The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-01 00:00:00

ESTABLISLIED 1!03. C•rITAL:—ONE MILLION STEULING. All Pald-Up and Invested in 1806. GLOBE INSUR ANCE. I. W. Flosanztb, Esq., M.P., F.R.B.—Chairman. Fewcza Neweast, Esq.—Deputy Chairman. GEoaos CMOs GLYN, Esq.. M.P.—Treasurer. TIRE LIFE ANNUITIES: RETERSIONS. Cornhill and Pall Mall, London. E m powered by Special Acts of Parliament. LIFE INSURANCES granted from Fifty to Ten Thousand Pounds, at Rates particularly fav ourable to the Younger and Middle periods of Life. Zfo Charge for Stamp Duties Olt Life Policies. Every Class of FIRE and LIFE Insurance transacted. Medical Fees generally paid. Fros p e ctuses,—with Life Tables, on va rious plans,—may be had at the OftlCoS ; and of any of the Agents. WILLIAM NEWMARCII, Secretary. DRURY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. smith.— Reduced Prices u nsual.—A Morning Performance every Wodnooday. at Two o'clock. THIS EVENING, FEB. 1, Will be performed the Drama of THE W2PDP.TG GOWN• After ',Web. the Faroe of OUR NURSE DOROTIIT. To be flowed by the entirely original, extraordinary, lite • tradltleual7, comical, gastronomical, and peculiarly culinary and tannin's domestic grand comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled JACK AND JILL; or, Harlequin Xing Mustard and the Four aid-Twenty Blackbirds Baked Ina Pie. The extensive scenery, en tirely new, by Messrs. Nicholls, Cuthbert, Cooper, Gordon, Wilson, and Moore. The machinery by Messrs. Tucker. The extreordinat y properties, decorations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Mr. Needham. The ehoregraphie arrangements by Madame Louise. The overtire and music composed and selected by J. H. Tully. Leader, Mr. Hayward. .The whole of the designs, models ,and sketches furnished from the studio of Dlkwynkyn, who for many weeks pelt has been personally supervising their execution. The novel grotesque bade:wt. opening invented and written by E. L. Blanchard , and the whole arranged and produced under the immediate superin tendenee of Mr. Edward Stirling. Principal Ingredients in the Christmas Bill of Fare : —The Nail of Hypochondria In the Domains of Dulness.—Misanthropy (Genius of Gloom), Mrs. Belford. Fog, Drizzle, Taxes, Spleen, Indigestion, Quarter-day (his Ministers of Melancholy), Messrs. B. V. Dent, B. T. Wet, E. V. Load, H. • r. Day, R. T. Weight, and B. T. Bills. Azure Diabolleals in attend arm, Messrs. Croak, Quake, Fret, Fidget, Worry, Flurry, Fume, Vex, Groan, Grew!, Grumble, and Grizzle. Apparition of Misan thropy oz her faYearite Nightmare, and Magical Appearance of Good Humour in her Christmas Car. good humour, Miss Alder ; Lightheart and Sunshine (her Attendants), Misses Honey and Brown; Mrs. Glasse the original " Cook's Oracle , " and the well known adviser of the " First catch your hare," &e,), Miss Regina Collins. The receipt given to snake a good pantomime, aid its con eoetion aecordiagly. Cottage of Jill on the borders of Fairyland (by S !se), with Enchanted Kitchen, Garden, and Region of Preserves "Sing a song et Sixpence, • "Pocket full of rye, " Four-and-twenty blackbirds, " Baked in a pie."—Ancient Nursery Legend. • Jack (the interesting hero et the olden eery, who went up the hill to fetch, tee.), afterwards Harlequin, M. Milano ; Jill (the heroine of the adventare, In love with Jack), afterwards Columbine, Mille. Bolen ; Marmalade (the Fairy Queen of the Preserves), Miss K. Warrington ; Pineapple, Raspberry, Lemon, Cherry, Apple, and Greengage (her Assistants), Misses Clifford, Gower, Johnson, Love, Lan's, and Richardson ; Strawberry, Cranberry, Gooseberry, Cur rant; Apricot, Damson, Qulnee, &c. (Fancy Preserves), Misses Grace Honey, Ellen Money, Laurance, Louise, Therese, Charles, Line, Sidney, Gordon, Barnes, Emily Barnes, Richardson, Eliza Richarsl rm, Rese, Sidney, Emily Moore, Elizabeth Smith, Mile Ellie, Rosa Flarrisen, E. Box, Tayler, Matilda Chenley, Martiney, St. Clare, Ev me. John Levinee, S. Johnson, and Roberts ; Preserved Ginger their warm ally), Master Pungent; Fruit Blossoms by a Blooming Selection of Corypheos. The Will and the Way—the Talismanic Sixpence —The Chance. Grand Ballet. Principal Dancers, Mdlle. Therese and Annie Cushnie, Therese, Smith, &c. The Four-and- Twenty Blackbirds, Rasters Tweet Tweet, Toot Too, Loodle Loodle. ice. The Reading of the Will— " Jill must not a hathand take, Till she, a pie can melee and bake." Interior of Cottage (by Mconlight).—coal, Mr. Nobbs; Bundle of Wood, Mr. Halfpenny ; Congreve Box, Mr. Fizzer ; Bellows, Mr. Leathertongne Dutch Oven, Mynheer Von Tan ; Rolling Pin, Mr. Smoothpaete ; Gridiron, Kr. De Bar; Frying Pan, Mr. Broadrim ; Soyer's Three-legged Iron Pot, Herr Potluck. Cruet Castle in the Table Cloth Territory (by Moonlight), and Golden Palace of King Mnstard.—King Mustard (anerwarde Clown), Harry Bolen° ; the Empress Vinegar (afterwards Pantaloon), Herr Kohl ; Black Pepper and White Pepper (sentinels on duty at Cruet Castle), Mr. Husky ena Mr. Sneezums ; Sweet 011, Miss Florence; Cayenne, Mr. Capsi cum; Harvey's Pance (attendant in welting), Mr. Savoury ; the Army of Zests, Messrs. liellan Soy, Curry, Capers, Ketchup, Mushrooms, Garlic, Shelot, Sweet herbs, Potted Tongue ; Potted Beef, Potted Bloaters, Potted Anchovies, Potted Shrimps, &c.; Horse Radish (from the King's stable), by a Racing Na;. Grind Review—Ter rine Attack upon the Appetite, and Rally of the Relishes—Great Progress of Jill in her Culinary Career. The Abode of Clunnee in the Province of Pickles (ley Sunset).—Chutnee (Chief of the Pickles), Mr. Fiery Faci o s; the Pickle Army, Messrs. Onions, Walnut, Gher kins, Canlidower, Red Cabbage, &c.; Small Jar, Master Piccalilli. Great demand for Pickles and determination of the Door to Stand a Jar. Interior of ho Stupendous Salt Mine (by Moonlight). —Salt Hoot (a bright White Sprite), Herr Willikind !stolen°. Imminent danger of Jill in splitting upon a Rock of Salt—Treachery of Vinegar —Upsetting the Pail above, and Evaporation of the Saline Stalactite Columns, disclosing The Emerald Temple of Salad.—Magical Union of the Sweets and Sours, and " a Pie" termination of the Loves of Jack and Jill. The Transformation. -Harlequin, M. Milano; Coinrnbinee, Mdlle. Beieno and Miss Ellen Honey; Pantaloon, Mr. Cole; Sprite, Herr Willikind Moleno ; Clown, the celebrated Harry Boluno (his first appearance in London for many years) ; Aerial Evolutionists, by the inimitable Italian Brothers. The Turk's Bead Public-house and hairdresser's Shop.--Hairdreeser, Mons. Pomade ; Publican, Mr. Billy ; Customers, Mew's. Itednob, Smockface, Owen Swift, Beardless, Whisker Want, Baron Nicholson, and Tom Steed; the British Pub lic by themselves; Policeman A. 1, Mr. Tigilant. Approach of the •reat lugged Russian Bear—How he Whines after the Porte, which, being rather old, turns out somewhat crusty—A DO3O of Turkey Rhubarb—A Don-e Cossack—Pure Circassian Cream—How one Shane 11l makes all well—The Great Bear turns out a Great Boar —Silesian Attachment to Grease—Clown Cnts his Customer's Hare and afterwards Dresses it A la Soyer—The Great Moustache Move ment—A C 1... Shave —C'own shows his high attachment to the Pete —Sudden Rise in Porter—Ai M.T.M.P.—A Patten Lock at 10 o'clock—A Bona Fide Traveller—Ginger Beer and Gin without ger —A Mill, a Might, a Regular Row, and Station-kouse for Two. 4/net American Baby Show.—Arrival of the Infantry—indden Squall—Ma's upon the Eve of Battle—General Attack—Awarding the Prizes--Clown and Pantaloon's Offeprings— The Prettiest Baby in the World—A Model Baby and a Spirit Child—The Wonderful Effects of Dr. De Jongh's Cod Liver 011—Clown's Great Prize Baby —Fresh Arrival of ZOO more Babies—The Judge Confounded - Great Uproar—An Inwelcoma Visitor to a Ladies' and Juvenile Parte— and Extraordinary case of Suspended Animation by the Ita- San Sprites. Scott's Oyster Shop, Newspaper-oftlee, and Purseil's niecult Baking and Confectionery Establishment, Cernhill.