The Sun. — London, England, 1854-03-09 00:00:00

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',.`--- -.1010.•-4 TELE SUN, LONDON, TTTtYRSDAY EVENING-, MARCH 9, 1854. The issue of proposals for a loan, and the concen tration of troops on the frontiers, form a significant commentary on the measured language of the Go vernment. Above all, the active measures adopted for completing the cavalry remounts may be consi dered as a proof that active operations are expected; for the purchase of horses on a large scale is com monly deferred until war has become inevitable. Contrary- to the expectations which had bees ge nerally entertained, Austria is taking the initiative in the negotiations which are destined to unite Ger many with. the Western Powers. The treaty of al liance, with certain modifications, has been for warded from Vienna to Berlin, with urgent recom mendations that it should be adopted by the Prussian Government. The hesitations and delays which have taken place at the latter Court may reason ably have excited impatience ; but it is neither prudent nor just to comment with severity on a decision which may still be regarded as improbable. An independant State naturally resents the criti cism of foreigners on its real or supposed domestic dissensions ; and the conjectures which may be en tertained as to the secret causes of any difficulties which have arisen at Berlin can only tend, if they are publicly circulated, to foment the differences to which they refer. The conduct of Austria ought to have taught impatient politicians that calcula tions founded on the ascertained interests of a State will, for the most part, afford a clue to its ultimate decisions. In addition to the reasons which have determined the policy of the Emperor Francis Joseph, Prussia has peculiar motives for joining the European alliance. No other Power has so constantly been oppressed by the protection and the menaces of Russia—no other popula tion is so unanimous in its desire to throw off, once for all, the influence which has long been regarded with bitter indignation. The Prussians would rise as one man to vindicate the indepen dence of Germany, and to chastise the ambition of Russia. The Government enjoys the advantage of a well-organised army, an d o f une ncumbered finances : an it has already pledged itself, again and again, to the justice of the demands put for ward by the Western Powers. Baron Budberg's last proposals were firmly rejected; nor did Count Orloff even think it worth while to extend his journey to Berlin. Whatever apparent oscillations of purpose may be seen or imagined on the eve of a great decision, there is no serious reason to doubt that the balance will finally preponderate in the true direction. - religious public that their object is to diffuse vital Christianity : that Christianity which, rooted in fair and honest conviction, animates and regulates the actions of its professors ; not that dead, formal, and too often hypocritical profession of it which alone organised bodies can enforce. Now let them reflect in what manner the interference of foreigners of an alien creed, as partisans of the Christians in Turkey, would be likely to affect its Mahomedan population ? It would inevitably excite the anger, jealousy, and opposition of the whole Ulemah, and all that portion of society which clings most zealously to them. It would not gain the confidence of the Christians, for each sect would regard the European protectors as sectarian propagandists in disguise. For years the authorities in Turkeyhave been noise lessly but effectively engaged in promoting general knowledge, and equalising the condition of their subjects of all creeds. The truth is that the Christian population of Turkey need no foreign protectors, if the Great Powers of Europe are true to the principles they profess. These principles are neither to interfere themselves, nor to permit other foreigners to interfere, in the domestic politics of any state. The practical application of thi4 rule consists in the co•operation of all the other states of Europe to protect any one of them from the causeless and unjust aggression of any ambitious and covetous neighbour ; but at the same time to leave every Government to deal unaided with its own subjects. A practical illustration of this rule may be given with reference to Turkey. The independence of the Ottoman empire from foreign domination is to be asserted by the allied arms of France and Eng land ; but if the Ottoman Government by misrule provoke its subjects to insurrection in time of peace, it is the duty of France and England to leave the contending parties to settle the difference them selves. Steady adherence to this policy will be sufficient to insure justice to the Christian subjects of the Porte. The lessons of the Greek revolution and of the insurrection of the Pacha of Egypt have not been lost on the Ottoman statesmen of our day. They have learned that their Government can only be made strong by the affectionate loyalty of an immense majority of their subjects ; and that this affectionate loyalty can only be obtained by doing justice to all classes—by being a just Go vernment to all classes. It is not from ignorance of these truths that certain parties are now advoc,ating a combination of the Great Powers of Europe to protect the Christians in Tur key ; and thus (as they say) preserve the internal peace of that empire. Every concession made to them by any Sultan of privileges to their own sect, they will repay by protecting him against any dis affection engendered among his subjects by his subserviency to foreign powers. The new Holy Alliance will not confine its interference to Turkey. Christianity is in the mouths of its promoters a mere catch-word, to render their policy popular with the unreflecting. Their next step (and it will be a strictly logical extension of their prin ciples) will be to guarantee to all Sovereigns pro tection against popular insurrections on political grounds, so long as they administer their govern ment in accordance with the views of the new Holy Alliance. The proposed joint protectorate of Christians in Turkey by the Great European Powers is the first step to an alliance of these powers to put down everything liberal under the nickname of red republicanism. The really reli gious public—which has profited so much by the triumph of civil and religious liberty in Britain—. ought to be on its guard against these impostors. At various stages of the negotiations all parties have alternately displayed hesitation. It is easy for the Emperor Nicholas, having no will to con sult but his own, to maintain an attitude of reso lute perseverance ; but the parties to a common undertaking must occasionally watch and wait to ascertain the dispositions of those with whom they are to act. The