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BOUM, 81ST JAN., MIS. lii . t • I' . , ) ,ITRT of DIRECTORS of the EAST '' lll '3.Y ' c ''''PAN'T do HEREBy GIVE ': ki ;70E, r rl'7 , t4 kr RENRRAL COURT of the said Co(1)1)41.iY w'° be ' ll 'itli 11 "se In L eatienhall-street, on WETINESI) kl, nett, at Levin o'clock in the forenoon. ',..............._ JAMES C. MELYILL, Secretary. _ (OV,-444 ~7 1 ~ r 10 0 , )5 Is Iber, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FtIBRUARY 2, 1855. 4---- r . PRICE SD. ~ LOT INDIA. HOUSE, JANUARY 31, 105. 00 URT of DIRECTORS of the EAST %..,, ( - 1 11PAITY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That 6p "w Some Committee will be ready, on or before 0 :7 0 14th p„}, --r uarY next, to receive Proposals in writing itlth' ni such persons as may be willing to supply the Com t4,lt BARRACK STORES • • itnitn'setenditions of the said Contract ' may be had on aPPlica ii,s:et,arrs Office, where the proposals are to be le ft , any 'tlEr whi'oci'?_cithithe forenoon of the said 14th day of February. h o n t h tender will be received. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. ' °ll2s It A kr, 11 A. HOUSE, January 31, 1855. et v. -EREBY GIVEN, that the annexed CODE of for th e 44 'l akt gERVre. EXAMINATION for APPOINTMENTS 174,k11)1,a4e July of the EAST INDIA COMPANY," w_hi m cb . tt 4 4 4 17 the Affairs of has been framed by the Board of Co Vi e of India under the provisions of the Act 41 411 . 4% 9 ', sec. 38, JI 4 ,,YICt A PPOWTMENTS TO THE CIVIL SER. '146,.. 4~ the —4 l. T EAST INDIA COMPANY. an e xamination will take place, by examiners Aok t ;e for 41,noo,ard of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, of I,f ker 4 Thrle la to the Civil Service of the East India 1 :1 4 , 44 ,t,ara1.b„, "e subject of her Majesty who shall be desirous ; 4 44 It gm, erv ice of the Company will be entitled to be ') „"'2 8 55, hT, lal nation, provided he shall, on or before the - "o l o,cit e t ransmitted to the Board of Commissioners : his ego being above 18 years and under 23 3;,,. e allstitglaTied by a physician or surgeon, of his having tit)lt) A ' l 4lll -41 affect' bodily infirmity, unfitting him tent ee 0f ... ion, or 4 11 lost leste ; w e Company, moral character, signed by the bead of 1 44 15 2 4 t °,t c iee e lieg 4,,at Which he haw last received his education ; the 'ory, Bae ,; 4 e ducation at any school or college since th C A i t ;" t - d of good moral character as may be satis ,r etiirn--'quca't 4-L,ornmissionecrs branches of knowledge herein -411,411111144,"eli lie desires to be examined. I:114 - : :14:21,1'1--,"?,'° i ' ll e ta o k f e th pl e ace only in the following branches N aDesPaes a t , tea h '4lterat ure— Mkid •• • . e en , „ .. Ibtu t i en ..... history, including that of the laws 500 1 44 ...... .. e, `'ratur e " n " bistOry of Greece 750 4 I, Rome 375 )fi tt , s. France "Nati Germany ' 1, 1311" 375 y tl ttc e ti , e re mi d raix 4 Italy 1,000 It S t , tUraCl u that is, chemistry, electricity and maXne 4it'patrf' g e ° l "gY, and mineralogy 5OO logic, mental, moral, and political _OO ...... .. ... ......................... 375 an d literature° 375 1, h. l'0 11 114 1 Q ! rit 6,575 Of th. h:k1 11 7 the 0 ,7 Persons examined will be estimated by marks, tvem 14.4041,4 e iititribentarY system in use at several of the Lin 1 , ,1 1 1,k1t r , 4 , ii tte th e et s et opposite to each branch in the preceding .o e greatest number of marks that can be obtained ii% B 4 Zidate 'setts be allowed any marks in respect of any sub ?t,4t'eropet talkie he shall, in the opinion of the examiners, o,4lexkiiinn, knowledge of that subject. et i ,,alitt en 'non will be conducted by means of printed ques a,„'' kft e , cle,,,, n 'wers, and by viva voce examination, as the ex the necessary nht_Ati.;jet,,,ll,inainarik.nation st?all have been completed the examiners N tord wiv obtained by each candidate in respect of each or .h he shall have been examined, and shall set ~;,4t,,,t fi ned .terit, the names of the twenty candidates who shall r t ea ter aggregate number of marks than any f theppo 1 1 -4, an a & and such twenty candidates shall be deeme el? etio , ' , ate: for the civil service of the East ndia Com '4ll-1,01 st, ice eldeterminedy in India to which they shall • t be •s A n • - by Cie order in which they stand k kbi bi l ot f rs 4i t t l " Bs L, anod Augst, 1857, furtber examinations of the s•tar e i s „ i take place by examiners apponted by the oi s " oners for the Affairs of India in the following 1 to .141, - "e of e o h ? or dinary rules of taking, evidence and di aling 4ll ;lie lt t'L l ot; ,/t i civil 1 , 0 4 0 00 - ,114n,g1lage ........ •••• 400 44, 4 [tar e gi a t India in which the selected candidate at f ullhe r ln notice of his desire to be examined des7.iaitillations will 13: conducted in the same manner f t lt or,„Veate s r i be d• (The numbers set opposite to each subject n tAth''' l l stibi e nuMber of marks whhch can be obtained 1 v i t" 'ller " e l : e tati tt h a d * ) ,.., for t y t desirous of being examined at either of it.te to Otis of 1856 and 1857, shall. two mon . ths P Of ; tir e Of -ih atlen, transmit to the Board of Commissione thv statement mentiorilng the language or lan tter ez n Leeleet eci n 'lllell he is desirous of b.,ing examined. _ tkip""eatice e,,ahaidatewh havirg ben examined at the for -4,l7'nitt`aBs6, shall pen have ' ped, may, nevertheless, eth er 21 . ele etea n th e rac k ofru , candidate who examin atoiteruhoavf have passed 1 2, 1 , 4 the r all, who shall n 4 no "t "Bel passed at one or ail o,te4 eerettelatndaitdixess.of 1/156 and 1857, shall. be 1 ,,, e4Z tel t , aolillbe otatnaLdates who, at either of such further exami • th by the examiners to have a competent tit, o ella t , or e History of India, Political Economy, an 1 at s ° ; e ls ,„ shall be adjudged to have and pass t India eXathi e , shiths Q"olted to the civil service of the W hich t a ts t 'u, Ale es of the selected candidates . who shall have they sh Ze i 9 hart4llllato7l in . , list in the order of th n e , 13 . L l ' 4're h ," above by the t otal marks whnn "' tile e:„"`ained in respect of all the eu s tr u ra b be i ra 'ec re ti ler eel te - ', ll,ll led at such examination.' t urd tlat hitlatP h ellilto l e"° aivil service of the East India C_onl e Pa... l 7 - tli e e r a l betw een v a at N „: l eh be determined by the date of th ass T d r ; tile °p ee d niority i n th eeo 4 4 they shall be adjudged to have hatie n ' er in lsjii - i su ellcbm ° passed at the same further ve examination, 14. an they. Bt . service shall be determined according ezam to Ak e ..., pe i , -an d on the list resulting from such te "'" keie tith e aft,' such e xamination, be ,allowed to i,.. fa r eas h e r be regations in force th t Shalt com ply with t Company and -44 d hod, " I service of the East India ily health and good moral character. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secy. 1,000 Tilt NAT lON 'r► I.IO7iGThA-1, ASSOCIATION for PRO• :Ir r ellen h t ° , i re eo ß g , nts — a t til l 'e °R p a lt r , i i n nio th un e t necessity for a reformation in BRITISH ARMY. I c'lt hi efective S ystem ar ted to communicate their a all-engrossing subject to ues GEORGE RIITIMEIFORD, Hon. Bea, 4, TOrringt.. 4 4 l2 Are. 4it ftdan.oo 4611-, from I* to o &clock. ,E ,--qh, 10 10iit i IVS P APER Plrißeti°oPnsßulEponTN°ewsnßS a.p----eratTilwanilled ' , lie - a , oltty 4 °r, of the Stamp Res ttr, e 'lllg D i . se , be,_ established in various localities . t4 r i s ' rzt4 sse ' 4ll 4 by applying an lan which they have kb,, e jltu %,, , v , lll be enabled to adopt flp , P l . 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Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum is paid on ' all sums received in advance of Calls on either shares or debentures. All payments to be made at the Banking House of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. . Ey order of the Board. WILLIAM CHAPMAN, Secretary. Offices of the t empany, 21, Old Broad-street, London, Bth January, 1855. THE WEATHER, THE - PARES, AND THE RAH - WAYS.