—" Up ease ye then, my merry men, it is our opening day"—A Hoistee for one end a tenter for two—A Mussulman and a Man for a Mettle—Duty and, Custom— A Bride Cake and a Wedding Cake— First Petition and Second Edition—Left Oat for Want of Room— Press of the Privilege and Privileges of the Press—e Oh, what a row, a rumpus, what a rioting." 'taker, Mr. Crusty ; Fishmonger, Mr. Seale,: Master Newsboy, Christmas-box; Printers, Messrs. Typo and Chapel ; Editor, Mr. Cittemclown ; Critic, Cutemup; Pas sengers, Messrs. Trot, Cosey, Strutalong, Lounge, Loiter, and Walk about; Boardman, air. Bobaday. Hosier's Shop and New Wing of Somerset-house.—llere we are—Merry Christmas and a Happy New Tear—High Prices and Low Prices—Manchester eltaff—Enz- Bab Comfertere—Steeks on Hand and Handsome Stocks—P'ord'e Eureka Shirts--Reform in the Civil List and Uncivil Treatment of the Clerks—Transfer-day at the Bank, and General Holyday at Somerset-house.—Hosier, Mr Stocken; Shopman, Mr. Early bird ; Boy, Master Toddles. Soyer's Magic Kitchen.—Chef de Calsine, Mons. Boyer; Kitehenmalds, Misses Basteaway aid Drippingsell; Guardsman, Corporal Longshanks ; Policeman, Sergeant Podger. Cupboard Lovers—Soyer's Last Soap Where's the Knives and Forks ?—Bolled and Unbolted Lob sters—headless Swains—Lobster Fatty and Giblet Soup—Clown Gone all te Pot—Harlequin Gets well Towelled and afterwards Mangled—Clown and Pentaloon in a Stew—A Regular Broil— ThOtt **meat in such an unquestionable shape, that I will speak to thee (Soyer, or rather Shakspeare)—Teo Many Cooks Spell the (Clown's) Broth—The scene finishes in a very spirited manner. An Illaminated Page of the History of England.—Grand Allegorical Tableau with Panoramic Effects, illustrative of the Triumphs of the Allied Forces. Toting " Allied Army Quadrille," by the doable bands of the English and French. "God save the Queen," " Partaat pour la Syrie," and " Rate Britannia." Daughter of the Regiment, Miss Rebecca Collins, in which character she will sing the spirited patriotic effusion, published in "Blackweod's Magazine" for December, and written by Corporal John Brown, of the Grena dier Guards, when the men got some drink for the first time at Balakeava, Sept. 28th : "Come all you gallant British hearts that love the red and blue, And drink the health of those brave lads who made the Russians rue. Then flll the glass, and let ityass,three times three, and one more, . , For the twentieth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four." Vestibule of the Temple of Victory. The Tribute of England to the Brave Patriots. Distribution of Laurel Wreaths, Gorgeous and P:lectrie Scenic Climax, with Revolving Columns and Variegated Illuminations. Terrine Flight of the Italian Brothers. The whole scene presenting a coup d'cell never before witnessed on the English stage. Admission :—Stalls, is.; dress circle, 45.; second price, !s.; sipper circle, h.: second price, Is. Gd. ; pit, 2s. ; second price, Is.; .ewer gallery, Is.; second price, rd. ; upper gallery, nd. ; private boxes, lee. 6d., le's., 210., and upwards. Doors open at half-past G, performance at 7 o'clock. Half-price at 9 o'clock. The box•onice open daily, from 11 till 5 o'clock, under the direction of Mr. Edward Chatterton. Notice.—Tha following pieces are approved and in preparation, Mid will shortly bo produced : —The Grand Christmas Pantomime, by R. L. Blanchard, Esq. ; a Drama, by Dion Bourci eanit, Esq.; Two Dramas, by A.llnrris, Esq. ; an Adaptation from Meyerbeer's Opera, L'Etotl- du Nord, with new scenery, properties, and effects ; to be succeeded by an English version (by Mr. Reynold eon) of Qluek's Iplegenla in Taurlde. The Grand Historical Egyp- Clan Drama, many months in preparation, will also shortly appear. THLATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. trader the management of Mr. Reckstono. THIS RYENING, FEB. 1, Will be presented OUR MART ANNE. Followed by the sew grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled LITTLE 80-PPIEP; or, Harlequin and the Girl who Lost her Sheep. Little Ro-Peep, Miss L. Thompson ; Harlequis, Mr. Chapin° ; Pantaloon, Yr. W. Barnes; Clown, Mr. Appleby ; Colambine, Miss M. Brown. After which MIKE YOUR WILLS. To conclude with A KISS IN TIIE D IRK. ROYAL PRI.NCMia'S TEIEA.TftE, OIFORD-STREET. Vrtder the Ifetiagetnent of Ur. CZABLIS SIGN. Tars lITENING, FEB. t, Rill I's ?melded the original adaptation of Casimir DelaTigne's Pistorleal Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELZTENTH. Principal dtaraster by Mr. C. Kean. _ . After which will be erodaoed a New Grand Christrnas Pantomime. entitled, HARLEQU'm T,UE.nr.4nt , .” Th. r. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Hanna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Sad Columbine, Miss Domborongh. ZOTIL LTClitrli TRIIATRII. thiclor tike Manageagint •t Madam Testris.. 'rlll4 lai r MIIING, FE3. 1, Wia bil pertratei ASGIATATINS SAM. Prlnslpal eltaraeter by Mr. 11. Mathews. Atter /dick will he predseei the new and original Fairy Extra ♦aganzas, entitled FEINCE ritIITTTPET aid THIS BUTTERFLY' Tab* Winced b TWO HEADS Alltl BETTEE TIAN ONE. llex-elles *pea front iS tutal 6. hole agent for nitrate 'loxes, Mr. Aileron, 13, New Bond-street. TIIIIIATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. 7 "Pvistell. Mr. E. Webster.—Directress, Madalna Celesta. MIS ITENING, Fan. 1, _ _ Will MI lreeetted **Drams of TKU GRENN BUSKER; ir, Bs, irsd Tear, ♦ae. To M followed by a New Grand DIVIIIITISSIMENT. eftex which. A MOVIXO TALI. Ts whisk will be added tat Farce entitled Till 'AMWAY BELLY. ROYAL OLYMPIC TIIKATRE. Lome and Maaager, Mr. A, w ig ,, Mil EVENING, FIB. 1. Will be precasted tb• sew Coraedietta, *Clad. TIT FOR TIT, la 'Witch Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Mies Maskell will appear. Arta wkialt, a new Fairy Extravaganza. entitled TH= YELLOW sorAßy AND THB KING OF THE GOL D MINES. Chara c t ers f Miss Jolla St. George, Ulu E. Ormond*, Mi ss r a no -- i:MISS Brantley, and M r s. Fitzallan. Ts eeneill de with A WIFE, 5 JOURNAL. •••••••• A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and 3fanager, Mr. Win. Caseke. THIS ETENING, Fifteenth week, the succeseal Spectacle called the BATTLE et the LIMA. After which, the varied And beautiful StE in the CIRCLE, Ifte hrveation, arrangement, r and alder E e sole direction of Mr. Um Cooke. To annelids with the Comic Paaternitue ca lled fIL LL uk IFER and e LILLIPUTIANS ; or, Ilarlequ:n and Britannia. Box-oface open peat.A from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr- W. Cook M iii r . ffer , Mr. W. U. Cooke. Egnostr t an Director, M r . W.!. • ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mise Rebecca Isaact. THIS 7.11,Y.1:1NG Will be perf,rmed she popular Barletta, OUR NELLY. Principal Character, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. After which, a new Operatic Burlesque, entitled, ALONZO THE 'RAVE. To couliottlynk tho.rorcopf the TULA rAu; OF Loyuo, THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1855. SEEIK SITUATIONS TO-MORROW MORNING in the LABOUR LIST and LIIIIVERSAL OA ZMTTS of EMPLOYIEENT, price 2d., post-free 4d. E ve ry situation offered in any part of the kingdom, during the previous three days, and up to the Your of going to press, is faith fully gazetted in each number. Published every Tuesday and Friday morning ; 4,000 vacancies , offered weekly. London: E. Shelton, 69, Fleet-street, and all booksellers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. _ _ True Di —Morning 45 tnin.after 1 Evening 5 mimaft. 2 To- ticazow --Morning 23 inin.after 2 I Evening 42 atin.aft. 2 THE WEATHER. —Sus Orrioz, Feb. 1. TEEENIONNTEE, IN TRH SHADE. 33—highest sineo noon yesterday.3o—l owes t this morning and during the night. 35—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29•93—a rise of nearly half an inch since yesterday evening. IxD, N.E. —Moderate, with bitter frosty weather. There wasp heavy fall of snow yesterday. 