Western Powers found an additional reason for their long-continued moderation in the hope that, by placing their opponent visibly in the wrong, they might secure the co-operation of Ger many. Austria, in her turn, suspended her deci sion until it was certain both that the aggressor was determined to persevere, and that his oppo nents were in earnest ; for it seemed imprudent to incur the resentment of Russia until it was known that France and England would support their own ultimate demands by arms. At this moment, Prus sia may not improbably be waiting, with a similar view, on the policy of Austria. The ancient rivalry between the two great German monarchies, as it first opened an entrance for Russian intrigue into the politics of the Confederation, still renders the Court of Berlin unwilling to commit itself, so long as a possibility remains of Austria establishing her superiority by the aid of a Russian alliance. Per sonal sentiments and dynastic relations may, per haps, strengthen the disinclination which exists to proceed to a final breach ; but there are intelli gible excuses for delay and vacillation on the sur face, and there are reasons of State which will eventually prevail over individual prejudices and scruples. It is not by anticipating an unfavourable result that the promoters of the alliance among the great powers will be likely to succeed in their object. Those who doubt the expediency of standing on good terms both with Prussia and Austria may derive instruction from observing the effect already produced by the attitude which those Powers have assumed. The Russian army which occupies Poland has not been able to detach any portion of its strength to take part in the Turkish war ; and it is even said that its numbers have been increased by reinforcements. The troops which are kept to watch the frontiers of that country and of Galicia are as effectually withdrawn from the scene of action as if they had been destroyed in battle. Some of the movements which have recently taken place towards the north may not improbably be explained by the necessity of strengthening the Baltic pro vinces against attacks from the coast ; but if any secret understanding with Prussia had been estab lished, Poland would immediately have been de nuded of troops. It is fortunate, perhaps, that the severity of the weather has, for some weeks, checked active opera tions on the Danube and in Asia. The Turkish supplies and reinforcements have had time to arrive at the scene of action ; and the allied forces will probably disembark before the middle of April. There is no reason to suppose that the enemy has been able to make any great addition to the army which occupies the Principalities ; and it is scarcely probable that, on the opening of the spring cam paign, he will attempt to cross the river in force. The f)anubian fortresses are at least strong enough to maintain themselves until the arrival of the French and English troops ; and there would be little use in forming a siege which the assailants would inevitably be compelled to raise. According to present appearances, the aggressor has certainly no ground for anticipating success, or even impunity. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTERN. The Right Hon. Viscount Torrington has addressed the following letter to the shareholders of this com pany " Warwick-square, London, March 6, 1854. " Gentlemen,—l should be wanting in my duty, regard less likewise of my own interests as a proprietor, and violat ing the pledges and promises I made to you in the year 1847 (when I retired from the direction), if I refrained alto gether from making some comments on the division which prevails amongst the directors of the company, made noto rious both by appeals through the newspapers, and by the various letters transmitted from each party for your con sideration. "My object in addressing you is two-fold : "First—An anxious desire to restore peace, and put an end to the dissentions unhappily prevailing, and so obvi ously injurious to the interests of the company; and " Secondly—That the proprietors, before the half-yearly meeting, should fully understand the points which they are called upon to decide. To render that decision satisfactory, the proprietors must fully consider and determine the fol lowing questions : " What are the causes of dispute ? " What are the errors of mismanagement of which the minority of the board complain ? " Has any alleged inefficiency or neglect of the board of directors tended to injure and depreciate the property of the company ? " Are the minority of the board right in their views, and are they advancing the interests of the proprietors in ap pealing, through the newspapers, against decisions deco rously recorded in the board-room ? " How is an end to be put to these disputes, which are tending to depreciate the value of your property ? "And what is the contemplated policy of the three new candidates for the direction ? " Before, gentlomen, I proceed to offer my views for your consideration, permit me to explain my own position in connection with the company, because to many of the pro prietors, who have become shareholders since 1847, my ven turing to address them may appear unnecessary, and even presumptuous. " During the arduous struggles of your company against powerful opponents, in the years 1845 and 1846, I was a member of the board, and I laboured with becoming zeal for your interests. "In that vital struggle we were successful. To point out to you the fatal effects of a defeat at that time on your interests would be superfluous, but I had the satisfaction of being assured that your success was in some measure due to my humble exertions on your behalf. On my de parture from England, in April, 1847, you conferred on me a splendid memorial of your appreciation of my exer tions, and I stated in my reply that it would ever be my anxious wish and endeavour, by every means in my power, to advance your prosperity; an assurance which I ventured to repeat after my return to this country in 1851, and which I have endeavoured to redeem, by availing myself of every suitable occasion to advocate your rights in my place in Parliament, to tender my advice in person, and to assist when opportunity has permitted, for example, by recently aiding in the amalgamation of the company with the steam-boat department—an arrangement of much ex pediency and value. " In endeavouring, therefore, to bring more clearly under your notice the questions you are now called upon to decide, so far from appearing intrusive, I trust I may be considered as giving another proof of my desire to pro mote the welfare of the company. " To return, then, to the dissensions in the board. Ex perience demonstrates that differences amongst any body of men engaged together in commercial transactions (how