-DETENTION OP THE MAILS. IMPERIAL PARLI . My lords, no man can feel more than I do the inconve nience of thrusting upon Parliament or upon the public what I may call domestic differences between colleagues in a cabinet even at the moment of separation. But, my lords, in the speech to which I have referred the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) placed the justification of the course ho had taken almost so exclusively upon my acceptance of and upon my subsequent continuance in tho Secretary ship of the War Department, that I feel it necessary to state to your lordships some omissions which were made by the noble lord, and some explanations consequent upon the words which foil from him. The noble lord said, in one of the letters which he addressed to ray noble friend at the head of the Government, and which he read to the other house, that when the two Secretaryships of State were divided, he yielded to my strong wish that I should occupy the war department, thereby undoubtedly imply ing that he had boon opposed to that arrangement, that he had remonstrated against it, and had been overruled. My. lords, I venture to say that such was not the case; and if I now presume to offer any explanation with refer ence to what took place in the cabinet, I beg to say that I have followed the proper course, and have applied to my sovereign for permission to make those explanations, without which, in virtue of the obligation which rests upon all privy councillors, I should have been precluded from doing so. My lords, in the cabinet in which it was decided that the two offices of Secretary of state for the Colonies and Secretary of State for War should bo di vided, a discussion took place in which 'I felt it my duty to point out to the cabinet the difficulties, which would follow upon that separation, unless, before it was made, the ,duties of the new secretaryship were accurately defined, and some definite plan was laid down. (Hear, hear.) And I stated at that time to the noble lord that I thought he, in advocating that measure, ought to have provided us with a definitive plan. I told bins that I was encumbered at that moment with two such laborious offices that I had really no time to consider the organisation of the department, and that I regretted that, before the measure was adopted, some definite plan had not been laid down. But the noble lord expressed his opinion that, in deference to the wishes of Parliament, that step should be immediately taken. It was determined upon by the-Cabinet; and I am sure the noble lord must admit that, so far, from his being considered to swat to my wishes--I , appeal—confidently- ta,,ealy .lath col leaves who sit near me whether, at the conclusion of that discussion, nay last words were not these :—" The Cabinet having - now decided that the-two secretarysbips shall be divided; all that I can say is that, so far a am person ally concerned, I am perfectly ready to retain either or neither." (Hear.) My lords, that is nay strong wish which has been spoken of by the noble lord. I can only. say that in any discussion of which I hoard, I never un derstood for one moment that the noble lord had expressed any desire that my noble friend Lord Palmerston should occupy the War Department: I did hear—and I was in formed by my noble friend lately at the head of the Go vernment—that, for a time at least, the noble lord himself had contemplated the possibility of Lord Grey takiag the department ; aid most undoubtedly if that had been the case, I never for as instant should have thought of stand ing in his way. Bat I should wish it to be distinctly un derstood, and I will say, that I not only did not express a strong wish to continue in the War Department, but that I expressed my readiness to retain either or neither of those offices, as my colleagues might think best for the public service, and might advise her Majesty. I do not at the same time hesitate to say that when, to the best of my be lief and knowledge, no other member of the Cabinet was put forward to occupy either, I did, not shrink from the duy, assuming that, as I certainly did feel I should have been blind unworthy, having held those seals for three months, if I then shrunk from what I knew to be a post of difficulty and danger. When I say a post of difficulty and danger, thero aro many of my private friends in this house and elsewhere who know the observation which I made to them, when told frequently by them that I had done unwisely in leaving a department where they were kind enough, perhaps preju diced enough, to say I had gained some slight reputation. My answer to them was this, without refen nce to the Co lonial-office—" lam well aware of what I have done ; I know that in this department, whatever success may at tend our army, I shall never derive any credit ; but this I also know, that if there should be disaster upon use alone will come the blame and the public indignation." (Hear, hear.) My noble friend opposite, who is generous enough to cheer, is one of the friends to whom I made that bbser vation. My lords, I think I have said enough to prove to your lordships how uujest have been the complaints which have been made, in Parliament and elsewhere, of my pre sumption and my self-love, which insisted upon keeping this office. I hope I have sufficiently explained to your lordships the conduct which has been characterised by some as arrogance, and by the noble lord to whom I have referred, in the more patronising phrase of " commend able ambition." (Hear, hear.) My lords, I will pass over in the correspondence the letter which the noble lord (Russell) addressed to my noble friend late at the head of the Government, on the 18th of November, in which he says, " It was my intention, in writing the letter, to avoid throwing any blame upon the Duke of Newcastle ; indeed I think he deserves great credit for the exertions be has .made." Ido not wish to, dwell upon this letter, or to at tach any importance to it, because the noble lord has him self stated, in the speech to which I have referred, that in reality we must consider that letter as only what our friends on the other side of the Atlantic are pleased to call " soft sawder"—(a laugh)—and he has stated, when he has spoke in those terms of me, that my removal from office was his object. Si possis, &writer; si non; quocunque modo. I have said that the noble lord has read extracts from those letters which have rendered it absolutely necessary for mo both to make comments and to give other extracts in ex planation.. Now, my lords, I cannot but feel surprised, when the whole gist of the noble lord's Speech was to re istrLuer t me no 1 determined: plsu to r hoJddotfecte,:nlirrolvted to retain followlpg sentence "from .r t i ge se letter a of he did o n ol7de Wren . d on the 21st of November, in answer to that which he had re eel-vett The very beginning of that. letter was in'tb eee words —"` I have shown your letter to the Duke - Of New castle, and also to Sidney Herbert. They both—as might have been expected—strongly urged me to adopt any such arresegement, with respect to their offices, as might be most conducive to the public service." (Cheers.) My lords, I have shown you that I did not insist upon holding the seals of the war department ; and when my noble friend (Lord Aberdeen) placed that letter in my bands my immediate answer was—" Don't give Lord. John Russell any pretext for quitting this Government. (Laughter.) On no ac count resist his wish to remove me from my office. Do with me whatever is best for the public service. (Loud cheers on both sides of the house.) In that way you will gratify me most ' • iu that way you will be se rving the Queen best." (Cheers.) My lords, the next instance in which I am obliged to quote from the speech of the noble lord is where, having read a portion of one -of tie letters of my noble friend, he used the words—" I then went ou. to give some instances of errors' which had been com mitted." Now, my lords, the impression produced upon the public mind was, of course, that these errors were of a grave character, that upon them' had hifiged the safety of our troops in the Crimea, and perhaps all the consequences that we have lately seen, including the disaste one sickness which has prevailed. The noble lord did not read the complaints which ho had made of these errors, and there fore, with your lordships' permission, I will read them myself. They were contained in a letter of the noble lord dated 28th Nov.