The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-23 00:00:00

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O' ap t r i9); Protest 00 ° 0 t , p) er o r The field. ji) Paul% tyo. ital EO! f~ , - VOL INTO THE ITY E. . the following bas just been issued :- -I!l.euiorandutri of Instructions for Officers sent to the irle44-Quarters of Ite-dm;nts of Militia to receive , olunteers for the Line,. ' Pet: 1. The 'ffieor will be allowed the usual travelling !x -;11, " 3 from his recd reent and returning ioue preferred on pr esc ribed form and he will also be we a 53 . a-d a f • • a w ay from his re;-,,,i -kint on this ' y or the period he is thereto, the claim eliir in ~ d uty. These allowances will . he be -10,14. -4 '" 'l,O pay-list of the regiment to which he specific ;71„k_ c2 l . Ile is to take with him a supple of attestations, and, IZ)_,,id be not be able to obtain a sufficient number t • t his _lrtnent or elsewhere, he will apply to the Secretary . t ";,...ep_ocifying the number he requires. . n ., 4. 4 hie is to issue to the volunteers their line pay at p l!. tr_' 4 Y from the date of tAtestaHon with beer money, and, oial finally accepted, each volunteer is entitled to 17. _ . (a t , the e boti ntY of 71. allowed, but this 1/. is to be issusd i t r on h 11 44 with discretion, 2s. at first, and the remaim , e _ earliesrbeitig sent to his regiment, unless specifically required z ne l` t i • the 'volunteers are to be sent to their respective regi t- - entlou_tittler routes, egeorted by a steady sergeant of a r h e i g y 4 ~._ f he line in the garri,on, or of the militia, as conducting Inn_rallacd, who will be entitled to 2s. 6d. i 4p 2 u e l: ; 1-12,tdoe ash tio,.b volunteer,re,itmo be paid to him when the man ro ote ihe necessary fun% to meet the expenses o,- the 441 met a Ili E. ys fo f r ro l3 m aia li k o i n av d a o : n, .wiihthe LsoadynavAvliiecse, lof railway sleepers, engines, cra l ne f s t , G a i n b d . 41t 84 , Yof tools for the Balaldava railway, tltl 4 iee ise ll the 10th instant. The French Imperial yacht tt e'°rtense which accompanied the sailing . t 446 hur°l'°° fr'oni Southampton , laden withFr A en ft c e h r t 'eti p ut hit° Gibraltar the 10th inst.)4 V4lg k f" l coals.ae k Sea. r' BIII3PIY, she sailed direct for the Jean d'Acre IN his... j 4 screw line-of-battle ship St. Ntlii° 9ibralter for coals on the night of the 12th inst., 41)bet r,f 4ai°r-Generals Rokeby and Burnard, 0_ ',No.__ rth,, 41nintrans bard tid belon • t different regiments, on I ging o 1 in the Crimea. and a nnm e stem' are destined to join the army 4111 % ) . gel the 16th with 80 navvies an Port liesperus arrived at Gibraltar ib a r n a a lt r a g r n on i th e '4, mac,,hmery for the Crimea. governmenttichit_rhaiy:faoreralltte:la .steam - sloop f. t S b e e nt l i s n t e b ll . e left on 0 ° lath the SE on the morning o ti te aata r, and ..easterly wind blew . to n r f a m bo a ti n t y 4 s B b h ip o s urs de a s t . 4 op I;:ifet v d e u n r t i e n d g the sailing till de:ex:gilts ' 8 tr4 t4 6 Crimea. It abated, however, and the vart thlt,, laiesty's ste am-frig t a h t e e n ß ig e h tr t ibution was at Gib with 4b eiti ''" the I a left,-bound for England, rnia Wit, 01:) invalidednt L a ao board. The steamer _ a w.nes , I:4l%;,i!Yellarnent st r ores P , and a large quan . tit t y n f 1 t he hi' e l! itB, as contributions from the Patric) isnFoldiunerds in the err atid wounded at Scutari and for the . illea, arrived at Gibraltar on the 15th inst. , 'l' l:it , .......----,--_________-- (iuri„ k,oxvier GILBERT.—A_ rumour has been current con vkt„tf t,he week that John Gilbert, jun., who was (met a „ f l a ' "r quart • several indictments bef .eLot,iottsay er. 805 31005 1 upo n oil, is to be brough t 1 41 ) ° , 1 : the bezehruepeeZiangch S a t r o e en of murder. The rumour \ itt, V ‘ 2 Pon a commtmicatigon made by his fellor , con 444 tie.„ a ' v .e3r, to the ove or of the gaol and the vi sit i n g . 1411):14,,ittit::,!:.1:1;Ausuiliting t o Gilriblert more than one charge of In ".v v' a '',6 present the imputat ion rests entire t l h y a u t p t o h n e PdPorted statement, erci„, n ergo Investigation by the wpeollieacern.—Btheol ?A protracte,4: ca ilt: Zij, aiiv . iv ,-,_ c 5, ,:5 ,,. ! . (0 meet the expenses on the .0 1 by th,a officer to " C. .._.„, w ar, ‘larded by ic, t t i h on e i er pOr tic' ititshi.enet6,l4.eotTrahree,,ble railwayneterattifttiothreoirrw(laer ()wag G love '_t , regiment t t l e w s h n iCh ) of the Dis c ' ' ober, , , ti : t e e ; „„cia:(alvanced b•r,a.niti specific statemenof t0i1tir „ , ,, ,, 1 . 1 ei , ,, , ,, T f l, r shewinz the detail for each fo r 'the li t ta l e le , ai . o ( of Oct lie 2(1 of De '. these volunteers, from the to be made in the ac- t Britala CO t he 3of the •-• °TI *licit dep o t p. of tilt:raster of of tallovii 3 w" regiment, or paymaster of I dist , . _.lO Itl 'h arlaster • eery to which they have volunteered, -cowl OW ' ~ v a is t o reimb tele, e i t Ti l lies. arse to the officer the amount of i d (by . . h e _ e k m _ Tival at ti ll 3, • the p a y eshrequired temporarily et , wit, _1444 disburse en. by the officer to meet cc iv iiot r of .15 ) ,n0t ts are to be obtained • by him from hllarat dig a isil t tmta %I'D eh ls "n re.l. A ment by draught or other- . r . b oo 5 ,4 argo fie to b ailo,rs ac o the m eet , vette, being e made in such paymaster's a ,o 4 rer4 ,., 4 when he shall only an advance to be repaid by taken P 13611,0 !, I t ee gt ar tle es i r Zi i . i i t l h ld e e reimbursed his expenditure by y e m arkets " legin i p i t' 4 4ll ow e e e ,, ent l'Y hir respective regiments to which up e - , ,i4 -co of 1 ,, n• low. 4 ,iy a,from wh • , us• to the militia Qtl.' l ;' gloi em .rPrsted • I °n the men sergeants of the volunteer, for each man 1 leave 1 01 , ' wal k - 4 re ee • .istobe re • Liverpoeq 44,3;,,_ lin t , remitted by the paymaster of if. - '4,?. th e ~.°: the volunteers direct the f to-morrO 01 ,4 &grunt of militia, to the officer 11 , rd militia, Ibe at 0 • . I.2v_ ~,„,...........,........____.......:23. HAWES." )g for the I f On' t ila'AST overuro 4 . A OF BILLS 1' MONEY. 4 ovT 4 --... 7 111 1' " -------........-...._-. CON-- , tO • etrike am dire c t d WAR -OFFICE, Jan. 13. ~ b . h ick at b a .,, eto acquaint you that her Majesty's . 0 ,...-----" it ii t filet upon a e decided upon augmenting the allowance that so les e AY let c ,_ up, e ,P 1 others in ii 7110 / 1 ,44% of le from 1 Eagla,nd and Wales for men mobilised P e r 11 ,4 la i/Acrea them'm uti 9d. a-day, the rate fixed by the :onsist. IliriO/ h ee ti er as the ate rate Ea n a Y y -l i t, to 10. a-day. accounted for in the same iat Frank° fie 40 t`t obj i r e e 3 eut iiankeee )er . fa nt 1 s allowance.—l am, sir, . g i ., ce ll , 0 servant rmy (bei °; .,,, '''l 0% ° mreand* ' B. H tWES 0 , 3 , Mg Re.iteents ad D - ' . 525,037 111 ''' & e ~ . n epoto, Inspect- -0 W. in ;England. 4.4 , y. . hI) S PO .....', , It DISTINGUISHED ............ ..., ..00 .............. ..-, ~,,, ii SERVICES. .... •••V %Pr ift , Aden, . ire ° ,/ (1 . ' l/ Trit rx;: ------ ............ • ...4;01 0 e o kt ea l 4 r,--.4 ORMAT DEPOTS, lON OF REGIMENTS AND TS, &e. 0 1 gesso, ' „. 1 : g ra lisr p e r t ' liaieaty having !ervio.Stieg rewards royal W ing been graciously pleased to imbur g•lidi ' arrants for the special purpose ick, 01(1$ 13 ,_,d , , !I's [u .`i, and "ards f o ns, ~,,,0 0E, 07., 1 4 04 h e _galla n t r distinauished and meritorioi .......... ........ •• Di,,,,.'s f or Jewith . conduct in the field, I am directed to ls ...?t el _ th a t p ur : Copy of a warrant which has been " 4se irt. greake it knownnd to re ..••• .......... . 4 ., . ,, its to the • regiment under your tom - y 4 C N ° 6morig ~ 4 er tit hidi„. aut t o b e ...,..,„ 040, of 4 414 Ny , selected for the annuity of 207 is s et Jo b °Acb r "era y ou m _ . ... • to ............. ,tie- o at h . ewa r d, .. •-ty . consider to b e most de- ooter" 0. arpsh .... „,, . IK. i ii 0,,,,_ disposal, which, when granted, is at 11sidaael fn n disposal, though he may be still . ~,..• ler li ale fo her directed 1 .,,, ee 0 _ r th e octed to ......observe that, in selecting in- ....... ol l„te re dl: gall ant gratuities to b . ............ ....„/ ilervietue your s c imduot in the e aw fi arded for distinguished field, you are not to be ... ••• t e , timy'. t he gene ection b c0n............y consideration as to length / b,, st oe 1 , th e' e ral good ..•••''' "':'. %ir, e ntitle h . ate duct of the individual (and ............. 3 , 0 _ iro . o perations), being alone the qual . tic are_ _ / c. l'r ab edin '_', t a lus re ward.—fhave the honour i t a ; ............ •••.•:':,,,, 0 °face cUL errant, rri CO " B. HAVES. . ........... ••• lip field,, 1111 :War l',l eral ..; lug Regiments, kc under )f 250 0 13 %0 0 ' ...t Lord Raglan." " Th 6 are. ,o 0 ocl . 00x, r , 122 ions, oit.s l4 • fo re /?./1.8 . 4 . 1 31 toll IA ND MUNITIONS. - FederA nA 0 0 : ove, t ve 1 1 .. se o f 60t ( i v i u 0 Of' ' ~ t tea:l 4l - ' ll tav; ---- ‘ 4 " -- 11tioati u n red by the Admiralty with the the toterProPt.° ,S f 'he r o t . o " rq n R. ° iu Al l td of ti 0 ,, ~,, 0 4.4 4 R t e l e ,„ MIIZALTY, JAN. 22, 1855. in of the P os ta ti l'Fing • ill itig gi' r aPhie despatch has been received i_stla meats' L lefo rk ir E d ' 1-7tb to $' b. 8 arid ed mund Lyons : men will 1 0 ,ii .ert, e Ports c°ll tr biliat con •d b ~ I. I, it Of ti s % 4 , 0 si era le consignments cf 7heney.. . thoo the d !, ,, tie A .i .",,....e k., , of war have taken place from .w - , b ,,, Sp ri 7errai ne `, 4l rals e 'r t terranean to those of Odessa and ilizatw ° ' td th e °el LI Stat Feb stri Pal It ti 0 ! 