41 ' .:1 17. g, t r; r . .6g t ftg , -ZlPENituire - - • • - -..; • LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1355. It is amusing and instractive to consider the lucubrations of the various party organs during the present crisis. 'We find those who last year were most exigeant in their demands on the Derbyites—who designated any degree of opposi tion to Ministerial requisitions as " factious," or possibly pro-Muscovite-110Yr the most earnest in insisting that thero shall be no concession by their friends, and that the conduct of the War ! the safety of the Army of the Crimea ! ! nay, more, the prospects of a permanent and honourable peace, are all to be sacrificed to the party predi lections of these who a short time since were the ins, but who new, happily for the nation and its gallant defenders, may be regarded as virtually the outs. Great is the indignation against Lord JOHN RtiSSELL for having produced this result. Indeed his conduct is denounced as such that it should constitute "a lasting ground of exclusion from the confidence of the nation and th,, CsowN !" Now, we can recollect a somewhat simiiaL act, which, although at the time it excited paroxysms of rage in the party thereby excluded from office, is now regarded in a very different view by the entire nation. When Sir ROBERT PEEL broke up one of the strongest party combinations that ever held office—when he refused any longer to give up to party what was meant for the benefit of the entire people—ho was assailed with the most virulent vituperation. No words were sufficiently strong to express the intense detestation of the act. Temperate men, however, regarded it as one of the greatest sacrifices ever made—one of the purest acts of patriotism ever displayed by a.Minis ' ter of the CROWN. That feeling has now become uni versal. Even those who were once its most uncom promising opponents, who let slip no opportunity of denunciation, have at length come round to more equitable views ; and we believe that there is now but little difference of opinion on the sub ject—that the brightest act of a very brilliant career was that in which Sir ROBERT PEEL gave up his cherished prejudices, and abandoned the powerful party he had organised for that - which he conscientiously believed to be for the benefit of the entire community. We have but little doubt that when the first soreness has worn away —when the temporary wound has been healed— there will be a similar verdict respecting the recent act of Lord JOHN RUSSELL ; and that, so far from constituting " a lasting ground of exclu sion from the confidence of the nation aid the Crown," it will be looked on as his strongest claim to both—as one of tke most incontestable proofs of his possessing the character (not always coincident) of a profound statesman and a tho rough patriot. We could not enter into the consideration of the contemplated changes without rendering" this simple act of justice to ono whom we have always looked on with respect aid esteem; and who was never more entitled to both one and the other, from every person who advocated the great principle of " measures, not men," than at the present moment. Lord DERBY has, it appears, been sent for, and had two communications with the Qunics - ! This might have been anticipated. Indeed it is diffi cult to conceive how any other course could have been constitutionally adopted by her Miazarr, —and it needs not our assurance to the effect that the constitutional course is that which will be followed by our most gracious SOVEREIGN. The Noble Earl is the reeognised head of the great party which commands an absolute majority in the Upper House, and is numerically the strongest of any single party in the popular branch of the Legislature ? The time has gone by when the country could be ruled by a majo rity of the hereditary legislators. But no one can presume to assert that the weight and influ ence of the Noble Lord in ono of the co-ordinate branches is not a great element of success ; that must bo taken into consideration in the formation of a new Government, and that Lord DERBY un questionably possesses. In the Commons, as we have stated, ho is in a minority. But it is only a combination of all parties that can defeat his measures. Should he succeed in obtaining the support of any influen tial section of the House, he may carry on the Government far more efficiently than his pre decessors. Now, it is this very weakness that affords the strongest assurance to us, who look solely to the benefit of the people, and who care nothing as to the names of those who may hold the seals of office so that the power cannot be abused. There is no great question of internal policy, now depending, which may be prejudiced by the appointment. The obsequies of Prot oc livu - - solemnised. There is no possible danger of its resurrection—and all the previous heartburnings and jealousies that ex isted on account of the unseemly hag should be interred in the same sepulchre. We need not say how widely we differed on this important point, but, as the matter has been frankly abandoned on one side, we do not see the propriety of brooding over the differences of the past rather than the hopes of the future. Then arises the greatest domestic question, or rather series of questions of the present day. The various reforms, Parliamentary, legal, eccle siastical, fiscal, financial, monetary, cannot b e seriously injured by the accession of Lord DIZBY to office. On the first point, we believe that the Whigs would be more valuable in opposition than in !power. We willingly reeognize Lord Jost RUSSELL as a conscientious Parliamentary re former. But ho still, we will say unaccountably, lags in the rear t He still repudiates " the Ballot, " the most important, nay more, the most indispensable, of "all the points." When left to himself, and unhampered by association with the Peelites--on this point more conservative than the Conservatives themselves—he will judge more impartially, and we cannot hesitate as to what will be the result. Should Parliamentary Reform be even postponed for a session, it will be worth obtaining, and it si gn ifi es li tt l e w h e th er that postponement arises from the unwillingness or the weakness of the Government, p that ro s v ave inga there is a much bettor prospect of providing remedy for the former than the latter. But does it follow that a Derbyite G overn .. men t Would oppose all Parliamentary Reform? Far from it. We believe that there is at lea it an equal prospect of obtaining as broad and cot apre hensiTe a measure at their hands as from tho so of their opponents. _ _ On the legal reforms there is even a brig'ia ter prospect. Lord St. LEONARDO has done ml tab. ; and in Ireland the measures of Messrs. NA ZLER and WHrrmsinE have been of a very liberal -ten dency—if not all that we could desire, still p ro gressing very far in the right direction ; and, he must indeed be an unreasonable person that would object thereto, Ecclesiastical matters are perhaps more dolibt ful, but when we look to the clearly-expressed views of Lord STANLEY, and his close connec': ion with the Premier, and his friendship with Mr. DISRAELI, we must consider that there is a botter prospect of obtaining important ameliorations tl an if the Coalition remained in office—more os. pe cially when we consider the liberalising tend el: icy of opposition on Whig minds. In the other highly important matters.s, of fiscal, financial, and monetary reform, we con, fess that we have greater confidence in Mr. DISRJ.F,LI than in Mr. GLADSTONE. We have seen that: the former endeavoured to render the Income Trc, c in some degree more equitable—that ho recoga. ised the distinction between permanent and tempore try, between certain and precarious, income—whil' the latter steadily refused to make any conces s ion, or to let in the point of the wedge in the slightest degree. GLADSTONE even conquered all his colleagues, and, while ho retains office, Utere is not the slightest hope of any more equi to ble adjustment of that onerous impost. In financials he has laid down the principle of placing the entire War expenditure on the acv ru ing income of the country, after denuding th e Exchequer of its balances, and of grinding the pre sent generation for the benefit of posterity. 