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London, England, 1856-01-26

DESTRUCTION OF THE CENTRE DOCK.

The demolition of the docks continue. Four out
of the five docks have now been destroyed, and the
remaining one probably by this time :

On Wednesday evening the English engineers blew up
the bottom of the centre dock, which is at top 236 feet long
and 95 feet 4 inches wide, and at bottom 191 feet long and
40 feet wide. There were 13 charges in all-11 of 1601bs.
each, and two of 3001bs. each—total, 2,36tilbs. of powder.
The hour named was half past four; but all was not ready
for Mr. Deen to operate upon with his ten voltaic batteries
and electric wires till an hour and a half after, when the
demolition was pronounced complete as far as it went.
Two cables were again used, to which the small wires lead-
ing to each charge were attached. In addition to a large
number of engineer officers, there were present, although
it was dark, the commander-in-chief, with two aides de-
camp, Brigadier-General Straubenzee, with his aide-de-
camp, and two officers of the 11th Hussars—viz., Captain
Dallas Yorke and Cornet Wilkin, besides the garrison of
Sebastopol and the officers on guard, the whole being
under the superintendence of Brevet-Major Nicholson,
R.E. The enemy took no notice of the explosion, nor
have they been firing much lately from the north side, al-
though it is reported that on New Year's-day the French
and Russian pickets were nselebsly firing at each other.—
Daily News, Jan. 7th.

Letters from Kertch deny the statements lately
published of the continued destruction of the town
by the soldiery. General Vivian had completety put
a stop to all such proceedings, and the conduct of
the contingent force is spoken of as being highly
satisfactory. Rumours were rife of the advance of a
strong Russian force for
London, England, 1856-01-26

THE PROVOST MARSHAL AND THE MATE.

There has been considerable excitement during the past
w iek among the masters and officers of transports in Bala-
xlava harbour on account of the second officer of the star
of the .South, a large steam transport of I,moo tons, having
been flogged by the l'rovost Marshal. It appears that he
was taken to the guard-house on Sunday night lust by a
policeman, who charged him with being drunk. He had
resisted capture, and his clothes were torn and soiled in
the struggle. The next morning Captain Frayne, of the
Slar of the South, and Captain Champion, of her Majesty's

THE PRESS.

steam transport Melbourne, went to the guard-house to in-
tercede for him, and to request that he might have a hear-
ing, as he denied having been drank, and said he could
produce witnesses to prove his sobriety when taken up.
Their efforts, however, were in vain, and he received
eighteen lashes; and one of the two transport captains
having been overheard by a soldier to remark to his com-
panion that this was brutal treatment, he was threatened
with the like if he did not go on board his ship. A. com-
plaint was made to Admiral Fremantle. and some corre-
spondence has taken place on the subject between the
nasal and military authorities and Captains Champion and
Frayne, who, as highly respectable men, holding very re-
sponsible situations, and well known to, and esteemed by,
many officers out here, naturally feel aggrieved by the
menace of a disgraceful punishment. The second mate's
friends deny that he wits drunk. It appears that he
stutters, which may have contributed to a mistake as to his
state.
London, England, 1856-01-26

putt.

HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS.

MADAME GOLDSCHMIDT'S second Miscellaneous Con-
cert took place last evening at these rooms. The
programme was excellent. The overture to Oberon,
well and carefully played, opened the performance,
followed by a rondo and violin obligato from Mo-
zart's 11 re Pastore, sung by Madame Goldschmidt,
and accompanied by Herr Deichmann. The aria from
Der Freischutz, " %Vie nalite rrir der schlummer,"
the " Cara compagne " from Sonnambula, the ex-
quisite " Btrd Song," and a simple Swedish melody,
the " Herdsman's Song," proved, if proof were
wanting, not only the marvellous power of the singer,
but her correct and exquisite taste in her accurate
interpretation of the text. So much variety in
the programme tests her genius and skill to a
high degree, and there have been few singers who
could bear the ordeal and triumph in so signal a man-
ner as Jenny Lind. in the performance last night the
fantastic adaptations to the voice, by M. Goldschmidt,
of Chopin's Mazurkas, were omitted. Jenny Lind does
not require such a test to prove the versatility
of her genius, the power of her voice, or that exqui-
site accuracy and brilliancy of execution she so pre
eminently possesses. Mendelssohn's concerto in G
minor was played by M. Otto Goldschmidt with the
care and finish which distinguish him as a pianist ;
-while the "Largo al Factotum" and the " Mad amima"
were sung by Signor F. Lablache with taste and
accuracy. Herr Deichmann must not be forgotten
as a great addition to the concert; his violin solo
of De Beriot being played with exquisite skill and
with the happiest expression, The concert was of
course highly successful. The room was crowded ;
-while the admirable arrangements of Mr. Mitchell
yet ensured a certain space to the audience, who, on
this as on every similar occasion hitherto, received
-Jenny Lind with marked enthusiasm, and warmly
expressed their approbation on every opportunity.
London, England, 1856-01-26

