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I went on to give some instances of errors that had been -- ' s ' / ' , ~ a s....___ J ,i s , .. _ vi i , Z x V 4, . 2 . ,-516'' ' • '', , '"'•,,,--= );' C r . committed, owing to that want of power and control. I _..... )r.r 1 lir. . '4O , ;,. ... - ..., 1 then said— " The Cabinet has, it is true, in its recent meetings, done much to ... . repair omissions ; but a Cabinet icumrous and .... oldlimoorwesgr ___ ___ ___ ____ ___ 19 448.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENIN , JANUARY 27 1855. , - nPRIOE SD. suggestions, or make a decision upon a measure sebnutted to it, but it cannot administer. What you want, there- , fore, I repeat, is a Minister of War of vigour and autho- - -- .....—.....- ........... ) IIBLICATIONS. 1 I iiPEIA PARLIAMIJA . A r. rip re d uce th a t f orce BO rapidly as he anticipated. On /to his good senseand feeling, which he,hoped would at once 1 the power of i nqu i ry, i t is a most valuable p r ivilege of Foss of . our pre s e n t conflict are concerned, I have no scruple • the 22(1 of December 18 , )3` he addre d a d.espatch to Sir induce him to abandon the p r ivilege, which certainl7,ll l lder this house. This house has no p ower of appointmott, no 'n saying so. Keep up, if you think right, as a temporary • ..,3 tl.Trancnarnara• . 0----4-- .. W-- lkf-L.... .1, -1-- 4.l—a. :I FTS' riCOTT EIST INDIA. HOUSE. RAW 1866 . bi t Zirr of -DIRECTORS of the EAST )02Dge 'C'XIPANT do hereby give Notice, that the Rate of tyrotalct,their receive C -ah for Bills on Bengal and k r , ,TParty , , ne Present date, and until further notice, be 2e. 4 4 .4 . 4 wPee, and for Btla on Bombay 2e. 034 d. the Com- .JAY. ~I the de ' bVi .e ' ,.t ;! r i t e °i°° 6r J.A..111111 S. lIILTILL, Secretary. 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VILLIASI THOMAS LINDEORD, Secretary. \ ',. -- --4.,......................_ ite,tunc,R°Y.AL BRITISH BANK Ati lt N bel4t.Cireti,,eilbY Charter), have opened a BRANCH at No. , eo i . t .."", co? vme..-(2_7a3dilly, where it is hoped the establishment , iat e °4 qte: g h bo Zm t at les. .t fiat - so 1( eoSe andon the privilege, which ces sy,t. the rules of the service; he •Meght never to have received. If it so happened that the gentleman had not the proper feeling he had described, it would undoubtedly be the duty of the Government to issue a positive order on the subject. He war asked further, whether he bad received any com plaint from Lord Raglan in reference to the information which was conveyed to the enemy by the publication of correspondence in the newspapers. He had received such representations from Lord Raglan. The first came on the sth or 6th of December. Lord Raglan sent an extract .from a ,newspaper, and pointed out how adMirably the writer of it had managed to assist the object of the enemy, and to thwart that of the allied army, and applied to him (the Dhlse of Neweastle) to use his influence in endeavour- Mg to prevent a recurrence of such a circumstance. On that occasion he adopted a step which he believed he was not justified -in taking except under very extraordinary circainstances indeed—viz., leaking n request to the cen timeters of newspapers not to publish particulars similar to those of which Lord Raglan complaints.): That was the first time ho ever made such an appqcation. He wrote to the editors of all the Londe:a newspapers, without excep tion, stating- the complaints of Lord Raglan, pointing out the inconvenience which hadetrieen, and depending upon their patriotism and sense of duty to exercise a vigilant control, not only over the commis:it:adieus of 'their own correspondents, but over the private letters froin the Cri mea, which were frequently quite as niischievotes, if not more mischievous, than the former, (Hear) From some of those conducters of newspapers he received no answer, but the answers ho did receive were of the most cot - I/teens description, and promised that care should be taken to carry out the wish which he had expressed. He deeply . regretted to say that those engagements had not been so completely and thoroughly fulfilled as he had every reason toexpect, and that Lord Raglan had been obliged to make a second complaint. Only the day before yesterday he re ceived a letter front him, pointing out a recurrence of the same mischief, in the same quarter, on the 18th of-Decem ber last. He (the Dake of Newcastle) could only say lie deeply deplored it; he certainly should not consider it his duty to ineee a similar communication again. He believed nu lad now given answers in sufficient detail to his noble friend's qteesions, and he should rejoice indeed if any m ire., ks he hed made would induce those gentlemen to exer h;e, in the future, greater control over their con espond ants, and over themselves, and abstain* from publishieg information which was prejudicial to the English army— information communicated not merely to the Emperor of Russia, but with the greatest possible rapidity to the com mander of the forces opposed to ours in the Crimea. In answer to the Ear/ of LIARROWBY, who was very in distinctly heard-in the gallery, but who was understood to ask whether there was any truth in the statement which had been circulated, that one of the correspondents in the Crimea had been remonstrated with the second time, and whether it was true that that gentleman had itsed insult ing language to Lord Raglan, and that in consequence he had been sent from the camp? The Duke of NEWCASTLE said ho did not know that Lord Raglan had personally remonstrated with any indi vidual who corresponded with the London papers, and still less was he aware that any gentleman had lewd insulting langua g e to his lordship, and in consequence had been re moved from the camp. if any gentleman had so miscon ducted himself, he (the Dakoof Newcastle) would say, ou the part of the Govei nment, that Lord Raglan would be perfectly justified in sending the correspondent from the camp. The Earl of DERBY said that thenoble duke had stated , in the course of his reply just made, that it was only in the month of December that the Commissariat Depart ment was handed over to his control, while on the 18th of December a motion was made in this house for copies of any order in Council, or of any correspondence which had taken place on this subject ; and in consequence' of that motion, which was at once acceded to, the papers had been laid upon their lordships' table, from which it appeared that, in pursuance of the orders in Council, the noble duke was appointed to his present office on the 12th of June ; and in pursuance of the second motion—an address having been made on the I,2th December—the only correspon dence is that dates four days later, the 18th, and conse quently could not have been referred to by. Ministers when they agreed to the motion on the 18th December. He wished now to know whether any correspondence had taken place from the 10th June to the 22d December, being four days subsequent to the motion assented to by Minis ters of the Crown as to the production of papers having reference to the functions of the now office. Was it to be understood by their lordships that, as to the distribution of the duties of the old and new offices, no correspondence had taken pl ac e, an d n o record existed as to the new ar rangements made between the offices, except that single letter dated 22d December, written by Sir Charles Tre velyan ? The Duke of NEWCASTLE said the noble earl had put his question so as to draw an unfavourable inference against the Government. He might have put his question without the insinuations which accompanied it. He had not the slightest objection to answer the question if their lordships would not consider he was encroaching upon the debate which would take place next week. When the papers wore moved for, he mentioned the minute referred to as being in existence, and though it was most undoubt edly dated the 22d Dec., yet it had been prepared three weeks before that time. He was aware of the minute having been prepared, and thought it had.paased before the Lords of the Treasury ' • but anybody who knew how the business was conducted at the Treasury, know that the papers had, in the first instance, to be placed before the First Lord and the Chancellor of the E echequer ; and although the minute had been approved by the heads of the Government, yet they had toe uoutrol of Minute* of this description, and thou it was for them to pass before the junior lords. Thus it was that the minute was prepared before the motion in December was made, and that it bore date four days afterwards. The noble earl wished to know when any other correspondence had taken place other than that produced, and he, in answer, would say that there must be necessarily much private correspondence between the heads of the departments, and it would be extremely inconvenient to communicate to Parliament documents of a private nature and confidentml character. As regarded the transference of the duties of the Secretary, of War, it -.was only in the month of December that the Commissariat Department was carried over to the new office. ,Previously to December the business was carried on in rooms lent him by the noble earl at the head of the Government until the new offices were provided. He certainly objected to take upon himself tho responsibility of the Commissariat De partment. The proposition to do so was neither fair to wards the department nor towards himself, and therefore it was not until the new offices were provided that he took upon himself the duties referred to. The noble Duke further stated, in answer to a question put by a noblellerd, that it was the duty of the Govern ment not to cast undue blame upon the subordinates of the Government in any department, bat as far as 'possible to assume the blame to themselves