ever well-intended the parties may be) must be injurious to the prosperity of the undertaking. Where such dissen sions are permitted to develop themselves, personal irrita tion becomes active, anger supersedes judgment, and each party scans with a jaundiced eye, the acts, the words, the propositions, and even the motives of the others ; and as success can only be the result of co-operation, dissension thus becomes the bane of the enterprise. " The differences which appear to have sprung up in the last year in the South-Eastern Railway Board are tending to this result—they are calculated to depreciate the value of your property. "At this very moment, with your affairs financially sound, a steadily improving traffic, and a general manage ment which will bear comparison with any company, we find our shares far below their real value, when compared with other property of a similar nature. " These differences can only be settled by the decision of the proprietors at the next meeting. Then the points at issue between the contending parties in the board must be decided, and the maintenance of future peace must be en sured by the retirement of the defeated party from the board. Till this is done, harmony cannot be restored, nor will, the property of the company resume its proper value. " When merchants and traders disagree, partnerships are dissolved. The ordinary policy of commerce applies to your case, and those whose views are not in accordance with the majority of the proprietors upon matters of vital importance, cannot remain at the board with advantage to the general interests. " The first public act which made manifest to the pro. prietors the existence of disunion at the board took its origin in consequence of a circular letter from the secretary, dated December 1, 1853, stating the policy of the directors for this year with regard to extensions—a document in which I entirely concur, justified as it is both by wisdom and expe diency. Immediately after the receipt of that circular, a letter appeared in the newspapers, signed by three of your directors, Messrs. Coles Child, Warren, and Byng, dissent ing from the circular of the lst of December. The value of their reasons I leave to the judgment of the shareholders, contenting myself with observing here, that such a course as these three gentlemen have thought fit to adopt, in thus appealing, three months before your half-yearly meet ing, through the medium of the public press, has caused uneasiness in the public) mind, and has evidently injured the property. " The extension to Bromley was not disapproved of by a committee of proprietors specially appointed to approve or reject any proposed lines of extension ; and the three di rectors, dissenting from that approval the majority of the board should in deference have waited till the present half-yearly meeting, and then have stated their dissent, and intention to oppose it whenever it came before the proprietors for adoption. " This was the candid and correct course to adopt ; but a factious opposition aims at notoriety by issuing counter statements to the board, making dissension and creating confusion, which depreciates the stock in the market; for I do not find that there has been any dissent pr difference even at the board, but on this one point. " Whether such a proceeding shows a factious opposition you will form your own opinion, but to me it appears un commonly like it. " Departing from the practice on all former occa sions of annual elections to the board, we have lately seen circulars from a Mr. Henderson, honorary secretary to a London committee, recommending to us three new gentlemen for election as directors at the next meeting, instead of re-electing as heretofore some of the outgoing members. " We are likewise informed of various committees formed at Liverpool and Manchester, as well as in London ostensibly for the assertion of a principle which no one will controvert—that of securing independent directors to conduct your affairs. I look, however, in vain for any tangible charge against the present board or its outgoing members. " To one circumstance I must call the special attention of the proprietors, as utterly subversive of all sound man agement. On the 16th of February we received a circular, signed by Mr. Macgregor as chairman, and concurred in by the board, fully detailing the position of your property and 'the steady improvement in your financial affairs. But, ( Prom the Daily News. ) The felicitous manner in which Lord Palmerston discharged the duties of chairman at the dinner given by the Reform Club to Sir Charles Napier can surprise no one. The occasion was eminently suited to call into play the finest qualities which distinguish the noble lord. One characteristic which pervaded all his speeches was at once pleas ing and re-assuring :—the entire absence of any cant about the necessity of interference on the part of the great Powers of Europe to afford what is called " protection to the Christian subjects of the Porte." Incidentally Lord Palmerston indi cated his sense of the needlessness of any such foreign interference in the domestic affairs of the Ottoman Empire. Adverting to the distin guished merits of th e course p ursue d by the present Sultan since his accession, Lord Palmer ston said :—" The Sultan has been one of the greatest modern reformers. Ho has not indeed wounded the habits and prejudices of his subjects ; he has been too wise to attempt that rapid re form which would have defeated its own purposes ; but, making allowance for the ancient prejudices and rooted habits with which he had to deal, he has, I venture to say, made more and greater im provements throughout his dominions than has ever fallen to the lot o f any s i ng l e sovere i gn t o e xecute within the same period of time. And now lie is enjoying the fruits of the benevolent course he has pursued : for while the neighbour, of whom I have before spoken, flattered himself that at the sound of his voice and the beck of his finger half the subjects of the Sultan would rise up in rebellion, we have seen that all the subjects of the Sultan, both Christian and Mahometan, have rallied round him with an u n it e d pa t r i o ti sm w hich imitated might be worthily by any nation in the world." It is obvious that the acute mind of Lord Palmerston penetrates the real drift of those meddling busy-bodies who, under an affec tation of religious zeal, ar e a d voca ti ng a f ore i gn tampering with the internal affairs of the Ottoman Empire—a tampering equally mischievous as that contemplated by the Russian Government. This was to be expected from the author of a certain admirable letter to the Presbytery of Edinburgh. It is gratifying to see in this, as in other im portant points, an entire accordance between the leading statesmen of France and