The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-29 00:00:00

DESPATCHES FROM LORD RAGLAN.

plot[ A SIIPPLZKINT TO FRIDAY'S GAZITIIL)
WAR DEPARTMENT, JAIL 27, 1866.
His Oracle the Doke of Newcastle has received a
despatch, of which the following is a copy, addressed
to his Grace by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan,

BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, JAN. 13.
My Lord Deke,—The weather continues very
1/.I•M and to-day it blow a gale of wind, with drift-
ing snow.

Although I have not received the official report
from the officer °Demanding the 4th Division, the
Milosr of the Quartermaster-General's department,
whose duty it is to visit the advanced posts at day-
light, has brought in an account of a sortie made by
the Rllll6lll/6 in the course of last night upon our
right and left attack, the enemy advancing, under

pidation of a heavy osanoostiii, along the Woron-

sow road and the ravine on oar extreme left.
The enemy sooseeded la driving in the troops in
the advanced trench, which was not re.occopied
until the reserves were brought leeward from the
second parallel.
A party in pits on the right of the advanced
bench, mulcting of 1 sergeant and 13 rank and
Ile, are missisg, and 1 Aar and 38 privates us
stated to be wounded.
The time for the despatch of the mail being at
band, I am very sorry that I shall not be able to
mad your rape to-day a more accurate statement
of this affair.
I inclose a return of casualties between the Bth
and 11th. _ _ _

Gnat progress is making in diesenbarking and
issuing to the troops vast quantities of warm clothing
of all descriptions, and I believe I may insert that
every Rau in this army has received a inroad blab.
ketot prosy frock Siang drawers, and gooks, and
mom kind of winter seat, in addition to the ordinary
great coat.
The poweides eta Is still a great difficulty.
Now allw, rtatLg. and with tolerable SWOON
in landing awl pang up the huts; their great
weight (2i toss s*) is a serious obstacle to their
oseveyance to the imp, with oar limited transport.
Rash but requires three stripped artillery waggons,
• with from 8 to 10 horses each, or 180 men.
Noah sickness contioses to prevail,
I have, &a, RAGLAN.
His Grace the Duke of Newark* be.. AA.
(A Mara of eseeshiss wat be feud in meat/ edema.]

of ow
view;

VLBSICA, JAx. 26._

The etamate fres Sebastopol are to the 17th. At
that date nothing important had takes plsoa—Daily
Nem

The OesterreicAimAc Corrasposints states that,
teeordi■g to authentic advice. from the Crimea, the
Sudan army hes suffered esoesdingly from the
...there

A proyeatioa t. mobilise the hem of the Conte-
aeration was brought before the Federal Dist at
Frankfort ea Thursday by Austria. The Aspertion
eras *pyres,' by Prussia. No daisies was come Os
Day Nam.

The Don& of Vienna of the 23d, sap :—" It is
aimed fres a good eseroll that an uteri* letter
Ise tan sent from the Emperor of Ito& to the
Lag of Prussia, express's' the %West satisfaction
at the conduct of that sovereign in the Eastern
tgasetlee

meanest trilkabsdat:sidt;lt • duly to do every th in
Ms power to pat as sad -4 map or another) to the if.
whin" to Its regret, unhappily sow oda bets
the two peat Guam Powers.
"If the haps of sodas Prussia adhere to the
shuld be realised, the complete and sincere itesurren of
Ibt two Powers is Mir quality of Germs& Federal Pe
Weald thereby he snared.
0 Baperisses, however, bids as edged oar pnvidmi to
deem du Prussia should attempt longer to persist is bar
row of Weenies, and druid even attempt to acl at
Frosktort in a manner to thwart oar properitiou upon the
Somesity of the Confederation being prepared for war.
"Is seek use the Imperial Government would only the
mere ruddily deign to porn" with the support of the
mother Osamu gunroom," Me path trued by the Federal
Oessidalm u sepses the manner is whisk this peat
lushly Melt le hodmiiisred, and it would regard itself
a siellsilki Mist the Met sacred ditties of its abeam in
Sty, CM 41Memtastlisvoar above all things to attain
*Mho Coshilsestlimissittake madman's' resolutidas,
emi if, for its us put, it was not perfectly ready to take
ups itself the ormseptesees of those resolutissa.
"Therefore at a messeat whoa our melds/eta will have
to beside upon their pardelpedes is ousts perhaps decisive
for the disdain of Gummy, we sasses hooked in patting
the queties to Mai, sosidestially, as to bow they will act
is the ease of being resolved to go in assordasse with us,
shield a endorsable resolution not be *Wised is the
Federal Amenably.
" We de sot hesitate openly to tares, ledederatiss if, in
that we, they will grant niftiest essfidesse to Austria to
$ her destinies; and if, in sue all oar endeavours to
dad a solid and sure puss should fail. Austria may, la
the beet entreats evestuality, equally count apes their
Olive es-operatics.
"The Imperbl Court would, in end um give the most
mimes assarause to guarantee their territorial possession
sad putties splint ',tory eventaality, and, moreover, to
pant them their share of advantages resulting from the war
in properties to the number of troops employed. Is ex.
chump, Austria must put the condition that a body of
troops, to be determined ape, should be at owe made
ready for service, and claim that [hero comes the same
of the Government of the State addressed] shall *sprees to
his Majesty the Emperor the confidence of platting, is use
of appeal, the direction of their contingent under the saw
140, command of his Imperial Majesty.
" We mat upon a frank sad candid reply, and it will
give us great satisfaction to dad that it responds to se
wish, as that will have the offset of throwing light upon
our Witless with the German goverment', sad. of conso-
lidating them especially with --( same of State), provi.
ding them with all the guarantees whisk the necessities of
this pave epoch demand.
" You will paw to who a oesEdeatial
of this depstak to —.