ENGLAND, in her path to greatness and renown,
has not been exempt from vicissitude. She has
been engaged in wars which were almost uni-
formly disastrous, and has been compelled to
subscribe treaties humiliating to her power.
Great statesmen living in her dark days have
despaired of her fortunes. CHATHAM believed
that her sun would set for ever when she
recognised the independence of her revolted
colonies, and Pin died broken-hearted after
the battle of Austerlitz. Bitt in her greatest
extremity she never sought safety in diplo-
matic subterfuge. She has constantly pre-
served her good faith free from stain, and has
negotiated as fairly as she has fought. Her
dealings with her enemies have been so frank
and plain that she has been ridiculed by con-
tinental politicians for wanting that subtlety
of spirit on which they pride themselves. We
have been content to accept the reproach as a
compliment. Our blundering honesty, as they
esteem it, has stood us in better stead than all
the wiles of their refined artifice. Proficients
in diplomatic evasion will have it that we
never concluded a peace without being
cheated of the advantages we had a right to
expect. Yet it has nevertheless happened
that we have commonly attained our objects.
In the end, the directness and moderation of
our negotiations have proved as profitable to
us as the valour of our arms.

According to the Ministerial journals, this
policy is to be totally changed. We are to
enter into a negotiation for Peace with a de-
termination to disconcert it. The ingenuity
of our Ministers is to be exercised in driving
a coach-and-six through the preliminaries
they have agreed to. It is insinuated that the
last article of the Peace Propositions, re-
serving to the Allies the right of bringing
forward conditions not expressed, will afford
opportunity for creating dissension at the
approaching Conference, and for rendering. it
abortive. In the unwillingness expressed to
suspend hostilities, and in the desire to pro-
tract formal proceedings, we see the dislike
with which the prospect of Peace is regarded
in certain quarters, and the hopes which it has
baffled.

It is not wise to let this mortification appear
so plainly. Prudence, if not principle, should
counsel reserve. Cannot the Ministerialists
see that just in proportion as they manifest
reluctance to Peace they proclaim their own
impotence in submitting toit ? By their own
choice they exhibit themselves as dragged
in the train of a policy they are most anxious
to oppose, and they lower the influence of this
country by representing it as bound in the
same chain of necessity, and as sharing their
degradation.
Events have arrived at a point entirely
beyond their control. In all the affairs of life,
that party which, against its will and its con-
victions, consents to a certain cause of action,
London, England, 1856-01-26

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SPAIN.

The Cabinet crisis has at length terminated, and
though the constitution of the Cabinet does not yet
appear to be definitively settled, it is believed that
the following modification will hold good :
Espartero, President of Council, as before, without a
portfolio—O'Donnell, War—Bruil, Finance—Antonio Gon-
zalez, Foreign Affairs—La Serna, Grace and Justice—
Escosura, Home Department—Luxan, Public Works—
General Zabala, Marine—Major-General Santa Cruz to go
to Cuba, with the rank of Lieutenant-General, and the
charge of Naval Commander-in-Chief at the Havanuah.

The Queen refused to accept the resignations of
MM. de Zabala, Bruil, and Santa Cruz.

DENMARK.