'We of the present generation do net approve of that cotirse, and should rather that he was Minister for posterity than for ourselves. What, then, have we to fear from a Deikyite Government ? Nothing ! It can do no pow,ible harm ; all that it could effect would be to retard the progress of important reforms, which, sooner or later, are inevitable. But we have much to hope—much in bringing the War to a satisfactory termination—much in op posing Germanism—in making England respected abroad—and, bringing the AUTOCRAT to a speedy sense of his true position. Without the assistance of liberal leaders—without Lords PALMERSTON and JonN RUSSELL—there may be constant dif ficulties. But those who regard the welfare and prosperity of the nation as more important than party feelings will fervently hope for a Coalition that would indeed be for the benefit of the com munity, and which would be of a character to induce England to change its opinion and to love such party combinations. Aristocracy versus merit has been the ruin of the army in more ways than one. The whole country is aroused by the Crimean exposures of the incompetency of men who obtained their commissions by purchase only, while merit pined in the ranks ; but tke chief Government spokesman made an admission in the debate which tells most forcibly in the same direction. He observed that the reason why our troops know regimental duty so well, while they are unskilful to carry out the duties of the larger combinations which form an army, is that they have been scattered over the country in single regiments, performing, in fact, police rather than military service. This state meat is strictly true. It would seem to have been the policy of our rulers not to let the people see that we had an army, yet to let them see at the same time some soldiers in every place whore there was a possibility of popular outbreak. Regiments e►ery wliare, but an army nowhere ; this was the plan which at once concealed the magnitude of our military force, and yet kept naughty Chartists and others quiet. According to Mr. S. HERBERT we have been living under the protection of a military police, while we. supposed tint the gen tlemen of the blue coat and truncheon were our protectors. Now, all this we owe to our aristocracy. Its two great sections—those who openly and at all times oppose political and institutional reform, and those whom Sir E. L. BIILWIR so justly and pithily described as " democrats in opposition and oligarchs in •ffice"—both those sections equally wish to concede as few popular rights as pos sible. Corn laws, game laws, Church-rate laws, rotten boroughs, taxes on knowledge, shilling postage, army corruptions, Church abuses—every abuse, in short, both parties in the aristocracy have doggedly defended, or are doggedly defend ing, till the last moment. The fatal army abuse, by which its commands have been made the nest of portionless aristocrats instead of the reward of proved capacity, has, as we now see, been clung to till it has brought down upon it the condemnatory ♦erdict of " the grand inquest of the nation." It was an abuse practically affect ing but a small class, a class which dare not com plain ; and hence, till the Crimea revealed the corruptness and ruinous inefficiency of the entire hoax, the solemn imposition of the Horse Guards was accepted as something which civilians were not to meddle with. They were to pay, to the tune of 1$ or 17 millions per annum, but not to complain. All was perfect. " The Duke" was a guarantee for that. About such matters, however, as we men tioned above, the civilians did know, or thought they did. Above all great numbers thought that one . +rt Tots for a mem her of Parliament as another, and when times of pressure came, and petitions and remonstrances were of no avail, the unenfranchised were liable to be rather mutinous, and to demand their rights, and the suppression of aristocratic abuses in an unpleasantly loud tone. Then was seen the aristocratical beauty of the regimental dispersion of our troops. Regimental police saved the necessity of concession. Bayonets were every where ready to answer any clamour for tho suffrage. It was net needful to content the people. Call out the troops ! It cannot be considered far fetched to trace thus a system which has disqualified our soldiery from forming an army, which has left the mon incompetent to shift for themselves, and their superior officers incompetent to supply them with food, shelter, and ammunition at only seven miles from their port—it cannot be far-fetched to tra:e this system to aristocratic antagonism to the rights of the people. It is a gross libel on our country men even to hint that they need troops scattered all over the country to keep them quiet. Hardly anything but some palpable injustice will collect any number of plain Englishmen together with very angry feelings, or for purposes of ♦iolence. Remove all real grievances, all political inequali ties, all unjust patronage of favoured sects, all laws that favour property at the expense of poverty, and the grievance -monger will have hard work to get an audience, and harder still to arouse ono to acts of mischief in support of the orator's nostrum. In a word, if Whigs and Tories will but consent to tako their chance with the people ; if the really able among our aristocracy will but use their abilities, not to drag on the Government and Ad ministration of the country by gathering cousins and connexions around them, but in frankly open ing the door to honourable service and distinc• tion in all the professions, to all who deserve it, then, and then only, will they beable to dispense with a military police. Then, when peace shall return, we shall be able to train our army purely as an army, to get it and to keep it in a state fit for All that may be required of it in defence or attack. Exposures of aristocratic and official misman agement and incapacity seem to follow each other rather quickly. The aristocratic borough system fell some twenty years ago. Since then their Corn Laws fell beneath the stroke of the people, and almost all their monopoly laws went with them. Their Church system has staggered under the attacks of Voluntaries from without and HOREMANS from within ; and now their grand resort—the Army—where no son of the plebeian brave, like young PERRY, might mingle with the sons of the wealthy and the titled, is laid bare to the public view. The army of France mercilessly stands testifying against them. The courage of neither army is for a moment in question, nor even the natural abilities of the two nations. The question now answered in the Crimea before all Europe is—Does the French system of open ing promotion to merit, aid training men to all the duties of warfare, or the English one of sell ing all our promotions to the wealthy, and using our soldiers in regiments for police purposes, answer best ? If Mr. ROEBUCK and our Commons are faithful to their duty, that question is now answered for all the future of England. The Horse Guard system is doomed, as surely as that of rotten boroughs or the Corn Laws. NEW MINISTRY. SUN OFFICE, Three o'clock. Nothing positive is known up to this hour as to the construction of the New Cabinet. The Earl of Derby has been actively engaged with his political supportera, and it seems to be tolerably certain that his lordship will attempt to form a new Coalition Ministry. Some people, in quarters which we may pre sume to be well informed, go the length of saying that her Majesty made it a sine qua non that, if possible, Lord Palmerston should be admitted into the Derby Cabinet. The movements of the Earl of Derby yesterday would not only tend to confirm that impression, but would seem to indi cate that Lord Palmerston has no objections to act with the Earl of Derby, inasmuch as it was not until the Earl