The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-15 00:00:00

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the Commissioners of the Metropolis Turnpike Roads north of the Thames, will be held at the Commissioners' Office, No. 22, Whitehall-place, on THURS DAY, the 29th instant, at One o'clock in the afternoon precisely. By order of the CJ . L mmissioners. . PANTER, Chief Clerk. Metropolis Roads Office, 7th March, 1855. DRUB Y-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. B. T. Smith.— Reduced Prices as usual. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an adaptation, written expressly for this Theatre by Mr. Itivisotusorg, of Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, VETOILE DU NORD. Characters by Messrs. Henri Drayton, Williams, Bawler, Leffler. D. Beal. Miranda , and Blake • Mrs Bend Drayton, Miss Johnsen, Miss E. Arden, and Mdlle. Jenny 7dattr. To conclude with - S0 SONG, NO SUPER. THICATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. 'Cinder the management of Mr. Backstone. THIS EVENING, Will be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr Rucketone and Miss E. Chaplin. After which a new Ballot, entitled THE BULL-TIGHTER. To be followed by THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. To which will be added the new Ballet by the Spanish Dancers, called THE GALICIAN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cuoaus KERN. THIS EVENING, Will be performed LIVING TOO FAST. To be fo'lowed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principol character by Mr. C. Kean. To cenelade with (4th time) a new Farce, entitled A GAME OF ROMPS Principal characters by Messrss Harley, and Chester Mrs. Wthsteinley, Misses Beath, Murray, C. Leclercq, Daly, and Tern an. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Tinder the Management of Madame Vestry. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TARE THAT GIRL AWAY. To be followed by A COZY COUPLE. To conclude with the new Comic Drama, called TOO MUCH OF A GOOD TILING. Principal characters by Mr. Boxloy and lira. F. Mathews. Box-office epea from 10 until 6. 8610 agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Aileron, 15, Now-Bead -street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPILL ProPrieto!, Mr. B. Webster.—lXrectrees. Madame Celeste. THIS EVICIsrUgo. Will Le performed a IleW and original Drama, pracekled by a Pro bane, and called JANET PRIDE. After which, I'LL TELL YOUR WIFE, To be followed by THE UNKNOWN AND Tra BATADE RE. Characters by Messrs. P. ItedirTcLiuid G. Lee; Misses Woolgar and Keeley, and bidlles. Maraquita and Benonl. ROYAL OLYMPIe Tinian& Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan. --- THIS EVENING. Will be presented the new Cornedtette, called TIT FOR TAT, in Which Mesas. F. Robson. A. Wigan, and Miss Maskell will appear. Followed by ♦ LUCKY FRIDAY. - - - After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza. entitled THE YELLOW DWARF AND TILE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. Characters by Mr. F. Robson, Mina Julia St. George, Mias E. Ormond°. Miss Mutt) R , Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitaallan. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Uader the direction of bliss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING Will be performed OUR :TELLY. Principal character, by 111.93 Rebecca Isaacs. After which, MIDAS. Midas, Mr. Ba'ford. Followed by THE MARRIED BACHELOR. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lease and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Last time bat one. The BATTLES of BALAELAVA, MINN, and the ALMA ! To conclude with the SCENES In the CIRCLE, and the wonderful performance of Herr Endersohn, named Fil-de-Fer, with I'Entrdo (is Clown Ile Francalse. MONDAY next, the Complimentary Benefit of Mr. WILLIAM COOKE. Timour the Tartar, novel scenes in the Arena, and Herr ‘..;ndersobit's performance. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ♦cting Manger. Mr. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian. Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. GREAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE, SUOREDITCII. Proprietor, Mr. John Douglass. Miss GLYN, the popular Actress, OA Cleopatra. Every evening, Shekspeare's ANTONY and CLEOPATRA. An Wily by Mr. Henry Marston; Cleopatra, Miss Glyn. The play wii be produced with new and splendid scenery, dresses, and appoint. merits. • • To concl'ide with The SCAPEGRACE of PARIS, by Mrs. R. llonnor. On Wednesday, OTHELLO ; Othello, Mr. Henry Marston ; to con clude with the MISTRESS of the MILL. Boom open at six, commence at half-past six. Boxes, 2s. 6d.; 20., Is. Gd., HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tail DAY —Morning 34 min.after 11 Evening 0 inin.aft. 0 To.Alot.now--Mornily 12 inin.after 12 Evening 43 maw. eh 12 THE WIA.TTLXIC-Bua Qviruni, March. 15. THERMOMETER, IE THE SHADE. 47—highest since noon yesterday. 31—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 89—5ti11 rising. WIND, S.S.W.—Moderate, with fair weather. , z Xl/11 LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1855. We would emphatically warn the public against indulging in too sanguine expectations of a speedy return of peace, or lending easy credence to the various rumours that are industriously circulated on the point. Although it is certain that ALEX ANDER, before his accession to the Imperial throne, condemned the War and was anxious for the adop tion of a moderate and conciliatory policy by his father, it by no means follows, under existing cir cumstances, that he can carry his pacific inten tions into practical operation. NICHOLAS had ample power for good or evil. He was indeed an Auto crat in the widest signification of the phrase. None dared to question his ukases. The Imperial will was the all-sufficient reason for any course that might be adopted. Everything depeaded on his own discretion, and he could select any oppor tnnity that he thought proper for meeting his plans. It was not always so—net until cemented by copious bloodshed that the power based on the gibbet, the fusillade, and the knout became so for midable. His accession to the throne was resisted. The rightful heir, his elder brother, had many partizans, who refused fealty to the junior. But that brother, after a fierce struggle with his own ambition, became the most strenuous supporter of li - Icl/01as—the first to take the oath of allegiance to him who had been elevated to the position which he should himself have occupied. The op position to NICHOLAS had, therefore, no cohesion or stability. It lost vitality when CONSTANTIN& refused to participate in its objects. It conse quently might have been easily suppressed, and a general amnesty accorded to those implicated. We know, however, the savage energy with which it was crushed, and the implacable vengeance dis played towards those whose only crime was that they objected to a departure from the constitu tional law of their country, if there can be such a Ong as constitutional law in Russia. The terror ci ted by the sanguinary scenes, then of every-day occurre tie *--the w an t o f a ra ll y i ng po i nt i n the unhesitating refusal of CONSTANTINE to ascend the throne even if tendered for his acceptance--p revent ed any further attempt • , so that Nicnoras, particularly from the time when by the deatia of his elder brother be became EMPSItOa de jure as well as d e f ac t o, exercised the most unlitrdte4 control over every department of the State without any question of his unlimited authority. A superstitious reverence was added to earthly Power. He was invested with alm ost super natural attributes ; regarded, not merely as a despotic .monarch or the .impeccable head of the orthodox Church, but as a terrestrial deity, to whom unreasoning and unhesit a ting obedience 'was an imperative obligation. Religious fanati cism enhanced his power, and rendered it as un questioned as it was irresistible. Matters are, however, very different with the present CZAR. He, -too, has a brother CONSTAN TINE, whose claims to the Russian diadem have been