1 eStabt.o English and French squadrons the petty i g , re , a et enforce soia u -lolling an effectual blockade aleg B ' 0 ( %le I 'S' , PortslBanieut in the Black Sea, mad to notify of at is powers f 1 t lp ll ,p i t fore,, -5 1 - St ep ° ! this blockade from' the let of nacre the t ith cipsi heel :'Bg, PriZ have been taken to provide for an , ~,,,.,, are to be blockaded furni h ; - 'ine 2, •40aente,o' for the purpose in the names' s hod of the [is a 0 , 2 1 , er ba t " Ptil v . ----------________ flier /SH 1, , , ave fart— , ) i , ' - u-ELIVT IN THE NAVY. br A , li which 0 'etik very .... mt, .0 a ry gr t - E'ederal sorYleol o eSe, th, a dying to observe in the return .„,eil _ otn Bs4, iinvy or aso ships of war, from of Januarypunish- e' to kept 5' -__,,to ..4 • 1 0 1 2 4 04 % , lately published by order of the House of proportiov, te r p epi ' o etb, r 'hat single te following ships, amount' ing to 84 i which the/ ' l -....! l 'et I 1 itsa was inflicted during that medical al i , $ 4 ,,,,,, - surgeon 4 t bef 'kik, il4 l f A DO 44 .... D. No. of Name of No. o %CODS, .. 11 ID A , R . ••••••,.. Guns. Slup Cu; s peso , A ktet o •••••.....• ......... 60 ikiajestic . these rai n tr `"ittle - .... ... go OA 0 +l,p,, i , Pft . •••.. ''••• 4 Mariner i dency, - a ;$ b -. , 0 ...... . .•-••• 5 Medea '-'ansl,,* ............. ... nselves for S 111 3 Myrmidon )05sible. , , erlh ei " ...... '...... . KI. for then/ 43rit n 1n.... . • ••.....• 8 Naiad nt to 13, 13° ' (.% tidiPlart •••• ..... •• 2 Pandora o°o C 4 ° '''••• .*'•• 60 16 he w hole ~ . al eu4 g ..... • .... Penelope .... . tice 11' e % , ,‘ta • ••• .., 8 Phoenix ) prac or A au oe ....... ---••.„ 6 , Piut , free to fo g 97 341. ......... . 8 4 Poictiers .. "• 0 ' • flyl •.. .." consists if C (4 1 ........... • 2 Porcupine 1 27 cog -ei ii ••. , ....... 3 ry, Q t4bi s . " ......... 91 Powerful °t est ............ - eLIIII '•• • '• '• ..... ' 36 President 5O i d Or a - e l . .•" ......... • 6 Prometheus 5 ... , 0 •,,, e bol c r ane .:. ............ 3 Princess Royal . [ ti _ere _ on, w hen ,0 Cr ea sy .• ....... ...... •14 Resistance ........ i m u d via a ilov ro , ikje e dit e . . ......... 6 Resolute 2 ... 8 h the P o ef D e : r. ... " ..... . ... 0 Rhailarnanthus svit I The ° b ... ....... • ..... • 8 Rosamond 1• 40 ••.... ........ 1 2s. the P I ' be 4, ••• ..... 2 Royal William neat, rt ~, , tver ..... ........ 4 , , er r .. ......... st. Vincent 102 r to Wl° ti ll? doe l' et ....... - .... 6 Sampson :tors on . 00 1er p°llti d •• • ... .......... 6 4 °k able, •• ............ Saracen r.—Tlie' s o' .. 8 Serpent ,ended flog 00 ••.... •• • ...... vela ••• ......... 84 Sharpshooter al actor 1 , e ta , , ..,.. .. . ...... dee o ff 4 4 , q, • ••. ........ 42 Shearwater - 8 xatnina ec o . 0 11 ; las e ' ..... ...... 6 Sphinx 6 awards f ;OP Velifl ••• ........ 8 • Simoom 8 ble that 11 ' D oi ,mo t . ii Yet'. ............ to 411 st, '• ........ 6 Spitfire 5 strong ~ 1 Ntri ••••• ........... 21 Talbot to his 1i.1e04 l a ll4o Us ............ 'ld grlabi ......... 1 7 Tartarus 4 Coppe r D uet' 1 %it o ........ 25 3 29th i t , . kJ ry .... Teazer the os. 0 , 4. ..... ........ 1.04 Torch . — fni 'an A g 8131 . lOf 4 1‘ , tlg a ,b, • ..... Tortoise . to fi ,1 esti gable ....... 212 sto be P. 5 (~ ara R 4 tc ......... 0 4,, to 'cv t ... 50 Tyne B4 he 24th 1 for,i In° att .......... i. 31s , y •k41„1 .... 3 Vengeance 4 u the 0 •vit • "• ........ to th t il ili, .......... 91 Victoria and Albert up ,) ti y ... 4 ... ......... 26 Volcano ca il lie l tet '''•• • .......... hat Odes- P e , .. ..., ... ~,,,0 et,4,. ....... .......12 Waterwitch f it posse';', o 4 ie •• .... r .. ............. 8 Wellesley 7c< [stead, on s 1 _....,a.....:z..... 44) Wolverine . t now it, •ds 012,0'00 so tritlidirell I\llll tl GIBRALTAR. I the 10 1; : d o 19 1 ; 1 1 Va le ltre . ts , 0 - 4 5 Eit, a, 'v a l . _„ z- impor r Tb o at, na-sh• ''' the Peninsular and Oriental Corn s, and es l ' / e e foi l es f r 'P Ind 3 de rt o ,_. o r ,, us at Southampton yesterday, w( l have IP P 1 0 r01,, t wil t Gibraltar to the 16th ' instant, inclusive eis kno oidi 4 8 '4); to Bte a'• ll -tran r e 01, lit 4 tog U ie sports had arrived at Gibraltar ion, the co e i h, 1•,,,, d,.... Crimea :—On the 3d instant, thi Id, 10,etIff A thj, °1 h, L. 41 ate_ from Falmouth, with aminunit' i Orly 'he sec , lir ii t1 a3 , 8 ' 1 04 3" E a l ; 6th, Fo , I hl° ,_ ut _ a . 3e, ni woo en uts ) Oxfords',•iol i •i , am frourd ammunition , six days from Woolwich, witl lace on OP • e w it , l oth , L e arzunition ; Black Prince thitt.., tended abesieging trail d e , s tili tit .`ng ; I rn, with part of a • 10 , '• 1 'lion nine Southampton A ft ~4 1 With' 2tb , , days from of t , e jos t ar es, , G 0.,,, Great Northern 14 dri, s from Len Ts donl, ofi ifidenta l 0 I, 14 14 'eveo 'rnruent stores • and 1 days 3th Prince o at 4 504 da. lon as P ) , 4 rl abt ha 37 ' from London,with '•• ild 00.,., N,,,,ies f,,, , iii railway Ten I'M._ T _...1. A l: GENERAL SIR DE LACY EVANS, K.O.D. 1 The first public recognition of this gallant offic , r's services since Ins return -to England from the Crimea . took place yesterday at Folkeston , , when a congiatu latory address, accompanied by a sword valued at 150 guineas, was presented to him by a deputation from the inhabitants of the united Parliamentary boroughs of Hythe, Folkestone, and Sandgate. The presentation took place at one o'clock, in one of the large saloons of the Pavilion Hotf 1. The deputation was headed by Mr. Brockman, M.P. for the district, and included about 60 gentlemen, among whom were the Mayor of Hythe, the Mayor of Folkestone, Colonel Sandi!ands, Mr. Lacon, controller of Customs at Folkestone, the churchwardens of the several parishes, and the aldermen and councillors of Hythe and Folkestone, &c. The deputation, having been introduced, were received with marked courtesy by the gallant General. Mr. BROCKMAN, addressing Sir De Lacy Evans, said, —I have been requested, in the name of the inhabitants of the united district of Hy the, Folkestone, and Sand gate, to present a congratulatory address to you upon your return to your native country, after a career in a foreign land which, although brief, has been brilliant and patriotic. We have been anxious not to loge a moment in doing honour to a gallant and distinguished officer, and we confess ourselves gratified to find that the "Men of Kent." are first in the field, as they certainly yield to none in their adaniath a of your bravery and patriotism. I have for years been your intimate friend, and it is a subject of high gratification to me that, in every com pany of Englishmen, your name is received with expres. :dons of honour and exultation. We venture to ask you to honour us by accepting this sword, in testimony of our admiration of the manner in which you have used its. kindred weapons for more than half a century. After apologising for his want of eloquence in performing the task he had undertaken, Mr- Brockman read the ad dress as follows : " TO GENERAL SIR DE LACY EVANS, K.C.8., 111. P., &C. " Sir,—We, the inhabitants of Hythe, Folkestone, Sand gate, and adjacent parishes, forming the parliamentary borough, take the opportunity your sojourn among us affords, to express our satisfaction that your health is suffi ciently restored to allow of your receiving our congratula tions on this occasion. " We welcome you back with heartfelt pleasure from the seat of war—a war maintained for the cause of justice and the independence of nations, accompanied, alas ! as it has been, by disease and privations, but borne with con stancy and patience. It is with pride (mingled with deep grief for the noble hearts that have throbbed their last in the gallant actions of the Alma, the heights of Tchernaya, and Inkerman) that we have traced the passages of danger and death through which has shone conspicuously your energetic mind, self-abandonment in sickness to attend the call of duty, and generous self-denial in the hour of victory.- "We gratefully thank the Almighty Dispenser of All Good for your safe return toEnglend, to Lady Evans, your family, and friends, and trust that many years of peace and happiness (crowned as they must be by glorious recollec tions of difficulties and perils overcome during your long and brilliant career, and the consciousness of having deserved the gratitude of your country and the respect of posterity) may still be in store for you, and may enable that country_ still further to be indebted to you for the •.councils' which experience, so hardly obtained, must enable you to furnish in the continued prosecution of her battles. " Honour us, Sir, by accepting this outward token of our esteem. It represents not the nseasure of your de serts nor our appreciation of your worth. " Folkestone, Jan. 22." The address having been handed to Sir De Lacy Evans, The gallant GENERAL said he could assure the gentle men forming the deputation, and the inhabitants of the district generally, that he felt most highly gratified at the compliment which had been paid to him. He be- lieved that; all men felt pleasure in visiting their homes after an absence in foreign countries, particularly in cri tical times ; and it certainly could not fail to afford him additionai satisfaction to receive such a cordial welcome on the very spot where he had landed. Mr. Brockman had spoken of his own want of eloquence. Now, he thought a soldier like himself had a better excuse to put forth on that head. One thing, however, he could say Mr. Brockman possessed—high independence. He had sat beside him in the House of Commons for many years, and he had more opportunities of knowing his merits than even his constituents possessed. For the mark of attention which had been shown to him he was greatly obliged; and its remembrance would be borne in mind during his after life. He was self-complacent enough to know that the compliment was not intended for himself alone, but that it was also an exemplification of feeling for the gallant army with which he' had the honour of serving. He had observed that great complaints were daily made of the manage ment of the war, and it was a , serted