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NOTIOR Tll. i E eiiirtN, 'hat the GENEIUL ANNUAL MEETING of the CailtlallifilOildiel 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 Commissioners, J. L. PAN ER, Chief Clerk. Metropolis Roads Office, 7th March, 1855. DRURY-LANE.—Lessee, Dir. E. T. Smith.— Reduced Prices as usual. THIS EVENLY(. Will be performed an adaptation, written expressly for this Theatre by Mr. REYNOLDSON, of Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, L'ETOILE DU NOIW. Characters by Messrs. Henri Drayton, Williams, Bowler, Leftiar, D. Beal, Miranda, and Blake ; "Mrs Henri Drayton. Miss Johnsen. Miss E. Arden, and 3ldlle. Jenny Baur. To conclude with NO SONG, NO SUPPER. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone, THIS EVENING, Will be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr Rackstone and Miss E. Chaplin. After which a new Ballot, entitle,' THE BULL-FIGHTER. To be foilowe.l by THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. To which will he added the new Ballet by the Spanish Dancer?, called THE GALIMN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, Wtll bo performed LIVING TOO FAST. To be folowed by TIIE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Pellelpfil Character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude wits (ttli time) a new Farce, entitled A GAME OF ROMPS Principal characters by Messrss Harley, and Chester Mrs. Nib:titanlay, Misses Heath, Murray, C. Leclereq, Daly, and Tertian. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. -Tinder the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Wllbe perlbrmed TAKE THAT GIRL AWAY. Tr be followed by A COZY COUPLE. To conclade with the new Comic Drama, called TOO MITCH OF A GOOD THING. rrinclpal characters by MT. Roxby and Mrs• Y. Mathews. Box-office open from 10 until 6. Bole agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Allcroft; 15, Now-litend-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor. Mr. B. Webater.--Directress, Madame Celeste. TIILS EVENING, Wlll Le performed a new and original Drama, preceded by a Pro- Wu, and called JANET PRIDE. ♦Rer which, I'LL TELL TOUR WIFE. To be followed by THE UNKNOWN AND THE BAYADERE. Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford and G. Lee ; Misses Woolgar and Keeley, and 311lles. Maraquita and Benonl. RWAL OLYMPIO THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Will be presented the new Cornedietta, called TIT FOR TAT, in Which Messrs. F. Robson. A. Wigan. and 311ss Maskell will appear. Followed by ♦ LUCKY FRIDAY. Alter which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. Characters by Mr. F. Robson, Miss Julia St. George, Miss E. Ormonde, Miss Marston, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitzallan. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. rider the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING Will be performed OUR KELLY. Principal character, by Miss Rebecca Isaacs. After which, MIDIS. Midas, Mr, Ila'ford. Followed by THE MARRIED BACHELOR. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Last time but one. The BATTLES of BALAKLAVA, ISKER MANN, and the ALMA ! To conclude with the SCENES in the CIRCLE, and the wonderful performance of Herr Endersohn, named Fil-de-Fer, with l'Entrk du Clown a la Francais°. MONDAY next, the Complimentary Benefit of Mr. WILLIAM COOKE. Timour the Tartar, novel scenes in the Arena, and Herr 1 4ndersohn's performance. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ♦cting Manger, hi r. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. GREAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE, snoREDITcH. Proprietor, Mr. John Douglass. Miss GLYN. the popular Actress, as Cleopatra. Every evening, Shakspeare's ANTONY and CLEOPATRA. An tony by Mr. Henry Marston; Cleopatra, Miss Glyn. The play will be produced with new and splendid scenery, clroses, and appoint ments. To conclude with The SCAPEGRACE of PARIS, by Mrs. It. Ronnor. On Wednesday, OTHELLO ; Othello, Mr. Henry Marston; to con clude with the MISTRESS of the MILL. Doors open at six, commence at half-past six. Boxes, 2s. 6d.; 25., Is. 6d., Is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAY --Morning34 min.after 11 Evening 0 min.aft. 0 To-Vozzow--Mornin g l2 min.after 12 , Evening 43 aain.aft. 12 THE WEATHER.--Strig Orricit, March. 15. TILIZILMOIaTZB, IN THIS SIIADE. 47—highest since noon yesterday. ST—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'89-still rising. WIND, S.S.W.—Moderate, with fair weather. 