strongly advocated. But lie is not so per fectly free from ambitious views as his uncle. As the recognised head of a very numerous and powerful party, he might easily place the sceptre Of ALEXANDER in jeopardy, if he opposed their views, and more especially if he made any concessions to the Western Powers, or aban doned the aggressive policy so long and so steadily , Pura ut 4 b y predeceBsors. tilemoLas could ~.e have made peace if he thought proper. None would have ventured to criticise the terms to which he thought proper to become a party. But ALEXANDER, however strongly his wishes might point in the same direction, would not venture to accede to what might, and with the insidious intrigues of the old Muscovite party, in all human probability, would be regarded as a national humiliation. An opinion that might lead not merely to a compulsory abdication, but even to a death as sudden as that which befel his grandfather, and many of the occupants of the Imperial Throne. His chief hope of consoli dating and strengthening his power would be by supporting the extreme views of the Muscovite party, and breathing defiance against those who dared to resist the will of the deceased EMPEROR, and who not only had the audacity to circum scribe his power, but even to invade Lis territories. It was to meet the wishes and to disarm the opposition of these factions that he made the remarkable allusion to the Will of PETER the Great, and his determination to pursue the course of policy inaugurated by his predecessors. We must, then, as we have already stated, ab stain from lending too easy credence to the rumours purporting to come from Vienna, and which are probably got up and circulated for stook-jobbing purposes. Wo feel convinced that France and England will not yield or abandon the just claims they have put forward, and from which alone they can hope fer the permanent tranquillity of Europe. It is hinted that the point respecting Sebastopol may be wai►ed—that the Czut will be allowed to retain that menacing position, French and English fortresses being erected at other points. But to what enormous expenses would this lead—how heavy and incessant would be the drafts on the treasuries of the Maritime Powers. If there is to be an equality of force in the EUxiue, it will be better for all parties that it should be attained by the reduction of the Russian than the increase of the French and English Powers. This must now be looked to. Should it be disregarded, we cannot promise a very satisfactory reception to our Plenipotentiary on his return from the Vienna Conferences. The speech of Sir ROBERT PEEL yesterday, at Tamworth, is deserving of notice. We may not agree with him in every opinion he expresses in it, but we cannot deny him the merit of speaking boldly and to the purpose. The Hon. Baronet is a man of energy and of liberal views, and, possess ing considerable natural ability and good sense, more than falls to the lot of his brother, the Under-Secretary of War, does not fail to recog nise, to some extent, the cause or causes to which the mismanagement of the War is primarily owing. "The character of the Premier," lie says, "stamps the character of the Cabinet ; and the country wanted a man of independent action that would not only inspire vigour into the councils of the SOVEREIGN, but would throw his spirit into every branch of the Administration, more especially into those branches which were connected with the present War." In other words, the late Adminis tration wanted a head, at all events an indepen dent and ♦igorous one. Far be it from us to deny it ! Lord PALMERSTON, in Sir ROBERT'S opinion, is the man to do what his predecessors did not—is the man for the occasion, and equal to it. We hope and trust he is ; and if his measures go to prove it, he will not want that public support which the Honourable Baronet says ho ought to have. The freedom of action his lordship is said not to have had before he unquestionably has now. The ball is at his foot. Sir ROBERT is also of opinion we ought not to have attacked the possessions of Russia, aud, taking a particular view of the subject, something might be said on that head ; but we cannot ad mit, with respect to " the terrible things we have heard" from the Crimea, that the blame of their occurrence is not in any degree due to the late Administration. The rotten system of routine of promotion by seniority or interest, and not by merit, is answerable for a great deal of what has taken place, but not for all. A scape goat may be convenient enough, bat we would rather have something less shadowy than words. The forty-four thousand gallant men whose bones lie "bleaching in files," or who are laid up by sickness in the Crimea, call for an equitable distribution of blame. The generous nation that has done everything in its power for the welfare of its gallant defenders echoes the call. Outraged humanity, that sickens over the horrible de tails of needless privation, hardship, and suf fering, makes the same demand, and if it is not answered now, history will do so. Be it ABERDEEN, RAGLAN, FILDER, CHRISTIE, or who ever else that is to blame, let them, we say, have it as they deserve, as well as " the system." The caution given by the Honourable Baronet to the people, lest the alliance for liberty become transformed into a combination of despots against it, will be all the better if it is supererogatory, if Lord Pa.mmsnsrom'sPremiership "is a guarantee against that." In any case it need not be despised. With Sir ROBERT'S ardent desire for peace on honourable terms everybody will sympathise. We wish we could say the same with respect to his views regarding the Austrian alliance. It is satis factory so far, however, for us to be assured that the number, always great, of those who deem that " the Austrian alliance has been the curse of the War, has paralysed our efforts, and that German interests have paralysed our action," daily increases. The fact is we had a courtier and a red-tapist at the head of affairs, and, to further German interests and keep down liberty, the alliance with Austria was sought at all ha zards, and the alliance has really cost us dear in the expenditure of lives and money. "We must," he continues, "be no longerliumbugged by Austria. We must not permit Prussia, under the cloak of neutrality, to act as the ally of Russia." Brave words these, and wise. Moldavia and Wallachia, ho goes on to say, should be erected into an inde pendent State, as a bulwark against Russia. Nay, ho goes further : " Why," he asks, " why not raise Poland ?" Whereat the people present, we are told, wiser in their generosity than their rulers in their caution, cheered. " Why not raise Poland T' If we wanted to stop war, check Russia, awe P russ i a, h e sa id " Ra i se Poland !" Just what we have said from the first. In libe rated Poland will be found the safeguard of Europe. Poland free, Russia will have enough to do at home to undertake aggression, and Aus tria will have to render justice to poor oppressed Hungary. Keep R ussia at home, and Lib er ty way walk abroad unmolested through ou t E urope, with the blessings of peace an d civilisation in h er ed train. Mazufacturers of artificial sins and c r i mes aro one of the curses of humanity. (MT frail nature is daily tempted enough to too many real sins to need any addition to the list. Siu-making seems, however, to have been one of the pleasures of priestcraft from time immemorial ; heathen and Jewish priests hare left on record a notable list of these rack-conscience lnyeAtions, and, their suc cessors in the various great churches of Christen dom have imitated them but too successfully. The most irritating result is the affectation of superior morality on the part of the contrivers and defenders of fictitious crimes, and the most me lancholy one that priest-ridden but well-meaning consciences are burdened, enlightened consciences debarred of their rights, and people whose im pulses are stronger than their consciences forced ono way or other into actual sin. The sin of marrying a deceased wife's sister is one of these priest-created