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Smith. — Reduced Prices as usual.—A Morning Performance every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. THIS ICTE1111(0, FEB. 1, Will be performed the Drama of TUE WEDDING GOWN. After which. the Farce of OUR NURSE DOROTHY. To be followed by the entirely original, extraordinary, lite rary. traditionary, comical, gastronomical, and peculiarly culinary and faatastie domestic grand comic Christmas PantonliMe, entitled JACK AND JILL; or, Harlequin King Mustard and the Four and-Twenty Blackbird, Baked in a Pie. The extensive scenery, en tirely new, by Mean's. Nicholls, Cat'avert, Cooper, Gordon, Wilson, and Moore. The machinery by Messrs. Tucker. The extraordinaty properties, decorations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Mr. Needham. The choregraphic arrangements by Madame Louise. The overture and music composed and selected by J. H. Tully. Leader, Mr. Hayward. The whole of the designs, modeLs , and sketches furnished from the studio of Dikwynkyn, who for many weeks past h a s been personally supervising their execution. The newel grotesque burlesque opening invented and written by E. L. Blanchard , and the whole arranged and produced under the immediate superin tendenee of Mr. Edward Stirling. Principal Ingredients in the Christmas Bill of Fare : —The fall if hypochondria in the Domains of Dulness.—Misanthropy (Genius of Gloom), Mrs. Halford. Fog, Drizzle, Taxes, Spleen, Indigestion, Quarter -day (his Ministers nt Ifelanehely), Messrs. E. V. Dent, B. V. Wet, E. V. Load, E. Y. Day, E. T. Weight, and B. Y. Bills. Azure Diabolleals in attend ance, Messrs. Croak, Quake, Fret, Fidget, Worry, Flurry, Fume, Vex, Groan, Growl, Grumble, and Grizzle. Apparition e Misan thropy oa her favearite Nightmare, and Magical Appearance of Good Humour in hop Christmas Car. Good Humour, Miss Alder ; Lightheart and Sunshine (her Attendants), MIMICS Honey and Brown; Mrs. Glasse (the original "Cook's Oracle," and the well known adviser of the " First catch your hare," Sic), Miss Resina Collins. The receipt given to make a good pantomime, avid its con coction accordingly. Cottage of Jill on the borders of Fairyland (by Sunrise), with 'Enchanted Kitchen, Garden, and Region Preserves tt Sin;g a song ot Sixpence, " Pocket full of rye, "Four-and-twenty blackbirds, " Baked in a pie."—Ancient Nursery Legend. Jack (the interesting hero of the olden story, who went up the hill to fetch, &c.), afterwards Harlequin, M. Milano ; Jill (the heroine of the adventure, in love with Jack), afterwards Columbine, Mdlle. Boieno ; Marmalade (the Fairy Queen of the Preserves), Miss K. Warrington ; Pineapple, Raspberry, Lemon, Cherry, Apple, and Greengage (her Assistants), Misses Cliflord, Gower, Johnson, Love, Minis, and Richardson ; Strawberry, Cranberry, Gooseberry, Cur rant, Apricot, Damson, Quin: o, &c. (Fancy Preserves), MPscs Grace Honey, Ellen Honey, Laurance, Louise, Therese, Charle , , Kinr, Sidney, Gordon, Barnes, Emily Barnes, Richardson, Eliza Richard. son, Rose, Sidney, Emily Moore, Elizabeth Smith, Lilly Ellis, Rosa Harrison, E. Box, Ta) ler, Matilda Chenley, Martiney, St. Clare, Fnns, John Levine?, S. Johnson, and Roberts ; Preserved Ginger their warm ally), Master Panrent ; Fruit Blossoms by a Blooming Selection of Coryphees. The Will and the Way—the Talismanic Sixpence —The Change. Grand Baret. Principal Dancers, Mdlle. Theresa and Annie Cushnic, Therese, Smith. &c. The Four-and- Twenty Blackbirds, Masters Tweet Tweet, Toot TOo, Loodlo Loodlo, Sec. The Reading of the Will— "Jill must not a husband take, Till she a pie can make and bake." Interior of Jill's Cottage (by Moonlight).—Coal, Mr. leobbe ; Rundle of Wood, Mr. Halfpenny ; Congreve Box, Mr. Fizzer ; Bellows, Mr. Leathertongne ; Dutch Oven, Mynheer Von Tan ; Rolling Pin, Mr. Stnoothpaste ; Gridiron, r. De Bar; Frying ran, Mr. Broadrim ; Soyer's Three-legged Iron Pet, Herr Potluck. Cruet Castle in the Table Cloth Territory (by Moonlight), and Golden Palace of King Mnstard.—King Mustard (afterwards Clown), Harry Bolen° ; the Empress Vinegar (eller/serf:A Pantaloon), Herr Kohl ; Black Pepper and White Pepper (zentinces on duty at Cruet Castle), Mr. Husky and Mr. Sneezums ; Sweet Oil, Miss Florence: Cayenne, Mr. Capsi cum; Harvey's sauce (attendant in waiting), Mr. Savoury ; the. Army of Zeets, Messrs. Ineian Soy, Curry, Capers, Ketchup, Mushroom:. Garlic, Shslot, Sweet herbs, Potted Tongue ; Potted Beef, Potted Bloaters, Potted Anchovies, Potted Shrimps, &c.; Horse Radish (from the King's stalee), by a Racing Nee. elrend Review—Ter ride Attack upon the Appetite, awl Rally of the Relishes—Great Progress of Jill In her Culinary Career. The Abode of Chutnee in the Province of Pickles (by Sunset).—Chutnee (Chief of the Pickles), Mr. Fiery Fact p s; the Pickle Army, Messrs. Onions, Walnut, Gher kins, Cauliflower, Red Cabbage, bee.; Small Jar, Master Piccalilli. Great demand for Pickle. and determination of the Door to Stand a Jar. Interior of ho Stupendous Salt Mine (by Moonlight).— Salt Rock (a bright White Sprite), Herr Willikind Moleno. Imminent danger of Jill in splitting upon a Rock of Snit—Treachery of Vinegar —Upsetting the Pail above, and Evaporation of the Saline stalactite Columns, disclosing The Emerald Temple of Salad.—Magical Union of the Sweets and Sours, and " a Pie" termination of the Loves of Jack and Jill. The Transformation. -Harlequin, M. Milano ; Columbine?, Mille. Be'eno and Miss Ellen Honey ; Pantaloon, Mr. Cole ; Sprite, Herr Willikind Moleno ; Clown, the celebrated Harry Boleno (his first appearance in Lenden for many years) ; Aerial Evolutionists, by the Inimitable Italian Brothers. The Turk's Head Public-house and Hairdresser's Shop.—Hairdresser, Mons. Pomade ; Publican, Mr. Billy William• ; Customers, Messrs. Rednob, Smockface, Owen Swift, Beardless, Whisker Want, Baron Nicholson, and Tom Steed; the British Pub lic by themselves; Policeman A. 1, Mr. Tigilant. Approach of the •neat lugged Russian Bear—How he Whines after the Porte, which, being rather old, turn: out somewhat crusty—A Dose of Turkey Rhubarb—A. Don-e Cossack—Pure Circassian Cream—How one Shari 111 makes all ivell—The Great Bear turns out a Great Boar —Russian Attachment to Grease—Clown Cuts his Customer's Hare and afterwards Dresses It a la Soyer—The Great Moustache Move ment—A Close Shave —Clown shows his high attachment to the Pole—Sudden Rise in Porter—An 11.T.M.P.—A Patten Lock at le o'clock—A Bona Fide Traveller—Ginger Beer and Gin without ger —A Mill, a Might, a Regular Row, and Station-house for Two. 4reat American Baby Show.—Arrival of the Infantry—Sudden Squall—Ma's upon the Eve of Battle—General Attack—Awarding the Prizes—Clown and Pantaloon's Offsprings —The Prettiest Italy in the World—A Model Baby and a Spirit Child —The Wonderful Effects of Dr. De Jongh's Cod Liver Oil—Clown's Great Prize Rely —Fresh Arrival of 300 more Babies —The Judge Confounded Great Up-oar—An Unwelcome Visitor to a Ladies' and Juvenile Party— and Extraordinary case of Suspended Animation by the Ita lian Sprites. Scott's Oyster Shop, Newspaper-office, and Pursell's ll:mutt Baking and Confectionery Establishment, Cernhlll.—" Up onse ye then, my merry men, it is our opening day"—A Holster for one end a Lobster for two—A Mnseulman and a Man for a Muscle—Duty and Custom—A Bride Cake and a Wedding' Cnkc— First Edition and Second Edition—Left Oat for Want of Room Trees of the Privilege and Privileges of the Press—. Oh, what a row, a rumpus, what a rioting." Baker, Mr. Crusty; Fishmonger, ;Mr. Scales; Master Newsboy, Christmas-box; Printers, Messrs. Typo and Chapel ; Editor, Mr. Cutemdown ; Critic, Cutemup; Pas sengers, Messrs. Trot, Coley, Stratatlong, Lounge, Loiter, and Walk about; Boardistan, Mr. Bobaday. Hoeler's Shop and New Wing of Somerset-house.