of Derby had had an interview with his Lordship that the Noble Earl received her Majesty's commands to attempt the forma. tion of a Ministry. The appropriation of Cabinet offices is as yet unknown C 7072 to the leaders of the Derby party themselves, but all the members of the last Derby Administration have consented to act in the present emergency, while the Earl of Ellenborough, Sir E. B. Lytton, and other celebrities on the Opposition side have also inti mated their readiness to serve, if needful. It is understood that the proceedings in Pai liamont this evening will be purely of a formal character. In the Commons, Lord Palmerston will announce the resignation of the late Ca binet, and probably move the adjournment of the tiouse until Monday. Similar statements will no doubt be made in the Peers by the Earl of Aberdeen, with the addition that lie had advised her Majesty to send for the Earl of Derby, who had since informed him that ho had undertaken the task of forming a new Minstry. MINISTERIAL ICUMOURS. We yesterday announced that the Earl of Derby had been sent for by her Majesty, and that his lordship had consented to form a Ainistry. That, in fact, is the only thing at present known, but we give below the move ments that have taken place since, from which our readers can draw their own conclusions. Rumour is still busy, and as a specimen we publish the following i❑ circulation this morning. Lord Derby's arrangements proceed satisfactorily-- Lord Palmerston is to be the War Minister, Mr. Disraeli is to have the Foreign-office, Sir J. Pakington the Colo nial, Mr. Gladstone is to continue Chancellor, Sir James Graham likewise retains the Admiralty. Seats in the Cabinet are to be provided for Mr. Sidney Herbert and the Earl of Ellenborough. We give this as we have heard it without vouching for its authenticity. The Earl of Derby left the Palace at half•past two o'clock, yesterday afternoon, and shortly afterwards her Majesty and the Prince Consort returned to Windsor Castle, travelling by the Great Western Railway. After the return of the Earl cf Derby from the Palace, his lordship received the Right Hon. B. Disraeli and several other of his political friends. In the course of the afternoon Viscount Palmerston despatched a communication to the Earl of Derby. At nine o'clock last night a messenger arrived at Windsor Castle, bearing a despatch for her Majesty from the Earl of Derby. A messenger from the Queen arrived at the residence of Viscount Palmerston at an early 'hour yesterday morning. A Queen's messenger left Windsor Cantle last evening, charged with a despatch for the Earl of Aberdeen. The messenger returned to Windsor with the noble earl's reply to her Majesty shortly after line o'clock. At an early hour yesterday Viscount Palmerston had an interview with the Marquis of Lansdowne athis lord ship's residence is Berkeley-square. The Martinis of Lansdowne visited Lord John Russell yesterday at his residence in Chesham-place. viß;f.d VIAL 01 ME political friends. Shortly before 12 o'clock last night, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Gladstone) and the Right lion Sidney Herbert arrived together at the Admiralty, and had an interview with Sir hJeLrinaesleGrgrathheanme.a in T t h e e rv r i i e g v h: Aberdeen (wblegitehntwlehmom they enc came direct from the E ar l of to the Admiralty. Lord John Russell entertained a select circle at dim_ nor last evening. Lord Dunkellin, recently returned from St. Petersburg, was areonst his lordship's guests. The Secretary of the Treasury, the Right Hon. G. W. Hayter, was very busy yesterday at the clubs. The right hon. gentleman paid a visit to the Earl of Aber deen during the morning, at Argyll Houle. The various members of the Aberdeen Cabinet trans acted business at the offices of their department, as. usual, during the day. His Royal Highness the Duke if Cambridge arrived at the Palace during the forenoon, and was present during the audiences which the Earl of Derby had with the Queen. The rumour at the clubs last light was, that if Messrs. Gladstone and Sidney Herbert, and any one of the Whigs in the late Administration, could be induced to take office along with him, Lord Palmerston was willing to take the lead ix the House of Commons, and thus form a Derby-Palmerston coalition. It was said that Mr. Disraeli was to be left out, in the first instance, to propitiate the Whigs and Peelites. Lord Clarendon's name was mentioned in connection with these statements, but that part of the tale met with little credence. The Sultan has just conferred the decoration of Grand Vizir on the Bey of Tunis, as a mark of his satisfaction at the prompt manner in which the Tunisian troops were sent to the East to take part in the war. lawicK.—About 80 of our townsfolk have enlisted into the militia, and are to leave this for Dumfries en Monday first. Besides these, nearly 40 have joined the regulars, chiefly, wo believe, the 42d Regiment. Most of the men are stockingmakerc—Kato Clcronicee, LATEST NEWS. BERLIN, JAN. 31. Austria's motion for the mobolisation of the federal contingents was rejected and withdrawn yesterday at the sitting of the committee of the Diet. Prussia's motion on th© preparation for war (kriegsbereitsehaft) was accepted. The fourth and sixth army corps are ordered to occupy the provinces of Saxony and Silesia. The demand of France that a portion of the French army be allowed to pass through Prussia is categorically rejected. VIENNA, JAN. 31. Accounts from Constantinople of the 22d state that a change of Ministry was expected. An Egyptian division had embarked for the Crimea. Negotiations with Greece had been concluded, and Rustem Bey, the Ottoman Commissioner, had been recalled. News from the Crimea says that Russian zor. ties were more frequent. The severe frost ran. ders a general attack on the town impracticable. Th© Turkish Ambassador received to-day spe cial powers to attend the Conference on behalf of his Sovereign. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. On the 30th the Military Committee of the Bund declared it to be necessary that the whole Federal army should be placed in kricgs,;'ustancl, or war footing. The Constantinople news of 22d in of no portauce. MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Th© Egyptus, which left Constantinople en the 22d of January, arrived this morning. The Government despatches left by an early train. The Porte does not show any eagerness to accept the invitation to send a Plenipotentiary to the Conferences at Vienna. According to advices from the Crimea of the 20th the condition of the troops was improving. There were 14 degrees of cold. It was uncertain whether any more Turks would be sent to the Crimea. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 18.—News has been re ceived which brings down our knowledge of Schamyl's existence and continued command up to the time of the late foray in Georgia, of which he was, no doubt, at the bead. It will be remembered that a horde of mountaineers suddenly descended on the open country near Tiflis, plundered two villages and some country houses, massacred the inhabitants —men, women, and children—and car ried off two ladies to the mountains, whether they fled at the approach of the Russian troops. The British Ambassador has endeavoured to obtain the release of these ladies from the savages who have then in their power, but without effect. It is said, however, on good authority, that a letter has been received from Schamyl, stating that the ladies were carried off by a band under his orders ; so that there can bo no doubt that this personage still exists, a fact that will, no doubt, cause much en thusiasm among his admirers in Europe. Rumours of negotiations for peace have been prevalent for the last few days. The Austrian Internunciate is hopeful of peace and of the high position which a country will gain by being the author of it. The Galatz merchants are sanguine or desponding according as they deal in Russian and Wallachian