2. - ut ^~. " • ICAI ~~ 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 au 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 depended on his own discretion, and he could select any oppor tunity that he thought proper for meeting his plans. It was not always so—not 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 NICKOLAS—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 CONSTANTINE 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 thing as constitutional law in Russia. The terror excited bythe sanguinary scenes, then of every-day oc currence—the want of a rallying point in the lulhesitating refusal of CONSTANTINE to ascend the throne even if tendered for his acceptance- -pre vented any furth er from the ti movihm by a ttempt; so th a t N ICHOLAS, part i cu l arly the death of his elder brother he became exercised the m ost "3. de jure as well as de facto, unlimited control over every de at of the st ate Without any question of his unlimited authority. A superstitious reverenc e was add ed to earthly power. He was invested with almost super natural attributes ; regarded, not merely as a despotic monarch or the impeccable head o f the orthodox Church, but as a terrestrial deity, to whom unreasoning and unhesitating obedience Was an imperative obligation. Religious fanati cism enhanced his power, and renbred it as un questioned as it was irresistible. Matters are, however, very different with the present CzNit. He, too, has a brother CONSTA.N TINE, Whose cialln3 to the Russian diadem have been strongly advocated. But ho is not so per fectly free from ambitious views as his uncle. As the recognised head of a very numerous and powerful party, ho might easily place the sceptre of ALEXANDER iu jeopardy, if ho opposed their views, and more especially if he made any concessions to the Western Powers, •r aban doned the aggressive policy so long and so steadily pursued by his predecessors. Nicllol,,as could have wade palm if he thought proper. None would have ventured to criticise the terms to which ho 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 waxy 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 his 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 stock-jobbing purposes. We 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 for the permanent tranquillity of Europe. It is hinted that the point respecting Sebastopol may be waived—that the CZAR 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 Euxine, 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 PEW, 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," ho 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, tho late Adminis tration wanted a head, at all events an indepen dent and vigorous one. Far be it from ua 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 he 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, and, 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 wo 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.LMERSTON'S Premiership "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 wo had a courtier and a red-tapiat 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, "benolongerhumbugged by Austria. We must not permit Prussia, under the cloak of neutrality, to act as the ally of Russia." B rave words these, and wise. Moldavia and Wallachia, he goes on to say, should be erected into an inde pendent State, as a bulwark against Russia. Nay, he 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 I" If we wanted to stop war, check Russia, awe Prussia, he said " Raise 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 AllE tria will -)er abroad renderuu tii peace ocse justice aa to poor oppressed Hungary. Keep ti may walk t d o iome,and Liberty rougnouti Europe, with the blessing s of ia d civilisation in her rain. Manufacturers of artificial s i ns and, crimes a r e one of the curses of humanity. Our frail r na t„,, is daily tempted enough to too many real sins tm need any addition to the list. Sin-in aki ng seems, however, to have been one of the pleasures o f priestcraft from time immemorial ; heathen and Jewish priests have left on record a notable list of these rack-conscience inventions, and their suc- ---=_~_ %IDS Vt/t4T, LONDON, TRIIRSDAY NV 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 one 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 nut 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 lie 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 SAvtouß. 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, themselvcs and their kindred with the unrighteous mammon. We might think a little better of the bench if they wero 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 ir,- 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 th© 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 Gov'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 GOD forbids it, but because society and stealing could not coexist. For, ou 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 the, GOD forbids. We are confident He does not ; but if lbe 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 PA LMERSTON himself again on this question. His apposite remark, that laws in oppositio)i to the moral sentiments of people are useless, practically settles the question. If Scotchmen are a verse to such marriages, they need no law ; if Englishmen are not, the law is a grievance, and will b e evaded while it remains in force. The wealthier will continue, as they now do, to marry abrc'ad; the poorer will cohabit without marriage. r_ro leave all to their liberty is the only alternatiye, and to this the Legislature must inevitably come. REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO 0 313ORNE.