—" I will give you an instance but too pregnant with warning. Early in October I wrote to the Duke of Newcastle on the subject of transferring the 07th Regt. then at the Pirxus to the Crimea. He informed me, in answer, that he had also wished to do so, and that he had also wished to send between 2,000 and 3,000 men, the draughts of various regiments, to the Crimea. Now, why was he not able to carry his intentions into effect ? Because ho could not remove the obstacles put in the way by other departments, and because the Prime Minister did not at once overcome those obstacles. At a much later time, the 97th has moved, and it is only to-day that I see by a tele graphic despatch from Lord Stratford, dated on the 18th inst., that the Orinoco (which conveys that regiment) had left Constantinople for the Crimea. But, in the meantime, Lord Raglan had reported that he wished he had been able to place iu the position of Balaklava, on the 26th of October, a more considerable force ; and aUo, that on the sth of November, the heights of Inkerman were defended by no more than 8,000 British infantry. What can be done bya single British regiment was seen on the sth of October, when the 93d alone saved the position of Balaklava by their firmness and gallantry. Had 5,000 more men been at Lord Raglan's disposal on the 25th of October and the sth of November, how much more fruitful, though not more glorious, might have been those memorable days." These were the errors which I was supposed to have com mitted e and now let ins give the explanation of these errors, which I gave to the noble lord in writing en both occasions. And first, with regard to the 97th Regiment. I informed him that several days before I had received his letter, it had been my desire to send forward that noble regiment to aid Lord Raglan in the Crimea ; but that I had applied to my noble friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs to know whether it would be safe to move that regiment from the Pirasus, and whether the objects for which it had been sent thither had been sufficiently attained. In answer to my question , my noble friend pro dnced a letter, which I rather think he had received that day, in which thb most earnest stress was laid upon the maintenance of the British and French force in the Pirame ; and in which my noble friend was told that if it was with drawn the consequences which it had been sent to prevent would immediately occur. Now, will any man maintain that a Secretary for War, after having received such a statement from the Foreign Minister, would have been j us tified in removing that regiment, at all hazards ' from the Pirmus, and sending it to the Crim ea . (Here a Peer made a remark.) The noble lord says that it was subsequently removed. It was subsequently removed, because some few weeks afterwards my noble friend, whom I had earnestly 'messed to let me know the first moment when a change might take place, informed me that although it would be impossible to part with the military force it might be somewhat reduced. On recoiviog that !statement, I immediately desired General Ferguson, the general com manding at Malta, to select one of three regiments of 600 men which he considered, from the qualifications of the officers, to bo the fittest for the service, and to send it to the Piraeus, in order that the 97th, the strength of which was 1,000 men, might go ou to the Crimea. The se_con was error error of which the noble lord comp lained was this, I rafts desired by him to send out tw o or three thoussu d ct I ex to the Crimea ; but there were two reasons, , should plained to the noble lord, why those drafts shw not be sent. First, Lord Raglan had written to say o th le a r t a, th w e h l i a c s h t drafts were so yoinag that when exposeddto h at that tune prevailed, they had rapt subsequent fallen_ sick and died ; and he therefore deprecated, unless subsequent pres sure should arise, the sending out of those drafts until they should have grown more mature. Tue second reason was, that at that time we had exhausted all the steam trans ports. Others were of course daily expected from the colonies and other parts of the World ; but at that moment the Admiralty was n ot able to supply ns with transports, in which to convey those troops. I say, therefore, my lords, that it is perfectly true that these " errors," as the noble lord has called them, wore laid before me ; but it is also true that they were answered ; and although en the 28th of November those errors were brought forward as reasons why I should quit my office, at a date anterior to that, but subsequent to my answer, I had the better for tune to satisfy the noble lord ; for in the last letter which I received from him beforo he returned to town, b e use d the words which lam about to read. These letters, I may observe, were written, as frona their dates your lordships may conceive, from Scotland and Scarborough, at a time when the noble lord, like other members of the Government, had re sorted for the purpose of health to distant parts of the country. Ido not complain of the noble lord, or of any of my colleagues, for doing so ; but it was not ray good fortune to resort to the country eithor for health or for any other purpose—for day by day and hour by hour, dur ing the whole of 1854, it was my duty to remain in town to exert my humble abilities for the service of the country. In a letter from the noble lord which finished the corre spondence, and which was dated the Bth of October, he said—" You have done all that can be done ; and I am sanguine of success." (Loud cheers from both sides of the house.) Let me explain to your lordships that, after the proposal which I made to my noble friend with reference to my readiness to leave the Cabinet, I did not even say that I positively refused to change the office I held—dis agreeable to me as such a course would have been on per sonal grounds, inconvenient as I believe it alwaystobet the public service, and implying, as it does, an arrange ment never very obvious to the public. I made, however, no such objection. What, then, was the reason why my noble friend did not avail himself of the offer that I made him ? He (Lord Aberdeen) did not act, as from the state ment that was made in the House of Commons would ap pear, upon his own responsibility, or from any anxiety or regard for me, generous and kind as his conduct tow ards me has ever been. He did not take upon himself to reject the proposal ; but he laid the proposal before the whole of our colleagues, and the proposal was—it is not for me to say whether rightly or wrongly—but it was unanimously disapproved of by the whole of my colleagues. (Hear.) The last letter of the whole series which passed between the noble lord and me was dated the 3d December, when the noble lord had apparently returned to his original idea, for he said he should bring the subject before the Cabinet. It was not, however, brought before the Cabinet. Parlia ment met ten days afterwards, on the 13th of December ; and it was my duty to make a long statement to your lord ships, in vindication of the conduct of the Government, and More especially of the department to which I belonged. My sight hon. friend the Secretary at War made a similar statement in the House of Commons, and the debate in each house resulted, I believe—of course, noble lords oppo site will not agree in that view—but the result was satis factory to the Government. Three days after that, on the 16th of December, a Cabinet wait held, at theelose of which I exchanged words with two or threw` of my' ealeagnes, who aaiethat, from the conduct of the noble lord in the Cabinet, and from the interest he had shown in the matters which had been discussed, they felt very confident that he had abandoned the opinions which he had entertained and wished to express. , But we were not- left altogether to- conjecture on this point, for in the course of that very evening, in a conversation which my noble friend had with him, ho expressly told my noble friend that he had changed his views, and that he had abandoned any wish that he had entertained for a change. (Hear.) I should not go any further into this point, for these matters are pro bably much more interesting to myself than to any of your lordships—(cheers)—but my noble friend (the Earl of Aberdeen) reminds me that the reason which the noble lord assigned for the abandonment of his proposal was this. Not being satisfied with the opinion of his faithful and at tached friends in the Cabinet, he had consulted another friend—and from my knowledge of that noble lord I am sure that he (Lord J. Russell) could not have had a better adviser. Well, the noble lord told my noble friend that from the answer he had received he was