under almost all circum stances; butin this instance he had no hesitation in stat ing that it was Sir Charles Trevelyan who gave the order forth° rations provided. After a few observations from the Marquis of SALIS BURY, Their lordships adjourned. - has no power of app. power of directing the measures that may be taken ; but by the power ofi a n y qu b ir e y r i e t sis e t o e r a rec o t rr s t a w b o us g e r s o , n it ad re s fir t m he s maladministration, and strengthens th o se es tablishments which it may seem for a time to shake. A motion for inquiry, t there how aeverre, in no evils existing of sufficient magnitude to call for inquiry ; the other; that sufficient means have been taken to remedy those evils, and that they will b e lint cured by other means than by a resort to the inqui sitorial powers of this house. Now, with respect to the first of these grounds which I have stated, it is obvimis t i no h r je a ei t i as Ito fr impossible hear, et yarc,o hear.) ea t airt i.o) o n b oT e fh io o i o e u s arc i ac i t ro e ma d ny to. tbefore e,fvoh ls. ri T e lon eabr o can arsi.tvoay deny o.u(i r; (Louth q fho l e i ra a r r at t r e o r nnl l i v im e n r eg y i a—t w ( week are nothaneayr)m—eaansud measure only ati itha painf tsullr,oel a inl l do , bobneu,3lti would k li e o l y rr n i b oo l d tp e op a no n lsye to cure, but to do anything to mitigate those evils. (Cheers.) Sir, I must say. that there is something, with all the official knowledge to which I have had access, that to me is inexplicable in the state of our army. IClie . ers.) If I had been told as a reason against the expe dition to the Crimea last year that your troops would be seven miles from the eta, seVea miles from a secure port, —Which at that time, when W 3 liad is contemplation the expedition, we hardly hoped to possess, —and that at that seven miles' distance they would be in want of food, of d such uereehi casclothes,itrEtaphhti the and of Te o 1 1 . e h t iit e vooh lt es e f l oerfoox t tnitf4po expedition o s h t ib i et c oirt h oinnf a . 011 ( .0a, degree gbdt entirelye- teeidetyrnhyaelitdnf should a th n e c they haveoaunh considered sail' prediction as utterly preposterous, and d It absurd. (Hear, hear.) Wo are all, however, free to con fess the notoriety of that melancholy state of things. exist ence of the evils that I could hope to induce this house to ( r,: denying gentlemen; el n n but I had further to reileaf tliatlavas in a position not to give a faint "No" to the propo,al—not to express in vagu 3 and equivocal language a wish . that the motion should Lot be carried, or to use any ovation .with respect to the letter -of its terms with a view to defeat the motion. (Hear, hear.) It was my duty —a duty which, I trust, I have ever performed when in that situation—to- stand in the front of the battle, and manfully to take my p Lit in op posing the appointment of that committee. (floor, hear.) Thin, sir, T hail to consider whether I might not give the second reason for refusingthe committee to which I have alluded-viz.,rangomen ts were ih i a n t progress, lasure b h y agi which b those en tak evils would be ewedied, and by which the administration of the war would be vigorously and, as was to be hoped, successfully prosecuted. Sir, I should have been more disposed to give that reason, because it is obvious that the concession of a committee on the subject, a committee sitting for weeks, perhaps for months, would be fatal to the efficiency of those military purposes which it would chiefly affect. There was therefore the strongest inducement, if possible, to pat forward such an objection to the inquiry which the hon. and learned gentleman proposed to make ; but, sir, I found upon reflection that it was impossible fur use to urge with effect, and according to my own conscience and with truth, that objection to the proposition for a committee. (Hear, hear.) I hope the House will here permit - mo - to refer to some circumstances personal to my .self, though they hardly come within the scope of the statement I have to make. When the office of Secretary of State for War was separated from the office of Secretary of State for Colonies, Lord Aberdeen thought it right to ' _ r - Lporary arrangement, a Secret a ry at War. Make i t clear that it is temporiry—that is to say, only to last till wore complete consolidation can take place; but let Parliament and the country be assured that you have placed the conduct of the war in the bands of the fittest man who can be found fcr that duty." (Hear, hear.) In answer to this, I re ceived a long letter from Lord Aberdeen, which I shall read to the house. It is dated Nore m b er 30, 185 k, and is as follows : BENTLEY'S MONTHLY TOLUMES. With the Magazines, In crown post Bvo., beautifully printed and bound, with Illustratiene, 65., Vol. 11. (complete in three), HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. JESSE'S MEMOIRS of th• COURT of ENG LAND under the STUARTS, including the Protectorate. The price 01 the twelve Volumes to be published In the course of 1855, at Gs. per 5 o'nme, would be 3/. 125., but in order to give an advantage to subscribers, they Trill be supplied with the first twelve Volumes f or 3/ 55., on remittance of that amount with the order. ACCIDENT TO THE PERSEVERANCE. The Earl of HARDWICKE begged to call the atten tion of their lordships for a few moments to a subject of a professional character, which in their lordships' eyes might be unworthy of their consideration, but neverthe less he considered the circumstances of the case so pecu liar that it was right he should notice in that house one of the most remarkable events that bad occurred in his life of a professional kind. It lad reference to a ship of considerable tonnage, which was in the dock at Woolwich yard for the purpose of equipment. On being rigged and completed, she was Boated in Vie dock for the purpose of taking her out, but no sooner did she float than she began to sway from side to 'side, and upset in the dock, present ing a spectacle of the most ridiculous description that could possibly be presented to a scientific nation. The accident had occurred in consequence of the state of the levers, and from the masting of the ship being more than she could bear even in still water. He brought the sub ject under the consideration of their lordships, as a more disgraceful exhibition of the science of the country in her maritime yards was never exhibited. He was not at that moment going to enter into a discussion with respect to the state of science in her Majesty's docks, for it - was Of too serious a character to be then consi dered, but he took the liberty of shortly noticing the occurrence to which he had referred, in order that their lordships should not forget it at a future tines) when the subjeet should be liroughteuneler.tbeie coneidnratien. It wee to be expected that a surgeon should be acquainted with anatomy, and should be fit to deal with the human Lody in a proper manner, and in the same way he thought that a person placed at the head of the dockyard depart ment should be educated in the science of shipbuilding, and ossessed of the knowledge - of - construction. When .I iheßeformers in 1830 Struck a heavy blow aga'net, and gave great discouragement to the state and condition of the British navy by cutting down many of those.appur teeauces which hod tended materially to its support, they overthrew the pertion of the Government which had charge of the dockyards, and which took care of the state and condition of the scientific branch of the navy. Since that period prejudice had stalked abroad in those dockyards, and science stood at the door arraid to enter. Front that period to this thy bad conducted their naval construction by the rule of economy, and not under the scientific instrumentality which the country had at its dispo. al. - He thought it right to refer to this, the most disgraceful occurrence in reference to the British navy that ever had been publicly exhibited, and to note it by mentioning it before their lordship?. Earl TALBOT begged leave to say that he concurred in every word that had been said by the noble earl. The Duke of NEWCASTLE called attention to the circumstance that the noble earl had not concluded his observations with any motion or question. Toe Earl of HARDWIOKE admitted that, according to the forms of the house, he could not make a speech without concluding with a motion or putting a question, and he begged to ask who was the designer of the ship to which he referred, and whether she was masted ac cording to the design that was furnished ? The Duke of NEWCASTLE was sure his noble friend would not expect him to enter into a discussion of the question ne to whether it had been of serious injury to the navy that the Navy Board had been abolished, or as to whether the construction of ships were less perfect than- it was before the year 1830. Without enter ing into that question he should confine himself to giving an answer to the question of hie noble friend. The ship to which he referred was called the Per severance, and was designed by Mr. Mare, of Blackwell, a name of very considerable repute, not only amongst parsons belonging to the naval profession ' but also amongst other persons. She was stated by Mr. Mare to be the sister ship of the Cambria,' and that was a well-known vessel in the service of the Peninsular Company. As to the cause of the accident, he could not help thinking that his noble friend was somewhat misinformed in more than one respect. At all events it must be so, if the information which he (the Duke of Newcastle) had received was correct. His noble friend had asked whether the ship was built after the exact design of Mr. Mare; and his noble friend said it was obvious that the accident must have occurred from her being over-masted. He could