corn, or supply the necessities of the Turkish army and its allies. The feeling, both in the diplomatic and general world, however, is that the Czar will never consent to the destruction of Sebastopol, and that the allies will not dwsist until it is destroyed. THE WAR IN ASIA. The Kars army is in the usual state. By the last accounts the Russians were making large levies of troops on the frontier. The mission of Achmet Vefix Effendi to Teheran was attended with con siderable success, and there was reason to hope that Persia might be united to Turkey, if not by friend ship, at least by a feeling of common interest. Achmet Effendi did much to conciliate the religi ous prejudices of the priests and people. By re presenting the danger of their common Mahome danism, and the necessity of defending it, he had created a feeling of distrust towards Russia, which would, propably, before long, have influenced the conduct of the Court. Kurdistan still continues in a state of revolt. THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Varna correspondent of the Fremden Blatt, vrlio is believed to be an officer from Holstein in the service of the Porte, writes that the Turkish army will be better off in the Crimea than it was in Wallachia. Ismail Pasha has at length defini tively taken the command of the Turkish army left on the Danube, but he has not yet left for Shumla. All the reports that reach us respecting the plans of the allied commanders may be summed up in a couple of lines. There will be continual skirmishes, but no events of importance until the spring. The bad weather has recently so interrupted the communications in the Principalities, that it was not until the 18th ult. that the official report of the Russian inroad into the Dobrudscha reached Bucharest. The original object of the Russians seems to have been to advance to Kostendje, and to prevent the embarkation of the Turks for the Crimea. The Russian force consisted of 12 In fantry battalions and a detachment of Cossacks. The Commander of the . Turkish Cossacks, the Pole Serbinsky, was killed. The Russians, for some unknown reason, only advanced to 13abadaah, which they set on fire. On the 16th, Ismail Pasha left Bucharest for Rustchuk. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNEXDAY EVENING. The following telegraphic despatches have been rAeAived here : ‘g BERLLN, Onfh,—ThA .7ntirr —l.2c Petersbourg of the 16th announces that the Grand Dukes ar rived at Moscow on the 15th, and left the same evening for Sebastopol. The same journal speaks in high terms of the attention paid to the wounded Russians at Constantinople, but complains of the severity of the regime to which the Russian pri soners in the Ile d'A ix, are subiscted.” " Onr,ssn, 25th.—The accounts received from Sebastopol are to the 19th. Nothing important had taken place. The fire of the batteries had al most ceased on both sides. A heavy fall of snow had taken place. Desertion amongst the Allied troops had increased.' [This, it must be observed, is a Russian despatch, and must be received with caution.] An Imperial decree nominates as Ladies of the Palace to the Empress the Countess do Labedoyere, Countess de la Poeze, Countess de Lourmel, Countess do Rayneval, Mine. de Saucy, and Mme. de Saulcy. Vice-Admiral Dundas arrived last evening in Paris, and alighted at the Hotel Mirabeau. The detachments of 75 men from each regiment of infantry which had been ordered to leave 01 the 20th for the East have received counter orders. They will not now leave -antil the beginning of next month, but as they will proceed by the most rapid conveyances they will reach the Crimea, as promptly as if they had taken their departure when first ordered. _ _ The Constitutionnel says : " Rear-Admiral Febvrior-Despointes, who commanded the French squadron in the Pacific and in the affair at Petro paulovski, has, it is said, been recalled. He will be replaced by M. Fourichon, lately Governor of French Guyana. The latter officer is replaced, as Major-General at Brest, by M. do Chabannes, who commanded the Charlemagne, in the bombardment of Sebastopol, when the Allied troops made their first attack. Rear-Admiral Lugeol is, it is said, to be replaced in Greece by Commandant Baudin." Letters from Algiers of the 25th announce the arrival in that port of the Inflexible, the Breslau, and the Tage, ships of the line, of the frigates Didon and Labrador, and of the steamer the Tanger. These vessels were about to sail for the Crimea with two battalions of the 86th, detach ments of the 100th, a detachment of the 4th foot ehasseurs (riflemen), and some officers, also with 25 horses and a number of mules. On the 10th the Iteine Hortense, steam-frigate, having in tow an English vessel freighted with wooden houses for the army in the Crimea, arrived at Algiers ; but she only stayed a few minutes to receive despatches. RUSSIA. The Journal de St. Petersbourg of the 23d of January gives the following account of the recent crossing of the Danube by the Russians : "The Commander-in-Chief of the army of the South, Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gortschakoff, haviig been informed of the movement of Turkish troops in the pro vince of Babadagh, deemed it advisable to make him self acquainted with the strength and intentions of the enemy. "This reconnaissance was intrusted to Lieutenant- General Ouschakoff, with a detachment of four batta lions, two squadrons, six rotnias of Regiment No. 1 of Don Cossacks of Sazonoff, four pieces of artillery, and a Cossack field rocket battery. "On the 27th of December (Bth of January) these troops crossed to the right side of the Danube, took pos session of the bridge on the so-called Somowo Mouth,' and, having dispersed the cavalry which opposed them, occupied Tultscha. "bur cavalry, under the command of Colonel Sazonoff, was directed on Babadagh, which it attacked on the 28th (9th January). The Turks who occupied the town fled by the Bazardjik road, and, pursued by our Cossacks, suffered a considerable lose. " On the 29th (10th January) the detachment of Lieu tenant-General Ouschakoff re-crossed to the left bank of the Danube. "In these encounters the Turks lost 253 men killed, and we took 83 prisoners. Among the latter there was a superior officer and two subalterns. Our troops, moreover, captured a flag and a portion of the baggage train, with provisions and ammunition. " On our side one Cossack was wounded." It is expected here that Prince Menschikoff will undertake a second and decisive blow against the Allies immediately on the arrival of the Princes. Full confidence is expressed here with regard to the success of Russian arms, and intelligence is impatiently awaited. A Russian official report gives the following RS a list of killed and wounded in the defence of Sebas topol between the 6th of October and the 17th of November : Killed. Wounded, 3 Superior officers 4 24 Subalterns ... .. 14 104 Non-commissioned officers and sailors ... 789 2,934 PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Jan. 29. Lieutenant-General von Wedell, Ad j utant-General of the King, Commander of the Federal fortress of Luxemburg, left here yesterday morning by the early train for Paris. His mission to the Court of Paris relates to the views in the late note despatched from here on. the 21st inst. BERLIN, Jan. 28.-11 is stated that M. von der Pferdton has renounced his proposed mediatory visit to this place, partly because Austria has de clined compromise and half-measures, and partly because the Bavarian Chambers render the Prime Minister's position " sour," if not hazardous. Nor has anything occurred to indicate distinctly whe ther Austria will obtain a majority at the Diet, although an impression exists that such will be the issue, if ever German Governments can harden their hearts to transmit decided instructions to their envoys. The following telegraphic despatch was received this afternoon : " TRIESTE, Jan. 27.