England. There is a passage in the last circul ar a dd res s e d by M. Drouyn de Lhuys to the dipl oma ti c agen ts of France which reads like a comment upon an elucidation of the words we have just quoted from Lord Palmerston :—" .France and England do not support Islamism against the orthodox Greek faith. They go to protect the Ottoman Empire against the ambitious covetousness of Russia. They go there with the conviction that the presence of their armies in Russia will destroy the prejudices, already much weakened, which still separate the different classes of the Sublime Porte, and which cannot be resuscitated unless the appeal sent from St. Petersburg by provoking hatred of race and a revolutionary explosion, should paralyse the generous intentions of the Sultan Abd-ul-Medjid." In the same rational and statesmanlike spirit is couched the address delivered by the new Ameri can Minister at Constantinople to the Sultan on his first presentation. Such expressions of opinion from the most dis tinguished statesmen of France, England, and Ame rica were really required to re-assure new Liberals, worried and perplexed by rumours of a new Holy Alliance of England and France with Prussia and Austria—the choice of acceding to which was to be left open to the Emperor of Russia —for the ostensible purpose of watching over and protecting the interests of the Christian subjects of the Porte. Were such a project really in the con templation of the Great Powers, nothing could be better devised to prevent any extension of real , Christianity, or to rivet the fetters of despotism on I, the nations of Europe. It may not be unnecessary to remind the real SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. BANQUET TO SIR CHARLES NAPIER. ( From the Times.) It might possibly admit of a question among the fastidious whether the departure of a gallant Admiral to conduct against a powerful enemy a dangerous and difficult war be a suitable occasion for anything in the nature of a public demonstra tion, however natural and agreeable to private friendship such a festival may be. It is wise in all things to worship the goddess Nemesis, and to remember the admonition of the wise man who ad vises that " he who putteth on his harness for the battle should not exult as he who taketh it off." But, waiving these considerations, the recent ban quet at the Reform Club suggests reflections which may be a source of solid gratification, without having recourse to premature anticipations of vic tory. There was no Reform Club in the last war ; but, if there had been, it would not have met to fete our Admirals or to wish success to our arms. The Tories had in those days a complete monopoly of military enthusiasm. The nation was divided into two camps, almost as hostile to each other as to the common enemy, and one of these parties so far lost temper as to absent itself entirely from the House of Commons, because it was unable to influence the policy of Government. Where are those party differences now ? Where is that portion of the British nation to whom the Emperor Nicholas can look for a favourable attention to his proposals, or a friendly disposition to his claims ? There is no such party. Those whose trade it is to find perpetual sources of difference and division have indeed brought forward accusations, and sought to scatter animosities, but their attempts have been fruitless, and the public mind has never for a mo ment been led astray from the fixed conviction that this war is just and necessary, and that a further continuance of peace would be impolitic and unworthy. The nation, which it was supposed could not be torn from its commerce and its mer chandise, is pervaded more than any other nation in Europe at this moment with a martial ardour. The parties which men accustomed to the monoto nous silence of despotism assumed could never agree upon any anything are in perfect accord on this subject, and the peace agitation, which was foolishly assumed to represent popular sentiment, is as futile as it is absurd. But that in which the speculators on the weakness and wicked ness, the folly and divisions of mankind, have been most egregiously deceived is the union which this banquet so enthusiastically commemorates between England and France. Should we be able to get over our domestic discord, and silence the voice of the Peace Society, still it was argued we never could amalgamate with France—our rival through so many centuries of discord and bloodshed—who has met us in every sea and on every shore, and contested with us foot by foot the varying fortune of a thousand battles. Let those who have given way at any time to doubt on this subject read the following passage from the speech of Lord Palmer ston, no unapt representative of the feeling of Eng land on the subject :—" We have had," said Lord Palmerston, " to do during now more than twelve months of most difficult and complicated negotia tions with the Sovereign of France. We have met, on his part, with the greatest straight forwardness, with the most perfect good faith, with the most single-minded sincerity, and with an energy of purpose and community of determination which inspire in our minds that full confidence in him which I am proud to say he has always ex pressed in us." How completely, notwithstanding our military preparations, the arts of peace are, in this our age, predominant over the arts of war can not better be illustrated than by the fact that great as the material and immediate advantages derived from the French alliance are, we rejoice still more in the guarantees for future harmony between our selves and our neighbours than in their immediate accession to our warlike power. Discord between England and France is the greatest evil with which the civilisation and progress of mankind can be threatened, and to see that evil not only averted, but becoming every day more remote and impro bable by the closer union of a common civilisation, common interests, and common opinions, is the most cheering spectacle that can meet the eye of a patriot or a statesman. We trust that the ex pressions of our Ministers will be read on the other side of the Channel with the same feeling with which they are here, and that from this day forth France and England, abandoning in the spirit of their more advanced civilisation, the worn-out ' and barbarous policy of aggression and conquest, I will still be found ever ready to maintain the integrity of the European system, and to recall to its duty, by whatever force may be necessary, any Power that abuses its strength, and claims to i be superior to and independent of the reason and conscience of mankind. There are few, if any, living Admirals whose name carries with it so much renown for the past and hope for the future as that of Sir Charles Napier. A member of that remarkable