind of savings bank, an, :in it, , al , economically beneficial to all who su e 'i g noresio which does injustice to none. I am n 040 : 4 ,0 regimental minutiae, but I see no be Ql' 7- 0 1 same plan should not ' be adopted ''''„bjeoti em g. 0 army. There may, however, b°,l it nij ,4tiro which I am unaware, and I suss ' The, ~,A to being prima facie fair an d e ff ec tive' s uit subject of purchase, ho wever , is 11 ,, o itWei OP consideration by a Parlia men t ar y CO onick- We want also a decoration for all era . t o given as a reward for special indiridi lsl In vite ° f i seems to be the modern system to de sorti t ee armies, but I do not think well of L e " rf es ; 0 1 man, whether private or officer, ",rni et of credit for merely standing his ground a toilw ec i and, as to seeing service, that is ra°l goeti jd oo good fortune and fa vour than 0 ` t o "g 0 duct. There should be at least .. . a of !, 0 1. of such a decoration, for th e me re 03 '10701 lorn hope or a Balakl ava c h arge , tlll s ne,,jo lent thing in its w a y, canno t b e plac e d cnoi with that union of fi rmness an d s kill, - b o rei, well as physical superiority, which ulaY,, 2 1 - 0 in the direction of a com pli ca t e d inch o'oo tion. But I should value the decor tes t a means of rewarding those who, cons .d role the interests of the public service, ea".o bit g ; warded by promotion—as, for install , 0 0• who may have performed a special act ii iitir.,4. but who can neither read nor write, as v ir to learn. A medal and a money prera l Ai! proper remuneration in such cases Ai As regards the Staff I believe all y ofrifo agreed. It ought to be a s p ec i a l bralic'oo o i, vice, with certain assigned d u ti e s, win e ter nig i i cannot perform should not thi n k of en 10 0 1 , The present examinations for young eot of into the army are a farce. The 01 : 9 . 0s of , # framers seems to have been the exeln h sl i , be, branch of knowledge which can P° ssw , d ho ri i to the officer hereafter. For thosej„ h l, l 7, pass through the scientific training i" 1 " ; • os itire mend, there should be a se p ara te exa ll :i 010 too strict (for many a man ca n fig',,, no show others how t o fi g ht, w h o has "4, book learning), b u t p rac ti ca l an d pro • 01 far as it goes. 0 0 4° The only remaining topic —one alin; ; , 04 to touch—is that of a closer connec t p , the Queen's and the E. I. Company's ,70,7 0 , idea of an amalgamation between t, ° .,, f 0 e7 D' ° o l9, tamed by some. I should think it a' t ois e o 9 were possible, but the difficulties sees i 11 0 0oec as to put it out of the question. A ° 1 1 0; requisite for an efficient Complalile 4 o is that he should s p e ak the ic in aev 4 sli guages (two at least) fluently, and fr 00,7,, t e, something of native habits. lam fa r u' o l, that this is insisted on as it ought g ee t „ e rs co,,,, theory, at any rate, is good, and th e n t o g to des to correspond. Now it is clearly W,r",,lear that' with this requirement ; and equall " 45 , vii , of, cannot reasonably expect all ow e w t h s " lin o ~ I' serving, to study Eastern tongues o n „ r ied li fo iri culation of being at some future r - v iol f . , serve in Hindostan. But if you Ie", officers iu Europe, Queen's officers i'll rre se if justly, that they have an equal and i. c e . c b, for 1 0 , right to be employed in the East, wil l csoe,e, ► of the necessary qualification, they tioctril The armies must therefore remain d ie ,„ no :10 —that is, the Sepoy force, for there "1, 0 0 4 why the Company's European troops in 4, be merged in the Imperial army. 131t o ot i gr that this separation is in ev it a bl e , I d of A 1 i , 4. P the case of commander s -i n - c hi e f, or ° f ge n e /' pointments in the highest grade.. ib th ° o, I powth• of holding personal converse With if to. F,; though always desirable in a gen er ra'oecl,,'" vital consequence, and may be sae r h 'i s stVe c i supreme necessity of putting the i i " los er h ic) bear the heaviest responsibility. A % fi t 1 " ; 1 tion between the two armies than bit.ol,' have indicated does not appear practical 0e „ o f, There are other m a tt ers w hich iy s- t P'') F t but in so rough a sketch as this I anno, r ol p beyond laying down a few broad 0°, 4) 04 all, none of these reforms, deell 004 as they are, press so much in point c) t 01,4 U make it worth while to carry them e n s prer e. Pil by carrying them out in haste. 