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NAPLES.

The Morning Poet of Thursday published in a
prominent place the following announcement.—
We learn by the most recent advises from Naples that
the Neepolithn Government had resolved on presenting a
note to the English Government, acknowledging that it
had, at the instance of the Cabinet of St. James, removed
M. Mazza entirely from the direction of the Neapolitan
police, and expressing the sentiments of the King of
Naples in terms such as to leave no doubt of a con•
siderable change having been effect of late in his Majesty's
views.
This note, we have every reason to believe, will be ac•
eepted by the British Government as satisfactory.
The appointment of M. Brennier as French Minis-
ter to the Court of Naples had excited some uneasi-
ness in that Court. M. Brennier, it will be re►nem.
bered, some two years since made a tour in Italy,
and put himself chiefly into communication with the
revolutionary party, and is well known to possess
strong Muralist tendencies.
SPAIN. - -

The late disturbances in Saraossa and Valencia
have been suppressed, and the provinces are gene-
rally tranquil.
The question of the " Western Alliance," accord-
ing to the Epoca, was indefinitely adjourned
Spain, or, to speak more correctly, the Government
which represents her, desires that if our country be celled
on to intervene actively in the great events which are
being prepared in Europe, she shall do so as becomes a
great nation, which, though fallen, has not yet lost the
remembrance and the pride of her ancient glory. But
Spain cannot act in this way until she shall be constituted,
shall have at least 100,000 soldiers under arms, and shall
have a budget in which the real and permanent resources
shall be equal to the expense. The day on which this
shall be the case, the Spanish Government, stipulating for
what is due to the honour and interests of the nation, will
place itself by the side of the European powers, to which
it is bound by its sympathies and its principles, and
Western Europe will the more appreciate the Spanish
alliance the more our position in the interior shall be
strong, and our means of influence abroad efficacious.
London, England, 1855-11-24

THE REPORT ON THE HYDE PARK JULY

RIOTS.

THE report of the commission appointed to inquire
into the circumstances of the July riots in Hyde-
park has at length appeared. The proceedings of
the people and the conduct of the police are com-
mented on with much minuteness. Having de-
scribed the composition of the mob, the preparations
of the police, and the events of the day both in Hyde-
park and in Park-street, the commissioners proceed
to deliver their opinion upon the several charges
made against the police on this occasion. First as
regards Superintendent Hughes, they pronounce
that the charge made against him of personal
violence and improper behaviour may be passed over,
but that his orders to the police to use their staves
and rush upon the people were indiscreet :

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Weighing all the evidence, however, we think this resort
to violence was not warranted. No attack had been made
by the people, no combined or serious resistance had been
made to the police, the carriages and riders passing were
few ; and, considering how many inoffensive individuals
were mixed up with the disorderly portion of the crowd,
the execution of such orders would almost of necessity be
dangerous, and attended with unjustifiable violence.
If the order to use the staves had been strictly limited to
the clearance of the road, we might have considered it just'
liable. There was an obvious propriety in clearing the
carriage-Ivey, and we think there should be little sympathy
for those who at such a time refused or delayed to quit the
road, expecting the police to enter into discussion as to
their right of way, or to make exceptions in their favour.
But there was not the same necessity to drive the crowd
from the railings, and still less to clear the space between
the rails and the water of the Serpentine, to which object
it is clear the order extended, and it was in the course of
executing it that the witnesses Vassie, Maxwell, and others
were struck.
It also appears that, after orders issued by Superinten-
dent Hughes, staves were used by the policemen, who
passed under the rails to drive the crowd back, and eh°
rushed upon the people from time to time, driving them back
thirty or forty yards over the grass on the north side of the
drive. In the course of these proceedings the witnesses
Woodward, Martin, and others, were struck with staves.
The object of these movements was frequently unintelli-
gible to the people, and consequently the acts of the police
had the appearance of wanton outrage.
London, England, 1855-11-24

THE PRESS.