The conferences upon the Sound dues opened on.
the sth instant, the Danish Government proposing I
plan for the capitalisation of the dues. As the•
various documents and statistical tables were not
quite prepared, the meeting was adjourned till the•
st.
M. Brunn has accepted the office of Member of
the High Court of Justice, which is to try the im-
peached Ministers.
London, England, 1856-01-26

RUSSIA.

No reliable information has yet been received from
St. Petersburg of the effect upon the country of tl
Czar's adhesion to the Austrian proposals. The Ber-
lin Journal of the 23rd says that an advice from
St. Petersburg of Jan. 21 states that Russia will not
disappoint the hopes of Europe, nor allow herself to
be prevented by minor points in carrying on the
work of conciliation. She hopes her moderation
will be acknowledged as it deserves to be.
Active preparations were still being pushed forward
at all the arsenals and principal ports, in the eventu-
ality of the war continuing, and a great trade had
been carried on lately in all the Baltic ports.
TURKEY AND THE PRINCIPALITIES.

The administration of the Turkish Loan, by all
accounts, does not progress satisfactorily. ltedschid
Pacha, the Minister of War, views the interference
of the allied commissioners as vexatious and unnc
cessary, and refuses to give account of every item
purchased for the army. The commissioners there-
upon refuse to advance any further sums, and theta
the question at present rests.
The effect of the fall of Kars was gradually sub-
siding, and Omer Pacha, though not held entirely
free from blame, was gradually regaining his ground
with the public and the Sultan. The arrival of
Colonel Simmons and Mr. Longworth from the
Sirdar's camp is supposed to have had a favorable
effect. The construction of the Kusten.iie canal and
railway from the Danube to the Blau Sea, has at
last been decided upon by the Turkish Government.
The firman has been granted, and a free port at
Touzla Bay is moreover permitted to be established.
The fate and fdture of the Princ:palities, it was
believed, would shortly be considered by the special
commissioners appointed at a series of conferences.
London, England, 1856-01-26

THE PRESS.

securities and the prevention of vexatious defences.
But it appears that the discretionary power vested in
Judges at Chambers to require the defendant either
to pay the amount into court before obtaining per-
mission to defend, or to give personal security for its
payment, is attended with considerable hardship upon
bona-fide holders who have given value. For
example, when the judge directs sureties to be given,
the onus of inquiry into their solvency is thrown
upon the plaintiff, who is thus often put to great
trouble and expense in the investigation, and in op-
posing them, if need be, before the Master. The
discretionary power to give this direction thus prac •
tically nullifies the intentions of Parliament. The
plaintiff ought to have previous notice of any such
application, and the power of the judge soould be
limited, as was originally intended, to n• wiring the
actual payment of the money into court before leave
is obtained to defend.
London, England, 1856-01-26

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Plll in Volta.

THE CASE OF AHCHDEACOk DENISON came on, in
the Queen's Bench, on Thursday morning, before
Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice
Wightmnn, and Mr. Justice Erle. The rule obtained
last term L•y Sir Fitzroy Kelly for a mandamus, com-
pelling the Archbishop of Canterbury to take certain
proceedings in the Arches Court against the Rev.
Mr. Denison, Archdeacon of Taunton, was made ab-
solute.

AT TILE OPENING OF ME MIDDLESEX SESSIONS on
Tuesday, Mr. Pashley, Q.C., took the necessary oaths
and his seat as assistant judge of the court. Before
the usual business of the. court was proceeded with,
Mr. Payne addressed the court speaking feelingly
upon the death of Mr. Sergeant Adams, and paid a
high corr.pliment to his memory, in which Mr.
Pashley warmly concurred.
London, England, 1856-01-26

THE PEACE CONGRESS.

WE understand that the Court of St. Peters
burg has expressed a wish that the impending
Congress should be held at a principal metrc-
polis, and has suggested that.either Loudon*
Paris, or Vienna should be named. The
Allies, we hear, are rather of opinion that the
Congress should assemble at some neutral
city of less importance. Frankfort-on-the-
Maine is much talked of.

It is stated that Count ORLOFF and Baron
de BRUNOW Will certainly represent Russia,
and that Lord CLARENDON will appear on the
part of England, though not alone.
There is great difficulty in nominating a
competent individual on the part of France,
and no decision has yet, we are assured, been
come to.
London, England, 1856-01-26

LIFE PEERAGES.