" DB BUOL."

MR. ROEBUCK'S MOTION.

Tun question at Wu in the adjourned debate
which is to be resumed this evening, is—whether

the Home of Commons will or will not &tidiest' the

functions of the grand inquest of the nation. It is the
right and duty of the House of Commons, whenever
there is reason to suspect the Government of gross
mismanagement, to institute an inquiry into it. The
question raised by Mr. Rozzocies motion is one of
such paramount, vital, urgent interest, that if the
. .

HOC; declare it an insufficient occuion for the mar-

eise of its inquisitorial functions, it is difficult to
imagine any future occasion that oan call for their
mercies. If the motion of the member for Sheffield

b negatived, the House of Commons will be guilty of
s cowardly and sycophantic desertion of its duty.
It has been pleaded that if the motion for inquiry
bto the conduct of the war in the Crimea were to be
ranted, it would be impossible for ministers to carry on
the dulness of the country while the investigation is
la perms. Of course it would, if they were all to
he sentinued in office during the inquiry; but that
waist be. If a merchant were to find a prima facie
ace of embezzlement, or neglect of duty tending to
embarrass his affairs, made out against the clerks in
his counting-house, what course would he adopt?
He would not condemn the accused on an ex
ports statement, but he would institute a search-
ing inquiry ; and while it was being car-
ried on he would suspend the suspected
parties, and get their work done in the
meantime by others. This is exactly what the
Hines of Commons ought to do with miois-
tee, if Mr. lierancx, and those who take the
same view of the question as he does, make out a strong
prima facie cue against them. The suspected minis-
ters ought at least to be suspended from office till
their character is cleared, or their guilt established.
This Caine would not interrupt the boatmen of the
m; the causes which have paralysed the action
r army in the Crimes would be laid hare to public
and it would thus be rendered possible to devise
-J effective remedy.
A strong prima facie ease hes been established
against the Duke of Nawcanna, Mr. SIDNEY His-
BERT, and LordAmanun, by their own speeches,'
letters .First,of the nobleheadof the War Departing*
He does not attempt to deny Oath= hes burn en
enormous amount of suffering, ism di ik. ME aNIIO-
- dispiriting delais in the Crimea. To palliate
these he tells us what officials he has consulted, how
moth and how long he has laboured. What is it to
the country though he toils " from morn to dewy
eve," and afterwards consumes the midnight oil in
his office, if no tangible results come from his labour?
Were the Duke of Nawcanix's shoemaker to bring
him home a shoe that pinched, his Grace would re-
deem it on the maker's hands. In vain would the
timeaker represent how many hours per dims he
spot in his shop, what admirable instrue-
dins be gave to hie bookkeeper and op._
natives; the noble customer would reply, "Never-
theless, the shoe pinches; I will not take it off
your hands; and I will employ some ens who wilt
make me a comfortable pair of shoes, and not bore
me with long apologetic speeches." Exactly se the
noble head of the War Department would deal with
his shoemaker, ought the nation to deal with himself.
All his long labours, all his array of subordinates,
are productive of no resale. And what the War
Department *end hitherto has bees, under the Duke
of Nawcasua, it will continue to be as long as he
is at the head of it. 0 Although the two secretary-
ships (of war and the colonise)," said the Doke on
Friday evening, " were divided in Jane, it was not
until December that the unfortunate aseretary repre-
sented in his person had a roof over his official had.
It was not until that assommodetion was
provided which was requisite for the transaction of
the babas that be considered it to be for the
public interest that the Coamiseariat should be un-
dertaken by himself in the manner whisk had been
arranged." The army might perish of cold and
hunger In the meantime—that was a ails in the eye
of the Duke of NIWCASILI ; bat his Orem Gould
not think of proosedhsg to hosinses until the rooms of
his cam were properly furnished. Is there in all his-
tory another 'Retain on record of emit callow frivo-
lity? Is the Man who scull gravely and unblushingly
maks sock a confession in the bomb to be trusted
d theitUrs it thi'sespire l', Ail folk& OMNIs
iiisva-irbe stands in somewhat the sum ails.
v'lle k tie Duke that the emend-bey does
'Sr. Ai, in H The Bible "—kin Moo-