Count Cavour, on the 17th, had made his financial
statement in Parliament. The war expenditure for
the year ensuing would, independently of the
1,000,0001. sterling to be advanced by England,
require a loan of 30,000,000 francs :
Estimating the expenses of the war for 1858 at
48,500,000 f., it will have cost 74,000,000 f. should it be
protracted to January, 1857 • and calculating the English
loan for next year at 25,000,000 f., the total deficiency will
be 2t4,680,000f., a sum for which it will be necessary to
make a demand on the public credit. To meet this, the
Government calculated that a loan of :10,00 o,ooof. would
be sufficient, with power to issue and keep in circulation
Treasury bills up to that amount, in order that the Gu-
vemment might be enabled to choose the most favorable
time for concluding the loan.
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According to this estimate, Sardinia is increasing
her debt at the rate of two millions sterling annually,
a very considerable augmentation for so small and
poor a State.
The affair with Tuscany was about to be arranged,
it was stated, entirely to the advantage of that
State.
Political arrests of some importance had been
made at Borne in the capture of Mancini and lucenC,
the chief agents of Mazzini, and papers compro•
mising upwards of two thousand persons had been
seized. It is to bo hoped this may not have the
effect of filling the Papal prisons. With French
troops to guard his capital, and Austria at his feet,
the Pope may not be much disposed to show mercy
to his political opponents.
London, England, 1855-11-24

THE PRESS.

Taganrog, and of which we gave the details in the
extracts from a private letter in TnE PRESS of the
17th instant.
Captain Osborne reports that the enemy having
established himself in force at a point called Bielo-
sarai, on the crooked spit, and collected a number of
boats, he deemed it requisite to disturb tbem.
Accordingly, on the 24th, having got the Vesuvius
close in shore, he landed the small arm men and
marines of the ship under cover of her guns, drove
out the enemy, and burnt boats, stores, posts, and an
extensive fishery in the neighbourhood.
Lieutenant Day, in the Recruit, reports that on the
15th of the same month he arrived off Marioupol,
and, hauling his ship within seven hundred yards of
the town, in the presence of a considerable force of
Russians, cavalry and riflemen, landed his boats'
crews under cover of the ship's fire and destroyed
seven fishing launches, five large fishing establish-
ments, and great quantities of gear and tackle,
without the loss of a man.
Lieutenant Commerell in his report gives a detailed
account of a gallant operation which he conducted
most successfully. Having received information
that large quantities of forage and corn were stacked
on the banks of the Salghir river, ready for trans-
mission by water to the interior, Lieut. Commerill
with one boat's crew landed on the Spit of Arabat,
and, launching a small prize•boat he had with him
over the spit, embarked in her, and reached the
Crimean side of the Sivash in safety. With two
seamen Lieutenant Commerell then started in search
of the forage, which they discovered two and a
half miles inland :

In a short time (continues the gallant officer) the forage
and corn, amounting to about four hundred tons, was
totally destroyed ; not, however without alarming the
guard, and from twenty to thirty mounted Cossacks, who
were encamped in a village close at hand. On our
retreating, we were so bald pressed by them, that, but for
the circumstance of the last two hundred yards being mud,
and the cover of rifles from Mr. Lillingaton and a man who
remained in the boat, we could hardly have escaped
ranttire. Having recrossed the spit we returned to the
Weser by eight a.m.
London, England, 1855-11-24

No. 134.—V0L. 111.

(TL)I tVrtss.

LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1855.