crimes. Neither in nature nor in GOD'S Word has it any existence. It has been attempted to extract it indeed from a Jewish text, by a false gloss, shown to be false by its repugnance to the rest of the Jewish law, and the practice of the Jews themselves ; it is a well-known Church invention, not a divine pro hibition, and, consequently, a pet with the Church dignitaries of the land. No wonder priests and pharisees defend such crime-making; it is a mark of their power. " Thou shalt not steal " is a prohibition bringing no honour to them ; but " thou shalt not marry a deceased wife's sister" is the fiat of bishops, and, while Parliament will enforce it, brands the whole community with the badge of their rule. Hence the holy zeal of the lawn for this prohibition. These godly legisla tors will rise up in their place in Parliament, and luxuriating in incomes, some of which would have bought up the whole stock in trade of all the twelve Apostles, and all the money laid at their feet after the day of Pentecost, will condemn as a libertine the man who wishes to marry the woman best adapted to take charge of his children, and who, from long and intimate knowledge, he knows is most likely to compensate for what he has lost. There were those 1800 years ago who were so re ligious as to shun treading a Gentile threshold lest they should defile themselves, while they were clamouring for the death of the innocent SAVIOUR. And there are those now who are religious enough to invent and clamour for a law of artificial de filement, while they have no scruple or shame about loading, or rather overloading, themselvc s and their kindred with the unrighteous mammon. We might think a little better of the bench if they were as pertinacious for making it a crime in a bishop to be richer than PETER, or the sons of ZEBEDEE ; or for him to bestow a rich living, or any sort of ecclesiastical benefice, within the limits of consanguinity and affinity. We strongly suspect that were it proposed to construct a table of de grees of affinity and consanguinity for episcopal presentations and for marriage on the same basis, the table would be brief indeed. We may be told that denouncing episcopal in terference in the matter is not argument, and it may be true. We conceive, however, that we and others have exhausted the argument of the question long ago. The only argument relied on by our opponents is the bishops. They com pelled Lord LYNDHURST to prohibit all future marriages of the kind adverted to, when he had occasion to legitimise the past ; and they now compel the retention of their law. Two considerations of fundamental importance appear to us frequently overlooked, or not perceived with sufficient distinctness. One is, that the ques tion whether it is a divine prohibition is in truth irrelevant. It is not the business of human law to enforce GOD'S law. We may not, of course, knowingly require of men what GOD forbids ; but, on the other hand, we may not enforce all His prohibitions by civil penalties. The law forbids stealing, not because Glop forbids it, but because, society and stealing could not coexist. For, on the other hand, the law does not forbid covetous ness, though (as the Bishops should recollect) nothing is more repeatedly forbidden by GOD. It is therefore irrelevant to plead that GOD forbids. We are confident He does not ; but if He did, it would not follow that Parliament should forbid. It would have to be demonstrated that the good order of society required such a law. That, of course, would be impossible, while so many com munities as orderly as ourselves have no such prohibition. Again, it should be remembered that all de manded is to permit people to obey their own consciences instead of being forced to obey another man's. Clerics and their counsel in the Commons frequently argue almost as if men were to be com pelled to marry their wives' sisters, while judging it to be wrong. By all means let those who think it wrong remain unmarried, or take a survey of all the other unmarried ladies in the land if they please. What we resent is that these gentlemen should force their self-constituted virtues upon those who deem it a profane interference where GOD has not spoken, and where, if He had, He does not ask their aid. We are glad to see Lord PALMERSTON himself again on this question. His apposite remark, that laws in opposition to the moral sentiments of people are useless, practically settles the question. If Scotchmen are averse to such marriages, they need no law ; if Englishmen are not, the law is a grievance, and will be evaded while it remains in force. The wealthier will continue, as they now do, to marry abroad; the poorer will cohabit without marriage. To leave all to their liberty is the only alternative, and to this the Legislature must inevitably come. REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO OSBORNE.—The Queen, Prince Albert, and the Court this day left Buckingham Palace for Osborne. Her Majesty, it is expected, will pay a visit to Haglar Hospital to see the wounded there, and will also witness the departure from Spithead of the flying squadron for the Baltic. ORDER IN COUNCIL.—By an order in Council, dated March 10, it is ordered, that any person may be enlisted to serve as a soldier in her Majesty's forces, or in the forces of the East India Company, for the term of two years, to be reckoned as is directed and provided in and by the act of the tenth and eleventh years of the reign of her Majesty, c. 37, for limiting the term of service in the army, and for such further term not exceeding one year, as her Majesty may by Order in Council direct. REPRESENTATION OF LIVERPOOL.—The Conservative candidate, Sir S. George Bonham, Bart., K.C.8., issued his address to the electors of Liverpool yesterday, and was expected to address the electors the same afternoon. He had not, however, arrived up to 5 p.m. The Liberal party havenot yet announced their candidate. PORTSMOUTH ELECTION.—The official declaration of the poll was. made yesterday by the Mayor, the numbers being the same as we reported on Tuesday ; namely, for Lord Monc:k, 1,478 ; Mr. Serjeant Gaselee, 473. Lord Monck returned thanks to the electors for the honour conferred - upon Lira ; and Mr. Gasslee expressed his thanks to those who had voted for him, as also to these who bad been his opponents, for the courtesy they had displayed towards Lira during the contest. A vote of thanks to the Mayor concluded the business, Orders have been transmitted to India for the follow ing regits cents of infantry to be held in readiness to pro ceed to t he seat of war—via., 10th Foot, from Bombay ; 29th dit to, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Congreye, C.B. ; the lst battalion of the 60th Royal Rifle Cc rps, from Bombay ; and the 76th Foot, from Bengal. RUM - t )BRED ENCAMPMENT.—We understand that Mr. Taylor, -farmer, Newington, has been desired by the G'overni nent to remove his flocks from the crown lands held by him at Shorncliffe as speedily as possible. A survey- look place last week to discover the wells and drains used during the war period of ISO 3-4-5-6-7. It lai Mill L ured that 5,000 of a Foreign Legion (Swiss) are to be Encamped here during the summer, and that wooden . huts will be erected for their winter quarter , . — ,South L '‘.l4te,.2t Gazette. THE FAST DAY SERMON BEFORE THE HOUSE OF COMAOII.4.—It was ordered on Tuesday night by the House mat 6( Commons that the Rev. Henry Melvill, 8.D., Principal of the East India College, Hailoybury, Lec turer of E it. Margaret's, Lothbury, and Chaplain of the Tower, 1 be desired to preach before the house a t St. .Margaret Westminster, on Wednesday next, the 21st bei Ong the day appointed by her Majesty for a gener a l fa, it, an d th at Vi scoun t P a l merston and S i r G. Grey do a, ;quaint the rev. gentleman therewith. The Nil, e, East Indiaman, one of the fleet of merchant in vessels the m belt ging to Mr. G reen , o f Bl ae k wa ll , h as arr i ve d Doe ins, after a quick passage of 86 days from Madras apj d the Cape. irTAn ong : y,oNnow, TPrungDAY xeirrxxxcf, MARCIT lc lass. LATEST NEWS. PARIS, MARCH 15, B'3o The following despatch has been received from Admiral Bruat, dated Kamiesh, 7th March : The news of the death of the Emperor Nicholas arrived there on the 6th, at 7 in the evening. A despatch has been received here, via Bucharest, stating that the French rockets had taken such effect in Sebastopol that wheß the in telligence came away a portion of the town was still on fire. Two Russian officers had deserted and sought refuge in the English lines. The siege operations are carried on with acti- vity. Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers has been appointed Commander of the Ist corps of the Camp du Nord, and General Gueswiller Commander of the 2d. MARSEILLES, MARCH 14. The Ganges, which left Constantinople on the sth of March, has arrived. The Caire, due on Saturday, has not arrived. Despatches for Government left at 1 a.m. The number of deaths at Scutari has diminished to 20 per diem. The news from Balaklava is to the 3d March. The weather was fine, but frosty. Sickness was on the decrease. The preparations for the bombardment were making rapid progress. The railway now conveys ammunition the dis tance of three miles. The Rusaians are approaching towards hiker man from Malakoff. A truce of oue hour was agreed upon on the With of February to bury the dead. General Osten-Sacken commands at Sebastopol. Our rear is now greatly strengthened. General Burgoyne has left. VIENNA, WED NESDIY. The regular conferences begin to-morrow. The two Russian Grand Dukes are on their way home from the Crimea. Prince Menschikoff has gone to Moscow. MADRID, MARCH 13. M. Escosura has been nominated Minister of Spain at Lisbon, in the place of M. Rios Rosas. In yesterday's sitting, the Gates adopted, by a large majority, the financial measures of M. Madoz." The following letter presents the text of two ad dresses issued by the Emperor Alexander, of which mention has been made by telegraph : ST. PETERSBURG, MARCH 4. The following addresses to the army appeared simultaneously with the manifesto of Alexander 11. to the nation : I. " Valiant warriors, faithful defenders of the church, the throne, and the country ! It has pleased Almighty God to visit us with the most painful and grievous loss. We have all lost our common father and benefactor. the midst of his isnwearied care for Russia's prosperity and the glory of the Russian arms, tho Emperor Nicholas Paulovitcli, my most beloved father, has departed to eternal life. "His last words were-- " I thank the glorious, loyal Guards, who in 1825 saved Russia, and I also thank the brave army and fleet ; I pray God to maintain, however, the courage and spirit by which they have distin guished themselves under me. So long as this spirit remains upheld, Russia's tranquillity is se cured both within and without ; then woo to her enemies ! I loved them as my own children, and strove as much as I could to improve their condi tion. If I was not entirely successful in that re spect, it was from no want of will, but because I was unable to devise anything better or to do more.' "May these ever-memorable words remain pre served in your hearts as a proof of his sincere love for you, which I share to the largest extent, and let them be a pledge of your devotion for me and Russia ! 66 ALEXANDER. " St. Petersburg, March 3, 185." IL "Brave warriors, courageous participators in the deeds of your supreme military chief, now sleeping in the Lord ! " You have sealed in your hearts the last words of his tender and paternal love for you. As a mark of this love to the troops of the Guard, the Ist corps of cadets, and the grenadier regiment of the generalissimo, Prince Suvarov (Suwarrow), I pre sent to you the uniforms of his Majesty, tho,e which the Emperor, your benefactor, deigned him self to wear. Preserve this pledge, which I trust may remain among you sacred as a relic, and like au enduring memorial for future generations. Moreover, I ordain as follows : _ " 1. In the companies and squadrons that have borne his Majesty's name, and all the distinctive charges on the epaulett es an d s h o ulder-knots shall retain the initial letter o f th e Emperor Nicholas I. so long as one of those, registered down to March 2, 1855, sLtall continue in the said companions and squadrons. " 2. Thoee also who were attached to his Ma jesty's person as generals, or as aides-de-camp ge neral, or as aides-de-camp adlate, will retain the same initial.. " May thug sacred memory of Nicholas I. survive amongst our ranks, as a terror to the foe and for the glory of Russia. " ALEXANDER. " St. Pete. , .sburg, March 3, 1855." THE CRIMEA. By way of Germany, Constantinople letters of the Ist March have been received. They publish accounts of the attack made by the French, in the night between the 23d and 24th February, upon the redoubts erected by the lussians in front of the left flank of the fortifications of Sebastopol, and in some nneasure explain the contradiction existing between: the despatch of Prince Menschi koff relative to that affair, and the despatches from French quarters. The latter represented the French as having stormed the redoubts, and com pletely defeated the Russians ; Prince Menschi koff's despatch, an the other hand, stated that the French had been repulsed with a loss of 600 men. It appears that the French did take the redoubts by storm, but then found themselves exposed to a murderous fire from the batteries, and even from the guns of souls) Russian vessels anchored in the port. The position was not tenable, and having destroyed the re doubts they had taken they with drew with aboult 400 men hors de combat, of which number 100 wer a killed. The Moniteur de la Flotte publishes letters from different parts ol` the coast of the Crimea. The fol lowing is an ex tract from one dated Eupatoria, Feb. 22 "I have just heel% on shore, and am delighted at what I have seen. The Vxzrkish soldiers at Eupatoria are tall strong men, well i;Lothed, and well equipped. Almost all of them have itniuskets with percussion locks ; the Egyptians alone ha ve flints. Every man, in addition to his arms, carricw either a shovel or a pickaxe to work at the fortific stions, and I can assure you that they make good use them. When the Russians came to visit us on the I.7th, there were not near as many guns mounted as the re are now. Their attack has had the advantage of shoe ring the garrison their weak points, and they have availed themselves of the information, as now the place is out of danger of any regular attack. The storehouses are L eing filled by degrees, and every thing is being organise, i in the most satisfactory manner. When our small detach n tents of marines first took pos session of Eupatoria, tA'ley found there a number of camels and arabas (small. carts of the country). A short time age, when it was wiiched to transport some materiel, these animals and carts 'mere looked fur, but no trace of them could be discovered.. After some little time, how ever, it was found that thee Tartars of the town had eaten the camels, and that the 'Turks, not to be behindhand with them, had burnt them arabas to warm themselves and cook their victuals." The following is darts sd ICantch Bay, Feb. 24 :-- " Au act of courage arid humanity was performed here a few days ago which deserves notice. In the morning of the 19th a merchant yeses 31, the Nomad. of Marseilles, laden with military stores and baring on board some , soldiers as passengers, went on shore in the west point of the bay._ As the wind was blowing hard and a high sea running, little hopes were entertained of saving the vessel, and the situation of the crew and passengers whose strength was exhausted excited serious alarm, but they were all saved through the gallant conduct of Lieut. Morel and a body of seamen of th• Caffarelli. who in spite of the roughness of the sea, and the cold of 4 degrees below zero (26 Fahr.) dashed into the sea, and taking the men in their arms brought them alll one by one in safety to land." Another letter of the same date, from Kamiesh Bay, says : " Between the 13th and the 23d instant, 149 sailing ships and 3 steamers, all