—The C t loTeen, Prince Albert, and the Court this day left Buckin g ham Palace for Osborne. Her Majesty, it is expected, wild pay a visit to Hadar 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 Column, da March 10, it is ordered, that any person may be enlisted to serve as a soldier in her Majesty's forces, or in t. forces of the East India Couly..y, sk. years, to bo 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.n. The Liberal party have mot yet announced their candidate. Ponrsuotirn ELECTION.—The official declaration of the poll was made yesterday by the Mayor, the numbers being the sumo as we reported on Tuesday ; namely, for Lord Monck, 1,478 ; Mr. Serjeant Gaselee, 473. Lord Monck returned thanks to the electors for the honour conferred. upon Lim ; and Mr. Gaselee expressed his thanks to-those who had voted for hit, as also to those who had been his opponents, for the courtesy they had displayed towards him during the contest. A vote of thanks to the Mayor concluded the business. Orders I save been transmitted to India for the follow ing reginst .nts of infantry to be held in readiness to pro ceed to the seat of war—viz., 10th Foot, from Bombay ; 29th ditto, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Congreve, , C.B. ; the Ist battalion of the 60th Royal Rifle Corps,, from Bombay ; and the Nth Foot, from Bengal. RUMOUR ED ENCAMPMENT.—We understand that Mr. Taylor, farii ter, Newington, has been desired by the "jovernment to remove his flocks from the crown lands held by hint at Shorncliffe as speedily as possible. A survey took. place last week to discover the wells and dr.einy used during the war period of 1303-4-5-6-7. It is ium,)ur4 • that 5,000 of a Foreign Legion (Swiss) are to be e.s.icans ped here during the summer, and that wooden huts will be erected for their winter quarters.— Soutlt i aste , ll. , Gazette. Tura F A T' , DAY SERMON BEFORE THE HOUSE OF COIIIIOII3. —lt was ordered on Tuesday night by the H o u se o f c ommr , ns that the Rev. Henry Melvill, Principal of the - 1 %a , t, India College, Haileybury, Lec turer of St. ret's, Lothbury, and Chaplain of the t • Tower, be de s i re d to preach before the house at St. Margaret's, 1 ,4- es t iu ;uster, on Wednesday next, the 21st inst., being se day Appointed by her Majesty for a general fast, a. Li d that "Viscount Palmerston and Sir G. Grey do a eclu , e nt the rev. gentleman therewith. The Nile, .E a , tt Indiaman, one of the fleet of merchant in irtsys belongi a , gto Mr. Green, of Blackwall, has arrived -1) " ,1 8, a dter a quick passage of 86 days from illadras and the e Cape. WING MARCH 18. 1451. LATEST NEWS. PARIS, MARCH 15, B'3o A.M. The following despatch has been received from Admiral Bruat, dated Kamiesh, ith March : The news of the death of the Emperor Nicholas arrived there on the 6th, at 7 is the evening. A despatch has been received here, via Bucharest, stating that the French rockets had taken such effect in Sebastopol that when 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 acli- vity. Marshal Baraguay cl'Hilliers has been appointed Commander of the Ist corps of the Camp du Nord, and General Gueswiller Commander of the 2d. MARSEILT,ES, 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 Lumber of deaths at Scutari has dimi*ished 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 Rus.sians are approaching towards hiker naan from Malakoff. A truce of one hour was agreed upon on the 27th of February to bury the dead. General Osten-Sacken commands at Sebastopol. Our rear is now greatly strengthened. General Burgoyne has left. VIENNA, WED NESDAT. 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, MARCIE 13. M. Escosura has been nominated Minister of Spain at Lisbon, in the place of M. Rios Rosas. In yesterday's sitting, the Cortes 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, Mancit 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 tho 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. " In the midst of his unwearied care for Russia's Prosperity and the glory of the Russian arms, the Emperor Nicholas Paulovitch, my most beloved father, has departed to eternal life. "His last words were— " f I thank the glorious, loyal Guards, who in 1825 saved Russia, and I ilso 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. Sa long as this spirit remains upheld, Russia's trauqui!lity is se cured both within and without ; then woe 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 wa i s 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 ! " ALEXANDER. " St. Petersburg, March 3, 185." 