THE country must be on its guard against the
false statements which are industriously cir-
culated respecting the War and its political
aspect. It is asserted that a continuance of
the War is inevitable—that Russia will make
no concessions—that no opening for pacific
negotiation exists. The reverse of all these
representations is the truth.
The Court of St. Petersburg has communi-
cated proposals of Peace to the Emperor of
the FRENCH, and the Emperor, in introducing
them to the consideration of her Majesty's
Government, has declared his opinion that
the contemplated terms are satisfactory, and
that the spirit in which they are offered by
Russia is sincere.
We are credibly informed that a large party
in the Cabinet has . per.eived these proposals
by no means with disfavour. Yet, we regret
to say, it appears probable, that through ad-
verse influences they will meet with discou-
ragement, and perhaps ultimately with abso-
lute rejection.
A difference of opinion between the Govern-
ments of France and England on so vital a
point must be regarded as extremely unfor-
tunate. It is essential to the success of the
great object for which their alliance was
formecl that they should continue to. act
together with one mind and one wilt. In
approaching the consideration of the princi-
ples on which they respectively act, passion
must have no place. The conjuncture is of
that grave kind which demands the exercise of
unprejudiced reason and of temperate judg-
ment.
It is the policy of the French Government
to solve the question which occasioned the
War,
.by removing all points in dispute be
tween Russia and Turkey, and by forming a
solid barrier against Russian aggression.
It is the policy of the English Government
to continue the War, after the objects for
which the War \vas commenced have been
attained, for the indefinite purpose of humbling
Russia, or of effecting some change in the
territorial arrangements or poliiioid relations
•of the Continent.
It is not for us to pretend to be acquainted
with the terms offered by Russia, and deemed
by the Emperor of the FRENCH 'to be, with
their necessary consequences, that foundation
for " a prompt and durable Peace," which he
has expressly declared he wishes to see
established. But if, in addition to the con-
cessions already made at Vienna, we find that
the freedom of the Danube, the independence
of the Black Sea, 'the security of the Danubian
Provinces, and the nationality of Circassia,
are to be guaranteed ; the Bosphorus and the
Asiatic frontier fortified under the direction
and inspection of European Commissioners,
and perhaps at the expense of Russia, that
indemnity being returned with interest which
she extracted from the Porte in 182 S ;—that, in
our opinion, would be a solution of the ques-
tion worthy of the Western Alliance, and of
the Emperor of the FRENCH.
London, England, 1855-11-24

THE WAR IN ASIA MINOR.

If the reader will glance at some one of those
various maps, the publication of which is at
all events one good effect of the present war,
he will see that the boundaries of the Russian
empire are unusually distinct and broad.
Sweden on the extreme north-west, then
Prussia and then Austria, bring us down in one
continuous line to the confines of the Turkish
dominions; while from Chocsin right across to
the Caspian Sea one unbroken natural frontier
is presented by the Pruth, the Euxine, and the
Caucasus. South of the latter lie the fertile
plains and magnificent forests of Mingrelia
and Georgia, and it is but quite recently that
Russia has succeeded in overleaping the
mountain wall, and establishing herself in
what is now called Russian Transcaucasia.
The importance attaching to the possession of
these provinces it is impossible to over-esti-
mate. Wallachia and Moldavia are indeed
nearer to Constantinople, yet it is a question
whether their occupation be in reality more
menacing either to Turkey or to the rest of
Europe. Along the south coast of the Euxine
the Russians may advance by slow but sure
degrees. The country is open before them,
and the public is far less aware of the danger.
Under these circumstances the truly brilliant
victories recently gained by our Allies become
the subject of twofold congratulation. That
the Turks should have fought as they lubve

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done, and given an additional proof of their ca-
pability when well officered and led to contend
with their hereditary foe, is of itself most satis•
factory and encouraging. But it is even still
more so to feel that Russia has sustained so
serious a check where, perhaps, she least ex-
pected it, and where she hoped to push
forward her encroachments comparatively
unchallenged and unobserved. The question
now is how to turn these advantages to the
best account. And here we may be permitted
to remark that there does appear to have been
a very gross error committed by those to
whom og military arrangements were in-
trusted. Had ONES PACHA, instead of wasting
his time and his strength in the Crimea, been
despatched in the beginning of the present
year to the seat; of war in Asia, it is
possible that we might by this time have
obtained results as important, if not more so,
than even the fall of Sebastopol. It is the
permanent effect, rather than the violence of
the blow, to which statesmen and generals
ought to look. And it seems very possible
that, had an Anglo-French expedition landed
at Batoum any time in the beginning of the
present year, the Russians might ere now
have been driven over the Caucasus. We
most sincerely trust that all which it is yet
possible to do may be done to improve the late
glorious triumphs. The second victory of
OVER PACHA on the Ingour leads us to expect
every despatch with impatience. Even the
friends of the Muscovite are staggered by the
powers of the Mussulman ; and we cannot re-
frain from indulging in hopes which it would
perhaps be foolish to express. Even as we
write, rumours of the relief of Kars and the
safety of our gallant countrymen are rife about
us. But, however this may be, we cannot fail
to remember, that it was in this indentical
country that Prince PASKIEWITCu was foiled in
1829, and compelled to relinquish his march
!won Trebizoud, from exactly the same cause
which we may presume to be embarrassing
MoSsaviErF now—the want of provisions. This
bias always been the great difficulty with which
the Russians have had to contend in Asia
Minor, and we only regret that advantage
should have been taken of it so late. The
season is now, we fear, too much advanced for
any very extended military operations, and
we must perhaps perforce be content to
let the Russians winter south of the Cau-
casus. But the gallant behaviour of the Turks
should be our warrant for attaching rather
more of importance to the possibilities of an
Asiatic campaign, than we have latterly been
ipclined to do. With an allied contingent on
the spot, there might be no limits to the suc-
cesses which OMER PACHA may next year
accomplish. To drive the Russians back again
within those limits which Nature herself has
fixed, and of which all true policy recommends
the preservation, may yet be the glorious task
of the great soldier who first showed the pos-
sibility of resisting Russian aggression.
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FWD/a EVZNINO.
TREILE has been great buoyancy on the Stock Ex-
change this week, the rise in Consols from the
lowest point of depression having been equal to one
and a half per cent. The market was heavy on
Monday, partly through arrangements for paying the
ten per cent. instalment on the 16,000,0001. loan the
next day, and at one time Consols for money sunk
to 871. Subsequently they rallied, and were quoted
at the close 87/ After business hours there was
• further improvement, and the last price for money
Was 881 1, and one-eighth higher for 6th December
account. The advance has since been more than main-
tained. On Tuesday the market was animated—for
money the last price was 881 and 881 to 89 for
account. On Wednesday a brisk demand for money
and a desire to realise profits rendered the market
weaker, the quotation for money sinking to 881 4, and
for account an eighth higher; but there was again
a recovery on Thursday, notwithstanding the prepa-
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last quotations
h higher for ac-
in tone, though
Consols were