WE return to this subject from a conviction
that its importance is not yet fully appreciated
by the public, and from no ill-grounded suspi-
cion that a scheme is on foot for the total
disorganisation of the House of Lords. What
else, indeed, could be the result of creating a
new order of nobles, who would be completely
under the influence of the Crown, and com-
pletely above the influence of the people?
And what else can be intended by the recent
elevation of Baron PARKE to the Peerage, but
the creation of such an order?

That something is designed beyond the mere
prevention of a new noble family is sufficiently
evident from the fact that Lord WENstsv-
DALE is childless and seventy years of age.
Had that been all, a limitation to himself
and the heirs mule of his body would have
been an ample precaution. That it was not
so considered afford. -
tion that the creatiol

dent—a precedent

strongly of a sii
which Englishin

In some quart
openly avowed,
rife. Yet, though
others, the Times
silence. Is it the
We doubt it.
This measure
and is also glari

Lffo.rds but too clear a presump-
creation is intended as a prece-
lent, we affirm, • • cks
sinister infl , ••Ir
men loathe. cf: )-0-4,
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tgh it publi a "Vnalik '
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London, England, 1856-01-26

Pabai an Nilitarg #nttilifftna.

The small steam squadron lately despatched to
the Baltic is now on its say home again, and may be
hourly expected.
Sir Charles Wood has bestowed the out-pension of
Greenwich Hospital on Captain John Reeve, and on
Captain Richard Douglas, vice Rear-Admirals Philip
Westphal and R. Pridhem.
Captain Thomas Sykes (retired under her Majesty's
order in council of 1851) died, on the 17th inst., at
his residence, No. 3, Stanhope place, in the eighty-
second year of his age.
A Warrant from the office of the Director-General
places the entire medical staff on a new footing, and
changes the present pay of the acting assistant-auk.
geons from 10!:. to Ils. t3d. a day, with other altera-
tions calculated to confer a benefit on this essential
arm of the service.

A Naval Patriotic Association has been started It
Sunderland, for the purpose of manning one or two
of the gun-boets n w bui!ding on the Wear. The
members offer 101. bounty for volunteers.
A canvas camp on Suuthsea Common for 15,000
men,is reported as likely to be established during the
summer.

Dr. Rae having claimed 10,000/. as his share of
the promised reward by the Government in 51ardt,
1850, to any one who should first ascertain the fate
of Franklin, the Admiralty have promised to adjudi-
cate upon the claim within three months.
An immense gun, weighing twenty-four tons seven
hundred.weight, has this week been finished at the
Mersey Ironworks. It is to be of thirteen•inch bore,
and will propel a 3021 h. shot five miles. The gun
will he ready for trig! in shouts month hence.

A futal boat accident occurred in Plymouth Sound
on Wednesday, when Mr. Bateman, paymaster of
H.M.S. Exmouth, and four of the crew were
drowned.

4rtiant.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE EARL OF CARLISLE, K.G.,
held his first levee fur the season on Wednesday.
The levee was most numerously attended. It was
remarked that only one dignitary of the Roman
Catholic Church, Dean Meylei, was present.
Lorin VISCOUNT LEFFORD has been elected Tem-
poral Peer in the room of the late Lord de Vesci.
THE CONS►iRVATIVE SOCIETY Or DUBLIN held
general meeting on Wednesday under the presidency
of the Marquis of Downshire.
London, England, 1856-01-26

STORY-BOOKS.

Fon the sake of convenience, we divide a number
of single•volume b )010., lately received, into tales of
fiction and tales of travel and aflventnre.
Christian Metrille (1) is one of those stories
that appeal to a very limited audience. It is

(1.) ChriAtian Mrbilk. fly We Author of "Mathew Paxton.'
Loudon Bogue.
London, England, 1856-01-19

Argyll—the State's whole thunder born to wield,
And shake alike the Senate and the field.