merchant vessels, have entered the port of Kamiesh, and 57 sailing vessels and 8 steamers have left it. 54,000 kilos. of provisions have been landed from 78 steam-vessels, freighted by the war department. We have now in the bay 9 sail of the line, 4 frigates, 4 steam-corvettes, and 200 other vessels, among which are some very large steam transports. In the night of the 17th the wind blew from the north, and there was a heavy sea both in the bay and the port. The Psyche parted a chain cable, and for a time was in some danger, but timely assistance was rendered, and she at tera Ards weathered it out. On the following morning the wind had lulled, and the sra gone down. This is one great advantage of this port. On the slightest change in the wind, the water almost immediately becomes smo•tb." THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Bucharest, of the 3d, says:—"The Muschir Ismail Pasha, second in command of the Ottoman troops of the Danube, arrived here the day before yesterday. The object of his visit is said to be to secure the means of transport and sup plies for the approaching campaign. The Austrians announce their departure for Moldavia in a week or ten days, for the accounts received from Bess arabia speak of the concentration of a strong Rus sian corps d'armee, which threatens the Bukowine and the northern part of Moldavia. The Turks are concentrating their disposable forces at Silistria." FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Austrian Government has communicated in an official manner to the Governments of France and England that the mission of the Archduke William to St. Petersburg is merely an act of courtesy, of simple politeness, and has nothing whatever to do with political matters. M. de Wedell had an interview yesterday with the French Minister for Foreign Affairs. It is un derstood to have been rather of a general and somewhat vague kind. The Moniteur contains a report from the Minister of War to the Emperor proposing to extend to Algeria the decrees of the 3d Sept., 1854, and of the Bth September, 1852, relative to Chambers of Commerce in France—subject, however, to the modification that native and foreign traders shall continue to form part of the Algerian Chambers, and that the right of election shall be enjoyed by traders who have been licensed for three instead of five years. An Imperial decree carries out the suggestions of the report. Another report from the same Minister to his Majesty proposes that the decree of the 16th August last, relative to the bands of regiments of the guard, shall be extended to those of the regiments of the line. The effect of this measure is to raise the pay of the band master from that of a sergeant-major to that of sub-lieutenant and in some cases lieutenant, and of the men front that of simple corporal to that of ser geant, or sergeant-major according to their ca pacity. The Emperor has approved of these re commendations. The 'hare de la Manche states that workmen are as actively as possible engaged at Cherburg in preparing the necessary furniture and fittings-up for the Imperial yacht the Reine Hortense. When ready, these articles are to be sent by the Cocyte steamer to Havr&, whence they will be forwarded by railway .to Toulon. Some persons seem to think that these preparations are connected with the reported departure of the Emperor to the Crimea in the Reine Hortense. A letter from Antwerp, in the Moniteur, says : —The Custom-house officers at this port having, in obedience to express orders, examined packages intended to be embarked on board vessels bound for a port in the Baltic, have just discovered in a case declared to contain mercery, a number of double-barrelled carbines and pistols. The case was immediately seized." BOURSE, MARCH 14.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Montt). 41 per Cents. (xd).:. 94 25 94f. 50c. (ex) 3 per Cents 69 43 69f. 40c. Credit Mobilier 765 -- Roman Credit Foncier 535 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes — Piedmontese B5 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c Orleans 1,190 Lyons 1037 52 Western.... ....... 650 Rouen (Jett() Mediterranean 940 Havre v 560 Northern - ATISTRIA. VIENNA, M.A.Ren 11.—This morning Lord John Russell, or rather Mr. Hammond, the Under Sec retary of State, sent off a messenger with de spatches to London. During the last three or four days the Special Commissioner has had several in terviews both with Count Buol and Baron Bour queney, and he has probably now forwarded to the British Government a detailed account of what has occurred since his arrival in this city. No thing is yet positively known relative to what has taken place between Count Buol and the Repre sentatives of the Western Powers. According to a Vienna paper the four points or conditions will be retained as- the basis of the negotiations for peace ; that is, their number will neither be increased nor diminished. The arrange ment relative to the Principalities will in all like lihood lead to very animated discussions, but the greatest difference of opinion will be manifested when the Congress has to provide for the future balance of power in the Black Sea. A letter from Vienna, of the 9th, in the Breslau Gazette, says :—" It is said that another circular was yesterday despatched by the Austrian Cabinet to the German States, in which they are informed that Count de Rechberg is charged with the task of again proposing to the Diet the mobilisation of the federal army, and in which that measure is strongly recommended to the German Cabinets. It is said that in this despatch, as iu that of Feb. 16, Count de Buol insists on the necessity of being prepared in arms for every eventuality ; and it is added that the death of the Emperor Nicholas had not in any respect modified the march of the nego tiations, as the instructions of Prince Gortschakoff have been confirmed by the new Emperor of Russia." A letter from Vienna states that the Austrian Court is to go into mournin g for ten days, on th e occasion of the death of Don Carlos. The .Augsburg Gazette contains a letter from Vienna of the Bth, which says :—" There was a second meeting held at the hotel of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, at which Lord John Russell, Lord Westmoreland, Baron de Bourqueney, M. Prokesch-Osten, and Count de Buol, were present, and which lasted the whole mcrning. It is said that all the plenipotentiaries have agreed on giving to the future conferences such a form as to insure the most complete secrecy." AUSTRIAN CIRCULAR. FRANKFORT, March 12.—The following is a sum mary of a circular, addressed by the Austrian Government to all its agents in Germany, under date the sth inst. : M. de Buol states that when he informed the Austrain agents in Germany, in his despatch of the 28th of February last, that at the sitting of the Diet of the 22d of February the Austrian proposition made in pursuance of the Federal decision of the Bth of the same month had met with opposition on the part of the Prussian Plenipotentiary in the Diet, he might still doubt that those objections, ver bally made, and under the reserve of a written de claration, which might be delivered later, could really find their place in the deliberations of the Fe deral assembly. But the Austrian Plenipotentiary, President of the Diet, has just addressed to the Cabinet of Vienna, with his written report on the subject, the Prussian declaration (a copy of which is annexed), which M. de Bismark has caused to be inserted in the minutes of the sitting of the 22d. Baron de Prokesch has likewise delivered, in writing, his counter declaration (a copy of which is equally annexed). The Cabinet is, consequently, called upon to adduce, on its side, as respects the declaration of Prussia, the observations it has al ready expressed in i ts despatch of the 28th February, and it has not only approved, in the most formal manner, the reply which the Plenipotentiary- President conceived himself authorised to make, but has moreover instructed Count de Rechberg to give plainly to understand, in the deliberations of the Diet, in order that