improvement,
Cents. yesterday
to 3 discount.
.nand for money,
discount. Railway
we last wrote,

rsiuu.. ..... r.-.'—_—_ __
Turkish Scrip the next day. The last quotations
were 881 1 for money, and one eighth higher for ac-
count. To-day the market was firm in tone, though
1 not so well maintained at the close ; Consols were
881 1 for money, and 881 1 for account.
In other Stocks there has been an improvement,
particularly in Turkish : the Six per Cents. yesterday
advanced to 81, and the New Scrip to 3 discount.
Exchequer Bills, owing to the demand for money,
are still heavy, being 12s. to Bs. discount. Railway
Shares are slightly better than when we last wrote,
l though still greatly depressed.
The improvement noticeable this week must be
mainly attributed to the growing conviction that the
I probabilities of peace are increasing. The subject
is now dismissed with great keenness,—the speech of
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CAMP MOVEMENTS.

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The anniversary of Inkermann was kept with
great spirit in the allied camp. Dinners among the
officers, and fireworks among the men, celebrated the
sth of November, and the night was passed by all
in a state of enthusiasm and excitement which as-
tonished the Cossack videttes, to whom bonfires and
tar-barrels were a novelty.
The rumour of an attack upon the allied lines was
still rife in the camp. One deserter, a Hungarian
officer, stated it was certainly in contemplation, and
if unsuccessful woold lead to the retreat of the main
disposable Russian force.
The hutting, up tl the 6th, progressed rapidly, and
the fine weather favoured all such operations :
The large working parties have certainly tended to keep
the army in health, and so far it has done good. Even the
medicals say that the healthy state and appearance of the
army is extraordinary. Fifteen thousand men they say
are hutted, besides the huts for hospitals and those that
the officers have built for themselves. This will make
more than one-third of the army, which report asserts is
41,000 strong, all told, supplied with good houses. Some
of the huts for officers are to contain sixteen persons.—D.
News cor., Nov. (3. _