We have ourselves often had the pleasure of
seeing and hearing how well able the Duke of
ARGYLL is "to shake the Senate" with
laughter. Lord DERBY good-humoredly
tries to help him out, and Lord CLARENDON
wishes that the Duke would stick to " the
field " of geology, and read a lecture elsewhere
about quartz, veins, and specimens of
" tertiary formation."
No ; Stafford-house will not—cannot—rule
the Whigs. Holland-house had traditions—
a ritual of Whig hero-worship; it had liberal
principles, lax morals, and excellent dinners.
Hungry sages from the north feasted and
prosed there ; there poets and " patriots "
from Ireland concocted their melodious libels
and fierce invectives. To rule the Whigs in
the name of Fox was possible; but in the
name of Stafford-house and the Gowers—the
project is absurd. Lord CARLISLE'S " well
"conditioned people" would smile at this
notion as readily as they have laughed and
yawned over his diary.
What remains ? Lord CLARENDON and Sir
GEORGE GREY are clever men. The Earl is
artful in spite of his facility for small talk; he
can he persistent, with all his petty weakness
for gossip and cigarrettes. He can remember
an enemy and a friend. He gave Mr. BIRCH
six thousand pounds ; and the other day he
helped Mr. SAUSSE to the same sum per annum
in an Indian judgeship. But, like Sir GEORGE
GREY, the Earl of CLARENDON is jaded. A
tortuous political career draws to its close.
Finance, again, has been the fatal rock on
which the WhiCabinet so often splits. Since
WALPOLE, the Whigs never had a financier.
Their " families " nauseate at arithmetic.
Already they are beginning to whisper about
Sir CORNEWALL LEWIS Their dependants sig-
nificantly say, " But then Sir CORNEWALL is
" not the real Chancellor of the Exchequer.
"We all know that —" Exactly so. There
is no secret about that. The thing worked
well for a session. Sir CORNEWALL was bro-
ther-in-law to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
and explosions, seasonable to the Crimea, were
not wanted anywhere else, except Cronstadt.
So the finances were left to Sir CORNEWALL
nominally. The commercial world in general
sneered. The arrangement was extolled by
the Economist in particular. Modest merit
hid its head under enormous estimates. Poor
Sir CORNEWALL had publicly to bear the blame
London, England, 1856-01-19

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POSTSCRIPT.

We are in possession of some autlwntic details, not
yet placed before the public, connected with the
acceptance by Russia of the Austrian proposals.
The journey of Baron Seebach, the Minister of
Saxony at the Court of Paris, to St. Petersburg, has
excited much speculation. On his return to Paris,
M. Seebach brought back from the Cabinet of St.
Petersburg an unqualified acceptance of the Allied
Propositions, on condition that France and England
would treat directly with Russia, and not through
Austria. This proposition was favorably regarded
by the French Government. The Cabinet Council
on Wednesday last was held to deliberate upon it,
when we have reason to believe Lords Palmerston
and Clarendon insisted, against the opinions of the
majority of the Cabinet, on the Seebach proposition
being rejected, as in their opinion another campaign
was desirable. The astonishment of these states-
men at the acceptance by Russia of the Austrian
propositions, atter their rejection of the Seebach
overture, may be imagined.

A telegraphic despatch from Berlin, dated Thurs-
day night, states:—
Yesterday, at two o'clock, Count Nesse'rode and Count
Valentine Esterhazy, signed, at St. Petersburg, a protocol
containing the conditions proposed by the allies, as the
formulation of the preliminaries of peace.
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HOW WILL MINISTERS MEET

PARLIAMENT?
Ix is no political paradox, though at first it
looks like one, that a weak Cabinet may
stand during a war, but must fall upon a
peace. The reason is plain. The honour of
the Crown, the wisdom of Parliament, and
the patriotism of the country, support any
Ministry, when the standard of England is
unfurled to the winds, and the eyes of Europe
ate upon our councils. But in peace all this
is changed. The public again becomes critical,
and even censorious, and personal pretensions
are closely scanned.
Nobody knows this better than Lord PALMERS-
TON. He must feel that on a peace his political
position is entirely altered. He had a certain
vague kind of flyingpopularity in the country as
a herald of war. The public knows him now as a
mere Achilles of straw. An aged Irish Viscount
without any principles, but bending between
his double load of years and heavy jokes, was
to have awed Europe, and compelled the en-
terprising Mr. WYLD to take measures for
more new maps of the nations. During the
smoke of war, and the excitement of the public
mind, with panegyrists well paid, and silent
senators active at anonymous toils, Lord PAL..
MERSTON was written up to look "a big man."
Intelligent observers were not misled, but
many gudgeons were taken in, and the iguo-
rant were deceived.