11. "Brave warriors, courageous participators in the deeds of your supreme military chief, now sleeping in the Lord ! " You have sealed iu 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 an 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 epaulettes and shoulder-knots shall retain the initial letter of the Emperor Nicholas I. so long as one of those, registered down to March 2, 1855, shall continue in the said companions and squadrons. " 2. Those 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 the sacred memory of Nicholas I. survive amongst our ranks, as a terror to the foe and for the glory of Russia. " ALEXANDER. " St. Petersburg, March 3, 1855." soldiers as passengers, went on shore in the west point tif.the_bay. As the wind was blowing bard and a hig sea running, little hopes were entertained of saving tht 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. ➢iorel and a body of seamen of the Caffarelli, who in spite of the roughness of the sea, and the cold of 4 degrees below zero (26 Fahr.)dasbed into the sea, and taking the men in their arms brought them hill 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. 64,000 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 al tervvards weathered it out. On the following morning the wind had lulled, and the sea gone down. This is one great advantage of this port. On the slightest change in the wind, the water almost immediately becomes smooth." 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 Russians in front of the left flank .f t £ and in some measure 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, on the other hand, stated that the Fi 'ouch had been repulsed with a loss of GOO 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 some Russian vessels anchored in the port. The position was not tenable, and having .destroyed the redoubts they had taken they with idrew with about 400 men hors de combat, of which 'number 100 were killed. _ _ _ The Monitcin de la Flotte publishes letters from different parts of the coast of the Crimea. The fol lowing is an extract from one dated Eupatoria, Feb. 22 : "I have just been on shore, and am delighted at what I have seen. The Turkish soldiers at Eupatoria are tall strong men, well clothed, and well equipped. Almost all of them have muskets with percussion locks ; the Egyptians alone have flints. Every man, in addition to his arms, carries either a shovel or a pickaxe to 'work at the fortifications, and I can assure you that t hey make good use of them. When the Russians came ) visit us on the 17th, there were not near as many g uns mounted as there are now. Their attack has had th e advantage of showing the garrison their weak points, an d they have availed themselves of the information, as slow the place is out of danger of any regular attack. 'ht. storehouses are being tilled by degrees, and every thi'n g is being organised in the most satisfactory manner. Wl,•en our small detachments of marines first taok pos sess len of Eupatoria, they found there a number of cam ►ls and arabas (small carts of the country). A short tine ago, when it was wished to transport some materiel, these animals and carts were looked for, but no trace of them could be discovered. After some little time, how ever, i t was found that the Tartars of the town had eaten the earaels, and that the Turks, not to be behindhand with therm, had burnt the arabas to warm themselves and cook their victuals." The foL lowing is dated Kazatcis Bay, Feb. 24 : "An act of courage and humanity was performed here a few days: ago which deserves notice. In the morning of the 19th .a merchant vessel, the Nomad° of Marseilles, laden with military stores and having on board some 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 hasi approved of these re commendations. The Phare 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 Havre, 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 Month. 4i per Cents. (ad) 94 25 94f. 50c. (ex) 3 per Cents 69 45 69f. 40c. Credit Mobilier 765 Roman Credit Foncier 535 Austrian Belgian Fives. ..... .. Spanish Threes — Piedmontese B5 50 Houle Debt ' 3li RAILWAYS—Yon CASH. fr. C. fr. Orleans 1,190 Lyons _ 1037 52 Western • 650 Rouen Cette . 612 tO Strasburg Alediterranean 9lO -- Havre - 560 Northern - Cherburg - ATTSTRIA. VIENNA, MARCH 11.—This morning Lord John Russell, or rather Mr. Hammond, the Under Sec recary of State, sent off a messenger with de spatches to Loudon. During the last three or four days the Special Commissioner has had several in terviews both with Canit 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 takea 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 in 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 mourning for ten days, on the 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 morning. 