The English expeditionary force which arrived
from Kinburn, it was anticipated, was about to be
employed on an expedition against Katfa. Accord-
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mirals were most anxious for the enterprise, but
were opposed by men of high authority in the camp.
It was believed that reference has been made by
telegraph to France and England to know what
was to be done. A council of war, according to
another account, had been held on the 3rd, and the
question settled :
A council of war was held at head-quarters on the 3rd
instant, when, it is understood, after some discussion, all
intention of further operations against the enemy was
abandoned for the present winter. The contemplated ex-
pedition against Kaffa is postponed. The lateness of the
season, and the uncertainty of weather favorable for naval
operations and landing troops continuing, sufficiently ex-
plain these resolutions.—D. News cor., Oct. O.
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impede the action of the Executive, and cast
discredit on our constitutional system. Our
position has with truth been termed humilia-
ting. The people feel aggrieved by it, and are
meeting to frame angry remonstrances. It
seems that the whole State has suddenly made
shipwreck of its power, and is in no condition
to help itself. The nation is full of vigour, but
it has no head to direct its energies. Con-
ferences are on the point of being opened at
Vienna. The greatest exertions are required
to open the spring-campaign by sea and land.
At Sebastopol active hostilities are about to
recommence. The remnant of our gallant
army, should it escape total destruction from
continued sickness and fatigue, can only hope
to be saved from the sword of our enemy by
the protection of our allies. And at this
moment we are without a Government. What
eloquence can express more forcibly than the
broad fact itself, the helplessness of our condi-
tion. The Ministerial crisis, dating from the
resignation of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, has lasted
a complete month, and still we see no end to
the difficulty. A month wasted! when every
hour was of inestimable importance to afford
relief to our army, and infuse vigour into every
branch of the public service.
The retirement of three of the principal
members of the Cabinet—Sir J. GRAHAM, Mr.
GLADSTONE, and Mr. HERBERT-with the ex-
planations given in the House last night, em-
phatically condemn the principle on which
Lord PALMERSTON attempted the construction
of his Government. He refused to join Lord
DERBY on the ground that after the vote of
the House of Commons he could bring no
strength to his Administration. This reason
might have been respected had it been sin-
cerely entertained. Undoubtedly there was a
difficulty, in the face of that vote, of any of
the members of the condemned Cabinet im-
mediately resuming office, and the difficulty
could only have been overcome by the Ministry
London, England, 1855-02-24

WHERE IS THE RESERVE ?

WE are told that at the battle of Inkermann
the Russian forces were brought into position
under cover of darkness and mist. Guns were
dragged up to commanding posts, dense
masses of infantry were formed within pistol-
shot of our pickets, and when the attack was
commenced the surprise was complete. The
result of that day was immense. Though a
defeat, it postponed indefinitely the storming
of Sebastopol, and reduced the besiegers to
the utmost straits. A victory would have
driven our army into the sea, and destroyed
the expedition.
We are now in danger of a similar surprise,
on a scale of greater magnitude. We are in
the dark as to the movements of the Russian
troops. Our vision extends only a few miles from
the allied camp ; beyond the Belbeck we know
nothing. We are ignorant of the number of troops
quartered in Baktchi Serai and Simferopol, or
what hordes are accumulated at Perekop and
Odessa, ready on the approach of spring to
pour down upon our intrenchments. We only
learn that on the first open weather thiu

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London, England, 1855-02-24

Cone !! rade nub ditg

FRIDAY EYENIs4.
FRESH Ministerial complications have caused re-
newed dullness on the Stock Exchange during the
week. Prices on Monday showed some signs of
recovery from their recent depreciation, and the
quotations ruled more firmly than for some while
Past. Console were done at 01 to for account,

and for money went to 911, buyers. A temporary
fall took place through the influence of some con-
siderable sales, effected for speculation purposes,
upon the receipt of intelligence of the Liverpool
bread riots, but the market afterwards recovered.
On Tuesday business was great and steady, and
the prices at the opening were 91, buyers, both for
money and time, and at the close 901 91 for imme-
diate transfer, and 91 to 1 for account. Wednesday's
market was agitated by the reports of the secession
among the Peelite members of the Cabinet. The
visible effect upon prices was, however, compara-
tively limited, and the quotations never were lower
than 901, and left off at 901 91.