--Here we are—Merry Christmas and a Happy New Tear—High Prices and Low Prices—Manchester Staff—Enz lish Consfbrters—Stacks on Hand and Handsome Stocks—Ford's Eureka Shirts—Reform in the Civil List and Uncivil Treatment of the Clerks—Transfer-day et the Bank, and General Holyday at Somerset-house.--Hosier, Mr. Stocken ; Shopenan, Mr. Early bird ; Boy, Master Toddles. Soyer's Magic Kitchen.—Chef de Cuisine, Mons. Sayer; Kitehenrnalds, Misses Bitsteaway and Drippingsell; Guardsman, Corporal Longshenks ; Policeman, Sergeant Podger. Cupboard Lovers—Soyer's Last Soap Where's the Knives and Forks e—Rolled and Unboiled Lob sters—Headlese Swains—;Lebster Patty and Giblet Soup —Clown Gone all to Pet—Harlequin Gets well Towelled and afterwards Mangled—Clown and Pantaloon in a Stew—A Regular Broil— Thou 'most in such an unquestionable shape, that I will speak to thee (Soyer, or rather Shakspeare)—Tee Many Cooks Spell the (Clown's) Broth—The scone finishes in a very spirited manner. .Aa Illuminated Page of the History of England.—Grand Allegorical Tableau with Panoramic Effects, illustrative of the Triumphs of the Allied Forces. Toang Jullien's " Allied Army Quadrille," by the doable bands of the English and French. " God save the Queen," " Partaut pour la eyrie," and "Rule Britannia." Daughter of the Regiment, Min Rebecca Collins, in which character she will sing the !spirited patriotic elusion, published in "Blackwood's Magazine" fie December, and written by Corporal John Brown, of the Grena dier Guards, when the men got some drink for the first time at Balaklava, Sept. 28th : "Come all you gallant British hearts that love the red and blue, And drink the health of those brave lads who made the Russians rue. Then 1111 the glass, and let it pass, three times three, and one more, _ . . For the twentieth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four." Vestibule of the Temple of Victory. The Tribute of England to the Brave Patriots. Distribution of Laurel Wreaths, Gorgeous and Electric Scenic Climax, with Revolving Columns and Variegated Illuminations. Terrific Flight of the Italian Brothers. The whole scene presenting a coup d'ceil never before witnessed on the English stage. Admission :—Stalls, is.; dress circle, 45.; second price, h.; upper circle, 31.; second price, Is. 6d. ; pit, 2s. ; second price, Is.; .ewer gallery, Is.; second price, 6d. ; upper gallery, 61; private boxes, 10s. 6d.. I is., 215., and upwards. Doers open at half-past 6, Serformance at 7 o'clock. Half-price at 9 o'clock. The box.effice open daily, from I i till 5 o'clock, under the direction of Mr. Edward Chatterton. Notice.—The following pieces are approved and in preparation, and will shortly be produced : —The Grand Christmas Pantomime, by E. L. Blanchard, Esq. ; a Drama, by Dion Bonrci eanit, Esq. ; Two Dramas, by A. Harris, Esq. ; an Adaptation from Meverbeer's Opera, L'Etoilq du Nord. with new scenery, properties, and effects; to he succeeded by an Engdsh version (by Mr. Reynold eon) of Olnek's Iphigenia in Tauride. The Grand Historical Egyp tian Drama, many months in preparation, will also shortly appear. Will be presented OUR MART ANNE. Yellowed by the mew grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled LITTLE 80-PEEP; or, harlequin and the Girl who Lost her Sheep. Little 80-Peep, Miss L. Thompson ; Harloquia, Mr. Chapin° ; Pantaloon, Mr. W. Barnes; Clown, Mr. Appleby ; Celamblne, Miss M. Brown. After which MAKE TOUR WILLS. To conclude with A KISS IN THE D IRK. R.TAL PRINCESS'S TITEATRE, OXPORD-STRRET. 'Under the Management of ?fr. CIIAILES LIAN. THIS EVENING, FEB. 1, Wlll be presented Ms original adaptation of Casimir Delarignes ristorical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. After which will be produced a New Grand Christmas Pantomime. ntitled, IILARLXQUIN BLUE-BEARD; or, The Great Baskaw; Harlequin, att. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. finlina ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine. Mist Deaboraagh. ItOYAL LTCIU TRZATRE. l!fadeg the Management of Madame Yestris.. lIITIMING, Pza. 1, by Mr Wst e p Mathews aha - met AOGRAYATIN4I SAM. Principal eharaeter . C. . After wig* will be prochteeg the now and original Fairy Pixtra , entitled PZINCri PINTTYPET aid Tlla BUTTERFLY To be followed by TWO BRADS ARis blaTTalt TIAN ONa. Box-silts spec from II wall 3. Sole agent for Privet* Boxes, Mr. Aileron, 13, New Bond -street. Wlll be presented tike Drama of TEE QRZEN BUSIIES; sr, A llandred Years Age. To be followed by a New Grand DIVERTISSZMENT. After whiab, A MOVING TALI. To whioll will be added tits Farce entitled TUB RAILWAY BELLE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. TIIIS ETENING, FEB. 1. Will be pre anted tit' now Contedletta, sailed TIT FOR TAT Magirs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Miss 31askell appe'ar ia Artar which, a new Fairy Extravaganza. entitled TIIA YELLOW DWARF AND 11111 KING OF THE GOLD MINES. Character, Ma Mr. F. Robson, Miss Julia St. George, Miss E. Ormonde, Ml 3, Marston, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitcallan. To oonaludo with A IFE'A JOURNAL. -7.- - ------- ---_ ASTLEY'S Mr. Wm. Cooke. Lessee and Manag er, RO YAL AMPHITH EATRE. THIS ETENING, Fifteenth week, the successful Spect acle called ALMA. the BATTLE el the SCENES ha the CIRCLE , After which, the var i e d an d beautiful the taveation, arrangement, and under the so le d i rec tion of Mr. William Cooke. To oonelnde with th e Comte Pantomime called 41CLLIVE R and flie LILLIPUTIANS ; or, harlequin and Britannia. Box-office open from Eleven till Font. Stage gaLl a g er ' Mr. Ir. West. Acting Manger. Ilr. W. 11. Cooke . ' iqtleStnan Diroetor, lir. w. Cooke, lau. norm. ST! AND THEATRE. Under the direlßction EVMiE of NlNss 'Rebecca Isaacs. WUI IS G beperf Tined the popular Burlett a, OUR ;BELLY. Princip? I character, biles Rebecca Isaacs. After which, a new Operatic Burlesque, entitled, A.LONZO THE 3 111 tA.VIL.isiu geria , a To wasliabhitla tta• ram of the iiiArz PAIR or LOT rats. SEEI" SIT UATIONS TO-MORROW mcatsrsa in the LABOUR LIST and UNIVERSAL GA ZETTE of EMPLOYMENT, price 2d., post-free 4d. Every situation offered in any part of the kingdom, during the previous three days, and up to the hour of going to press, is faith fully gazetted in each number. Published every Tuesday and Friday morning 4,000 vacancies offered weekly. London: E. Shelton, 69, Fleet-street, and all booksellers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. fins DAY —Morning 45 min.after 1 Evening 5 min.aft. 2 To- qOIII4OP -.Morning 23 min.a ft er 2 I Evening 42 min.aft. 2 THE WEATHBIL—Sux Onion, Feb. 1. TEIEEMOMETES, IN THE SHAD/3. 33 —highest since noon yesterday. 30—lowest this morning and daring the night. 35—this day, at soon. BA.RODIETSI, 29'93—a rise of nearly half an inch since yesterday evening. Wncn, N.E.—Moderate, with bitter frosty weather. There was a heavy fall of snow yesterday. ~- THE SUN, LONDOII,, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1855. \ :;,,opeß‘ 4 11 4 44.44. :#4,- , Arroilp. o :4 4 ,, 4 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1855. It is amusing and instructive to consider the lucubrations of the various party organs during the present crisis. We find those who last year were most exigeant in their demands on the Derbyites—who designated any degree of opposi tion to Ministerial requisitions as " factious," or possibly pro-Muscovite—now the most earnest in insisting that there shall be no concession by their friends, awl that the conduct of the War ! the safoty of the Army of the Crimea ! 1 nay, more, the prospects of a permanent and honourable peace, are all to be sacrificed to the party predi lections of these who a short time since were the ins, but who now, happily for the nation and its gallant defenders, may be regarded as . 