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." A TMTP. TA TT MP nrrr. A vr_ FRANKroRr, 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, yen 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 en the subject, that if the communication, made by tie 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 b© com p ttible with the Federal decision of the Bth of February. According to an Odessa letter of the 27th ult. in the Alilitarische Zeitung, the Russian troops are to he formed into two armies about the middle of this month—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 Paid'loff, and by a division of Light Cavalry, under General Rusoff. 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 the 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 Bara• quay d'Hilliers will have the command. TAMWORTH ELECTION. TALIIWORTH WEDNESDAY.—Sir Robert Peel having accepted the office of one of the Lords of the Admiralty, one of the 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. Baaetweee:proposed Sir Robert Peel as a fit and proper person to represent the borough, in a com plimentary address. Mr. War. ROBINSON seconded the nomination ; and, no other candidate having been proposed, Sir Robert 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. N. 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 public affairs with vigour and determination, were placed in office ; and as representing that party of the people Lord Pal mereton 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 the councils of the 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 was avote of censure, not upon them alone, but upon every individual member of the administration, and it was consequently evident that in the ashes of that Government could not be found the elements of a popu 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 he succeeded in obtaining. the ce-operation of one whose name was a tower of strength—the greatest statesman in England, notwitlie standing all his failings—Lord John Russell—(hear and cheers)—and of Lord Clarendon, who was entitled to the respect of the country. With regard to the war, be would say that we went to defend the territory of an oppressed power. Bat, be believed, at the suggestion of Louis Napoleon, we had 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 te our want of foresight. Suffering, privation, and neglect were the consequences. Then the cry arose, " Les 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 left 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 tete treops. He was afraid we del 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, tint on a hed 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 10 000 efficient men. (Rear, 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 bad granted whatever had been a:ked. Nor was the bl 'me of the terrible things we had heard due to the administration. No ; it lay in a rotten sys tern of routine, of promotion by seniority or interest, and not by merit. (Cherre) We ought to have con fided the Crimean campaign to younger and more vigo rous hands. Re complained that after Inkerman all the promotions were staff promotions. (Hear, hear.) Why, men were actually promoted for Inkerrnan who were not under fire at all. That system was rotten at the core. (Cheers.) He touched on the commissariat aud medical departments, showed how the troop- were fed for a fortnight on salt perk and biscuit ; that the great majority of the hcspital cases were engendered by neglect of the provisional department, and commented on the fact that the hospitals at Balaklava were ac wally destitute of tea and arrowroot. Although he was op posed to Mr. Roebuck's motion, yet the inquiry had 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 at.ributed 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 o; justice and right, but let the people take care that we did not tiansform this alliance for liberty into a combination ter despots egainet it. (Hear.) The Premiership of Lord Palmerston was a guarantee for that Y btit he (Sir Robt. Peel) said that the Austrian alli a nc e had been the curse of the war—(cheers)—had paralysed our efforts, and that German interests had paralysed our action. (Hear.) Why, the whole course of proceedings, from the time 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 had 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 Rue ears mustered but four mein (Hear, hear.) Let . ue 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 snend, it was supposed, 30,000 British lives and 25.000,0001. sterling. From the returns of the Board of Trade he demonstrated US injurious effects on commerce. Duties had been put on spirits, the reduction of th e t ea duties was stopped, bread wa s dearer. He heard people bawl out for more blood and more determination in pro seouting 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 piepared 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 ccean 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 cheerine.) He would recommend further, that Moldavia and Wallaelne should be erected into an independent St 'te as a bule ark against Russia. He would go a little farther. Why not raise Poland ? (Cheers.) If wo :vent to stop war, check Russia, ave Russia— raise Poland. lie had hopes of peace from the mission of Lord J. Russell to Vienna, and fr on 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—reeistance 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 Palmerston'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. *Ad BoBBUOIC I S OOMMIOI ( From the Times of this day.) _h t il We are always ready to do ample justice teloi be called extraordinary acts of discretion. •P a tl i t t eccasions, iudeed, which come under n o r?ler "01! peal at once to the supreme court of conscier.icecorio. for a summary and absolute decision. 