no doubt should remain on the subject, that if the communication, made by the Imperial Government, with regard to the state of the Austrian army, should be the occasion of any observations in the sense of-the Prussian declara tion, or in a sense which would give to that decla ration any practical consequence, the Imperial Government would be under the necessity of de positing a formal protest on the subject. The Government of . . . . to which this despatch, completing that of the 28th February, is to be com municated, will appreciate, the Cabinet of Vienna has no doubt, the importance of the motives which impose upon that Cabinet the duty of making known in the least unequivocal manner the opinion it entertains with regard to the declaration which Prussia,it regrets to say, considered to be com patible with the Federal decision of the Bth of February. According to an Odessa letter of the 27th ult. in the Llfilitarische Zeitung, the Russian troops are to he formed into two armies about the middle of this Inouth—one under the command of General Osten- Sacken, occupying the banks of the Tchernaya ; and the other, under General Read, operating against the Turks at Eupatoria. The Russians before Eupatoria have been reinforced by a corps under Pafiloff, and by a division of Light Cavalry, under General Runoff. A Dragoon corps passed the Isthmus of Perekop at the end of last month. The Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas went from Sebastopol to Simpheropol on the 21st, and returned on the following day. General Luders is at Odessa. The Minister ofWar at Turin has issued a circular informing the commandants of the army that in consequence of the state of war between Sardinia and Russia, no more furloughs are to be granted, and all military men on furlough are to return to their respective regiments before the end of the present months. A letter from Bellinzona of the 9th, in the Pied monte of Turin, states that the differences existing between the canton of Ticino and Austria are about to be settled, and that new instructions have been sent for that purpose by the Federal Council to tl,e delegates at Milan. The Grand Council of Ticino has ordered the election of three of its members according to the new Constitution. The Independance Beige states that a new French corps d'armee is to be formed, composed of the troops now stationed near Boulogne. It will be styled the Army of the North, and Marshal Bars. guay will have the command. TAMWORTH ELECTION. TAMWORTH WEDNESDAY. —Sir Robert Peel having accepted the office of one of the Lords of the Admiralty, one of 033 seats for this borough became vacant. The hon. baronet offered himself for re-election to-day, and there was no opposition to his return. The election took place in the Town Hall, but the proceedings appeared to excite very little or even local interest, the attendance of burgesses being remarkably small. Mr. J. Shaw, mayor, as returning officer, presided. Mr. THOS. BnomwELL:proposed Sir Robert Peel as a fit and proper person to represent the borough, in a corn plimentary address. Mr. WM. ROBINSON seconded the nomination ; and, no other candidate having been proposed, Sir Kober was declared duly elected. Sir ROBERT PEEL, who was warmly received, in ac knowledging the honour thus conferred upon him for the third time, remarked, that when the late Aberdeen administration was crushed a state of things without parallel was witnessed. Ne one of the old parties could take office ; but a great party, basing its influence on public opinion, and irrespective of Whig, Radical, or Conservative, determined to administer oublie affairs with vigour and determination, were placed in office and as representing that party of the people Lord Pal. mersten found himself at the head of affairs. His posi. tion was the will of the country. The character of the Premier stamped the character of the cabinet, and the country wanted a man of independent action, that would not only inspire vigour into th e counc il s o f thee Sovereign, but would throw his spirit into every branch of the admi nistration, more especially into those bra nc h es w hi c h were connnected with the present war. (Cheers.) Lord Palmers ton was the man to do it, and it became the duty of the country to stand by the man of their choice. (Cheers.) It was with this feeling that he (Sir Robert Peel) accepted office. When the Aberdeen Government fell, the motion which sent Lord Aberdeen and the Duke of Newcastle from office eras avote of censure, not upon them alone, but upon every individual member of the admidistration, and it was consequently evident that in the ashes of that Government could not be found the elements of a pope ' lar or enduring cabinet. It proved so. Mr. Gladstone (the capacity of whose intellect and the power of whose eloquence were unrivalled), and Sir James Graham (second to none for administrative ability) had gone out, although they promised a qualified support. They were gone—peace to their ashes !—(laughter)—and, perhaps, their absence gave Lord Palmerston greater freedom of action. He reconstructed his cabinet more in accord , ance with his own views ; and heimcceeded in obtaining the co-operation of one whose name was a tower of strength—the greatest statesman in England, notwith standing all his failings—Lord John Russell—(hear and cheers)—and of Lord Clarendan, who was entitled to the respect of the country. With regard to the war, lie would say that we went to defend the territory of an oppressed power. Bat, he believed, at the suggestion of Louis Napoleon, we bad actually attacked the pos sessions of Russia. Now, this was a mistake. We thought to carry all before us ; but the besiegers were the besieged, which was entirely owing to our want of foresight. Suffering, privation, and neglect were the consequences. Then the cry arose, "Let us dismiss our Government, and save our army." We had dis missed the Government, and he prayed that God might save the vestige of the finest army that ever loft our shores. He confessed that he had opposed Mr. Roe buck's motion, because he believed inquiry would at that moment be injudicious, would be injurious to our allies, and a joy to our enemies. But although he did oppo-e inquiry, yet he was not indifferent to the welfare of cur troops. He was afraid we did not yet know the full ex tent of our loss—the limit of death—of men not cut if in the prime of glory or the shock of battle, but on a bed of sickness, neglected, and forgotten by the mi serable system that had existed. (Cheers.) We had sent some 54,000 men, and he believed at this moment they were reduced to something like 19,000 efficient men. (Hear, hear.) They had been withdrawn from the trenches ; and their position was marked, not by rows of stalwart British soldiers, but by files of bleach• ing bones. He denied that these results could be attri buted to penuriousness on the part of the House of Com mons. They had granted whatever had been asked, Nor was the blame of the terrible things we had htar .l due to the administration. No ; it lay in a rotten eye tern of routine, of promotion by seniority or interest, and not by merit. (Cheirs.) We ought to have con fided the Crimean campaign to younger and more vigo rous hands. He complained that after Inkerman all the promotions were staff promotions. (Hear, hear.) Why, men were actually promoted for Inkerman who were not under fire at all. That system was rotten at the core. (Cheers.) He touched on the commissariat aid medical departments, showed how the troop , were fed for a fortnight on salt pork and biscuit ; that the great majority of the hospital cases were engendered by neglect of the provisional department, and commented on the fact that the hospitals at Balaklava were actually destitute of tea and arrowroot. Although he was op posed to Mr. Roebuck's motion, yet the inquiry bad elicited facts which were very interesting. General Bentinck showed, that because a voucher was signed half an inch too low, the commissariat refused provi sions for the starving troops. General Bentinck sent word that if this took place again he