state that the only deviation from the design of construction was in one respect, namely, that her lower masts were in a very small degree larger and stouter than those intended, but in every respect the whole of her spars were in accord ance with the design. So far from the accident occur ring in the manner and from the cause that had been stated, the belief was that it occurred from the vessel not being afloat at the moment when the shores were re moved, and because she was lying in the dock at the mo ment. If his (the Duke of Newoastle's) statements were correct, the noble earl enist have been misinformed, and ho had only t, add that the matter was under in vestigation. His right honourable friend at the head of the Admiralty had sent orders to this master ship wrights of three of her Majesty's dockyards to inquire into the accident, and that order had been issued from the Admiralty, he believed, five or six days ago. " After all, I think your letter plainly retinues the ques tion to the simple issue of a personal preference, And thee • substitution of one man for another. In answer to my sug gestion that some consideration was due to the duke ou the part of his colleagues, you say that you understood :the Ad- -' ministration was founded on the principle of doing what was ' to i t o h n is iai r:al offi e eine , h v is as fa d y iv o i m d : d, B n u o t best for the pubic service, without regard to the self-love or even the acquired position of individuals. Undoubtedly this was the case ; and I fully agree in thinking that the Duke of Newcastle would be the last man to wish for any exception formation of the Governmeut no such office as the' ar De- n ee u t st ion ° l b :lil r' te . fyartment-was contemplated ; and When; 'subsequently, the e va t i l . i w it as at in t a n d e e. ' , to the choice of the War. Department by the &Ike, ;' nor, as far as I am aware up to this moment, t o hi s management of th e office. Now,. I think you will admit that .although an other person might perhaps have been preferred on the first .constliffitiou dal' office, it is a very different thing to dis place 'a man who has discharged its duties ably and honourably, merely in the belief , that another might be found still more efficient. Undoubtedly, the'pliblic service must be the first object ; but, in the absence of any proved defect or alleged incapacity, -I can see no .sufficient reason ' for such a change, which, indeed, I think is forbidden 'by a sense of justice and good faith. - . . . On the whole, then, believing that any change like that proposed would be of doubtful advantage to the public, feeling very strongly that it would be an act of unfairness and injustice towards a colleague, and thinking, also, that all such changes, unless absolutely necessary, only londlo . 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Ili,Atitll444 Directors.„ CHAR, RUSSEI L, Chairman. 0 4 ,1 * lt, -. e, n , BARRING I ON, Deputy-Chairman. / !f, ~,,„ o rie rY, e , lo l)ll4, 3 ire re-sillgible under the provisions of the ty f 14., N114 1 .4*1 whr to th e ? a kte-law, notice must be given to the AO ift' t k ll4,,,,ea r i' 4 re lo b st ' r-laY of February, of the-names of any t, `!e, Yge e rlinnin• ted f 4 ,rei . t !e, L .nerai meeting, a or election as directors at the v 1 1 ,er ~ at tt ,„ (> 0 1, 3 , „ i a rtl4 'es ~, a y o f j , 'I all stock and shares will be closed on and Petry 4 tl 4 4. (unary instant •dll t be re-opened until y,,,,., , ,anwi no ,""3 general meeting on the 15th day of 4., By order of the Board. '. / 14k S tation , CHA3. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. 1 1 7 tOt ' Ja n. e, 5 , 1855. si;, / l pO4 ~,,. rio,' Tp.tparb2_cEss.vrtiEs FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. tl `4l.3pert-,-,;:rt_of-the Comptroller for Victualling and IS, t 4, i _ Co,,,__ . 'ices, Somerset-place, 25th January, 1855. ) St r ISZ I 4 , l l Bl ' tl a l i s i i i. °ll el73 for Executing the Office of 0 ' L o gy 4,, , a‘ }t em" al of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 1 0' ) % ,, 4 11" ta:,,,' St O ft ,'',,, r -ltve Notice, that on THURiDAY,the Bth I 011 41a1p0a Will cl ock, they will be ready to treat wi:ta such o , f 4 444D ris il s ti 7 41 t;vi et Tlil li t o Contract tor supplying and dotirermg, re , , • - ~, t4 t./ er , nti , ng Stores at DEPTFORD, for 12 months 4 ,, b %l ea ,_ . • the expiration of three months' warning, pis/ ' t;?re,,. 4zticles for the use of the Royal Marines :- t i ,, ii l °l l . - v ' s Zea , os .e, 0 e , ti c k a, Pb, o rua 2 T tCESSAP.IES. et "; itre,4:,,,ktlJZlllannnts for Foraging Caps, Batton Brushes, 'l l ' ' .. ° ,, t i " hatt4 )l the - reZ ect is ' I 'V te ilti lia-g dells°t the , coatract may be seen at the ., said g J lit att ,er b _ Necessaries at the Marine Office, New- Witt e re, ! .etween the hours of 11 and 2 ~ d ei 4 ,,,,tiZq 1,1 1 1 141 ,,,e5s rn nved altar One o'clock on the de . yof treaty, nor poi fir , 14 4 tit -j a, t ; ' , lltT na )44 3'l;: s ob ° , 4 th• Printed form provided for the pur- ty , '4 inn 4 9t b e ~,,..„ Med on application at the said Office. Ina ta ett.halviguareSsed to the Secretary of the .I.drniraity, _ l O/ . '''''t al so ~_"corner the words " Tender for Marine Neces- o iq r be delivered at Somerset-place. D 71 , . 4 13111,-,, th I,'-itNr, ! y ga , / of at „,_ iJ 0A c, Vailii Vl' , 4.,'''inZ ? 1 11, ‘ l / 4 „‘ 1 ,1N0, ARGYLL ROO M.S.- :,o,f - It , -; l 4,tt-si . 7' l ' tt, r ,: i Ley . in` b ' l, ... l ,_g s s. 7 nating the , course ‘h of . this week % • 1 0.17 ',/ ~, 1 .% ,111 1 ,Z • Th, ,P,Layed by Laurent 's fro estra .-Over- Per4,l" 4 e) illt, , tto an . +lghlandera (first time) 11. Laurent; A 1, 4 , ' 4 Ar l. ' 11, L a ' , (ii i ,'' , alons Cornet; Vermah'ung's Toaste, ''''' Irsi ' il err o,l3,44l; 4l 'tnt' ti me); Bosisio ;Le Carnaval de Venise Ai 1 441,,, 41 e), t o '; s tith. 4l , l . 4, ' 4 with Variations for all the principal s ,,atiw Zeatgi'L e ttSe(iglet ' it, r e _ 11 0t :etll_e Sol Dieze (first time), LlTotte ; ges otaet"ger, rat s re. %,,_ Li t:astel, Lamotte ; Le . 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Of e .; and Cubebs are, doubtless, the bes' f, ,th tt klitel l ' Niel,: e t a re p „;,, l ll diseases. but these drugs . are, it c tti e e t,,, e ciere have b ee 1 n ' 1,4 41,, -- ..ve taste and odour, an f occasion after :6 0 0 lti t kles o e t'• s t niad e , 4 'ea , and gastric disturbance. Useless o ill 4 c,.. t 0 , 0t ,!" G c ati.ntlise,, aria in , a , In France and England, to concea Or. , ' 4 , by I le a , and fai tit "aqtliii enveloped their, substances II ../.? A l 1 4t t 'llti rn s 2re f ort Lag the ; „, 2 ,0, which increased the drawbacks o -' ,11 i'l4ish"!ese ~ , ,t io nste t i i " . .._ig!.stible nature of the capsules. Mr I y ;s 3; Tat s th e sai tlbi . , t h w ap . e i u s ti p e redeces ts sors e , rfec has tl succeeded inoenous i i i t It'iile: ' ,Lkeeti:Pertane, In his Copahine , aen Ali their y ourative p ' rin p re ' has been adopted by the Ace / 1'41, 4 ' kFa,'' the extant after 0 4, 1,.51 0 ,,,' latoPort or I t °r e than 1,008 trials in the hospitals o 5 00 lq,',.rd, I , , etr s J r ,heen t i,, e lm's. Roulay, Begin, and Ctillerier; ant ,al• 0 11 1 , , o._° l auri ' end a a ,:u In the hospitals of London-viz ,St ry 2 l9 eOr pr., 18 2 end f kg "' St Thomas's, under the care of Messrs 0' ill:%, the ll6 , eth ' ) Th e j r , S e ierkLancet " 6th NoV., am E,, etiZiat a4 ttp e ‘ . egree ah l"Pa, eine, in the form of a very pretty pini ati ki t ' , 1, , 'e, it rBge of 4 , e to the taste and to the eye, effects OP ' c t P t 11 . ' rece nt a ' .l d aYs, without nausea, colic, or gastri p the eh ', 60, 2 3 I Well as clu eic cases. 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Just published, New and Improved Edition, price Is., rilllE CURABILITY of CONSUMPTION ; being a Series of Papers, presenting the most prominent and important Practical Points in the Treatment of the Disease. By FRANCIS If. 12.1114DGE, Fellow of the College of Physicians, late Senior Physician to the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest, &e. Also, by the same Author, Price 10s. 6d. A TREATISE on 'ASTHMA. and on DISEASES of the HEART. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. STRICTURE OF THE URETHR Just Published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6(1, THE PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA ; vri tit numerous Cases illustrative of every variety of Urethral Obstruction, and their special Modes of Treatment and Cure. By F. R. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of surgeons of England. Queen." • _ Lord Aberdeen spoke to mcafterwarls on Chia iinhject, and asked me when I intended to bring the question before the Cabinet ; and I, corbinly after a good deal of hesitation, told him that, as he had said ho could not hormetly recom meni that change to the Queen, and as I aid not wish to do anyt'sing which might tend to disturb his Government and eiilove him f rom o ffi ce, I should not. press the matter further. I sh ou ld say t h at my hes i tation arose very much in consequence of the o pi n i on o f ot h er ' hi gh authorities, whomwithins they l thought o r us.yehat the changeriug the im whole of my political rs t —'iulife perhaps—have been living i n th e c l osest intimacy, who told Ivi?able, anal that it would weaken that which I meant to strength-en, and who advised that I should not press it. Now, when I stand. here to jastify my resignation, and Whoa I am told, as I have been, that I have acted prematurely, I . Own that the doubt that presses on my mind is whether I Ought not at that time to have brought the question of 'this change to an issue. • But among those who urged ane - not to do so was the noble lord himself, the Secretory of State for the Mine Department, who , at the time when the correspon dence took place wasabsent, and to whom I afterwards read it. .He urged sue, considering the objection which had been made, not to press the matter any further. (Hear.) However, that being the case with. respect t men I have further to consider wh a t was th e case with respecCto mea sures. I have reminded the house that last year a pledge was given that a new arrangement would be made of the Military departments, with the view of 'rendering them more efficient. I myself had the honour of serving on two commissions having for their object the consolidation and imrovement of those departments. Various commissions reported from time to time, and it is now, I think, 22 years since the first of them was appointed. At the com mencement of the war, then, that which before had been expedient became urgent and necessary, and that conside ration to which I have referred was due to the interests of the public and to the expectations of this house. (Hear.) The only change I was able to announce in the Session be fore Christmas was that the commissariat was placed un der the War Minister. With respect to any further change I heard no mention until a proposal was made in the Cabinet—l think on Saturday last. I reflected on that proposal, and then I went to my noble friend at the head of the Government, and told him that, after considering the proposal, I thought it incomplete and inefficient: I gave him also a paper containing my own views on the subject. This, the house will observe, was very lately; but I had no reason to expect that my views would be adopted. I had therefore to consider, when I came to re flect upon the Tuesday evening on the course to be taken on the following Thursday, whether I could fairly and honestly say, " It is true that evils have arisen—it is true that the brave men who fought at the Alma, at lukerman, and at l3alaklava are perishing many of them from neglect —it is true that the heart of the whole of England throbs with anxiety and sympathy on this subject ;''but I can tell you that such arrangements have been made—that a man of such vigour and efficiency has taken the conduct of the war department with such a consolidation of offices as to enable him to have the entire and instant control of the Iwhole of the War-offices, so that any supply may be iinme diittely furnished and any abuse instantly remedied." (Hear.) I felt I could not honestly make such a declaration. (Hear, hear.) I could not say, after what I had written ( and I only mention this in passing, beeatlse I think no body will impute it as blame to my noble friend, Lofd Aberdeen, as he had not taken au active part in the direc tion of the war)—l could not say that there was a person witbsuch power and control, and of sufficient energy of mind and acquaintance of details, at the head of the War depart ment. I e ,u'd not say either that the arrangement which had been proposed on Saturday last—that the consolidation of the military departments had either been carried into effect, or was in prospect in such a way that I could pledge the faith of Government to the efficiency of the arrangemen' . .; . • Well, feeling this—giving the matter the most painful at tention—feeling also, as I have already said, that I could give nu faint n or faltering opposition to the proposition of the hon. and learned member for Sheffield, and that I must get up, if I opposed it at all, and stand in the way of that which many would think might afford a remedy for those sufferings and distresses which had been complained of, or, at least, if it failed in doing that, might point out a way for their correction and remedy—feeling, too, that many members of this House would leek for an assurance on ray part which they would be ready to act upon, as they did so far honour me with their confidence, that effioient alterations had been made, I was conscious that I ghoul& be repaying that confidence with treachery if I gave an assurance of the kind, knowing it not to be true. (Hear.) Well, it appeared to me, no doubt,- that the bembers of the Government could hardly remain in office if such a committee as the one proposed were appointed ; that it would not be, I will not say dignified, but consistent with the practical good working of our institutions, that there should be a Minister sitting on that bench (the Ministerial bench) to govern the war, and that the military depart ments should be at the same time constantly overlooked and checked by a committee sitting upstairs ; and that the Minister for War should have not only to consider what he was to do iu order to proiide for the ordinary necessities of the war, and to attend to applications from day to day, but must also consider the evidence to be adduced with respect to his conduct five or six months ago. (Hear, hear.) - Such a state of things could not Le consistent with the effi ciency of our administrative system. (Hear.) I therefore felt that I could come only to ono conclusion, 'and that as I could not resist inquiry, by giving the only assurance wa:ci I thought sufficient to prevcat it, my duty. was not to remain any longer a amember of the Government. (Ilear.):.lt would be competent for others, if they thought either that everything necessary had already been done, or would be done, consistently to oppose the motion for inquiry ; but for my own part I feel that I could not do so, and I, therefore, wrote in very short terms, not quite accurately stating tho terms of the motion, a note to the. following effect : "We know of rt, manta whose care we could with :greater confi dence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the ore thra."—Mcdical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Tegent-streot. THE lOs. TROWSERS REDITCED TO 14s. Trowscrs and Waistcoat, 225.; Coat, Waistcoat, and TrOw sera. 47a. ; made to order from Scotch Tweeds, all Wool, and thoroughly shrunk, by B. BEND...IIIN, Merchant Tailor, 74, Regent-street. N. 8.-1 perfect flt guaranteed. DR. CULYERWELL ON NEBVOLISNENS, DEBILITY, ANI) INDIGESTION. Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, a, d Haamorrholds, each, by post Is. Gd. iv THAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentia multi curantur morbi." A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless reedinx, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of thorn ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instruAions for the regimen and observance of every hour oat of the twentyfour. Illustrated by numerous ease; &c, LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that hath no wif, I hold him lost, Heiples!, and all desolat. Ile that hath no child, Like sun and winder '—Chaucer. propose to the Duke of Newcastle to keep which of the two offices he should most desire. Tho Duke of Newcastle, with a commendable ambition, as I think, replied that, having exerted himself in fitting out a very large ex pedition, he should,• of course, like to remain at the head of the department which should have the di rection of the orders for that expedition, and the general management of the war. Lord Aberdeen con sented to that arrangement, and I was a consent ing party to the appointment. At the end of the ses sion the various members of the Government, especially those who are members of this house, dispersed, as they usually do ; and it appears to sue that that dispersion, after the excessive labours of this house, is necessary to the due performance of their duties, and no one, unless he has to discharge very urgent duties, is to blame for resorting for purposes of health to distant parts of the country. I was not in any office which obliged me to take any past in the conduct of the war, but during my absence there was scarcely a day in which I did not both receive from and write a letter to my noble friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs with respect to the occurrences that were daily taking place. It has been said that I went lecturing about the uountry at that time. (A laugh.) The truth is an hon. friend of mine, the member for Bristol, has said, on the day this house separated for the holidays, that it would give great gratification to his friends at Bristol if I would attend a literary society in that place, and the day was named between us. Then, when I was coming from the north, and being at the house of my , brother, he in formed mo that his neighbours in Bedford would ba gratified if I would attend a literary meeting in that town. I complied with these two requests, which cer tainly did not exhaust much time, or call for much study with respect to what I had to say. (A laugh.) I con ceived, however, that, as President of the Council, these meetings were not very alien from the objects of that office. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) It has, nevertheless, been east on me as an imputation that I attended to the request of these gentlemen. Bat, passing from that to a more im portant point, I have to state that, having attended all the Cabinet Councils that met on this subject, I wrote to my noble friend Lord Aberdeen at the time that I supposed there would be Cabinet meeting. - at the beginning of Oc tober—that I should be ready to attend them whenever they met. My noble friend, in reply, informed me that he should not return from Scotland till the 14th of October, and on the 17th of October a Cabinet Council was held, which I thought it my duty to attend. But in the course of that month, and from the beginnin g of th e mouth of Nov., it struck mo that a better administration of affairs relating to the war was required. (Cheers.) I made up my mind with considerable difficulty. It was a matter that affected, in some degree, the reputation of a colleague who had long before assumed the office which ha held ; but, still, I thought that duty imperatively called upon me to state my views, and a correspondence ensued between my noble friend at the head of the Government and myself, from which I shall be obliged to read some extracts in order to put the house in possession of the ground on which I came to the decision at which I arrived on Tuesday evening last. (Hear.) The correspondence itself is long, and elites into the details of some personal matters it is quite unne cessary to quote; but as it is I must request the house to listen to the representations which I thought it necessary to make, and to the answers I received. (Hoar.) I wished, gtabject : Marriage, its expectations and Necessities—Development of the Affections—Love Matches—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded Unions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter marriage—Theory of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas similablo Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., &C. CECA.STITY AND IT3 INFRINGEMENTS. A Lecture to Young Men. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athena ever heard." Subject: Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringememt. The cas•ialties of lic,entiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, tcc. :On Secret ➢iseases, their Self-management and Cure. — The GREEN' BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition of Benito and urinary diseases—their nature awl treatment, COlll - especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrho3a ; with 250 en griffins and prescriptions. The BLADDER, URETHRA, awl RECTU3l.—Comprising Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Hmmorrholds. Vols. 6 and 7, companions to the preceding. TIIII ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. " Jucunde Vivere." " Few words to fair faith."—Shakespers. ikerwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Cornbill ; or of DP. RICHARD CULVEIIWELL, Brother, Successor, and Twenty Years Gansußing Colleague of the late Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, who may be sclvised with on the above matters daily, from Ten till Five, and in the evenings, front Seven till Nine. rrHE CLIMATE OF Tab; CRIMEA requires the beat and warmest Clothing. Hosiery, Boots, Ste., which E. MOSES and Sox have on hand in the most extensive and best err:lived stock. The climate of England at this Reagan kas the same features—variable, cold, and damp. The establishment of E. MOSES and SON, Mineries and Aldgate, and their West-end Branch, present the most suitable articles of dress, the most fashion able and comfortable, and one uniform principle of economy in price is observe .1 in every department. Juvenile Clothing, the, most ele gant and durable, ingeniensly cnt and made, and considera'dy cheaper than at any other establishment. E. Moses and SON'S Wkolesale Department displays the best and most extensive stock of Clothing, Shirts, Boots, Sce , from whichmerchants, captains. and others should select. SPECIAL NOTICE.—UntiI March 1,1%55, E. MOSES aril. SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS will be CLOSED at EIGHT O'CLOCK ETEET EVENING, except Saturday, when they will be open till 11 o'clock. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against Imposition, having !earned that the antradesman-like faNchool of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It'a the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and far obvious reasons, tkey beg to state that they have NOO4NmEgION WITH ANY OTHER FIoUsE IN OD OUT OP LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 505, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. THE RESIGNATION OF LORD JOHN ItUiSELL. The Earl of ABERDEEN—I think it may be con venient to your lordships to receive information as to the circumstances connected with the retirement of my noble frien.d, the late President of the Council, from the station which he held in her Majesty's Government, and from the station and character of my noble friend great importance must be attached to it. I am not fully possessed of all the motives that may have induced my noble friend to adopt this decision, and I cannot do better perhaps than read the letter containing the offer of his resignation, which I received from him on Tues day ni.ht , heflield Branch, 36. Forgets. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant ratio. -, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot anc shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, It will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunse , on Fridays to sunset en Saturdays, when business is resumed till 11 o'clock. ♦ new Book for Autumn and Winter. "The Commercial Cornu copia," contesting fail lists of prTeas, our system of self-measure ment, 5c9., Fee., 'may he had on application, or post-free. " Chesham-place, Jan. 23, 1855. "My dear Lord Aberdeen—Mr. Roebuck has given notice of a motion for a committee to inquire into the conduct of the war. Ido not see haw this motion is to be resisted. But, as it involves a censure upon the War Department conducted by my colleagues, my only course is to tender my' resignation. I have, therefore, to request that you will lay my humble resignation of tho office which I have the honour to hold bef )re the Queen, with the expression of my gratitude for her Majesty's kindness for many years past. if possible, to put the matter in a light' that would hear rather the air of indifferent official arrangement than any displacement of individuals. I therefore stated the ques tion of the War Department in two points of view—the one as referring to an arrangement which it was necessary to make in consequence of the pledge given to this house last session that the whole of the War Department should be considered with a view to arrangements which should provide for its efficiency; and the other point of view re lating to the carrying on of the war. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the first point, I said I thought it was of the utmost importance that a person of the rank of Privy Couneillor should hold office iu this house, upon whom should devolve the moving of war estimates, and who should be an authority able to answer the various difficult questions which I foresaw would come before the house. (Hoar, hear.) I will not trouble the house with any de tails on that part of the subject, bat I propose 1 that the office of Secretary of State for War and the office of Secre tary at War should be held by the same person. (Rear.) In a letter addressed to the Earl of Aberdeen on the 17th of November, 1854, I said " From the other point of view the prospect is equally clear. We are in the midst of a great war. In order to carry on that war with efficiency, either the Prime Minister must be constantly urging, hastening, completing the mili tary preparations, or the Minister of War must be strong enough to control other departments. Every objection o other Ministers—the plea of foreign interests to be attended to, of naval preparations not yet complete, and a thousand . . . Ici l'on parte Francais. QM xi Darla Italisno. Tiler wrieht man Deutsch Aqua sa habla Espano. Aa Illustrated Almanac fir 1855 ?Tails on application , or Dostfree BANK OF An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturd. ENGLAND. th and Bth Victoria, cap 82, for the 20th day of Jan., 1855. IIabLENT. ISSUE DEP, 3 Notes bated ........ 25,509,215 Government debt.... 11,015,106 Other securities ...... 2,984,90 1 , Gold coin and bullion 11,509,215 Silver bull ion ........ - " I remain, my dear Lord Aberdeen, Yours very truly, HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. COLE took the oaths and his seat for Fa. marlagh. rf ?r• ..." i,,,,_tall 4 C t eall at the Greeuhlitie and Purfleet Piers. •%Ost v t r‘ e Piers as underIGRAVES E ined (weather permitting) 4 aACE PIER , ND. £25,509,215 ) £25,509,215 K. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. , 4. :PLUTKENT. PRIVATE BILLS. Zo\eEE Date, 41 4' it .4 Dated the 25th day of Jan., 185, BLNICING DE Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Reel- • • ........ 3,259,537 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say- A. large number of private bil!s were brought in by Mr. •BROTHEBTON, and read a first time. ~t. ,t -af, 4 a t, 4 a Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) .... 11,637,721 Other securities.... 14,196,909 Notes .. 5,463,595 Gold and silver coin.. 653,260 Time - I- ing's Backs, and Dividend Accounts) 2,257,127 Other deposits ...... 10,842,228 Seven Day and other Bills ........ 1 039,613 'lia: tr ,;;tr 41 F el 1, 4 ,Tt 141T„' - - mch urch-street Station to all parts of London X 31,951,505 £31,951,50 :.I.IARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 25th day of Jan., 181 PRICE OF SUGAR. 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HFROES.--LIVER POOL, Jan. 25.—Two of the invalids brought from the Crimea by the Cambria have died in the hospital, and their funeral took place in St. James's Cemetery this afternoon. The first of tiles. was John Stark, a private in the 93d Highlanders, who had bees so completely prostrated by ague and dysentery that the vital powers were unable to rally, and he expired on Sunday evening. The other, who died on Monday, was John Hewitson, a private in the 20th Regiment of Foot. The privations and fatigues of the campaign in this case superinduced consumption. The coffins were borne on the shoulders of 12 of the invalids, and they were followed by a con siderable number of those who were able to walk, and also by three cars, filled by wounded soldiers, whose condition precluded them from walking. There being no military stationed in Liverpool, tho firing party was selected from recruiting corps billeted in the town. A vast concourse of people followed the procession, which left the hospital at two o'clock. [ADTERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills incomparable remedies for bad legs.