satisfied and con vinced, and had abandoned his views. (Cheers.) Having disposed of the personal part of the question, the noble lord proceeds to discuss in the next place the question of measures. He said that, having been called upon to oppose the motion of the hon. and learned member for Sheffield, he felt himself placed in a difficult position, because—l will quote his words—" because be could not say that measures had been taken by which these evils could be prevented, and by which the administration could be vigo rously prosecuted." Now, my lords, I think tho fair and just iniercuce from this Aateincut is, that the noble lord had proposed. to his colleagues measures and suggested arrangements which they had been unwilling to adept. I can only say that, to the best of my belief, such was never the ca.e. I know of no measures which were proposed by the noble lord, and which were rejected. I know of no pro posAls which were made by him, and which were not ac ceWed, except one. That proposal referred to myself in this manner. The noble lord said that at the Cabinet which was held on the Saturday preceding the Tuesday, the day of Mr. Roebuck's motion, and of the noble lord's resignation, certain new arrangements had been proposed, by which the mode in which the business of the war de partment had been carried on should be regulated; and to which I referred on Monday night. The business of the military departments had previously been carried on by the heads of those departments, who met at my office, somewhat in the form of a .board, though not with the strict formality of one. It was proposed, therefore, the greater formality should be given to it, and that it should be constituted either by a minute or an Order in Council. That board was to consist of the Secretary of State for War, the Secretary at War, the Commander-in-Chief, and the Master General of the Ordnance. The noble lord said that this question had been brought before the Cabinet, and that it had been decided adversely to his opinion. Now, my lords, a proposal was brought forward by the noble lord himself, which was agreed to ; and we had every reason to believe that the noble lord was an entirely consenting party. But in the course of the evening a pro posal was sent by the noble lord to my noble friend; and as it is of some importance to my case, I will read it to your lordships : ". ARMY DEPAILTXENTS. " Jan. 22, " Tho committee of the House of Commons on army and navy expenditure recommended that the army departments should be simplified and consolidated. What is now pro posed is, that there should be a board of—l. Secretary of State; 2. Secretary at War ; 3.. Master-General of Ord nrnee ; 4. Commander-in-Chief • 5. Inspector-General of Fortifications. It is oontemplatedthat there shall exist at the same time a Boardof Ordnance, consisting of--I.The II aster- G neral; 2. The Storekeeper-General ; 3. The Surveyor ("rubral f- 4 ...Thalelark of theOrdnan co under will di rection the Inspeoter- General of Fortificati o ns ; It seems obvious that these two boards, acting at the same time, instead of consolidation and simplification , would would produce complication, disorder, and delay. There aro but two modes in which unity of direction and rapi dity of action can be procured. The one is to give the Si °rotary of State the entire direction of all existing offices and beards connected with the army ; the other is to make a board, with the Secretary of State at the head, absorb ing the Board of Ordnance, and controlling the whole civil and military management of our military force. The constitution of this board and its functions would be : "1. The Secretary of State, to preside over the board and be responsible to Parliament. " 2. The Secretary at War, to pay the army and control its finances. " 3. The Master-General of the Ordnance, to arm the army and the navy. " 4. The Commander-in-Chief, to command the army. "5. The Clerk, Storekeeper, and Surveyor of the Ord nance, all in one, to lodge the army. "6. The Commissary-General, to clothe and feed the army. "This is nearly the Duke of Richmond's plan. " J. RVISSELL." The noble lord said he had no reason to think that his views would be adopted by the Cabinet. But when the noble lord says that I.can most positively state that I have no reason to think that his views would have been rejected by the Cabiuet—(beers)—because the first step which my noble friend took on receiving the communication from the noble lord, after showing it to my right hon. friend the Secretary at War, was to send it to me. In my answer 1 said that there were but twe points on which the noble lord differed from my right hon. friends in the Cabinet. One of the two was that he wished that there should be a new board, absorbing the Board of Ordnance, and having two additional members. I said that I thought this principle ! manifestly right, for as I was not very fond of boards, I thought it would be proper to institute a superior board, and do away with the interior boards. As to the second point, the two additional members, I doubted whether one of them should bo added, and as for the other, there was no such officer as commissary-general. Formerly there was an officer called the commissary-in -chief, but that office was abolished many years ago. I believe that so far from the noble lord having season to complain that his views counceted with the war have not been carried into effect, I have already stated that I knew of no proposal of hie which was rejected; that I may equally say that I know of no objection of his which was overruled. (Cheese.) I need hardly say that upon such important questions as the conduct of the war, there were differ ences of opinion upon incidental matters of detail; but thi-; 1 may soy, if 1 were to point out the member of the Cabinet from whom I received the most general assent to my views when they were discussed—most kind and generous as were all my colleagues—it was ihe noble lord. (Cheers.) If I wore to point out, I say, those mem bers between whom there was the most complete identity of'views, I should say that there was a more complete , identity on all questions between the noble lord and myself than between any other members of the Cabinet. (Loud cheers ) I have a rea ly referrealto the easy manner in which I consented to abandon any views which 1 understood to be adverse to the institution of the board; and, perhaps, it might be said that 1 ought to have insisted on them a little snore strongly; but I did'uot feel that I was in a po sition in which it would havo become me to oppose the general views of my colleagues respecting public matters. Notwithstanding the arrogance, self-love, and presumption which I am supposed to have exhibited, I was not unaware —God knows it would have been strange if I had been — that the public feeling had been roused against any admi nistration of the war. I felt shortly before the meeting of Parliament that the feeling of the public mind had become so throng that it would be impossible for me, in justice t o the public serviee, to continue to occupy the office which I held. My lords, the meeting of Parliament being so close at hand, I felt that if I had read aright the history of constitutional government, it would Rut have been pro per at such a moment to anticipate the verdict of Parlia ment with regard to the manner in which the duties of my office have been performed. (Cheers.) The noble lord, in his stetemeht the other night, said that until notice of his motion was given by Mr. Roebuck, he had not fully con sidered the course which ho ought to take. My lords, I had. (Loud cheers.) I had maturely considered it, and I had made up my mind that my official career was practi cally brought to a close ; but I made up my mind at the same time that I would face the ordeal of censure in your lordships' house, and that I would submi t the conduct of my administration to the House of Commons. (Cheers.) I stated my determination to the noble lord at the head of her Majesty's Government. I did not tell any other of my colleagues, from motives and feel ings which I think, my lords, you will appreciate, but I told my noble friend that, whatever might be the result of the discussion in the House of Commons, whether the Government succeeded by a large majority in their resist ance to the motion, or whether uhe other alternative pre vailed, I would tender my resignation as soon as that judgment had been given, and the verdict of Parliament had been pronounced. (Cheers.) My lords, no doubt that was the origin of the rumour to which the noble lord re ferred—namely, that an arrangement had been proposed. 