4 irtually the outs. Great is the indignation against Lord JOIIN RIWELL for having produced this result. Indeed his conduct is denounced as such that it should constitute " a lasting ground of exclusion from the confidence of the nation and the CROWN !" Now, we can recollect a somewhat similar act, which, although at the time it excited paroxysms of rage in the party thereby excluded from office, is now regarded in a very different view by the entire nation. When Sir ROBERT PEEL broke up ' one of the strongest party combinations that ever held office—when lie refused any longer to give up to party what was meant for the benefit of the entire people—he was assailed with the most virulent vituperation. No words were sufficiently strong to express the intense detestation of the act. Temperate men, however, regarded it as one of the greatest sacrifices over made—one of the purest acts of patriotism ever displayed by a Minis ter of the CROWN. That feeling has now become uni versal. Even those who were once its most uncom promising opponents, who let slip no opportunity of denunciation, have at length come round to more equitable views ; and we believe that there is now but little difference of opinion on the sub ject—that the brightest act of a very brilliant career was that in which Sir ROBERT PEHL gave up his cherished prejudices, and abandoned the powerful party he had organised for that - which he conscientiously believed to be for the benefit of the entire community. We have but little doubt that when the first soreness has worn away —ashen the temporary wound has been healed— there will be a similar verdict respecting the recent act of Lord Joux RUSSELL ; and that, se far from constituting " a lasting ground of exclu sion from the confidence of the nation and the CRowN," it will be looked on as his strongest claim to both—as one of the most incontestable proofs of his possessing the character (not always coincident) of a profound statesman and a► tho rough patriot. We could not enter into the consideration of the contemplated changes without rendering this simple act of justice to one whom we have always looked on with respect and esteem; and who was never more entitled to both one and the other, from every person who advocated the great principle of " measures, not men," than at the present moment. Lord DERBY has, it appears, been sent for, and had two communications with the Qunnx This might have been anticipated. Ineleed it is diffi cult to conceive how any other course could have been constitutionally adopted by her MAMITY, —and it needs not our assurance to the effect that the constitutional course is that which will be followed by our most gracious SOVEREIGN. The Noble Earl is the recognised head of the great party which commands an absolute majority iu the Upper House, and is numerically the strongest of any single party in the popular branch of the Legislature ? The time has gone by when the country could be ruled by a majo rity of the hereditary legislators. But no one can presume to assert that the weight and influ ence of the Noble Lord in one of the co-ordinate branches is not a great element of success ; that must be taken into consideration in the formation of a new Government, and that Lord DERBY questionably possesses. In the Commons, as we have stated, he is iu a minority. But it is only a combination of all parties that can defeat his measures. Should he succeed in obtaining the support of any influen tial section of the House, he may carry on the Government far more efficiently than his pre decessors. Now, it is this very weakness that affords the strongest assurance to us, who look solely to the benefit of the people, and who care nothing as to the names of those who may hold the seals of office so that the power cannot be abused. There is no great question of internal policy, now depending, which may be prejudiced by the appointment. The obsequies of Protec tion have been duly solemnised. There is no possible danger of its resurrection—and all the previous heartburnings and jealousies that ex isted on account of the unseemly hag should be interred in the same sepulchre. We need not say how widely we differed on this important point, but, as the matter has been frankly abandoned on one side, we do not see the propriety of brooding over the differences of the past rather than the hopes of the future. Then arises the greatest domestic question, or rather series of questions of the present day. The va r i ous re f orms , P ar liamentary, legal, eccle siastical, f le w , seriously in jured financial, monetary, cannot be by the accession of Lord DEUBY to office. On the first point, we believe that the Whigs would b e more valuable in oppos i t i on t h an in power. We willingly Itussem, as a conscientious Parliamentary Jon r former. But he still, we will say unaccountably, lags in the rear ! Ho still repudiates " the Ballot, " the most important, nay more, the most indispensabl e , o f " a ll th e points." When left to himself, and unhampered by association with the Peelites—on this point more conservative than the Conservatives themselves—he will judge more impartially, and we cannot hesitate as to what will be the result. Should Parliamentary R e f o rm be even postponed for a session, it will be worth obtaining, and it signifies little whether that postponement arises from the u nwillingness or the weakness of the Government, save that better prospt of providing a er r t e h m er e e dy is fo a r n tlltilechform than the latter. that Derbyit But clogs does it follow P rEamentary e Reform 3 meat would oPPo° a Far from it. We believe that there is at least an equal prospect of obtaining as broad and corn , pre hensive a measure at their hands as from thos o of their opponents. _ . • On the legal reforms there is even a brigh:ter prospect. Lord St. LEONARD& has done mu .c 1 t ; and in Ireland the measures of Messrs. NA pr SR and WHITEsnon have been of a very liberal tt dency—if not all that we could desire, still p•ro gressing very far in the right direction ; and. he must indeed be an unreasonable person tat would object thereto. Ecclesiastical matters are perhaps more dolibt ful, but when we look to the clearly-express Bed views of Lord STANLEY, and his close connection with the Premier, and his friendship with In DISRAELI, we must consider that there is a bet: ter prospect of obtaining important ameliorations tlo an if the Coalition remained in office—more e epe. daily when we consider the liberalising tendency of opposition on Whig minds. In the other highly important matters of fiscal, financial, and monetary reform, we conf , 3 ss that we have greater confidence in Mr. DISRA than 14 Mr. GLADSTONE. We have seen that the former endeavoured to render the Income Tax .in some degree more equitable—that he recognise , d the distinction between permanent and temporary, between certain and precarious, income—while ti,he latter steadily refused to make any concession, or to let in the point of the wedge in Vie slightest degree. GLADSTONE even conquered s ,11 his colleagues, and, while he retains office, the re is not the slightest hope of any more equitable adjustment of that onerous impost. In financials he has laid down the principle of placing the entire War expenditure on the accr w ing income of the country, after denuding the Exchequer of its balances, and of grinding the pre sent generation for the benefit of posterity. We of the present generation do not approve of th at coarse, and should rather that he was Minister for posterity than for ourselves. What, then, have we to fear from a Derhyite Government ? Nothing ! It can do no poss.iblo harm ; all that it could effect would be to retard the progress of important reforms, which, sooner or later, are inevitable. But we have much to hope—much in bringing the War to a satisfactory termination—much in. op posing Germanism—in making England respected abroad—and, bringing the AUTOCRAT to a speedy sense of his true position. Without the assistance of liberal leaders—without Lords PaLsrEnsTox and JOHN RUSSELL—there may bo constant dif