subject, be was particularly struck with the earn abd
skill witptZh every screw and nail was pet in the
proper for nee." Not a word was said by Mr.
SIDNEY EBB about the " official " answer to
his inquiry. He sought to gain credit with Site
He.. fat having called for an explanation from the
ispertment which ought to have seen to the proper
embarkation of the huts; but, instead of telling the
ONIWER which he received, he attempted to put
the Meis off with an idle story of what some anony-
mous amateur, whn dropped in upon him u quite
greesiasnoctsly," said of the state of the huts when
endeateeL What IA the name of this witness? How
meld he see that all the screws and nails were in
lb* places, when he only saw the huts embarked P
The huts were embarked at different times and in
different ports. Did the Hrs. Harris of Mr. SIDNEY
HERBERT see them all ? The shabby evasion of Mr.
Swear HERBERT is as disingenuous as it is silly. It
brands him with incapacity for a grave administra.
tive charge. As for Lord ABERDEEN, what was the
only semen he assigned for resisting Lord JOHN
ItusenVe proposal to change the personnel of the
War Department P He could not bring himself to
kart the feelings of the Duke of Nevrcerrui by re-
moving him ! Our soldiers might die off by thou.
"ands; the national effort to repress the sggressions
Oltenia might be paralysed by the incompetency'?
the War Minister; what were these calamities h
semparisos with the sensitiveness of the Doke of MN-
CARLE I' It is clear that Lord ABERDEEN cannot dr
vats himself above mere personal considerations, to
take a clear and comprehensive view of principles and
policy. tle will retain incapable men in office, at a
critical emergency, merely because he has a personal
liking fir them. While three such fribbles retain in
their bands the chief guidance of the war, the country
is not safe.

Bat heartless frivolity and incapacity Ire not the
only charges of which a prima fiasco.. can be esta-
blished against the Premier and his egregious twin
war ministers. The army was detained in inaction
at Varna till its ranks were decimated by disease. To
all appearance it would have been kept there till t
day, had not Lord Imo( Russau.'s allusion in debate
to Sebastopol compelled his colleagues to make a
imsonstration against it. Now in what manner has
the Crimean expedition been managed ? It is now ass.
limed that no steps were taken to ascertain the real
ehateater and strength of Sebastopol. A force was
swat against it which is now admitted to have
hiehipate to the task of taking the place, except
by lapels,. The army was long in position before
the siege guns were brought up. No preparations
were made for the clothing or shelter of the army
until winter had fairly sot in. What is the natural
aid weensiry inference from these facts?—that the
bled et the government, and the ministers charged
with the conduct of the war, never seriously contem-
plated making good their position in the Crimea.
They merely thought of taking Sebastopol by a coup
Ide main, and immediately afterwards withdrawing
the army to winter at Scutari. Had they contem-
plated the possibility of the army's wintering in the
Crimea even,they could scarcely have been so destitute
of common sense and humanity as not to make some
preparation for its shelter. Lord ABERDEEN, the
Duke of NIVICASTLE, and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT
appear, therefore, never to have contemplated waging
war against Russia in earnest. They have only aimed
at having some action of eclat performed by the army
that might duxle the public, and blind it to the
loans* of Ministers. There is a prima facie case
against these three firm and faithful friends of having
conspired to gull and betray the country.
Such being the case, if a majority of the House of
Commons shall this evening vote against Mr. Ron-
nrcx's motion for inquiry, that majority will betray its
constituents. Apritna facie case of gross and wilful
mismanagement is made out against three of our
Ministers. They ought to be suspended from office
until the charges against them have been deliberately
gone into. And if they be convicted, a declaratory
1 Neolution of the House of Commons, recognising
1 their guilt, ought to mark them as incapable of
elm foe all time coming. The age has grown tee
*imam to tolerate capital punishments for adml
trative misdemeason ; but this is no reason why the
culprits should not be pillorisd.--Daily Nap.

