The Express.
London, England, 1855-11-13 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVIMBiIit is

IT his been oar painful duty on several occasions,
to direct attention to cases in which leave of absence
has been obtained by racers of oar Crimean army
under cireametanose which betrayed an utter want of
Use soldierly feeling. This scandalous practice of
applying for leave on the most flimsy pretexts has
now grown to inch a bead, that the Cototutna-nr•
Clllll has been compelled to issue the following
pascal order:
The Cataaaader of the lama has bsea stash esepeised
at the suseersse &Wised's, for leave of sterna whisk
have lately reselud his. from saws of all teaks is the
army. He Ms to naiad theta that they an still to the
promo" ef • powerful essay ; manner, that they Mos
duties to perform is cusp set Isar impartsat thaa thou la
the dead; sad that the imuastita, diesiplim, sad well-
bets; of the troops are subjects whisk require the mama
stimulus of all good soldiers.

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This is the natural and necresary fruit of the aye-
tern ender which commissions and Fantods= la the
army are obtained by purchase. There have been
instances in which the conduct of officers of high rank,
who have sold out when their regiments were I
ordered to the Crimes. has been palliated, on the
plea that they had paid dearly for their pronsadoo, j
and that in the event of their being killed the
mooey would be lost to their families. It is not
wonderful that men who have purchased a '
moderate life annuity at a high prio. (for
that is the true character of the par- ,
chase of commissions), and who have fami-
lies depending on them, should take this view of
their position. But it is equally obvious that men
who take this view of their position do not entertain '
a due sense of the responsibilities which they have
voluntarily incurred. They show by such conduct
that they are utterly destitute of that generous am-
bides to distinguish themselves in their profession,
without which (to quote a venerable Joe Haler) men
may be officers but assuredly are no soldiers. They
betray an utter want of that honest shame which
would snake any one but a feather-bed soldier shrink
from hardships from which the men under his eons-
sand cannot withdraw thorned's'. It is a melan-
choly fact that the purchase system has extinguished
the soldier-spirit in too many of our officers.
What is to be done? It is obvious that men who
seek to shirk their duties in the camp are not worth
retaining. There are plenty of ardent spirits among
oar unemployed offiesrs at home who will gladly
volute,: for active service if their coontry needs them.
Let such men be selected from the officers of the line,
from the militia, from officers of the Indian army coe
furlough. Fill up the gaps in the Crimean army with
good men and true, and by all means let those who
Each from the hardships of a winter campairiorith-
Gut &just sad weighty oases, return to this Gauntry
to become objects for " the hand diem to point her
dow, unmoving finger at." If the war be of no other
we it will have rendered the country incalculable

envies by showing of what metal th; trefilekers in
eseamiesions are made. The purchase system can-
not possibly withstand this latest and severest shook
it has received.
One word regarding the Commeadepin-Chisf from
whom this stern and dignified rebuke has emanated
—ass of hie last alloentions to the army. When
General Limnos woo nominated to the command of
the army in the Crimes, we did not canoed our
doubts es to the eligibility of the appointment. We
were well aware of his high cheroots, as a nil-
sesta °Moor ; we knew well the high and pure
MIN et duty by which be wee animated ; bat we
knew also that he had sever commanded large bodies
el men in the field, and that he was bowed down
under a weight of iallimitisa Bat Gemini Eitterson
was not to blame for the appoiatment. He
did not solicit it; mos and again he premed
his realisation upon the home authorities,
en the ground of his infirmities. He was
kept at his poet solely by a chivalrous seam al duty.
We speak the ems of competeat judges, sot only in
Basked bet in Frame, when we as; that the Wee
lent and 'steeling attacks that have bees made upon
Osumi Summit in too " base* quarter, have =-
sited unmitigated indignation. A friend of oars had
omasion to speak of the first and worst of these at-
tacks, on the day it reached Paris, with the editor of
a journal who has made himself rather notorious for
the eagerness with which he has paraded everything
that could disparage England and its army ; and our
friend was told by that petleinsa that the attack in
question appeared to him so wanton and atrocious,
that be had thrown the artiste aside with
abhorreaco and disgust. The dignified rebuke
addressed by General &teem to ear speculators in
commissions will not fall to the ground unbestied.
He who, bowed down by sickness, has eentinued ler
discharge whose and barman duties solely hom a
consideration of what he owed to hie country,
and to his own character as a soldier, can best
denounce the conduct of those who have shown
themselves iaseesible to both.

Ova SOLDUOIS IX XXII Chlbee.—.l3fr Charles
Rumen, of the Cheeedbe Hum* Melees otsivedi frees the
Crimea, mad his bleak mot Masawlit ftweleirlisid got
se a demaostrados is taw of their patilsollea at ids safe
semis. la reteraies *asks the 'alba% fame leek mea-
nies to my : " Tubes merle had Mee timbale* with
regard to the primmest slate of our army I. the Odom, sag
be amid isot Mt this eopsetealty per widows% a ward es
that sablest. lie was Dos of the last wb. loft she Mows,
and be email ewe them that Mere wow was a woe sa-
bre .Mai elbows tbaa them sow eampleing the army is
to Coleses. They nimbi set, sa had buss said, ham es
Mesh base sad .whin, but they bad pigmy al ' plush.'
aloseso They only mooted to be w.LL soggenot at
sad to be ages to feel that they wen eassuiel by
libdr elbow amiatrymea at hems aa the Mime owl ysibmt
lama May really were, aad they wooed as* .artalFes
thsy would slier* be sailed epee to preve—the beagle gl
the British flag. (Applause.) He amid tat helps.._i
WSW about the Raise for it was a paint whisk
deeply. He witememe as
the assault, sad, having sites Wee
eme the whole of the ketilleatiess, he solemnly aimed
them it was sot passible for mms to take It. Our moo were
mews dews—positively swept away by batteries whisk

aossisaaded tie seprOaett oa all iides7. Phi MOS 1111 i-la
stead against it. Oar awe aid their date sebly, did all
that miss amid do. sod he hesitated met to ay that he man
as earth could have takes it."

DISMISSAL 07 A POLIcs 817PERMITIIIDENT FOR
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beg up. raise the army. mid are Iftsiratel. Tho
person re Illiereetn, however. email. as eammillail la the
pollee eitemplooth ; bet tt was the duty of One gate sew.
letranent to emus Ale Way, tad pay ever Ile weer to
reerneell te lit employers. Boiler bed we Awe this, but
I. Mal due bed mem& 34 mem se aniniitel to
trim. oho belga' loos aid tont le lit fe. ;
sad thit tem of =ate= te hese spgarkled
bit ewe use. It le be talus
egoism Me for kis Ineeit—Neas=arordlen.
Arlington, the gentioinas swindler. neuind
before the ikettltatapeea roogorreen goottorley, es carps
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ateetted said Tbanday. Jest Were ha woo approblembd
at Greestrieh he had tem whin *piddle be Weer
stable Itespot.