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London, England, 1855-10-08 00:00:00

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br the Free& tinny ever read General Sisroosli
list despatch. published in than oohs's= on Satur-
day last, it will pule then sot • little. The object
of the doeassat is to transmit to Lord Pali USZ
" the list of the uses of others and men brought to
ley (the Commealisi•in-Chiers) notice by the pne-
rale of the Highlaad, Second, and Light Divisloos, cm
the melon of the attack ea the Red= on the Bth
September r bat it would have been shorter and
more to the purpose to have said that the names
of all Awn having staff appointments in the
aforesaid divisions—together with those of di few

regimental odors wrso had distinguished them-
selves in each a way that it was impossible to
overlook them—bad been recommended, one and all,
kr a step in brevet promotion. First in order
eases the Highland Division, commanded by the
brave Bir Cowl CA/ODELL. Of this division, singe-
lady enough, General SIMPSON merely gives the list
of the divisional stag, but does not say that Sir Color
regommends any of these gentlemen for speck!
honours. What is the most natural thing to be
interred from this? Why, that the gallant eld
Highlander, disgusted at the inaction to which his
troops were condemned, sad annoyed that he
sad his men were not allowed to take a
more prominent part in the tight, declined patting
forward the names of any anglers who had in
no way had any opportunity of distinguishing
themselves above their fellows. In the Highland
Division, staff allieers—aad they alone—ere men-
tioned, for the rums, we premise, that they are staff
officers, and that the good old custom of the Peninsula
would dictate that their names should be brought for-
ward. Next to the Highland Division comes the list
forwarded by Colonel the Hon. A. SPENCER. who, with
a brigade of the Fourth Division, was sent to Ws-
biros the Highlanders, and who " reports in favour
of" his personal and the brigade stag but in what
these aims distinguished themselves we are left to
find out as beet we can. Than comes the list of enters
" brought to the notion" of General Smear by
General Idartsza.w, although what the latter did
to distinguish himeelf—or what from the position be
remained in all day he could see of the straggle in
sad about the Redan—does not appear on the
an. of the despatch now under notate. The Sib
of September was a day of slaughter for thousands of
oar gallant countrymen, both teems and soldiers;
and from it, too, we may date the death of more than
ens military mutating in the higher ranks of the
Zogiish army. Of the distinguished gallantry of
ens anew wham name is " brought to node?
by General MARKHAM there can be hardly two
opinions—we allude to Colonel (now Major-Gene-
ral) WINDHAM. Bat it was hardly necessary that the
stamp of approbation should be affixed to that name
by the leader of his division. WINDHAM'S name will
only cease to be remembered by England when the,
mutest we are now engaged in shall be no longer
recorded in history ; but there were witnesses enough
of his gallantry present with him in the Rake. with-
out the testimony of those at a distance. After General
3Lainitsx's list mess that of General CODRINOTON,
in which—apparently as a matter of course—the di-

'Wood staff are cos sad all brought forward by name,
leaving the general seeder to ask the not unnatural
question, whether the names of these officers ars
"brought to notice" cx afecio, or on account of any
pliant act performed during the fight; and, if the
latter, what their deeds of bravery or devotion were
Bat bow fare the regimental officers—the fighting
men ci the army, as they may with propriety be
gelled—in this "list of names" which General Situ-
sow " brings to notice," or rather which " are brought
to hie notice" by his divisiou and brigade leaders? If
the despatch before us were the only test by which to
judge of their respective =sena, the world would say
that whilst every staff Acne of the three divisions
had so distinguished himself as to deserve that he
should be specially mentioned by the Commander.in-
Chief, of eon belonging to the regiments that
samalted the Itedan only hare aid there a chance
septa's or subaltern did his duty so valiantly
as to be deemed worthy of having his name
publicly recorded. General BDtreene's desist& *bee
means nothing or it means this—that sermy pea/►
man belonging to the staff of the Highleid,llNsai,
and Light Divisions, and to the Brigades ampalsi
those divisions, was on the Bth September a hue,
bat that in the regiments there were mar
a few—s very few in proportion—who wine
deserving of any honour. And yet, as a
gleam at the atenly List will show, these see
many regimental officers now fighting in the Crimes
who went through the baptism of fire five, six, to,
end twelve years ago in India; whilst on the dal
there are many young men who have now attained
the brevet rank of field officers, and who a year ago
were but subalterns.

If our English staff wore composed of officer" who
Lad pined high professional testimonials at any
'military college —of men selsoted bemuse they
were good draughtsmen, or well acquainted with
the subtleties of tactics, or perfectly convey-
sant with any other science whatever, useful
to

would be lees mead= to
Sad fault with this perpetration of an old abase. Bat
when the whole world is perfectly well aware that
personal or family interest or connexion are the only
stepping-stones towards a staff uniform, and that
whilst his regimental comrade—probably his senior—
is three and four times a-week braving death in the
tren ohee,the Aide-de-Camp, Brigade-Major, or Deputy-
Aasistant-Adjutant-General is quietly husbanding
his health and strength in his ohiet's comfortable
quarters, it becomes really too much of a good thing
in these days of open council, to reward one man

for what another hie .offend—often for another's
death. One single instance of this will sake for
any reasonable man. In the Rifle Brigade there
Sr. two seeress, bearing the regimental rank of
captain. The one of thee.--who belongs to what
may be called the unprotected class—entered the
service in 1834, exactly 21 yews ago. After seeing
a vest deal of service in India, this gentleman—who
purchased all his steps—exchanged into the Rifle
Brigade, with which tarps he has served in the
Crimea since the commencement of the war, and ham
never been &beset hum his duty a single day—he is
still a captain. In the maw regiment with this
(Meer, but much jualcr to lint, is a solos of a noble
hems who entered the service in 1848. Being
a relative of the late Lord Rewire's, he wee
appointed to the Read• Quarters staff when
his eorps wee ordered abroad. In Deemnber
het this young man became a regimental captain,
and was forthwith vegetated to brevet seise—why,