that the war had made but slow progress. Now, he begged to differ with many on that point. He did not consider, under the circumstances, that the progress of the war had been slow, and he was sure the result would show the cor rectness of his opinion. No such war as that in which they were now engaged could possibly be finished in so short a time as some were unreasonable enough to ex pect ; particularly where such a country as England, with its small military strength, was not the aggressor. England was not a military power, and the aggressor in the present war was a very important military power, possessed of vast resources—one which always main tained a very large army, and was always prepared for war—if not, indeed, for aggression. Hence, at the sud den outbreak of the present hostilities, England had not been prepared with a large standing army. It was im possible we could always have a perfect war establish ment on a military scale. We bad happily enjoyed 40 years of peace, and opinions would not admit of the con tinued mainterance of a large standing army. He would recall to their minds the many wars in which this coun try Lad been engaged, and it would be found that the ilritiah forces seldom attained decisive success until at least a third campaign had sot in. He might instance the war which immediately followed the breaking out of the French Revolution. England was great and powerful as a commercial nation ; and he had no doubt that the present contest would be brought to a termina tion as decisive in its results as it would be glorious to British arms. The army sent to the Crimea, though your:!, had vindicated the honour of its country. There was no other army to send. It was. young, but it had done its duty. Many mistakes in details had certain)y occurred, but they had been the result of inexperience. No want of judgment, in his mind, had been evinced by any officer of that staff in which he had the honour of holding an humble post. Some battles had been fought in which our army had gathered glory, in alliance with the armies of France—an alliance he would pronounce the most devoted and loyal, and which the spirit of this country fully appreciated. He again begged to return them his best thanks ; and at the present moment he almost wished he was not a soldier, as be might then have been a better orator. Having re turned home, however, he was glad to find that his humble exertions had been considered deserving of ac knowledge,ent, and again he thanked them from the bottom of his heart. Mr. H. HART, one of the deputation, after expressing the great satisfaction he felt at once more seeing the gallant General among them, asked permission to call his attention to the present condition of our army in the East. He was not desirous of drawing forth any ex pression of opinion which Sir De Lacy Evans, as an offi cer, might feel desirous of withholding, but the fact could not be disguised that, notwithstanding the great generosity of the people of these kingdoms, the army at present in the Crimea was in a most wretched condition. Be need only refer to accounts which daily appeared in the public papers. Much anxiety existed in the public mind on this subject, and lie trusted he was not out of order in alluding to it in the presence of a gallant officer who would, no doubt, at the proper time, take care that the truth was elucidated. Sir DE LACY EVANS observed that he bad of late read many statements on the condition of the troops. It was not his province on that occasion to enter into this ques tion, but he had no objection to say one thing, and that was that when he left head-quarters the army was not in the condition described in some reports. More he could not say. He would again remind them that at the com mencement of a war many mistakes generally took place, and after 40 years' peace such mistakes ought not to oc casion much surprise. He would take this opportunity of saying that he fully appreciated the kind sympathy now so generously evinced by all classes for the army ; and he bad no doubt the conduct pursued by the people would be the forerunner of great results. The deputation then retired. Sir De Lacy, though much improved since his arrival at the Pavilion, is still in very imperfect health. The sword presented to Sir De Lacy bears the follow ing inscription : " Presented to Lieutenant-General Sir Du Lacy E vans , K.C.11, M.P., by the inhabitants of the united borough of Hythe, Folkestone, Sandgate, and adjacent parishes, in commemoration of the courage, devotion, and•genero sity exhibited by him in the memorable action of the Alma, the heights of the Tchernaya, and Inkerman." Colonel James Robertson Cranford, of the Grenadier Guards, is appointed to succeed the late General Du Plat as Military Commissioner for Great Britain to the head-quarters of the Austrian army, and will have the brevet rank of Major-General while so employed. THE MERCANTILE MARINE AcT.—Mr. John Cm, late mate of the South Esk, having been convicted before the magistrates at Liverpool, and sentenced to imprison ment for desertion, the Board of Trade have cancelled his certificate.—Shipping Gazette. DAVIES V. PRATT.—The Arbitrator in this •case, Mr. Whately, Q.C., sat again yester3ay. Sergeant Wilkins commenced a violent address on behalf of the defendant, and had not concluded it when the proceedings were adjourned. THE CHARGE AGAINST LIVERPOOL BROYERS.—LIVER POOL, Jan. 22.—At the police court, before Mr. Mans field and Mr. J. C. Ewart, Messrs. Forth and Archer, - brokers, were charged with pledging 10 barrels of tar, belonging to Messrs. Laurie, Clark, and Co., to Messrs. Firth and Sons, bankers, Northwich. After a brief in quiry it was elicited that a misapprehension had arisen out of a mistake made by Mr. Joseph James Dodd, clerk to Messrs. Watson and M'Donald, who had unwittingly led Mr. Firth to believe his firm had ten barrels of tar more in the warehouse of witness's employers than was actually.the case. On this fact having been evolved in the course of the evidence, the case was immediately dismissed. DOVER, Jan. 22.—The Belgian Gover n m en t Com Mi ssion appointed to inspect and repo r t on th e E ng li s h rail way system, consisting of the following gentlemen : Baron de Mau, Le General Nsrenberger, Membre du Conseil des Chemins de Fer ; Le General Delaunay, H. Spitaels, Senateur ; F. de Brouwer de Hogendorp, Membre de la Chambre des Eepres en t an t s ; M . Masn i , and M. Belpaire, arrived at Hake's Lord Warden Hotel from Calais yesterday, and left this morning by the South-Eastern Railway tor Ashford. They were ac companied by Mr. Cook, secretary to the General Manager of the South-Eastern, who would conduct the mover the company's establishments at that place, of THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1855. LITERATURE. A Month in the Camp before Sebastopol. By a Non-Combatant. Longtua,n. This highly-interesting work is the narrative of the adVentures of a traveller, who, being desirous to inform himself of the real state of things at the seat of. war, and having a month of leisure, be took, himself to the environs of Sebastopol, where he acquired all the, information he so pleasantly gives us. The work of a spectator of these stir ring scenes, and the description of camp life by one whe has really tried it, will at once excite the reader's attention.. It is written in a lively and graphic style, in the form of letters to a friend, who appelrs to have somewhat ridiculed the au thor's adventurous expedition. The following is a description of a Sunday church service in the open institutes which shall be both true and reasoned, and he does not regard success as impossible. Having exhibited thus far the g eneral views of the writer, we may now stat that in the scheme or institute submitted in this volume to the public these views are endeavoured to be car ried into effect, and while far from disclaimin g its beingpretensions to both true and reasoned , the author rests ite claims to consideration rather on its being . a system of demonstration than a system of truth. He then proceeds to state that his sys tem will be found of a very polemical character, the reason of which is a philosophy only exists to correct the inadvertencies of man's ordinary think ing. This system, antagonistic to natural think ing, is also, he alleges, antagonistic to psycholo gical doctrine, which he broadly affirms does all in her power to ratify rather than correct the inad vertencies of ordinary thought. What philosophy has to do is negatively to correct these inadver tencies and to refute psychology, and positively to establish truth in their place. This being the work of the philosopher, how does the author of the "Institute " set about it ? He lays down ne cessury truths and laws in distinct propositions, ' facing each in a counter proposition the contra dictory inadvertency of ordinary opinion, and plays them off against each other in order to elicit and establish truths. The propositions and their demonstrations constitute the text or staple of the book, and are the " Institute of Metaphysics." Each proposition is followed by a series of obser vations and explanation s , in many of which we are shown the points where the lesser controversies of philosophy deviate from -the main stem. The " Institute" is divided into three main sections : —the epistomology, or theory of know,ing ; the agniocology, or theory of ignorance ; and the ontology, or theory of being. On the matter of th ese sections we have neither time nor space to comment. We can only submit the following statement and notice of the doctrine of "innate ideas." " Rightly understood the doctrine of innate ideas is merely another form of expression for the initial principle of these Institutes. From an accurate observation of the fact in regard to knowledge, we learn that every cognition, or per ception, or