'iiLich the noble earl at the head of her Majesty's Govern ment had found it impossible to recommend, but which ho had found perfectly consistent with his honour to adopt now. My lords, lam sorry that such a statement shultd have gone forth, but it is baseless. I told my noble fro nI that 1 should secede from the Cabinet—that I would not . consent to exchange places with my noble friend the Home meeretary, or take the office which the noble lord (Lord J. ussell) has quitted. I said I was confident that the public in tereft would be best served by my retirement, and that „. t i,, 1,1. ( . u.7 1 , 1 , 1 boon crA rl nn inv.. i._ t 01.11.1 Ix, LVA, thy li,u iiPLTOfOTO the de:,•ision of Parliament had been pronounced, I would take my seat on one of the benches not occupied by those in office, and I would attend there night after night, so that whenever a discussion arose I might be ready to defend the policy to which I had been a party;. for I should feel just as much h.und to do so as if I continued in office. (Hear, hear) xv, my lords, I have done with the speech )f the noble lord, which is the subject of this explanation on my part. Various accusations have been made against me, and one of the most prominent is t hat of incapacity. My lords, I should be the last man in the world to offer to express any opinion upon that. lam ready to leave that in the hands of my countrymen. I cannot but feel that this charge of incapacity is just now with the public the favourite explanation of every misfortune ; but whether our misfortunes are justly attributable to such a cause, I will leave to the verdict of the future. But there is another charge which I confess I feel deeply. I have been charged with indolence. (Hear.) The public have had a right to every hour and every minute of my time, and not one hour for recreation or amusement have I presumed to think myself entitled to. (Cheers.) My lords, I have been charged with indifference, and that is a charge still more painful. Indifference, my lords, to the honour of my country ! Indifference to the sweets and safety of our army ! My lords, as a father I have given hostages against such a crime. I have two sons in the two branches of the service, and that I think should be a sufficient answer to the charge. (Cheers.) Indifference as a Minister ! My lords, many a sleepless night have I passed in thinking over all those things for which the pub. lie think I should have cared. God knows that indolence and indifference are not charges which can justly be brought against me. I repudiate them ; and I trust that before long the public mind will be satisfied ; and that whatever they may think of my capacity, they will be ready to omit casting these unju s t s ti gmas upon me. (Cheers.) As re gards what I have done during niy official administration, I believe, and trust, and hope that I, at least, shall gain some advantage from the investigations of that committee which the Hoase of Commons has decided to have. I can only say that, as far as I am concerned, I shall rejoice to lay before that or any other fair tribunal everything that I have done with perfect fairness and open-handednesa. 1 I am not now about to enter into any defence of the con duet of the war. The noble and learned lord (Lord Lynd hurst) has given notice of a motion; and although I pre- same it is doubtful whether, under the circamstanoes, it will come on upon the day fixed, I suppose that he will persevere with it ; and, in that case, whenever the subject is discussed, I shall be prepared to meat it. lam net inclined to shrink from any attack, or to shelter myself behind any excuse. Whenever that motion is brought on I will be.here to speak upon it, and most assuredly I will not shrink from it. I shall be prepared to defend the Conduct of the Go varnment, the conduct of my own administration, and the conduct of the whole Cabinet who are involved lyith lord Min - Russell inclided. (Cheers.) -.My-lords, yell ab-, 1 -I,hear from..n3e no complaint' of treatment I,have met Oitherin Par ..;heat or out of it. . I only peer to a ,now to say that, whoever may bis;My sAecessa in Win '.'office which I have lately held, heihala meet, with no on generous treatment from me. Iknow that in both holism of Parliament I have many 'bitter political opponontasihit I trust that I have but few personal enemies, (Loud cheers.) But, if I have, Ido not except even them from the promise I have made ; and to them, alike with -my friends, I extend my offer of whatever assistance I out render. (Cheers.) We were informed the other night in the House of Commons that an lion, member went over from the Ministerial side of the house to the right hon. gentleman the leader of the Opposition, and asked him whether he would be a party to a vote of censure, not 'pen Government, but upon me as an individual. I say that. even if the individual who sent that message should be the War Minister, my assistance shall be rendered even to him. It will be my duty, I am bound to the public, to render my assistance to whoever may be the War Minister. Who ever may succeed me, I will endeavour to make his path easy ; and will support him whether in this house or out of it. If my past experience be of the slightest value, ho shall claim it and have it, whether he takes my acts as an example or a warning. He shall meet with no feelings of jealousy on my part. The crisis is too important, the in terests involved are too great, for any such feeling. I shall rejoice in the success of any War Minister, whether that success be attributed to• bettor fortune or greater ability. My lords, I fear that I have occupied your attention too long. I will conclude the last speech which I shall address to your lordships from these benches with the earnest prayer that, whoever may receive from the Queen the seals of the War Department, may bring to boar as arduous labour, equal zeal, and as earnest devotion as he who quits that office; that he may meet with a success which I have not met with, and that in meriting, and obtaining, and se curing that success he may also receive that approbation of his country which it has been my earnest desire, but has not been my good fortune, to secure. (Cheers from all parts of the house.) The Earl of DERBY—My lords, whatever may be the Parliamentary irregularity of the course which has been pursued by the noble duke opposite in his reference and his answer to the speech of the noble bird late his colleague in the other hoase, lam ready to admit, and you lord ships will probably feel with me, that that course, if not regular, may well be regarded with some indulgence, and that a sufficient apology is afforded for the explanations we have beard this evening. I can easily understand the feelings under which the noble duke thought it necessary to offer before your lordships, as Minister of the Crown, a vindication of himself against the charges which cer tainly affected most materially his character, not as a man, but as a Minister. And I should not for a single moment have complained of any Rortion of the noble • duke's reference to the proceedings in the other !losses of Parliament if I did not feel it incumbent, at the - - outset of the few observations I shall have to sub mit to your lordships, to notice with regret gone statement which fell from the noble duke, and which to me, and I believe to most of your lordships, was utterly unintelligible. The noble duke, in speaking of the assistance which ho should be ready to afford to his suc cessor, made an allusion to some gentleman, 'who, he said, in the other house crossed over the floor of that house, and, speaking to my right hon friend the leader of the Oppo sition there, asked his concurrence to a motion, not di rectly impugning the Government, but impigning the conduct of the noble duke himself. Of that statement, of that person, that unknown individual, and of that fact, or of anything like that fact, I can only assure the noble duke that up to this moment I have been in completed g norance. Farther than this, I assure him thet if he be lieves the decision some to by the Holism of Commons to express their opinion of the conduct, not of the noble edge the noble T d me u se k ; e ltt ,..b ff u tbc t o o en f oow h arr e t r Majesty's Government, in the manage mnyd beliefr c t indi rectly, , betwe en w k e — o e n r w i f afhn previousye conceivesprtiesw'ht communi cat ion , ah e t that e rto v directly r e was et e l s y t the r f duke is absolutely and entirely mistaken. (Hear.) The Duke of NEWCASTLE—The noble earl has antire ly misapprehended what fell from me on this poi n t. I meant precisely the reverse of that which he infers I meant. What I said was entirely founded on the speech of the right hon. gentleman the leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons. That right hon. gentleman, in his 131600 is the house, made a statement to the effect that, there had been such a communication made by a gentleman to him. This is my authority for the fact, but the right hon. gentle man expressly said that he had repudiated the offer so made to him. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of DERBY—It will be unnecessary, then, for me to proceed further with the observations I was about to make on that point. But, notwithstanding the statement which the noble duke has just made, I hope he willforgive me if I do say here in the most emphatic manner that the vote of the House of Commons proceeded the other day not from any one party, mere especially not from the party in direct opposition to her Majesty's Government—nay, mere, that it was the earnest recommendatiou, 'asl know, of those who are intrusted with the confidence of that party to abstain from bringing forward any motion which should cast a cen sure upon the Government, or tend in the slightest degree to embarrass them. (Hear, hear.) Now, the noble dale's statement this evening, so far as I could infer from what fell from him, consisted in part of a vindication of his own character, and partly of a reply to the statements made by his late colleague. I and others, lam afraid, have been compelled to differ from the noble duke and from his col leagues with regard to many points affecting the conduct of the war ; and I have on more than one occasion expressed soy opinion on the subject to the noble duke and to your lordships—not uncourteously, I hope, but with that frank ness which I think ought to be exercised in thi4 house. (Hear, hear.) But I never heard any one deny to the noble duke the merit of having been laborious in the dis charge of his duties, and of having devoted himself assi duously to his office ; nor have I heard any one—l know not, of course, what may have appeared in some papers, or what conversation may have taken place at the clubs—lsay, I have never heard the noble duke charged in Parliament, or by any responsible authority, with indifference to the sufferings of the army. (Hear.) (The Duke of NEWCAS TLE.—" Certainly not in this house.") It has been said, indeed, by some, and I have been of opinion myself, that when the right thing was done it was not done always at the right time, and that the neglect of the Government in not doing the right thing at the right time had led to increased sufferings and privations on the part of the army. (Hear, hear.) But God forbid that any ono of us should have im puted to the noble duke or to any member of your lord ships' house that he was in the slightest degree indifferent upon such a subject, or was sparing of his labours in the discharge of the arduous and res p onsible duties of his office. I stn not, my lords, about to enter upon any dis cussion—this is not the occasion on which to do so—as to the conduct of the Government or any members .of the Go vernment. Nor am I disposed iu the slightest degree to diminish the effect of that " Picture of an Interior" which has been drawn in such striking terms by the noble duke. - (Laughter.) It is really one of the most effective pictures which I Lave seen presented to Parliament; and when, after having gone through the correspondence and conversa tion and friendly communications which have taken place between him and one of his colleagues, the noble duke wound up the whole picture by saying that he believed that colleague was the one of all whose opinions seemed to have most of identity with his ow n—(laughter)—the effect was heightened and a complete view afforded of the beauti ful internal harmony of that Cabinet. (Renewed laughter.) My lords, I am bound to say that I think the noble duke is quite excusable for his statement in this house to-night ; and, as far as I can learn, although perhaps it is contrary to the Horatian motto to decide now—for we are probably always more strongly impressed by what we. see and hear than by what we read in the newspapers—l confess I think that between the two noble colleagues the noble duke has considerably the best of the argument. (Hear, hear.) I don't know what I might say if I " heard the other side;' but that, at all events, is my present impression. If, how ever, these discussions are constantly to take place in this house—if these representations are to follow one anotherso quickly—l can suggest only one mode by which to secure perfect impartiality. The members of. the two houses should meet in the large central' hall between this and the and I only other House of Parliament, the Lords on the QUO side and picture of the the Commons on the other, and there, the cheatovreeptri:oelnese:mvpeerteehte i s n io g n in of t t h h e e c n e o n b tr le e, d t u h k er e e a m n ig e h x t ch ls z e n , g a e cc o o f rd i accord ing words; hope it might not lead to the exchan g e of anything less f p r i i c e t n u c r l l e y o t f la athneword interior s . ( Loafugthbetevl, Cabinet,-- th i s relations between the noble duke arkilohis colleagues—en tirely as a matter to be settled between, themselves. Nor do I think this a fitting occasion for comment upon the picture which the nob d le earl opposite, at th e commence ment of the evening, drew of the general state of the coun try. That funeral oration, which he produced upon himself and his colleagues—that general and complacent laudation of each and every one of them first, a the War M i n i s ter ; next of the Chancell or o f the Exchequer ; next of the First Lord of the Admiralty ; next of the noble lord opposite, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs—l have no doubt all these laudations were exceedingly wel 1 deserved, and that it was equally satisfactory to the noble earl to have the opportunity of making them, and to hie colleagues to receive them at his hands. The noble earl also touched upon the general state of the nation, and, al- NIENT. The snow which fell so heavily in the metropolis and throughout the country during Wednesday, until 10 o'clock the same night has caused far greater inconve nience than was at first anticipated, not merely in Lon don, but in many provincial towns—so much so as to prevent the bags containing the Post-office letters from eight towns reaching their destination in St. Martin's-le- Grand at nearly seven o'clock last evening ; although five of the mails were due at half-past four in the morning. The frost continued throughout the night of Wednes day with great intensity, tke thermometer being-as low as 28 deg., but in some exposed situations along the Great Northern Railway it was one or two degrees lower. 