should have the man turned out of the service. What he should have done was to have shot the fellow on the spot. (Hear, cheers, and laughter.) Then General Evans stated that Commissary General Filder refused to look after his duties. That was not to be subMitted to, and it showed the want of spirit in those under Lord Raglan. After remarking on the loss of the transports in the storm of the 11th of November, which was atributed to Cap tain Christie, he (Sir R. Peel) declared such doings should be stamped with the indignation of the country, and no punishment could be too severe for them. He did not agree with those who said that this gross mis management and confusion could not be helped ; and he denied that the war would be popular if the people knew the whole truth of it. We went out with chivalric feel ing to help an oppressed power, and in the interest of justice and right, but let the people take care that we did not transform this alliance for liberty into a combination of despots against it. (Hear.) The Premiership of Lord Palmerston was a guarantee for that ' • but he (Sir Robt. Peel) said that the Austrian alliance had been the curse of the war—(cheers)—hadpara!ysed our efforts, and that German interests had paralysed our action. (Hear.) Why, the whole course of proceedings, from the tune when the troops left for the Crimea till now, had been left to hazard or official mismanagement. We had f 'ught three battles, but what bad we gained ? Sickness and death. Why, he had a letter from the Crimea on the preceding day, in which he was told that the 11th Hus sars mustered but four men. (Hear, hear.) Let us have a peace as soon as we could. Let the people of the country now thoroughly open their eyes to the cam paign, and, if peace could be got on honourable terms and for the interests of Europe let us have it, and save the vestiges of our army. Let us have a lasting peace. He showed the costliness of war in life. In one year's war we soend, it was supposed, 30,000 British lives and 25,000,0001. sterling. From the returns of the Board of Trade he demonstrated its injurious effects on commerce. Duties had been put on spirits, the reduction of the tea duties was stopped, bread was dearer. He heard people bawl out for more blood and more determination in pro secuting the war. (Hear.) He said, " yes, but let us have peace at the first moment we can have it with honour and for the interests of the country." He agreed that we should be prepared for the future. In a few days a hun dred pennants would float over the finest fleet that ever assembled at Spithead ; but although' we might sweep the ( mil of the ships of every enemy, we must do more. We must no longer be humbugged by Austria. (cheers)— we must not permit Prussia, under the cloak of neutrality, to act as the ally of Russia. (Renewed cheering.) He wouli recommend further, that Moldavia awl Wallachia should be erected into an independent State as a bulwark against Russia. He would go a little farther. Why not raise Poland ?, (Cheers.) If we want to stop war, check Russia, awe Russia—raise Poland. Flu had hopes of peace from the mission of Lord J. Russell to Vienna, and lienn the circumstance that the death of a Russian Emperor had invariably changed the policy of that State. But if peace was not to be obtained then Government would carry on the war, not by halves as hitherto, but with energy and deter mination, having in view a double object—resistance to the aggression of Russia and the promotion of the liber ties of Europe. (Cheers.) Sir Robert concluded amidst loud applause, by asking for Lord Paltnereton's Govern ment, which would correct abuses and originate reforms in our military system, a fair stage and no favour. The proceedings then terminated, without bands, banners, or banquets. MR. BOEB&ak'S COMMITTJE. ( From the Times of this day.) We are always ready to do amplejustice to wila t :I l l be called extraordinary acts of discretion. The i r . s r. occasions, indeed, which come under no rule, wh . e l l ea r g peal at once to the supreme court of conscience, am: .... for a summary and absolute decision. Of course►,.o." , don't mean the monstrous cases invented by the casu is ts and apt to unsettle the conscience altogether by t 4 r; it out of the bounds of probability, but there as o .f.f io —and they not very unfrequent—in every naan's nm.... which he has to extricate himself from some hop s/10 SM tanglement by a process almost corresponding te cee`,7i 11 „. ; ,, d c°17 • d'etat in political affairs. At all events, it is s o so unusual , so opposed to the common estimate o'sse, duties, that he has to rely, not on any intelligibl ment, but on his character for his defence. It 17; ess when a man has to break an engagement, to re no nn bounden duty, to shake off a party tie or even a POI; e 0 allegiance, to forsake friends, or to offer some tersl _ s violence to domestic feelings. These are extreme b°1,171 but perhaps we can't hit on any general descriptior . l o 7 s .. comes near the case we have before us. Soy i n r. more ado, we will say at once that it is fortunat e ), Gladstone, Mr. Sidney Herbert, and Sir James 0 ,... i are all men of high feeling an d un doubted oonsui enti m o el ness, otherwise just now they would stand in r e ,. t o ' ridiculous position. Compare that position witeno, progress of the Committee of Inquiry. Think for s py . I went on the simple, straightforward, perfectly i n % el : sive, and exceedingly useful evidence of the Pu'S the e Cambridge, or the honest tale of the captain m i l t, • , Himalaya, of Lord Cardigan, or of our 1 oven4 o Macdonald—reflect on the flood of light this ening; throws on the disasters of our army, a ° sea ~. remember that Messrs. Gladstone, Gs 3l3 " / ' ro tesh . Herbert are now in the position of big° F ee ere ' virtuous indignation, and earnest remonstrance ad , this inquiry, and that, thou g h o ne o f them has (1 ! os tie ' i that of two evils be prefers a public to a „ w et Ol d the ~ gation, it was certainly not because he exPeli e ec tol , former to be the more searching and the more e bos -I Remember that two, if not all these statestneo:looo avowed a confident anticipation that nothing lip id •t die , e of the inquiry ; that the public would not be ° A . OA '!. wiser. Then be told, what we b e lieve to be '':desee ' i that after the exceedingly inter es ti ng and tellinglos ee of the first two or three witn esses , th e friends 04 of l' gentlemen went about saying, "Oh I this is 01 11 1 as e s we have heard before,"—i. e., in the newspeP er pondence, which before they affected to disbelievekd i consider how, one by one, their objectiong b*,",,,,, r o iriea groundless, futile, ridiculous—viz., that the peuriseis ~4 are not paralysed, the French alliance is not entles sot Russia gains no valuable information, no absent y c f est ) i has suffered any assignable injustice ; then, Wein tbsir 1 defence have these gentlemen to offer, except 'lt o 1 characters stand too high for impeachment, Or - ;II bound to allow them an inscrutable patriotic , ' ' do ~ We presume that the d e f ence o f th ese gentles/31 0 w ;,) not rest on the necessary sequence of the last o aP s isiff e l preceding. We presume that th e i r co d e of ni west 1 of a man retracing a false step, or growing r l° lo o wiser ; and that they do thi n k it j us t possiaw - br • may concede one day wh a t h e d en ied the M o s .1 fore. They cannot suppose —indeed, tb s OS '' important features of their political ar e d , 4 o llr 4 very bond of their connexi on , f or bids the - 0 1 If ,I; —that any statesman may apply the hbw, g „ w a s Medea and Persians as the rule of his 071;010, 4 will take it for granted that, with a fall ferLbire, ~.. 