idea, consists, and mus t con sist, of two heterogeneous parts, elements , or f ac tors, one of which is contributed from within , belongs to the mind itself, and hence is said to be innate ; the other of which is contributed from without, and hence may be said to be extranate, if such a word may be coined, or of foreign extraction. . . . The circumstance, then, above all others to be attended to in coming to a right comprehension of the theory is, that the wo r d i nna t e i s never t o be understood in reference to ideas, but only in reference to a part of every idea, and that neither is the word foreign, or acquired, or extraneous, ever to be understood in reference to ideas, but only in reference to a part of every id ea . Th ere but ara every thus snoinnate ideas and no extranate ideas, idea o f co gnition h as an e l ement wh i ch is innate and an element which is no t so ; ever y cognition, in short, is both innate and extranate— is a synthesis constituted by an ct priori and an d posteriori part. This consideration, of course, fixes those elements (when considered apart from each other) as necessarily unknowable and contra dictory." Mr. Ferrier, who, by the way, is severe on Reid, is Professor of Moral Philosophy and Political Economy, St. Andrews. Report of Twenty-one Years' Experi ence o f th e Dick Bequest. By Allan M enz i es. Black wood. _ . _ The above bequest was designed for elevating the character and poSition of the parochi a l sc h oo l s an d schoolmasters in the counties of Ab er d een, B an ff , and Moray, and the present report, the third issued, got up at the request of the trustees by their clerk, has been put in circulation p ar tl y w ith a view to the benefit and improvement of the teachers and others, but mainly to describe the object of the trustees in the management and dis tribution of the funds, and the cause of that suc cess which, we aro happy to find, has attended their administration. This would appear to be a g c . e : The followi ng "A. high mora l tone is essential to the design of the duo recognition of the requirem ents of the scholars, and the possession of a mode o f su pplying them a creditable knowledge, in short , of t he general sub will j m ec et t e a l n v d ith sc g i e e n n e c r e al o c f on te c a u c r h re h n i school as a seminary of moral training. The key-note of the morality of the school is the moral tone of the teacher. If that indicates a wieral feeling not sensitive —not nicely scrutinising anything that does not assume the garb of undisguised vice—not shrinking from moral defilement in a classical form—even winking, it may be, at a conventional trenching upon the outworks of purity in langdage, which, although formally correct, is yet tainted with impurity in its origin and its suggestions — then will the seeds of corruption germinate quickly, and spring into rank and luxuriant growth. On the other band, it is a beautiful spectacle, not to the view of the world surveying the surface, bat to those whose inte rests and opportunities induce and enable them to ex amine the inner life of a school, to observe how impurity shrinks and hides its face when the moral tone of the master is clear and decided—the ineral tone, not in ex hortation and reproof merely , ' 'bat cleolarini, itself in hi s whole bearing and 'conduct--espeeially in unce nso i on : indications that vice and falsehood are evidently regarded as things not to be suspected. The pupil is thus taught not so much by injunction, as by infinitely more power ful influence, which strengthens his principle by a tacit appeal to his conscience, and brings into active energy the feeling on his part, that what is expected of hint is the practice of that truth and purity to which his heart does reverence." Knowledge is Power. By Charles Knight. John Murray. A valuable work ; one which young men enter ing on life especially should purchase and road with lewbe found a comprehensive of the p ro d uc ti ve f orces o f modern society, and the results of labour, capital, attention. butn o t too Here miute will skill, and this presented in a very attractive manner. The notion which deters many f rom th e n study of political e conomy, viz., that it is neces sarily dry and uninteresting, is shown to be a creature of the imagination and not a reality. The book is really interesting. Charles Fox even, who said he could not understand Adam Smith, would have found no difficulty with its contents. It is founded on two little works written by the author more than twenty years ago, and extensively' cir culated. One of these, " The Results of Ma chinery," w as published in connexion .with the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge at a‘period of great national alarm, when the agri cultural labourers of the southern districts were led to acts of violence by a blind rage arising from a mistaken dread of injury to their interests from the use of a novel power. "Now," the author remarks, `"'that spirit is happily passed away ; a spirit of knowledge has arisen, and we are told, by an unquestionable authority, that labourers them selves begin to regard the tedious work of the flail as too irksome. The same class that in 1830 broke the threshing machines." Of course, in remodelling this part of the present vo lume, it w as necessary for Mr. Knight to urge now, as he did then, the evils of hostility to machinery. Ike has, therefore, employed himself more satisfac torily in anticipating its more complete union with skilled labour, as the triumph of the productive forces of modern society. In the other work upon which the present volume is founded, "Capital and Labour," the argument of the general subject—the production of wealth—is here carried forward, and the general relations of capital and labour in the distribution of wealth are not overlooked, as the mistakes about production have yielded in a great degree to improved education ; so Mr. Knight, not unwarrantably, feels confident these which be long to distribution also will yield to the progress of information. Knowledge is power, and, on the right appreciation of the principles which govern society there can be no doubt will depend much of the security and happiness of our own and the coining time. This fact gives the volume before us a value, and its lucid and popular style renders its circulation among the young desirable. It is em bellished with a great number of new woodoutr, illustrative of mechanical inventions. ed to speak, having --.Y Edward 11. and Co. Commissioner of Crown Lands in New South Wales ? and Australia and its Gold 17 1:;:e r l a d na s . 14 gives an account ohvisernment the sum subject on which ofthai esrgmgobrliyadnvetedhnsiet.si important dis covery himself the first to draw attention to the vast e T the h is authorrwe c o e r n Hk i t s ye l o a vci te eurailes, a of 10,0001. He takes a brief review of the disco very of gold from the earliest gold fie he des received e A i v u e s d tr f a r l o i am. the r a t ages, commencing with the classic authors , g ivi ng an account of the Spanish conquests in America, and the quantities of gold extorted by Pizarro from the unfortunate Inca of Peru. The narrative of the discovery of gold in California is as follows :...... " Captain Suttor had received from the Mexican Go vernment a very large grant of land, I think 60,000 acres, on condition of his settling there, and introducing agriculture, and endeavouring to civilise the Indians in his immediate vicinity. He chose or his site the spot where now stands the city of Sacramento. There he built the fort, and, from the first, succeeded very well. His land ran baek from the river to the spurs of the Sierra Nevada, where there was a'bundance of timber. " In 1848 many Americans came overland to spy out the country and settle in it, which induced Captain Suttor to erect a saw-mill, for the purpose of supplying the newly-arrived emigrants with timber, and probably of sending some to Monteray also. For this purpose he required an engineer, And hearing of one Marshall, a person from New South Wales, at St. Diego, Captain Suttor sent for him, and gave him the needful instruc tions. When the works were so far advanced as to I How the mill bein4 Pet goings it y_r_as cliscover3l that the - * rice was not sufficiently deep ; whereupon Marshall ordered the Indians to dig it deeper. Whilst this was in course of doing, the water being very clear, Marshall's attention was attracted here and there to several bright specks, which he could plainly see at the bottom of the water. These he at first took up, carelessly, between his thumb and finger, and threw away again, tkinking no thing of the matter. Next morning, however, he saw a great many more specks, some much larger than the others; and imagining thatit might be gold, he collected some dozen of scale-, which he forthwith took to the fort, where he found the captain at tea. Anxious to know the captain's opinion, he at once produced what he hr I found ;—and gold it proved to be. Now, amongst the newly-arrived emigrants, there happened to be an old Georgia gold-miner, who, when he heard of the discovery, hastened off with others to the spot, made a cradle, and set to work. Many others did the same. Thus commenced gold digging in California. The Georgia miner taught the people in the first instance how to obtain the gold by washing, but for which, in all probabil;ty, notwithstanding what had been found of it. the story of its discovery might have passed away and become a mere idle tale, like that of the shepherd who found gold near Wellington, in New South Wales, 13y ears ago; for neither Captain Sutter nor Mr. Marshall knew how to obtain it except by picking it up with their fingers.,' The author having come to the conclusion, from various reason:, that gold mines existed in Aus tralia, set out from Sydney, and travelled to Guy ong, in whose ne; , ghbourbood he was to make the first experiment. The particulars of his expedition and its success are thus related : "After resting one day at Guyong, on the 12th of February I started thence, accompanied by young Lis ter. Our course - was down the Lewes Pond Creek, a tributary to the Summer Hill Crock, which again is a tributary of the Macquarie River. After travelling a distance of about 15 miles, I found myself in the coun try that I was so anxiously longing to behold again. My recollection of it had not deceived me. The re semblance of its formation to that of California could not be doubted or mistaken. I felt myself surrounded by gold ; and with tremulous anxiety panted for the moment of trial, when my magician's wand should transform this trackless wilderness into a region of countless wealth. " Still one difficulty seemed to present itself. 