Yesterday the funds continued to show some sen-
sitiveness to the rumour of disorganisation in the
Cabinet. At one moment the quotations gave way
per cent, bat the market rallied afterwards, and at
the close exhibited a slight advance on the prices of
the previous day.
To- day the market has been very inanimate, but
prices were tolerably maintained. Consols have
been operated in, for both money and account, at
91}; Reduced at 91e 911 ; and New Three per
Cents., 971 Olt Exchequer Bills continued un-
altered at Os. to 9s. prem., and 4s. to 7s. for the
March advertised bills. Bank Stock has been dealt
in at 215 ; India Stock at 222.
London, England, 1855-02-24

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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Their insertion is often delayed, owing to a press of matter
and when omitted, it is frequently from reasons quite inde
pendent of the merits of the communication.
We cannot undertake to return communications of which we do

not avail ourselves.
Cemmunieations should always be legibly written, and on one
side of the paper only. if long it increases the difficulty of
finding space for them.
Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the
!mule and address of the writer, not necessarily for publica-
tion, but as a guarantee of his good faith.
Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by a
remittance or a reference for payment in town.
London, England, 1855-02-24

THE PRESS.

commission, which is guaranteed against all inter-
ference, and is invested with the fullest powers to
carry out whatever it may deem most conducive to the
public interests. It is understood that the corporate
authorities of Liverpool, on being applied to, have
readily consented to place at the disposal of the com-
mission a large portion of their sanitary staff, includ-
ing the officer charged with the removal of nuisances
in that town, so that a brigade of skilled scavengers
and the necessary apparatus under his control may
soon be expected to be at work wherever needed,
whether in the camp, the harbour, or the vicinage of
the hospital.

ENLISTMENT OF FOREIGNERS.
The Government of Great Britain have entered
into a convention with the Sultan, empowering them
to raise a military force not exceeding 20,000 men
from amongst the subjects of the Ottoman Porte, to be
employed in conjunction with the allied armies in
the East. Steps have already been taken, and officers
despatched to the Turkish provinces to raise 15,000
men. This force is to be levied, armed, clothed, fed,
and paid by England, and entirely under her command.
It will consist of two divisions of infantry and a cor•
responding force of cavalry and artillery, and will
probably be employed in Asia at the opening of the
campaign. It is not intended to interfere with the
peculiar discipline of so many of this contingent as
shall happen to be Mussulmans, who will probably
be under the command of regimental officers of their
own faith and country. No doubt many foreign
officers and men will be incorporated with this legion,
and it is not unlikely that many Christian subjects of
the Sultan will be found fighting in its ranks. The
chief direction, however, will be intrusted to British
or foreign officers of experience, selected here for
the highest commands. Government are desirous
to obtain for this service experienced officers, wbo
are not otherwise employed. It is understood that
arrangements are in progress, by which officers who
have served in the East India Company's service
will be enabled to join this corps on better conditions
than they have hitherto been enabled to obtain.
The Sardinian contingent of 15,000 men will be
under the immediate command of the British Com.
mender-in-Chief. They are nearly ready for embar-
kation in British ships, and will prove a most useful
addition to our force in the Crimea.

It is not unlikely that a Spanish and a Portuguese
legion will be embodied under our command.
The Northern Legion will be mustered and drilled
in our own island of Heligoland, where every preps•
ration is now making for their reception.
London, England, 1855-02-24

BPZCIAL APPEAL.

CANCER HOSPITAL,
No. 1, CANNON-ROW, PARLIAMENT-STREET, anp
WEST BROMPTON.
President—The Right Hon. the Earl of AIRLIE.
Treasurer—JOHN PARKINSON, E5q.,66, Lino°ln's-inn-fields
Chaplain—The Rev. NATHANIEL LIBERTY, 6, Elm-place,
Brompton.
Bankers—Messrs. COUTTS and CO., 69, Strand.
London, England, 1855-02-24

THE PRESS.

Lord ABERDEEN : The expedition to the Crimea was a well-con-
sidered effort, conducted by the Government at home and the adminis-
tration abroad with the utmost prudence and circumspection , and,
though unforeseen circumstances in some degree hindered its imme-
diate success, the wisdom of those who managed it will be ultimately
and amply vindicated. Eh ?
Mr. GLADSTONE : Very fluent and neat, indeed.
Mr. S. HERBERT (seriously): And perfectly true. (Laughter.)
Sir J. GRAHAM: Assured of its truth, I next address myself to the
Duke of Newcastle. I beg to ask him whether the War Department
did not do everything that was in its power for promoting the success
of the expedition?
Duke of NEWCASTLE : Not only everything in its power, but every-
thing that could be desired. Aud as for myself, I used to lay
awake—
Mr. GLADSTONE: Lie awake, when you write to your friends.
Duke of NEWCASTLE : Very well, purist. I used to lie awake night
after night, thinking as hard as I could—
Sir J. GRAIIAM : All right. Addressing myself to the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, I beg to ask him whether he thinks that the war was
starved ?
Mr. GLADSTONE : Decidedly not. The soldiers were, and the
horses, but not the war. The financial arrangements devised by my-
self were of the most satisfactory character, and the estimates which I
framed, though utterly falsified by events over which I had no control,
were constructed upon the soundest and most defensible principles.
Sir J. GRAHAM : I will now apply to Mr. Sidney Herbert, either for
oonfirmation or contradiction of the statements of the other moiety of
the War Department.
Mr. S. HERBERT : All that a man could do was done by us.
London, England, 1855-02-24