1 of the consequences, they have deliberately 74 0 IM_ ', the conclusion that a Parliamentary inquiry is . l i state of the army and the cond uc t o f th e was is : a l 10 j. dented, unconstitutional, dangerous, unjus t, ;,eoor . rest. If it be so, and if this is so grave, 0 0 ,W a ter ; tiered, and so resolute an act as they preten d ;: fo ltlt s then they would really have us believe that an 1 ", „ o wn tion which ninety-nine people out of a hundre d --,,, 01 . to be the only possible means to order, ef fi ele n .,:;: or, success, is a species of illegality, an outrage, idea constitution, Ataor a crime. Certainly this argues a strange lu s i i , el6 P:e, constitution, and a very fantastic code of nso" — ilter we so tied and bound ? Are we condemned tO tbe of ful alternative of either breaking the COnatitliti°lllool. witting personal injustice, ) betraying our CO enemy, and damaging a f a ithf u l ally, or encleein .d g w ie as the war lasts—for all our lives—a peelsetu'teoillis departments, a universal dead lock of official Ile ti f oil,' an absence of responsibility w h erever o ne looks co w 0 saturnalia of the last trustworthy class of ° i !, poO' , reign of delusion in which men think they bi l l"ivr e :, and have it not, and are discovered to be 0 0 ,r. 0 00 0 , 1 sponsib:e without their beiig aware of it l ',. s a r so° even that this investigation leads to no recta', 'L o oter , partrnental reforms, to nothing requiring the, h .- 0i"; ''', Lion of Parliament, at all events it is the °TYI - 16 0 f ' able way in which the various military and e ' - ,:att" - st ' ' l engaged in the war are ever likely to knew' 7.. - * ll 5 ../ and the limits of their duties. So far, they i or essrs ' cross purposes. Every witness who has °l e ° 00 0 ! yet has proved that everybody has to lear nrsspois' the war; that net only commissaries or, eireloi w _ ss p officers, not only quartermasters, not on., t o laws! officers, but even the Cornmander-i -Ch ief -- to _. what he bas to do what thin ° y ne'The ' '''-' k U.) them sr war will be omitted if he does not - look all this can't be learnt except by some suc h V that now going on. b ett o o) Jam Sir es Graham, i n d ee d, d oes g i ve rather - — o* account of his position than his colleagues in 9 40! Ile says they are per sona ll y a ff ected b y the inYel ie IS" and, in feet, under trial. In theory, at leastsf - S e s dr is i' responsible for the conduct of their departilleu7 so ' Owl' inquiry is into that conduct. Mr. Gladstone ""s e eseq carried out this theory with a high hand in the 0° Z,01 11 :: dismissal of an o ffi cer from a situation of greet ''''' lire' and emolument. Well, there is something in th s t f sst 4 ,' questionably, all the Ministers at the heads °l t vir - s lier wents concerned in the war are under trial ; T . , e ,; ref°, ' lieve all these Ministers feel quite easy as W '5 0 6 of the inquiry as far as themselves are concern'''' s h (lel alt think they have done what they could, dot 0 :4 way have been somewhat disappointed in the m `,, - V ll °_,, '. baffled by the intricate organisation and tediou s - oer 1 O il —by the novelty of the ut'dertaking, sod the 115 .. . 5t well ? o , 1 of the transition from a long peace to a verYlP — •o4 ll ,l ''' But, even on this theory, we are et a loss to tsn„eoMs ": Sir James's position. Does he mean that tbele - s il ..g - ' be no inquiry, nut even by those singular rel 6l / 1 1 :e i rF_ A i r. ." semivated over the face if the East by Lord Ju a 'a r orl d : ,I on his accession to power ? Or does Sir Jitter: a , er - _,/, assume that all has been done that could be e °- io n 1 by the subordinates, and that the department sbil m e,. o r ' ; fered no more than the common lot of naischeu: 14 I betrayed no mote than the common average Of jgi fsitk, ' ' • We can understand Mr. Gladstone having that „ J joisq , figures and reports, who still believes most "zuror - 1 we have no doubt, that the effective force in is tb° o lo ll ';,o' ' has never fallen belo w 28,000 , w hil e the Put e e kerw: ''' bridge computes the bayonets after theßattlees ; ,s - tlerLei as under 13,500. B u t sure l y t h ese three ii' - ilti I 'o' '''') cannot be all agreed t o ma i n t a i n aga i ns t the w_,,,, ° t, O • ht ." •'' there is nothing t o i nves ti ga t e, not hi ng to r e v es eeci s ,s," •'' thing to improve. Nay, they ca , not be pr e k o d 1 7, 1 1 maintain that the war departments have sO r d eo t, a". If they condescend to be reasonable on the adiT h brr: t o ta think at all like the rest of the nation as te; h - 0 8 1 . 1 1 0 , - down of office, then we do not quite see ho w - test''''et ./. prepared to hold office without a committee, ass t o e needs quit office with it. In any case tiler of sl ' o e some inquiry, some rectification of errors. ,„ 11 0 0 0 it might be said th e h ea d s o f th e d epar tna o "" thre s / • their trial. Ar e we l e ft t o conc l u d e t h a t the lo tt o Mini,ters, havi ng qu itt e d o ffi ce on a vo t e top e r,So ; o b. inquiry, accepted office in order to smother it' 0 01 . 0 1 see in these false steps nothing mere than t ., h i e igilcm scurity, confusion, and avoidance of respongP, -/ oer,si has characterised the whole war. There M '''',,- tense keenness of sound logicians nor the comm u h ' e oil ibe f warm-hearted patriots. Sorry are we to see/ si t- he se lee evil case they have made for themselves. "..i' t 're d are, testifying in sackcloth and ashes—to orbs Prof noble, the spirit-stirring principles of l'llinin 41 0 ; 0 0* laity, o ffi cial reserve, impracticable routines. o ,4oA 0 of passive resistance to Parliamentary I °l o 0 0 1,ei Surely they are somewhat out of their sPh ere &oe. o f cause. They do injustice to their own fa° 74 01 off' each one of them try t o thi n k f or hi mse lf, sit ro pi not but hope that th e y w ill come t o a di' elusion. rif ' TO THE EDITOR OF TEE g O 0 0 7,30 SIR,--The conclusio n t o w hi c h Sir n i .„% v itionr iv ill "mature consid e r a tio n " o f th e b oo k of m- ,hst fa brought him l e ad s me t o h ope con fidently bbl A shortly feel it his imperative duty to bring. 11 ' to ffia ) making it obligatory up on a c hildl es s (Chrls - bo o/ i • to marry the next brother o f h er deceased 0 ( Your obedient servant, March 16. BOWES, ISLE OF WIC LIT.---gar (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPOND IS tVIOn• REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO THE ISLA or p Her Majesty and su it e are expec t e d at Osbor__..oe 0 0 Her nesday. Seventee n h orses an d f o ur c sizriar" fr rived to-day. TROOPS.—There are at p resent 1,700 men szia•66 o cers at Parkhurst Barracks. , dr ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—A second ac ni d elit o f prived the Isle of Wi g ht o f thi s desirable roo d t ie V - o t munication with the mainland. On Sun day ' tio ol lB ult , a vessel deliverin stores at the fortifici l bo - o t • Sconce drove acro ss t he cable and took ' lf :tdoi bs fathoms of it. We hope at no very distanw charge for twenty words from Cowes to 1 ,0 , d° 120 21 °D e r r reduced to is., which will bring this mode or: - 6 c l, cation home to all. The present charge of V'. e leC a W o t twenty words prevents hundreds from using the T elegraph. We think that ls. would in the ell • . rt u company better. A S IG'; aOr FORTIFICATIONS AT FEESEINVATER. -- " , " vea TAKE.—Upwards of a hundred men are einPi°,f frer; vating the land on the cliff to the westwar d ° ,,,tene e , water Bay, preparatory to the erection of an - o vemis fort to protect that part of the island, and t ° P "ir id) if laoding being made in the rear of the fortifick Sconce. While the labourers were proceeding ` v ..; tha t ,,e work some of them remarked to the intoengin•e' they went much deeper they should all g et 00 8 'h C ve. What cave ?" Why, Fresh water a is On further inquiry it turned out that the SPC' or it was proposed to er-ct the f-rt was directl4 feet celebrated cav e , w hi c h i s 120 feet in depth,l 47 o f 10, 1 , w:dth, anl about 30 iann height. Onl thiib n ic e ilWi might he the effect of enemy throwy ing *IA s this cave ! But the blunder has been recta another site selected. tb b e uiricielri4 The Peninsular and Oriental CompanY three more new screw steamers, to be calle oelt 49 et e ea' Cit.tra, and Ava. They will then have fe rola_ge Eight of their ships are already in the ,7° _ d , transport service. Their staff of officers 516 ; sex of these are native Chinese. thel 1 * 4 Sk4 "4 - ‘; to 'Pt '41.1 VI 11‘4. •