'there had been an unusual drought during the summer, which was now drawing to a close, and the creek, where we then were, was completely dried up. My guide, how ever, in answer to my inquiries, told me that we should find water lower down ; so, following its course, we soon fell in with some rocks which contained a sufficient supply. We new turned out our horses ; and seated ourselves on the turf, as it was necessary to satisfy the cravings of hunger before I ventured on my grand experiment. Had that failed, but little appetite for-food would have been left me. "My guide went for water to drink, and, after making a hasty repast, I told him that we were now in the gold fields, and that the gold was under his feet as he went to fetch the water for our dinner. He stared with Were dulods amazement, and, on my telling him that I would now find some gold, watched my movements with the most intense interest. My own excitement, probably, was far more intense than his. I took the pick and scratched the gravel off a schistose dyke, which ran across the creek at right angles with its side ; and, with a trowel, I dug a panful, of earth, which I washed in the water•hole. The first trial produced a little piece of gold. Here it is !' I exclaimed ; and I then washed five panfuls in succession, obtaining gold from all but one. "No further proof was necessary. To describe my feelings at that eventful moment would be impossible. What I said on the instant—though, I must admit, not warranted as the language of calm rnflection— has been since much laughed at. And though my readers may renew the laugh, I shall not to hesitate to repeat it, be cause, as it was the natural and impulsive expression of my overwrought feelings at the moment, so is it the only account I can now give of what those feelings were. " I exclaimed to my guide, is a memorable day in the history of New South Wales. I shall bo a baronet, you will be knighted, and my old horse will be stuffed, put into a glass-case, and sent to the British Museum.' "At that instant I felt myself to be a great man. I was as mad, perhaps, at the moment, as Don Quixote was his life through ; and, assuredly, my companion was as simple as Sancho Pauza—for the good youth after wards told me, he expected I should obtain for him the honour I had promised. " On our return that night to the inn at Guyong, I wrote a memorandum of the discovery, which I after wards gave to the Colonial Secretary, as a memorial of the great event." brief history of the discovery of Australia itself is given , and an. account of its various discoverers. The description of the different methods of work ing for gold is curious. The writer also gives his opinion on the land question, and an interesting account of the rise and progress of the colony. The Roving Englishman in Turkej. Routledge. The " Roving Englishman" has already made the acquaintance of a large number of readers, partly through the medium of Household Words, and partly from the collected form in which his sketches subsequently appeared. The present volume is reprinted in part from the serial men tioned, but a great portion of it is original. It gives a very lively and amusing description of the sights and scenes of an Oriental neighbourhood. The account he gives of an auction, which is taking place in a crazy shed outside the town, presents a vivid picture of the laisscr caller manner in which the Orientals conduct their affairs. After havin g disposed of some trifling article, the auctioneer desires repose, and sending for a nargilly, ho joins in the general discourse. Tao whole company, says the author, presenting a picture sufficiently striking and characteristic ; they have entirely forgotten why they assembled together, and are idling their time in that slothfulness which is surely the root of all evil, and from which springs as cer tainly- nine-tenths of their national disasters. Ile contemplates them for some time, and notices my sterious boys pulling about the things which are a bankrupt's property : " For the rest, I begin to understand also that the auctioneer is not likely to resume his labours for the pre sent ; the talk will go on till dinnertime ; then the talkers will disperse. To-morrow it is the Greek feast of the Forty Martyrs ; on the following day it is the festival of Saint Somebody ; the next day it is the Turkish Sabbath (our Friday) ; the next it is Satur day, the Jewish Sabbath ; then comes Sueday ; no body likes to do anything, particularly on Mon day, while Tuesday any Wednesday are both saints' days ; on Thursday everybody will stay at home sobering, and then again follow the three Sun days ! By this time I know very well that everybody will have forgotten all about the sale, just as much as if it had been an affair of the last century ; should they remember it, I am not quite clear that the matter will be mended. The bankrupt's (roods are in a ruined shed ; they will not be locked up, they will be nailed up. To morrow morning, or the morning afterwards, the shed will be found open ; something will be said about a robbery ; this will supply a great deal of energetic talk, and afford an excellent opportunity of abusing the Turkish authorities." The author has a very lowopinion of the Greeks, of whom he gives a number of sketches. Their duplicity, falsehood, and cunning appear almost hopeless. Nothing . can bo clone with them with out the influence of fear ; they are not amenable to kindness, for they do not believe in it. Of course, never telling the truth themselves, they never trust others ; and this state of things is very awkward and disagreeable to those not accustomed to such crooked ways. Our traveller is of opinion that much good might be done by reforming our embassies. " Let our caladu's be chosen from men who have -al ready distinguished themselves, and perhaps need a little repose ; from our rising barristers of acknowledged abi lity, who might study foreign laws from so advantageous a position, and who, by comparing them witk our own, might often introduce most important ameliorations on their return. Let us now and then send an eminent physician, longing for a year's travel, to inquire into tire treatment of diseases abroad. Let us send sometimes an engineer, an artist, a skilful soldier who has drawn all eyes upon him in our Indian wars, whose opinion might be of untold value in time of war, and who might pick up a thousand improvements for our army which escape the flying visits of royal dukes ; or an author, who is a national honour to us, and whose genius fills the world. "Let us be represented abroad as we really are, and in our best colours—not as a nation of mountebanks and fiddlers. Let us have really respectable embassies, which may help to advance the progress of science and civilisation all over the world; which may carry the healthy genius of our land from one hemisphere to another, and bring us back numberless benefits in re turn. We might thus lay the salaries of our servants out at precious interest. "What stores of useful information—not only to the Government, butt to the public—might be gleaned by really able and useful men attached to our diplomatic establishments ; by draughtsmen, surveyors, engineers, physicians, soldiers, lawyers, and scholars. "Our embassies might be much more numerous than they are. At Paris, Vienna, Constantinople, Berlin, Naples, Madrid, we could hardly have too marry clear headed hard-working men ; while such a farce as our missions at Hanover, Stuttgardt, Dresden , &c., ought to be done away with at once ; their places to supplied by charges d'alraires with 1,0001. a year, not too proud to attend to their business. His description of life, and the value of general articles in Constantinople presents som novel ties : "The fact ix, that, to a man who has not really some thing to do, who is not doing it all day long, so as to be absolutely indifferent about all other things, Conetan tinople is most intolerable, and most other Turkish towns are worse. There arc no theatres or public amusements, nothing but the weariest Italian opera ever dreamed of by a hypochondriac ; it is dark, and cold, and dirty, and filled with noisy young Porotes, who are all in love with the Prima Donna (usually 48), and show it with an intemperate indiscretion almost worthy of a British ambassador. There are no, exhibitions, no field sports ; there is nothing at all, in fact, but anti quity-hunters in difficulties, and a few noisy parties of young men ; with all this I suppose Constantinople is at this moment the most expensive place in all Europe to live in, none but;the most favoured of the cousinecracy of _ Britain, none but the closest connections of the very finest old Whig families, who have the very warmest berths under Government, at all make head against the expense of it. Coals are more than eighty shillings per ton ; corn has been recently imported from Eng land ; houses cost more than in Belgravia or May Fair : the price of clothes is fabulous. " The commonest necessaries of life have risen to a price which is the dismay of every one. My dinner, a slice of fish and a chop, with a pint of beer, costs me ss. a day, without the waiter; my breakfast, a couple of eggs and two small rolls, cost me exactly 1/. 