family, which, like the Fabii and. Decii of ancient Rome, seems born to fight success fully the battles of the country, the Admiral has obtained a reputation, by hard and dangerous ser vice, which may well entitle him to the mighty confidence which the country reposes in him, when placing in his hands and trusting to his judgment the finest fleet that ever left these shores. He is armed with agencies always formidable, but now possessed of a power of self-originated motion, which must give them an efficiency difficult before hand thoroughly to conceive. The power of placing wherever you will, and whenever you will, any number of perfectly well-served and efficient batteries is one of the most tremendous that can be conceived. No longer depending on the caprice of the elements, but asserting our own free will and control over our motions, we, by virtue of these mighty machines, seem to have become at last that which our poets have long flattered us with being—the monarchs of the deep Naval strategy will be just as amenable to criti cism as that of the land army, and the elements, by ceasing to impede our motions, take from us all manner of excuse. If we do not act, it must be from the inertness of our commanders ; if we do not combine, it is their want of tactical skill that must bear the blame. The winds and waves must hence forth be exculpated. But, probably, among all the advantages of our new armament, there is none which the British public will appreciate so much as its tendency to bring matters to a short and deci sive issue. Carried on in a sea from the narrow outlet of which there is no escape, the conflict, unless the enemy abandon the waves to us, must speedily occur. We have not to look for the tedious chase of Nelson, who followed the allied fleets to the West Indies and back before he could bring them to action. The Baltic and the Black Sea are in the nature of two naval champs clos, where the combatants cannot, if they would, long avoid each other. The man selected for this perilous encounter goes to it with the highest reputation and the most glorious antecedents, and we heartily echo the parting wish of the Reform Club banquet—that he may speedily return to us successful from this new and untried kind of naval warfare. THE WAR IN THE EAST. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The overbearing insolence of Russia has fairly roused the spirit of the French nation. The Czar's allusion to the disasters of 1812 was intended as a defiance, and the challenge has not been refused. " We also," says the President of the Legislative Body, in the address which we publish elsewhere, " might appeal to glorious recollections ; but we prefer to establish new claims to honour." The whole Assembly, after unanimously voting the loan required by the Government, proceeded to the Tuileries to express their cordial concurrence in the vigorous measures which form the sequel to long and patient attempts to preserve peace. Both the Allied Governments are entering into the war under the influence of the same motives, and with the same resolution to conduct it with energy. " I hope," said the First Lord of the Admiralty, at the Reform Club, " that the war may be short, and that it may be sharp ;" and M. Billault, in his ad dress to the Legislative Body, expresses a similar feeling—" The war must be vigorous, rapid, and decisive." The preparations made on both sides of the Channel abundantly show that these declaratioiare no idle boasts. While the naval and military arma ments of our ally are proceeding with extraordinary rapidity, Sir James Graham has known how to call forth all the zeal of the department which he ad ministers ; and he has succeeded in manning and arming, with unparalleled speed, a fleet which it might have been thought impossible to collect, when so large a portion of our naval force was already employed in the East. Nor, we may be assured, will Sir Charles Napier fail to do his part when he comes within reach of the enemy. It is only by an appeal to the text of pike and gun that the official theology of St. Petersburg can be cor rected. In the meanwhile, the position of the Austrian Government becomes every day more clearly defined. In the official manifesto just published at Vienna, it is openly declared that the Imperial Cabinet has never doubted that the demands of the Western. Powers were just, and in accordance with the in terests of Europe. " Till the very last," it is said, " the Government has obeyed the calls of duty to Europe, and of friendship to its ally ;" but it now only remains for the Emperor of Austria " to maintain the interests of the 'nations under his sceptre." It would be difficult, short of a declara tion of war, to speak in plainer language. The un hesitating rejection, by the Court of Vienna, of the last Russian overtures was but a casual incident in the course of a consistent and determined policy. five days after, on the 21st February, we are surprised by the issue of a second circular, emanating from the minority, and signed as before by Messrs. Coles Child, Warren, and Byng, reiterating their former rejected arguments, im pugning the policy agreed to by the collective authority of the board, and concluding with a charge against the chairman individually of acting illegally in the issues of stamped proxies; and although these three gentlemen refer to the circular of the 16th of February as a circular bearing Mr. Macgregor's signature,' and as Mr. Mac gregor's letter,' and treat it as emanating from him indi vidually, it appears they were present at a full board when the letter was agreed to and resolved upon by all the other directors. The charge against Mr. Macgregor is simply in correct ; but their attempts to encourage animosity against the chairman and impugn the conduct of a majo rity of the board, nearly a month before the half-yearly meeting, is so utterly inconsistent with the well-regulated government of any great company, that it should be at once put an end to by an expression of the marked displea sure of the proprietors. " Next, we have an address from the new candidates, who are put forward by the committees of London, Liver pool, and Manchester, Messrs. John N. R Campbell, Mat thew Forster, and Jonathan Mellor. These gentlemen, so far from being introduced for the purpose of restoring peace and promoting unanimity, at once candidly acknow ledge they are not able to give any opinion on the point iu dispute, viz., the Lewisham and Bromley line. Their views, if anything, are rather against the line, and conse quently, as I shall presently show, fatal to the interests of the company, whilst their introduction to the board at this particular crisis, instead of contributing to consolidate the direction would seem to aggravate the disunion, by creating a third party in