—Yesterday the express train from Tienna was stopped by the snow at Adels berg. The Duke and Duchess of Brabant have gone by the Lloyd steamer Australia to Egypt. Their Highnesses intend visiting the cataracts of the Nile, and will return by way of Palastrina and Syria. Weekly report :—Little done in coffee on account of the small quantity in the market ; sugar firm ; pepper yielding ; Egyptian cotton, limited supply, sought for ; corn dull." SARDINIA. TURIN, Jan. 27.—Yesterday the Chamber of Deputies assembled for an extraordinary sitting, in order to hear the treaty of alliance between Sar dinia, France, and England, together with the military convention between Sardinia and Eng land, read, and to allow of the presentation of a project •f law for authorising the Government of the King of Sardinia to raise a loan according to the terms of t] Blast-named convention, and thereby enable it to fulfil the first. After Count Cavour, as Foreign Minister, had read the treaty and con ventions, he read the following preamble, explana tory of the views of Government in forming the present alliance, and asking the Chamber for the powers requisite to put it in execution : " Gentlemen,—The Eastern war, having called forth new interests to combat on the field of politics, has ren dered new alliances necessary. "The course of old diplomatic traditions was all at once interrupted, and both from ti careful consideration of the present serious moment and of a future from which the greatest prudence alone can avert the dangers, it was clear to every Government that, in the face of complications so unexpected on the world's stage, it was necessary to seek a new system that should procure strength, supports, and remedial acts, to provide against the altered circumstances. " England and France first gave the world the gener ous example of the most complete forgetfulness of their secular differences, descending united to the field where they combat in the cause of justice and the common rights of nations. " Tke other Governments, watching the rapid progress of events, dispose themselves to take that part in them that necessity or the convenience of their own policy may require. "In such serious circumstances, and in the midst of such general preparations, the Government of the King would have been gravely wanting in duty had it not at tentively considered how to act for the good of the King and the State, and, having made its choice, had it not resolutely put it in execution. " The - aliernatives were two : " Neutrality—that is to say, isolation ; or, "Alliance with the Western Powers. " Neutrality, sometimes possible to powers powers of the first rank, is seldom so to thlse of the second, un less placed in special, political, and geographical cir cumstances. History, however, rarely shows happy instances of neutrality, the least sad results of which terminate in making those who adopt it either objects of suspicion or disdain to both con tending parties. To Piedmont, moreover, the high heart of whose kings inspired at all times a resolute policy, alliances have always been more pleasing. " Piedmont has succeeded in making herself ac counted more by Europe than herlimited territory would appear to warrant, because in the day of common peril she has always known how to face the common fate ; as also because in times of tranquillity it was part of the rare wisdom of the Princes of Savoy to reform, by slow degrees, adapting the political and civil laws to the new wants, the natural consequences of the incessant con quests of civilisation. " She might, it is true, by one thing or the other, from force of circumstances, have fallen, though, if she had done so, she would have risen again ; but she was never held in scorn, or put aside ; she never broke the bond that bound her to her kings, and always found her safety in the fidelity and esteem that she has known how to inspire. "A new pr)of of both was the proposition of an alli ante to the Government of his Majesty on the part o those of her Majesty the Queen of England and of his Majesty the Emperor of the French. " The examples of history, the anticipations of the future, the noble traditions of the House of Savoy, all unite to drive the Ministry from a timid, idle policy, and to lead it instead by the old road, followed by our fathers, who knew true pruderice to exist in sharing the sacrifices and perils encountered for justice, whence arose increased reputation or benefits after victory. " By order of the sing, who on this occasion, as always. has shown himself equal to the greatness of the and to the TIMUU ur Um , — the formal ad hosioa to the treaty of the 10th of April' has boon plished, and at the same time were drawn up the two conventions calculated to regulate the manner of co-ope ration to be lent by Sardinia in consequence of this act. " We come, therefore, to submit them for your appro bation. " The fruit of a prudence which tends to courage and generosity, we confidently believe that this treaty will obtain your consent so much the more than it would have done had it bean suggested by a timid prudence and short-sighted ca,lculaions. " You, elected by a people who have always a heart devoted to their princes whenever they should follow on the path of sacrifice and honour, cannot feel it in your hearts to act otherwise. " To the Cross of Savoy, as to that of Genoa, the road to the East is known. Both h ave s h own them selves victorious on those fields, where this time they will shine united on our banner. Placed now between the glorious standards of England and France, it will know how to prove itself worthy of such high company, and that God, who for eight centuries has supported the fortitude and faith of the House of Savoy, will bless it "Supplementary Convention to the Military Conven tion between his Majesty the King of Sardinia, his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and her Majesty th• Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. " Art. 1. Her Majesty the Queen of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland engages herself to recommend to her Parliament to take measures to ad vance to his Majesty the King of Sardinia, by means of a loan, the sum of 1,000,0001. sterling, of which 500,0001. shall be paid by her Majesty as soon as possible, as soon as her Parliament shall have given its consent, and the other 500,0001. six months after the payment of the first sum. "Her Britannic Majesty further engages herself to reconunend her Parliament to take measures to enable her, should. tho war not be at o,n end at the expiration of 12 months after the payment cf the first to y said loan, to advance to his Majesty the sing dinia, in the same proportions, a similsr 1,000,0001. sterling, "Art. 2. The interest to be paid on the PI 40 0 loans by the Sardinian Government is to be at 1 .00 of 4 per cent. per annum, of which 3 per co' a sinking fend. of nosit " The interest to date from the day ; "tbr a the said loan or loans, in half-yearly pn1 51.13 ;'r4 4 i payment to be made within one fortnight eivt4o. piration of the six months, dating from the psr the first term of the loan, and so succeesivelY• "Art. 3. Her Majesty the Queen of the dom of Great Britain and Ireland und@rtakes tuitous transport of the Sardinian troops. .6 0 1,F " Art. 4. The present convention shall be ratj the ratifications exchanged at Turin as soon egotreAf "In Nth of which the respective plenTeheir have signed the present convention, and lA'''. thereto. "Done at Turin the 26th of J nuary 1855 ' a , Cie ti goys • " PROJECT or LAW. " Sole Article. seay l " The Government of the King is a utbori 'full and entire execution to the militarYncceese: stipulated this day between her Majesty tb e , 4 ,:a 00 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Aso Majesty the Emperor of the French, An" r supplementary convention concluded with be Majesty." AUSTRIA. I bieb; VIENNA, Jan. 27.