12s. a week ; tea, butter, and sugar, are extra. Common French wine costs nine or ten shillings a bottle (at hotels) ; the Broussa wine costs about 3s. 6d. ; but it is not good the second day after it has been opened. The wages of servants are in the same proportion. I have half a servant, which costs me about 31. a month, and the gentleman who has the other half of him pays more. Grooms' wages a re a b out fi ve poun d s a mon th : horse-keep dearer than in England : furniture bad, in elegant, and expensive. Nearly everythin g , however, being imported, and most of the tre'lee;nen nly corning here for a few years, to make money enough to set up Europe. there is little need to continue the catiloc , b ue. I paid eight shilliagg the other day for a pai r o f glove, and forty-two francs for a ruling-•.vilip that would have cost about five r,hilling - is in London or in Paris. One hotel-keeper Old me that he had made twenty th ousan d 'pounds within the part year : another :aid this was not true; but they must be almost coining money, for they have it ail their own way; and at any of the good hotels it is quite a favour to get a place at the dinner-table though the cost is considerably more than at the hotels in Paris, and would kill a German Gastiaiitit on the Rhine with ' sheer envy." This very entertaining volume of sketches suc ceeds in portraying vividly Oriental life and man ners, and in conveying a clear idea of the customs of the people. Respecting Greece, and the Greeks too, much information may be obtained ; and the readers will probably coincide in the hope that " the Englishman " may rove yet further, and give us the result of his wanderings in a similar volume. Tit for Tat. 13ya Lady from New Orleans, U.S. Clarke and B ea t on . This work is intended as a match for " Uncle Tom's Cabin," in which intention, we may be al lowed to say without prejudice, it - very signally fails. If the good old rule b e t rue, that the party who first loses their temper in an argument be in the wrong, then certainly Mrs. Julia T has a very bad case. It is intended to revenge the " insult" offered to the proprietors of the Southern. States by Mrs. Stowe, and the object is thus ele gantly set forth :—" However abundantly the Eng lish aristocracy may choose to moisten their French cambrics over the tinsel pages of an American romance, the facts contained in the following pages will prove how much more ready the Britishers are to shed tears over our faults than to attempt the more Christian correction of their own." This Christian correction Mrs. T— has kindly under taken for us, and very strongly sets forth how much worse it is for crime and ill-usage to go on in opposition to the law s , th an "i n accor d ance with the laws of our land." The great point of the book is the chimney-sweeping, and it is somewhat curious to notice how often the authoress alludes to the "slavery," cruelty, and injustice of such cases. No doubt grave faults exist in the execu tion and evasion of this and similar laws, but we maintain that to have a law against them is some thing, and that we are more likely to amend such evils by courting inquiry, and having Parliamen tary committees on the subject, than if we shut our eyes to facts, declared everything we had ever said, thought, or done on the subject the best that could be said, thought, or done, and lectured our neighbours. How proving us in the wrong, proves the slaveholders in the right, it requires perhaps American logic to explain. But why should this attack be made on us ? It was an American, not an English lady, that produced Uncle Tom. Had not the fair authoress better lecture her own coun trymen and women first ? It is to the credit of the Americans that so many of them see plainly the right ; and, as an eminent writer has observed, it is impossible to 'change on such a subject. No conscientious person ever became converted by the advocates of slavery. They may uphold it because they have grown up with it, and have never rea soned on the subject ; but if an enlightened Euro pean were suddenly to stand forth as its advocate, what should we think ? No doubt the present writer considers herself triumphantly revenged for the blow her cause received ; but the day of enlightenment is coming, though slowly, when we may hope to see her and such as her confess their mistake. Till then let us not emulate their acri mony, but pity their error, while we despise their arguraent s. Ruth Hall. A. Tale of the Present Day. By Fanny Fern. This is a very interes[in ,, story. Its authoress is already well known to the reading public by the publication of several little sketches and short nar ratives ; but this is the first long composition on which she has ventured. It is successful in what it undertakes to achieve—the details of a gifted being struggling with hard and bitter circum stances. Forsaken by her own family, and mo lested by her husband's relatives, a widow without ' a friend in tho world, her youn g children crying for bread, and her former acquaintances innorin , her existence, Ruth Hall had a dreary time of it indeed, and truly exempliffed in her career, "They learn in suffering what they teach in song." It would have been sad enough to know that while her writings were arousing interest and exciting sympathy through the length and breadth of the land, she was almost starving, and her children on the brink of death from sustaining sufferings and privations unsuited to their tender years ; yet the • severest trial, the wormwood mingled with the gill, was to feel and think that her relations were in luxury, and left her to perish. At last, how ever, she was triumphant, and many who had ad mired her for some time contrived to make some more advantageous plans for her benefit. It is satisfactory to meet with the difficulties into which the cruel grandmother and crafty brother aro plunged at the end, when Ruth is discovered to be the successful writer, and their sot in society, before whom they have tried to appear grand and circumspect, overwhelm them with awkward ques tions as to why they had let their relative remain in such distress and obscurity. Their unkindness was forgotten by Ruth, who gave them up, as sho had been given up by them. Sho left the world, which had been so hard to her, and which now offered her the chaplet of fame, to mourn at tlio grave of the husband of her youth. It was a respite to her to have leisure to weep. " Hushed, holy, and unprofaned was this Satiba,th of the dead." Yet she had much to be grateful for, and as she looked at the grave she remembered that, if she were summoned away herself, other friends would protect her children than their cruel and natural guardians. "As the carriage rolled from under the old stone gateway a little bird startled from out its leafy nest, trilled forth a song as sweet and clear as the lark's at heaven's own blessed gate. Accept the omen, dear Ruth, said Mr. Walter, life has much of harmony yet in store for you." Who's Who in 1855. Seventh Year. Baily Brothers. This is a very useful publication, there being in formation of the most varied kind. An almanack is given, a list of the Members of both Houses with their political bias, the number of registered elec tors, &c. ; also those of the Privy Council in Eng land and Ireland. The Directors of the Bank of England, the Police Commissioners and Magis trates, the Judges, &c., are ketified, and innume rable items of intelligence are conTeyed to those who seek details on the public institutions, offices, and appointments. A valuable work of reference is thus presented, and those wko peruse it atten tively will estimate the vast amount of labour and research that must have been expended in its compilation. This is the seventh year of its exist ence, which circumstance proves that it has given. satisfaction hitherto by its skilful arrangement and 1 1 multifarious subjects. Wearyfoot Con By Leitch Ritchie. Rogue. This is an :nntteon. resting and. well-written s t ory , r° relating the struggles and adventures of an unaided youth to o btain an independence in London. He is discovered in the mist on Wearyfoot Common, an d a dopted by Captain Semple, a kind-hearted and simple-minded. man, who affects great rough ness and severity of deportment. Tho course of events, though not depriving Robert Oaklands of his patron, prevent him from assisting him in his establishment in life, and Robert betakes himself to London to discover if, on the Wearyfoot Com mon of world, he can find any path that will lead him to competence and distinction. His adventures are various, the most remarkable being his acquaint ance with Sir Vivian Falcontowor, and his daughter Claudia, a very uncommon young lady. At length he succeeds in his endeavours, and obtains his well merited reward. The moral of the story is excel , lent ; it shows the success of perseverance and high principle,. The characters are very diversified and well drawn. Robert is a very attractive hero from his straightforward and resolute disposition, aLd ' his nobleness of mind and superiority to the acci dents of birth and fortune. Sara, the niece of his protector, is also a very charming heroine ; and the old. captain himself, with his apparent fierceness and. real kindness and gentleness of heart, secures the reader's interest. His sister is almost teo stiff and sententious to be natural. Claudia Falcon tower is the character of the book—that is to say, she is the most peculiar and original po rtrait ; hub sh e she tioeS ncot awaken the intemt, though also cites the attention ; and though one may easily believe in the powers of fascination ascribed to her, her lonely and unloved position is not to