It will 'sprain-514;6 smog% ifs dieapprobation of
their having allowed rivalry to carry them to such
tit*** bile p itl Wrist upon their sinking private
piiiso foe this promotion of the general good. It will,
Absmilorkpay little attention to ths efforts that aro
b4dig made to tusk's Lord Joint Runs= by
charges of •not having dealt with his late oolleagoss
"on the square; or to similar imputations against
Lord hunsanos.

The view that the great English public will take
of lite Aetna position of affairs is something like this :
-.The actual managers of the War Department have
leen eenvioted of incapacity, if not of something
one; the Paws has been convicted of retaining
these ineapables in office, to the detriment of the
State, simply from considerations of private friend-
ship. The honour and security of the tuition
require, therefore, the removal of all these three
men from office. Merely removing the Duke
of NIWCASTLE from the War Department, fill-
ing up . his plea with the accommodating Lord
Pautherros, and filling up the Presidency of the
Council and the Home-office with two easy-going
men, likely to be acceptable at Court, will afford no
guarantee for the vigorous prosecution of the win
Lord PALMERSTON would be undoubtedly an im-
provement on the Duke of Newc.sert.z, under a
proper head; but a proper head is required to keep
his pax-awe:as lordship right, and such a head the
Earl of ABERDIEN'S is not. Lord Ramat:Brox% own
personal security is not sufficient; he must bring
other securities to be bound along with him in penal-
ties for the efficient discharge of his office. The
only security that the great Liberal party
will accept of for this purpose is Lord JONN
Resent. All the persevering attempts that
have been made for years to weaken their con-
fides,* in Lord Joss have failed. They
admit the possibility of his having his faults and
weaknesses, like other men; but take him for all in
all, they know no other statesman of the day who hes
given them such good reason to confide in him. Lord
JOHN began life with a profession of principles; and
I if in the course of his career he has at times abort-
doped some of them, it has always been to adopt
more liberal and more enlarged views. His is a pro-
gressive intellect; of his measures, as regards libe-
ralism, it may be said, vestigia smile 'veterans. It
may be that his measures have not always proved
adequate to the realisation of his intentions, but be
has uniformly endeavoured to carry his princi-
ples into practice. He has always been
more impatient of compromise and delay than
any of his Liberal coadjutors. Lord Joux's repute.
tion rests more upon the character of the measures he
has attempted to carry than upon his success in 07,1
eying them. On the contrary, Lord Pstatharron's
mutation rests more upon his dexterity in carrying
say pint he has in view at the moment than upon his
serspulonsness as to its character and tendency. The
public believe that if Lord JOHN Rusatui. and
Lord Psponitrox can be brought to work is
harmony in the same Cabinet, the former will
be materially assisted by the adroitness of the
latter, while the weaknesses of the latter will be kept
in check by the greater earnestness and devotion to
principle of the former. The Liberals of England
believe that a Cabinet which should number among
lis members both of these noble lords is likely to be
more efficient than one is which only one of them,
shoed be present. But if they must forego the
services either of Lord PALMERSTON or Lord JOHN
Itneasm., assuredly the latter is the man they would
struggle to retain.—Daily News.

sign]

. would have to
more resolute admi.
pacification should
taken place, and
be the character
will be a Mi-
war energetically,

ese*:Peace
in the service of

Lord Palmerston
in this respect a
not forget that Lord
anerito- wasythe first, perhaps, amongst foreign-
.» to. recognise the providential character of the
events which in December saved France and civili-
sation, and that the alliance of the two empires
became: easier from the sympathies; which animated
their statesmen. In any case, what is now re-
!paired for England is a close union in council and
immotable firmness in action."

ARRIVAL OF THE CALCUTTA WITH GOLD.

PLYMOUTH, SvxDAy.

The General Screw Company's ship Calcutta, Cap.
Min Slaokmore, was off this port this morning from
Australia. She has forty passengers, of whom two
landed here in a pilot boat. Her cargo consists of
160,000 ounces of gold, 300 tons of wool, and several
hundred hogsheads of tallow. Her news is antici-
pated by the arrival of the Overland Mail.

(it ILIIPTRIO 121,161AP1.)

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