ficulties. But those who regard the welfare and prosperity of the nation as more important than party feelings will fervently hope for a Coalition that would indeed be for the benefit of the com munity, and which would be of a character to induce England to change its opinion and to love such party combinations. Aristocracy versus merit has been the ruin of the army in more ways than one. The whole country is aroused by the Crimean exposures of the incompetency of men who obtained their commissions by purchase only, while merit pined in the ranks ; but the chief Government spokesman made an admissioi in the debate which tells most forcibly in the same direction. He observed that the reason why our troops know regimental duty so well, while they are unskilful to carry out the duties of the larger combinations which form an army, is that they have been scattered over the country in single regiments, performing, in fact, police rather than military service. This state ment is strictly true. It would seem to have been the policy of our rulers not to let the people see that we had an army, yet to let them see at the same time some soldiers in every place where there was a possibility of popular outbreak. Regiments every where, but an army nowhere ; this was the plan which at once concealed the magnitude of our military force, and yet kept naughty Chartists and others quiet. According to Mr. S. IiBitBERT we have been living under the protection of a military police, while we supposed tkat the gen tlemen of the blue coat and truncheon were our protectors. Now, all this we owe to our aristocracy. Its two great sections—those who openly and at all times oppose political and institutional reform, and those whom Sir E. L. Brmwim so justly and pithily described as " democrats in opposition and oligarchs in office'—both these sections equally wish to concede as few popular rights as pos sible. Corn laws, game laws, Church-rate laws, rotten boroughs, taxes on knowledge, shilling postage, army corruptions, Church abuses—every abuse, in short, both parties in the aristocracy have doggedly defended, or are doggedly defend ing, till the last moment. The fatal army abuse, by which its commands have been made the nest of portionless aristocrats instead of the reward of proved capacity, has, as we now see, been clung to till it has brought down upon it the condemnatory verdict of " the grand inquest of the nation." It was an abuse practically affect ing but a small class, a class which dare not com plain ; and hence, till the Crimea revealed the corruptness and ruinous inefficiency of the entire hoax, the solemn imposition of the Horse Guards was accepted as something which civilians were not to meddle with. They were to pay, to the tune of 15 or 17 millions per annum, but not to complain. All was perfect. " The Duke" was a guarantee for that. About such matters, however, as we men tioned above, the civilians did know, or thought they did. Above all great numbers thought that one man had as good a right to vote for a mem ber of Parliament as another, and when times of pressure came, and petitions and remonstrances were of no avail, the unenfranchised were liable to be rather mutinous, and to demand their rights, and the suppression of aristocratic abuses in an unpleasantly lond tone. Then was seen the aristocratical beauty of the regimental dispersion of our troops. Regimental police saved the necessity of concession. Bayonets wore every where ready to answer any clamour for the suffrage. It was not needful to content the people. Call out the troops ! _ . It cannot be considered far fetched to trace thus a system which has disqualified our soldiery from forming an army, which has left the men incompetent to shift for themselves, and their superior officers incompetent to supply them with food, shelter, and ammunition at only seven miles from their port—it cannot be far-fetched to tram this system to aristocratic antagonism to the rights of the people. It is a gross libel on our country men even to hint that they need troops scattered all over the country to keep them quiet. Hardly anything but soma palpable injustice will collect any number of plain Englishmen together with very angry feelings, or for purposes of violence. Remove all real grievances, all political inequali ties, all unjust patronage of favoured sects, all laws that favour property at the expense of grievance-m onger w ill h ave poverty, and the hard work to get an audience, and harder still to arouse one to acts of m i sc hi e f ilk support of the orator's nostrum. In a word, if Whigs and Tories will but consent to take their chance with the people ; if the really able among our aristocracy will but use their abilities, not to drag on the Government and Ad ministration of the country by gathering cousins and connexions around them, but in frankly open ing the door to honourable service and distinc tion in all the professions, to all who deserve it, then, and then only, will they be able to dispense with a military police. Then, when peace shall return, we shall be able to train, our army purely as an army, to get it and to keep it in a state fit for all that may be required of it in defence cr attack. Exposures of aristocratic and official misman agement and incapacity seem to follow each other rather quickly. The aristocratic borough system fell some twenty years ago. Since then their Corn Laws fell beneath the stroke of the people, and almost all their monopoly laws went with them. Their Church system has staggered under the attacks of Voluntaries from without and HORSMANS from within ; and now their grand resort—the Army—where no son of the plebeian brave, like young PERRY, might mingle with the sons of the wealthy and the titled, is laid bare to the publie view. The army of Franco mercilessly stands testifying against them. The courage of neither army is for a moment in question, nor even the natural abilities of the two nations. The question now answered in the Crimea before all Europe is—Does the French system of open ing promotion to merit, and training men to all the duties of warfare, or the English one of sell ing all our promotions to the wealthy, and using our soldiers in regiments for police purposes, answer best t If Mr. ROBBIICK and our Commons are faithful to their duty, that question is now answered for all the future of England. The Horse Guard system is doomed, as surely as that of rotten boroughs or the Corn Laws. NEW MINISTRY. SUN OFFICE, Three o'Clock. Nothing positive is known up to this hour as to the construction of the New Cabinet. The Earl of Derby has been actively engaged with his political supporters, and it seems to be tolerably certain that his lordship will attempt to form a new Coalition Ministry. Some people, in quarters which we may pre sume to be well informed, go the length of saying that her Majesty made it a sine qua no that, if possible, Lord Palmerston should be admitted into the Darby Cabinet. The movements of the Earl of Derby yesterday would not only tend to confirm that impression, but would seem to indi cate that Lord Palmerston has no objections to ay4 with the Earl of Derby, inasmuch as it walimot until the Earl of Derby had had an intenw with his Lordship that the Noble Earl received her Majesty's commands to attempt the forma tion of a Ministry. The appropriation of Cabinet offices is as yet unknown even to the leaders of the Derby party themselves, but all the members of the last Derby Administration have consented to act in the present emergency, while the Earl of Ellenborough, Sir E. B. Lytton, and other celebrities on the Opposition side have also inti mated their readiness to serve, if needful. It is understood that the proceedings in Pai liameiat this evening will be purely of a formal character. In the Commons, Lord Palmerston will announce the resignation of the late Ca binet, and probably move the adjournment