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Contributions are earnestly solicited, and will be gratefully
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FOREIGN.

To-day the Foreign Market has hardly exhibited a
single transaction. The quotations are merely nomi-
nal, and prices rule somewhat lower.

BRITISH

18. Closing Prices.
QUOTATION.

OFFIC:

Mond.,Tuesd. Tired. Thur. . Frida2
91 9011901 1 901 1
9119 1901 11 94 1
1
1 1191 I 11 2
!21/ lai i
4 5-16 14 3.16 4 1-16
-21 b 21 be
-- -- 120
1 8 JO 6 6 9
la 1 12 —.

3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account
8 per Cents Reduced
3 per Cents
Long Annuities
Hank Stock, 7er Cent
India Stook, 10 per Cnt
F.xob. Bills, 2}d. per diem
India lionds, (1,0001.). • • •

91
911
91i
914
4 11-1

21 901
21
91i
91
411-11
914
229
6 9

BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuaut to the Aot 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 3$
for the week endiug ou Saturday, the 17th day of Feb., 1885.

Milli DIPARTIIIKNT.
Notes issued .... 5026,315,2301 Government Debt 011,015,100
Other Securities .. 2,964,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 12,313,110
Sliver Bullion .... ---

£26,313,230

£26,313,230

BANKING DKPLBTXKNT.
Proprietors'Capital £14,553,000 Government Seen.
Rest
Public Deposita* 4,898,602 Dead WeightAn.i
Other Deposits
4even Day I other Note■ 7,067,075
Bills

133,857,198
• Including F.xchsrfuer. Savings Banks, C,
*timid Debt, and Dividend Accounts.
The toregoing return, when compared with that of the preceding
week, ending Feb. 10, exhibits the following changes: In the
Public Deposits lncaLuta of
Other Deposits
Notes Issued
Do. Reserved INCREASE of
Seven-day Bills DECREASE of 69,f406
Coin and Bullion
Government Semi/4440 ... Diu:BEAMS Of • 20,425
Other Securities • INCREASE of
The Rest INCREASE Of ......... • .... 3,290
The amount of active circulation in Notes £19,946,111
Do. in fieven•day and other Bills 8194,2911

03,857,198
logioners of

Coin and Bullion in both Departments
FOREIGN FUNDS.

Per Cent. Mond. Tuesd.
I b lOl 1 101 i

Brazilian
Danish .
Dtch. (Ex 12 Gull)!
French

Wed.
1001

Do.
Do. Bank Stock

14t Otel
2970(.1

Maxie=
Peruvian st
Portuguese 4
Russian 5
Spanish
Turkish Scrip(Acc.)J

I . 6V L.
94f 90(
2970 f.

17t,i- 41 17

20,141,040
14,900,706

Mum Friday.
103
88f 1300
05f 5"
2000 f. -
-21 i 1
71
100 22j
38 —751 71
London, England, 1855-02-24

CONDUCT OF THE WAR.

