The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-07 00:00:00

hONt BKET " c031,31-Ecu-A < r T PLEIGBNCE. f i ,l h e cat, , CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. 1 , ; th e re market at Liverpool yesterday ruled ere A sa les were 10,000 bales, 8,000 of which 8 nierie a io Nt a t 3d n, 500 Egyptian at 54d. to 7d., 1,500 L 2 e. sd . ' lb i 41., and 90 Sea Islands at 111 d. ' 43 bi lo , P e r The Ware market closed with Of Ja nCY Mid ' 4 th e , . prices receded about 4 per cent. ea g h t ,,,.. flint market at Liverpool, Messrs. /4 v 4 and la vy state— )444l') o:lP a risee 'to the c orres po n di ng mon th i n l as t 4 , w eier easin na a nd fo , r cur ran t s h as b een b e tt er, an d i s a °Pre• g ; the disadvantages of dear bread, which tn artieiludiciall:7 last year, still tend to depress fruit ,e'l thi s e ° f luxury, and they are yet further in oilig 014 _3:ear by a scarcity of employment among the 4 1 , a zi d a :• - •es• Tb e arrivals since our last reach only 30 kl: thip ped t he Computed crop of 1854 has already L 144,000 ' and'. that portion for this country, say 17,„ t °lir B t ec t i ,. °°3 olas almost entirely arrived, it is evi 'eet th e d' will not now be further increased, so that t i 4 13,0 00 demand until next season there is not more edl 4 tons of all • • 140 1 C e, ~ . . de,criptions. Tne duty paid Vqiiii p e ,""Iell in January reached 130 tons, have 1 44 48 ,eru - ..,. ; to 75 tons, they, however, cialtinue 1,, fan e 2t 18451'1 for in February of that year they 1 :4, T l , l to , 35 tons, against 150 tons in February, I le eitifi e 4-40edon clearances, although they exceed aAt e erp on Y ar, do not show such a favourable result. t po4 ti s are very limited, only 8 tons." 4 )k ie . ° state of the silk trade, it is reported Ip W. Eaton that— liepit ercli . Ipi ho c n ar y tunes, the late advices from China ii .leff ect _neparted a buoyancy to the market, but the 11: 4 po rter 7):et . is same additional firmness on the part j tit4 th e , , 0 3 it is not, however, unreasonable to expect 04;4,ortimbined with the news of this morning 11 . 0 3 41 rY to i u , ay lead to an improvement. It is also h i , at th ow that the demand for manufactured • 7:4 the Vholesale houses has considerably increased 0 4 :elt a i lw it few days." rae o . ; „ a 3: Passengers' Assurance Company, at s e rat' e u g Just held, have declared a dividend Ie r, 0 4 per cent, per annum. Noth 37a ges of clipper ships between the United N il . - ' 44 (1 i -iii 4ls _the colonies, now steam communica ph, ) an .,v3 . 'ance, are regarded with increased in- Ct i g th_'l,.there is great but laudable rivalry I,thven,rfferent owners. There can be no doubt itkly homeward passage recently, the Kent ! kill otiraten the Ma rco P o l o by a d a y, w hil e i i itlit so w n ar d 'voyage the Kent got out nearly a tilie al& laer. L i li 91)2 darthfieet, built in the Thames, has come ire on y from Shanghai, being the quickest kii;ibteen cirecord. Some very fast voyages lately 4 th e r in 105 and 100 days, but this k s , o ii , , and is a gratifying proof of what p t41 :111 4 Olpiiilders can do, under the wholesome I k t , Of „ c OraPetitiOn, against the improved ,a m ‘Lie Americans, who run a close K . ybnecessitate constant vigilance and kp tel4 k g , co k " . ° skill and attention on the part !!toa:r_nders, however, we must undoubtedly Trha r ,, 4l go share of the credit for these ex it'-Row.' Paaski.io•es, l l t ! l h. "0a f e n r : firm rates obtained here yesterday ietat ai negotiated bills upo n the p rinci p a l ith io lo c ities. Paris, 90 days, was taken at ItillBt,ianaburgh at 13 6i• to 6i, Amsterdam 1 4 ,11 441 'j and Trieste 12 38 to 45. The gold 117 k of "ganet from Sydney has been sent into vill4 t St ock agl and. , Llt ki 4 th e Market is more buoyant again, Noq t toe o. i. re . ,,is not a large business doing. The ~ ,a b u l i er settling the account to-morrow Aki i s a. 1 - tendency, and the rate of " eon- Ill it i t e „ ak e Cone to 1 p er cen t. Th e news o f th e l t , l lee, witi?nstantine having taken the oath of bl e heat„' ,the progress of the Allied Armies 11 N arle fr , its more and the recall of Prince Menschi °t ,rti lo ,"'°re confidence • and the statement N th ' 14tkit . Pa rliament, that ' a Kafir outbreak was tip ge l Cirr„ th as l'Prehended, has allayed the un -4 ' ° a renewed strain upon our re lei° el (1 11 ): 1 11 1t I ke :: 18 , which opened at 92i to 93, hp . e t i . 1 k ti done at 931 for transfer, % 2 1 4 ,4 &., lees for April. The New 3 per Cents. • 1 t '"eltV 3 to i and the Reduced 931. to a. 414 ' 2 16 let .' lit, any ) a n , een 1 to 2 per cent. higher, viz., ) , 6 80 4 0, India Stock has been advanced 018 tis `nag 225 to 226. Exchequer Bills rie sh e eraZ i a t i ld India Bonds 13s. premium. ) 4 ,:l 1 r 11.4.041 the of Mexican bondholders have Nipt e Iteh e .ne city of Mexico, dated 2d ult. !O Finance, had had an interview with the new g en erate tt , , Il lance, Mr. Parris, and was continu iNi' but attend to the interests of the bond l'e 1 ,, Q e Packet brings $12,557 15c. from % I V e' rk 6 . (for want of hard dollars) nothing o, B Pee l V i z for the dividend fund. 7.4B_aptainoinehi ForeignnNew Deferred Investments remain , )a m ,7, 41 e• Mexican Bonds have receded 4 . " - c-quador are flat at 31. Chilian are 8o Russian 4} per Cents hi Turkish Bonds are lip are weaker,. ig at ag l Isi!d 79,1. Dutch BonusN j per cent—viz., have not been ()pe lt kil n • tip :,_ r „ -N ving are the nominal prices of foreign )2 0 -..A• re 1„ i t nada Deferred Bonds, sto 6 ; Mexi -4 %nt ° 2l • P • 41 , _ li, , k ,, 3 Peruvian, 70 to 71 ; ditto Three iettl ; t;,-; t o 51; Port uguese Four per Cents., 1)4 1 0'0 11 , 4 ssian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; 4, 4 ,„, 'Am k Atl,, „'"a-lialf per Cents., 89 to 91 ; dit to t t k,%tueferred, 181 to 181 ; ditto Three k e Ylier 44 ,,ille, l j te 37 ; ditto Certificates, 41 to 5 ; 1 0 14 14 / 8 ;: to 41. i t ldy . ' thj activity in the Railway Share mar eateN Th e quotations are in most instances t.th, 4 Principal dealings are in Great tljeater4ca.shire and Yorkshire, Brighton, ‘ 4 !ig„" l , l4 ti 4 , 11 3 Midland, and North-Eastern. 1.44 h :` lin es •ee at an advance, but most of the N1.(1 1 14 g ell 4° flat. 4 , s 4 l ° L 4t so ro ate n are dull and limited, Mexican ill l ‘ ko i e of the • Ntill C. K t e improvement. . ka to nlar a lake are firmer and quite. q el loa ," l na Oriental Steam are buoyant, and " nominal. N b ~ 4 IN --"•• I N 1, l::%, THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ike ( ;tek (111 P°74 the Official Liyt. # nipineqs clone SIN. liz... ........ . 215 , 14 16 Mb. t . eo l ' e ed An ... ; ..... .. ' .............. 93}a I ii Ii 4 ; 1- ‘ 4 e) 1 1 1'° A l a Ann 11 i i t l i e l sr 921 31 3 411/84tiestft,-41Uuities ...;hut 933 i 4 with d. for money t4,, i 4 1:11 _, 11 ,.. .......... sth Jan., 1860 No; it'Lllietione 1 / 440. 1, 14 de 4000 13 tln.,lle t is s 4 lllt A pril 92,1 3 - eio ..-le, 2id. tktOkliq ............................. , ;,.... .................................... • 5 8 \le Mtte Nitd a l:i. . 5 8 0 0,!kt,,,, ' 0 per Cent. 99} 1 tNi k tr;' n 1859 4 1. 41 Z 1 41 (1 8 ? Ii'OREIGIV. FUNDS THIS DAY. ktto kitt i to llerV P t "' Cent.. . ..... e, 11 0 1148, ,1 11 82*" ....... ... .. . 71 701 §,,,. Ite e 0 , 5 per Cent lOl ‘4, 4 ilet ce itti,:: a .0 448 lat. t o yer eZ ti Per Cent. 7O 1 z_04, 1 , lit 501 •!iqii s t ikt f ,: 3 4i per Cent - B9 I lk I " b et Per Cent _ ae, e, ll :ed, 3 per Cent. lBl i Ot t -..,... , 7 t , 1 2 I . 4 11.1 0 ..... ... .• • • •'••• . • • ..... ••••• • • • • g - ~ :1 4 4 kiciti oo ........................ th e above payable in London. %ii 4lll THREE O'CLOCK. tt o ...... " 931 1 • ' Al'i'll A...... 931 934 0 1 / 1 ,.. .....,....„ NOtri ----- ---- 1! - - t D FALL OF SEBASTOPOL. kl.i to tllcil lr 44,1)01 ,l'rev ail e c i-7- Paris A afternoon, to bee 0., t .L. in yestereay 'lp i ts "q th - "ri after a defeat of the Russians, who kN ki tt re% eh e French lines. No intelligence of the h , . ° q t thse ethe Government • though from the ac- Vroorar,ate of the army, and of that of the 4 tf t ti lli t o 1. 0 : i de a , t Be d as they must be by the news of the plh o i s t fo r t ' tL We shall, in all probability, have not VII 4 - 11,‘ , eci 1 , that consummation. The moment the ‘ , 4. -.ere , L Of i, Orebe telegraphic despatch was sent off to i ',' thof ,; ab oo rt . se that the allied armies will have 11,44, tier t 4 the same time as the Russians. The hOit ti ° tle e i I° o on both it is easy to conceive. Up l ip, t tl N it ic to-day the intelligence of the death of IteoNra etlichael at Sebastopol, announced in a 1 / 4 0 ei v ti e Te despatch, was not confirmed by any `-' ill official quarters. 