111 4.4 1 :, OA war, the system is everything ; in a crap tewito,s thing wanted is to put the right nslan f ogiV o place. This I believe Lord Ellen b f fati i 'A r do ; and, therefore, not overlooking tiri o sef i eie p Indian administration, b u t reg arding t oo c e comparatively immaterial at a Moine° blO . ill , sent, I most earnestly desi r e to see 1.0 of the war. 4.he re l At lir r i The changes which I suggest in 1 " -- s jaleolp ganisation are large, no doubt—perhaP t A,'' 0 can yet be carried through Parliara,e li nt rieli i ; A b such a pedant as to standout for " abc e Ar t have many adverse influences to ~ce r e n owo l o l l must take what we can get, and ,I;tilf fri doing the best in our power, even ": t , it osei e f which theoretically we think the b e ' o or i 0 vd. hope is, that the Conservative part1 2 010; ( 111r o o, they are on this question, and adran . „ v ieuito: 1 may well ba by the attitude of the P7ts po rroiirref ceive that their true wisdom lies sn'' o fe i te but reform. If they neglect the c .fi, joe'r n e. know not what may follow—notlloolaii cler on t that moderate and practical referin e 00 11 ,, t ellit l e see, and probably much that W m ° 1 : ii, l , l ' ail cate. The nation, at least v .- tart r t bo part of it, is willing to real°,• s h noil ai n ; antes. They know that we EnP / o pt ° do 07,40 the habit of makin changes, leua ll anril l , 6 l ° 0 1 practical necessity of the moment •ed Orr Ili they know that the army has relris 4ll s in f , eA soa le of years of peace, unaltered in the i r t, ftforill.oo - organisation ; and they know ,Of•PL roily least of its shortcomings, the econolnd o t, o'', / belia , and the curtailed votes of Parliara e that fi rst v th e sible. It is not likely, therefor°,9_, cocas o ro feeling of disappointment, excited v• i l it o Pi tli bir ure has cooled down (and as ac eci er y d e ci f f etilat Crimea improve, it will lessen 6 ° 10 35 0 olv of will be show n muc h i nc li na tion tot` its C 01) 2. 0 0 d tion for the p as t. I n t ru th, the ft the t o to I do' not now speak of blunder o ,7 o •ang b 'i 17 t e rs . the campaign, but of the gener aL ar ties, Ao nris o gb the army—are shared by an I;:,.ery A' Po. branches of the Legislature, bY 'it s elf. Oa or tion, and by the general public sto t h e , w ill b will be accomplished if a new - e rva tiV e rs ' til i ef rated for the future ; and if ecn le in e e oth e ,,,iiil!' derstand, in this case as in s n „, is tent "ot 7 reforming policy is neither ineor their true a., '' principles, nor incompatible with izl3o j" rests.—l remain, &c., A LIBERAL ,c DE.- - A," a' PIJVC Pr° LIVERPOOL STEE— dI, for -4.------- until i t .d, The Steeplechases are postponed u . n ., : l 00 0° 114 " 2d, and, in the event of the frost Et"' tiler postponed until the 7th. „e 4 gicleJ e if Ilis p oi THE CAMP ROAD FROM BALA 5 , l l l V v • iee '' i f ybef r od• to understand that although the " the oth W oo l c oy at Balaklava on the 29th ult., by the teelP to be made no less than three miles ei expec ted _p• The entire railway to the camp wa s pleted in six weeks. The demand for money is change at from 3 to 3i per cent' o ne 10 3 ,,,c1 , reties. Out of doors there is less in i ;a s oi i3,de i b is a per e "_ ei ; so 1 . 0 A te r 0150 have been expected during from Australia and elsewhere haavie:the itliPviapf By an edict of M. de Westph after loeist Interior, the London Punch, ~._,. r t ?iw• model:anted:yet r h o ° til S oat:: ;t; iir e g l i i confiscated, is forbidden to oisrllab! r ..... SIEG] (Pror 4 a se ll e act, Ato ele an. i Ce as Do' ..pressed ra, ri ng to cessa rP li , 6,5 "" ▪ ' ' each ildrell ° very [fluenees „"Y ens 5, ,power Or `ll atilt a mong We F ran fi such ; all is not their a toll iromens e : :,l •• s ues. ✓ the P r the E r lso. 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