Already some of his quondam admirers talk
of the Premier as "the late Lord PALMERSTON."
Tho Viscount, with theatrical airs of playing
the part of a great war statesman, exists no
longer for these fanciful pez sons. Disenchant-
ment, with its chilling process, has begun.
These persons asked for stimulants, and the
Premier kept up to his promise by presenting
them with sedatives. A practical joker to the
last, not exactly a wit, but certainly a wag,
Great Pam was not a year at the helm when
peace was resolved on. There was once a
statesman, or at least a Minister, in this coun-
try, of whom a humorist said that "he used
"to butter his thunderbolts." Though the
Premier forgot his old friend BEAU BRUMMELL
when alive, it is obvious that he remembers
LUTTRELL, though no more.
As the war smoke clears off, the deficiencies
of the Cabinet become more obvious. What
has the Gower connection ever done in Par-
liament, that the leadership of the House of
Peers and the Viceroyalty of Ireland
should be assigned to it ? The President
of the Council began with the buckhounds ;
then he took a leap at the Board of Trade ;
next to the leadership of the House of Peers.
How to find out a secret was the art of TALLEY-
AAND ; how to let it slip out was the Gran-
villian boast. The celebrity of Lord GRANYILLE
will resemble the materials of that structure
from which his Lordship derived his noto-
rie His political reputation recals the
Crystal Palace in its brittleness, if not in its
brilliancy.

The Whigs of England will scarcely consent
to be ruled by Stafford-house, and its sons-in-
law, with their interminable tail of Scotch and
Irish cousins. The Duke of ARGYLL feels con-
fident that they will. Why not? He is surely
the descendant of that Duke of ARGYLL of whom
POPE wrote—
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PERSIA.

The Rouz-Nami, official journal published at
Teheran, contains the following explanation upon the
present state of our relations with that Court :
The Government much regrets the interruption of the
relations between Persia and the Minister of England,
occasioned by the persistence with which Mr. Murray
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CAMBRIDGE. - The leading members of this
University have expressed their intention of pro-
posing the Right Honourable Spencer H. Walpole
to fill the vacancy caused in the representation by
the death of Mr. Goulburn. The right honourable
gentleman has accepted the offer to stand for the
University.

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Mr. Thomas Evans, are mentioned as probable can-
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LINCOLN.—The election of a member for this city
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l ..

Lord Panmure received on the 14th two despatches
and their inclosures from General Sir W. Cod-
rington, K.C.B.
Sebastopol, Jan. 1.
My Lord,—l have the honour to inclose the copy of a letter
from his Highness Omer Pacha, addressed to General Sir
James Simpson, in acknowledgment of a despatch from
him, dated October, 30, 1855, announcing the gracious
intention of her Majesty to bestow the Crimean medal
upon the Ottoman troops.
W. J. CODELINOTON, General Commanding.
(Indust:re.)
Au Quartier General, sur le Tivi, Mine':lie,
ale bd Novembre,
Monsieur le General,—J'ai en rhonneur de recevoir Is
depeche du 30 Octobre, dans laquelle votre Excellence m's
transmis copie d'nne &Oche du. Ministre de la ()nem,
annoncant l'intention gracieuse de Sa Majeste Is Reins
d'Angleterre d'accorder aux soldats Ottomans la Laden°
qu'elle a deja confers aux soldats de son armee.
Je roue prie, Monsieur le General, de faire part I Sat
Majeste de la reconnaissance que je partaga avec les sot-
data de l'arniee que j'ai l'honneur de commander, de la
condescendence de Sa Majeste en bien voulant accorder
aux solders de Sa Majeste Imperiale le Sultan cette
marque de sou approbation de leur conduits, qu'ils regard-
eront comma un souvenir de sa borate condeseentlante, et
des faits glorieux qui out eu pour resultat la prise de Se-
bastopol.
J'aurai I'honneur de faire part h mon Gouvernement de
la gracieuse intention de Sa Majeste la Reins, pour que je
puisse prendre les ordres de Sa Majeati Imperiale Is
Sultan a ce sujet. Agrees, &c_,.
OYER,
Le Generalissime de l'Artnee Ottomans.
A son Excellence le General Sir J. Simpson, G.C.8.,
Commandant:en-Chef l'Armee Anglaise en Orient.