of the House until Monday. Similar statements will no doubt be made in the Peers by the Earl of Aberdeen, with the addition that he had advised her Majesty to send for the Earl of Derby, who had since informed him that he had undertaken the task of forming a new Minstry. MINISTERIAL RUMOURS. We yesterday announced that the Earl of Derby bad been sent for by her Majesty, and that his lordship had consented to form a Ministry. That, in fact, is the only thing at present known, but we give below the move ments that have taken place since, from which our readers can draw their own conclusions. Rumour is still busy, and as a specimen we publish the following in circulation this morning. Lord Derby's arrangements proceed satisfactorily— Lord Palmerston is to be the War Minister, Mr. Disraeli is to have the Foreign-office, Sir J. Pakington the Colo nial, Mr. Gladstone is to continue Chancellor, Sir James Graham likewise retains the Admiralty. Seats in the Cabinet are to be provided for Mr. Sidney Herbert and the Earl of Ellenborough. We give this as we have heard it without vouching for its authenticity. The Earl of Derby left the Palace at half-past two o'clock, yesterday afternoon, and shortly afterwards her Majesty and the Prince Consort returned to Windscr Castle, travelling by the Great Western Railway. After the return of the Earl of Derby from the Palace, his lordship received the Right Hon. B. Disraeli and several other of his political friends. In the course of the afternoon Viscount Palmerston despatched a communication to the Earl of Derby. At nine o'clock last night a messenger arrived at Windsor Castle, bearing a despatch for her Majesty from the Earl of Derby. A messenger from the Queen arrived at the residence of Viscount Palmerston at an early hour yesterday morning. A Queen's messenger left Windsor Castle last evening, charged with a despatch for the Earl of Aberdeen. The messenger returned to Windsor with the noble earl's reply to her Majesty shortly after nine o'clock. At an early hour yesterday Viscount Palmerston had an interview with the Marquis of Lansdowne athis lord ship's residence in Berkeley-square. The Marquis of Lansdowne visited Lord John Russell yesterday at his residence in Chesham-place. The Earl Grey was visited yesterday by several of his political friends. Shortly before 12 o'clock last night, the Chancellor of tke Exchequer (Mr. Gladstone) and the Right Hon Sidney Herbert arrived together at the Admiralty, and had an interview with Sir James Graham. The right honourable gentlemen came direct from tke Earl of Aberdeen (with whom they had a lengthened interview) to the Admiralty. Lord John Russell entertained a select circle at din. nor last evening. Lord Dunkellin, recently retell-nod from St. Petersburg, was amonst his lordshi p's guests. The Secretary of the Treasu r y , the Ri g ht Hon. G . W. Hayte r , was ver y busy yesterday at the clubs. The right hoc gentleman paid a visit to the Earl of Aber deen during the morning, at Argyll House. The various members of the Aberdeen Cabinet trans acted business at the o ffices of their department, as. usual, during the day. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived at the Palace during the forenoon, and was present during the audiences which the Earl of Derby had with the Queen. The rumour at the clubs last night was, that if Messrs. Gladstone and Sidney Herbert, and any one of the Whigs in the late Administration, could be induced to take office along with him, Lord Palmerston was willing to take the lead in the lions@ of Commons, and thus form a Derby-Palmerston c oalition. It was said that Mr. Disraeli was to be left out, in the first instance, t o propitiate the Whigs and Peelitea. Lord Clarendon'm name was mentioned in connection with these statements, but that part of the tale met with little credence. The Sultan has just conferred the decoration of Grand Vizir on the Bey of Tunis, as a mark of his satisfaction at the prompt manner in i whi art ch the the Tunisian troops were sent to the East to take pn war. IfawfoK.— About 80 of our townsfolk have enlisted into the militia, an d arc t 9 leave thi s for Dumfries en Monday first. Besides these, near l y 40 have j oined ti n regulars, chiefly, we believe, the 42d Regiment. Most of the men are htockingraakerc —lOlO Chronicle, LATEST NEWS. BERLIN, JAL 31. Austria's motion for the mobolisation of the federal contingents was rejected and withdrawn yesterday at the sitting of the committee of the Diet. Prussia's motion on the preparation for war (kriegsbercitschaft) was accepted. The fourth and sixth army corps are ordered to occupy the provinces of Saxony and Silesia. The demand of France that a. portion of the French army be allowed to pass through Prussia is categorically rejected. VIENNA, JAN. 31. Accounts from Constantinople of the 22d state that a change of Ministry was expected. An Egyptian division had embarked for the Crimea. Negotiations with Greece had been concluded, and Rustem Bey, the Ottoman Commissioner, had been recalled. News from the Crimea says that Russian so:- ties were more frequent. The severe frost ren ders a general attack on the town impracticable. The Turkish Ambassador received to-day spe cial powers to attend the Conference on behalf of his Sovereign. VIENNA, WEDNESbAY EVENTNG. On the 30th the Military Committee of the Bund declared it to be necessary that the whole Federal army should be placed in kriegs;:istand, or war footing. The Constantinople news of 22d is of no in:- portanco. MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Tho Egyptus, which left Constantinople on the 22d of January, arrived this morning. The Government despatches left by an early train. The Porte does not show any eagerness to accept the invitation to send a Plenipotentiary to the Conferences at Vienna. According to advices from the Crimea of the 20th the condition of the troops was improving. There were 14 degrees of cold. It was uncertain whether any more Turks would be sent to the Crimea. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 18.—News has been re ceived which brings down our knowledge of Schamyl's existence and continued command up to the time of the late foray in Georgia, of which he was, no doubt, at the head. It will be remembered that a horde of mountaineers suddenly descended on the open country near Tiflis, plundered two villages and some country houses, massacred the inhabitants —men, women, and children—and car ried off two ladies to the mountains, whether they fled at the approach of the Russian troops. The British Ambassador has endeavoured to obtain the release of these ladies from the savages who have them in their power, but without effect. It is said, however, on good authority, that a letter has been received from Schamyl, stating that the ladies wore carried off by a band under his orders ; so that there can be no doubt that this personage still exists, a fact that will, no doubt, cause much en thusiasm among his admirers in Europe. Rumours of negotiations for peace have been prevalent for the last few days. The Austrian Intornunciate is hopeful of peace and of the high position which a country will gain by being the author of it. The Galatz merchants are sanguine or desponding according as they deal in Russian and Wallachian corn, or supply the necessities of the Turkish army and its allies. The feeling, both in the diplomatic and general world, however, is that the Czar will never consent to the destruction of Sebastopol, and that the allies will not desist until it is destroyed. THE WAR IN ASIA. The Kars army is in the usual state. By the last accounts the Russians were making large levios of troops on the frontier. The mission of Achmet Vefix Effendi to Teheran was attended with con siderable success, aid there was reason to hope that Persia might be united to Turkey, if not by friend ship, at least by a feeling of common