—Mr. Shackell, butcher, of Old Brentford, was afflicted for a long time with three wounds in his leg, which rendered him totally unable to attend to his usual avocations in fact, his leg was so bad that it defied all medical skill to effect a cure. He then made use of Holloway's ointment and pills, pay ing every attention to- the instructions given with the medicines, and the result was, after persevering with these remedies for about ten weeks, that his leg is com pletely cured, and he now enjoys most excellent health. SOl4 by all medic:lac , voilll , rs, anal at Professor folio- Way'a, ei,tabliAments, 244, Strand, - London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York. " J. kussELL." According to my noble friend's desire, I laid this re signation before her Majesty, who was graciously pleased to accept it. I have said that I was net fully possessed of the motives—of all the motives—that might have in duced my noble friend to adopt this course. I was well aware that seine time ago—two months ago—my noble friend disapproved of or was dissatisfied with the con duct Of the war, but atter the explanations which took place on that occasion, and his constant activity in shar ing the business and preparing the measures of the Go vernment up to the day at which Parliament reassem bled, I was 'certainly somewhat surprised, as well as deeply concerned, at receiving the letter I have read to your lordships. My noble friend may be at this moment giving—at all events, it is his intention this day to give —a full explanation of his motives and of his conduct. It is not for me to do more than to express—which I do most unfeignedly—the deep* regret I feel at the step which he has thought it his duty to take. My lords, no Man can possibly feel more than I do the great loss which her Majesty's Government must sustain by such an event as this. Indeed, any of your lordships who were present must recollect that at the formation of the present Government I expressly stated that I never would have ventured to undertake the formation of an Administration had I not secured the effective co-opera tion and assistance of my noble friend. My lords, under these circumstances, and in ordinary times, I might have, perhaps, adopted myself a different course from that which I have resolved to take ; but in the present con dition of the country and of public affairs, and of her Majesty's Government, I felt it due to our own honour —(hear)—to our own consistency—(hear, hear)—and to our sense of duty, to meet that motion which is to be made this night in another place, and which will decide whether a censure is to be pronounced upon her Ma jesty's Government or not. (Hear, hear, hear.) Even without the great a n d p ower f u l an d almost indispensable assistance of my noble friend, we have thought it due to ourselves to meet the motion so announced, and which induced hiqi to take the course which I have now stated. (Hear, hear.) ROMAN CATHOLIC PROCESSIONS. Lord BERNERS inquired whether the attention of her Majesty's Government had been called to the public procession of Roman Catholic ecclesiastics in the town of Tuam on the 15th of August last, wearing the habits of their orders, in contravention of the 10th Geo. IV., cap. 7, and whether any proceedings had been taken to vindicate the law and prevent its violation in future 1 The Earl of ABERDEEN said the procession al luded to by the noble earl had not escaped the attention of her Majesty's Government ; but as the interference of the Government would tend to create religious discord, the Government had determined not to interfere. MANAGEMENT OF TAE WAR DEPARTMENT- TROOPS AT THE CAPE Earl GREY said he thought it desirable that the din cession respecting the management of the military depart ments should, if possible, take place at an earlier period that" ho had originally named; and as he found that the noble earl who had given notice for Monday - of a motion on the subject, had withdrawn it, he (Earl Grey) proposed to take the discussion on that day, instead of Thursday. He now asked the question of which he had given notice— whether it was title, as had been stated in the newspapers, that certain ships had been chartered to bring home the 91st and 12th Regiments from the Cape, but that, in con sequence of no orders having been given to the officer in command at the Cape, he refused to allow those regiments to be embarked ? The Duke of NEWCASTLE said the circumstances to which his noble friend referred were these :—His noble friend might recollect that, in a despatch which he (the Duke of Newcastle) addressed to Sir G. Cathcart at the time a constitation was finally given to the Cape, he stated that the military foiee of the coleu wuuld be ultimately reduced. Subsequent events and communications from Sir G, Cathcart led him to believe it was not possible to _...., --h a he auarcoeit a despatch G. Cathcart, informing him that tie force should not be reduced till it should meet his tiws. On the 24th March last year ho received a despat;le from Sir G. Cath cart, stating it was very undesirabl the force should be then reduced, though the time of thi j e st and 12th Regi . relents had elapsed. Sir G. Cealicae -expressed a desire that the 12th Regiment should be left here it was, and in formed him (the Duke of Newcastl t 4 hat he would move the 91st Regiment from the frontier t Vales Town so as to have it ready for embarkation when s ti'M would arrive, on their return from Australia to take it mine Subsequently to this the breaking out of the war lei o an alteration, and it became impossible to leave the 9lst;enil it was decided that the 40th, which was to go to Vie{oria, should be re tained at home. That being the case` end it being still de sirable to bring home the 91et as worths possible, arrange ments wore made that the regielet at the Cape should be augmented to 5,00 J meu by thetas from this country. On the oth of Juno lett year he addreeied a despatch to the Lieutenant-Governor at the Capo, a l ruling him of those arraugernefits. On the 30th of Ma he addressed letters tat) the Admiralty anti the Horse Gust ts, apprisiag thenaof a 1 the arrangements. Accordingly tw o litips, the - 3 faidstone and the Punjaub, wore chattered to thing home the troops from the Cape. Those ships areiveta at the colony about tho middle of October, and it appeateal that, though his vthe Duke of Newcastle's) despatchto the Lioutenaut-Go ei•nor had salmi, Major-General aeckson had not re ceived corresponding orders from the elorse Guards. Under these circumstances, he (General Jacks* hesitated; and because the drafts sent out from this you ttry did ilea make up the number to 5,000 mon, he wrote) home, declining. to ; send home the 91st Regiment, and the Punjaub returned empty. ~ The subject then dropped. THE PRESS AND THE WAR. The Earl of WINCHILSEA. said Jo slaguld not occupy many minutes in drawing their lerefetnips' attention to a question of which he had given nutietit He had no doubt that many noble lords round him would think he had taken a bold course in ve.ntruieg to al e e ee he mm er ;-. eeete e t with Pe zheeereewsPaPer , aieti for d.feteg to call in oues . tion any part ofthe course which teet . a eurael thought pro per to adopt in reference to tho war in which we were er. gaged. But ho never had been deter ree, and he never should - shrink from boldly declaring hie Sentime n t s , w h en he noble lords ar o un d him. Ho was we ll aware h ow i thought any part of the Public press of this country outetepped its due bounds , o r whoa he believed Le course it was pursuing was detrimental to the inte res t s onffehriisor he coun m t , r a y s . in (aHbeilaitry t , hear.)e ninny He might not, from leek of talent and ability, have been enabled to render much assistance to his country in th a t house ; but, with all humility , he might express a s i ncere hope that he had not been defic ien t in that moral courage which adorned so many of their lordships. He h a d never ever been behind-hand in boldly . expressibee his s en ti ments, re gardless of the risk and inconvenience to himself. Tat e moral courage was one of the greatest among many bless ings which he had received from Providence ; it i n d uce d him, on all occasions, to act up to hie principles, and it was strengthened and confirm .3d by the. kin(' condu c t, the precepts and, above all, the example of one whose memory h e cherished with the deepest affection, and who ta ug ht hi m the maxim to fear no man, but to honestly and conaciant tiously do his duty in whatever situation he was placed. Them stood not among their lordships a hshipe greater friend o f the liberty of the press than him self . He know the public benefit —the"libweortnyldit enjoyed evengreat say a had its blessing a — d tboeetnhea country, but du ics as well as its limits. If the liberty of the press" was not restrained within certain bounds, it degenerated into licentiousness. Let him instance the resent attacks on individuals in their public capacity in letters published by the newspapers, and from which, for some purpose or an other, the writers had thought proper to withhold their signature. Though he had often exposed himself to the lash of the press, he had never placed his sentiments before the public through its instrumentality without having the honesty and boldness to attach his name to them. Ho con tended that the paper to which lie alluded had exceeded all proper bounds, and had made most unwarrantable, most cruel, and most unjust attacks upon sonic individuals holding high stations of trust in the army, now fighting England's battles. He stood there to vindicate the mili tary character and talents of those entrusted with the com mand of that army. If he were the ablest military autho rity in that house, he should 'scorn to form an opinion upon their conduct until