The second inclosnre was the usual weekly report
from Dr. Hall upon the health of the army, which
was in every respect satisfactory.

54

The demolition of the docks WAS being proceeded
with. The correspondent of the Daily News, writing
on the Ist, gives the following account of the
London, England, 1856-01-19

THE PRESS.

of the " Turkish Loan," in which the financial
mistakes of a great Tory statesman were re-
peated. It was a comical notion for the pupils
of the Anti-Corn-law League to plagiarise
from Mr. Prrr.

Peace being proclaimed, Lord PANMURE will
be called upon to display some practical
talents fur the improvement of our military
system. For upwards of twenty years his
Lordship has been in public life, and it would
puzzle his friends to specify anything brilliant
or successful in his career. Is it not a fact
that for months back the Ministership of War
has been virtually placed in a committee of
the Cabinet? Have there not been weekly
meetings of that committee to supervise Lord
PANMURE, who was thus in the position of a
deputy Minister for War ? The fact cannot be
denied ; and the inference from it need not be
drawn.

Other departments, also, and their obvious
deficiencies, must become subjects for popular
examination. In administrative aptitude the
Cabinet is notoriously deficient. Lord CRAN-
WORTH is a mediocre Lord Chancellor, and an
utterly incompetent legislator. Mr. LABOU-
(IMRE will not be permitted to toy idly with
the Colonies, by reason of his matrimonial
connection with the Howards and the Dowers.
Lord HARROWDY, the hereditary waverer, and
Mr. 13ArtrEs, the superannuated official, cannot
give strength to such a connection. The Bed-
ford Whigs await it on the flunk ; the serried
ranks of the Opposition menace it in front;
and there are no reserves of "popularity," for
Lord PALMERSTON has used them all up.
Ships that are not seaworthy are the most
useless of things: worthless as stores, they
are sentenced to be broken up. Their splin-
ters make good firewocd ; their sounder tim-
bers are employed in other constructions. It
is thus with Cabinets. If they cannot float
they must founder. The war-passion gave
buoyancy to the Palmerston Cabinet, as it
would have done to the weakest of Ministries,
headed even by a Richard Cromwell or an
Addington. But the tide of war has passed,
and the Palmerston Ministry is virtually no
more. The rest of its precarious existence is
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" meet Parliament !"
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Sab3 an Volta.

THE RUGELEY POISONING CASE.
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in the cases of Mts. Anne Palmer and Mr. Walter
Palmer, the wife and brother of William Palmer,
committed on the charge of having poisoned Mr.
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THE PRESS.

blown up to-morrow evening, is 230 feet long, and the
west dock is :1:1 feet. There is every reason to expect
that in another fortnight the whole of the Sebastopol
docks will be totally worthless for any purpose whatever.
The French appeared to be much pleased at our engineers
being so successful under water. They will have nearly as
great an obstacle to contend with in their centre entrance.
As for the Russians, they took no notice either of the
first or second explosions, not eyeitiiirnr;^6 ui wv tneir
`
narane
Tl..' . and English have been each
tti.
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hollow ribs, each weighing about two and a half tons. The
French took down their two halves bodily, and now that
these are at bottom of the dock, they have been obliged to
take the ribs off and drag them across the basin at an im-
mense cost of labour. We, on the contrary, by means of
140 artillerymen, under the charge of Major Andrews,
R A., and two lieutenants, the whole under the superin-
tendence of Lieutenant Colonel Bent, R.E., have been lift-
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gates stand. Two ribs have by accident been broken,
for they are very brittle, so that a half of another gate
will have to supply them. A naval officer of the Furious,
steamer, with two sailors and three sappers, has been also
employed on this gate duty, which is by no means so easy
as it may appear.