25 St. St 25 00 6 2r 20 20 10 10 10 "St. 25 2C 40 50 20 100 20 5 20 k ATE THIS DAY., t , s °lll T EXCHANGE. tioebill rho of le Of the English wheat on sale to-day 6+4 t kb hoW '"ilday's m ar k e t. There was very little ° s' Re t c , Purchase any description, yet we wia notic e in prices. W i ltiolat' at we had a dull sale, and tke quota ill 14 tarfro rietninal. Mer a l: 4 were heavy. lilrley and malt, though 4 11,4 1, 04 1 611 PPIY, moved off heavily, at Monday's 1 111 4 01,_ 4 t(1, 8 a,II,PTIY of Irish oats upwards of 35,00 0 ,4441),111411ta.k.c.e,4ai,s,t'evied, since Saturda , y. T . he trade was, t' 4 14:' (1 , p ea ! h eavy, at barely stationary prices. % ht qkde scarcely any business was transacted. 8 '() lb WaB heavy, and the top price of English IS I 8 . 1 v vb j4'lo t. 41t11.117.A.LE1 TIIIS NvuEE. I Barley. Malt. 880 1,690 20 lt) 20 20 STI RE MARKETS. 1:hI6 DAY.) RAILWAYS. li/JLIT L3®. Closing Prices this dsy,:: Abordeen.. ..... Ambg. Nottng. Bost 21:4 -21 i 41 - 5 and Eastn. Sunct Belfast & Ballymena Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkeuhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Juuct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., ......... lilyth & Tyn 3 origins; £25 (issd. at £45, nristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen and Car digan Chester & Holyhead ' Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, 41 Pass Cornwall ICri off Junction Dundee Perth SzAbei deen Junction Do. New East A.uglian Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, ,A Stock ...... Do., B Stock Do., New A East Lancashire 8 - 8i I 13 -12 i 16 - 17 74 - 601 89 - 91 64 - 64,3: i . 7- is 3 - 2 5i - IA - 15 11$ - 1113 29 31 20 - 22 100 100 100 72 74 55 57 2d par 20 21 Edinburgh & Glasgov Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Pith & Dundee worth & Clyde June Furness Do. Extension Glasgow & S. W estere 'lreat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. 5t0ck,,.,.. ,, 14t. Sth . &West. (Ire ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai' Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds.. Do. New Thirds__ Lancash. andYorksh Do., Fifths Da, Wst. Riding Un Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt London & Blackwal l {id. Bright & bond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Sh., M&B, Do. Eighths London and S. Westii Do., £5O. Do., £4O. Lmlndrry&Colerain , Lndndrry. & Ennisk tanch.Shef & Do. Slu=e No. 1 man. & Lin. Un. Nlidland 1 , 0. Birtung. &Derlys Nfidlcl. G. West. (Ire, ) 1)o. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle. Newmkt.BuryExten. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. Newry &Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor.. Norfolk Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 A. Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwiel , Do. do. Extension Dodo. G.N.E. Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. Now £lO N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Ju North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. ;)xford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton Portsmouth ;sottish Central Scottish Midland -threwsby. & Herefd Shropshire Union South Devon ;oath Eastern '4outh Wales Yrksh. & Riv. Dun i)0 ••• 70 - 72 90 - 91 72 - 74 17 - 128 90 - 92 65 -65 i 58 - GO 70 - 75 5 - 5 7 77 77i ... ...d ••• •• 8i 98 - 100 100 100/ id id d 851 863 8 • 73 7i 6i 126 100 50 42} 10 vi 25 all >rti all St. I.(V> 25 all 8 ZE A. [OO A. 100 24i 24i 7 i - 84 69 - 69; 40 - 42 22 .tll 21 P 11 - 9 1 - 49 - 51 3i :3A 29 ... 30 8 10 I 3 i~ .;"taines,Wok. &Wel itoekton & Darlin: , itclkton & Hartl3l)l. CalF Vale. I.)o. £lO shares 1.0(i 21 Do. Pref., No. 1 Pliames Haven Pool and Railway Vale of Neath....:,.., Vaterf 1. & Kilkenny Water ford&Limer 1..11 West Cornwall Vest End of London and Crystal Palace., Nest London Winabledn & Croydon if I'4 6h 7h 73 , 74 7 6h,1 41 3i 12f 12 49. 49 FO d —par 4i , 61 J. d ar 30 - 31 99 101 64 e 6 4G - 48 13 - 14 604 61.; 28A - 29 4 -• 2 2 - 1 37 - 39 • • II '''' .. ---. •.. ... --. .. 3 --44 '64 17 34 - 4i 23 - 5} - g• = 7A - S - lg 3t - 3 par-AP - p 2 - 331 -3 3 i 6 - 7 PI 2 - - s• ''.... • •• 14 2 A par -- ip 2 - 3i 2i - 3 171 -17 i 96 -• 98 95 - 97 100 - 102 92 94 2 d par 97 -- 100 - - 2 p A i d ••• 4 d par 20 20 6 20 20 50 20 25 61 - iii : 3.43 11 - 12] 8A -- 9i 21i 22ip 47 49 40 42 pro 211 22 ld -- par 21 lid 7i 8i ••• '''''' ••• ..., -pm Oats. Flour 290 1,140 35,430 V 1 10 In °R4D-LIGH HOP. \N, 'he l ; ° LetY care (' 't as dear as last i ‘ csq (rti e little is doing. ot tIITECHAPEL. 44 . to 2 4 t ° eat Was moderaterequest, as follows : '44lg ; mutton,3s tois 6d ; veal, I'44l 'i 33 Ott to 423 id ver 8110, Dy OOP "- 5 2720 sks. 3,540 brls. 10 22!, all all FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Flab tn. Jun!:. lieziers to Cr 6W:4IW: Bombay, Baroda, and Central I nd ia,Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Ey Ansion Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of Cana , l9A is Do. St. Lawrence It Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Fran , : Gt. Indian Penin , u4; Do. New 5 per cent. Groat Lnxembour7 Constituted Share Do. Obligations... ..., Gt. Westernof Canad Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Dn. do., '73, without option Ramilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Cone. & Basic Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & liediterran Niadras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. Now Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Noehorn of France. D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines gu 33 p. C. & red. at 224/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds. (fmy. B. dr Ams. Shs. ) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen "arisCaen & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 54 p. cent. Pref., southern of France ! St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Prof Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden 1 Zealand JOINT-STOO: Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 'British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bak. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto Now London and County London Joint Stock Lond. & WestminsteT National Provinei a of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Austrain.Bkg 90i 90 64L 13 121 iii i a 29 91 64 5 77 61 71 i 9 4 81 o f i- j 1001 100 69; 81 9 1 136 611 60i 22$ I lit 128 I 82 11 35 3n 49i 40 39i & Gold Imp Co._ ;out& Australia ftJuion of Australia... Do. New Union of Loudon Arnaud . Baroness . it it SUN OFFICE, ,F;ix o'Clock,. LIVERPOOL RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELFGRAPI7.) TYRO STAKES. SPRING CUP. Prince Plausible Lady Tatton Eight ran. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Wanderer Twenty ran. LATEST BETTING. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 3 to 1 cn the Field. 6 to 1 agst any other. 4 Business done this day. 90/ i 73 86 i 291 30 73i 3 i 12i 49t 50.} 7} I 2 2 i i 17i i 371 S 3i - ii - 1.8: ;IC BANKS, 81 - 83 i'd ----- i'd 2i-- 21 21 22 d ip A 7- 36 39 - 41 ••• ••• 38 40 64 - 66 7 - 9 ns 21a 51 i 3) 1 of an action at law, to enforce a judgment in any part of the United Kingdom. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second readi ng Against it Majority The bill was accordin g ly thrown out. TEA DUTIES DECLINE SUSPENSION BILL. This bill was passed through committee. MARINE MUTINY BILL. This bill was passed through committee. SIIPI S LY. The report of the Committee of Supply was brough up. On the question that it be agreed to, Mr. PALK took the opportunity of directing atten tion to the state of our cavalry force in the Crimea, which had been greatly reduced by disease and disasters, and he complained that they were about to be reinforced by a body of young men and raw recruits. It was to tally impossible to make a cavalry soldier in less than eighteen months, and he was afraid the reinforcements we were sending out would be unequal to the task they would be called upon to perform. The report was then agreed to. MUTINY BILL. This bill was considered as amended, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. EXCHEQUER BILLS. The Exchequer Bills (17,183,0001.) was read a third time and priced. SECRETARIES OF STATE. The Secretaries and Under Secretaries of State (House of Commons Bill) was passed through committee. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at five o'clock. ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM- MITTEE - (THIS DAY.) The inquiry was resumed to-day at twelve o'clock. The space in the room allotted to the public was again crowded throughout the proceedings. The first witness examined was General Bentinck, commander of a brigade of Guards. He stated that they left Southampton in Feb., 1f54, and remained at Malta till the middle of April, when they went to Scutari. They were under canvas during the whole time they were at Scutari, though they occasionally experienced some difficulty in provisions. Th ey ma d e t h e passage from Scutari to Varna in a steamer, and the transport was very well (conducted. They encamped at Varna under canvas, and they were well supplied with provi sions. The troops were not sick when they were at Varna, but they subsequently became so when they had moved up the country—aud he attributed this sickness to the bad climate at that season of the year. The original strength of their division was 2,500. They left Varna on the 29th Aug., and after that sickness stopped short. The camp was kept clean, and either himself or some other superior officer was always riding about to look after the removal of any nuisances. When they landed in the Crimea it was between Eupatoria and Old Fort. The weather was at first rather wet, but it was after wards fine. He supposed there was no means of land ing the horses, or they would have been sent up. They lauded on the 14th and marched on the 19th. They were then without tents, but they could not have brought them with them. Some of the men were without knapsacks. The reason for that Was, that when a soldier was fully equipped, the whole was con sidered too heavy for him, and the blanket in some cases was used as a knapsack, the latter being left be hind as more likely to be safe. As soon as the actions in which they were engaged were over, means were taken to remove the sick and wounded to the ships, which was done with stretchers, as they had no horses. The wounded were so removed within a f ew h ours after the battle. Six or seven medical men att en d e d hi s bri gade, but he ought to have had twelve, which at fi rs t he had. He did not consider this number sufficient under the circumstances in which the army was placed. The duty was performed as well as it could be ; but, in consequence of the vacancies occasioned by sickness, the work was very heavy upon those who had it to do. As to baggage, they always carried with theta what they wanted for the day. It was not his opinion that his brigade suffered very materially from the night exposure to dews. The men who left their knapsacks behind did not get them back again for many weeks. During that time the men had a change of clothing, which they carried in their blankets, but the officers had none. H e l eft after the battle of Inkerman, and they had no very bad weath er up t o that time. The troops had not then received any w i n t er clothing, were and o muchwie winter n t c h e e r r t e a . i n t Theyy existedw e as to wheth er they well suppli e d with provisions—the greatest difficulty which had to be contended against being the want of fuel. He did n ot know when the ambulance carts were first landed. As to their utility he thought they were too large and too heavy, and required too many horses to draw theM. The posture iu which the wounded were obliged to lie in them must be very painful, and had been complained of. He had observed the French ambulance system, but lie did not prefer itto our own. Most of the tents:sent to them were very good, but some of them, be had no doubt, bad been used in the Peninsular war. He was very well satisfied with his commissariat officers. He attributed the diseases of the encampment not to the salt meat supplied to the troops but to overwork and exposure to the climate. The officers had to carry their own tents, and rations for the day as well as accoutre ments with which the privates were not encumbered ; uhich was inconvenient for them, and in some cases occasioned excessive fatigue. When we left the sanitary ceneitte— uerore neuastopol was very satis factory, and he saw no dead bodies of horses or other nuisances lying about. He never heard of an especial arrangement for the supply of winter clothing before he left. He attributed the subsequent sufferings of the men to exposure to the wea ther, hard work, and want of proper clothing. He visited his hospitals constantly. The men had no mattresses to lie on. He thought hospital tents were, under certain circumstances, well adapted for their in tended purpose. The r ad from Bal,tklava was not in such a bad state when he left, but it would not have remained so in winter. It might have been hardened with stones, if they could have spared the labour nec ssary, but they could not. There were no depots in his division for provision, forage, or fuel. If communication had been cut off between 'the camp and Balaklava there were two days' provisions in the camp. At half-past one o'clock General Bentinck withdrew, with the assent of the committee,' in order to keep an engagement. Mr. Stephen Owen, the surviving officer of the Re solute, was next called. The Resolute was a sailing vessel, and arrived off Balaklava in tow of the Golden Fleece. They did not anchor there, for the nature of the anchorage was not at all good or secure. The coast there was iron-bound, and there was but little shoal water. Supposing a vessel arrived, Resolutecon s consider r was s safe Captain sprung up, she might " beat off." They remained in and a southerly wind the harbour until the 27th or 28th October, when they were ordered out of it by Capt. Christie. They then anchored in the mouth of the harbour in 35 fathoms water, f di t d he not m which ande rh of anchorage. ew T , h a e nd eern he remonstrated with Captain Christie several times re specting the order to move out of the harbour, and the danger which might arise of the vessel being blown on shore if a gale should come on. It rested he believed with Capt. Christie to order vessels out of the harbour. There had been a southerly wind previously to the gale, and it went on increasing, and warranted Captain Lewis in thinking that there was imminent danger to the vessel if she remained in her then position. There were 15 or 16 vessels out there, ten of which besides themselves were lost. He should think there were upwards of 500 men lost amongst them. As an officer, he thought the anchorage was very unsafe. Only 28 were saved ; and he thought that was quite a miracle, considering the nature of the coast. He thought that the vessels in the harbour ought to have authored with their bows " up" or "down" it, instead of broadside to it, as they did ; which would have been safer, as when the gale arose the rocks acted as a funnel, and blew directly upon than. The reason why the Resolute was ordered out of harbour was not to make room for any other vessel, be. cause no other vessel entered afterwards. Captain Wriotesley, of the Royal Engineers, said he was sent to Gallipoli to prepare for the reception of the English troops, when their expected removal was an nounced. He was at Constantinople when the troops arrived there. They were placed in barracks, were well housed and supplied with food. The system of contracts in a country like Turkey was very objectionable, as no penalties could be enforced. The French system was much superior. They took possession of any slaughter -houses they could find, and if there were none, they immedi ately constructed them. The army left England desti tute of all necessaries in the way of medicines, tools, and other useful articles. There was a large depot, he should imagine, at Varna, for stores of all kinds. He bad no orders to make any preparations at Malta. The corps to which he was attached had no direct orders from England, but were under the direction of the Admiral, and depended for information upon such casual gossip as they could pick up. The only preparation made at Scutari for the arrival of the troops was that the con tracts were signed. He was not aware of any contracts offered to us, and declined, having been accepted by the French. He was one of the first sent out, and arrived at Gallipoli ten days before the arrival of the troops, which he first heard of through the commissary who received orders to effect contracts. Besides our own men there were a corps of Mussulmen granted by the Turks for land transport purposes. The men who formed the ambulance corps were pen sioners. When the troops were at Varna it was sup posed that a campaign was intended, but the commissary itself confessed that they could only despatch one divi sion at a time. He understood that the Varna hospital contained ample medical stores. The expedition to the Crimea bad been determined upon before ho left Varna, and he understood that the supplies of all kinds were to be drawn from Varna and Constantinople. There was a line of Turkish steamers in the Bosphorus, but he did not think it was possible to keep up a con tinual supply of food, fuel, and forage to the army in the Crimea by that means, as the force was one of such mag nitude. Me had referred to th© Varna hospital. The only principal complaint with regard to it was that they could not get rid of vermin. The engineers' department required 70 horses for the conveyance of the tools ; but neither the engineers' nor the ambulance waggons were suited to the horses of the country, which were small. From hie experience as a soldier, he thought the body of Sappers and Miners attached to the general body of troops at Varna was decidedly insufficient. He should call the Commissary Department a military bra!iclo, and he supposed it required some professional initiation in those connected with it, to be at all properly conducted. The great difference between the French Commissary and ours was, that the former bought their meat alive and slaughtered it, and employed bakers to make their bread, instead of contracting We did. When at Varna THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1855, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(TIIIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. HORSMAN, the new Secretary for Ireland, ,00k the oaths and his seat on his re-election for Stroud. PETITIONS. Mr. PARKER presented a petition from Preston in favour of the Public Libraries and Museum Bill. Also a petition from the same place, praying for the repeal of the Beer Act of last session. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from the vestry clerk of Mile-end, praying that the day of humi liation may be fixed for Good Friday, instead of Wed nesday, the 21st inst. _ _ Colonel DUNNE presented a petition from an army hay contractor, complaining that his contract had been annulled in consequence of his having supplied Irish hay, and alleging that the troop horses had from this circumstance suffered greatly for want of forage. The petitioner prayed that his complaint might be referred to the committee now sitting upon the state of the army before Sebastopol. PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUM BILL. The house went into committee en this bill. On clause 1, Mr. BUCK said this b'll would lead to a great in crease of local taxation, and it would be very oppressive on small towns. He therefore moved that instead of being made applicable to places containing a population of 5,000 persons, the bill should be limited to places where the population amounted to 10,000 and upwards. Mr. MITCHELL suggested that the bid should be extended to places containing 4,000 inhabitants, so as to make it embrace rural districts. After some conversation, Mr. CARDWELL observed that the bill was merely a permissive one, and he hoped its operation would be made as extensive as possible. Sir S. BIGNOLD and Mr. BAINES bore testimony to the usefulness of the former measure, and declared that wherever these institutions were established they had been attended with great benefits. Mr. HENLEY also thought that these institutions were productive of unmixed good. At the same time just means ought to be taken to prevent parties from being taxed against their will. Mr. SPOONER gave it as his opinion that the bill would act oppressively in the case of small towns that were connected with extensive agricultural districts, be cause those who lived in the out localities would be taxed for a thing from which they could derive no benefit whatever. The library was to be established in the town, and they would he too far off to avail themselves of it. Sir E. PERRY said that objection could be remedied by simply making these institutions lending libraries. Mr. HENLEY suggested that the rating clause should be so framed as to draw a distinction between land and houses. Mr. EWART said he would consider the suggestion, and adopt it if possible. He had no objection to engraft the system of " Lending Libraries " in the bill. The amendment was then withdrawn. The elau , e was agreed to, as were clauses 2 to 16, in clusive. Clauses 17 and 18 were struck out. On clause 19, Mr. HADFILLD moved the omission of the words, " with the approval of her Majesty's Treasury." The carutoittee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment 25 Against it 64 Majority —39 Some discussion then arose as to whether the bill was applicable to Ireland, and ultimately it was determined that it would be as well that a separate bill should be brought in for Ireland. The clause was agreed to. On clause 22, Mr. E WART proposed to insert words providing that these libraries should include newspapers. Mr. Spooner, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Fitzgerald, and Mr. Whiteside objected to the proposal. The A.I7OIINEY-GENER AL supported it, believing that the attraction of a newspaper was the best antidote against the beer house. The objebt of these libraries was t 9 wean the working classes from intemperate habits, and the best way t..) do that was to give them the oppor tunity of obtaining political knowledge, which always had great charms for them. The committee then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment.. 64 Against it Majority The amendment was accordingly agreed to Sir E. PERRY moved the insertion of a proviso to the clause providing that all libraries to be established under this act should be lending libraries. Lord STANLEY thought it would be difficult to make those lending libraries which contained works of reference. Mr. EWART thought it would .be much better to leave this matter to the discretion of the managers of the libraries themselves. Atter a shurt conversation the committee divided, when there appeared, For the proviso Against it... 32 59 Majority —l7 The proviso was accordingly rejected, and the clause agreed t ). On clause 24, which provides that the libraries and museums should be open free. Mr. CHILD moved the insertion of words to limit the free (Teeing to certain times. Mr. E\VART said the bill wal based upon the princi ple that these institutions should be open to the public free of all charge, and he could not adopt the amend ment. The amendment was negatived without a division, and the clause agreed to. Mr. MUNDT moved the insertion of the following clause, viz. :—lf may persoa shall give to any borough, district, or parish having respectively such a population as aforesaid, any books, collections of mineralogy, na tural history, or works of science or art, sufficient in the opinion of the council, board, or vestry, as the case may be, for the establishment of a library or museum, then this act shall be considered to have been duly applied ' for, and shall take effect and come into operation in such borough, district, or parish without taking the proceedings hereinbefore made necessary for its adop tion, and such library or museum shall be considered to have been duly established u*der this act. Sir B. HALL objected to the introduction of the clause, because it would have the effect of taxing the ratepayers without their consent, the converse of which was the main feature of the bill. The clause was negatived. Mr. ENVART moved the insertion of the following clause, viz. :—No person shall be assessed or rated to any county, borough, parochial, or other local rates or cesses, in respect of any land, houses, or buildings, or parts thereof respectively, belonging to any library or museum established under this act, and occupied by it for the transaction of its business, and for carrying into effect its purposes. Mr. BAINES opposed the clause as being unsound in principle, and likely to be unjust in operation. The clause was withdrawn. The preamble was then agreed to, and the house hay ing resumed, the bill was ordered to be reprinted and zeconsidered on Wednesday next. JUDGMENTS EXECUTIONS, Ezo., BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. MACARTNEY moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL should not like to re ject the principle of the bill, though he thought its details were open to amendment, and, therefore, if the bill was read a second time it ought to be referred to a select committee. Mr. NAPIER objected to a select committee, because it would be nothing less than shelving the bill. Be sides, the bill was referred to a select committee last year; and found to be impracticable. He bad no alter native then but to say no to the second reading rather than allow the measure to be continually hanging over them. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the bill proposed to consolidate the law of judgments both in England and Ireland—a very laudable object no doubt ; but as the bill had been once found to be impracticable by a select committee, he did not see the advantage of refer ring it to such a tribunal again. After a few words from Mr. WHITESIDE, Mr. F. FRENCH, and Col. DUNNE, who oppo,ed the bill, Mr. DUNLOP thought it only right that judgments obtained in one part of the United Kingdom should ex tend to the whole, and he hoped all parties would unite for the purpose of framing a bill to meet the case. Mr. BAILLIE observed that the law of Scotland and England was so very dissimilar that he did not see how a bill could be framed to suit both. Mr. I. BUTT declared the details of the bill were grossly defective, but the question was far too important to be left in the hands of a private member. If legisla tion was needed, it should be brought in by the Govern ment. Mr. CRAUFORD, who had charge of the bill, said its supple object was to substitnte a registritin instead nothing was wanting but means of transport to faci litate a considerable movement into the interior. The siege train was never landed at Varna, though it arrived there about July. It was unprovided with horses to draw it, and consisted of guns of large calibre. At the conclusion of this evidence the committee adjourned (it being twenty minutes to four o'clock) until to-morrow, when Dr.Vaux, of the Harbinger, will be examined. TEE ROMANOFF FAMILY. The Presse contains the following interesting bio graphy of the Romanoff family : "Russia reckons three historical dynasties—the first commencing with Rurik, a prince of Scandinavian origin ; the second, that of the Grand Princess of Wolodomir, com mencing in 1157 with Andrew Yourowitch, who was assas sinated in his palace ; the third, that of the House of Ro manoff, commencing in 1613 with Michael, and numbering among its descendants Peter the Great, founder of the ex isting greatness of the Russian monarchy. "Peter the Great ascended the throne in 1652, having for his first wife a Princess of Wolfenbuttel. He organised against Europe that great destructive machine known as the Russian Empire, and reformed his country with a hatchet in his hand instead of a sceptre. His son Alexis, terrified at the cruelties of his father, fled. first to Austria, and then to Naples. Peter prevailed on him to return, when Alexis was tried, and condemned to death. The sen tence was commuted to perpetual imprisonment, but the unfortunate prince died on the morrow of poison. His mother, who was soon after committed to a convent, also died suddenly. Peter then espoused Catherine Skovronsky. Later in life he became suspicious and cruel, and grew tired of the ascendancy of his favourite Menechikoff. In 1725 he died suddenly in his palace. _ " Catherine I. succeeded him. At her death, after a reign of two years, Menschikoff elevated to the throne Peter 11., the son of the unfortunate Alexis. The Emperor, who was governed by the Dolgorouki family, ordered Men schikoff and his family into Siberia. During this reign the old boyards recovered their power, and the German and other adventurers patronised by Peter the Great and Ca therine were in disfavour. Peter 11. died suddenly is 1730. " The old Russian party, by a sudden reaction seized the Government, and proclaimed as Empress Anne, Duchess of Courland, niece of Peter the Great, and daughter of Ivan, who was put to death by order of the former Sove reign. The Dolgorouki family, who had bestowed the Crown on Anne, were sent to Siberia ; and Biron, a Cour land favourite of the Empress, governed Russia. He is said to have transported 25,000 men into Siberia without trial. Anne died exhausted in 1740.. " Biron placed on the throne the young Ivan, the child of the Duke of Brunswick Luneburg, and a niece of Peter the Great. General Munich, the favourite of those now in power, sent Biron into Siberia. Lestock, a French barber, conspired with Elizabeth, a daughter of Peter the Great. They entered the chamber of the Duke of Bruns wick, took the young Czar from his cot, and sent him to the fortress of Schlusselberg. His parents, who were thrown into the Castle of Kolmogora, lingered through twenty years of suffering. " Elizabeth, now Empress, sent for the son of her sister, the Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, who was married to a Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst. Elizabeth died of some un discovered malady in 1762, and the Duke Holstein-Gottorp ascended the throne under the title of Peter 111. Cathe rine of Anhalt-Zerbst, his wife, had been assassinated the same year in the Peterhoff Palace. A few days afterwards Ivan suffered the same fate in his prison of Schlusselberg; and thus ends the legitimate line of the Romanoffs. The succeeding Czars have no drop of Muscovite blood in their veins. " Catherine and her favourite Potemkin now governed Russia. She lavished an unnatural hatred on her son Paul, who betrayed a Finnish origin by his Calmuck face and red hair. Catherine died of apoplexy in 1796. " Paul I. ascended the throne, and took to wife a Princess of Wurtemberg. Of a fantastic temper, dangerous to all about him, notwithstanding all his vigilance and precau tions, Paul I. was strangled in his own scarf on the night of the 23d-24th of March, 1801. " Alexander succeeded him. His favourite, the cruel Arakbchuff, governed in his name. Towards the end of his life, this Prince was infected with religious mysticism, and the Russian orthosioxy suspected him of a leaning towards Catholicism. He died at Taganrog, on the Ist of December, 1825, under circumstances of much mystery. " There were still alive three sons of the Emperor Paul. Constantine abdicated in favour of his brother, receiving in exchange the viceroyalty of Poland. This prince died in 1831, after an interview with Count Alexis Orloff; and his wife soon followed him to the tomb. "Nicholas ascended the throne in 1825, and inaugurated his reign by drowning in blood the revolt of the 13th of December. After a reign of 30 years he died suddenly at St. Petersburg, on the 2d of March, 1855, from a disease of the lungs, according to the Moniteur—from a stroke of apoplexy, according to the Debate. Michael, Paul's fourth son, died suddenly at Warsaw, in 1848, during the war in Hungary. This prince was opposed to Russian inter ♦ention in Hungary, and persisted in a claim to the vice royalty of Poland for himself. "The Emperor Nicholas leaves behind him the following numerous family :—His wife, the Empress Alexandra Fedorowna, formerly Frederica Louisa Charlotte Wilhel mina, daughter of the late Frederic-William 111., King of Prussia, and born on the 13th of July, 1793. The issue of this marriage are : "1. Alexander Nicolaiewitch Ce3arewitch, and here ditary Grand Duke, born on the 29th of April, 1818 ; married on the 28th of April, 1841, Maria Alexandrovna, formerly Maximilionne Wilbelmina Augusta Sophia Maria, daughter of the late Louis 11., Grand Duke of Hesse, 'Jorn on the Bth of May, 18?.4. Issue of this mar riage—Nicholas Alexandrovitch, born on the 20th of Sep tember, 1843 ; Vladimir Alexandrovitch, born on the 2 . 2 d of April, 1817 ; Alexis Alexandrovitch, born on the 14th of January. "2. Maria Nicolaievna, born on the Bth of August, 1819; married on the 14th of July, 1839, to Maximilian, Dukn of L6ll teh an h,n-g -Ps-la:per .4" 442 ioa , ainero4ll4.7 widow on the Ist of November, 1852. "3. Olga Nicolaievna, born on the 11th of September, 1822 ; married to Charles, Prince Royal of Wurtemburg, on the 13th of July, 1846. "4. Constantine Nicolaiewitch, Grand Duko, born on the 21st of September, 1827; married on the 11th of Sep tember, 184 S, to Alexandra-Josefovna, formerly Alex andra, daughter of Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, born on the 20th of July, 1830. Issue—a Prince and Princess. " 5. Nicholas Nicolaiewitch, Grand Duke, born on the Bth of August, 1831. "6. Michael Nicolaiewitch, Grand Duke, born on the 25th of October, 1832. "The Emperor leaves, besides, two sisters—Maria Pau lovna, Dowager Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar; Anne Paulovna, widow of William 11., King of Holland. " And a sister-in-law—Helen Paulovna, widow of the Grand Duke Michael, and daughter of the late Prince Paul of Wurtem berg. This lady's daughter, the Grand Duchess Catherine Michaelovna, is married to the Duke George of Mecklenb urg-Strelitz." WAR OPERATIONS AT LIFE.RPOOL. The screw-steamer Great Britain is to sail hence this morning, for Queenstown. She will take a small de tachment of about 120 artillerymen from here, and fill up her complement of 1,521 at Queenstown. They will be drafts for various regiments in the Crimea. The screw steamer Etna will sail to-morrow with 4 officers, 174 men, and 191 horses fcr the Royal Artillery, other the The officers, screw-steamer 154 men, and 113il1sai l horses Indian same corps. Amongst the latter are 17 remount horses, and three horses belonging to Major-General Simpson w o n the with , 5 and Col. Perceval. The paddle - steamer Cambria will go out again to the Crimea with cavalry. The clipper-ship Swordfish, the last of the hay ships chartered here by Government, sailed for the Black Sea on Friday last. No more hay ships are to be chartered here by Govern. ment. Instead of that, Mr. Freelad, of Manchester, the contractor for the hay, has undertaken to deliver it at Malta or the Crimea according to orders, a plan that will, no doubt, expedite in that depart ment of the commissariat. Since the 2d Reyal Lancashire Militia Rifles left Liverpool, six weeks ago, 105 men have volunteered to the line. The enrolling to fill up the vacancies in this fine corps goes on every Tuesday and Friday, at the Sessions-house, be tween 12 and 2. Some fine 32-pounders are expected here to-day from Woolwich, to be put on board theindian. They are the largest class of field artillery yet intro duced into the British service, and each gun will be drawn by twelve horses. The Russians first taught us that it was practicable to manoeuvre such monster guns with facility at the terrible battle of Inkerman, where the two 18-pounder siege gins brought up by Lieut.