be won dered at. We could have wished that Robert had owed his anal good fortune to other means than those of Claudia and her father. It would have been more consistent with the moral of the story, as well as more probable ; for Government appoint ments are not so readily bestowed on the unknown and untitled. If Robert had more directly achieved his own fortune it would have better carried out the idea of the triumphant results of indomitable perseverance. The story originally appeared in the pages of _Household Words, and we aro sure all who read it there will be glad to see it again in its pre sent form. The Second Edition, of the New Practice of th,s _High Court of Chancery. By Henry Jarman. This work will prove a valuable addition to the library of the lawyer. The author has ably arranged his work, which presents at a view the various pro eQedingi in a suit now requisite to be taken under the new r,ystein. The present edition contains much important practical information, and includes the :•tatiate conferring indemnity on executors in the administration of assets with the several trus tees, and Charitable Trust Acts, and the decisions there-under. Mr. J , irman has also judiciously added a mas t er l y t reat i se u p on miscellaneous sub jects of p rac ti ce, comprising the procee d ings relat ing to bills of di scovery, f orec l osure , i n t er pl e ader, specific' performance, issues at law, and special cases, besides a copious index and a variety of other useful natter, eminently calculated to assist the practitioner or student in the discharge of his duty. The work throughout has been executed with great care and ability, and we commend it to the notice of our professional readers. Literary Papers. By the late Professor Edward Forbes, F.R.S. Lovell Reere. A. melancholy interest attaches to this selection of papers from the Literary Gazette, owing to the premature decease of the gifted and highly-distin guished author. The selection, however, does not need any extraneous aid, haying originality of thought, humour, and kindliness of tone, with other obvious merits, to recommend them. They consist chiefly of reviews of works on natural his tory, of books of travel, and of narratives of ex ploratory expeditions. Familiar Pablo. By Miss Corner. Dean and Co. Miss Corner is well known to all juvenile readers, both from the numerous histories sbe has written for their benefit in a lively and interesting manner, and also from the treasured fairy tales she has arranged for them in a new dress. The present work is " ineasy language, suited to the juvenile mind," and in large type, with the advantage of being illustrated by Alfred Crowquill and J. North cote. Some are in prose and some in verse, all with one moral, some with two or three. Fables, it is well known, are always favourites with chil dren, and the present collection is not likely to prove an exception. The Zoist.—The January number of this into resting magazine is characterised, like the rest of its predecessors, not only by zeal, but also by original thought, research, and acute observation in the development and defence of Cerebral Physiology and Mesmerism as a true science, from the accept anco of which great advantages to the human race must infallibly ensue. Among the more attractive papers—we mean to the general reader —are, " Phrenological appreciation of the character of Alexandre Dumas," by M. A. Castle, M.D., of Montmorency, near Paris, and two or three medical cases communicated by Dr. Elliotson. One of these is of interest to a largo and emphatically dependent section of the commu nity. It is the " Cure of a Ganglion of the Knee, or of a case of Housemaid's Knee, with Mesmer ism." This disease has justly been regarded as for midable by those liable to it, many losing their 1 situations, and always occasioning prolonged in convenience, danger, and suffering. In May the application to Dr. Elliotson was made, and in No vember no remnant of disease was discernible, though the case was an aggravated one, and mes merism could not be employed for a month after it was ordered. Wheli it is remembered how vio lent and how unsuccessful the treatment of the dis ease formerly was, the great value of Dr. Elliotson'e treatment will be recognised. air : "We were scarcely placed in position, before the loud rush of round-shot from the fort was heard, again and again, in our cars, causing sundry dislocations of the square—the men grinning and swaying about at each whirr in a kind of jocular disoraler. Nothing was left for it, but to move off. So we took up our ground a few hundred yards lower down ; and here—though a fleecy litt?c.clood let, which announced its birth in a thunder clap, showed that a shell had burst above us, not very far off to our rear—the service was conducted to a close. Everybody, of course, stands upon these occasions throughout the ceremory. To obviate fatigue, there fore, the Litany and C o mmunion are omitted. The chaplain preached exteturoraneously, and with so ex cellent a voice, that, though the wind was blowing his surplice about, it did not drown his tones. I was amused by his British sang froid. Half his congregation might perish round the wails cf Sebastopol before next church parade—a theme which the threatening missiles explod ing about him would have served sufficiently well to en force—bat he utterly 'disdained such obvious rhetoric. Perhaps, indeed, it is considered undesirable to make allusions of the kind ; and certainly they are too patent to need much insisting on. At any rate, the reverend gentleman neither noticed the pyrotechnics in his sound practical sermon, Nor in his own person ; but stood with his back to the fort, and preached on some everyday text, and never changed his voice, or turned his head, in compliment to shot or shell." In his view of a battle, the writer was somewhat disappointed : "How any one, who has not somebody in the secrets of the generals by his side to explain the movements, can understand an affair of the kind is to me a mystery. If a man is in the melee he only sees that. If, on the other hand, he is at a sufficient distance to take in the whole field, he sees an array of dark sparkling masses—now moving, now stationary—covered with smoke, or emerging from it. Finally, he sees a certain portion of the whole marching away, perhaps in very good order. We will suppose at such a juncture that, by good luck, he really does know that the fight is de cided, and which party it is that is retreating, and that he rejoices or laments appropriately. Nevertheless, as regards all the sudden emergencies, the daring move ments, and sagacious plans—all, in fact, that give the battle its historical interest--our spectator comprehends no more of them, believe me, than you comprehend of the manoeuvres of a review." After the battle of Inkerman, of which a full de scription is given, the author remained, making a sketch of the ground in circumstances of some danger : "My sketch of the ground was now cempleted, the victory won, anti I got up and prepared for my long trudge, so as to be in time for dinner on board the —; but I had not walked many paces, when one of our regi ments was brought forward past me, to fire at the re treating foe. Stretchers were being carried behind them ; and though I had bean these implements often used in carrying the wounded, I confess it gave me a shock to see them borne close behind these soldiers— now walking well and erect, their faces full iii my view —in anticipation I An anticipation soon realised. Di rectly they appeared there, the place where I had been lying seemed alive with round shot, throwing up the dust in all directions ; while the stretcher bearers were running here and there—l knew too well for what rea son. "It did also occur to me (why will thoughts cross one at the wrong times ?) that, pei haps, it was lucky for a certain person that these poor fellows did not come up before—that had that happened, he might have pre sented himself at a particular nook of the Temple with a wooden leg ; but with no honours, no pension, to show for it—only sharp shafts of ridicule and—' Que, diable, allait-il faire dans Bette galre?' Ah, Ah ! you have lest that triumph." The author strongly combats the arguments against a red uniform, citing the fact that at the battle of ink erman great inconvenience was felt from the English fighting in their grey great coats. No, doubt, he observes, it is an inconvenience for troops to be seen plainly by an enemy, but it is a greater one not to be seen plainly by their own comrades. Great indignation at the conduct of the Russians appears to exist in the army : "You will have heard of the atrocities committed by the enemy on the wounded. As I returned from the fidd I met two or three hundred prisoners being taken into Balaklava, upon whom as they passed, all kinds of abuse were being lavished by our men. I saw one of these Russians, in particular, signalise a private who was smoking to give him a light ; but it was refused, with the most hearty maledictions. Now, as vin dictive feeling towards the conquered is the very last sentiment that enters the.breast of an English soldier, these are symptoms of the extent to which the barbari ties in question are beginning to inflame the minds of our army. Let the irritation go on a little longer, and `quarter' will be unknown." A comparison is made between some of our arrange ments and those of our Allies. Ono great advan tago they possess appeare to be the water-flask, which is a light tin vessel, with a funnel for drink ing, whereas the canteen " with which. the Englishman is afflicted" is wood, half-a-dozen times as heavy and without a funnel, although it costs twice the sum. There is, says the author, but one thing to be said for it—it dates from the days of Marlborough ! The French also have one cook for twelve, instead of every man being cumbered