01 , 60 0, don't mean the monstrous cases invented by t0 ,..0 ki and apt to unsettle the conscience altogether:loo it out of the bounds of probability, but Ote re .4 bi —and they not very unfrequent — in every rsro'd which he has to extricate himself from Borne. foe! tanglement by a process almost correspor?dTgoith d'etat in political affairs. At all events, it 1 . 1 so unusual, so opposed to the common est?3'.',ll,l duties, that he has to rely, not on any in tellig ns i went, but on his character for his defer when a man has to break an engagementt 0 . bounden duty, to shake off a party tie or et e tat allegiance, to forsake friends, or to offer et fo o violence to domestic feelings. Th ese are ett r ° pa but perhaps we can't hit on any general deI S P 7 0 41 comes near the case we have before us., more ado, we will say at once that it ls '''" e6 oo l . Gladstone, Mr. Sidney Herbert, and Sir Jesiscieoll are all men of high feeling and unclou' ness, otherwise just now they woo l ridiculous position. Compare that progresb of the Committee of Inquiry. ment on the simple, straightforward, sive, and exceedingly useful eviden , Cambridge, or the honest tale of Himalaya, of Lord Cardi g an, or Macdonald—reflect on the flood of throws on the disasters of our remember that Messrs. Gladston , Herbert are now in the positivevirtuous indignation, and earnest re , this inquiry, and that, though one of that of two evils he prefers a public gation, it was certainly not because former to be the more searching and Remember that two, if not all thee• avowed a confident anticipation that of of the inquiry ; that the public woo: wiser. Then be told, what we belie' that after the exceedingly interesting• of the first two or three witnesses, th, gentlemen went about saying , "Oh we have heard befor e ,"—i. a. ' in the pondence, which b e f ore th ey affeef. ,l . consider how; one by one, their object groundless, futile, ridiculous--viz., that are not paralysed, the Fren c h alliance' Russia gains no valuable infortnatio! has suffered any assignable injustice; defence have these gentlemen to offei characters stand too high for irisipeaoll bound to allow them an inscrutable ' We presume that the defence oft. not rest on the neces-ary sequence preceding. We presume that their cod , of a man retracing a false step, or wiser ; and that they do think it may concede one day what he fere. They cannot suppose —1 important features of their poi very bond of their connexion, foil —that any statesman may appP. Medes and Persians as the rule will take it for granted that, with of the consequences, they have del the conclusion that a Parliamentar, state of the army and the conduct of dented, unconstitutional, dangerous. rest. If it be so, and if this is so gra tiered, and so resolute an act as the: then they would really have us belief tion which ninety-nine people out a to be the only possible means to of success, is a species of illegality, an a crime. Certainly this argues a in' constitution, and a very fantastic cods we so tied and bound ? Are we cond ful alternative of either breaking the mittiug personal injustice, betraying enemy, and damaging a faithful ally, as the war lasts—for all our lives departments, a universal d ea d l o ck an absence Of responsibility whereve) saturnalia of the last trustworthy reign of delusion in which men thin' and have it not, and are discovered sponsib;e without their beiig aware even that this investigation leads to partmental reforms, to nothing reqO ;;ion of Parliament, at all events it able way in which the various indite engaged in the war are ever likely and the limits of their duties. So cross purposes. Every witness who yet has proved that everybody has t( the war; that not only commis/0n officers, not only quartermasters, 1 officers, but even the Commander-ia what he has to do what thing's war will be omitted if he does not P all this can't be learnt except by sow' that now going on. Sir James Graham, indeed, does gi account say. ofu they are re personallyposition than affected c o llege s and, in fact, unde r t r i a l . In the , * responsible for th e con d uct of their d o Inquiry is into th a t con d uct. M r. G arried out this th eor y w i t h a hi g h l n .lismiss a l of an o ffi cer f rom a situat i a and emolument. Well, th ere i s soul , questionably, all th e Mi n i s t ers a t tl ruents concerned in th e war are