he knew every circumstance connected with the war, and all the difficulties with which they had to contend. A new era had certainly sprung up in the country when the public press sent out ,individuals to the seat of war, to tell not only all that took place in the camp and the field but to pass judgment on the conduct and character of those who had the conduct of the war. These persons also gave most useful information to the enemy. Andeed, he might say that no spy which Russia, by raeaniiif her gold, had been enabled to avail herself, had ever supplied her with such valuable news as was to. be found in the columns of the public press. Would that groat gdaerale whose talents were never fully appreciated until lost to them, V I have suffered such a state of things t - •st if ho were now alive and at the head of our army i ehe East? Would he have allowed the sickness amoneAhe soldiers, and the diminution of the army in numbers,o have been commu nicated to the enemy, thtergiving eneouragement to him, and placing the army in a worse positiOn than it really was? Attaaks ba,l boon outdo voil e , typnrx ij .. l 7 t. Eug land and Sir G. Burgoyne. but ups*, o noble lord who commanded the army, with whom, 11 wan proud to say, ho had been intimately acquainted for many years. it was said he had no feeling and sympathy for the sufferings and privations of his gallant men, lend that ho was never seen about camp. Now, a more foul, false, and unfounded calumny had never been levelled against the character of a commander, for amoro kind-hearted and feeling man than the noble lord at the head of the army in the Crimea could not, he believed, be found. Ile considered the public press had outsteppcd its proper province ; but if it were to assume to itself the direction of the war, and pass cen sure on what was going on in the camp and field, the sooner the Government of the country was placed in the hands of the press, and the noble lords opposite removed from the Treasury bench, the letter. After some further observations, the noble earl sail, the question which he wished to ask was, whether the correspondent of the Times in the -Crimea had, in the slightest degree, received the re cognition of the Government ? He did not suppose for a moment that the expenses of that gentleman's journey to the Crimea were borne by the Government ; but he was given to understand he had a free passage in one - of her Majesty's ships. He was informed, also, he had received rations from the commissariat while in the Crimea. He should like to have an answer upon these points. He wished to inquire further, whether the noble duke had re ceived any communication from Lord Raglan stating that the course pursued by the prees had been detrimental to the best interests of the army, and calling for some orders to prevent the continuance of the evil? The Duke of NEWCASTLE was sure the noble earl would excuse him if he did not enter on that occasion into any discussion as to whether they had been taunted by the press to undertake the expedition to the Crimea prema turely, and whether they had, m ; consequeece of that, placed the army in any difficulty. His noble and learned friend on the cross benches had given notice of a very striaoent motion on tho subject for Friday next, and it would be his duty ou that occasion to vindicate the Go vernment from any charges which might be made against them irrespective of the conduct of the press. He con curred with his noble friend that the press of this country had not acted on all occasions with judgment and discre tion • he thought it had sho wn a great lack of judgment and discretion in the information which it had communi cated at`different times—not to the people of England, for as regarded them he should rejoice in their being supplied with all this news that could be obtained—but to the Rus sian Government. They must, however, recollect that the same news which was conveyed t t o th em was transm itt e d w ith the greatest rapidity to Russia. He believed it was a fact that people in this country were in the habit of communicating to the Emperor of Russia by telegraph the information contained in the press of this country, so that what appeared hero in the morning was known at St. P e tersburg in the cour se of the very seinesday. Although therefore he would not impute to the press any want of patriotism, he did sa y the y had act ed' with a want of dis cretion in the information they Ilea published. (Hoar.) His noble friend asked whether the correspondent of one parti cular paper had received from the Government any en couragement or assistance in the Performance of his task and he alluded to two allegations which had been made with re gard to him,—first that he had, with the concurrence of the Government, drawn rations from the commissariat while with the army in the East ; and, secondly, that he had a free passage ou t from this countr y , Now, as to the latter allegation, which he would take first, it was per fectly true that a gentlemith, who was certainly not en • • did intimate en titled to give such permission, that, in one of the vessels which was to convey out troops —he believed the very first—the gentlemSn in question might have a free passage. Before, however, the vessel sailed, the cir cumstance came to the knowledge of the Government, and they sent down expressly td Southampton or Portsmouth -- he forgot which—a message, saying it was contr ar y t o rules in the case of a vessel engaged for the conveyance of troops alone, and that the gentleman who, lie believed, was then on board, must leave the ship. The gentleman accordingly did leave, and by other means proceeded to Malta. He hoped that was a satisfactory answer to the noble lord's question. As to the second statement, respect ing the drawing of rations, if the question o __ had been put to him at the beginning of the month f December, he should have been enabled to give his noble_ friend as positive a contradiction of it as he had done of the other. Applica tions were made to him by the editors of newspapers in this commencement of December, requesting that eountryat the • . their correspondents in the Crimea might receive rations, and it had been his duty to inform those gentlemen that such a course would be contrary to all the roles of the ld suplie ' p d withcommissariat servics, th a t none cou üblibe tions except those employed in P c duties connected with the army, and that it was therefore quite impossible to afford the assistance which was solicited. A. rejoinder was made by one of those gentlemen, tie the effect that the person referred to by his noble friend was in the enjoy ment of the privilege which he bad refused to others. It b 0 happened that he (the Duke of Newcastle) had had an before of conversing with friend opportunity not long who had been in the Crimea, and on his authority he positively contradic • ted that, statement. Just before the meeting of Parliament before Christma s , he re ceived an intimation from an other gentleman who came from the Crimea, which led him to make further in quiries. It was right he should state here that it was only in the month of December that the commissariat came under his immeliato management, consequently before then he was not cognisant of the details of the business which had been transacted. The fact, however, was undoubtedly this, that by private permission, given by th e h ea d o f th o department of the Treasury, the gentleman in question had received rations from the commissariat, and he could only say that the moment the matter came to his notice he inti mated to the Chancellor of the Exchequer the disapproval of the Government at the course which had been taken, and expressed a hope that the privilege would be abandoned. He wished it to be known, however, that Ivo did not think, under the circumstances, at -that particular moment, the gentleman having already enjoyed the privilege, to issue a peremptory order depriving him o it , f lle treated rather APPEARANCE OF THE HOUSE. When the STRAKER took the chair the attendance o members was not more than usually large, but as the hour of public business approached (half-past four) the benches on both sides began to fill rapidly. The subordinates of the Government were early in their places, while Mr. Hayter, " the whip," was here, there, and everywhere, chatting with members ; no doubt upon the passing ministerial changes, and sounding them upon the view they were disposed to take of Lord John Russell's resignation, or the motion of Mr. Roebuck. The strangers' gallery, the Speaker's gallery, the distin guished strangers' gallery, and the seats beneath them were choked up with visitors, as were also the seats usually appropriated to peers. The two side galleries were filled with members, particularly the one facing the Treasury benches—while judging from the sound of - voices which came from that immediate quarter we should say the ladies' gallery was not with out its fair share of occupants. Mr. Disraeli, attended by the leading members of the Opposition, came in about 20 minutes past four o'clock, and soon after wards Lord John Russell, accompanied by Mr. Vernon Smith, came in and took a seat on the third bench behind the Treasury bench, being the bench which Sir F. Baring, Mr. Labouchere, and the other members of the old Whig party out of office had already appropriated to themselves. Some eshert interval elapsed before Lord Palmerston, Sir J. Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir G. Grey, and the other members of the Government holding seats in the Cabinet came in, but by this time both sides of the house had become completely thronged, as there was evidently a manifest impatience to hear the explana tion that bad already been promised, and no doubt was looked forward to out of doors with equal anxiety. The Secretary of War was not in his place, which led to several questions connected with the war being post poned until Monday. RESIGNATION OF LORD J. RUSSELL. Lord J. RUSSELL then rose to make his promised state_ meat to the house.