A Puma Immo of the inhabitants of Marylebone
was held on Wednesday, at the Edward-street
Literary Institution, " to consider the attempt of the
Government to suspend the nomination of the com-
mittee of the House of Commons, ordered to be ap-
pointed to inquire into the state of our army before
Sebastopol, and to urge on the Government and the
house the absolute necessity of an immediate and
vigorous prosecution of that inquiry." The chair
was taken by Mr. Clement George. Several speeches
were made in the course of an animated dis-
cussion, and the following resolution among others
was agreed to on the motion of Mr. Lewis :
That, in the opinion of this meeting, the great sufferings and
disasters to which the English army in the Crimea has beau ex-
posed imperativelyeall for a searching investigation into the causes
and the defects of the system under which such misfortune, hays
occurred; that the House of Commons having, in answer to tho
unanimous call of the nation, voted by a large mikilrity In favour
of a committee of inquiry of that house, this meeting earnestly
deprecates the reversal of such vote by any means, direct or in-
direct, and calls upon the Government ana the House of Com-
mons, as an act of Justice to those who have suffered such un-
paralleled privations and distresses, to institute, by means of a
fair and impartial committee, an immediate, honest, and vigorous
inquiry.
An important meeting was held at Birmingham on
Thursday night. It was called by the mayor, on a
requisition signed by nearly four hundred of the
principal firms and inhabitants of the town, " for the
purpose of memorialising the Legislature on the ne-
cessity, of prosecuting the inquiry into the causes of
the disasters in the Crimea, and on the system of
appointments in the army and navy." There was a
great attendance, the vast hall being completely
tilled, many of the leading men of the locality being
of the number. John Palmer, Esq., the mayor, oc-
cupied the chair. In the course of the proceedings
several resolutions in accordance with the terms of the
requisition, together with a memorial to Parliament
in which they were embcdied, were adopted.
A requisition for a meeting on the subject of the
war has also been presented to the Mayor of Liver-
pool, on behalf of a large body of. bankers, ship-
owners, and merchants of that town.
London, England, 1855-02-24

Sir J. GRAHAM : In fact, you two men did one man's work ?
Mr. S. HERBERT : No, no, I don't mean that.
Sir J. GRAHAM : Very well—then you mean, I suppose, that you
two men could not do one man's work between you. That is what
Pam and the papers said.
Mr. S. HERBERT : Do not be so needlessly smart, my dear First
Lord. If saying sharp things would build gun-boats, perhaps Napier
might—(Cries of " Order, order "). Well, he began. I meant to reply
to his inquiry that the War Department discharged its duties in a
most exemplary manner, and, whatever disasters may have occurred,
arose from a dispensation of Providence, and not from any mismanage-
ment by the authorities.
Sir J. GRAHAM : And I can say the same for the Admiralty, with-
out troubling anybody to ask questions. Now, I think that if we
meet, as soon as the house has accepted the plan, and do this sort of
thing regularly and formally, and draw up a report, which of course
will not indicate the parties who furnish the imformation, but will
emanate from all us unitedly, the thing will be settled. Old Pam really
deserves credit for the invention, and if he carries it—Come in 1
London, England, 1855-02-24

In the cause advocated by the Ministers
who left, him there was at least an appearance
of principle and consistency. They said—Let
us go boldly to the House and declare we are
Billing to conduct the Government if this
vote be rescinded, not otherwise. If we are
met by a refusal, the responsibility will rest
with the House, not with us; if our proposal
is acceded to, we shall consider that we possess
the confidence of the House, and be able to
act with unfettered hands. Sir JAMES GRAHAM
spoke last night on this point with great
earnestness. He referred to that speech of
Sir GEORGIC GREY in the debate on the Com-
mittee of Inquiry, affirming in express terms
that there should be no mistake as to the vote
of the House. If adverse, it would be a vote
of.. want of confidence in the Ministry. If,
asked Sir JAMES GRAHAM, the motion for in-
quiry was a vote of no confidence then, will
not the nomination of the committee be a vote
of no confidence now? With only two excep-
tions the Cabinet was the same—the circum-
stances were the same—and how could Minis-
ters retain their places with this vote of no
confidence deliberately re-affirmed? He had
remained true to his colours—it was the
remaining members of the Cabinet who had
deserted theirs. In times of difficulty men
conscious of pure motives should stand in the
breach of danger, as nothing was more dis-
honourable or more dangerous than an assent
to measures which were honestly believed to be
unjustifiable. The logic of his appeal was
irresistible.
Mr. HERBERT, who has a talent for uncon-
scious sarcasm, enforced this view of the case.
He quoted Lord PALMERSTON'S own words on
the previous Friday to show the intention he
then entertained of resisting the committee.
Acknowledging the need of the country for a
" strong Government," he drew a distinction
for his Noble Friend's especial benefit. The
country did not desire a strong man to take a
weak course, but a, strong man to take a strong