au assemblage which is already split into two. The other portions of their circular consist of such generalities and platitudes as are usually to be found in the address of any ordinary candidate seeking for a seat at railway direction, instead of presenting any argument or reason to demonstrate the propriety of their election to the exclusion of others who already enjoy your entire confidence. " One circumstance connected with these candidates is at least curious, that the two first-named gentlemen were not shareholders when the last year's list of shareholders was printed, or at any rate not till the end of the year ; and this I confess affords some grounds for implicit belief I in their avowal of imperfect acquaintance with the affairs of the company, and especially with the vital question which now occupies the attention of the directors, and it affords some ground for conjecture that they are now brought forward for a special purpose,—viz., to upset the present direction. " LEWISHAM AND BROMLEY. " Many of the proprietors may not fully understand the importance of the project of the Lewisham and Bromley line, and look at it as a mere branch to bring traffic to Bromley. Such is not the case; and the real object and the success of this scheme are most important to the future welfare, and even the protection, of the company. " Every year attacks have been made on the South-East ern Railway Company, and plans have been projected for a Mid-Kent line, and meetings held in aid of this scheme all over the county : a scheme, moreover, which must in the course of time be carried out. Should any other company succeed in carrying out a line which would join the South-Eastern Railway Com pany on the other side of Tunbridge, every man who looks at the map will see the injury your property will inevitably sustain. _ _ _ " But by carrying out the Lewisham and Bromley line, you practically commence this work yourselves—you secure your position—place the wedge in the Mid-Kent for fur ther operations when time and circumstances will permit, and make opposition next to impossible. Well acquainted with the county of Kent and the position of the South- Eastern Railway Company, I warn the proprietors that the rejection of the Lewisham branch would be an act little short of suicide. Looking at the great capital of this com pany already embarked, to stop short now at making six miles of railway (to"secure that already completed), and on such poor and insufficient grounds as those promulgated by the minority, is an error that I cannot for a moment be lieve the proprietors will be unwise enough to be led into. " Imputing no wrong motives to the gentlemen who are so advising the proprietors, I can only say, for my own part, that, numerous as the enemies the South-Eastern Railway Company has had for years to contend with, they never had, or will have, any more inimical to their interests than those gentlemen who thus injudiciously advise us, and who will place in the hands of some other parties the power to make a line elsewhere, which we repudiate— moreover, should we, unfortunately, once repudiate the Lewisham and Bromley line, you will not be in a position again to apply to Parliament or oppose any other company; and, it is to be borne in mind that, at this very moment, two other companies, one of them actually in unison with the Brighton Company, are promoting bills in Parliament for a line to Bromley and beyond. " THE POLICY OF THE PROPOSED NEW CANDIDATES. "As to the proposed policy of the new candidates, the general statements which they have put forward in their address are not such as can enable the proprietors to judge of their views and intentions. In the present dispute the board has divided six against three. Do the proposed candidates concur in the letters sent forth by the mi nority ? Are they against the Lewisham and Bromley proposed line? They say they are without information. The inquiry naturally suggests itself, have they taken steps by communication with the board or otherwise to acquire information? or upon what views do they ask the support of the proprietors ? Do they concur with the ma jority of the present board, or is there to be a third party in the board with different views from the other two ? If so, confusion will be worse confounded ; with a board di vided into three sections business cannot be carried on, and the proprietors will suffer. A distinct explanation of the views of these three new candidates must be declared before they can be safely supported. "With regard to the gentlemen now in your direction, whose term of service expires, and who offer themselves for re-election, my observation leads me to consider they have duly and faithfully fulfilled the trust reposed in them (if otherwise, it should be frankly stated), and that, unless 1 you are prepared to say that the policy they have supported is wrong, you will not be acting justly either by them or by yourselves in rejecting them for others, whose opinions and projects we are so little acquainted with. " I have not the honour of being acquainted with the ' three new candidates (Messrs. Campbell, Forster, and Mellor), but, as a safe rule, prudence and experience would suggest that, in the selection of candidates for the direc tion, attention should be turned to those whose qualifica tions have been personally known, and afford a guarantee that their conduct in office will be worthy of the high trust reposed in them, and will give confidence not only to the general body of the proprietors, but to the public at largo. " I see in the list of proprietors the names of men long identified with your interests—and it is to such men I would call your attention, as those best calculated to in spire confidence from their long connection with the com pany. I earnestly recommend that, whatever steps you adopt, they may be such as will insure and perpetuate harmony in the board, by securing the concurrence of the majority ; convinced, as I am, that, if the judicious man agement of the experienced directors is not upheld by the proprietary, the worst possible results must inevitably ensue to the company. " I have only one other suggestion to make to you, gentlemen, which I am most anxious should obtain your full consideration. This great company, with a revenue of upwards of 800,0001. per annum, rapidly increasing, and which will soon exceed a million, requires a direction either strong by its union, or by a majority, if there be dissent, preserving the confidence of the proprietors. " The South-Eastern Railway Company is one of the largest, I may say, in the world ; its steady progress leads me confidently to believe it will yet be one of the most successful speculations of the age ; but to be so, it must be governed and guided by large views, practical know ledge, and harmonious