'rids caused tke snow which had fallen upon the lines, and that which had been drifted by the strong winds from the high lands into the cuttings, to assume a solidity that has rarely been witnessed of late years, aid which could not in many places be cleared by the ploughs in frost of the Locomotives, and in some easel the snow had accumulated to such a depth on the rails that when the trains attempted, eren with the aid of pilot engines, to cut through the snow it came in - con tact with the furnaces and extinguished the fires, thereby bringing the trains to a stand-still. This was the esee, on the South-Western Railway, for •u the Wednesday morning down mail train reaching Bishopstoke station, or very near it, the snow completely put the fire in the furnace out. The train in consequence was delayed some time. The down express train from London was upwards of an hour late before it arrived at the ter minus. The officials of the South-Western Railway, upon learn ing the state of their lines, at ones' made the most vigo rous attempts to clear the rails of the obstructions, and in those places where tke snow had drifted men were placed at about 10 or 12 to the mile, and the accumu lated deposit was piled up on the sides of the line, and where . it was practicable pilot engines were used in ploughing up the snow, and the rails were afterwards sanded to enable the wheels of the engines and carriages to bite when they were required to stop. The Windsor and Richmond line has sustained very little inconvenience by the snow, the trains, generally speaking, arriving within a few minutes of the time they were due. They snow was yesterday entirely removed , from the metals, and the trains can now travel without any inconvenience. The cross-country roads leading to many parts of the railways are several feet deep in snow. The Kentish roads are , if possible, in a still worse condition, for, owing to the hilly state of the country the valleys beneath the hills are several feet deep with snow, which has been drifted there by the high easterly wind of Wednesday. In some places it is quite impossible for either man or beast to pass along without previously cutting au opening. The two French mails, one due at the General Post office at 5 o'clock a.ui., and the other at 8 o'clock, were delayed by the weather several hours, as neither reached the Post-office till half-past 4 o'elook in the afternoon, when they arrived together. - The Great Northern , Eastern Counties, the North. Western, and the Great Western Railways were some feet under snow, but, owing to the exertions made by the respective companies, they were enabled to continue their traffic, but although many of the trains were some time behind the advertised hours of arriving, they were with pilot engines forced through the obstructions, and the mails were brought in from the towns along these railways, and very near their proper times. The various Royal parks, in spite of the inclemency of, the weather and the. lippery state of the banks alongside' the frozen waters, were visited by many thou sand persons, and a great many ventured upon the ice, but although ' some trifling accidr its took place, they were of such a character as not t merit a lengthened report. The different thoroughfares of.the metropolis were in such a Btat.3 that extra horses were .obliged to be em ployed to draw omnibuses and other vehicles, and the proprietor.; in some instances had printed papers posted on their conveyances to the effect that, owing to the in clemency of the weather, the fares would for the present be doubled. HARMONIC UNION. Haydn's oratorio, The Creation, was performed by the members of the Harmonic Union on Wednesday even ing, in the Hanover-squire Rooms, being the society's first concert during the present season. Previous to the performance a paper was distributed in the room, stating that late on the preceding evening Mr. Gye, the lessee of the Royal Italian Opera, had forbidden the principals of the orchestra to fulfil their engagement, and craving the indulgence of the audience for the _substitutes found at so short a notice. Many advantageous changes, as we informed our readers in a former article, have been made since last year in the organisation and management of the society, not the least of which is the appointment of Herr, Molique as the permanent conductor. The general execution of the oratorio on Wednesday night, although far from being perfect, was a considerable im provement , upon the performances of the two past sea sons. The chorus, which has been reduced in number, has acquired during the recess a degree of smartness and decision which, remembering the clumsy and vacil lating efforts on some former occasions, is quite remark able. We may instance as a proof the chorus accom panying the tenor solo "Affrighted fled," and the fugues "Awake the harp," and "Achieved is the glorious work." The introduction, " The Spirit of God," and the chortie, " Proclaim in your extended course," the ,latter part of which is the most poetical passage in the oratorio, were both well sung. The orchestra was ne cessarily unsteady throughout, and particularly so in the trio "Most beautiful appear." Miss Stabbacb, Mr. Lockey, and Mr. Weiss were the principal solo singers. The latter gentleman sang the part of Raphael, the music of which well suits his voice, admirably. The duet in the third part, "Graceful consort," Bung by Miss Stab bach and Mr. Weiss, deserves also special ismcoenda tion. ,The next performance, we understand, to be Rossini's Stabat Mater and Mendelssohn's Lobzesang. PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHlPWRECK.—Yester day a meeting of th e general committee of the Royal National Life Boat (19;ze Shipwreck) Instituti o n, was I F.R.S.,in the chair. The business r l r e h l d o n a l . a t s the ha s p o n c l i a e n ty: s offices, John-street, Ad e lphi ; Mr. was confined to the presentation of prizes. DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTE In the vicinity of the House of Lords ; there was the greatest excitement. In the lebbies-cronitis of persons were assembled, all, from the expression of their coun tenances, waiting the assembling of their 4ordships with great anxiety. In the interior of the house the gallery appropriated to the members of the Hous4 of Commons was filled to overflowing. The side galleries were also filled, and among the distinguished persons " present we observed an Eastern prince, , who,wore a magnificent costume. The vicinity of the throne was also crowded with spectators. At five o'clock the . LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack. In a few minutes after the Earl'of Derby entered and took his usual seat, Lord Colchester , And the Earl of Ellenborough sitting on either side of the noble earl. On the episcopal bench we observed the Bishop of Oxford and the Bishop of London. REFORM ,IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Lord .BROUGIILAM presented a Petition from Charlotte Jones, praying for a reform in:the Ecclesiasti cal Courts.- . • , The Lord CHANCELLOR said he had great pleasure in informing the noble and learned lord that a measure meeting the grievance complained of wits. about to be brought under their lordships' consideration. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. The Earl of ABERDEEN rose and spoke as follows -- My.lords, after "the - , vote of the House of Commons on Monday night, your lordships will readily imagine that her Majesty's Ministers at once resolved to place their re signation in her Majesty's hands. I theisifore was com missional by the whole of-the members of the Government to take their resignations, for the purpose of laying them before her Majesty, who was graciously pleased to accept oa them. Nfe therefore now only hold our offices until our 'successors shall be appointed.- My lord s , I wish to say night, and in think inthgati,tiinnospopomesidng the voteegree of unconstitutional Mndy in itself and liable to many objections otherwise, it is not my desire, nor that of any of my colleagues, to prevent any inquiry into our conduct. An impartial inquiry, I believe, would fully establish that no indifference has existed to the wants of 'our army in the Crimea, or any absence o f exert i on and preparation for the supply of those wants and the effici ency of the condition of our troops. This, therefore, I be lieve, will be the result of any impartial inquiry into that subject; and especially I must consider my noble friend near me (the Duke of Newcastle ) to have met with great tnjustiee. It is my conviction that his conduct, the more it is inquired into, will be found marked by a degree of assiduity and labour, attention and interest to the duties of his office which has never been exceeded by any one who had filled that department. lam not at all surprised at th‘'.i feeling which generally prevails throughout the country. (Hear.) The public, although they may , not res.son acchrately, feel vitally and feel strongly. They see that misfortunes have occurred which it was beyond the power of the com manders employed to prevent ; and they very naturally turn to the Government as an object of censure, as offering a mark for their disapprobation. I make no complaint of this. I think it perfectly natural ; and I submit to the natural consequence. But,, my lords, when I speak of the sufferings and privation s whim our troops have endured in the Crimea, I must say that the representations which have been made have been very greatly exaggerated. Ido not underrate individual suffering—far from it ; for I know that it has existed •in the army to a degree that has been most