interest. Achmet Effendi did much to conciliate the religi ous prejudices of the priests and people. By re presenting the danger of their common Mahome dauism, and the necessity of defending it, ho had created a feeling of distrust towards Russia, which would, propably, before long, have influenced the conduct of the Court. Kurdistan still continues in a state of revolt. THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Varna correspondent of the Fremden Blatt, who is believed to be an officer from Holstein in the service of the Porte, writes that the Turkish army will be better off in the Crimea than it was in Wallachia. Ismail Pasha has at length defini tively taken the command of the Turkish army left on the Danube, but he has not yet left for Shumla. All the reports that reach us respecting the plans of the allied commanders may be summed up in a couple of lines. There will be continual skirmishes, but no events of importance until the spring. The bad weather has recently so interrupted the communications in the Principalities, that it was not until the 18th ult. that the official report of the Russian inroad into the Dobrudscha reached Bucharest. The original object of the Russians seems to have been to advance to Kostendje, and to prevent the embarkation of the Turks for the Crimea. The Russian force consisted of 12 In fantry battalions and a detachment of Cossacks. The Commander of the Turkish Cossacks, the Pole Serbinsky, was killed. The Russians, for some unknown reason, only advanced to Babadagh, which they set on fire. On the 16th, Ismail Pasha left Bucharest for Rustchuk. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The following telegraphic despatches have been received here : "BERLIN, 29th.—The Journal de St. Petersbourg of the 16th annonnoee that the Grand Duke* ar rived at Moscow on the 15th, and left the same evening for Sebastopol. The same journal speaks in high terms of the attention paid to the wounded Russians at Constantinople, but complains of the severity of the regime to which the Russian pri soners in the Ile d'Aia are subjected." " ODY.ssA, 25th.—The accounts received from Sebastopol are to the 19th. Nothing imp or t an t ' had taken place. The fire of the batteries had al most ceased on both sides. A heavy fall of snow had taken place. Desertion amon gs t th e Alli e d troops had increased.' [This, it must be observed, is a Russian despatch, and must be received with caution.] An Imperial decree nominates as Ladies of the Palace to the Empress the Countess de Labedoyere, Countess de la Poeze, Countess de Lourmel, Countess de Rayneval, Mme. de Saucy, and Mme. de Saulcy. Vice-Admiral Dundas arrived last evening in Paris, and alighted at tho Hotel Mirabeau. The detachments of 75 men from each regiment of infantry which had been ordered to leave on the 20th for the East have received counter orders. They will not now leave until the beginning of next month, but as they will proceed by the most rapid conveyances they will reach the Crimea as promptly as if they had taken their departure when first ordered. The Constitutionnel says : " Rear-Admiral Febvrier-Despointes, who commanded the French squadron in the Pacific and in the affair at Petro paulovski, has, it is said, been recalled. He will be replaced by M. Fourichon, lately Governor of French Guyana. The latter officer is replaced, as Major-General at Brest, by M. de Chabannes, who commanded the Charlemagne, in the bombardment of Sebastop o l, w hen the Allied troops made the i r first attack. Rear-Admiral Lugeol is, it is said, to be replac e d in Greece by Commandant Baudin." Letters from Algiers of the 25th announce the arrival in that port of the Inflexible, the Breslau, and the Tage, ships of the line, of the frigates Didon and Labrador, and of the steamer the Tenger. These vessels were about to sail for the Crimea with two battalions of the 86th, detach ments of the 100th, a detachment of the 4th foot ehasseurs (riflemen), and some officers, also with 25 horses and a number of mules. On the 19th the Reine Hortense, steam-frigate, having in tow an English vessel freighted with wooden houses for the army in the Crimea, arrived at Algiers ; but she only itayed a few minutes to recei ve despatches. RUSSIA. TheWaltrnat de St. Petersbourg of the 23d of January gives the following account of the recent crossing of the Danube by the Russians : "The Commander-in-Chief of the army of the South, Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gortschakoff, havingbeen informed of the movement of Turkish troops in the pro vince of Babadagh, deemed it advisable to make him self acquainted with the strength and intentions of the enemy. "This reconnaissance was intrusted to Lieutenant- General Ouschakoff, with a detachment of four batta lions, two squadrons, six rotnias of Regiment No. 1 of Don Cossacks of Sazonoff, four pieces of artillery, and a Cossack field rocket battery. "On the 27th of December (Bth of January) these troops crossed to the right side of the Danube, took pos session of the bridge on the so-called Somowo Mouth,' and, having dispersed the cavalry which opposed them, occupied Tultscha. "Our cavalry, under the command of Colonel Sazonoff, was directed on Babadagh, which it attacked on the 28th (9th January). The Turks who occupied the town fled by the Bazardjik road, and, pursued by our Cossacks, suffered a considerable loss. " On the 29th (10th January) the detachment of Lieu tenant-General Ouschakoff re-crossed to the left bank of the Danube. "In these encounters the Turks lost 263 men killed, and we took 83 prisoners. Among the latter there Was a superior officer and two subalterns. Our troops, moreover, captured a flag and a portion of the baggage train, with provisions and ammunition. " On our side one Cossack was wounded." It is expected here that Prince Menschikoff will undertake a second and decisive blow against th.e Allies immediately on the arrival of the Princes. Full confidence is expressed hero with regard to the success of Russian arms, and intelligence is impatiently awaited. A Russian official report gives the following as a list of killed and woundud in the defence of Sebas topol between the 6th of October and the 17th of November : Woended, Generale 3 Superior officers ... ... 4 24 Subalterns ... ... 14 104 Non-comnais.,ioncd officers and sailors 789 2,931 PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Jan. 29. Lieutenant-General von Adj utant-Gen eral of the King, Commander of the Federal fortress of Luxemburg, left here yesterday morning by the early train for Paris. His mission to the Court of Paris relates to the views in the late note despatched from here on the 21st inst. BERLIN, Jan. 28.—1 t is stated that M. von der Pfordten has renounced his proposed mediatory visit to this pace, partly because Austria has de clined compromise and half-measures, and partly because the Bavarian Chambers render the Prime Minister's position " sour," if not hazardous. Nor has anything occurred to indicate distinctly whe ther Austria will obtain a majority at the Diet, although an impression exists that such will be the issue, if ever German Governments can harden their hearts to transmit decided instructions to their envoys. The following telegraphic despatch was received this afternoon : "TRIESTE, Jan. 27.—Yesterday the express train from Yienna was stopped by the snow at Adels berg. The Duke and Duchess of Brabant have gone by the Lloyd steamer Australia to Egypt. Their Highnesses intend visiting the cataracts of the Nile, and will return. by way of Palastrina and Syria. Weekly report :—Little done in coffee on account of the small quantity in the market ; sugar firm ; pepper yielding ; Egyptian. cotton, limited supply, sought for ; corn dull." T of 41 of 12 months after the payment cf the first term f $O . 