co-operation. Let not this oppor tunity pass ; refuse to sanction a step which will only in troduce fresh elements of discord into the board, and be lieve me, the best results will follow from the views I have ventured to suggest to you. " It only remains for me, in conclusion, to assure you that one single motive has guided me in the task I have undertaken, your welfare and future prosperity. " I have endeavoured to state my views in no spirit of hostility to any one ; but inasmuch as 12 months ago I heard that attempts were to be made to upset the policy, and cause disunion in the board, and when I see that these events have actually come to pass, I ask the proprietors to pause before they lend themselves to such a course ; the great difficulties of the South-Eastern Railway Company have been got over ; yon have a steady and an increasing traffic. Leave well alone; support the majority of your board cordially, and your confidence will give vigour to their actions. Set your face against the vituperation and abuse, and, I am confident, each succeeding year will in crease the value of your property. Your dividends will be greater and your anxieties less. Bear in mind that, by running down your stock, you destroy general confidence, whilst personal attacks at the half-yearly meetings dis courage those from attending who shrink from participa tion in violence and abuse, and lower the character and position of the company in the eyes of th e pu bli c. —B e li eve me, gentlemen, with sincere wishes for your prosperity, your obliged and obedient servant, " TORRINGTON." RUSSIAN TROOPS IN THE P.RINOIPALITIES, The following statement of the numbers, divisions, and commands of the Russian force in the Principalities has been 'framed upon the most recent and authentic information obtainable on the subject : RUSSIAN TROOPS IN MOLDO-WALLACHIA. TROOPS OF THE 4TH CORPS D'ARMEE. Commander-in-Chief—General Dannenberg. Chef d'Etat-Major—General Martinau. The 10th Division of Infantry, commanded by General Soimonoff, 4 regiments, each 3,600 )4,400 The 11th Division of Infantry, commanded by General Pavlof, 2 regiments, each 2,700 men, and 2 regiments, each 3,700 The 12th Division of Infantry, commanded by General Liprandi, 4 regiments, each 3,700 14,800 The 10th, 11th, and 12th Brigade of Foot Artil lery, commanded by General Sixtel, 12 bat teries of 12 guns, 20 men per gun The 4th Division of Light Cavalry, commanded by General Nirod 1., regiments, each 960 The 4th Brigade of Light Artillery, 2 batteries of 8 guns, 18 men per gun 1 Battalion of Chasseurs 1 Battalion of Sapeurs and Pontoniers 8 Regiments of Cossacks, each 800 1 Brigade d'Artillerie of Cossacks of the Don, 2 batteries of 8 gulls, 18 men per gun 2,800 3,840 28S 900 960 6,400 288 Total TROOPS OF THE STH CORPS D'ARNEE. Commander-in-Chief—Gen. Luders. Chef d'Etat Major—Gen. Niepokoytchitski. The 15th division of Infantry, commanded by Gen. Marin, 4 regiments, each 3,700 men 15th Brigade of Foot Artillery, commanded by Gen. Meyer 1., 4 batteries of 12 guns, 20 men per gun sth Division of Light Cavalry, commanded by Gen. Fischbach, 4 regiments, each 960 3,840 sth Brigade of Light Artillery, 2 batteries of 8 guns, 18 men per gun 1 Battalion of Chasseurs 1 Battalion of Sap eurs an d P on t an i ers 4 Regiments of Cossacks, each 800.. 960 283 900 950 3,200 Total 24,398 TROOPS OP THE 3D CORPS D' A RM E E . Commander-in-Chief—G enera l O s t en -S ac k en . Chef d'Etat Major—General Teterevnikof. The Bth Division of Infantry, commanded by General Selvan, composed of 4 regiments, each 3,600 9th ditto ditto, commanded by General Samarin, 60Cl of Foot Artill er y, com manded The 4 rBetghimanendts9, 9th heaeh Brigad e3, manded by General Kalman, 8 batteries of 12 guns, 20 men per gun 3d Division of Light Cavalry, commanded by Gen. Grotenhielm, 4 regiments, each 960 3d Brigade of Light Artillery, 2 batteries of 8 liilrguns, 18 men per gun 1 Battalion of Chasseurs B6O 1 ditto of Sappers and Pontoniers . 800 4 Regiments of Cossacks, each 720 i 2,880 Total.. 1,920 39,388 SIEGE ARTILLERY. The 3d Brigade of Artillery, "de gros calibre," 6 batteries of 12 guns, 24 men per gun 1,733 3 " Escadrons" of " Gendarmerie'? cheval," each 120 men RR() Total.. 72 cannons and 2,098 TRANSPORT Each Regiment of Infantry is provided with 50 chariots of 3 horses. Men. 25 regiments and 2 batteries at 150 horses and 56 men-4,078 horses and Each battery and each regiment of cavalry are provided with 25 chariots of 3 horses. 38 batteries and 12 regiments of cavalry, each 75 horses and 30 men— 4,000 horses and 1,423 Plus : About 1,800 horses belonging to the officers for the transport of luggage, in charge of 3,500 " caisons de poudre" each 3 horses-10,850 horses and 3,850 300 "chariots de pontons," each 3 horses-930 horses and Officers and commissioned officers employed in different offices and commissions.... 800 Total. 21,65 S horses and 8,208 In all— Infantry Cavalry Artillery (cannons 424) ... Horses 52,834 Convois Militaires (chariots 6,325) 8,208 In all, 132,188 men, and 424 cannons. IN BESSARABIA. TROOPS OF THE 3RD CORPS OF THE ARMY. The 7th Division of Infantry commanded by Ge neral Oushakof, 4 reg i men t s , eac h 3,600 14,400 ith Brigade of Foot Artillery, 4 batteries of 12 guns, 20 men per gun 960 Two Regiments of Cossacks, each 720 horses TROOPS OF THE STH CORPS OF THE ARMY The 14th Division of Infantry, commanded by General Muller 11., 2 regiments, each 3,703 7,400 14th Brigade of Foot Artillery, 4 batteries of 12 guns, 20 men per gun 960 Two Regiments of Cossacks of 800 horses 1,600 Total . 90,970 24,360 8,650 26,760 In all— Infantry 21,800 Cavalry. 3,040 1 Artillery (96 cannons ) ,920 26,700 men and 96 cannons. ETAT MAJOR. Commander-in-Chief .... General of Artillery Prince Gortschakoff, 11. Chef d'Etat Major Lieut.-General Kotzebue, 11. Chef du pare d'Artillerie Lieut.-General Sierputowski. Chef du Genie Qu.-Maitre-General Major-General Boutourlin. General du Jour Major-General Tcherwinski. Intendant General Commandant d'Avant Garde Attache it la suite du Major-General Prince Ourous. Commandant-en-Chef soff. Commandant de Cosaks. Major-Gen. Orloff-Denissoff • RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending March 4, 1854 £10,295 810 Corresponding week last year 7,982 4 3 Total of the half-year to thi s d a t e , 1854 84,171 6 8 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 74,303 8 3 LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending March 4, 1854 £13,058 19 1 Corresponding week last year 10,217 18 2 Increase in 1854 . £2,841 0 11 THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for the week ending Feb. 26, 1851 £18,762 5 3 Corresponding week last year 12,352 811 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffie re turn for the week ending March 5, 1851 £1 18 9,003 11 10 Corresponding week last year ,133 8 2 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending March 5, 1854 £3,880 2 6 Corresponding week last year 3,194 4 6 Increase in 1854 2685 18 0 GLASGOW AND SODTH-WZSTERN JJ re turn for the week ending March 4, 1854 ...... £1,540 3 11 Corresponding week last year .................... 