- Colonel Dickson succeeded in silencing a heavy battery of Russian 32-pounders.—Liverpool Standard of Tues day. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 7.—Wind and weather this day a$ noon, N. to N.E.; moderate breeze, and fine weather. OFF BRlGHTON.—Victoria, from New York. PORTSMOUTH, March6.—Arrived—Deva (transport, No. 96), from the Crimea and Plymouth. Sailed—Christiania, for New York. OFF PORTLAND.—Tory, from Callao. CUXHAVEN, March 3.—Wind, S.W. The light vessels are at their stations. LEITH, March 6.—Arrived—lndus, from Callao; Ur sula, do. BELFAST, March s. —Wind, W. Arrived—Francis, from New Orleans. CORK, March s.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Gipsey, from Demerara; Frederica, Mazagan. SCILLY, March s.—Wind, N.N.W Arrived— Lord Elgin, from Liverpool, for the Coast of Africa, with loss of maintopmast, &c.—The Rosherville (brig), of and from London, for Jamaica, took fire in St. Mary's Roads, 3d inst., and was almost totally consumed ; crew saved. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning, Wind, S.E. (Mi.—Charles Sprague, from New Orleans. Sailed.—Spermaceti, for Trieste ; Black Cat, St. Mi. diners ; Madrileno, Ilavannah ; Belle, Africa. QUEENSTOWN, March 5. Wind, N.W. Arrived.—Globe, from New Yolk. Sailed.—Lyra, for Amsterdam ; Suom, Balaklava. WATEEFORD, March 5. Wind, W.S.W. Arrirod.—Exbibition, from Callao. (BY BUBMARINH AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.36 a.m. Wind, w.S•W• ; tide, nearly low water ; foggy. Arrived, March 6.—Gem, from the Cape of Good Hope. Sailed. —Velocity, for Adelaide ; Acis, Scutari. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.25 a.m. Wind, calm ; thick feg. Anchored.—Matilda, from London, fer St. Übes ; Robert, London, for Trinidad ; Martha, London, for Falmouth. THE FIRE BRIGADE FOR THE Edina, (u.s.), chattered by Government, is loading in the river off llorselydown, for the Crimea. She will take out the body of firemen selected from the London Fire Bri gade force, and engines, for the protecti on o f tin 40a pitalii SC'utar4 ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. STROUD. The election of a member for the borough of Stroud, rendered necessary by the appointment of Mr. Herman to the Irish Secretaryship, took place to-day at the Pub lic Subscription Rooms in this town. At eleven o'clock, G. Edwards, Esq., the returning officer for the borough, opened the proceedings with the customary formalities; and there was a large muster of electors and non-electors from Stroud and the outlying boroughs. . Mr. Stanton put in nomination Mr. Horsman, which was seconded by Mr. Marling. Mr. Clutterbuck then rose to propose Mr. Merrywea ther Turner as a fit and proper person to represent the borough ; but it was not seconded. It was, however, stated that Mr. Turner did not intend to opppse Mr. Horsman, but merely wished to have an opportunity to address the electors. No other candidate being nominated, the returning officer declared Mr. Horsman duly elected. Mr. Horsman then spoke for more than an hour. It was because in England Lord Palmerston was generally looked upon as the most proper man to be at the head of affairs, and because he believed that the Govenment he had formed was the most liberal Government that at this moment could be formed, that he had given to it his support. With regard to the war, he was one of those who shrunk from the horrors, the crimes, and the calamities which invariably attended war, and he gave great credit to Lord Abet deenfor his endeavours to keep peace by negotiation, but war having become inevitable, he was for its v gorous and energetic prosecution. He had rejoiced at the prolonged negotiations for peace, because he had never underrated the power cf Russia. He read an extract from a work published last autumn by Sir J. M'Neil now sent to the Crimea, which showed that in the last 64 years Russia had possessed herself of a larger amount of territory than she possessed in 1790. He (Mr. Horsman) felt that the question involved in the present war was not a Turkish, but a European ques tion—(hear, hear)—and that it was the duty of England in the first place, if possible, to avert war, and if this were not practicable, then to carry it on vigorously and effectively. (Applause.) He dilated on the blundering management of the war at some length, and of the glo rious deeds achieved by our army in spite of this blundering. Ho then proceeded to contend that for the money expended on our military establishment s , we ought to have an effective army. How was it, he asked, that voting as large supplies as any nation in the world to keep up its army establishment, we were se much be hind every other nation? (A. voice—" It is owing to the cold shade of the aristocracy.") There was a great deal of truth in that remark, and he (Mr. Horsman) hoped that " cold shade" would ere long be withdrawn. That was really the truth, and so it would come out in the inquiry which was about taking place. It would be found that we had voted as large sums as any ether na tion, and that we had as brave men for soldiers as any other nation, for at the battle of Inkerman 500 of the Coldstream Guards kept 10,000 Russians at bay for several hours, and the number which they left dead on the field was greater than the French and English troops together engaged in that battle. It 'c-as our system which was in fault. He had the curiosity the other day to make inquiries as to the ages of the French and Eng lish generals in the army of the Crimea, and he found these facts, from which he would leave them to draw their own inferences. The average age of the French generals was over 45 years, while the average age of the English generals was over 65 years. (A. laugh.) The fact was, that French generals under a system of rapid promotion, merit being the only qualification, rose to the head of their profession in the prime of life ; but our generals, under our system, did not attain their rank until they had arrived at an age at which they were inca pacited from attending on committees in the House of Commons. Thus mem, considered exempt by age from sitting in a warm, well-carpeted room, were not disquali fied fronOseing sent on an arduous campaign, through the depth of winter. In the commissariat department had arisen one of the great causes of dissatisfaction in the ma nagement of the war, and this was not to be wondered at when they came to know that the present head of the com missariat department was in the commissariat during the Peninsular war, and had been in that service 50 years. Was it any wonder, then, that he should not be quite up to his duty ? (Hear.) If they went on with the inquiry they would find the whole of the system the same. They were the slaves of routine. (Hear, hear.) They were under bondage to red tape. (Cheers.) They wanted a younger, a fresher, and a better system, by which merit, and merit alone, should become the first qualification for public employment. (Cheers.) He then alluded to the death of tie Czar, and expressed a hope that the event boded some good for the future peace of the world. As to the late Emperor's preparations for war, he stated that he had it from one of the greatest capitalists of Europe that the Czar had for the last three or four years before the war been raising immense sums of money for the avowed purpose of constructing railways, but, there could be no doubt, for the real purpose of prosecuting this war. In conclusion, he thanked the meeting for the patient hearing which had been accorded to him. Mr. M. TURNED. then addressed the meeting, and ex pressed his approval of the choice of Mr. Horsman by the electors of Stroud, but ho expected another vacancy !shortly, when he should offer himself for their suffrages. A vote of thanks to the returning officer closed the proceedings. RADNORSHIRE BOROUGHS. On Arennaylast the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis, Bart., was re-elected with out opposition for the Radnorshire bor night. In ad dressing the electors, the right bon. baronet said : When you did me the honour, less than four weeks ago, to return me as your