—The committee fttiv been appointed to watch over the age° ° a t th ° ,4 Principalities will probably meet he re 00,4 ginning of next week. It is said that del far from quiet in Servia, but reliable :A that Principality is very rare. By Il e fi t oe d ? the Porte, Austria is authorised to sell` Or/ Servia should there. be any political clulisoiso Prince Gortschakoff received very v° l 0 111 patches the evening before last, but . ni„, correspondent knows nothing of their o °' d t f 0 1 4 1 1 . In consequence of the eastern thenpar-° man empire not being able to s upply 0 04 0 1 recruits of the regulation age and le for tke recently ordered ex traordiniort or „l l Emperor has decided that younger 04 than. originally fixed shall be taken; i e fel' bringing from Asia into Europe al' which he can dispose. Oi l t - b ; -- • 41 80,000 is thA number to which it, ft its lis lo French army. for Austria is limitea., A tio x. 40. through Lombardy, and will provew,ocor the reality of the alliance of France 7 NY General Schramm is spoken of as 1i0n1,,, ° 0 mand under the Emperor, who, it is st t ii Or' will take the field. General Boscit le hear, spoken of. A fifth battery of the Artillery °- ftllBl°Prt4f Guard is now being organised in 1 13P ' . 11 1 71 ment of that arm is to furnish 20 Die ll 'Aor missiened officers, and a trumpeter, among the best conducted of the corp s ' Os JO e s p r iolt The Correspondent Bureau inforreso / Western Powers have entered into c°13,,010 gitiations with Spain for the accessl ° 'ty Harp force of 25,000 men to be sent to is I 1 The "consideration" for this serviceoettY, be the assistance of England and rratst 1 F Spain in the possession of Cuba ag oo o booting attack on the part of el " United States. Of.l Til r ' f i The Wanderer of Vienna says A to el fi sador of France and England receive"gpf, back despatches from their Governulelleo f quence of which the conferences betvi_ A e p iP o t?, Count de Buol, for some time int er lbe resumed. These conferences relate %SO measures to be taken in accordance Yll of Dec. 2." i°bilpr The Moskauer Zeitung states that t, Dukes Nicholas and Michael passed 16 0 city, en route for Sebastopol, on the ki (10,1 1/11 1 The Ost Deutsche Post remarks, I t t,llo headed "From the Seat of War," th ii ii eJ , received lead to the supposition that a t P r l rival of Generals Pelissier and Niel At a f things will remain just as they are' 11 e" generals have arrived, operations oni the menced on a new plan. It is said 1 ,7. - camp that General Pelissier will 1 0 '0 0 independent command, but will of c ° ject to the resolutions of the gene' war, and, naturally, subordinate to robert, who served under Pelissier re. l i brf . ~4 o ifi'the " I ' 041 l, L et La ie 0 ri as hAfe, b oi l , 6 be,l , cO O 7 O s "ekill Der ti i Ilexl r i 10 0 kl. fl , ei le i li re ik, 18 , 4 to ifrio. k e t , i in ,- KtNrr 0 .....0 A 761 , OOP ti li ,‘ l tt 1 t • ti o wil 'lO Meter 7y, o , , lt:r, jo 4g s t 4 1.- P 1O "'ern i l iktii;• fot " P- if . s ill ;J iii° ''Cl. k° • ' ll ' 1 1' l ' e; 010 I i: n' s f li 11 4' t a b0t1.,• s Ala n 1 W - 4 if i .l tsfe . 0 J the , c oatl il ijor , ti . nea 4 3 0 2 op e d • uP,,,,ofer tk f,„ ono, s t. i ‘l/44 for t 1 ioi f r qr o ; eat N at i A or} I t , ' of e gtlr I, 4 Abi, 00.- e il fog 00 ,_ an f m -re 6 tbi li ~4 . 1 114 tels ati 1 , 1 44 f. ' fou 11 , 4 (4 11 0 t b°P o l tll 'il e a 0 0 ' 4 yr e 0 4t lti 1 1 th Y ippl 1 0 -4t, .ots. 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Mercury, The Mercury left Bordealx on the I', cargo of cloverseed, wine, brandy, tzo-y'l l so , at half-past 9 the next evening was rt% ph i outward-bound bark, apparently Fre?" ;i0 the vessel amidships, stopped her ene i bo o and caused her to sink within half as ' kept her course. The crew, 22, in t cl oo til were kept afloat with great difficulty,e gi p' Bay of Biscay 20 hours without water , ti c oe the bark Johanna, of Hartlepool, whic' i the to Gibraltar ; the master, four men, 23 '„ao took passage in the Mauritius. Three DIA' crew, and 13 were left at Gibraltar. THE LATE SIR GEORGE 00 ;i AND THE .ADMIRAb•L In our columns of this day w ill be fo ul all respect for the great name of the al worthy and gallant admiral who has 5 5 ' ment, we must regard an a most hag , ' the natural tendencies of all departnase t ' s 4 .l Cockburn, we need not say, was a m os t Admiral, and bad almost unprecedented Lard of the Admiralty. The doeunse t, behind h'lon as the fruits of his experienc e I of his life, and to which he evidently ntt'. value, is a plan for the reconstruction of t' on the olosest possible resemblance wit A ll, ing establishment. Doubtless the worried at his Board, snubbed by poll ti e by surveyors of the navy, and with scare patronage, often had need to envy th e : Chief. But it was no vulgar envy that di' will and testament. Here we have the the whole soul of the man whose life's l ci idea bad been to create a great navy. " 4 " ° great navy ? What object of ambition and useful ? We reply, that even a gr ei only be instrumental to a great countyl great navy too much left to professioo 0l will degenerate into fleets of huge ships , able kind, ancient admirals, innurnerW" customs for grandeur,, not for use, while comes in grim earnest than the very thing! are found never to have been thought of. mon saying what happens when himself to be too ranch in the hands 49 ! - each one of them will only be too 1131 3 P,f whole of his income for him, and, after 3'l, be served. As it is, notwithstanding theutt of Mr. Osborne, it can hardly be said tb / ,' navy has done what was expected of it war. Something smaller and less custlf 0 1 0 ) ships might have done us more service4o ty with less glory to First Lords and shipb ARMY BE Q UIRE .3110 11S ' r • il 'W hat the army requires is a better Pr a°l f t 4d l/1 cialities. There should be various corp' ° ciai and peculiar duties, For camp dutie s ) 0 0 0 1 / 0 or what may be termed the interior serr ic ,;ek in the field, a distinct body of men is reeVol, tee time better of such service, 11 1 4 0 0 A of the regular troop s or fi g hti ng men . -14.! % P• tiliso' duties of escorts, orderlies, messengers, &e., are performed by soldiers taken 'tirl,"3 • . 0 1 1 mental ranks, who often discharge them b u i t ic!,l end are always liable to the t em pta,tiel o olr,vi, irregular service, while the regiments , t he it," weakened by those draughts upon "l j er'A";: Some special, lightly-equipped corps i 8 ° t or) needed. That the transport pervi,je 'O4 organised on a footing of its own is too 00910 proof. It would be out of the question "0 0 :01' :1 , permanence such a waggon train as 0° „1,11 1 4, moment's notice for the wants of the Br'iel 1 ,4 the necessity of a distinct s erv i ce s hould ta igl' 0 01 1 from the first opening of hostilities, and i °l • 0 0,q) be desirable to enrol a small co r ps of di"; O ° O lQ departments of the army. The engineer' 6103, ` O l their own means of transport. SapP°: . 416 their " drivers," exactly as g u n ners lit`cjoi t o f dering the peculiar nature and importeill'opgiP;Vl we think the charge of conveying and b ec l 0P serve musket ammunition should be assig 0 1 0 4 men with the designation and position () % x t,1 1° ,„ 1 19 have seen it asserted, indeed, upon the men of the waggon train, forming ta f e jeci general transport service, sh o uld be rieg,', c lo ,s o o ' position rather above than below that 01° o'l' Al and that they should be treated with 9 ' te£o l 5e 6 proportioned to the p e c u li ar i n t e lligence/ s Tb e b icii jo i trustworthiness expected at their ha il(ls. on ' '' ef ever, appear to b e the leading princiPle o f, o p tary reform should ,rested--the reeo:tlwelltailble irrespective of actual combat, the a ssigl ll o , e- ci gll t 4 duties to bodies o f we ll- qua lifi e d men, 3° ,4 3 ew a t ante of all the auxiliary departments in 1 1 1 1 ; p s O r r ie;V may enable the fighting men to play the' e s oll.6 . without needless distraction, privation, o 0 0 0 0' have splendid soldiers and admirable, reg.il7lgige step or two in the way of organization 0 mirablo an army. 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