4,120 17 5 Increase in 1851 ................ £419 6 6 FURTHER ARRIVAL OP OUR TROOPS AT MALTA. — The Niagara, with the 28th Regiment, arrived at Malta on the 4th March. The Ripon, with the Guards, arrived at Malta on tlie sth March. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.—Yesterday morning the walls throughout the metropolis were placarded with bills, offering a reward of 501. from the friends of a gentleman named Walsh, a surgeon, of Worcester, who has been for some days missing, under the most extraordinary circumstances. Mr. Walsh, it appears, arrived about the let inst. at the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie-street, and afterwards left that house for the South-Western Railway, to see a newly con structed staircase, since which time, notwithstanding all the inquiries and trouble of his friends, nothing has been heard of him, and now it is feared that he has been waylaid and murdered. When he was last seen he had about him a valuable gold watch, marked " Wetherill, Liverpool ;" he is abont 45 years of age, dark com plexion, and on one of his hands has but four fingers, though on the glove there is a thumbstall ; he had also attached to his watch a gold curb-chain, seal, and key, and his linen is marked "J. H. Walsh." The police are busily employed in the matter, but up to the hour this was written not the least clue had been obtained of the missing gentleman. ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS. The sixth anniversary festival of this excellent institue tion took place last evening at the London Tavern, Blshopsgate-street. `About 120 gentlemen were present, amongst whom were the Rev. Edwin Sidney, Rev. H. Christmas, Richard Gibbs, Esq., James Nisbet, Esq., Dr. Conolly, Dr. Little, Dr. Tuke, &c. In the unavoidable absence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the president of the evening was Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M.P. Upon the removal of the cloth, the health of her Majesty the Queen and the usual loyal and patriotic feasts were proposed and duly responded to. The noble CHAIRMAN then gave the principal toast of the evening, " The Asylum for Idiots." That toast was emphatically the toast of the evening. (Cheers.) He thought they must be deeply impressed with the im portance of the society. The smallest amount of feeling must render them feelingly alive to the merits of this charity. For his part, throughout the whole range of in stitutions which adorned this great city, he knew no insti tution which spoke more touchingly to the feelings. Let them imagine a parent who found his child deprived ofthe light of reason. He could not form any idea more disheart ening than to find an affectionate parent looking day after day to the development of the signs of reason. (Hear.) He could picture the feeling of such a parent, who had thought there was no other consolation but hope in God's mercy, finding that through the medium ofthis institution there was hope for his child. He might have given him up in this world. How then must he be charmed with the hope that reason was not altogether gone, and that he might be permitted to see the development of feelings which would elevate his child to the dignity of human nature. Without further observation he would simply inform them that the charity was established in 1847, and in that short space of time they had erected three houses in which were 244 patients. (Cheers.) But there were still 200 hundred applications for admission at the next election. The first stone of the new asylum had been laid by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. It was fitted to accommodate 500 patients, and when fin ished would be one of the noblest buildings in this country. (Cheers.) The advancement of this charity had been extraordinary, although the difficulties they had had to encounter were great. The noble chairman concluded an earnest appeal on behalf of the new asylum, and of the institution generally, by giving the toast of the even• ing, " The Asylum for Idiots." The toast was drunk with all the honours. The Rev. EDWARD SIDNEY, in an extremely interest. , ing address, detailed many personal instances of suc cessful treatment that had come under his notice in the asylum. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Jolley, assisted by Miss Clara Henderson, and other professionals, who contributed much to the pleasure of the entertainment. The amount of the subscriptions announced during the evening was between 1,4007. and 1,5001. COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—There was an explosion of ear buretted hydrogen gas yesterday morning at the colliery of Mr. John Fletcher, Little Lever, near Bol ton, which killed the underlooker of the mine, and severely burnt fou r o f th e wor k men. A p l a tform had been erected 12 yards from the bottom Of the downcast shaft, where repairs had to be effected, under which the dangerous explosive gas had collected, and the workmen, not reckoning upon the partial obstruction of ventilation caused by the platform, used naked candles, as they always do in the air passages and shafts. The gas was fired by one of these candles, and the explosion was in. stantly fatal to James Mort, the underlooker, as above stated. THE POOR REMOVALS ACT AND A METROPOLITAN RATING.—The inhabitant ratepayers of the parish of St. Luke, Middlesex, have passed a resolution approving of the principle of the bill to abolish comßulsory removal of the poor, as tending to les sen much suffering on the part of the poor, and save the expense of removals ; but they apprehend that the immediate result of the act will be, to increase the charge on the rates of the parish, and to lessen the charge on those metropolitan parishes inhabited princi pally by the rich ; and to obviate this result, they sug gest that a uniform rate should be made over the whole of the metropolis. 300 state n the reign socks le Of Inner with The Hun. livery The o pen• a y to 'rinse :d for thio )0 of iving to per- ,' ar e and finer• , 22c 1 cl re' e for ithcr •each Lt of t elli- by )veti not, t at ffitil and ars fie 310 25 25 18 20 St. 50 40 25 25 St. 842 s 6i 25 50 20 20 20 10 10 10 26. 13) 20 20 20 20 50 20 5 10 St. 5 St. St. [St. rSt. 20 10 25 10 1.06, 15 8 10 78 94 60 i i 3 a I 1001 50 20), 100 20 50 25 12i 13i 20 20 all all all all all 100 100 100 7 3 8 2s. all all all all all all all all 50 1 20 35 all 15 i •l all all all all 1 10 1 1 20 10 20 35 5 25 all 1 22 t 6/ i