• He said, —At the request of my noble friend at the head of the Government, I have postponed till this day the statement I wish to make with respect to my resignation of the office which I lately had the honour to hold—that of President of the Council. I shall go at once into the matter, fearing that the statement I have to make may be prolonged more than I could wish it should be. On Tuesday last, when I was presont in this house, the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Sheffield gave notice of a motion for a select committee " to inquire into the my. Sir , I. of would to egfo t rta h n a t t,o u o f a th b e d a r pnrd. b o b hl se condition of our army b efore Sebasto p ol, and into the co n- I duct of those departm ents of the Government whose duty n i m t e h :b a s u r b e sr e e e , t a o a h ministermove oh vu to the inquiry wantsof this however, fully considered the course that I ought todstoanmkoete: That, of course, depended much on the nature of the motion that might be made, and I should say, likewise, that it depended much on the quarter from which it might coma, The honourable and learned gentleman the mem ber for Sheffield, it is evident, is in a position to evince no hostility to the Government, which he has supported, and I could not conc3lv3 tlrtt be hal A'l'Y other object than that which we have all at heart—the rigorous prosoeu. 'ion of tho war, (Cheers.) Nov, Sir, with respect to hel ipeaewsr tvia same of e time tiiti, immediate germi they geywc,riaioei will naawl ttsbnouce: statement re. nu:el:I.:lay:. tnoyji oppose poschoito i noi( c suHfigse C ceei h ee andsreo. Ministers in s :. huen. (Hoar.) inquiry —who y taking i - 3 3—s p u l Jan. anwtcyheat,otcha case 23, 1855. " My dear Lord Aberdeen,—Mr. Roebuck has given notice of a motion to inquire into the conduct of the war. Ido not see how this motion is to be resisted ; hut, as it involves a censure upon the War departments, with which some of my colleagues are connected, my only course is to tender my re signation. I therefore have to request you will lay my humble resignation of the office which I - have the honour to hold before the Queen, with the expression of my gratitude for Her Majesty's kindness for many years. . " I remain, my dear Lord Aberdeen, yours very truly, . "./. RUSSELL." To that note I received no answer; but on the following evening my noble friend informed ice that he bad been to Windsor with my resignation, and that her Majesty had been pleased to accept it, with i t n i T i i e sht g ei s r ; a s c t i hw o o n ho s o, expression thhoai this e th th r a e t si t ) h e e c y t are right in respect to what has been done and what is do let one, te letter—namely, that the md y, arrangement of placing which th I e proposedseals ofthine. object ing to the proposed committee. I should have been out of place in such comp t e ter of the 17th of November, or rather in my must say that I have heard that there is a rumour, and I subsequenthi n o y p e first a t r l u e War Department in the handed the noble lord, the Home Secretary, has been made. (Hear, hesn)= , kshall greatly rejoice if that is the cane, -for I believe it will be of great benefit to the country that my noble friend (Lord Palmerston) should hold that office. (Hear, hear.) I Est Sta ima te te f s o'r a shall be glad to think that my retireme nt from o ffi ce has in any way' contributed to that change, and I believe it must in someway ha ve contributed to it — (" Hearrand laughter)—for . o th e rwise I have no d ou bt th a t m y no ble friend, Lord 'Ab erdeen, with the fairness ' and candour honestly i n r e c respect mme n changed , to the Queen.tha t that 11 in a t which belong to h im, and which I always 'found in him, ~ y our proposal being founded on the supposed impro- would have answered the letter I have just read, by saying ie e t ee y it o y f Herbertof consequent Wndarthbeeinginthe w th h a i t ch cire he c ircumstances d ne n e et s had H ouse of Commons, renders the removal of the Duke of November he had thought necess iry at the inner& time— Newca stle from his present offic e unavo id a bl e . B u t, a lthough (" Hear" and laughter)—end that therefore my difficulty yo u would regard this as the in ev it a bl e resu lt of an official in opposing the motion of inquiry might be in some degree arr angement, it is not to b e suppose d th a t it would be con- lessened, if not entirely removed. (Hear.) That cannot opereth e s m ee oN r i e n ta g ry the of sidered in this light by the public, or, indeed, by any im- have been the case. This must have been the subsequent partial person. The dislocation of the Government would arrangement, and I shall be very glad if my retirement be so great, and the reason assigned for it apparently so in- from the less important office, in the present conjunctur e ' adequate, that it could only be considered as a mode of of President of the Council could have led to the appoint substituting one man for another. Although you may be ment to the War Department of my noble friend the far from entertaining any such desire, the transaction could Home Secretary, of whom I cannot speak in higher receive no other interpretation. In justice to the duke, Ido terms than I have already used in one of my let ters * , (Hea r, Having not think that his colleagues, without ver y s t rong grounds, hear.) stated thus much with resp ect to my peal. would wish to place him iu such a position." tion and the position of the Government, I have not reg u- In the other part of his lett er Lor d Aberdeen stated larly any righ t to g o further, but as perh aps I shall take a that he did not think any m an wou ld undertake the duties part in the d ebate on the motion of the hon. and learned. which I proposed should be undertaken by one person— member for Sheffield, and as it is not intention even to viz. those of Secretary of State for the War Department, give a vote on the question, I may be perinitted to say and, at the same time , Secretary at War. He considered it somewhat mole in reference to the present state of public to be necessary that a Priry Councillor's office should be affairs. (Hear.) I s hould state, in the first place, that I be maintained, and that that o ffi ce should beheld in connexion hove that all parties in this house, without di s ti nc ti on —f or with the finances of the army, independently of the I will make no distinction whatever, are anxious that the Secretary of State for the War Department. He stated war should be carried on, as the meeting at Leeds declared also—a consideration well deserving of attention—that it by t h e most vigorous , measures, until we can obtain a just might be desirable that hereafter some military chief, who and honourable peace (cheers) ; and I repeat my opinion was in the House of Lords, should have the office, and, that those measures which are the most rigorous for the therefore, it could not be always held by a member of the prosecution of the war, and those tame of peace, which aro House of Commons. I considered the various objections most decidedly and unquestionably just and honourable, of Lord Aberdeen, and on the 28th of November I wrote ,will meet with the most favour from all parties in this as follows : house. (Cheers.) I thorougly believe that if any triumph " I come, therefore, having cleared the groun d of all these attends her INT • ' he are 'fit opposition ajesty s arms, those w to olistrueiiabs, to ~;.e seal ciuestion; what are t' :e requirements Lord Aberdeen's Governmeut will as heartily rejoice at of the great war in which we are engaged ? Setting aside all that triumph as the Government themselves. (Hear.) historical references, both on your rant and mine, I think it This at least gives great facilities at present for carrying others, justifiable in the separate heads of departments, must be forced to yield to the paramount necessity of carrying on the war with efficiency of each service, and completeness of means to the end in view. (Cheers.) . . If, therefore, the first considerations hero presented lead to the conclusion that the Secretary of State for the War Department must be in the House of Commons, the latter considerations point to the necessity of having in that office a man who, from expe rience of military details, from inherent vigour of mind, and from weight with the House of Commons, can be expected to guide the great operations of war with authority and success. (Hear, hear.) There is only one person belonging to the Go vernment who combines these advantages—my conclusion is that before Parliament meets Lord Palmerston should be in trusted with the seals of the War Department." (Cheers.) That is the opinion I gave, confidentially, to the Earl of Aberdeen. Before I read the Earl of Aberdeen's answer, I have to say that, the Earl of Aberdeen having requested some days to consider a matter of such impor tance, I wrote to him again on the 18th of November, stating that I concurred in that delay, adding— " I wish, however, that before you decide you should show my letter to the Duke of Newcastle. It was my intention in — no m t is a st e a ci t u in ie g sce in the writing the letter to avoid throwing any blame upon him, exer tions he has made. But he has not had the authority requi site for so great a sphere, and has not been able to do all that might have been done with larger powers of control." Indeed, I think he deserves very great credit for the my pro proposal I had made. On the 21st of November he writes p T o o si m ti y on l7t l te in r u L s o t rd eay A_be th rd a ce t thus : n he " c p o l u ie ld d - - - JP (1/ , if' •• FPI / F 4( 0 f