u ncle lieve all these Mi n i s t ers f ee l qu it e ea' of the inquiry as f ar as th emse l ves al ali think they ha ve d one w h a t they nay have b e en s omew h a t di sa ppointe baffled by th e i n t r i ca t e organ i sa tion --by the novelty o f th e u t qlerta,king, of th e t rans iti on f rom a long peace t, But, even on thi s t h eory, we are zit a He Sir James's position. Doe, he mean , e no inquiry, not even by those siel ,eininate,l over the lace of the East b: on his accession to power ? Or does assume that all has been done that e , by the subordinates, and that the de fered no more than the common lot betrayed no mote than the common a' We can understand Mr. Gladstone h' figures and rep, rts, who still belie' have no doui , t, that the effective has never fallen below 28,000, while bridge computes the bayonets after the as under 13,500. But surely thee' cannot be all agreed to maintain agl i , ill.l there is nothing to investigate, notn; thing to improve. Nay, th e y ca' maintain that the war departments If they condescend to be reasonable to think at all like the rest of the 134 4 ti l down of office, then we do not quit e ,' oil prepared to hold office without a ec' e needs quit office with it. In any ° As o -. some inquiry, som e rec tifi ca ti on of ert° 4 4l,o l it might be said the heads of the depai— their trial. Are we left to conclude Ministers, having quitted office on inquiry, accepted office in order to see in these false steps nothing mo re 0 1)0 0 scurity, confusion, and avoidance of 1 11 has charact e ri se d th e w h o l e war . T he keenness of sound logicians nor the warm-hearted patriots. Sorry are W e lt evil case they hav e ma d e f or thee's° to are, testifying in sackcloth and asilec - - noble, the spirit- s ti rr i ng princ ipl e s , nity, official reserve, impracticable r°! l :,4 of passive resi s t ance t o P ar li a roeuiP,' Surely they are somewhat out of their cause. They do injustice to their e° each one of them try to think for bins not but hope that th e y w ill co me "" clasion. I '. 1 1 b cl p t po e s ,res d o ir ft e : e 0 .00 :::: i _ i Y _to .f ie •, ~-,. • e - nee of tbs i';i. 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Ilt to ~. wP i f . o°,o r '.', • 3ge ',iiiff s. i i Sitt o ' 0 t Nnthtl) TO THE EDITOR OF 0 c , r • SIR,--The conclusion to which fr ' - o f 11 0 , "mature conshitration" of the blj, n tlf $,, V I brought him leads me to hope COn' - hr ing, ',JO)/ shortly feel it his imperative duty to "iebri 6 l,de making it obligatory upon a childlesg,..siHeli t) marry the next brother of her cl e( " -- Your obedient servant, March 16. , : i 0 WES, ISLE OF IFIG.EIP -J ' ) A / -------- ar eikl4' REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO TO l''' e . :el l riv T e n cl o t o o p - ~.,%!0 0 0," ay. Majesty seve a u n t d e suit h e are e xpe d ete f d . a r t os ° Her nesd rr p ref a bj' a i it ci r L.Thereenareoartsepsreasennt °' se 1//1 _ ~ Or 1,70 0 03 t br el cers at Parkhur-t Barracks. A ac t" .t° of A ds(a.FR" OUR OWN coßraso.: fop .ELECTRIC TELE G RAPB.—A Wow. - t o. - L b , - I' priced the Isle of Wight of this desirable • - ,40, • v o° l B u munication with the mainland. On Su i ,,, n rtO a bo til o . it , a vessel delivering stores at the V - t if iti Sconce drove across the cable ape t oo j o pt 01 i, fathoms of it. We hope at no yeti u f. ill o sde lj oils li c lt reduced for twenty words from Cowes to P o f C° oje tf ig ue, e lltei u go c ru e a d u, t l 7 n l ,, s. t , u w a h l i l c . h will bring b prr i e n s g en t , hi u s ha te ric , c4 :o g i t li e e lec i tli s ct t o w i e n n p t a y ny words prevents hundreds from ' ll3 :beel r. iill . FoßTF:ht: lbceAt W Ttelro c .N t s hin A k T OF:Els:Zug: in ,el.op,o, , , ,o, 1 01 0 1 , °Neill, TAKE.—Upwards of a hundred men are e o l 0: 0 0 • vatiug the land on the cliff to the we st / ya 0 0 1 ' 1 0 water Bay, preparat , ry to the erection of to p tio sO t i: fort to protect that part vf the is an ri ifirk t s tb if la. ding being- made in tile rear of the 1 1.0 4/ tbo l, Le it r O n x f a u s rt p h i e . - ( r , p i o n s g e u d ir t y o C t Sw h c' t e )o v y ' n e k . e w : e(*);eNNVN4ilufiialcetthillheedameeve:pr'':ertreh:rteseyNdwv a:trife:litr':lcke:lbloi.pol:seetteel4o:lll)C"t; lit;;11::: celebrated cave, w hich i s 120 feet in eellioit .010.1 width, an] about 30 in height. OnlY t : g erj O r i :re t c u t ui tl d e might be the effect of an enemy t broviie - v re ctifl ' this cave ! But the blunder has bees another site selected. ofuurtt t‘hyasts tdlreeibti:„oooofleitiyilt: ,—...----- . e lit'gro' l4 The Peninsular and Oriental Compacii`fi-the fottf,' three more new screw steamers, to be c 3l '4 e g et e. o o ,; Ciqtra, and Ava. They will then love aoferlioper Eight of their ships are already in t be , 2 oo °II transpu . rt service. Their staff of office° "- 516 ; six of these are native Chinese* ... after 41 11; tio4 k 4 4, k4C'e/ ID. 1 ko ti 4 0t,,,' IS L 4 ki 1,,,,,,