representltive in Parliament, I had little idea that I should be so soon called upon again to address you. It was my sincere wish at that time to serve you as a private and independent member of Par liaintn+. I had dring two years ceased to have a seat in the House of Commons. My political habits hal been interrupted, and it was my desire to remain for some time rather as a spectator of the proceedings of Par liament than taking an active part in them—rather an observer than an actor. Those were the sincere feelings with which I left the country to take my seat in the Howe of Commons. In consequence, however, of the sudden determination of some of the most important i members of Lord Palmerston's Government, owing to the proceedings connected with the committee appointed to inquire into the war—in consequence of the secession of those distinguished members Lord Palmerston's Go vernment was materially diminished in strength, and the necessity arose of its undergoing an almost entire reconstruction. At that moment the offer was made me, quite unexpectedly, to undertake the important office of Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Applause.) That offer, as I have already stated to you, was on my part wholly unexpected. I yet felt that, however great the diffi culties might be which would oppose the due discharge of the duties incumbent upon the holder of that office— notwithstanding the critical state of public affairs— not withstanding the advanced period of the session, and the necessity under which the Chancellor of the Ex chequer would be placed within no long time of pro ducing a budget and laying before the house and the country a plan for the fiances of the ensuing year, I felt that, in the position in which I wa.s placed, I should be guilty of pusillanimity if I declined the offer that was made to me. (Applause.) The offer was an honourable one. It was the offer of a high and important office under the Crown. The confidence that was reposed in me by her Majesty and by Lord Palmerston, the head of the present Administration, raised in my mind a sense of obligation not to shrink from the burden unless I felt that I was absolutely inadequate to the support of it. Under these circumstances, I intimated to Lord Palmer ston my readiness, if he thought I was equal to the dis charge of the duties of the office, to undertake them. The acceptance of the office vacated my scat, and it was necessary that I should again Ares: at myself as a candi date for your suffrages. I rejoice to find, on returning again amongst you, that the resolution to which I then came has met your approbation, and I need not say that the approbation and support of those who have already returned me to Parliament, and who have the best means of judging of my public conduct and qualifications, will be one of the greatest encouragements and greatest sup ports I can find in th 3 due and proper discharge of my arduous duties. (Applause.) Since I last had the plea sure of addressing you in this hall, an event has occurred which has arrested the attention of every roan in the kingdom, and which bids fair to make a sudden, perhaps an entire alteration in the course of affairs in Europe. I allude to the death of the Emperor Nicholas. Of that event there can be no doubt, from the authentic intelli gence which has been received. It is an event calculated to fill not only all England, but also all Europe with awe. In the midst of his military career, the mighty Pharaoh of the north, whose heart was hardened against therest of Europe, has been arrested in his progress the impartial hand of death. Like Alexander midst of his great of Babylon, whichmust make us he has been suddenly stopped in military career. It is an eventall reflect, which will fix the attention of every politician and of every general throughout Europe. (Applause.) The reflection which must most naturally arise is every one's mind is that the Emperor Nicholas was the exclu sive cause of the war which is now raging in the East. It was his ambition that caused that war. By his grasp ing policy, by his attempt to seize the Turkish empire, he provoked the interference of France and England. We know that it has for years been the hereditary policy of the Court of Russia to extend the frontier of their empire to the south, and to make Constantinople one of the capitals of the Russian empire. We know that at the conference of Tilsit a plan was agreed upon be tween the Emperor Napoleon and the Emperor Alex ander for the dismemberment of the Turkish empire. That policy has become hereditary in the Court of Rus sia; and the main cause—the sole cause—of the war which is now raging in the Crimea was the determina tion of the Western Powers to prevent the annexation of Turkey to Russia—to prevent Constantinople from becoming a Russian port. That policy has been ar rested for a time ; but, nevertheless, it was cherished by the late Emperor, who now lies low in St. Petersburg, and we have every reason to believe that as long as he lived that policy would never have been abandoned. The constant tendency of this aggressive policy towards the south reminds me of the peculiarity of the Black Sea, which it has been the policy of the Russian Emperors to convert into a Russian lake, whose waters tend con stantly towards Constantinople— " Whose icy current and impetuous course Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on se. , To the Propentic and the Hellespont." (Applau We have now to ask ourselves what w the death of the Emperor Nicholas , u e p k o i n l n i e b whow e the effect of the hereditary import. policy of the Russian Emperors. We ant an event is the death of a Sovereign is a despotic country. The death of a despoti c S overei g n isnot r ike tt at of a constitutional king. In a c onstitutional and free coun fthe wad t o try, the TOiCO 0. public influence of Parliament, and even, to a considerable ex. tent, the influence and authority of Ministers, carry on the course of public policy beyond the death of the So. vereign. They prevent a sudden break in the conduct of:public affairs, and produce a continuity in the system of government. Nothing of this kind exists in thejseuai. Oriental empire of Russia. We know from experience how much depends upon the character, upon the opi. nions, and upon the conduct of the reigning Sovereign.. A remarkable instance of that fact I will take the liberty of mentioning to you. Near the end of the long ministry of Pitt, in the year 1801, we had been for some time at peace with Russia ; we were on friendly terms with Paul, who was then Emperor. Some disputes about neutral trade involved us in difficulties with the Northern" Powers. The Emperor Paul organised, with other na tions of the North, what was then called the armed. neu trality. He entered into amicable negotiations with Napoleon, with whom we were then at war. He laid an embargo on English merchant vessels in his harbours, and declared himself hostile to England. The result was that Mr. Pitt lost no time ix declaring war against the members of the armed neutrality. He sent Nelsen to bombard Copenhagen. The bombardment was hardly over, and the place taken, and he was about to proceed to attack Russia, when the Emperor Paul was murdered one night in his palace. That event was as sudden a s the death of the Emperor Nicholas. I frill read to yo u what Sir Archibald Alison says in his " History of Eta. rope " on this subject :—"But while everything thus announced the commencement of a desperate and bloody war between England and the Northern Powers, an event took place within the palace of St. Petersburg which at once dissolved the Northern confederacy, defeated the sanguine hopes of Napoleon, and changed the face of the world. This was the death of the Emperor Paul, which took place on the night of the 2:3d March, 1801, and led immediately to the accession o f hi s son Alexander, and a total change of policy on the part cf the Cabinet of St. Petersburg." Alison then proceeds to d escr ib e the moo.. sures of the young Emperor. The eldest son of the late Emperor has succeeded peaceably to the throng, and it is believed that his views are pacific. Far be it from me to attempt to penetrate into the interior of the Russian palace. I know not what policy the new Ern, peror of Russia may adopt ; but I may venture to hope, that the fact to-which I have called your attention may form a prognostic of what we have now to expect from the new Emperor. If, however,' it should please that mighty potentate to continue in the course of aggression upon which his father had entered, and if our reasonable hopes of a more pacific policy should be disappointed, then let him know that in England he will find a coun try prepared to maintain its own rights and the rights of other nations—a country which, although its