2!,i.,1 loan, to advance to his Majesty the Sing (1 , of dinia, in the same ro ortiors a similar P 1,00000/. sterlin P P ' ' 1..n0t g, "Art. 2. The interest to be paid on the said 4 loans by the Sardinian Government is to be at MP: of4p fund. ercent.per annum, of which 3 p er cent. v ri a sinking lli6P 0 4 "The interest to date from the day of paY I n Ziol the said loan or loans, in half-yearly palw ents te ;r 04 0 0 i° payment to be made within one fortnight after piration of the six months, dating fr om the Par the fret term of the loan, and so succeesively ed "Art. 3. Her Majelsty the Queen of the tiniteclPYv d° i m t 0 u o sf transport Great theandSardinian Irelandtroop s• t r undertake s oos. tu titer ; 4 i 0 1 "Art. 4. The present convention shall be rat,,.6110, the ratifications exchanged at 'Turin as soon Popp have In faith of which the respective plen 0 signed the present convention, and put the' thereto. "Done at Turin the 26th of January,„ l o ss . s boo, ~ f10501('' " PROJECT OP LAW. "Sole Article. . ato . " The Government of the King is authorise veto full and entire execution to the military c°lloooo stipulated this day between her Majesty the Q uee , s d h i/ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland tlit A a l5O Majesty the Emperor of the French, . w ttitw supplementary convention coauct d d with her e Majesty." z • AUSTRIA. met 1 0 VIENNA, Jan. 27.—The committee 0,7110 to been aointed to watch over the affairs °I thet , Principalities will probably meet here t ag A it ginning of next week. It is said that vg 01 far from quiet in Servia, but reliable neativ that Principality is very rare. By h er tr— p ot 9 the Porte, Austria is authorised to send trel,,,, Servia should there be any , political dist.°lo;(lo Prince Gortschakoff rece i ve d very volutloile, patches the evening before last, bu t 55' 004' correspondent knows nothing of their 0 01 ..i of t ile l ivi In consequence of the eastern lAA,' n ots i 7 o . B l sian empire not being able to supply req t recruits of the regulation ao, and gas lei' e~ for the recently ordered ebxtraordinscrter.:- Emperor has decided that younger and The OP' than originally fixed shall be taken. face s bringing from Asia into Europe all "" • which ho can dispose. o ld ! 80,000 is the number to which it is it 4 1 French army for Austria is limited. thelt9 - .li. through Lombardy, and will prove to h the reality of the alliance of France..t.iviii.oo°_°,l General Schramm is spoken of as mand under the Emperor, who, it is Ai-I'4l-01es will take the field. General Bosque t hear, spoken of. 104 A fifth battery of the Artillery of toti t Av - A , hir Guard is now being organised in Pa r k ' 900 0 f r o, ment of that arm is to furnish 20 nouP co oo ll missioned officers, and a trumpeter, " among the best conducted of the corps. tliO , 1 , The Correspondenz Bureau inforros4'loool4 Western Powers have entered into CO gAiations with Spain for the accessiooLcrig harp force of 25,000 men to be sent tot u°oo9 The "consideration " for this servi ce is to Foe be the assistance of England and Fran Get Spain in the possession of Cuba again e booting attack on the part of citizen United States. ,tti The Wanderer of Vienna says :-- - I„ he fe ' ll tl ; sador of France and England receive u : in 0. 0 back despatches from their Governlue L the ll io quence of which the conferences betwee-ntekti Count de Buol, for some time in tern he resumed. These conferences relate to,,","the measures to be taken in accordance Vilw of Dec. 2." the 61901 t The Moskauer Zeitung sta t es that„il Dukes Nicholas and Michael passed t e% city, en route for Sebastopol, on the I°ll- The Ost Deutsche Post remarks, ~1160,,:f headed "From the Seat of War," t1 11411 , i - tilwo . received lead to the supposition that li t - iplfri it e rival of Generals Pelissier and Niel 6 Afte, 6 o . J O' things will remain just as they are. ill I)6'9' generals have arrived, operations V— the menced on a new plan. It is said ill 0 1 4 41 r i camp that General Pelissier will 11316r0e be independent command, but will of co u o tilly go ners' n ot ject to the resolutions of the war, and, naturally, subordinate to C l e r r ioo. robert, who served under Pelissier LOSS OF THE ST.Eitg sE DER te e ° Pr.Yscollra m WjgrO 100 worth, of the scre w etem a gj -ap ercurif F¢ WhO landed from the steam-ship Mauriti ns on Tuesday, arrived here te-day. , At 10'A, The Mercury left Bordeaux on . the 1v,. -11 ,40 - . 13 01 cargo of cloverseed, wine. brandy, ttc• I 14 1:0 b 1 at half-past 9 the next evening was run ." w hiellatat outward-bound bark, apparently French,. 1 0 0 111 01 the vessel amidships, stopped her engine! T r 111° r g and caused her to sink within half Al 2 P°.- b . OOl ord kept her course. The crew, 22, in two tiptiertit; were kept afloat with great difficulty , e u ° ll r3 t - il if fol e: v` e Bay of Biscay 20 hours without water the bark Johanna, of Hartlepool, which, V h ° eta :d i V to Gibraltar ; the master, four men, an" "A g Jil je' took passage in the Mauritius. Three hnu"'" - crew, and 13 were left at Gibraltar. c e figg P. THE LATE SIR GEORGE COv- -- „, .T.t. .4 AND THE ADMIR-41-u - ov, Pi f ..................... I d I fh b oid In ,our columns of this day will be 0t in ,.,, 0 r i ri all respect for the great name of the ansitir, ) worthy and gallant admiral who has sen t visti s ment, we roust regard as a most hapPi 1 sif ' , the natural tendencies of all departments. j'0 0 , 4 .91) Cockburn, we need not say, seas A in°" 1 r . ‘"0,1 Admiral, and had almost unprecedented B"rirbilely) Lard of the Admiralty. The docuniteot sad fci behind 114:n as the fruits of his experience sa e a o, r , of his life, and to which he evidently at t°l3 4, (1 ,5" value, is a plan for the reconstruction of t , 11 ,0101,J on the olosect possible resemblance with t`r - t il i ing establishment. Doubtless the g, 3 1 1 , 91 11 , ,,,V,1 worried at his Board, snubbed by politi c e, Poly Ey surveyors of the navy, and with sor i , c- „,, i iii patronage, often bad need to envy the ".;#l O ,ll Chief. But it was no vulgar envy that cli c "; f "AI will and testament. Here we have the la beer f / the whole soul of the man whose life's ITO/ idea bad been to create a great navy. 1 ", - 0 0, 4 , 0 ,) great navy ? What object of ambition R a atijir 1 and useful ? We reply, th a t even a gres"" or only be instrumental to a great countil 4; great navy too much left to professiont!'e Aid will degenerate into fleets of huge ships °'',,,° K i ri able kind, ancient admirals, innumerab'",,r9 customs for grandeur, not for use, while : f o' . ot 9 comes in grim earnest than the very thing' r ost i are found never to have been thought of , 0 . il gea tlo, e l l e mon saying what happens when a himself to be too much in the hands °f v i ta 4?I i0 1 each one of them will only be too haPP,f 14, whole of his income for him, and, after A''',..o l be served. As it is, notwithstanding th°,j 4 of Mr. Osborne, it can hardly be said tress 1 0 f , navy has done what was expected of it ,' /I tPliej war. Something smaller and less cost 4 d le3' ships might have done us more servic e :o 4 ' with less glory to First Lords and shipbn" NO . I ARMY BEQUIREMS— a 7 ____—....