with cooking utensils. They bake their own bread, and General Canrobert recently distributed one day's supply to every British soldier. Those who wish for a brief and vivid picture of the events and incidents of a camp life will find this little volume the most interesting that has yet appeared. The Life of Nicholas 1., Emperor of Russia, with a short account of Russia and the Russians. By T. Mayne. Longman. Some portions of this work have already appeared before the public, but it is now enlarged, and from (Ffferent sources of information interesting accounts have been taken of the subject under notice. It is eminently calculated to augment the stock we at present possess of knowledge and details concern ing Russia. A great deal is written on the internal and domestic arrangements of the country ; the people appear. .barbarous and cruel ; the more inti mately they are studied, the more savage and un softened are their manners, the more harsh their customs, and the more uncivilised their lives. The military power of Russia is descanted upon; it is observed that fear is the ruling passion in the army, "the Russian soldier knows that if the enemy is before him the stick is behind him, in short, the fear of the stick replaces the sentiment 1 , of honour." The social state of the people may be judged of fiOm the fact of the Czar's having un limited power to send off, without notice, the first minister or highest prince to Siberian exile, or to reduce them to the meanest position without any opportunity of defending themselves, or any hope of appeal from the arbitrary measure. The punish ments which are inflicted are of the most barbarous and inhuman description ; no one who has perused the account of them will fail to be struck with horror and amazement. After such details and descriptions it must be a subject of rejoicing that the Government which sanctions and promulgates oboorvanceg will, in all probability, be checked in its evil course, and as it is here ob served, "we are thankful that the talons of the Russian eagle, under which such barbarities may be practised, are about to be clipt." Institutes of Metaphysic. The Theory of Knowing and Being. By James F. Ferrier, A.B. Black wood. Whatever may be the author's success in these institutes, it is impossible to deny him credit for vigorous logic and independent thought. He is one of those who are not disposed to take anything in philosophy for granted, however high the autho rity under which it is advanced. Having stated at the outset of his introductory chapter that when using the word " Philosophy" by itself he means it to be accepted as synonymous with Metaphysics or speculative science, he lays down the proposition that a systerti of philosophy is bound by two main requisitions—it ought to be true, and it ought to be reasoned—and proceeds to show that the latter is the most stringent ; and-that while a system em bracing both requisitions is the most valuable, that which is reasoned is more valuable than that which is true without being reasoned. Noticing the general complaint, that while we have plenty of dissertations on philosophy, we have no philosophy itself, he admits its truth, and endeavours to explain the cause, and to discover how the evil may be re medied. No inquirer, be asserts, has ever yet got beginning, and this is to be a ccoun t e d f or things which are first i n th e or d er to hy thethe fact that of nature are last in the order of knowledge ; and first principles being unknown, there can be nD advance, no system of philosophy. Having advertcd to other retarding causes, including the tendency of late years to limit the strictly necessary truths of reason—i.e., truths in laws—the opposite of which are inconceivable, contradictory, nonsensical, im possible, the criterion of which is the law of identity or contradiction—he next applies himself to the question, " How is this unsatisfactory state of Ithings to be remedied V' His anwer is, only by a diligent attempt to digest a body of Philosophical RUSSIAN LOSS IN THE CRIMEA. According to accounts from Odessa, stated to be de- rived from official sources and documents, •the total number of men put hoes de combat, from the 28th of September (exclusive consequently of the defeat of the Alma) to the 27th of December, does not exceed 2G,763, including prisoners taken, and deaths from disease or other sass not resulting from wounds. The following are the details : Killed, or died of wounds 7,301 Wounded 13,821 Prisoners Died of disease, accident, &c. Total.. ~ _26,763 Now, supposing this detail to be correct—which many reasons conduce t) believe is not the case—two b n t l f y items more are to be added, which will considerably CaTcluilattilolns tots', and in an ; i rev i lo .in u g s numbers ou n r ea jo e u r rn t a b l e . First comes the lost at the Alma, which in Prince Menschikofl's report was given at 1,762 killed, and 2,720 wounded and contused ;or a total of 4,482. But not a doubt exists that this return, which also omitted prisoners taken, was far beneath the true loss, and that upwards of 6,000 men were absent from roll call on the day following the defeat. Secondly, it is evident that the above details relate to the losses of the troops, and do not include those of the navy and marines, which tile Russian Naval Magazine gives at 3,863, up to the 29th of Nev. But as the sailors and marines have been mainly exposed to fire in the fortress batteries, and have taken a prominent and honourable share in sorties since the last-mentioned date, it may be fairly affirmed that their loss, including deaths by disease, down to the 27th of December, has fallen little short of 4,500 men. The detail, then,iwould stand thus : Losses at the Alma, of all kinds 6,000 Ditto, from Sept. 23 to Dec. 27 26,763 Ditto of navy, from Oct. 17 to Dec. 27 4,500 37,263 Tho strongest possible grounds exist meantime for calculating the total losses, under the divers heads given in the first detail, of more than 40,000 men, of whom at least three-fourths--that is, 30,000 men—have not re joined, or cannot rejoin. Indeed, if we look at the official paper returns of the strength of battalions when marching from Bessarabia, or even when preparing for action in the Crimea, and compare them with the number declared to have been brought into action when defeat has ensued, it is incontestable that there exists a difference is minim of from 30 to 40 per cent. Thus the battalions of the 6th corps (16th and 17th divisions), and others at the Alma, 1,000 strong on paper, were officially declared not to have exceeded 700 ; and the battalions of the 4th and 6th corps, likewise 1,000 on paper, not to have mustered more than 600 when going into action at In. kerman. We therefore repeat that if the Russians them selves admit their losses in men put horsdecombat by sword and sickness to amount to 85,103, it may safely be affirmed that our calculation of 40,000 is rather under than above the lowest amount. Taking, however, the Russian returns as a basis for calculation, and dividing the amount by the number of days (from the 24th of Sep• tember to the 27th of December inclusive), the result will give a diurnal loss of 369 . In a former calculation we gave the daily wear and tear at 400 since the opening of the campaign and siege. Russian statements them selves go to prove the approximate correctness of our calculations. It may be added that the Russians admit a loss of 580 officers, including 140 naval. GENERAL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. —The seventh annual meeting of this Association took place last even ing at the Loudon Tavern, to receive the report of the committee, to elect officers for the ensuing year, and on general business. This society has been established for the purpose of affording timely relief to persons in dis tress (without regard to distinction of religious creed) in order to encourage them to have recourse to their own exertions, as means of escaping the miseries of abject indigence, and of restoring themselves to a respectable social position. THE LATE GENERAL SIR ANDREW F. BARNARD, G.C.B. and G.C.H.—Yesterday was appointed for the funeral of the Lieut.-Governor of Chelsea Hospital. The funeral took place shortly after 10 o'clock, Gen. Vis count Hardinge, the Commander-in-Chief, and the other mourners and friends of the deceased, assembling at the college about that hour. The whole of the pensioners formed a line from the Lieut.-Governor's residence to the Chapel,through which the funeral procession moved. The body of the deceased general was preceded by the custo mary attendants and followed by the chief mourners, — Brigadier-General Crauford, Mr. Stewart Bruce, Mr. Cockerel], and Sir Hervey Bruce. Nest followed General Viscount Hardinge, Lieutenant-General Bro• 1 therton, Lieutenant-General Lord SaudYs, Major- General Yorke, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Smith, Colonel Hamilton, the Hon. George O'Callagan, and Mr. Lyon. The other mourners in the procession were 16 gal lantp enshonours o f deceased,rrs of the and sharedßifles whoth the a d d an fought clangers anduo d h e o r n th e many a sanguinary conflict. THE LATE LORD FREDERIC,C FITZCLARENCE.—South ampton, Monday.—The remains of the late Governor of Bombay, which arrived at this port this day by the Pen oa y b mariY p 's steam-ship Indus, were y Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, the e Earl ild the Hon. M r . B o yl e , and a deputa tionrinscue o va f er andeosapfteteOl Falkland, fidreoonmetkai C u P ci or tsin outh, consisting of Dr. Ralph and Messrs. Emmanuel, Hollingsworth, and Simpson. The body of the gallant general on its landing was re moved to a warehouse in the docks, where it awaits its transmissio n t o Et a l-h ouse , the late lord's seat in North. umberland, p repara t ory t o interment in the family vault in that )4414=11994 .> i I ■