array has been placed in a perilous position, and has had to undergo the rigours of a Russian winter, has its resources un impaired, has its revenue flourishing, • has its trade sub stantially undiminished, has its spirit unbroken, and will be prepared, in case of necessity, to vindicate its own honour, and to maintain the rights and liberties of Europe, (Applause.) STIRLING. The election of a member to serve in Parliament in the room of the late Mr. Forbes, of Callender, took place at Stirling, on Monday. JOHN MuRRAY, Esq , of Polmaise, proposed Peter Blackburn, Eq., of Killearn, as a fit and proper person, to represent the county in Parliament. The nomination was seconded in a few sentences by J. G. ADAM, Esq., of Denovan. No other nomination having been made, the Sheriff declared Mr. Blackburn, of Killearn, duly elected as member for Stirlingshire. Mr. Blackburn returned thanks to the electors for the honour they bad done him in electing him their repre sentative, more especially as he had not been able to make a personal canvas, but bad been proposed by his friends in his absence on a long voyage. MONTROSE. The nomination took place on Monday, the candidates being Mr. John Ogilvy, as a follower of Mr. Hume, and Mr. Baxter, as a commercial man and dissenter, but not a rash opponent of ehurch and State connection ; ha would carry on the war vigorously. The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Batter. THE SUPPRESSED PAMPHLET. ( Front the Examiner.) A pamphlet with the title Dc its Conduits de la Guerre ci' Orient, Memoireadresse au Gourernement del'Empereur Napoleon M., par un °Pier General, has been printed at Paris, and suppressed by order of the French Govern ment. It is rumoured that it has been written upon information furnished by Prince Napoleon. It professes to give the history of the causes of the war, and, above all, of the expedition to the Crimea. Having obtained possession of a copy of this pamphlet, we subjoin an ab stract of its leading statements. The idea of the expedition is affirmed to have originated at the beginning of July with the French Emperor, who drew out the plan with his own hand, and submitted it to the Governments of London andVienna,both of which gave it their warmest approval. On its arrival at the allied camps Marshal St. Arnaud adopted it with enthusiasm. He propounded it to a council tf war, held at Varna on the 10th of August, and gave it as his opinion that, after defeating the Russians in a pitched battle, the allies could march straight on Sebastopol and take it by a cap de main. " All eyes were directed to Lord Rag lan, whose countenance had far some minutes worn an expression of incredulity. He objected that we were without inf , rination as to the Russian force and the state of the place on the land side. The roads, rivers, and natural obstacles were equally unknown. He ob jected above all that we were deficient in cavalry, and that the Russian horse were both numerous and excel lent. The game was not equal." Admiral Hamelin enforced the views thus put forth by the English Commander-in-Chief, and added fresh objections, such as the variableness of the climate at that period of the year, and the difficulty of keeping up communication by sea during the stormy season. Hereupon, after an expression of opinion from General Canrobert that Sebastopol would infallibly fall into our hands after the rout of the Russian army, Lord Raglan inquired, " What if the place resists and is well forti fied l" Marshal St. Arnaud answered that they must then have recourse to a siege ; and that when the forti fications on the north were taken we should necessarily I be master of the town. If the fortifications on the north, he continued, were too strong for them, it would be easy to go to the south and commence a regular siege with the assistance of the fleets, which would have a good anchorage at Balaklava. In the course of the discussion he freely quoted the authority of the French Emperor in support of his arguments ; and the final result was that Lord Raglan, in spite of the objections he had of fered, joined St. Arnaud, Canrobert, and Bosquet in voting for the expedition, while Admiral Hamelin, Ad miral Dundas, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Na poleon voted against it. The pamphlet, which is very nnfavourable to Marshal St. Arnaud, then proceeds to state thit he was so ill on the morning of the 20th that the attack was arranged in his presence by General Martimprey, the chief of the staff, and that the sick man could only give his assent by a sign. The battle was fought ; and when the Allies continued their march after the victory, and arrived at the Belbek, they found the mouth and left bank of the river defended by batteries. Upon this Lord Raglan and General Martimprey thought it dangerous to attempt to carry them, and at a council of war it was determined to march to the south. Marshal St. Arnaud continued at this period to speak of the assault as a thing that could be easily executed after a bombardment of from 12 to 24 hours, but he was too far gone to take any real part in the measures adopted, and on the 26th he re signed his command. " He summoned the generals of divisions and of bri gade, and endeavoured to make them a last address, but his feebleness did not permit him to proceed. He made a final effort, and said that he thought he should not be departing arm the wishes of the Emperor in assigning the command to the general who appeared to bare been designated by the unanimous voice of the army. I have selected Canrobert,' he said, to replace me pend ing the confirmation of the appointment by his Majesty.' The Marshal made a sign with his banal to General Mar thruprey, who advanced to General Canrobert and pre sented him t'ie paper which cmtained his provisional commission. Instead of taking the paper, General Canrobe-t drew from his pocket a letter bearing the arms of the Emperor. Marshal St. Arnaud opened his eyes, but expressed no surprise. His head fell back on his pillow, and he uttered faintly these words, It is well.'" The pamphleteer does not scruple to give his opinion upon the different courses which were open to the Al lies :—" Could we," he asks, " have taken Sebastopol by a coup de main on the north after the battle of Alma I Perhaps, at all events, it should have been tried. Once arrived on the south, could we reduce the place by a bombardment, make a breach, and carry it by assault 1 That is more doubtful. Tho position was changed to our disadvantage, and if we had carried the place we could not have held it. The fore Sieverna on the north, which commands the town, the harbour, and the port, was armed with more than 300 heavy cannon, and de fended by a garrison of 3,000 men. As long as that fort is occupied by the enemy, the place, when taken, is not tenable. The so mm anders-in-chief never appeared conscious of the existence of this obstacle. Neither in the journals of the siege, their reports, or their convent cations, is there any trace to be found of considera tions which were the anxiety of everybody. Doubtless their tho ugh r t es themselves thought th emselves obliged to promise miracles to pectivseelyGesoov b er li n g m ed en t t o s, as their Goverastrenta promise miracle' to public to con cea l the irreparable fault of the expedition." a The pamphlet continues the narrative down to the lay after the battle of Inkerinan, when the Fr ench w o e f re t in clined to take advantage of the demoralisation forces, and es upon General Canrobert that the Russians to attempt the assault, but Allied Lord aglan urged cially those of the English,. terprise. There were only, he said, two courses —to were ba r k. insufficient As d th f e e r w t r h i t e e r Pen or . continue the siege, or tor e-e w m ho had all along • instigator of the pamphlet, the been in favour of a campaign on. Danube, would evidently have preferred a retreat, in which he could see no die grace to the Allied armies. General Canrobert, as well as the English thought otherwise. AFTERNOON VOCAL CONCERTS.—A.-1; announced series of four concerts, projected by Arr. Mitchell, of Bond street, bearing the above title, and to consist wholly of vocal concerted music, by Sir Henry Bishop, was in . augurated yesterday at the Hanover-square Rooms. The vocalists on this occasion were Masters Sullivan, Cooke, Malsch, Norman, and Messrs. Francis. Benson, Lawler, Land, and H. Buckland. .'he se lection, though want ing in vari e t y, i nc l uded some o f Si r Henry's best wo r k s , and the performance, generally . excellent, appeared to give great pleasure to the audience, who received it throughout with warm demonstrations of approval, and unanimously redemanded two of the piec es . Th e L mud concert A gad fox SiqurciNt vat 4, IPaid.l 100 100 100 100 100 100 17 all all all 141 s.