—........._ eie i lrf °l l l What the army requires is a better PO S ; pe', cialities. There should be various corPs f ° fot,',o 11 cial and peculiar duties. For camp dutis e, ,, of„'',/,, or what may be tericed the interior seretA t soo ! in the field, a distinct body of men is ree for : o p , for the better discharge of such service, i p t. li p t e t of the regular troops or fighting men. '''',„ — lfrifie i ) duties of escorts, orderlies, messengers', e 7,01 1 ,4,,i; &c., are performed by soldiers takell,,....,liPi e for mental ranks, who often discharge them u";poi'voil and are always liable tc, the ternptationVosee irregular service, while the regiments i t .i ., - e 't, s weakened by those draughts upon ," - b l er' u ti); Some special, lightly-equipped corps '! a e l ' ° s7, needed. That the transport sers"i 9 je Vrt . , organised on a footing of its own is ton r„ 0 0 0 0ele proof. It would be out of the question - 0 o ro ti permanence such a waggon train as ~.;° °; ti li sh ; e el moment's notice for the wants of the P r t he , t f i iii the necessity of a distinct serviee s houla, o3 ° C; o ol/, from the first opening of hostilities, and 'l r - s nle 11 , be desirable to enrol a small corps of di c "„ - 01 0- 0 0/ 4 , departments of the army. The engine e r , — 0 11°- ( j, i f their own means of. transport. SaP,P e ; , r t y• their " drivers," exactly as gunners u si ',, e 'el,„4 l dering the peculiar nature and itnportsliff-ivr; - we think the charge of conveying and `',,,',3 o,; r e f i serve musket ammunition should be a ssie r ", o l3_,,'' , lll", men with the designation and position a` o tliev m prof have seen it asserted, indeed, upon 1 3 4 13 ,,:0ri e ' 0 / ( 1. 0 4 the men of the waggon train, forming t r",jecl fr :it i fi general transport service, should be reg r e' r die.jor f position rather above than below that °' °- c011 ° , 1 0 614 and that they should be treated with A ,te5,",;,,e,14 proportioned to the peculiar intelligen c P - Tqicy, trustworthiness expected at their ban °. oe ll 'of v ir, ever, appear to be the leading princiPl ee it ion: o fj., tart' reform should proc:ed—the recaglln'tion'tifir, irrespective of actual combat, the nssg i - c t th e c illil. duties to bodies of well-qukli fi ed men , e c h e,,ef l',f ' aaee of all the auxiliary departments in . 1 . prt ) !,.4 0 . 0 1 ` may enable the fighting men to pia,' t be , i r 5 4- J OT without nee,llP, , cli , ,traetion. rriration, oel its'o have Ephlndid soLiitr and admirable reqi k.,,ife step or two in the way of organization e l/ mirable an army.—Times. SARDINIA. TURIN, Jan. 27.—Yesterday the Chamber of Deputies assembled for an extraordinary sitting, in order to hear the treaty of alliance between Sar dinia, France, and England, together with the military convention between Sardinia and Eng land, read, and to allow of the presentation of a project of law for authorising the Government of the King of Sardinia to raise a loan according to the terms of thelast-named convention, and thereby enable it to fulfil the first. After Count Cavour, as Foreign Minister, had read the treaty and con ventions, he read the following preamble, explana tory of the views of Government is forming the present alliance, and asking the Chamber for the powers requisite to put it in execution : Gentlemen,—The &item war, having called forth new interests to combat on the field of politics, has ren dered new alliances necessary. "The course of old diplomatic traditions was all at once interrupted, and both from s careful consideration of the present serious moment and of a future from which the greatest prudence alone can avert the dangers, it was clear to every Government that, in the face of complications so unexpected on the world's stage, it was necessary to seek a new system that should procure strength, supports, and remedial acts, to provide against the altered circumstances. " England and France first gave the world the gener ous example of the most complete forgetfulness of their secular differences, descending united to the field where they combat in the cause of justice and the common rights of nations. "The other Governments, watching the rapid progrefs of events, dispose themselves to take that part in them that necessity or the convenience of their own policy may require. "In such serious circumstances, and in the midst of such general preparations, the Government of the King would have been gravely wanting in duty had it not at tentively considered how to act for the good of the King and the State, and, having made its choice, had it not resolutely put it in execution. " The alternatives were two : " Neutrality—that is to say, isolation ; or, " Alliance with the Western Powers. "Neutrality, sometimes possible to Powers of the first rank, is seldom so to those or the second, un less placed in special, political, and geographical cir cumstances. History, however, rarely shows happy instances of neutrality, the least sad results of which terminate in making those who adopt it either objects of suspicion or disdain to both con tending parties. To Piedmont, moreover, the high heart of whose kings inspired at all times a resolute policy, alliances have always been more pleasing. " Piedmont has succeeded in making herself ac counted more by Europe than herlimited territory would appear to warrant, because in the day of common peril she has always known how to face the common fate ; as also because in times of tranquillity it was part of the rare wisdom of the Princes of Savoy to reform, by slow degrees, adapting the political and civil laws to the new wants, the natural consequences of the incessant con quests of civilisation. " She might, it is true, by one thing or the other, from force of circumstances, have fallen, though, if she had done so, slie would have risen again ; but she was never held in scorn, or put aside ; she never broke the bond that bound her to her kings, and always found her safety in the fidelity and esteem that she has known how to inspire. " A new proof of both was the proposition of an alli ante to the Government of his Majesty on the part o those of her Majesty the Queen of England and of his Majesty the Emperor of the French. " The examples of history, the anticipations of the future, the noble traditions of the House of Savoy, all unite to drive the Ministry from a timid, idle policy, and to lead it instead by the old road, followed by our fathers, who knew true prudence to exist in sharing the sacrifices and perils encountered for justice, whence arose increased reputation or benefits after victory. " By order of the King, who on this occasion, as always, has shown himself equal to the greatness of the event, and to the virtue of the Mouse ' the formal ad hesion to the treaty of the 1 0th of April has been accom plished, and at the same time were drawn up the two conventions calculated to regulate the manner of co-ope ration to be lent by Sardinia in consequence of this act. " We come, therefore, to submit them for your appro bation. _ _ _ " The fruit of a prudence which tends to courage and generosity, we confidently believe that this treaty will obtain your consent so much the more than it would have done had it been suggested by a timid prudence and short-sighted calculaions. " You, elected by a people who have always a heart devoted to their princes whenever they should follow on the path of sacrifice and honour, cannot feel it in your hearts to act otherwise. " To the Cross of Savoy, as to that of Genoa, the road to the East is known. Beth have shown them selves victorious on those fields, where this time they will shine united on our banner. Placed now between the glorious standards of England and France, it will know how to prove itself worthy of such high company, and that God, who for eight centuries has supported the fortitude and faith of the House of Savoy, will bless it "Supplementary Convention to the Military Conven tion between his Majesty the King of Sardinia, his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and lwr Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. " Art. 1. Her Majesty the Queen of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland engages herself to recommend to her Parliament to take measures to ad vance-to his Majesty the King of Sardinia, by means of a loan, the sum of 1,000,0001. sterling, of which 500,0001. shall be paid by her Majesty as soon as possible, as soon as her Parliament shall have given its consent, and the other 500,0001. six months after the payment of the first sum. "Her Britannic Majesty fultlier engage 6 herhelf to recommend her Parliament to take measures to enable her, should the war not be at an end at the expiration limmoMill . Mai