painful and distressing. What I mean is as to the inference that is to be drawn with respect to our mili tary position. This,-I think, has been grossly exaggerated. My lords, I see no cause whatever for discouragement or dismay in looking at that position. On the contrary, I sea every reason to indulge sanguine hopes of ultimate suc cess. In the first place, the condition of our own forces has been recently improved. Stores, priavisions, all ap-: pliances have boon recently increased, and have very much tended to improve the actual condition of our forces. My lords, the Emperor of the French has recently addressed the lenisiative body of that country, and has told Europe that his army consists of 581,000 men. Since that time, he has ordered an additional evy of 141,000. With such a force as this, animated by the determined zeal with which he has espoused the cause in which we are both engaged, I say that that is a-force which, if employed in any degree in the same proportion that we have devoted our own army to the service; must entitle us to look with great confidence to the success of such an enterprise. My lords, ' we have recently concluded a treaty with the King of Sardinia, by which is planed at our disposal, for immediate embarkation to the Crimea, a force of 15,000 admirable troops, to bo placed under the command of Lord Raglan. That Is a most admirable and important .addition to out forces. In addition to this, my lords, we have concluded a treaty with Austria ; and our engs.gemente with that state are now brought to that point from which the most impor tant advantages may be confidently expected. My lords, we have come to an understanding with.the Austrian Go vernment on the Lomas of peace to be proposed to the Em peror of Russia. Her Majesty: has agreed to adopt those propoealm, and the itussian Minister has accepted, or pro fessed to accept, thoso conditions, so proposed, so under stoo3, by the. Allied powers. Austria has also engaged that, if these terms be . -not accepted, and do not -cad t, the conclusion of a peace, she will be prepared to join her military efforts with-our own. Now, my lords, you see hero is the alternative of a peace which will secure all the objects for which we are coeteniling, or which will ensure the assistance of that groat military power whose army is now raised to the amount of 500,000 men. With these prospebts, my lords, it is irtipossible for me to entertain apprehensions —unworthy apptehensions—(hear, hear) — from these casualties to which all armies are liable. This, my lords, is oar military prospect. I shall not at this time detain your lordships by any view of the state in which the country is placed - at the present moment, in respect of its domestic affairs. I might revert, undoubtedly, to what has been accomplished in the course of the last f ew years,' embracing various measures of much importance—especially I might advert to that solid system of finance established by the wisdom and supported by the unrivalled eloquence of my right hoe. friend the Chancel lor of the Exchequer, by which the prosperity of thissoun try, notwithstanding the state of war, has been maintained undiminished, and all its transactions, commercial and do mystic, have been carried en without interruption. I might also refer to the condition of her Majesty's navy. I might not only advert to the condition of that navy, but to the administration by which it has been brought to the condi tion in which it is at this moment. lam not aware that a s ingle objection has been, or can be, brought against the administration of the navy. m y lords, I havcsalready in stanced examples of the success of our foreign policy in the advantageoaa treaty which we have concluded with Sardi nia, g iving an immediate accession of such a valuable force, and t h e important treaty with Austria. That is enough to show your lordships the proof of our exertions, and the successful result of the negotiations of my noble friend near me,_ the Secretary of State for the Foreign Depart ment. (Hear.) The treaty with Austria especially has been throughout conducted with a degree of ability, and cau tion, and prudence, which, in my experience, extensive as it is, has been unequalled. And here I think it right to say that ive.have full reason to place the most entire con fidence in the consistency, and good faith of the Austrian Government. From the first, without disguising their ar dent desire to preserve peace, they have never proposed to do that by the sacrifice of any of those great European in terests in the maintenance of which we are all engaged. And therefore; I think, having proceeded with such good faith, with such caution as they have done throughout the whole of this transaction, I feel that we have a right to rely upon their firmness, and their adherence to the com- I mon cause for th e future . My lords, I have maid that will not refer to any measures of the late Government, however important they may have been—but I may men tion that, oven last -year, which was not so fruitful in le gislative measures as the year preceding, nevertheless many mos t admirable m easures w ere passed , wh ich were quite sufficient to maintain the character the Goveernment had already attained. It is enough that they will be duly esti mated in futur G overnment. lrds (Hears want of the coun try is a strong , () How that is to bo ac quired is notfor 'me to say. Rumour has assigned, very con fidently, to the noble earl opposite (Derby) the honour of having been soctuested by her Majesty to undertake the for mation of an Adiniui 6 "Liou. Seeing him in 1117. - I :1:x, - ; will not ant i c ipate the statement which be no doubt will make. I will only say that the necessity exists; and Tam confident that her Majesty may rely on the patriotism of th os e who may b e calle d upon. (near.) I can only say for myself, an d I believe for my colleagues near me, that anyladministration that is called into existence, and which shall present itself for the approbation of Parliamentwould receive that support which in the present crisis is so ur gently required by the great interests that are at stake. For myself, I can only add that the accession to power of the noble earl opposite, or any other man, will not interfere with any views of mine. Ido trust, whatever the govern ment may be, that they will carry on this war with vigour, with effect, and with a view only to the legitimate end of all wars—a speedy termination, and a safe and honourable peace. (Hear.) My lords, I trust that, by keeping steadily in view the real objects of the war —not being diverted by a wild and imaginary vigour, or animated by merely vin dictive feelings--(hear)--such a Government, as soon as those real objects of the war heist Veen attained, will listen to the dictates of humanity and of true policy, and Will lose no time in realising the advantages of peace as soon as they can honourably come to that conclusion. My lords,' I do not know that I have any reason to detain you further. I have merelyrisen to announce the fact, which your lord ships will have already anticipated, that we only hold office till our successors are appointed. (Hear.) The Duke of NEWCA.STLE— I can assure your lord ships I wish that I could, on this occasion, follow the usual course of ministers who tender their resignation, and con tent myself with tho explanations that have been given by my noble friend late at the had of the Government. There are two reassess why I wish, e for however s hort a time, to trouble your lordships, while I depart from this usual prac tice. In the first place, my lords, it would have been my duty, under any circumstances, had I been present, what ever might have been the result of the division in the House of Commons, to have made a statement in my own behalf. But there is another reason why, in answering the speech of my noble friend (Earl Grey) the last time the house met, with reference to the construction of the war department, I stated to your lordships that on this occasion I should wash ' to make a personal statement. That is in conse quence of another statement, which was made in the other house, by the noble lord, late the President of the Council, wbith I cannot but feel has so materially affected my po sition as a public man, that I feel it incumbent swim me, however inconvenient, and however personally incapable I may be, to make SOWO explanations to your lordships. ..' `L..